John Austin

This is seriously one of the best uhhh, Chess takeoffs? that I've ever played

Sooooo many try this and miss somehow, but damn, this is fantastic

I have a lot of difficult days. Making games is hard. Balancing the needs of everyone trying to just make a game is also hard. And the universe keeps tossing planet-sized meteors.

But the little moments of kindness makes it worth it.

“But what’s it all for?” I asked Oliver, to which he relied, “To make rocks kiss.”

Denizens of #PitchYaGame, a wonder:

🌧️ The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler
🪕 a time-looping puzzle ballad
🐓 of rooster and c̶o̶n̶m̶a̶n̶ salesman,
✨ of folk wisdom and warning,
📜 and the making of (minor) legend.

Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3800300/

#puzzleadventure #narrativegame #steamgame

screenshot of Herdling, showing Via and three calicorns leave a desolate city

screenshot of Herdling, showing Via and her herd in front of an odd twisted door in a rock

screenshot of Herdling, showing the herd traversing a snowy plateau. rock steles rise in the background

screenshot of Herdling, showing the herd from further away as they cross a shallow river in a birch forest, rays of sunlight illuminating them

We hear it's #pitchyagame time, so let us introduce HERDLING:

🦬 Travel with a herd of weird creatures
🏔️ Journey to the mountains
🍂 Leave society behind
🌳 This is a game you play for the ✨vibes ✨

Also it has ~94% positive reviews and was just nominated for several awards so go for it?

4+ years after we started, THRASHER is now available on Steam for $9.99 with a 10% launch week discount ✨ Play however you like on PC, SteamVR, and Steam Deck!!
Get it here👉 bit.ly/4hQ4V38

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I cannot imagine higher praise than this from the creator of Triple Town. There is so much that can be done with merge games beyond their current free-to-play incarnation and I've had so much fun exploring those possibilities with Mythmatch.

A group of ghosts crowds a movie theater.

Two ghosts look through a painted cutout to be a ghost and skeleton.

A group of ghosts stands on a UFO in the night sky.

A pumpkin carved to show Carl with some hearts around them.

This year we had over 50k pumpkins submitted to Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival! Apparently over 9 terabytes of pumpkins were served to y'all!

Thanks to everyone who dropped in, shared, or supported the game. It's always a blast running this thing and it's nice the festival grounds so lively! 🎃

YouTube video by Wookash Podcast Game Architectures with Alex Evans and Anton Mikhailov

Glad that @mmalex.bsky.social chatted more about functional game state model of Dreams. Been spending years thinking about it and the direction Tim is taking UE and I think it is the right way to build Metaverse / Digital world large scaling stuff.
youtu.be/mFBmoCv5EcQ?...

So cute!!

The Obama Hope poster, but it's a frog and it says "Hop"

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

There's value to having over extension in weird directions to avoid breaking joints if you fall, maybe?

The Annual Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival by adamgryu carve a lil pumpkin and share it with the world

It's online pumpking carving season!!!

one of our fav games to play with friends this time of year, is the Ghost Town Pumpkin Carver by @adamgryu.bsky.social

adamgryu.itch.io/pumpkin-carver

Wow this looks great!!

Recently had the opportunity to build 3 demos to demonstrate the power of game feel!

Don't get me wrong, I'm always a fan of patching exploits, but Steam Workshop is a much bigger exploit risk by 10x than this issue.

I recommend reading through the patch notes, but no need to fret! This is just good security hygiene on Unity's part.

PSA: The Unity CVE is important, but I don't think it's "rush to patch all your old games" important. There's a few pathways to exploit, but it'd be pretty tricky and only *really* impacts games that are exposed as URL handlers on Windows. 👍

I don't know how, but somehow I managed to get into a pick-up session and took control of a robot in Beijing in a boxing match. I got to knock out my opponent. This may be the most Bay Area Friday night activity I've ever done.

I’ve been asked quite a lot over the years about how I remain calm when responding to trolls and bad actors. Some day I’ll do a bigger write up, but one of the biggest things that has helped me a lot is to remember:

“When you’re easily offended, you’re easily manipulated.”

YouTube video by MisfitsAttic Below The Crown: Gameplay Trailer 1

Watch as we flip Chess on its head by simply adding magic and dungeons and stuff. youtu.be/GYOfCM_LkyE
#BelowTheCrown #indiegame #videogames #chess #Roguelike #DungeonCrawler

By complete random chance I am in Busan during the Busan International Film Festival! I'm gonna go tomorrow so if you know anything about film tell me what to see. 😅

Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant The Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant is a grant opportunity for game developers from traditionally underrepresented groups and backgrounds who are interested in designing and developing puzzle games.

There's one week left to apply for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant ⏰‼️

If you're thinking of applying, make sure you get your applications in before next Sunday in order to be considered.

Grant: $15,000 USD
Deadline: Sept 28th
Link: grants.draknek.org

Very cool!

We chatted with John Austin (@johnaustin.bsky.social) of Pontoco about sending clones to the edge of hell.

🧑‍🍳 Read at → www.weloveeverygame....

#IndieDev #HorrorGames #GameDev

Dreaming of beautiful fields of mac and cheese 🧀

Launch week of the first ever VR Forever!! 🔥

Any thoughts on who you think is winning awards on Thursday? 🤔

This is going to some really interesting game design!! I don't really care if it's fun, even, haha.

YouTube video by Nintendo of America Nintendo Direct 9.12.2025

Omigosh it's Nintendo's take on a Metroidbrainia. This is a wild game design:
youtu.be/tWIEv_aksvo?...

In your Spirit Crossing journey, you'll participate in waystations.

Waystations are smaller communities within the larger village where you can hang out, collaborate, and build with all of the other players who share the same space.

⛅ playspiritcrossing.com