iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Ming-Lun "Allen" Chou @theallenchou.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

MudBun 2.0 in the works (still in early stages). Rect tool. Multi-renderer. #MudBun #GameDev #MadeWithUnity #VFX

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catherine @cathroon.itch.io · 01/08/2026

cannot stress this point enough: i have skills and talents and u can employ me to utilize them for your benefit

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hol @thnewlands.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Come out and play games with us at Lloyd!!

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Schrodinger's Cat Burglar 😺 OUT NOW @abandonedsheep.com · 21/05/2026

We have BIG NEWS... Schrodinger's Cat Burglar is OUT NOW! ⚛️ Brain-twisting quantum puzzles 👥 Play in both solo or coop 🔬Plenty of secrets and hidden areas 🎨Full cat customisation! store.steampowered.com/app/2111550/...

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hol @thnewlands.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Two more days until Schrodinger's Cat Burglar comes out! I worked on Mittens' eye, fur and quantum state shaders amongst other things! Super fun project!!!

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sadie | looking for gigs @slimekat.com · 19/03/2026

If you know people who were early organizers of lostlevels please reach out to @thnewlands.bsky.social or myself via DM or email You can reach me at sup[@my bluesky handle]

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hol @thnewlands.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Gathering #lostlevels at Yerba Buena #gdc!! Stage is occupied so meet here in the shade!! web.archive.org/web/20230210...

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Schera Wyss 💀 SLUG HUMAN @scherawyss.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

SLUG WORLD is tomorrow! 🌿 GDC counterprogramming for the ones the tech bros couldnt kill.

Slug world 2026 flier -- tues 3/10 noon-dark

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Schrodinger's Cat Burglar 😺 OUT NOW @abandonedsheep.com · 23/02/2026

Schrodinger's Cat Burglar is in the Steam #NextFest! 🆕 Minor demo updates w/ localisation! 👥 Split into two quantum cats to solve puzzles. ⚛️ Play with quantum concepts including Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. 📤 Share this with one buddy who loves science (and cats!)

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mickey sanchez @mickeysanchez.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

🧵 Big Hops Sewer Exit Level Design Deep Dive Thread 🧵 Inspired by @radiatoryang.bsky.social's excellent Big Hops level design blog post and encouraged by Chris @luckshotgames.com, here's a thread where I dove back through the commits to look at our iterations on a single level in Big Hops.

A sewer in Big Hops with a big yellow rotating platform surrounded by waterfalls.

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Erik Robson @erikrobson.net · 16/12/2025

Before we had the processing time for all this CPU/GPU path-tracing, there was a cool technique for baked vertex-lit geo. It managed to achieve some sweet soft shadows. It didn't really catch on for several reasons. In games, because lightmaps were Close Enough and realtime.

Cube casting a shadow with appropriate soft umbra and penumbra (given a point light source.)

Cube casting a shadow with appropriate soft shadow, with underlying geometry revealed. The geo cuts match the umbra and penumbra such that Gouraud shading is sufficient for complex (static) lighting.

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ZIPIT! Games @zipit-games.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish - Release Date Trailer A story-driven photography game... on the back of a giant flying catfish! Transform clouds into sea creatures and bring abundance back to an empty sky! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFxG... #indiegame #indiedev #indiegames #videogame

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The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish - Release Date Trailer

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Everest Pipkin @everest.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Come work with me!   We've opened the search for a full time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Game Arts at Pratt Institute.   A good match would be an artist, game developer, or educator with an active creative practice in indie games, game studies and theory, playful coding, or art games.

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Assistant Professor Digital Arts, Game Arts 2026 (71102)

The Department of Digital Arts at Pratt Institute invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Game Arts at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning in Fall 2026. The successful ca...

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Schrodinger's Cat Burglar 😺 OUT NOW @abandonedsheep.com · 16/10/2025

We can all use a little help from our friends 👥 If you think Schrodinger's Cat Burglar looks like a cool concept, PLEASE drop a share! 🙏 Learn about the game on Steam ⤵️ store.steampowered.com/app/2111550/...

