Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?
It hasn't been enough to merely make a "good" game to succeed for a long time. I guarantee you there are games out there that would change your life you've never even heard of because they couldn't get any eyes on them and the studio will never make another game. And that's tragic.
Also speaking of fantastic experiences made largely by solo devs, I finished Silly Polly Beast this week and wow. It’s packed with style and an interesting world, really well paced, full of tense action and thoughtfully threaded through with exploration of themes of trauma, abuse, and guilt.
im grabbing your hand to tell you. it’s not too late to start wearing a mask again. it’s better to wear a mask 1/4 of the time (or whatever your percent looks like) than not at all. there’s no shame in starting to be covid safe again even if you havent been for a long time. its okay
is2g this happened completely by accident back while i was building out this scene because thats just how the origins of the sprites lined up when I pulled them into the scene and this was rj's response
the traditional methods we have to reach players are falling apart and i worry that a *lot* of people just don't hear about anything their preferred app's algo doesn't decide to show them. when even something like scott pilgrim EX gets talked about like this it feels grim for the rest of us
it does drive me a little crazy that an indie game from an established, well liked studio can get good press coverage and also literally get revealed at a big event like summer game fest and people will still be like "wow i didn't even know this existed. you guys didn't advertise this enough"
j'ai enfin pu prendre le temps de regarder cette incroyable vidéo et je ne peux que vous la recommander si vous cherchez quelque chose de neuf à écouter 🫡✨
Bravo à @iliesselka.bsky.social pour son super taff, et encore merci pour le très chouette échange ! ❤️
I just feel like a lot of worldbuilders start and stop with the rules of the world and don't really consider who is upset by them
Or worse, make rulebreaking the domain of evil.
We're participating in the Curious Odyssey festival on Steam with our 20% discount 👀
Check out ours and a bunch of other interesting narrative games from now until next Wednesday! We have a free demo of our first chapter if you want to give it a try :)
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Yay! Zefyr slowly finds its audience... It's reached 250 reviews with 96% positive ratio! Thanks a lot to you all dear players!🙏🙏🙏
#indiegame #indiedev #solodev #adventure
ISAT is only worth a SEVEN on the wokeometer scale?????? im so sorry everyone. i have failed you
I sometimes worry that too many people think being a good critic means being a self-righteous dick about every little thing and I think far too many miss the point that you can't critique anything if you don't know how to love something.
in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy
UNSIGHTED is one of those games I think is really slept on: an incredibly hard metroidvania with a really interesting (and painful) narrative countdown clock which makes what you do really feel like it matters
Why Am I Dead At Sea is an excellent mystery adventure from 2015 (>400 reviews) where you find yourself dead on a boat, and have to inhabit other people to investigate your death and unravel their secrets. Wonderfully weird, moody, and offbeat.
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💰THE OUTERSLOTH CONTRACT 💰
We just released the FULL contract and terms that all our games sign!
We hope this challenges the status quo of what you see out there.
In a nutshell:
💸 Pre-recoup 50/50
💸 Post-recoup 15/85
💸 Terms after 7 years
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Folks have been testing the first chapter of Gilt this week. Lots of really great feedback. I added a couple of scenes, too. Here’s one I painted on Wednesday. I’m so happy to see people really connecting with the project and enjoying my strange ideas.
Vinyl? YES! MiniDisc? ABSOLUTELY!!💽🕊️
The BIRDCAGE soundtrack by @barrytopping.com is officially up for pre-order!
Don't miss out on this 90s-inspired shmup masterpiece by @polygonbird.games. 🕹️
Shop here:
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“It used to be bad; now my white friends are being treated like I used to be.” @ramiismail.com on why he’s a no to GDC. “a lot of folks in the US do not want us to exist” arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/...
It's funny seeing how this is news to some people
Being Brazilian and LGB-T-, going to the US/GDC has not been safe for me for a VERY long time
So.. no ABYSS X ZERO at GDC for the foreseeable future, sorry USians.
I really dont want to go through the transphobic visa process or get killed by ICE
First big updates of the Early Access of Hold The Mine is out!
Patch Highlitghts:
- 2 Regional Bosses
- 2 new Buildings
- 5 new Relics
- Several heroes got buffs
- Balancing Changes
- A lot of bug fixes
Full patch note below 👇
GET HIS ASS, GRACE #re9
sure . whatever
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Spent the last month or so working on this new (and very important!) area for ABYSS X ZERO!
Haven't worked on an area like this since the Downtown from UNSIGHTED, so it's been very nostalgic to create these urban/city assets.
A lot of WIP elements here still!
#gamedev #madewithunity #lowpoly #axz
(the new voyager eurosim is genuinely quite fun)
#residentevil 9
Leon: Take this gun Grace. I have two more right here.
"humble bundle featuring a harry potter game supporting the ESA" is like... wow! I can get a side of FLAMING garbage with my garbage? I can fund a "charity" that actively advocates AGAINST game preservation _and_ jkr at the same time? wow! not in a million fucking years
smh what are they teaching kids these days? 😕 #re9
Totally. At stake here is the conflict between games as “content” (retrogressive behaviorist bullshit) and recognizing context. The entire notion of “design” is saddled with so much fucked ideological baggage, be careful out there folks.
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