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I’m getting more and more of these too. It’s depressing.

wer seinem schatz keinen adventskalender im wert von minimum 300€ kauft muss sich nicht wundern wenn die couple goals nicht erreicht werden

43% of US kids want in-game currency this Christmas. 37% want physical games.

www.gamesindustry.biz/nearly-half-...

The Analogue 3D, that long-awaited FPGA Nintendo 64, is finally shipping... and today I'm toying with it!

Favorite: Sin and Punishment.
Biggest surprise: Game Boy Pokemon on the big screen!
Plus overclocked Perfect Dark in its 16:9 mode!

insane year for indies this year

Screenshot of a web puzzle game from a browser. The header says “Fivefold” and “Daily”. The main play area is a 5x5 grid. Some of the grid cells are filled in with large numbers of various colors. Some of the cells have small numbers in them representing possible candidates in those cells. On the edges between some cells are symbols, some are pentagons, some are multiple dots. The dots range in number from 1 to 4 dots. These symbols represent rules telling the player information about the relationship between adjacent cells.

Oops, we made another game!

Fivefold is a daily logic puzzle where the rules change every day. Play it free in your browser!

fivefold.ca

[Indie Spotlight]

Spindle from Wobbly Ghost launched a month ago on Steam and Switch and sold "only" 2.5k copies so far.

"SPINDLE is an old-school action-adventure about death and the many ways we choose to deal with it."

store.steampowered.com/app/1386750/...

youtu.be/3_2ngvThrsA?...

⚔️TIME ⚔️ TO ⚔️ RECLAIM ⚔️ YOUR ⚔️ BRAIN⚔️

Blanksword's Steam Demo & Kickstarter Campaign just launched as of RIGHT NOW!

Play the Demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3484670/...

Preorder the game on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/283...

Join the Discord: discord.gg/ftmCfsupyv

Meinung am Sonntag Der Klima-Sozialismus muss weg, wenn unsere Kinder in Deutschland eine Zukunft haben sollen Ein Leitartikel von BILD-Chefin Marion Horn

springer muss sterben damit wir leben können

Unfair Flips on Steam A non-idle clicker game about flipping a coin that hates you. Starting with just a 20% chance of getting heads, can you get ten heads in a row?

We're all above the "Are games art?" conversation around here but gosh. Unfair Flips. Inarguably art.

Unfair Flips defines itself, executes it perfectly, and causes such an *unbelievably strong reaction* from both those who get it and those who don't.

Ya simply must hand it to 'em.

PVKK is absolutely sick 🔥
Most fun I've had playing at a convention in a while.

God this looks so fucking cool. Ves showed me a preview build of this a while ago and it was impressive enough back then, but holy shit look at these vibes now

Imagine USING such an elaborated display toy with a GAME

In seinen besten Momenten fühlt es sich an wie mein erstes mal Dark Souls durchspielen und liebe es.
Aber immer wieder ewig gestreckte Gebiete mit super schweren Normalogegnern machen es einfach zäh und träge.

Beim Frühstück Silksong Hauptboss first tryen. Feels good man.

Hey everyone, here's an in-progress thread of some articles I've written. Reposts appreciated!

how to design an indie game

1. funny title
2. weird mechanic
3. ???
4. ???
5. gameplay loop

This is one of those situations where the actual article is pretty responsible ("lol no you dumbass do you do a eulogy when you upgrade excel???") but it's one of those things where the headline writer does more damage than the article can fix, by treating this as a legitimate question.

finding out that people talk politely to chatgpt like it's sentient is crazy, it's stringing words together purely out of what statistically makes sense, it doesn't know or feel anything

please please please go outside and say hi to literally anyone

A battle scene from Voice of Cards (PC). The “battle” is laid out as cards on a wooden table. Candles sit around the edges, and a small box in one corner holds several crystals, which I can use as we “fight”

An environment scene from Voice of Cards (PC). The world is made up of a series of cards, each representing a terrain type. It’s a simple tiled look, like an old RPG, and beautiful all at once

Voice of Card: The Isle Dragon Roars is such a wonderful experience. Absolutely immaculate presentation that strikes the perfect balance between “I’m playing a physical tabletop game” and “Strange man in a tavern is telling me an incredible story by the fireplace”

🎉 Congratulations to Goodbye Seoul for winning the BEST GAME AWARD at the Indie Arena Awards 2025 🏆🎮 #indiearenabooth #awards #gamescom

Key art for the video game "Sword of the Sea" depicting a character riding a wave with a sword.

Key art for the video game "Discounty", depicting a town full of lively characters surrounding a supermarket.

Key art for the video game "Tiny Bookshop" depicting a group of people in and around a bookstore.

Key art for the video game "Is This Seat Taken?" depicting a scene of shape-based characters waiting for the bus.

I think most agree that algorithms favor negativity, so can we take a moment for these incredible recent releases?

🌊 Sword of the Sea
📦 Discounty
📚 Tiny Bookshop
💺 Is This Seat Taken?
🏡 MakeRoom
💎 Gemporium
📮 Catto's Post Office
🔮 Ritual of Raven
✨ Whimside

Auf jeden Fall einer meiner smarteren Momente dem Kind weis zu machen, Hände waschen sei eine hart verdiente Belohnung nach erfolgreichem Zähneputzen.

Ich verstehe immernoch nicht wie Betterov kein nationales Phänomen sein kann. Insane wie gut das alles ist.

Hideo Kojima goes to the ballgame

Scrolled the Nintendo eshop yesterday and saw multiple ai slop games in that exact style. So yeah, its a trending sceme at the moment

NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT!
In MONOMOON, the way forward is reserved for the knowing and the daring. Guided by moonlight, you’ll uncover hidden truths and wander through a tiny and mysterious open world.

Junji Yeeto

Google’s healthcare AI made up a body part — what happens when doctors don’t notice? The basilar ganglia does not exist.

NEW: Google dubbed an error from its healthcare AI model, Med-Gemini, a typo. Experts say it demonstrates the risks of AI in medicine.
www.theverge.com/health/71804...

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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