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Hold Me Closer, Giant Dancers @giantdancers.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

I really hate the term "sideloading". I preferred the original term, which was "installing software on a computer that you own"

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zøë wolfe @glitchwolfe.studio · 20/08/2025

Home from the video art convention and I'm back to being stressed again I have some really exciting projects and plans coming up but I desperately need to get out of the financial situation I am in. Our rent is too high, my car is overdue for repair, I'm not eating enough ko-fi.com/glitch_wolfe...

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Buy Zoë F Wolfe a Coffee

Become a supporter of Zoë F Wolfe today!

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Harry 💬 @halisavakis.com · 21/08/2025

HERDLING is coming out in just a few hours, so there's just enough time to go through some other fun tech-art stuff 👀 Here's another behind-the-scenes 🧵 with various other interesting tech-art stuff featured in our vast and furrious game ✨

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Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

itch.io has been nothing but supportive of LGBTQ+ work since the beginning. it pains me to see the community turn on them like this and so gleefully spread misinformation about them without even giving them a shred of benefit of the doubt. journalists too...

a post from itch saying “I don't see any indexing restrictions on your game. Your game does have a content warning because of this setting on your page though (check the "Metadata" tab). It's possible at some point you could have added a tag to your page that is commonly associated with explicit adult content.”

a post from itch pointing out that an article is full of misinformation and trying to clarify.

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ompuco @ompu.co · 02/08/2025

Things are insanely tight right now while I’m between paychecks so I’m afraid I’ve gotta link this here again. Been dealing with a few unexpected costs the last couple days putting me a bit further behind than initially expected. kofi.ompu.co

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Brady Soglin @bradysoglin.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

big news: TALL TRAILS is OUT NOW !! 🥾 an exploration game where EVERYTHING goes in the boot!! 🤠 you're a little golem on a quest to find his purpose 🚀 use items as fuel in your ROCKET BOOT to blast yourself through the air!! get it now Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/2393760/...

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Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 29/07/2025

🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 After 4 years of work, my solarpunk game finally has a title, a trailer, and a Steam page! Wishlist... Future? No Thanks! 👉 futurenothanks.com

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ricky peacock @rickypeacock.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

are you fucking kidding me. the lens flares in DK Bananza are in the shape of a bunch of bananas

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Santa Ragione @santaragione.com · 15/07/2025

Apple is delisting Wheels of Aurelia from the App Store, because it's... "obsolete". Our statement:

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Tom van den Boogaart @tom.sokpop.co · 09/06/2025

i’m overwhelmed by all the nice reactions to the announcement of Bernband! 👽 it warms my heart to hear that the original version from 2014 was special to so many of you… thanks for sharing your excitement and nostalgia with me

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jenny @qdork.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

icymi we just announced our release date @dayofthedevs.org last night!! consume me is coming to steam on 📆 09.25.25 💥💥💥💥💥 ✅ please wishlist the game, 🕹️ check out the HOUR-long demo, & leave a review 💕✍️ it would help us out a lot!!! 🥹 thank you 🫂 👉👉👉 store.steampowered.com/app/3438190/...

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The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

turning your campaign office into a mutual aid hub is such a simple way to show you’re materially invested in the well-being of your community. it’s kind of insane more people haven’t done this

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Chris Wade @luckshotgames.com · 25/05/2025

🚨HUGE News🚨 🐸BIG HOPS is a froggy platformer with deep movement, fresh tongue-gameplay, where you use powerful veggies to grow paths forward! ✨Free demo out NOW 🎮Coming to Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 in Q4 2025 💰Our publisher dropped us, so we're KICKSTARTING (links below)

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𝖘𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖙 𝖛𝖚𝖑𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊 @stvulture.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Discover the secrets of alchemical processes, the hidden secrets of world and even deeper secrets hidden within us… All Living Things has a steampage, wishlist to be notified for the upcoming early demo! store.steampowered.com/app/3681340

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droqen and 24 others @droqen.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

The End of Gameplay is out RIGHT NOW! My masterpiece. A pixel art adventure through my mind, broken by kill gameplay 🔪 love, droqen store.steampowered.com/app/3120040/...

