sorry to be annoying but I only have 48 hours to fill the rest of these slots to cover the rest of my rent. Freelance gig I was counting on fell through so I am really freaking out 🙃

There's a lot of misogyny in that, obviously, and in many awful flavors, but I think there's also mixed in there a very peculiar kind of consumer-brained entitlement. We expect that the big corporations will fuck us over every two seconds, and we expect to be utterly powerless to do anything about it because all they give a shit about is Line Go Up, but indie creators (especially if they are not men) are expected to be the balm to that infected rash. Where everything else in the world is painful and mean and uncomfortable, independent queer creators are expected to produce the comfortable swaddling bandage that dulls the pain and soothes the sensitivity. This is supposed to be our happy place, our safe place. It's supposed to be ours and belong to us and serve us. And so they moment they produce friction, any friction, literally the tiniest amount of friction imaginable, well that's a failure! You are failing to live up to your purpose, and that's not just a creative failure but a moral and personal and spiritual failure too. It's a sin, in fact, it is a kind of evil. Friction hurts, and that means you are hurting me!

I love finding things that explain the screwed-upness of how major studios get away with blatantly bigoted nonsense while solo queer creators get eaten alive by self-professed innocent small beans for creating art that steps out of line

Quite literally, until you have 10 reviews Steam doesn't surface you at all.

Those first 10 reviews change everything. If you see a game with less than 10 reviews, you are being shown a life you can dramatically improve.

so good!

Cozy gamers! Ever wanted to manage your own record store?

🎶explore the shop at your own pace
🎶chat to customers + pick out recommendations
🎶original music, hand-drawn art
🚫 ZERO AI, TOTALLY MADE BY HUMANS! 💃

Wax Heads is coming to Steam + Xbox 2026! 🤘

#indiegames #indiedev #steam #xbox

Announcing RAT GAME! 🐀

1 Chef vs 2 to 8 rats - who would win??

A comedy horror co-op game where a team of rats secretly tries to ruin a restaurant while another player tries to stop them…

Proud teacher moment 🖼️🎮
My students made their own 3D scenes in #Blender + rendered them in #Unity, and I combined them into one big showcase. The variety in styles is insane!

#GameDev #3DArt #StudentWork #MadeWithUnity

Gyms, Zoos, and Museums: Your documentation should be in-game — Robin-Yann Storm, Product & UX Designer for Tools Gyms, Zoos, and Museums: Your documentation should be in-game

My 2025 talk 'Gyms, Zoos, and Museums: Your documentation should be in-game' is now also available in text format, for those who like to read instead of watch: rystorm.com/blog/gyms-zo...

And if you haven't seen it yet, there is an all new video too, with bonus material on the history of Zoos!

Want to be very clear to anyone even remotely thinking about coming to events like GDC: Don't. It's not safe to be in the US, nobody's hiring or financing anyway, and it's not worth your life.

Look at all these amazing and talented people that worked on Wax Heads 🥹♥️🔥🙌🎵😭 @rothiotome.bsky.social @ginaloughlin.com @mairispaceship.com @yourkyotowife.bsky.social @mattjohnss.bsky.social @balazsronyai.bsky.social and Javi

(working on the credits and thought why wait to say how thankful I am♥️)

Job opening: game designer @ Hidden Folks We're looking for a game designer in the Netherlands to help build games in The Hidden Folks Universe, starting with a sequel to the indie hit game Hidden Folks.

Today's the last day game designers in the Netherlands can send in an application to work on the Hidden Folks Universe!

hiddenfolks.com/job-opening/...

Some tips based on the applications so far:
- be in NL
- don't be a minor (we had 1 lol)
- don't say HF seemed inspired by a game that cloned ~us~

From the creators of Minami Lane, explore a charming countryside as a young bike courier in Milki Delivery. "Lush meadows, green forests, a glittering ocean... To see it all and reach everyone, you'll need to upgrade your bike, manage your inventory and choose your path wisely."

About to wrap up 3 more commissions in queue so there's gonna be open spots!! I'm approaching the week where I need to refill my pills, and do my trimestral blood exams so please consider commissioning me!! 💖 Sharing this post ALSO helps a lot!

💵 MONEY for GAME? In 2026??? 💵

There have been more and more successful-game-devs-turned-game-funders popping up, so here's a lil' thread of some of the more recent ones I've seen.

Hopefully this helps you get some $$$! 🔽

Just found out my wife might be losing her job, so I'm desperately searching for work. Contract, full-time, freelance, whatever. Press, PR, consulting, anything. I have 16 years of editorial experience and have been writing about games for 13. Reviews, news, previews, guides, etc. RTs appreciated.

Job opening: game designer @ Hidden Folks We're looking for a game designer in the Netherlands to help build games in The Hidden Folks Universe, starting with a sequel to the indie hit game Hidden Folks.

friends! acquaintances! help!

i'm looking to hire a game designer (living in the Netherlands) to help build games in The Hidden Folks Universe, starting with a sequel to the indie hit game Hidden Folks.

know someone who's a good fit? pls forward this, ty!

hiddenfolks.com/job-opening/...

Comms are OPEN, and I could REALLY use the support 🌈 Please retweet, share and help a freelance artist survive!!! (Check out the thread below for more art 💖)

Did you know that Steam OSTs are considered as DLCs and have their own SKU#. Therefore it's very easy to calculate the revenue

COMPOSERS KEEP YOUR STEAM OST SALES! Negotiate it in the contract otherwise charge more for your music.

bless thank you for sharing!

Announcing the steam "Cozy Puzzles Bundle"!

A Little to the Left 🐈
Dorfromantik 🌲
Is This Seat Taken? 🪑
RailBound 🚂
Squeakross: Home Squeak Home 🐭
Sticky Business 🐸
Tiny Garden 🥕

Get it here => store.steampowered.com/bundle/64529... 🧩

Price reduced if you already any of them!

Since Polygon is leaving it out of the headline: Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to put money into the pocket of a bigot who uses her wealth to further the genocide of trans people through lawsuits and legislation. Every 'free' game gives money directly to JKR, and they are complicit.

We hit 10,000 sales...
Ten. Thousand?!
That's like 20.000 hands!!! 🙌
Thank you for helping us reach this huge milestone! Meanwhile we keep working on making it even better! 🫶

You got my €5!

"Oh sure, let me instantly generate every storefront image at once" is something no game developer ever said... until I added this feature to Kenney Game Assets All-in-1! 🎉

(Coming later this month!)

Watch our Young Suns teaser! Available now in Xbox Game Preview on Game Pass and coming soon to other platforms 🪐

www.youngsuns.com

KO_OP Game Reveal & Presentation YouTube video by KO_OP

We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.

youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...

let's goooo

In just 1 week you’ve helped us reach more than 6000 players, and have:

61,250+ faceplants 🫱
23,350+ high-fives 👏
1813+ finger wiggles 🫳
594+ slingshot betrayals

970+ saved Mr. Diggleworth 🦺
261+ saved Momo 🐵
139+ saved Sally 🦎

Happy to share we've announced the launch window for Pieced Together! It's coming early 2026 🥳

FRIENDS! 💛

My team at @bluebackpack.bsky.social and I just released The Berlin Apartment, the game we’ve worked on for the past 4 years! 😭💛

Give us so much love, wishlist and buy! ✨

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