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When bucking trends can literally cost you support and money. How this leads to developers buying into technologies, features, strategies, and even political statements that they don't actually agree with for the sake of keeping an income.
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04.08.2025 13:23 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Scott is AMAZING!
20.07.2025 13:50 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Sorry!!! xD
20.07.2025 13:49 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
One of the many changes that one has to do when converting a game from a F2P model to a Premium is turning dark patterns into soft rewards for everyone.
Normally, daily logins are there to increase DAU, and get players back in the game. For the new DR, it's a little treat to gamble or progress!
10.07.2025 19:43 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Coffee!!
16.06.2025 16:26 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Iโm gonna be loud about it
If you see few games being announced or games not being what you expected - you can blame the massive layoffs that have occurred in the last 2.5 years
08.06.2025 17:21 โ ๐ 271 ๐ 76 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 4
Where are the 9 friends???
07.06.2025 19:16 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
You should join us right now, yes, right now, it's live as we speak. Stop reading this, jump aboard.
06.06.2025 13:11 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Hi bluesky, Cantos Games here! We are a small indie game dev studio that works on Coloniser - a massive persistent online RTS where survival is key.โ๏ธ
Ever wanted to experience RTS with 15 other people over the course of 90 days? Now is your chance - we are looking for new players to test our game.๐
14.05.2025 10:00 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
We have a DEMO OUT for Jump the Track!!!
Just in time to celebrate #LudoNarraCon.
Come try our little weirdo game โ๏ธ
01.05.2025 17:11 โ ๐ 65 ๐ 43 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 3
I would argue narrative in terms of the team-building, plus the different worlds!
25.12.2024 17:14 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Balatro
24.12.2024 21:05 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Tetris!
24.12.2024 17:42 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
The pathway to what real is through the hardest things you can ever do.
14.12.2024 15:12 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Game Creator: 70% of my body is made of movies.
Game developer, father, cultural critic.
Wishlist Thick As Thieves on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3341000/Thick_As_Thieves/
Lofi beats, coffee connoisseur, and a whole lot of anime
Working in games. Ex-SEGA, Nintendo, Crunchyroll, Nexon, VIZ
Some brands I marketed: Pokรฉmon, Naruto, Street Fighter, Mario, Sailor Moon, Shonen Jump
I stream retro games here: twitch.tv/Dinosaur
Game Designer, Author, Educator, Imagineer, Father.
Out now: Your Turn!: The Guide to Great Tabletop Game Design https://a.co/d/4TAur76
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A multi-award winning game developer. Game Changer, SPG100, BAFTA, Next Gen Leader, Future Class. She/they. I hope you like ferrets.
Irish nonbinary writer and VN sicko - they/them ๐ฎ๐ช โ๏ธ ๐ค
Making narrative games @margarita.games
Made com__et, working on Ravel the Frays
My smaller games are here:
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DM me for enquiries or find more info on my website; https://www.katiewrightart.com/
Game Developer. Will talk for hours about tiny things in games. โA pretty neurodivergent guyโ. (Any Pronouns okay!) Website: https://bit-bandit98.github.io/
Game Dev๐ฎ Erasmus Mundus Scholar Re:Play ๐พ๐ช๐บ Creator of VR Dance Game Peru Party ๐ต๐ช๐ Women in Games Ambassador ๐พ WIGI Mentee ๐
Game developer building a game about building places:
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Your favourite Canadian pocket pixie. Lover of dating sims, TTRPGs, and glitter. Occasional streamer, perpetual planner. I'm the witch behind @igda.org and @getwigi.com socials (among other things). Safe in Our World 2025 Ambassador. They/them.
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Portfolio: www.bryantfrancis.me
Indie game developer
Creator of The Night Is Long | Imminent Impact | Stuff of Scales
The Night Is Long is out now on steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3795720/The_Night_Is_Long/
Check out my games:
https://thegamerurso.itch.io/
A small indie studio making games ... a lot of games.
add Muse to your wishlist https://bit.ly/playmuse
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