Luke Lewis

As we enter the holiday week, we want to thank everyone who helped transform the IGAs into a global celebration and means of discovery.

Nominations and recipients for our global categories are solely curated by their respective organizations, offering a fresh lens on indie excellence.

A thread 🧵

On today's episode, the gang is deep in GOTY prep and talks about five 2025 indie games:

🥾 Tall Trails
🛒 Discounty
👁️ The King is Watching
🛹 Megabonk
⚔️ Absolum

Listen: plnk.to/crossplaycon...
Watch: youtu.be/GsW5oN7Lu94

Thanks to everyone who came through to support our first-ever Extra Life stream.

We cleared 350 USD between both of our streams to support Children’s Health Foundation.

Now we sleep.

Three incentives were made on-stream if we made our goal:

1) I shave my beard ✅
2) @lukewarmlewis.bsky.social temp dyes his hair purple for a Crossplay GOTY content in January
3) @katerblossom.bsky.social tries Elden Ring on stream with a bench of coaches in 2026

We are peaking! Come hang! 💜

We’re live playing some Lego Voyagers co-op and then jumping into some Peak later. Come hang while we fundraise for the kids!

I hope everyone will help me congratulate @th3hoopman.bsky.social on his debut at The Indie Informer!

Read his wonderful work below:

We’re doing an @extralife4kids.bsky.social stream on Friday! Come hang out with us as we raise money for a great cause. 💙

Introducing the nominees for The Indie Game Awards 2025, airing on December 18th at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @ign.com, @gamespot.com, and @sixoneindie.com's YouTube and Twitch channels.

Visit indiegameawards.gg for the full list of nominees, presenters, and judges.

I’m honored and thrilled to be back as a judge for this year’s Indie Game Awards! Congrats to all of the incredible nominees and I can’t wait to watch the presentation next month! 💜🎉💜

We are ELATED and so privileged to be a judge for the 2025 @indiegameawards.gg for the second year.

Congrats to all of the nominees and thank you @sixoneindie.com for all that you do.

The nominees and presenters for the 2025 Indie Game Awards will be revealed tomorrow at 10 AM ET 🏆

🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg

So many good games discussed on this week’s episode of Crossplay Conversations! Also go play Keeper from @doublefine.com if you haven’t already. It’s beautiful and easily one of my favorite games from this year! 🎉

KENTUM 🌍🤖
Stranded in the year 10,000, Kent (an average Joe turned clone) must survive, explore, and rebuild civilization with the help of a snarky AI.
🌱Grow farms
🐴Capture wild fauna
⚙️Design production pipelines for items.
store.steampowered.com/app/2165140/...
#PitchYaGame #IndieGame #Steam

Crossplay Conversations was nominated for a Canadian Podcast Award (@canpodawards.bsky.social) for best Foreign Series!

To Canadian podcasters voting for the awards, please consider throwing your vote to Crossplay Conversations before November 22! canpodawards.ca/vote/

Blue Ridge Hunting got us SCARED!

Wishlist now, it helps the devs! store.steampowered.com/app/2434930/...

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Have you ever seen something you couldn’t explain, like there was something lurking in the shadows?

Six One Publishing presents Blue Ridge Hunting, an online co-op horror cryptid hunting adventure by Jade Meadows 🐺

Play the demo and support on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jad...

Spirit swap is on sale on itch for the first time I believe! Did it on a whim for the Halloween sale so if itch is your preferred platform, please check it out/share it around! Trailer quoted below!
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Turns out I really love games with fall vibes! Tune into this week’s episode for our definitive list of the best games to play in October! 💙

My Dad texting me updates about his time playing @blueprincegame.bsky.social is just the absolute best! He’s enjoying the game a lot.💙

Yay have fun and get your notebook ready! Blue Prince is so special! 💙

Valnet unfortunately let go of the entire TheGamer features team today alongside several other staff members.

Many incredibly talented and hard working writers I've had the pleasure of working with over the past several years.

Introducing the Red & Blue Bundle.

As huge fans of the Myst series and @cyan.com, this bundle means so much to us at Dogubomb. It's a real full-circle moment for us to be able to share the spotlight with the game that first illuminated our imaginations.

store.steampowered.com/bundle/60625...

Currently scouting for unannounced Latin American–developed games for the next “The Game Awards Edition” of @lagshowcase.bsky.social

Appreciate any help spreading the word! 🙌

When I saw that photo from our wedding I knew immediately it needed to be a thumbnail lol 😂

Blue Prince took over my life this year! Have a listen as we unpack all of the secrets from my favorite game of the year! 💙

This week I’m going to raise money for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social to help Palestinians in need.

On Fri I'll start & finish Metal Gear Solid, MGS2 on Sat, Delta on Sun. It'll be 9 AM PT each day on www.twitch.tv/tamoorh.

Fundraiser is live on my Twitch. Please share if you can!

Check out @katerblossom.bsky.social on @crossplayconvos.bsky.social reviewing some new (and short) indie games!