Our talk at GDC 2026 is up on the Vault for FREE!

⭐ Game Funding: Lessons from Outersloth ⭐
- What survival means as an indie
- The origins of the fund
- Our process for evaluating games
- The Outersloth contract and explanation

Watch now: gdcvault.com/play/1035853...

Lunar Garden by Daniel Arsham

Lunar Garden by Daniel Arsham

Lunar Garden by Daniel Arsham

Lunar Garden by Daniel Arsham, a little pocket of peace in an otherwise chaotic timeline 🌷

Never been to #GDC but I’m also #WhatAGameDevLooksLike 🌷🌷🌷 I’m Venny, an enthusiastic Senior Game Designer specialising in systems design. Worked in everything from Snapchat games to AAA to indie games about witches 🌿🌿🌿

I love designing ethical, player-first systems, mentoring, and digital art 🎨

The boys’ club: How Epstein’s influence shaped the exclusion of women in STEM In one email, an AI researcher suggested it’s “hard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why another woman hates you.”

The trove of files released by the Department of Justice, illuminates Epstein’s deep interest and entrenchment in the scientific community.

But the files also underscore how he used his power and money in ways that kept women out of places where they might succeed. https://bit.ly/4qWgPLz

One of the questions we get more than any other: What's the difference between a good publisher and a bad one in the #indiedev space?

Today, our COO @discordiadystopia.bsky.social pulls back the curtain on publisher red flags!

Give it a read: buff.ly/j3pXZbu

It's Aphrodite's favorite day-or-night!

This must be Aphrodite's favorite day-or-night of the year!!💘 Credit to our environment artist Joanne Tran for a new glimpse at the goddess of love with her various subjects.

game devs: We published a game
studios: :)
game devs: But it hasn't made a billion dollars in less than a month
studios: >:(

The Séance of Blake Manor's lead designer on why she made the game's clock so important “I am a woman in her 40s who has the brain of a turnip.”

"You don't want to punish people for exploring and stuff, but you do want them to know that there isn't like — it's not a case of, just go around and click on everything, and eventually the game will kind of solve it for you." New from @midimyers.com!
www.mothership.blog/seance-of-bl...

Dispatch Design Review: if it isn’t no consequences for my actions There’s a lot to like about Dispatch, but it’s desire to make you the hero makes it feel stale

I'm starting a series of longer design reviews, and Dispatch was a great first candidate - from its weird treatment of women to its lack of narrative consequences, there was a lot to talk about
malindy.medium.com/dispatch-des...

Fantastic piece, I couldn’t quite put my finger on what felt off about Dispatch to me, this nails it 👏

Miniature model of a Seoul bakery with flower pots in the front and lots of baked goods inside.

Top-down image of the inside of a miniature Seoul bakery, with baked goods and cups of coffee visible.

Side view of a miniature Seoul bakery, with seating out front, coffee and baked goods on miniature tables.

The most therapeutic way to spend winter break 😌😌😌 Super satisfying build, components kept clicking just right, the roof tiling was the most unique part of this miniature Seoul bakery ✨✨✨

Just finished Evelina’s video and what the actual fuck, why are we still dealing with this level of toxicity and harassment in 2025

didn’t realise the grinch learnt how to use ai 🙄

Pocket Boss, broken productivity growth

Pocket Boss, musical productivity indicators

Provost Boss, broken productivity charts

Just finished Pocket Boss, what a clever little game, I want to cry at how relatable some of its satire is 🥲🥲🥲

pocketboss.ch

A red skinned and muscular female demon in Dispatch gives the middle finger

"Maybe AI is a creative solution if you aren't a creative person" - Dispatch devs take a firm, refreshing stance against AI www.eurogamer.net/maybe-ai-is-...

Hades II ending scene, characters travelling in the moonlight in a chariot, led by a winged horse.

Just completed Hades II, clearly at the best possible moment as Supergiant have patched in a phenomenal and gratifying ending as of a few days ago 🥹🥹🥹

Three pumpkins sitting on a glass table in front of a Halloween-themed wallpaper

Hope you all had a terrifying Halloween 🎃🎃🎃 The best trio of Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach come for trick-or-treating last night and were rewarded with full-sized candy bars 🎃🎃🎃

Super excited about this one, will it be launching on Switch?

Public testing for our new game has been going on throughout the weekend and people are saying such nice things 😭😭😭😭 If only they knew game devs run on a good compliment for months 😭😭😭

Project D5, artwork with squishy, jelly-like characters

Project D5, in-game screenshot featuring loads of players running towards the camera

Project D5, in-game screenshot of players of different scales and sizes

It’s a crazy exciting day, we’re running the first EVER public test of the game I’ve been working on 🥹🥹🥹

If you fancy silly fun with adorable characters that stretch, splat, slingshot & melt, feel free to grab a key, we’re live from 17:00 BST all week 🌈

projectd5.levelinfinite.com/recruitment/...

AI-centric Human Resources, for when you need the robots to handle your compassionate leave or handle medical information 😑

systems designer: also how much xp do i get for climbing each ramp

Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary A letter warns Shabana Mahmood that ‘targeting refugees will do nothing to tackle’ problems with housing and the NHS More than 100 charities have sent a letter to the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, calling for an end to the “scapegoating of migrants”. The letter, sent before her speech at the Labour party conference in Liverpool on Monday afternoon, was coordinated by Refugee Action and signed by 105 organisations from a wide range of sectors – including Save the Children, Mind, Oxfam, Shelter, Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, as well as dozens of migrant and anti-racism charities. It has also been signed by the PCS union, which represents Border Force workers. Continue reading...

Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary

looking up at a building with a red railing and a tree in the foreground Alt: Floating building pieces from The Oldest House in Control, the video game

Control

Lotelei and the Laser Eyes, Screenshot of the player character standing next to a woman in a bed;

Lotelei and the Laser Eyes, Screenshot of fax-style printer;

Lotelei and the Laser Eyes, Screenshot of a puzzle involving matching a red line to paintings;

Lotelei and the Laser Eyes, Screenshot of the player character observing a man disrupting a giant computer.

Just completed Lorelei and the Laser Eyes to about 98.5% Truth Recovered ☕️☕️☕️

It’s the most compelling, artistic, and just-the-right-amount challenging puzzle game, kudos to the dev team 👏👏👏 One of those games I wish I’d worked on, hats off 🙌

Yeah, it sucks, there’s the perception that if it’s drenched in neutrals it will maintain its value and be more attractive to buyers 🤷‍♀️ A lot of people actively repaint it to neutrals right before a sale

Basilica Cistern, Istanbul

Basilica Cistern, Istanbul

Basilica Cistern, Istanbul, Shadow of Medusa

Basilica Cistern, Istanbul - My game dev brain was thoroughly impressed by what a phenomenal level this would make 🤩🤩🤩

Have you played Pentiment? If you’re in the mood for a smaller, more chill medieval murder mystery, give it a go 😄

K/DA walked so HUNTR/X could run, obsessed with K-Pop Demon Hunters right now ✨✨✨