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Nine by Occular Malice Harvest souls, fend off demons, and conquer the depths of Hell in this infernal tower defense adventure!

Collect souls from the 9 circles of Hell in my latest game "Nine", build defenses, and protect your portal... Play in your browser and have fun harvesting souls and ruling the 9 circles! bsimser.itch.io/nine #indiedev #indiegame

YouTube video by StudioBinder The Secret Behind Studio Ghibli’s Success — And Why It’s So Hard to Replicate

As an ex-animation artist the process behind Studio Ghibli is a masterclass in creativity! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aacg...

YouTube video by Mellow Online1 Trust on Trial | Steam Sentinels Podcast (Ep. 1)

Check out our first @steamsentinels.bsky.social podcast, Trust on Trial where the boys discuss @steampowered.com's most recent controversies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUmj...

YouTube video by Digital Foundry Borderlands 4 Review - Yes, There Are Big Issues - PS5/PS5 Pro/Xbox Series X|S

It's not cool that your UE5 AAA game leaks memory over time and kills your performance. Restarting the game helps but seriously? Test your game better if you want us to hand out $$$ for your games. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRWW...

As for the Click Adventure game scam on Steam, we've written up a shorter summary of the issue on Louis Rossman's excellent Consumer Rights Wiki. Check it out there for more details and links: consumerrights.wiki/Click_Advent...

Donate to 'Click Adventure' Steam Scam Victims, organized by Mellow Online Victims of the 'Click Adventure' scam on Steam need your help. In September 202… Mellow Online needs your support for 'Click Adventure' Steam Scam Victims

Victims on @steampowered.com of the recent "Click Adventure" scam need some help as Steam has denied refunds out of they money they lost. We are hoping to raise funds to refund the victims ourselves. If you want to help please check out our fundraiser here: www.gofundme.com/f/click-adve...

Swanfield Survival on Steam Swanfield Survival is a Post-Apocalypic Zombie Survival game, with PvE and PvP Elements with Online Co-Op & Multiplayer. You can connect via Dedicated Servers, or host a session with up to 5 frien...

Been having fun play testing a new post-apocalyptic zombie survival game from a fellow indie dev. You can play test it too! Enjoy! store.steampowered.com/app/3701310/...

Is it time to get back to physical media with it's commentaries, cool menus, and special features? HBO Max, Disney+, Paramount+, Netflix, MGM+, Screambox, Shudder, Prime Video, all cycle the same movies between each other and you don't own anything.

Indie studios, but more importantly AAA ones, should take notice of what @teamcherry.bsky.social did here and successfully released #SilkSong for $20. Your game doesn't need to be $80+. That's just plain greed. We can do better.

Just got a DMCA takedown on one of my repositories on GitHub for an XNA game I wrote in 2007 (the claim is from some HTML game released in 2020). Let's see how this plays out.

YouTube video by Dallas Drapeau Gamers dont know what they're talking about (ue5 hate is dumb)

We need more developers talking the truth on UE5 and game development. Please keep spreading the word from people that know what they're talking about like Dallas Drapeau. Also, magnificent stache! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAGD...

YouTube video by TEDx Talks Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman | TEDxPortland

Watched @scott.hanselman.com's TEDx Talk about technology. The Internet I grew up with was a place of sharing and belonging and creativity sorted by date. Now it's a series of walled gardens run by billionaires not humans. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVG8...

The good old days when it was all about crafting, and survival.

3D Maze by Occular Malice Recreation of the classic 3D Maze screensaver that was present in Microsoft Windows 95

🎮 3D Maze - A classic maze game reimagined in Unity 6!

Navigate through procedurally generated 3D mazes right in your browser. No download needed.

Try it now: bsimser.itch.io/3d-maze

#gamedev #indiegame #webgl #madewithunity #indiedev

Alien: Isolation on Steam Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.

Just saw the Halloween trailer. Horror game devs should be looking at games like Alien Isolation and Amnesia: The Dark Descent for inspiration, not Dead by Daylight. store.steampowered.com/app/214490/A...

It's Stratego, but with zombies. It's Zombego! My latest game made in a week for a game jam and today's #screenshotsaturday post. Play it in your browser now! bsimser.itch.io/zombego

Getting accused of using AI is like this century’s version of a witch allegation.

A return to a simpler time.

YouTube video by IGN Arctic Awakening - Official Release Date Trailer

Not the same studio that did Firewatch, but giving me Firewatch vibes. Might be good? Time will tell. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GpA...

Easy checklist to remain safe online with your passwords:
1. Change your passwords on a regular basis
2. Use long passwords/pass phases not your birthday or your dogs middle name
3. Use a password manager
4. Don't reuse passwords and make them unique
5. Always use 2FA

For indie devs (and anyone else) who are trying to figure out what the difference is between mostly positive and positive on Steam, this might help.

The amount of change that is possible if we worked together rather than shit on each other is vast. There's virtually nothing we can't accomplish if we spent our time working together rather than beating each other down.

Please stop calling these () brackets.
These () are parentheses.
These [] are brackets.
These {} are curly braces.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

YouTube video by Louis Rossmann Change your profile picture to clippy. I'm serious

Welcome to The Clippening. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Dt...

YouTube video by Industry Devs Game Dev Round Table #15 - Let's Chat With MASTER CARD About Censorship

We're live on YouTube with IndustryDevs talking about payment processors and game censorship on @steampowered.com and @itch.io, the degradation of quality in games, and old tools vs. new tools and other assorted lizards. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP5e...

Earlier today we posted a new article on the @steamsentinels.bsky.social group. The article discussed visa and @steampowered.com censorship issues. The article... got censored. Here's an archived copy of it. You be the judge if it should have been censored. archive.is/WeZ4r

Visa, Valve, and Financial Censorship In mid-July, indie developers woke up to find their games had vanished from Steam and Itch.io. Not due to DMCA claims and not for violating platform terms as they existed the day before. Their crime? ...

The @steamsentinels.bsky.social have a new article on Steam around censoring adult game. Here's the breakdown on what's happening and why creators are fighting back. steamcommunity.com/groups/Senti...

YouTube video by South Park Studios Introducing the Director of Homeland Security | South Park

Where's John Wick when you need him! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD4E...

YouTube video by Timothy Cain Game Rights

Some great advice and insight from Tim Cain about games and IP. Good info for those indie devs looking at fan games, sequels, remakes, etc. you might want to be making. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb2y...

YouTube video by Industry Devs Everybody Agrees With Us - Romero says Indies are THE FUTURE

Another banger video from Industry Devs. We (indie devs) are the future of game development. You can't argue with John Romero and his magnificent mane. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrTl...