Tobias Graff

Or that is just what it wants you to think...

We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉

The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans.

Deadline: September 28th
More info 👇
grants.draknek.org

‘Subnautica 2’ Leaders Say Krafton Sabotaged Game Over Payout In a newly unsealed complaint, the ousted leadership group accused the South Korean video-game publisher of firing them without cause to seize control of the company

NEW: In a newly unsealed lawsuit, the former leadership of Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds say Krafton sought to sabotage the game after realizing it'd be successful enough to trigger most or all of a $250 million earnout.

A wild story gets even wilder: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The colors of Mooneye - not just in June but all year!~ Picture shows 6 columns in the background, each showing a scene from a Mooneye game in one specific color: Red: Lost Ember morning scene Orange: Fields at the boat bridge in Haven Park Yellow: Golden Sunrise in Farewell North Green: The Meadow in Lost Ember Blue: Fireflies at night in Lost Ember Purple: The crystal cave in Smushi Come Home In the foreground you see the white silhouettes of the game characters. (Lost Ember is a Mooneye original game, Haven Park, Smusi Come Home and Farewell North are our Published Games)

Happy Pride Month, everybody! 🏳️‍🌈✨❤️

The ingredients to our game:

- A generous scoop of snow, mystery and storytelling
- Dash of co-op companionship (chef's recommendation 👨‍🍳)
- Creeping dread simmered slowly under an icy surface
- Lightly dusted with pawprints and wholesome doggo energy

Best served cold ❄️

#indiegame #indiedev #IKUMA

In "IKUMA: The Frozen Compass" you join Sam and his loyal husky Ellie on an Arctic adventure!

Stranded on an uncharted island they must brave the harsh cold and uncover a dark secret buried beneath the ice...

🎮 Coming to PC, PS5 & Xbox Series X/S
❤️ Wishlist IKUMA now

#gamedev #indiegames

We reached the 40k wishlist milestone for IKUMA on Steam! ❤️

40,000 wishlists in ONE week! 🎉

(It' so wild and sounds absolutely surreal when saying out loud 🙈)

Thank you so much for this amazing support, it really means a lot to us ❤️

5 years in the making (and still a way to go 🙈)

Super nervous! 🙈😅 This has been a long time in the making, so don't miss it! 😊

Ooh, the Triple-i Showcase is coming up!

Who else is planning to watch?
(I mean you never know what surprises might be waiting 👀)

iii-initiative.com

@iii-initiative.bsky.social #indiegames #iiiShowcase

PS5 players, your adventure as a border collie in the Scottish Highlands awaits! 👏❤️🐾

Artwork for the indie game "Smushi Come Home" ft. Smushi (the toadstool mushroom in the middle), Smushi's siblings and a lot of NPCs you meet through the game. Bonus easter egg: 3 Pikmin sneaked into the picture too~

Smushi, siblings and friends!

This was made for our Discord Advent Calendar Event and was the surprise for the 3rd day~

Check out the mooneye Discord to see what's behind the other doors and if you like you can even contribute something and share some holiday spirit with the community ❤️

We reached 5200+ followers here on Bluesky! 🥳

OH BOI when I saw we were at 4900 I wanted to get ready for that 5000 followers post but when I checked this morning we were already at 5200+??

Well

THANK YOU EVERYBODY AND
HELLO ALL NEW FOLLOWERS 👋🏼❤️

📢 PSA to indie devs.

Keep shouting about your game. They'll still be plenty of folks who've not crossed paths with it just yet.

The starter packs aren't mine, I just found them. But you can see the original creators mentioned under the name when you open one!

Steam Sale: Season of Pride ft. 130+ queer games Nov 21-27

Lost Ember: Remastered Coming Soon!

Hey, did you know that Lost Ember: Remastered is part of this year's Season of Pride Steam Sale? 🌈✨

Hop over and explore a wide palette of queer games by amazing developers at bit.ly/seasonofpride2024! 💖

@midboss.bsky.social @igda.org @gaymingmag.bsky.social ❤️

5 year Lost Ember artwork. The digitally drawn picture shows the wolf jumping over "5 years" that is written in the air by the light companion. There are also parrots flying around.

The Wolf protagonist, early concepts.

The Wolf protagonist, early concepts.

The Companion, early concepts.

🎉 Our debut game Lost Ember turns 5 today! 🐺✨

I wanted to share a few pages from the official art book - featuring early designs of our beloved wolf protagonist! Take a look at how the journey began. ❤️

#indiegames

Oh woah! Congrats!! 🥳

Absolutely deserved! Definitely check out this hidden gem!

No worries 😊

Hey 👋 sorry, I didn't create these packs! If you open the pack, you can find the original creater mentioned under it's name!

Hey 👋 sorry, I didn't create these packs! If you open the pack, you can find the original creater mentioned under it's name!

Hey 👋 sorry, I didn't create these packs! If you open the pack, you can find the original creater mentioned under it's name!

Oh no worries! 😊

Honored to be part of the jury for the very first #PressStart game startup funding of the German government! Over 1000 applications... it's gonna be a busy few weeks 😅 Now let's get some games funded! 💪

Hey 👋 sorry, I didn't create these packs! If you open the pack, you can find the original creater mentioned under it's name!

Hey 👋 sorry, I didn't create these packs! If you open the pack, you can find the original creater mentioned under it's name!

A number of artists and creators have made their home on Bluesky, and we hear their concerns with other platforms training on their data. We do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so.

Ohh really looking forward to this! 😊

Listen, I am just as shocked as you are about the news... but let me tell you this:

Life is throwing some serious curveballs at us all the time, and sometimes it just feels like it’s all piling up.

But please remember

Things might be tough.
BUT YOU‘RE TOUGHER.

And you are not alone in this.