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The Pioneer Valley Game Developers

@pvgd.bsky.social

We're a community of professional and independent digital artists, designers, engineers, and creatives working in the game industry out of Western Massachusetts.

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Relooted: the South African video game where players take back artefacts from western museums Creators say they’re offering Africans a β€˜hopeful, utopian feeling’ of retrieving objects looted by colonial armies

Relooted: the South African video game where players take back artefacts from western museums

21.02.2026 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 275    πŸ” 96    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 13
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Hello! Western Massachusetts developers are gathering for Boston Gamedev Week and PAXEast, playing some games, making plans, and finishing demos. Come join us for cheeseburgers and software bugs; same bit-time, same bit-channel! #pioneervalley, #gamedev, #indiegames, #videogames, #interactive-media

20.02.2026 09:22 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh!Ware on Steam Sow the seeds of victory, forge alliances, and carve your own destiny. A spiritual Mancala roguelike where every marble shapes the board and your fate. Every pit is a choice and every marble, a desper...

It's been a long time coming! Oh!Ware, a roguelike inspired by Mancala, is officially live on Steam!

πŸ”΅ Collect marbles.
βš”οΈ Challenge gods and spirits.
✨ Bend destiny.

WISHLIST NOW!
store.steampowered.com/app/4121430/...

19.01.2026 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 126    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 12
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Our CEO Ryan, will be hosting a roundtable at Game Developers Conference this year, focused on balancing work for hire with building original titles as a studio.

Link to the session: https://f.mtr.cool/hijvnjccpq

18.02.2026 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trace Root on Steam Alice and Tracey are a pair of Console Cowgirls on a mission! Their goal is to hack in to the network of a global med-tech conglomerate in search of information related to a deadly defect in the hotte...

@mired.space This you?
store.steampowered.com/app/4352590/...

03.02.2026 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh!Ware Demo on Steam Sow the seeds of victory, forge alliances, and carve your own destiny. A spiritual Mancala roguelike where every marble shapes the board and your fate. Every pit is a choice and every marble, a desper...

Demo is out and I have been working towards a patch with a some bug fixing and QOL. Please give it a go, it's my first commercial release πŸ™
#gamedev #indiedev
store.steampowered.com/app/4334030/...

28.01.2026 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some work on my rappeller. It lets the user attach themselves to the ship and rappel down into the clouds. Right now you can place it and interact with it, where it will then move your character into the rappelling position.

24.01.2026 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Global Game Jam is concluding on Sunday afternoon of the 1st; come celebrate at the Quarters with us! Bring your game if you made one, or don't, or bring something else, or bring a friend!
As long as you don't leave yourself at home, you'll be there when you arrive.
#ggj #globalgamejam #gamedev

20.01.2026 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Coming soon: Swords Without Master A ttrpg of strange sorceries, ferocious deeds, and astounding wonder by Epidiah Ravachol.

It's happening!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...

12.01.2026 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 168    πŸ” 84    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 30
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Let's kick start another 12 months of "maybe this year will be better?" and hang out at the Quarters next Sunday!
We can talk about Global Game Jam, building our own arcade machines, and peoples side projects. We'll try to bring some videogames! #indiedev #gamedev #pvgd #pioneervalley #videogames

29.12.2025 04:52 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're not hosting this year, but we know someone who is!
#ggj, #globalgamejam, #indiedev, #gamedev, #massachusetts,

23.12.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Pacific Drive' Under the Hood: Survival Fundamentals, Systems Design, and Speeding Past Tropes | Agenda | GDC Festival of Gaming TheGDC Festival of Gaming program blends expert insight with interactive formats designed to spark ideas, sharpen skills, and connect communities.

GDC schedule posted, my talk ('Pacific Drive' Under the Hood: Survival Fundamentals, Systems Design, and Speeding Past Tropes) is 1st thing Friday morning. Come hang, be bleary-eyed after a week of conference with me, and absorb entirely too much detail about PD! schedule.gdconf.com/session/paci...

18.12.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Folks! Join us tomorrow!

15.12.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The @polyfightergame.bsky.social playtest is live!

You can sign up directly on the steam page! store.steampowered.com/app/3977340/...

Sign up now! Shares are really appreciated! Thank you :)

10.12.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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It’s been a few days since we officially announced Room Rush, our fast-paced home-makeover party game.

