@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.
Going live now! Come check out some interesting new thinky games.
31.07.2025 13:57 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
A wide screenshot from CIPHER ZERO. A telescope sits in a barren area, a greyed out bicycle nearby it, as well as squared off ruins. The sky is littered with stars as a star trail runs along the left hand side. In the center of the sky is the Earth, the telescope pointed at it.
Against a wealth of advice to chase fads and virality, we set out to create a highly-polished experience that invisibly led a player through a challenging, solitary experience.
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Makes sense. It took a lot of faith to survive the irrational hit-detection in SoM's combat. Definitely an applicable metaphor for many situations.
28.07.2025 14:14 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for ๐?
โ Infer the rules of each glyph without hints
๐ง Over 300 handcrafted across evolving lands
๐ถ Chill, reactive soundtrack as you play
CIPHER ZERO. Out Now.
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#PlayCipherZero #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX
A screenshot from CIPHER ZERO of the Road section, done in minimalist colors and designs. A road crosses the screen from left to right, open dumpsters in the foreground along a chain link fence. An elevated train platform can be seen behind the road, as well as an elevated highway, lined with street lights.
"There are two truths we must face when we look at nostalgia: first, that memories arenโt necessarily identical to reality; and second, most of us firmly believe that it is." -- @nyanfood.bsky.social
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A screenshot from CIPHER ZERO, done in black and white with shades of grey. A 2x3 square grid puzzle is shown, a filled in diamond in the upper left square, while an empty diamond is in the lower right. A single mark sits above the upper right square. In the background, the upside image of a lake is shown, squared off rocks jutting out of the water.
We're going to be sharing stories and techniques over the next coming weeks to give you a peek into the development of CIPHER ZERO!
First up: an interview with our designers! How DO you design over 300+ puzzles?
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Hey Friends! Let's Eat!
#gamedev, #indiegames, #pioneervalley, #videogames, #cheeseburgers
It's my birthday ๐. If you fancy helping me out, please repost my art. It's very much appreciated!
25.06.2025 16:16 โ ๐ 1162 ๐ 531 ๐ฌ 44 ๐ 15Welcome to the Training Grounds! ๐น Now open in the Spring Update!
Justโฆ try not to hit the Oscar targets, or you might find yourself politely escorted out of the Mythic Realms Police Academy.
๐ Take your shot now on Meta Quest! https://www.meta.com/en-gb/experiences/mythic-realms/8364993590228690/
Hi Game Developers! We're hanging out in a cool space for some cool refreshments and cool games on the 6th. See you there!
#massgamedevs, #pvgd, #pioneervalley, #indiegamedev
Not all treasures are lostโฆ some are just waiting to be reclaimed.
Announcing Relooted:
An Africanfuturist heist game where you reclaim real African artifacts from Western museums.
Please share, & wishlist!
youtu.be/KgPxPfXb734
(Wishlist links in next tweet!)
@dayofthedevs.org #SummerGameFest
Heading to #AWE2025 the week of June 9?
Catch our CEO Ryanโs talk โBootstrapping Your XR Studioโ at 12:50pm PT on June 13 at the Gaming Hub!
Still thinking about attending? Use code SPKR25D for 10% off tickets: https://www.awexr.com
See you there!
Our latest game,๐๏ธ Mr. Magpie's Harmless Card Game ๐๏ธ is now available to wishlist on steam!
26.05.2025 15:02 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Then I did go ask ChatGPT, and the reasonable ballpark is $40k-$60k with materials, labor, and technology taken into account. We'd buy it.
17.05.2025 23:41 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Well, I asked chatGPT, (I didn't), and it said "priceless".
I still want it.
For those interested: the original cabinet image is from an artist at harow . fr, and was AI generated. It was impressive enough we did not look closely, but it was still inspiring enough to borrow. <3
17.05.2025 21:52 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Turns out it was AI, but I didn't look close enough (or at all!)
I also probably should not have used this in our poster, but figured it fell under fair-use. Original artist is from harow.fr, but as far as I can tell, no physical counterparts have been made.
Hi Friends! We're hanging out on June 1st to play some demos, games, and eat Tetris-tots. Hope to see you!
#pioneervalley, #indiegames, #gamedevelopment, #Unity, #UnrealEngine, #tinymassgames, #massachusetts
Running a bit late this month, but also skipping the 4th to make room for Star Wars. Instead we'll be meeting on the *second* Sunday of the month, on the 11th, for a post-PAX party! Hope to see you all there. <3
24.04.2025 20:38 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Neongarten has been released! Come check out my cozy little cyberpunk city builder, where the food is 99% guaranteed to be free of dolphins and people.
23.04.2025 00:01 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 1
Samus movie poster I made a bit back. One of my fave recent pieces.
21.04.2025 17:43 โ ๐ 7268 ๐ 1435 ๐ฌ 120 ๐ 19Gets a play every few years here. :)
Along with the Opoona OST!
Kororinpa was wonderful and I can't believe it's never been ported anywhere else
22.04.2025 13:14 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0the Minecraft movie should have been officially released unfinished so that kids could craft it together with found parts so it'd feel like their own
06.04.2025 10:07 โ ๐ 43 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0Hey heroes! If you missed our hot fix yesterday, than you might be pleased to hear that our "portal to the kingdom issue" is fixed! Check out the rest of our changes here ๐
04.04.2025 17:59 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Ryan, hunches over wearing XR glasses and attempts to pet an unseen object.
Oliver stands in the middle of a busy area of GDC and sports a bhaptics vest as he tests it in motion.
On a screen in the background of a GDC event (the LIV XR mixer) is a "thank you to our sponsors" page. On it reads our studio's name: Petricore, as well as many others like BITKRAFT, HARTMANN, RESOLUTION, VAL and more.
What an AMAZING GDC!
Peep @ryancanuel.bsky.social trying out @niantic.bsky.social's Peridot demo, Oliver testing @bhaptics.bsky.social's vest, and our sponsorship for the awesome LIV XR mixer!
Thanks for another incredible year ๐
April 6th! Same Bit-time, same Bit-channel. We'd love to hear from those of you that attended GDC this week!
#massgamedevs, #pioneervalley, #indiegames, #gamedev, #howdohashtagsworkanyway
.@itch.io, thank you so much for playing our game! We hope you enjoyed it, you had an awesome build!
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Stay tuned for more!
25% off! Interstellar Sentinel 3.2.0 build is now live (Caravan & Race mode, enemy death polish, and so much more (no wonder my game dev back hurts)) :)~ #IS1 #indiegames #SteamSpringSale #videogames๐๐ฎ store.steampowered.com/app/2426610/...
15.03.2025 23:44 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Gear up, Adventurer! Your quest awaits! โ๏ธ
MYTHIC REALMS IS NOW LIVE!
youtu.be/STIedhkcqzI
