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Time Flies is OUT NOW!!

For Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Mac/PC. On sale for a limited time. Hand-crafted, delightful, short and sweet. And most of all: fun. timeflies.buzz 🪰

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TIME FLIES TOMORROW!! timeflies.buzz

🚨RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCEMENT🚨

HORDELORD IS UNLEASHING AUGUST 18th 2025!

💥PREPARE TO GET BOOMING 💥

👇WISHLIST BELOW👇

The logo for Mindset Go!. It shows two interlinked circles, one blue, one black. On the edge of the black circle are two smaller shapes, a yellow square and a red triangle.

I've been waiting three years to post this.

Mindset is a new type of puzzle, a mix of observation and logic. Think Sudoku, Picross, Connections and... none of those. It's new.

The first videogame version is called Mindset Go!. It's out soon on iOS and Android. I really hope you like it.

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Just go with funny GIFs for engagement and then drop knowledge between them. Less text on slides, the better.

Last of the summer showcases before Steam opens up the flood gates with playable demos is tonight.

#SummerGameFest continues today with these showcases:

1️⃣Ñ3 Summer Showcase
2️⃣Xbox Games Showcase - @xbox.com
3️⃣PC Gaming Show - @pcgamer.com
4️⃣RPG Direct - @nokogodo.com
5️⃣IGN Live - @ign.com

All showcases & links how to watch are here: gameconfguide.com#showcase

Today, 8 summer showcases are scheduled. Get all the links to streams below:

Get ready for Summer Game Fest and all the showcases:

Thank you, Michael for the shout. Calendar is a little bit overlooked, I am glad you like it.

games marketing tip:

even if you do not like TikTok PLEASE do post your trailers there!!

those are often some of our biggest posts

recent example below from a nice team that got 600k views and 2k Wishlists from a single trailer post

Summer of trailers starts today

Next 7 days is going to be showcase madness. Prepare for avalanche of trailers and announcements.

There are 19 summer showcases scheduled so far. Brace yourself.

Your food updates makes me hungry every time! Keep them coming.

How much bias (previous experience, already existing relationship, fan of the creators) influences the final decision?

Did sme cleaning over the weekend.

If you are looking for the most up-to-date calendar of events, look no further: gameconfguide.com

Here is the 2025 bingo card.
Not a very joyous one again.

Lets see how strong your GIF game is. Thomas set the bar very high. Cant wait for your session.

Check out all the GDC showcases, side-events and activities happening next week.

Bonus: two party lists are linked there as well.

Lets paint some minis!

Video Games on Kickstarter in 2024 Video games projects per year from 2009 to 2024

Video Games on Kickstarter in 2024 Amount raised by video games on Kickstarter from 2009 to 2024

Video Games on Kickstarter in 2024 Video games projects per tier (amount raised) from 2009 to 2024 Tiers are: Less than $10k $10k to $50k $50 to $100K $100k to $500k More than $500k

Next week, I will give a talk about video games and crowdfunding at @officialgdc.bsky.social

Here is a preview of the data part of the talk (the rest is more specifically about learning from successful campaigns).

Session Link:
schedule.gdconf.com/session/vide...

✨ 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴! ✨

Submissions for Indie Arena Booth 2025 at gamescom are officially OPEN! 🚀

And we’re growing, now 2,037.5 sqm (that’s 500 more than last year!), giving even more amazing projects a chance to shine!
submit here: indiearenabooth.de/apply

what a cool idea! Mugs. And they are all super cool.

you just made my day! Thank you for visiting and I do hope we will see each other soon.

see you there, sir!

Welcome to the new Game Conference Guide (@gameconf.bsky.social)!

✨New & straightforward design
🧹Less clutter on the main page
🗓️Events / Deadlines / Showcases in tabs instead of pages
🏎️Faster & secure hosting

Enjoy!

If you find a mistake, please let me know.

Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases. A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team

I have put together a public Notion page with Blue Sky tips, lit of game industry starter packs.

Let me know if you have more recommendations or it.

icopartners.notion.site/Blue-Sky-Gui...

Woohoo! Congrats,man! Just wondering, is the award itself heavy? It looks like it is.