If you make physical games, video games or other software based on modifying or reappropriating existing games or software, please consider submitting your work to be shown in the quadrennial plunderludics exhibition, to be held in New York later this year: plunderludics.github.io/misc/2026-op...

Production 101 is now live: how do you make sure your game launches on schedule, and on budget? What strategies can you use? How does good production lead to higher quality games? And what mistakes should you avoid. Available now, like all courses, for €40! courses.ramiismail.com/courses/prod...

Production 101 - Levelling the Playing Field

Scope and structure a project, keep it on schedule, triage problems, and know when to trust your team and when to step in.

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can an indie team please make their own dark cloud clone so level-5's ceo turning the company into slop hell hurts less

Looks like I'm 2.5 weeks away from unemployment (studio closing). Anyone looking or know someone looking for senior/lead/manager production support? I'm open to full-time, as well as fractional work. www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcr...

Michael Crassweller, CSM - Six Brick Games | LinkedIn

Game production leader with 20+ years of experience delivering titles across console, PC,… · Experience: Six Brick Games · Education: Penn State University · Location: Dallas · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Michael Crassweller, CSM’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.

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Inspired by medieval China & Korea, and by my love of strategy RPGs, I've been hard at work on Vermilion Sea. We've got: 🏯 A new, lore-rich world 🎨 Hand-drawn illustrations & pixel art 🧩 Tactical gameplay grounded in meaningful choices Please wishlist on Steam if you're interested~! #vermilionsea

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¡"Levelling The Playing Field 101" estará disponible en su totalidad en español latinoamericano! Comenzando hoy en español LATAM, Games Business es el curso introductorio, pero los demás le seguirán pronto. ¡Muchas gracias a @snmcphaul.bsky.social por la traducción! courses.ramiismail.com/es-419/

Ocho cursos sobre el negocio de hacer videojuegos.

Introducción a los temas fundamentales que más salen a relucir en mí consultoría; cada curso contiene varias horas de vídeo, artículos, recursos, ejercicios y exámenes. Además, recibirás un certificad...

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🚨 AMNESIA FORTNIGHT IS BACK, BABYYYYYYY 😎 In 10 days, we're gonna put on the best damn game jam the world has ever seen, and we need YOUR help to keep our indie dreams alive! Get notified when we launch on Aug 31:

Coming soon: Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot

A Double Fine Productions Game Jam, Documentary, and Kickstarter Campaign

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Hi! Have you ever played a healer in a multiplayer game, and think they don't get enough love? Me too! I want to fix that. So, I'm working on a single player action RPG about healers! If you want to help, taking this quick survey will help me test some theories I have. <3 forms.gle/TQGszPYvQduu...

"Indies will save us" No! YOU WILL SAVE INDIES! Go leave a review for that neat indie game you like, share the trailer for an upcoming game you're anticipating, tell your fave developer they did a good job, go tell people about such and such game that's just come out, you can make a difference!

Got a new google scholar notification, so I go check and find this very cool poem by Wang Jibing 王计兵, the recent Lu Xun prize winner, prefacing a PhD thesis on women migrant workers and the gig economy PhD students in all disciplines: more poems in theses please, we love to see them! ✨💫

🔴🟡🔵 BIG WALK 🔴🟡🔵 Out now on Steam, Nintendo Switch 2, and PlayStation 5. Hooray!

Sabemos que no siempre puedes llegar al evento, por eso estamos compartiendo nuestras charlas en el canal de youtube de GameDev Planet,no olvides suscribirte y dar like ;).

if you are a games journalist, reviewer, social media personality, etc. and you're interested in imagine we were human, feel free to send us an email at hello@pklwrks.dev

Also, while I’m at it in this thread, this also ties into the problem of copycats: bsky.app/profile/matp... When copycats appear really fast, folks wonder why all games can’t be made that fast. It’s because a copycat has no problem with indecision. All decisions are already made.

Mat Piscatella@matpiscatella.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I do not believe I care for this future of video games.

