@indieadvisor.bsky.social
I am running a workshop with the EPI institute - follow the link: https://en.epi.media/playpromotepublish/ André 4.000 (he/him) / Works with indies devs 🎮 / IGDA Berlin Treasurer 💸 / ♥s games, books & pencils ✏ / Neutral Good out of Offenbach 🦊
We are running the indie expo again at gamescom dev / @gamescomdev.bsky.social (which used to be devcom) again in 2026 & the time to apply is right now!
If you got a build & you are looking for a publisher go there now👇
forms.monday.com/forms/0c1b41...
#indiegamedev #sharingiscaring
"Press Start" is supporting 132 founders on their journey to starting their own game studio – the official video gives a great look at stuff currently being build - take a look 👀
▶️ Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ohd...
YIL - yesterday i learned: Friendslop 🎮
Did I know Among us - sure - do I but I did not know it all sums with Lethal Company, Peak, etc. as friendslop. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends...
Thx @roguevoltage.bsky.social for pointing that out :)
Hey you - indie dev - this is for you 👇
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Steam Machine René Magritte style “Ceci n’est pas une Xbox”
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Greetings from Talk and Play. Looking forward talking to great people and to briefly promote the workshop series I am running with Ruth Lemmen and the Erich Pommer Institute called Play Promote Publish. Find all details here: www.epi.media/playpromotep... #berlingamescene 🍋
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On my way to Wiesbaden 🚂
See you all this evening at #gamesgatheringgermany
I talk about business stuff 📈, it is going to be fun 😅
Yay - the author is on blsky! Hello @marcsaltzman.bsky.social - a short blast from the past 👆 How successfull was the book and was it a translation from an english title? Have you been involved in the cover design? Maybe you want to share a bit of history with us please - thx!
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‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront
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And the answer is: 1999 🎉
"game design
Secrets of the pros / The scene book from the USA"
Will share some more knowledge out of it in the future 😉
... and the internet is a perfect medium both for game designers and for the gaming community out there in front of their screens. “Strike while the iron is hot!”, as the saying goes."
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Guess the publishing date of the book!
"So, you want to produce a game? There has never been a better time to create your very own computer game. The tools have never been better or easier to use, the industry has reached a high level of maturity...
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Made it into the German Games Top Wise (Wo)Men List 🥇
Congrats to all the other winners as well. I am happy that my prophecies for 2026 mostly came true, even if it meant sad news for the games industry per se.
[German only 👇]
www.gameswirtschaft.de/wirtschaft/g...
Happy to have you Irene 💐
And you 🫵 should join us as well 😊
en.epi.media/playpromotep...
2) Join the PPP workshop of the Erich Pommer Institute to learn more about (self-)publishing and promotion for your indie game!
We got great speakers and an awesome schedule! en.epi.media/playpromotep...
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Double-feature for a bright game dev future:
1) You can still apply here at the GermanDevDays Förderstiftung for 500 € to spend on your next conference attendances: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Berlins House of Games is looking for a "Community Manager". The title might be a bit misleading as it is not an online job, but check it out here. Strong German skills necessary: app.connectoor.de/jobview?jobi...
#gamesjobs #berlingamescene
In case you missed yesterday, Notepad++ auto-update mechanism was hacked and was delivering backdoored versions for a couple months. Tons of devs use this, uninstall completely what you have, search for the sus files mentioned in article and only download from official site
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Quite some game business news this week:
* Ubisofts Big Reset
* MeetToMatch being sold
* Game association study of public funding in German
* Fourth Moon being founded
What a time to be alive 🎣
Did you brew tea?
22.01.2026 17:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Maybe there are other ways but this seems very easy. For brewing tea, I got another achievement. Now I am curious only 15 % of ppl playing got this achievement? Do you think that only 15 % of all players did not play more then 3 hours of an overwhelming 95 %+ title? 🧶 2/2
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Do I miss something on Steam?
I am playing Easy Delivery Co. right now - I like. I am 3 hrs in & solved one of the riddles to enter Fishingtown - was not to complicated - got an achievement. I needed to visit 3 of the radio towers therefore - two of them you will only reach by using Tea... 🧶 1/2
Developing a game might be easier than ever, but successful promotion & self-publishing is the challenge these day. I am singing this song since years - but now I am organizing a workshop to help more people & indie devs about it - check out the details👇
#indiegamedev
theindieadvisory.de?p=198
We are currently finalising the programm so expect more news to come soon about the speakers here and at the website. 🧶 3/x
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Set up a workshop series together with the Erich Pommer Institut and indie industry experts to teach you about the challenges of indie game publishing and marketing. Learn more about it here and sign up:
en.epi.media/playpromotep... 🧶 2/x
🧶 Play / Promote / Publish - three of the key challenges of indie developers these days. Usually the "Play" or game design aspects works out well but when we talk about promotion and publishing it looks like quite different and can be even more challenging. That is why we ... 🧶 1/x
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To Blizzard or not to Blizzard in Berlin - currently it is snowy but all fine 🌬️
As clever as I am I used the coldest days to move into an ew office with Stratosphere Games.
If you are sitting in Berlin Mitte - let me know if you wanna go for a coffee these days. #berlingamescene #indiedev