Playtesting & Pints at The Detour in San Francisco!
Our first "Playtesting & Pints" event of the year is TONIGHT at The Detour in SF. Here's some photos of the fun we had last year with this event!
Hope to see you there! luma.com/sojagr7x
Gwen exemplifies that game designers are artists of many types.
Artistry pictured: Nightwell Games vest, T-shirt designed for Jules, and the one-of-a-kind piece Sean was wearing in our previous post.
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Will be a small hot fix for something today. Iykyk. Nothing severe and won’t crash, but anyway look forward to that!
Thanks everyone!
This #screenshotsaturday, here is a little teaser for our next video game!
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Meet one of our leaders: Sean, dad of twins, fan of deep systemic games, and host of Productivity Power Up! - BAD's Monday evening discord event where we help each other unblock our game progress.
Oh and also he's a ROCKET ENGINEER 🚀
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We are a friend group from the Bay Area, California supporting each other through the game of game development.
We call ourselves the BAD Collective: BAD for Bay Area Developers.
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Our next update is getting closer. Here's some more fun with our new enemy(ish) plant, Husk. #icariagame #gamedev #indiedev #ScreenshotSaturday
28.09.2025 00:32 — 👍 20 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0Beary fun!
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🍋Fresh Game Feature🍋
🦛Quartet🦛 "It's been great to chat with streamers who are playing the game, and to see their reactions to funny or emotional scenes. People are amused over the Oxford comma setting.
We've got content updates planned and a DLC in the works!"
@somethingclassic.bsky.social
This game is indeed Astropods: Starside Glaze, and the 1.1 update featuring Co-op play actually released earlier today!
You can check out Link here.
store.steampowered.com/app/3281620/...
🍋Fresh Game Feature🍋
⭐️Astropods⭐️"You play cute and powerful characters in a big imaginative world. It's invigorating when players exclaim "What?! That's possible??"
The fun comes from the discovery of advanced techniques and applying them at maximum efficiency."
@cheesimoon.bsky.social
This is the game! s.team/a/2840590/
22.09.2025 03:00 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
no signal🌌 "I want to make games that connect powerfully and emotionally to players and provide a new perspective. I like space and its aspects, which reinforce the themes of the story.
I've gotten some nice heartfelt responses from those who have played, and I love that." 🌌@exodrifter.bsky.social
"The interactions at conventions [are rewarding]. Seeing children refuse to listen to their mothers because they're busy playing Slip n' Slime. It's amazing to see people lock in and puzzle through our cute game.
We're working on Android and iOS launches!"
🩷@slipnslimegame.bsky.social
Woohoo, thanks for highlighting Astropods: Starside Glaze here!
I'm afraid I've only played Slip n' Slime out of the 3 non Astropods here, but I do recommend checking that out if you like your ice block puzzles.
🩷Slip n’ Slime
store.steampowered.com/app/1151990/...
🌌no signal
store.steampowered.com/app/2840590/...
⭐Astropods
store.steampowered.com/app/3281620/...
🦛Quartet
store.steampowered.com/app/1307960/...
Our community has FOUR 🍋 Fresh Games 🍋 to celebrate from July and August!
🩷Slip n’ Slime @slipnslimegame.bsky.social
🌌no signal @exodrifter.bsky.social
⭐Astropods @cheesimoon.bsky.social
🦛Quartet @somethingclassic.bsky.social
Want to learn more about our 🍋 Fresh Games 🍋? Check the comments!
RESPECTABLE AA STUDIO is hiring 25 different LEAD EXECUTIVE SENIOR C-SUITE DEVELOPERS for EXCITING NEW GAME THAT’S BEEN GETTING LOTS OF BUZZ Requirements: -At least two PhDs in game development -Shipped at least 25 AAA titles as a lead developer -400 years of experience with Unreal Engine -Expert in C#, Python, C++, Ruby, Swift, Rust, HTML, CSS, PHP, Perl, SQL, MATLAB, R, QBASIC, COBOL, FORTRAN, Assembly, punch cards, and operating Babbage’s difference engine -No, we are not fishing for one specific person who coincidentally just left their job at another studio. Why would you think that?
THAT FAMOUS GAME STUDIO is hiring a developer for THAT BELOVED GAME FRANCHISE THAT WAS FORMATIVE TO YOU BECOMING A DEV! Benefits: -$150,000/year plus insurance, dental, a retirement plan, and a puppy -Hang with those famous game devs you saw at that GDC talk -We have a ball pit! Requirements: -A positive attitude 😊 -Passionate about our game! -Willing to learn -Some basic game dev experience a plus but not required -Onsite only on Pitcairn Island
A 14-YEAR-OLD WHO DOWNLOADED UNITY YESTERDAY is hiring a developer for I DECIDED TO TURN MY DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS CAMPAIGN INTO A GAME -so im making this game and i have this rly rly good idea but i never made a game b4 so i need u to do all the engine stuff and the programming and fix the mechanics and do the sound and lighting and shaders and backgrounds, i drew my characters on the back of homework but can u turn them into pixel art for me, i cant pay u but we can do rev share and when this game is a big hit youll make millions of dollars
The three types of game dev job listings
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Mana streams BAD games from the BAD game jam and they were *CONTENT WARNING* jk they were really good!
Stream: www.twitch.tv/videos/25598...
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Games: itch.io/jam/the-bad-...
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We added new battle visuals and sounds and it's feeling a lot cooler now, check it out!!
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hi! i'm jynnie, an indie game maker, making Wild Seasons! a roguelike deck-gardener. grow your deck and align the stars to power up your plants
we're deep in development, but will share updates!
#gamedev
These connections are what makes it possible to do this day after day!
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We are cool people doing cool things.
Some of our leaders:
🎬 Arity - platformer fanatic, film buff
🌀 Mana - polymath prophet
⛓️ Marplebot - LED sculptor, chainmail jeweler
🧪 Serratia - biotech mage
🦑 Jules - massive game master
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After 7 years of development, we are excited that "Quartet" is out now!
A series of train robberies. A mysterious deck of cards. A fleet of deadly airships. An accidental mage. Choose from four stories, in any order, and discover how they intertwine in this turn-based RPG!
Holy craps, we just hit 2000+ wishlists!
IDK where the wishlisters came from, but thank you so much, everyone!!!! We're growing slowly, but surely.
Let it be known that there is interest in this niche, hyper minmaxed singleplayer platfighter!
#indiegame #gamedev
We shared a status update on our Steam page, talking about demoing at MAGwest and more importantly, about the work that we're doing to add more interesting story and puzzles to the end of the game. Check it out at
store.steampowered.com/news/app/340...
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✨Welcome back, #PitchYaGame!✨
Astropods: Starside Glaze is a Kirby-inspired 2D Fighting Platformer about molding your limitless potential!
⭐2 Playable Friends
⭐Badge upgrades that redefine playstyles
⭐...and many surprises!
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Today I released a hard sci-fi point-and-click adventure game about exploring an abandoned space station, reading messages by the long-gone research staff, and finding the secrets they left behind store.steampowered.com/app/2840590/... #gamedev #indiedev #godot #space
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The demo for Puzzle Spy International is out now! It's a stylish, retro 60s spy adventure aimed at fans of Puzzled Pint, Puzzle Hunts & NYT Puzzles. Grab your thinking caps and go-go boots and give it a shot!
store.steampowered.com/app/3406690/...
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