drawing of a burning warehouse “all you had to do was pay us enough to live”

people will tell you it’s complicated but it’s really not

Puzzle Spy International Deserves To Be Played By Way More People This super-smart collection of puzzles is short but very sweet

Puzzle Spy International Deserves To Be Played By Way More People kotaku.com/puzzle-spy-international...

Puzzle Spy International - Release Trailer YouTube video by Michael Dashow

Puzzle Spy International is out now!

I'll let the release trailer do the heavy lifting here, but if you're into fun wordplay puzzles and rules discovery and spies and flirting and mid-century modern art and cool spy music, check it out:
It's on Steam ats.team/a/3406690

youtu.be/eLXt8glg07g?...

I'M IN THE CORNER
WATCHING YOU KISS HER
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH

has anyone done the math to see if developers were making more or less money per copy on steam vs the pre-digital retail era?

I know retailer+publisher cuts where insanely high in the early 00s, but it's real bad now too

This is so sick. I love the style of it!

Liberals like to talk about all the protesters who have been shot by ICE agents. But what about all the buildings that would’ve been blown up and all the governors that would’ve been kidnapped if the people who became ICE agents were unemployed and had more free time on their hands?

THE MAXX #1-4 (1993– ), with cover art by Sam Kieth (1963-2026).

So ... Got invited to talk about DDT on CVM Sunrise last Friday. Was pretty cool.

To put 20k in perspective

Besides being #indiedev who prices low already and has dropped over the years and supports affordable games.
Consider this:

My kids buy games at $2.99 or $1.99 on sale. Down from $19.99 (on Switch, but Steam is no different).

it's called a race to the bottom, we've hit the bottom. We're there.

genie is gonna make stadia look like a good idea

I find out this way

This is how I find out

Wow

(this rocks)

Years and years of pearl clutching writers in dramas using BDSM as a way to indicate that a character is an evil rapist, when this entire time the most straight, vanilla, boring men in the world have been regularly emailing each other about which child they wanna take turns fucking.

Last call for tonight. We remain at a critical time here- if you're in a position to buy it, play it, and review it asap it all *massively* helps. Thank you!

It's gone well today. Really appreciate everyone's support, this is genuinely the hardest bit of the job and you've all made it much easier.

Beast Breaker Steam Announcement - A Message from Vodeo Games YouTube video by Kando Factory

Hi friends! I'm happy to announce that our little mouse-bouncing adventure Beast Breaker will finally be playable on Steam!

Everyone thank our friends at @kandofactory.bsky.social for making this possible.

Lots of details about all the new stuff here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWfQ...

Save 25% on Earth Must Die on Steam These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from ...

EARTH MUST DIE is OUT NOW.

Starring Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas, @alexhorne.bsky.social @misterabk.bsky.social @benstarr.bsky.social @5teviem.bsky.social Tamsin Greig, Don Warrington and LOADS of other people.

It's cheap | good | funny, check it out.

store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

1.30.2026
It’s time for a national labor strike. All they care about is money and hate. Not Americans. Money.
Nobody works till ICE is abolished.
NOBODY. NOTHING.
No taxes. No spending.
NOT A PENNY TILL
THEY LEAVE US THE FUCK ALONE

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

Any member of Congress who votes on a piece of legislation that directly or indirectly gives money to ICE at this point is a traitor as far as I'm concerned. They immediately go on the traitor list permanently if they cast that vote. I'm sorry. That's just how it works.

It’s time for a national labor strike. All they care about is money and hate. Not Americans. Money.
Nobody works till ICE is abolished.
NOBODY. NOTHING.
No taxes. No spending.
NOT A PENNY TILL
THEY LEAVE US THE FUCK ALONE

Wasn't able to play nearly as many indie games as I would've in previous years...partly cause less immediately stood out to me, but also cause busy.
Of the ones I played, I'll shout out Nectarmancer for showing some promise.
Reality Layer Zero *seems* neat, but I'd need to see more to know for sure

The Beauty Cult's NECTARMANCER on Steam NECTARMANCER tells the story of Aisa, the conscripted Nectarmancer for The Throne in this visually stunning action platformer and "gardenvania" by The Beauty Cult.

oh man, wasn't the last: somehow I left off Nectarmancer, which looks beautiful. store.steampowered.com/app/739790/T...

In a surprise announcement, TGA awards Donald Trump its first-ever Peace Prize

Honestly I think @donnotron.bsky.social deserves more recognition for Black Future '88. It's a synth wave cyberpunk masterpiece of a game. Played a lot of it on the Switch. Bangin' soundtrack. The perfect 80's vibe.

HYPER DETONATOR — Announcement Trailer YouTube video by Vertex Pop

🎉 I’m excited to announce the next game from Vertex Pop is
HYPER DETONATOR, a chain-reaction bullet hell shooter set in cyberspace

Coming out in 2026! Wishlist on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3965780/...

youtu.be/fXiqM_GmyD8

Speaking of the good we do at work, sometimes I wear a cool Hawaiian shirt on Fridays, and it's commonly accepted that bad people don't wear shirts with flowers on them. That's just a fact. There's something so silly about discussing opportunities to increase profits for international arms dealers while wearing a purple button-down covered in bright hibiscus blossoms.

im screamign

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-w...

just wanna thank my cunt ex-roommate aka ex friend of 20 years for not only stealing money from me but also for taking all of the umbrellas when she left to move back to SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA leaving me super fucking fucked in this rain today :) dw, she is living the life she deserves

hi! i'm jynnie, an indie game maker, making Wild Seasons! a roguelike deck-gardener. grow your deck and align the stars to power up your plants

we're deep in development, but will share updates!

#gamedev