I will only accept April Fools from studios that treat their employees well and haven’t been contributing to the horrors.
Everyone else is an uncanny valley April Fraud and I want nothing to do with them.
Game workers do not receive any residuals/royalties on shipped titles and shipping bonuses are increasingly rare. There's also no guarantee that your name will even be in the credits if you leave before ship, and studios will use this to keep you compliant.
All of this can and should change.
Hi Bluesky! With our new trailer out, I am re-introducing Blueberry 👇
It's about a woman's life whose memories you'll collect to help her deal with trauma. Releasing 28th May on all platforms! Please consider wishlisting Blueberry on Steam 💜💜💜🙏🙏🙏 store.steampowered.com/app/1536120/...
We just premiered the announcement trailer for Verdant at the @wholesomegames.com Wholesome Snack showcase! 🥳🌱🎮
🦌 Single-player survival in the overgrown ruins of the 80s
🌿 Give and take life with your unique powers
🫀 Listen to your body, not a HUD
#Verdant #indiedev #gamedev
✨It's Christmas again (soon)! ✨
Of course there will be food and drinks 🍻, the video game quiz and Video Game Secret Santa 🎁, as well as networking and game stations.
So join the fun and celebrate with us. We look forward to meeting you!
🎄
Yeah, every time I open the project in Articy I get the same feeling! The game sure is a trip down memory lane.
I miss Symes too!
A screenshot from the Orwell Season 1 Episode 2 dialog structure, where one particular interrogation path is commented "You know nothing, Jon Snow."
I definitely had too much fun writing Orwell
"The artistic freedom of game developers is fundamental to games as a cultural medium. Any restrictions imposed by payment service providers or gaming platforms must not exceed the legal limits. In Germany, thanks in part to the USK, clear, binding, and established rules apply that must be adhered to. Furthermore, creative forms of expression or certain themes in games, such as diversity, must not be targeted by individual interests or campaigns from particularly vocal groups, as is currently being observed on Steam or itch.io. The terms and conditions of global payment service providers such as Visa, Mastercard, or PayPal must not conflict with European values such as freedom of expression or artistic freedom. We therefore call on the companies involved to design their rules and offerings in a manner that ensures compliance with applicable laws and prevents overblocking.' Felix Falk Managing Director of game
Felix Falk, Managing Director of game – The German Games Industry Association, on the current debate surrounding #overblocking on #gaming platforms.
#steam #itchio #gamedevs #indiegamedevs #gamedevelopment #indiegames #gamingplatforms #diversity
The new Hunger Games movie poster art reminds me of something
A 1-Bit game on the Playdate handheld. A knight is standing battle ready across a giant stone monster
I'm going to present my current Playdate-project next Monday at @indietreff.bsky.social in Hamburg.
It's called
🛡️G l o o m G a t e⚔️
and it's an action RPG with reaction based fights, a node based overworld, Souls-Like elements and still looooots of missing features. But I'm getting there😅
Stupid me didn't consider this to be different on each platform.
Err, just noticed this is different per system. Lol.
Happy Calendar Emoji Day 📆
Beever
Bevr
Br
lemmings
CEO compensation graphed next to employee compensation. 🙃
Portside Game Assembly Where indie game leaders meet. June 27, 2025 in Hamburg, Germany I will be on board! (next to the text, my face)
As a representative of a Hamburg-based company, I'm thrilled to participate in the inaugural Portside Game Assembly! I look forward to meeting familiar and new faces from indie companies around the world. If you're attending, let's meet!
portsideassembly.com
#psga25
A screenshot from The Alters showing a planet surface with massive basalt pillars.
Oh no, The Alters is bringing back my Stone Wave Cliffs trauma all over again
Leicht bearbeiteter Google-Screenshot: Google-Suche: Der Name der Rose, "Übersicht mit KI Der Name der Rose ist Wilfried."
Map Map - A Game About Maps has a demo out and I can't recommend this game highly enough. Finding creative ways to locate stuff on a map is such a fun and rewarding experience and the entire presentation is incredibly charming.
store.steampowered.com/app/3672480/...
🔥
Rami speaking on a stage. The slide describes the lack of risk-taking by publishers.
From my Nordic/INDIGO talk on picking the right game - a talk that also dives into how much of a liability a lot of publishers have become to devs in general. There are still plenty of "good ones" and "OK ones" out there, but the "publeecher" wave right now is very real.
Our little game keeps on giving. Still proud of what our team has achieved, despite everything.
Platzhalter-Texte in Orwell, ein Quell der Freude
After finally finishing TLOU Part 2 (yup, only played this now) and loving it, lets see what all the fuzz with Clair Obscure is about, eh?
In "IKUMA: The Frozen Compass" you join Sam and his loyal husky Ellie on an Arctic adventure!
Stranded on an uncharted island they must brave the harsh cold and uncover a dark secret buried beneath the ice...
🎮 Coming to PC, PS5 & Xbox Series X/S
❤️ Wishlist IKUMA now
#gamedev #indiegames
You can now apply for the @gamecityhamburg.bsky.social Games Lift Incubator! 15,000 EUR, workshops and individual mentoring await!
gamecity-hamburg.de/incubator/
Wir freuen uns auf die Speaker:innen @annikamaar.bsky.social, @dannyhellfish.bsky.social, @danielmarx.bsky.social, Franziska Horn, Jenni Wergin, Kristian Metzger, Onat Hekimoğlu und Ulrike Küchler. #GamesSpringBerlin
14.5., 11-16 Uhr
Rotes Rathaus Berlin
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Noch nicht, aber ich bin neugierig drauf :)
