Simon Oliver

wow look at this modular music sandbox made in #godot www.reddit.com/r/godot/comm...

BitSummit PUNCH is coming!

📅May 22 (Friday) to 24 (Sunday), 2026
📍Miyako Messe, Kyoto

The theme is "High Impact"💥

🎮 Exhibitor registration is open now: https://bs-entry-system.com/en/
https://bitsummit.org/en/submission-faq-eng/

I managed to upload the video! The Castle is my first book in eleven years. You can preorder it at linktr.ee/thecastle_jo... you can tell from the video how delighted I am to have got to this moment.

So glad it’s of use!

It's that time of year... 🍂
🎃 The Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival is BACK for 2025! 🎃

This year we can support up to 800 players at once in this seasonal pumpkin carving MMO!

This year's update comes with new areas and new secrets to find.

Hope you don't mind if I re-use the trailer from last year! 😅

Generating City Maps This post explains how I coded a city map generator for a…

As an example of the sort of stuff on there, one of the articles is a short writeup of a prototype I mentioned on bluesky a year or so back. An approach to generating a top down city map.

www.nullpointer.co.uk/generating-c...

Screenshot from EARTH MUST DIE of VValak on a date with a Terranoid lady.

Now that we've announced EARTH MUST DIE, I should point out I am available for all your interviews/ podcasts/ cosy fireside chats, whatever.

If you want to talk about the game/ game dev/ whatever, give me a shout. I'll always try to make room if I can: dan at size five games dot com

I hope you can afford full length trousers now

It looks so great, congrats on the announce!

EARTH MUST DIE

Featuring a load of my favourite comedians - too many even to fit on the trailer! Joel Fry! Martha Howe-Douglas! @alexhorne.bsky.social! Tamsin Grieg! @5teviem.bsky.social @mrholness.bsky.social! @misterabk.bsky.social! @rosieisaholt.bsky.social! MORE

Please RETWEET and WISHLIST

OCTOBER 1ST LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO

This is incredible

Calling Playtesters!

If you'd like to help us improve Mythmatch, our Greek myth anti-capitalist merge game, please sign up for our playtest here!

forms.gle/w9kSewsEQq1t...

Please RT to spread the word!

I checked what engines were used for the highest rated games in the latest #BrackeysGameJam...

🥁🥁🥁

Top 5: 100% Godot
Top 20: 16 Godot, 4 Unity (80% Godot)

🤯

The engine doesn't make a good game, so all the merit goes to the jammers, but it's still nice to see this sign of Godot adoption!

Have you heard of #feedbackquest? It's an event where (indie) #gamedevs can submit their games and get feedback on it by streamers & other devs to find things that can be improved... There's 2 days left for a review and feedback:
itch.io/jam/feedback...

YouTube video by Milkbag Games Kickoff League - Gameplay

Have you tried Kickoff League, our new daily soccer chess puzzle?

kickoffleague.com

It's a daily browser game where you figure out how the goals in a soccer game were scored, using players that move and pass like chess pieces!

Here's a short gameplay video: www.youtube.com/shorts/G-AfF...

this is such a beautiful design, it shares a cubby with this in my brain

Phenomenal video from Lindsay Ellis on genocide, the war on empathy, Gaza and so much more. It's also fundraising for Palestinian Children's Relief Fund - I've just donated and highly encourage you to too.

Dreams of Another on Steam A third-person exploration-action game built around the philosophical theme, “No Creation Without Destruction.” Rather than destroying objects by shooting, your shots materialize and create the world.

Can your video card handle it!!? Check out our point cloud graphics with this awesome free demo of Dreams of Another! Only available for a limited time! store.steampowered.com/app/3561230/...

So cool, congrats!

Herdling on Steam Guide a herd of mysterious creatures on a stirring and beautiful journey into the mountains… and beyond.

Just finished @okomotive.ch ‘s wonderful Herdling. What a special game ❤️ store.steampowered.com/app/3047750/...

Tom Clancy’s Butter

YouTube video by Game Camp Don’t Ship the Wrong Game: A Framework for Choosing What to Finish | René Habermann | GCF 2025

Great talk from @bippinbits.bsky.social on their process for prototyping and validating game ideas. Packed with insights - www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKJD...

Hey friends! The hiring continues! This time with a couple of roles that folks are always asking us about. Get amongst it for our next PC/Console title!

🗺️ Game Designer
📝 Writer

Find all the info at leagueofgeeks.com/careers!

RTs appreciated. Share with your pals! 🙏

*zigzags into the tall grass*

There are no rules Tom - maybe you could go pro?

It’s very helpful if you want to play Lumines Arise

Lumines Arise Demo on Steam A mind-blowing, fiendishly addictive reinvention of the puzzle classic Lumines from the creators of Tetris® Effect: Connected, where sound pulses through your body, mind, and every block you place, tr...

There's a demo out for Lumines Arise 🤩 store.steampowered.com/app/3847360/...

I don't have the proper words to say more than this now but

I was just laid off. My role at Giant Squid is being eliminated.

If your studio is looking for an environment artist, please let me know ASAP. I have 5+ years of experience.

thank you

we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light