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Honourable mentions:

1) Dragos loved Claire Obscure, but Adam hasn't played it and it used AI (boooo)

2) We had a great time playing Contact Protocol and Trans Theft Auto at AdventureX, and really recommend both

3) Oscar the Incredible Flying Ostrich is fab and we hope it comes to steam soon!

A corkboard with post-it notes and polaroids showing out top moments of 2025: launching our first game, launching our second on steam, going to our first exhibition, and then also getting to exhibit at AdventureX

A work monitor showing three visual media we both loved: Conclave, Wake up Dead Man, and Severance.

A man leans against a balcony which overlooks the London skyline, listening to music. Text at the top floats upwards, reading: "Our most listened albums". At the bottom are three album covers: Arcane season 2 soundtrack, Do you like Rock music by Sea Power, and Matsubara Miki Best Collection.

A presentation being given. The presenter is saying: Our top games. One the left of the powerpoint is our most played co-op game, Helldivers. In the middle are Dragos's top picks: Anomaly Agent, Golf Club Nostalgia, and He is Coming. One the right are Adam's top picks: Silent Hill f, Omori, and House of Fata Morgana.

It's time! 🥁🥁🥁

House on the Bailey's Year in Review! Our top moments, films, music, and games, one year on from when we were whispered into existence by strange and inscrutable rituals.

Here's to a bigger and better 2026!

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

One of those games that stays with you in the best of ways. Tonally one of the most carefully balanced games I've ever played. Amazing work.

Today at 2pm GMT! 🔜 #AdventureX Showcase Sunday!
I've got 8 more demos from @adventurex.bsky.social to share with you on stream (and extras if we get time..)
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Behind the Hydra's Eyes is an unabashedly political narrative game with themes of climate (in)justice, guilt/apathy, and culpability.

You'll play as a middle-manager overseeing a renewables project, and have to unravel layers of corporate speak to grapple with what your actions actually mean.

Behind the Hydra's Eyes on Steam Welcome to Forward Green, Dave, we hope you're excited. Project Lagoon Breeze is a great opportunity to make connections, oversee construction, and manage community relations on an international scale...

It's official, Behind the Hydra's Eyes is out now on Steam 🤯

For £4.99, you too can experience the joys of British office work. Answer emails, make tea, and avoid thinking about the building sense of dread!

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#indiegames #godot #narrative #pixelart #steam

Fishing is so passé, now it's all about making a nice brew in a bleak British office against the backdrop of corporate greed and greenwashing. Or something.

Wishlist now, and play the demo!
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#indiegame #indiedev #godot #pixelart

Want an indie game about the bleak comedy of UK office jobs? No? Well we made one anyway. You're welcome!

🖥️ Play the demo today -> tinyurl.com/BtHEdemo

#indiegame #godot #nextfest

🚨 Our demo is now live!

If you've been yearning for a satirical pixel game about being an office project manager with the unfortunate debuff of being British, then...that's odd. But boy have we got the game for you!

Play and let us know what you think -> tinyurl.com/BtHEdemo

#nextfest #indiegame

To wrap it all up-Oscar, the incredible flying Ostrich by @thomashunt.bsky.social and Renato Baroni. Stunning decorations aside, Oscar himself moves and feels incredible while you're holding the controller, leading to his many stunts feeling very satisfying. Hilariously written, one to look out for

To the right, we had another important game proudly presenting Palestine and support groups-The Activists. While not on itch, the game does an incredible job to put the players in the shoes of people that are capable and want to make a change. Break into a weapons factory and disrupt the status quo

Where the Olives Grow by Cagla Diriker A story of hope, of roots that endure, and of life that continues to grow.

To the left of our own booth, we had an importan, valuable and elegant game buzzerbeater.itch.io/where-the-ol.... Where the Olives grow is a beautiful point&click with an astonishing number of thoughtful pixel-art scenes. It covers a generational story of occupation, resilience, family and history.

Manifest Your Dream Job Sleep Meditation by strawberrycongee a meditation went wrong

Next Manifest your Dream Job - Sleep Meditation - strawberrycongee.itch.io/manifest
This was an all out experience, playing on an old, square monitor, with decorations of a mini-aquarium and a framed fish sauce packet. One must embark on a guided meditation, flicking through scenes of your dream job

Next, Trolling by RenegadeSun -https://renegadesun.itch.io/trolling
A trash covered, dimly lit corner of the exhibition housed this beautiful typing game, embodying the angry mum of a gamer. Don't stop, keep typing, the Vitriol-meter must be fed at all costs. You hate gaming and the people will hear

First up we have We'll Build a Ladder by @iamdanielgreen.itch.io. Daniel loves a local coop game, and he did it again with this wholesome hand drawn sketch feel, and jolly cooperation to do a thing together with friends! Seeing strangers, old friends, families and children play was a highlight

Course friends also submitted incredible games, and this thread will be used to shout-out our friends and colleagues, the projects they made, and their unique, skillful executions! 🧵 🎮

A week or so ago, Behind the Hydra's Eyes was featured in the Games and Playful Design - Final Degree show from Goldsmiths!

I (Dragos-half of HotB) submitted BtHE, and have been working on the game as my final project. Was lovely seeing friends and colleagues play, an outstanding experience!

The two developers, Adam and Dragos, in front of the church the exhibition was held in. They're holding a small flower, which they're both gesturing towards.

The stall that Behind the Hydra's Eyes had at the exhibition. It's set up like an office desk: monitor, keyboard, pens, stapler, a decorative flower, a printer, a calendar on the wall behind. Very drab, very cool!

