Patric Fallon

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If there is a humble yet surprisingly expensive key in your hub-world, you better believe my entire existence will revolve around purchasing it as quickly as possible.

And no, I do NOT care what it unlocks.

psst, no one is struggling with this - we are trying to create singular things that resonate with a huge audience or resonate hugely with a specific audience. We "struggle" with how tech and VC funding has broken almost every creative economy we have. So thanks but no thanks

Like, people want narrative focused games, full stop. Why is this considered risky out there in money land?

It’s wild to me how much I can relate to in this story of triple-A/triple-i developers. Really eases the alienation and frustration that comes with trying to get a commercial narrative game finished.

re: tutorials and early game friction, here's a blog post I wrote in 2021 on why I like the social practice of game wiki'ing, and the "ludic mystery" that motivates it mixedinitiatives.net/blog/apologi...

Gumby screens that feel like Elden Ring

@gumbyscreens.bsky.social

Publisher Pathfinder is a new tool to help developers find publishing partners and investors Styled as an old-school text adventure game, the tool includes a database of nearly 800 companies

Games industry veteran Alyssa Kollgaard has put together a tool called Publisher Pathfinder, which guides developers towards publishing partners and investors that match their game's needs.

www.gamesindustry.biz/publisher-pa...

Gotta start posting about Order Automatica more : ) Another big update coming soon.

Your last candle is flickering... Complete the ritual before the darkness takes you!

⚙️ Roguelike auto-battler played on a 3×3 grid.

#PitchYaGame #indiegame #roguelike

It’s not the most exciting thing to look at, but I’m super proud how quickly and easily I was able to get this much built. The super fun & interesting stuff is on the way…

Started a lil side project this week as a treat and it’s all clicked so effortlessly!

Any guesses what I’m making? 📅 #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev

Think I might do things a bit different for me and actually share my progress on this one. Things are really coming together quickly…

Pleased to report that this went very well. We officially have a New Idea on our hands 🙃

I'd subscribe 👀

While I remain adrift in publisher pitch purgatory, I'm giving myself the ultimate #gamedev treat today:

Permission to work on something new. 🎁

My game is good, the algorithm just ignores me
My game is good, the algorithm just ignores me
My game is good, the algorithm just ignores me
My game is good, the algorithm just ignores...

#indiegames #pixelart #gamedev

Dear folks.
I’m collecting case studies on good/interesting game dev practice/process from artisanal solo devs or small teams. Please; more reccs for developers who are not dudes.

This is entirely accurate and it’s not even close.

Gamedev friends, this is more proof that we are not to blame for the current state of our industry.

These are the same executives that follow every trend blindly and ignorantly.

Aggressive MTX, everything is a live service, DRM that only punish paying players, NFTs, and now AI.

What a shitshow.

The itch.io Halloween Sale 2025 is live! The shadows are growing longer and the best time of year for spooky games is finally here: The itch.io Halloween Sale 2025 is live! Creators across the site have summoned frighteningly good deals on t...

🎃 The itch.io Halloween Sale 2025 is LIVE! 👻

Over 13,000 spooky deals on games, tabletop RPGs, assets & more—running until Nov 4th.

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Aquamarine: Explorer's Edition by moebial, hitcents A quiet survival adventure in an alien ocean.

Yes! I dropped my game to just $1 for this sale, only on @itch.io

moebial.itch.io/aquamarine

Wow! Okay so things are still really active over there. You always hear stories about the “death” of crowdfunding, so that’s very reassuring

Question for my #gamedev & #indiedev friends:

Have you supported an #indiegame Kickstarter within the past year? Drop a like if so ❤️

I'm curious if this is still a viable form of fundraising for tiny teams while the publisher availability continues to shrink. It is HARD out there, full stop.

Oh I've been waiting so long for this. Well freaking done

Aquamarine: Explorer's Edition by moebial, hitcents A quiet survival adventure in an alien ocean.

Happy Halloweeeeeek! 👻

I just saw good ol' @itch.io is having a spooky sale, so I decided to make my first full-length game AQUAMARINE available for $1. 😱

It's an exceedingly chill experience, but things do take a turn the deeper you dive...

moebial.itch.io/aquamarine

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There is no doubt in my mind that the legendary teams/ studios of the 2030s and 40s are going to be built over the next few years.

There's so much talent available right now and all it's going to take is a handful of money guys that remember you can make money off of Good Fundamentals.

In Capital, Marx quotes a bunch of bourgeois folk who say actually automation creates jobs because employers use the money they save on expanding the scale of production. His reply is essentially ‘well yeah eventually but it’s still a fucked time for the individual workers’

Keep coming back to this days later. Thinking of our story on Drag Her!, thinking of every story that I heard from friends that did sign.

My new plan? Build towards grants. Keep your games small, novel, clanky. Disregard people who do not add to your project, which means... nearly every publisher.

Ouch but.... Not false. We need people to drop the excel sheets and get in early, get in and take risk instead of just being fucking middlemen. If you're taking revenue % - fucking earn it.