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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Happy #turnbasedthursday everyone! Exemplar '79 is about as retro as they get, with a text based extraction themed dungeon crawler, but I'm making up for it with more interesting interactions with my monsters! #indiedev #solodev

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Hear me out: PUBG with wizards. I don’t have time. Someone make this.

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Starting to show off Exemplar '79. "She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid." Very Retro Turn Based Dungeon Crawler. Manage noise and danger as the dungeon actively works against you. #TurnBasedThursday #IndieDev #GameDev #TurnBased

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

small choices in the dungeon should offer options… and sometimes unknown consequences. #Exemplar #indiedev #dungeoncrawler

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

You know you’re on to something when one of your testers is late for a work meeting because they want just one more room. #indiedev #crpg #dungeoncrawler

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Is it wrong to want a Mechwarrior game that plays like Tie Fighter’s mission structure?

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commocore.bsky.social @commocore.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The Lost Sectors are back! Talk with Jason Cook (Tower and Dragon) youtu.be/Vq0wp0Y7wqc?...

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Let's Talk with Jason Cook (Tower and Dragon)

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Simple question: Peter Gun or Axel F?

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Do you ever make a game out of spite? I just had someone tell me I don’t know what I’m doing and decided to strip out all the juice and prove it’s fun at its core. So far so good!

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Mr #PitchYaGame @liamtwose.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

If you love playing games, don't let anyone ever tell you you can't. If you love making games, don't let anyone ever tell you you can't. If you're "interested" in making games, don't let anyone ever tell you you can't or aren't allowed. Anyone. Any age. Any experience level 😤

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SarahJaneAvory @sarahjaneavory.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

#C64 #Kouyate #RPG progress: before working on the fire and lava dungeon, decided to extend the Dwarven mines a little, so worked on that this evening and got it hooked into the game. Basically, there's now a back entrance to the mines that leads else where in the world...🤔 Oh, let me show you...

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Kenney @kenney.nl · 01/02/2026

Quick note: please be mindful when leaving negative reviews on Steam as they can heavily impact a game's score. If you have questions or need support, reviews aren't the best place. Opening a discussion thread helps everyone. Reviews are best kept for sharing your experience!

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Today’s struggle: for 40 years I’ve been working on getting my skills and resources to a point where I’m ready to make my dream game. Now that I am I realized that game isn’t what I want anymore.

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Nox LadyAiluros, Avatar of Virtue @ladyailuros.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Devastated to hear that @burgerbecky.bsky.social has lost her battle with cancer. I was lucky enough to be her roommate at KFest 2016 and was amazed by her knowledge and her vivaciousness! She will be deeply missed by all those her life touched. She is in Valhalla tonight!

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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

"This framing recasts leaving a broken platform as performative “virtue signaling” rather than strategic action. But it’s a false dichotomy. The choice isn’t between purity and pragmatism—it’s about where you can actually have impact." www.techdirt.com/2025/09/15/s... By @mmasnick.bsky.social

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Stop Begging. Start Building

As a reminder, I’m on the board at Bluesky, which means you should consider me extremely biased, even as this article isn’t really about Bluesky. The writer Jerusalem Demsas wants you to stay on Tw…

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

It amazes me how little conformity there is for settings menus. I'm looking to standardize my games on something and we literally don't have any sort of 'normal' for what should be happening. #indiedev #gamedev

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Why can I not set my phone on “white list” only instead of blocking accounts? It would help with spam, wrong numbers and stalking.

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

I’m just saying if someone made a game for Burn Notice using a Deus Ex like game design it would do very well.

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Rhayader Computers @rhayadercomputer.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Commodore are back after 47 trademarks bought, maybe now we can have a new 64 like a mini version or a full size one with sd cards and hdmi or some kind of sd device for the old machines and some new games and hopefully this will kick start the demo scene and magazines and shows

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Knowing when to pivot. When to back track. When to give up. When to postpone. It's hard. I've just had to do all those things in the last 2 months as the day job has drained my energy from dream job work. That said I'm VERY excited for the game I accidently discovered while making something else.

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I'm about to do the unthinkable...re-enter tutorial hell for fun. Work from the day job has burnt me out on things that 'need' to happen, but I'm also only happiest creating. So... I'm going to take a break, prototype and just do tutorials for a month or 2. See you all on the other side! #indiedev

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Ever had your day job flip upside down and realized your passion project must wait? You don’t want to abandon what you’ve built, but sunk-cost fallacy can trap you. How do you decide to pause and start something new? #indiedev #gamedev #productivity #sunkcosts

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

If you like Minecraft, this feels like the next step. I don’t think it’s getting enough attention, so I’m just giving it a little nod for anyone who might be interested. www.vintagestory.at

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Vintage Story is an uncompromising wilderness survival sandbox game inspired by lovecraftian horror themes. Find yourself in a ruined world reclaimed by nature and permeated by unnerving temporal dist...