One of the event's brochures being held in front of a screen showing the game's menu. On the brochure, the following is highlighted: Stall 9, Dragos Farcas & Adam James, Behind the Hydra's Eyes.

A wide photo with our game's stall circled in the middle. Above the stall is a huge stained glass winder. There is another stall to the left and right of ours, each draped in keffiyehs - we were grouped with other left-wing games. Free Palestine!

Aaaand it's over! We've had a very busy, very fun three days exhibiting Behind the Hydra's eyes and mingling with other cool developers.

Thanks to everyone that played it! To everyone else: psst, we're launching the demo on Steam soon 😉

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The protagonist is looking out of his balcony at night, talking to himself. "Thinking of the future brings to mind snippets of news, headlines which have pierced your studious ignorance, and questions about England's slide into gleeful cruelty and poverty."

He continues: "Spiking suicides for trans youth. A refugee boat sank by vigilantes. The government covering up the deaths of disabled people. Keep your head down, see no evil, this is the way it has to be, no alternative allowed."

"A snake eating itself. Every year there's less and less body left, but the head is hungrier. Meaner. Wallowing in it's unchallenged superiority."

Looking at the headlines in Britain is bleak when you're not a lover of transphobia, racism, and performative cruelty. It's lucky that our game provides escape from th—no Dave, stop, don't think about it!

...We'll have words with him.

#indiegame #indiedev #pixelart

It wouldn't be a British office job simulator without a tea mini-game, so...we made one! ☕

Wishlist Behind the Hydra's Eyes to make tea, manage your team, clear your inbox, and, if you dare, discover the secrets behind your project...

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#godot #indiegame

Behind the Hydra's Eyes is a satirical office sim with something lurking underneath. If you like your games wordy, experimental, and deeply political, it might just be for you.

Our steam demo is coming soon, so wishlist now!

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#indiegame #godot #pixelart #indiedev

BEHIND THE HYDRA'S EYES

Congratulations Dave, you've got the job.

Expectations involve:
🤝 Manage your team!
🖥️ Send fun emails!
🙈 Don't read the fine print!

We can't wait to see you...

⬇️ Wishlist now! ⬇️
store.steampowered.com/app/3554030/...

#indiegame #gaming #pixelart #indiedev #godot

BEHIND THE HYDRA'S EYES

Congratulations Dave, you've got the job.

Expectations involve:
🤝 Manage your team!
🖥️ Send fun emails!
🙈 Don't read the fine print!

We can't wait to see you...

⬇️ Wishlist now! ⬇️
store.steampowered.com/app/3554030/...

#indiegame #gaming #pixelart #indiedev #godot

1952, Empire Grand. In SWITCHBOARD you'll take the frantic role of a telephone operator striving to unite her family.
Tactile controls, rich visuals and voice-acting will weave a dramatic tale of military intrigue. Follow for updates, and listen in on jqhy.itch.io
#indiedev #indiegame

#PitchYaGame

Hi from a two-person indie team in dreary England 👋

We'll echo everyone else's thanks at the opportunity to showcase, and for this comment section full of cool games for us to discover🕵️

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And yes, the kitchen contains company-provided refreshments. Just don't actually use them, or you might be scolded.

The protagonist, Dave, stands by his desk in an office. The carpet is ugly, the walls grey, and the sky clear and blue outside this prison. Oh well. The office has a small kitchen area complete with kettle and coffee machine, a handful of other desks, two colleagues, and some posters on the wall near to a giant clock.

A grumpy looking boss stares at you, unsmilingly, from behind a desk. Behind him is a large company poster, a calendar, and a framed picture of his dog with brass nameplate. There's some paper, a pen, and a company-branded mug on the desk. The back of the protagonist's head is visible, facing him. There's a large window behind the boss, the tops of some buildings visible. One one is a strange looking billboard, containing a demonic head and the words "consume, consume, consume".

A computer terminal, showing a simple layout of emails. The one on screen seems to be a PR-sounding response brushing off a legal complaint. A drab office with an ugly carpet is visible behind the monitor.

The protagonist stands in the middle of a small studio apartment. It's dark outside, and a small digital wristwatch face at the bottom left hand side of the screen announces that it's 10:08pm. The apartment contains a tiny kitchen area, a desk with a computer and some old mugs on, a slightly messy bed with pink duvet, and some shelves with various objects on.

Behind the Hydra's Eyes is a narrative game and office management sim. Manage your team, oversee construction, placate your boss. But something eerie is going on...

Dare you find out what? Wishlist now.

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#PitchYaGame #indiegame #pixelart #videogame #indiedev

Dave, our pixelated protagonist, stands in the corner of the waist-high wall separating the kitchen from the rest of the office. The view is isometric. His legs are concealed by the part of the wall in front of him, but his torso is in front of the part of the wall behind him.

Dave is now standing behind the part of the wall he was in front of before, his legs hidden. The water cooler on this side of the wall is now highlighted because he is next to it.

Now Dave is in front of both parts of the wall, beneath the water cooler. It's still highlighted, and everything is layered correctly.

Small victories—our game has an entirely 2D environment, so thinking up a way to have you walk behind, above, and between parts of the same object or as a fun challenge. Now you can mill around the kitchen properly, avoiding work to your heart's content!

#indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #godot #2D

Thanks for taking the time to go through it! A.Maze was incredible, can't wait for the next one.

I dont think I had heard of it. Thanks for the recommendation, we'll have a look at it