I keep seeing arguments for games being expensive due to hyper realistic expectations for art, or simply lots of art. What I don’t see is the actual most costly reason: Indecision Iteration is good, but the yearly rebuilding of entire characters, storylines, and levels, is the most expensive thing

Arvy@arvy.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Many factors at play here - not the least of which is higher-ups (in their infinite wisdom) not being able to commit to anything, or knowing good from bad All the while the economy at large expects the profit line go infinitely up, absolutely ignoring its undeniable tendency to do the opposite

NEW: I spoke to multiple people impacted by the job cuts at Xbox to understand how the latest round of mass layoffs played out and what it means for the embattled video game division moving forward. This is their story.

Inside the latest round of mass layoffs at Xbox

Multiple workers impacted by the latest job cuts at Xbox believe the decision will hamstring some studios.

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small handheld. big ben.

As someone who has going through multiple big company layoffs over my career (That’s the game industry for you!), I can tell you that there isn’t much work happening at the companies that had the layoffs. For sake of velocity and quality, IC layoffs are the opposite of what you need.

If you are one of the many valuable workers callously laid off for corporate interests today, please consider applying to our hardship fund.

United Videogame Workers-CWA@videogameworkers.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Proud to announce our HARDSHIP FUND: uvw-cwa.org/hardship-fun... If you've been recently laid off and need support, we got you.

Hey fyi @gracklehq.com is run by one extremely good hearted guy, and it’s still the best site for games industry job listings. It has a patreon that he doesn’t advertise because he’s that selfless. You can support it on patreon and/or kofi

Howdy folks! With Find Your Words wrapped in a neat bow, I'm currently looking for more work. These days I'm more of an indie girlie, but I do have some triple-A chops. Reach out to me if you need help with: - Production - Merchandising And take a look at my new portfolio here: ianipoos.com 💖💅

Ian Ramsay

Portfolio of Ian Ramsay, game producer

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Kinali is looking for ambitious and collaborative developers! We have a number of open roles such as... Pixel Artist VFX Artist Cinematic Designer Combat Designer Producer Join us! 👉 https://kinaliworks.com/ #GameDevJobs #RemoteJobs

📈🚀📈🚀📈🚀📈🚀 Hey come check out some experimental clicker / idle / incremental games! 👇📈👇📈👇📈👇📈👇 For their final projects in my 'economics for game designers' class at @nyugamecenter.bsky.social, students made some awesome incremental games, so I wanted to do a thread sharing their work! 🧵⤵️ 1/~15

Applications for the 2026 - 2027 NYU Game Center Incubator are open NOW! Since 2014, the NYU Game Center Incubator has helped transform small independent game projects into polished, launched games. More info here: gamecenter.nyu.edu/apply-for-th... Apply here: forms.gle/4cKs8bcdRzCK...

Apply for the 2026 - 2027 NYU Game Center Incubator! - NYU | Game Center

THE 2026-2027 APPLICATION IS NOW OPEN UNTIL JUNE 5th! Since 2014, the NYU Game Center Incubator has helped transform small independent game projects into polished, launched games. With the help of our...

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Membrillo Hid My Socks IS OUT NOW on Steam and Itch for FREE! 🐈 This is my first published game as a studio and solo developer! It's a point & click puzzle game about finding all the missing socks your cat hid in your room. #TrailerTuesday #indiegame

Congrats to the winner of the Digital Moment Award 🌴🦩:  Hanwen Xu & Hatim Benhsain with coalescent || tidal rapture 🏆 This game goes beyond normative depictions of intimacy and doesn't shy away from being meaningfully sensuous, mysterious, complex, and primal.  #amaze 2026

"so what I'm thinking is, I think the game is an industry plant, it couldn't possibly be because the game appeals to some people and not to others, especially me, there must be a conspiracy behind all these good scores"

HEY NYC!! The day after tomorrow, 6-10 PM, is the @nyugamecenter.bsky.social's annual SHOWCASE of new student work! Over four dozen brand new games of sundry variety (see thread!) Come party & let weird little playables warp your mind! RSVP for a free ticket: www.eventbrite.com/e/nyu-game-c...