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Nikita Lisitsa @lisyarus.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

First update of my online webgpu particle life simulator: the number of particle types is now also randomized each time (from 2 to 16), leading to greater variety! lisyarus.github.io/webgpu/parti...

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Ted DiNola📍NZGDC🔜MIGW @esdin.net · 07/05/2025

I’ve been a bit quiet about it, but I am actively looking for new opportunities! ⭐️ 15+ years in games as a programmer, designer, team lead, and working on a platform team 🌎 Remote preferred but able to relocate ❤️ Technical Design or Portfolio Management roles

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Samperson @samperson.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Players discuss this most often when it comes to rendering? Like - the point of Nanite/Lumen IS NOT gigashit graphics for players. It's to smooth over a million iteration-blocking workflow issues... at a known runtime performance cost.

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ompuco @ompu.co · 10/04/2025

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

okay this is an emergency assistance thread for anyone who got this National Endowment for the Arts email today some of you can still get your money and I’m going to tell you how article to come later this weekend but here is the Cliffs Notes version:

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Colorfiction @colorfiction.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Made a short game about the grim reaper: In Death we Love. and it's now out on Steam!

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thomas "noio" 🏔️ vandenberg @handle.invalid · 24/04/2025

no context inspector screenshot

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Muno @bymuno.com · 21/04/2025

How does ROLLBACK NETCODE work, why is it so difficult to program, and why is it the gold standard for fighting games? A whirlwind tour of different solutions #pixelart #gamedev #AnimationVERSUS The setup: you have a video game with couch co-op and want to add online multiplayer. Easy, right...? 🧵

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Nextlevelbanana @ home @nextlevelbanana.online · 14/04/2025

Back in town and my shop is open! Snag a copy of Oscacomp's Item Shop, zines, and stickers~ ko-fi.com/nextlevelban...

Photo of open box of Oscacomp's Item Shop

Photo of cover of Go Fish 2 zine, alongside a banana

Photo of a sticker that looks like a sports pennant that says "tabs", alongside a banana

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Created an updated gameplay reel for a private talk I'm giving on Wednesday.

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

From: The Wolf House (2018), dir. Cristobal León and Joaquín Cociña, Diluvio

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Dr Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Really like the point being made here about how it's exciting to see (relatively) smaller games being cited as a creative influence in other mediums, and it not just being an example of a straight adaptation

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A MAZE. @amazefest.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

We are excited to announce the nominees for the 2025 A MAZE. Awards! 🏆 Thank you for the incredible slate of interactive works submitted — a record 364 entries from 72 countries! Nominee list: 2025.amaze-berlin.de/nominees Congrats to all selected works — 🧵 below! #AMaze2025 #AMazeAwards

"14 A MAZE. NOMINEES" written in simple black text with a large pink bubble border. Int he background is a blown-up image of a pigeon.

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hol @thnewlands.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

So psyched about Lazarus's soundtrack. Kamasi Washington, Bonobo & Floating Points all in one place. Trailer sounds so good. m.youtube.com/watch?v=7d2o...

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『LAZARUS ラザロ』メインPV｜"LAZARUS" Main Trailer

YouTube video by MAPPA CHANNEL

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

One mistake is to always playtest for "fun" instead of "comprehension" or "what do players think they can do" or "ask players to describe the game back to you". I found this especially useful for more experimental projects that didn't follow or deviated heavily from genre conventions.

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

it's been years upon years of labored "campus culture" op-eds from salaried writers hectoring students about free speech, and now the state is kidnapping students for their speech in broad daylight

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 24/03/2025

It's been a while since I've done this, and the world is bleak - so we can all use a little art & creativity. What is everyone creating nowadays? Games, art, music, video, writing, anything - whether it is early, almost done, or just shipped. Feel free to include trailers, images, links - whatever.

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melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

HUGE NEWS... All of Analgesic's games have been acquired by BIG ROCK! We've been assured that our strategy of independent operations will remain unchanged, while creating a more stable external environment for our development.

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