I donated two spooky Pokémon originals for @pigsquad.com‘s fundraiser auction! If you like indie video games, table top games, art, or the people who make it, go check out:
www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
A 4"x6" original piece by Ragonia, made using colored pencils & posca & jelly pen, framed, and signed! The perfect spooky little buddy with which to celebrate your Spring :)
A 4"x6" original piece by Ragonia, made using colored pencils & posca & jelly pen, framed, and signed! The perfect big spooky buddies with which to celebrate your Spring :)
HEY look at that, two more items coming in hot from @ragonia.bsky.social. We are truly catching them all today.
A special, two-of-a-kind 8.5"x11" riso designed, printed, and signed by Marlowe Dobbe. You get one, PIGSquad gets the other one <3
A 2020 Playdate handheld with silly pizza cover. The Playdate is in new condition, factory reset, and ready to play weird little indie games! Donated by our wonderful pals at Gas Station Story GB.
A 12"x30" original hand painted cabinet door featuring an aloof wizard zapping a content frog. Hand painted on wood recycled from Portland's ReBuilding Center by Marlowe Dobbe, signed. Has hardware on the back to display it on a wall!
MDO prints of the Kanto Starter Pokemon by Mike Bennett, made as a part of his quest to paint the first 151 Pokemon from his studio by the end of the year! These are one-offs made for and donated to PIGSquad, signed by Mike. Thanks Mike! The prints are posed outside of "Mike Bennett Studios."
Part of this evening's 15 Year Anniversary will be a silent auction to help raise funds for the nonprofit! We have some rad items that are VERY local and VERY gamey, and the auction site is up now if you'd like to check it out and bid early >:)
tinyurl.com/pigconauction
PIGSquad's logo in 2011. Cubepig is much sharper and a more pastel pink tone, with very hard edges in the "PIGSquad" font on a powder blue background.
OH, and old logo! 👀
<3
A special, two-of-a-kind 8.5"x11" riso designed, printed, and signed by Marlowe Dobbe. You get one, PIGSquad gets the other one <3
A 2020 Playdate handheld with silly pizza cover. The Playdate is in new condition, factory reset, and ready to play weird little indie games! Donated by our wonderful pals at Gas Station Story GB.
A 12"x30" original hand painted cabinet door featuring an aloof wizard zapping a content frog. Hand painted on wood recycled from Portland's ReBuilding Center by Marlowe Dobbe, signed. Has hardware on the back to display it on a wall!
MDO prints of the Kanto Starter Pokemon by Mike Bennett, made as a part of his quest to paint the first 151 Pokemon from his studio by the end of the year! These are one-offs made for and donated to PIGSquad, signed by Mike. Thanks Mike! The prints are posed outside of "Mike Bennett Studios."
Part of this evening's 15 Year Anniversary will be a silent auction to help raise funds for the nonprofit! We have some rad items that are VERY local and VERY gamey, and the auction site is up now if you'd like to check it out and bid early >:)
tinyurl.com/pigconauction
What game project(s) are you currently working on or aim to work on next? #AskAGameDev
Don't be afraid of a little shameless self-promotion!
For this week's #AskAGameDev prompt:
What game project(s) are you currently working on or aim to work on next?
We want to see what you're working on! Quote repost or reply below :)
#gamedev
See you TONIGHT 🎉1️⃣5️⃣🎊
wait I forgot to mention that is if FREE to submit and FREE to showcase! :)
A photo of the Porltand Indie Game Squad booth at the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry in ~2011? Folks are playing games and making music, mostly wearing old school powder blue PIGSquad shirts.
Celebrating our 15 Year Anniversary tomorrow, check out this throwback to 2011? 😂
Anniversary details:
pigsquad.com/events-list/...
Bring a game for feedback, play games, and participate in WEIRD FUNDRAISER ACTIVITIES (weird & fun) - might even be able to get the silent auction site up early tonight
N95's preferred, and we will have some on site to give to attendees.
Fishbowl is 💜 OUT NOW 💜 on PS5 & Steam (PC, Mac, Steam Deck)
🫧 Play at your own pace
🪞 No bad endings only different paths
🗓️ Do as much or as little as you are able to
🛏️ Remember, no matter what, you got through the day
The two of us are in tears. Our game is out today! 🥹🥹
Screen shot of the temporary itch.io homepage in the style of Amiga Workstation OS for April 1st
We're pulling out the Ameyega Mode floppy disk in two hours, please enjoy it on the itchio homepage until then 🕹️
They will for sure be required for speaker rooms, we're figuring out the logistics of the main show floor.