Here are a few screenshots showing the kinds of rooms you can create in the game. ✨

Play now: https://horizon.meta.com/world/1137912701494401/?locale=en_US

10.12.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Beaten, but

08.12.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 494    πŸ” 171    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
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YouTube video by Shane Denhardt People HATED This Feature

We've been cheering on our friends @shanedenhardt.bsky.social and @kirilpashev.bsky.social as they make progress on their project:
www.youtube.com/shorts/AI04p...

26.11.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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21.11.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hey friends! This will be another awkward one as we're not meeting on the first Sunday of the month, and the Quarters has another event (that we're welcome to participate in if we want) in the front room, but otherwise we'll be hanging out in the back talking about videogames!

20.11.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mr. Magpie’s Harmless Card Game on Steam A Roguelike Deckbuilder hosted by a deranged puppet. Push your luck and use your wits to tilt the odds in your favor. Exploit strange synergies to get filthy rich. Make your quota before closing time ...

Huge Update for Mr. Magpie! Big new art, a ton of new perks, a Theology Department, and a million other improvements.

store.steampowered.com/app/3616280/...

20.11.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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~GIGASWORD comes out in 3 DAYS!!!~

Who's ready to embark on a new retro adventure?
#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

10.11.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Game Dev Stories with Bryant Francis, featuring Luigi Guatieri, Wed, Nov 19, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup Bryant Francis sits down with Luigi Guatieri to get his game dev story! Come join the Boston Game Dev [Discord](https://discord.gg/pTq5qs6a6k), where the event will be liv

Next week I'm doing another Game Dev Stories hangout in the @bostongamedev.bsky.social Discord! These have been real fun.

10.11.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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GIGASWORD comes out in SIX DAYS!!!

Who's ready to begin their own bigass-sword-adventure?

Wishlist here! store.steampowered.com/app/1885930/...

#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

07.11.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Frogmageddon... TODAY!!!
BUY NOW: store.steampowered.com/app/3201190/... #frog #indiedev #gaming #Steam

06.11.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

2020 broke up our Co-working space. We've hit/missed with online coworking. Something more formal like this is interesting enough to check out.

30.10.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
ο»Ώο»Ώο»ΏA promotional image for a Checkpoint Festival talk. On the left, the event's pink, pixel-art logo reads CHECKPOINT: FESTIVAL OF INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES. Text below announces the event: WOMEN IN GAMES, CSAI & GAMM PRESENT and Friday 14th November. The talk title is When Worlds Collide: Creating Games in a Polarized World. A circular cut-out features a headshot of the speaker, Kate Edwards. Large white text identifies her as Kate Edwards, CEO, Geogrify.

ο»Ώο»Ώο»ΏA promotional image for a Checkpoint Festival talk. On the left, the event's pink, pixel-art logo reads CHECKPOINT: FESTIVAL OF INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES. Text below announces the event: WOMEN IN GAMES, CSAI & GAMM PRESENT and Friday 14th November. The talk title is When Worlds Collide: Creating Games in a Polarized World. A circular cut-out features a headshot of the speaker, Kate Edwards. Large white text identifies her as Kate Edwards, CEO, Geogrify.

We're thrilled to welcome Kate Edwards (Geogrify, former IGDA/GGJ) to Checkpoint Festival next month for her talk: When Worlds Collide - Creating Games in a Polarized World.

Don't miss it! Get your tickets for Checkpoint now. Attend in-person or virtually.

checkpointfestival.com

29.10.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tim Follin is an unsung-hero of digitally-sung masterpieces. πŸ‘‘

27.10.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BLANKSWORD An Angelic Roguelike RPG

Missed your chance to back BLANKSWORD on Kickstarter? It's not too late! Late pledges can be made up to November 24th. Plentiful rewards are still available on our page:

βš”οΈOur Artbook
βš”οΈDesign your own Item
βš”οΈCompose a battle theme
βš”οΈA 100% REAL chunk of BLANK's brain mailed to y- ok maybe not that one

26.10.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Using spells to clear out a tricky area #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

GIGASWORD is yours in just a few short weeks!

24.10.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Alright, *fine*, we'll post up another trailer for you. ;)
#indiegames, #indiedev, #gamedev, #driftscavenger

24.10.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0