Nikhil Murthy

are you a indie game developer of color? will you be in the sf bay area for GDC? do you want to demo your game?

bubblesort and @gdocexpo.com are co-hosting a showcase of games at the bubblesort shop! apply here to show your game!

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Future? No Thanks! at Day of the Devs 2026

The rumors are true!

Future? No Thanks! will be playable at Day of the Devs in San Francisco.

I'll be there too!

March 8 - 3PM to 8PM - Free
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Friends! ⭐

I’m looking for all kinds if people to test my new game with a focus on women and queer people.

If you would like to participate on this, please DM me! 😊💛

I did not expect Next Fest to be so physically draining. My body is out and I haven’t even dealt with the disappointment of looking at the numbers yet

Why No AI Games? I have a theory.

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Want to understand the design dynamics of Pokopia's overlapping habitats? Read a design breakdown of how they work and what they do for the excellent Horticular

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ANNOUNCEMENT: The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope launches this Wednesday!

Over 100+ essays on the craft of game writing and narrative design; affordable priced.

… AND we’ll also launch with the first two episodes of the podcast series, where we talk to the article writers about their craft.

マス目で区切られたハーフコート上で 3 on 3 のバスケットボールをしている。 "Pass" コマンドで、敵のブロックの隙間を縫って味方にパスをする場面。

#HoopDungeon デモ版を少し触った。ターン制バスケットボールとのこと。バスケのシミュレーターと言うよりは、かなり抽象化されたボードゲームに近い印象。

バスケは門外漢だけど、選手の向きが重要だったり、回りくどいことはせずにゴールへ向かうほうが良かったりといったところがバスケっぽい？ #SteamNextFest

I’m glad to hear that! Did you get to Chaos Dunk?

Graphic from the Blades '68 BackerKit crowdfunding campaign, showing stretch goal contributors Avalyn Ramsay writing "Psychic Commie Rats" and Aaron Lim writing "Report on the Inaugural Crowfoot Wargaming Convention of '68".

They announced my stretch goal for Blades '68! Let's get to $390,000 so I can write about The Inaugural Crowfoot Wargaming Convention of '68 (which split of from the Charterhall Conference On Historical and Strategic Wargames that started two years before). www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...

[untitled games event] Amsterdam

so excited to have our game, Something To Reach For, be part of the lineup for the 3rd edition: "secret handshake"

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🫶 @roughat.bsky.social
🤝 @untitledgamesevent.bsky.social

Twinless (2025)

Hoop Dungeon on Steam Hoop Dungeon is a basketball turn-based tactical roguelike game. Use the powers of friendship and rivalry to become a better basketball player and conquer the Hoop Dungeon.

Born to listen to the new Gorillaz album and contemplate impending doom, forced to stream for Next Fest. Come hang out

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The Cat and the Coup on Steam In The Cat and the Coup, you play the cat of Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran. During the summer of 1953, the CIA engineered a coup to bring about his do...

The Cat and the Coup is both my favorite historical game and a very relevant understanding of American imperialism.

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When I went to Tehran in 2018 for a game conference I hung out with game nerds, music weirdos, and queer folks with tattoos and colored hair, just like I do here. We got vegetarian food and watched goofy uncles play basketball in the park. I sure hope they can live to see a better day.

If you have to wake up to a bug report, there's no better one to wake up to than for an issue that you've already solved but you didn't deploy because you didn't think anyone would play your demo enough to trigger it.

Yeah, looks like we will soon release a new experiment in playable philosophy called
>> 'HAMM-3R" <<
(made with @amidos2006.bsky.social and @demigiant.com and others who are not on Bluesky).

We will demo it and give a short talk in Valletta on March the 24th :) Come say hi!

Hoop Dungeon on Steam Hoop Dungeon is a basketball turn-based tactical roguelike game. Use the powers of friendship and rivalry to become a better basketball player and conquer the Hoop Dungeon.

Thanks for hosting. AlcheMice looks amazing!

Hoop Dungeon is a turn-based-tactics basketball game now in Next Fest.

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We're officially hosting this week's #TurnBasedThursday, alchemists!

🕹️ #IndieDev #GameDev, it's your time to shine! Reply and show us your game
🎮 Calling all turn-based game fans! Like, retweet, and comment on all great games!

Don't forget to use the hashtags and tag other devs! ☝

Graphic that says "South Asian Gamedev Meetup - GDC '26 - Wednesday - 1 PM - 3:30 PMM - Waterfall @ Yerba Buena Gardens"

A group photo of South Asian gamedevs posing together in a garden

Calling all South Asian gamedevs! I'm hosting another South Asian Gamedev Meetup at #GDC26 with @ekanaut.bsky.social. Wednesday, 1 PM at the Waterfall. Come through, meet fellow devs, make lifelong friends, what have you. Turns out there are DOZENS of us.

See you soon!

Hoop Dungeon on Steam Hoop Dungeon is a basketball turn-based tactical roguelike game. Use the powers of friendship and rivalry to become a better basketball player and conquer the Hoop Dungeon.

Hoop Dungeon is a basketball turn-based-tactics game in Next Fest now!

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Poster art for Bennett Foddy's Lecture Series event with the NYU Game Center. Features characters from QWOP, Getting Over It, and Baby Steps. Text reads: NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents Bennett Foddy Creator of QWOP, Getting Over It, and Baby Steps Why did I make this? 7:00pm, March 5th, 2026 Room 202, 370 Jay St. Brooklyn, NY

NEXT THURSDAY

"Why did I make this?"
NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents Bennett Foddy
March 5th 7pm - 8:30pm
RSVP: bennettfoddylectureseries.eventbrite.com
(Also live streaming at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter)

Join us for a career retrospective with @foddy.net!

Poster by @cromsferatu.bsky.social

I don't think I really captured the spirit of the Chaos Dunk but I did put it in as a new move in the latest build.

Not yet but I’m putting up a new update in a couple of hours so there will be one soon

Hoop Dungeon on Steam Hoop Dungeon is a basketball turn-based tactical roguelike game. Use the powers of friendship and rivalry to become a better basketball player and conquer the Hoop Dungeon.

Thanks for doing this!

Hoop Dungeon is a basketball turn-based-tactics game where you get better using the powers of friendship and rivalry.

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Just a hot tip but if you see anyone in games talking about unpaid internships it's worth noting that in most countries, having an intern do the work a full employee would usually do for no pay is in fact extremely illegal

Hoop Dungeon on Steam Hoop Dungeon is a basketball turn-based tactical roguelike game. Use the powers of friendship and rivalry to become a better basketball player and conquer the Hoop Dungeon.

Thanks for hosting!

Hoop Dungeon is a basketball turn-based-tactics game that keeps the story on the court and it’s in Next Fest now!

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Hoop Dungeon on Steam Hoop Dungeon is a basketball turn-based tactical roguelike game. Use the powers of friendship and rivalry to become a better basketball player and conquer the Hoop Dungeon.

I’m starting a Hoop Dungeon stream on Steam now. Come hang out!

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Would you like to continue not knowing anything about basketball? I’m streaming Hoop Dungeon on Steam in a couple of minutes

I had a player once say that they only knew basketball through Kuroko’s Basketball so they weren’t sure of the rules. I don’t think my turn-based-tactics game made it any clearer.