We're shooting for April 12th, earlier if we can manage!
The PIGCON: Portland Indie Game Convention logo, depicting a large Cubepig over a city with a bridge, is in the center of the image. Additional colorful doodles of Cubepig & other characters are on each side of the logo. Text reads "May 30th - 31st, 2026 Norse Hall, Portland, OR"
Are you going to be in Portland for PIGCON in May?
pigcon.pigsquad.com
If you'd like to show your game or give a presentation, submissions close at the start of next week! Get your stuff in soon :D
i AM making video games hahahahhaha
group of SGDQ 2024 attendees cheering and raising their hands
announcement featuring all of the Volunteering Roles at SGDQ 2026 with a wide-eyed Velocity text for the available roles reads: On-site Audio Activities Camera Operations Check-In Cleaning Crew Donations Head Donations Host Interstitial Tech Photography Safety Stage Tech Stream Tech Stage Manager Setup Teardown Talent Experience Online Chat Moderation Host Judge Social Media
Run Submissions and Volunteer applications for #SGDQ2026 close tonight!!
This includes on-site AND online volunteering!
Submit a run: http://submissions.gamesdonequick.com/
Apply to volunteer: gdq.gg/volunteer/apply
Portlanders worked-on/made two of these ;)
We celebrate FIFTEEN YEARS on Friday!
Come play some stuff and tell folks in the community how much you love what they're making 💖
"PIGSquad Tabletop Jam" A wizard's hand throws a series of pink dice, two of which are d6's with Cubepig's face on them.
We're wrapping up this year's Tabletop Jam, submit today OR ping us if you need to do a late submission :)
Works in progress are of course okay, and we'll be showcasing the games on April 12th at Black Water!
itch.io/jam/pigsquad...
See ya soon 😉🎲
Two men's faces in circular cutouts are laid over the "Slay the Spire II" key art.
Heads up, our wonderful pals from @megacrit.com are speaking at PIGCON in May! Curious about transitioning a game from Unity to Godot? Or how the heck Slay the Spire 2 does multiplayer? Leave it to Ed & Jose to tell you all about it 🤩
pigcon.pigsquad.com
What inspired you to start making games?
We're starting a weekly conversation thread called #AskAGameDev! 🎮
Each week we'll share a prompt, and we would love it if folks could quote repost or reply below with their answer.
To kick it off, we'll start easy - what inspired YOU to start making games?
#gamedev
Two men's faces in circular cutouts are laid over the "Slay the Spire II" key art.
Heads up, our wonderful pals from @megacrit.com are speaking at PIGCON in May! Curious about transitioning a game from Unity to Godot? Or how the heck Slay the Spire 2 does multiplayer? Leave it to Ed & Jose to tell you all about it 🤩
pigcon.pigsquad.com
HELL YEAH!!!!
wow this image scaling on bsky, talk about low poly SHEESH
A cutout of a woman with blue hair is laid over an image of the low poly horror remake "Bloodborne PSX." The PIGCON logo is in the corner of the image.
Hell yeag, our guest announces for PIGCON this week include @b0tster.yeag.gay! Can't wait to hear about demaking Bloodborne and solo dev stuff in the presentation lineup 😱
Learn more about the Portland Indie Game Convention at pigcon.pigsquad.com ~
After a long slumber, Hell's legion stirs.
† PROFANE SALVATION: THE INFERNAL LORDS UPDATE †
The Blasphemous Bullet Hell is back with:
3 Bosses 💀 9 Grueling Verses 💀 1 Path to Salvation
schonstal.itch.io/profane-salv...
💻: @schonstal.itch.io
🎨: @smhancher.bsky.social
🎹: Zack Pierson
Of course also gotta give a lil "wow" to the fact that it's been 15 years of meeting great folks and collaborating with them. And right before PIGCON, our first convention that will celebrate the community in an even bigger way. So grateful to be surrounded by these people 💖
Okay really excited about this because a lot of people have been vibing on feedback nights lately and have been surprised by how many folks are playing and giving quality feedback on their projects. Feels like just the thing we need right now to celebrate everyone's cool stuff :)