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Going live now! Hope to see you all there.

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

4/11 at 11:15am Central, I’ll be diving into this fan-made port of Ultima III to see how it holds up and talk about how it’s influencing Tenebris. Excited to return to U3! Come hang out for some retro RPG goodness! 🧙‍♂️ #Ultima #VIC20 #RetroGaming #GameDev #Tenebris www.youtube.com/live/oHjOJ9T...

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Theory and Discussion Live Stream - Ultima III (Vic 20 Version!)

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

I’m getting this feeling of “Autoduel but fun”

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SarahJaneAvory @sarahjaneavory.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

#C64 #Kouyate #RPG progress: WIP of the Ruins of Nerington, but who is that strange old man?

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Playing Vintage Story with my son right now is giving me year 1 Minecraft vibes. I’m loving it. It’s complicated but relaxing.

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stereo @stereointhe90s.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Hey, gamedev composers, quick question for y'all: How long does it take you on average to write a song, start to finish? I feel like it takes me forever. I typically come up with the very basis pretty quickly, but it take weeks and weeks to fill in the gaps to my liking. #indiegamedev #chiptune

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Debugging my game today I figured out how my iterative logic during development created my problem. I was wrong a month ago but didn’t notice it until the complexity broke it. But now that I know why it’s an issue, I don’t understand why it works at all. #indiedev #solodev

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Kris Asick @pixelmusement.com · 07/03/2025

It is done. The Creation Tool, the first tool I decided to put into Project AB and the most complicated tool the player can wield BY FAR... is finished. :) Well... technically. The ability to edit world properties isn't in it yet because that has to wait until I'm a bit further into it all. :P

Screenshot of a game world from a first person view where the player has brought up a menu where pieces of the world can be selected and made to appear.

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

🎵 Retro Game Dev & Player Question 🎵 If a game looks retro, should the music and SFX match that style to keep the mood? Or is it better to take advantage of modern audio quality while keeping the visuals old-school? What’s your preference? #GameDev #RetroGaming #IndieDev #PixelArt

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Chris Brandrick @brandrick.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Bluesky is slowly becoming a new home for many game developers — but finding your people on a new platform isn’t always easy. I spoke with the developer behind a tool that’s already helping thousands of game creators connect.

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How one developer is connecting thousands of game creators on Bluesky

A new digital home: Quietly creating Bluesky's game developer network, one label at a time.

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

So... someone whom shall remain nameless at this solo studio, forgot to hit "GO" on YouTube when the stream started. You can find the first 45 minutes (DOH!) on my re-upload here: youtu.be/bCw3K_K8ExI

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[Live Stream Re-Upload] Realms of Antiquity

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Just a quick reminder, I'm 15 minutes out from streaming Realms of Antiquity! Hope you'll all join me for some retro fun! rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2 #retrogaming #TI99 #IndieRPG #IndieGames

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Sneaking out of my hole to play some games with everyone tomorrow! Join me looking at Realms of Antiquity! www.youtube.com/live/tGHbT-K...

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The Lost Sectors Play - Realms of Antiquity

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Mayhem Mudkip @mayhemmudkip.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

In a time where cruelty is normalized, then kindness is Punk.

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I love hearing about the birth of technology. Props to those who came before. And by saying props I’m outing myself as those who came before. youtu.be/UYQlpEOrwIU?... #blackhistory #techhistory

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Black History Month - Gladys West, the architect of GPS.

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Game Devs of Color Expo @gdocexpo.com · 07/02/2025

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Kris Asick @pixelmusement.com · 08/02/2025

New Ancient DOS Games Pro video uploaded and ready to watch! youtu.be/1R0YsXwI_u0

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Weapon DPS - Descent - ADG Pro 32

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Jampley Dev - Gravity Storm IS OUT @jampleydev.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Most game devs can relate, even me 🤣. Don't worry, I'm not dropping #GravityStorm until it releases. Tags: #meme #funny #indiegame #gamedev #gamemaker

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I have to do some testing yet, but I think I’m excited about my inventory system???? #indiedev #gamedev #solodev

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The Lost Sectors @thelostsectors.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I want to do something similar to the Tunnels of Doom combat. 1 move and 1 actions. These could change with status effects. Opinion: players end their turn by? 1 - Tab to next character, and end entire turn with a button. 2 - Force each character to clear out with a 'pass' on unused actions.

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