Will Lewis

STS2 is out on MARCH 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See you tonight!

Camelot 10000CE is out now, go get it!

Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4089600/...
Itch: nartier.itch.io/camelot-1000...

I generally find mentions of chess in songs to be off-putting, and I'm sure people felt similarly regarding songs about playing dig in the ground. The more convenient the system, the less dramatic I guess.

ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?

Build Your Own Game Jam 2026 Overnight On-Site Tickets! — Portland Indie Game Squad This year for Build Your Own Game Jam, we’re hosting an overnight site like we used to before the pandemic! You can set up your station for over 24 hours and sleep over - tickets also give access to f...

Tickets and details for the overnight on-site event for Build Your Own Game Jam are now live! Our first overnight jam since 2020 😭
pigsquad.com/store/byogam...
Get 'em while they're hot! 🥓☕🧇
Tickets include on-site food, coffee, and swag!

Damn this guy rips!

Keeping a big old beer under the driver’s seat just in case

I had this one luckyyyyy

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

So many tech folks have pitched me like this and it’s so boring. “Our tech is so great, everyone will line up to use it, so give us access to everyone.” Like no, I know they don’t want it, and you won’t even put the resources in to understand why (also your product is useless lololol).

A theme menu for PIGSquad's Build Your Own Game Jam 2025! Choose modifiers that you represent in your jam game, add up your score, and determine if you've made a "sweet," "mild," or "spicy" game. It's a great way to challenge yourself! Prompts that folks suggested include "Misunderstanding," "Randomized Color Palette," "It's a Musical," "Land Among the Stars," and "Team Multiplayer." I hope this is legible on bsky 👀

The Build Your Own Game Jam is coming up and prompt submissions are open now! We take everyone's prompts, put them in a theme menu, and you pick what to put into your game!
This is what last year's menu was like 😱
Suggest your prompts at
www.patreon.com/posts/sugges...

Join us for BUILD YOUR OWN GAME JAM from Feb 13th - March 2nd! This is a new jam format in which we publish a menu of themes, technical challenges, and other modifiers for you to choose from to inspire your jam games 👩‍🍳 All are welcome, come on in!
itch.io/jam/byogamej...

I'm imagining a packet with an assemble-your-own, papercraft kalimba that just makes "cardboard flicking" sounds.

Big announcement on Monday

Every single "the robots are here" story from CES is wrong

Screenshot of the break channel. Styled like a retro RPG, the GDQ character Velocity is on the left with sword and shield, facing off against Softlock, a cloud creature shaped like a lock. A text box in the middle says "Chat donated for 195!"

The GDQ break channel that @marlowedobbe.com and I made for a jam just got merged! If you're watching #AGDQ this week, keep an eye out for it.

I think it turned out really fun. Donations reduce the HP of the foe, and when defeated, a new one spawns. So stoked to see it in action!

A drawing of vat spawn dancing and yelling "damn this sucks! What should we do? Tear it down! Tear it down! Tear it down!"

every day I wake up and think
are you fucking kidding me

Marlowe made all of the games!!!

curating

If YOU would like a free list of my favorite weird indie games I played in 2025 I have compiled the best of the best of my monthly game recommendation newsletter I write for @pigsquad.com!!

"THE TRUFFIES!" Detective CubePig, the Truffle Hunter, excitedly looks at a CubePig-engraved trophy through a magnifying glass.

Hear ye hear ye, @marlowedobbe.com's "best of" Truffle Hunter Newsletter is now available to view!
Check out an awesome curated list of indie game goodness, gathered from 2025's newsletters:
🏆 bit.ly/trufflehunte... 🏆

SKALD is very fun!!

The Portland Indie Game Squad's mascot, Cubepig, drawn in a soft style and backed by shapes, paint patterns, and confetti.

It's Town Hall tonight! Pop into twitch.tv/PIGSquad at 7pm PT to chat with the nonprofit organizing team, ask questions, and learn more about cool plans for next year (like PIGCON)!

Screenshot of a jet star that looks like jet from cowboy bebop. ID MST13VMQ

I had a dream last night that I made the "Jet Star" in Kirby air riders so I made it a reality this morning

You can do it on Rakshasa, I believe 💪
I got it after tuning my power ups and beat the last boss on the final second 😭

If you take the third path, it's kind of like you go down this road and like, it's a dirt road and in a field still and you are going down it, sure, but it like, doesn't appear to be a field of birthday explosion anymore. Then you fall down a hole and into a chair and you're on bluesky whoa!

I am also wanting to start a personal newsletter soon for creative stuff. Sub if that interests you - it will be pixel art, events, weird game stuff, figures, monsters, zines, stories, etc. I don't know when it will start but I've been thinking about it for awhile.
subscribepage.io/wowiewillstuff

We're hosting PIGCON next year with @pigsquad.com and we want to know what you want out of that if you are a pdx gamedev or want to join the community, even just for a sweet delicious magical weekend next year. Fill out the form here if you have ideas and thoughts:
forms.gle/4zJcy6sW2YFb...

It is my birthday and there are a few things you can do here at this crossroads. There are burnt out candles in the mud below your feet, mixed with foil paper scraps and ribbons. Before you are three paths, extending far into the fields. It smells like frosting. You aren't sure what's going on.