the actual success of the 'friendslop' genre i think at least partly comes down to just emulating the feeling of loading up a weird surrealist mod of half-life in 2001 and joining a random server for a few evenings and then never playing it again. the genre is just like... y2k internet mod scene.
Ten years ago, it started with a game jam. Since then, we've poured all of our love and craft into every single pixel. Now, it's finally here: a wordless point-and-click adventure in a prehistoric world full of dinosaurs. Theropods launches August 20th!🦕
Released a tiny, and a little bit broken, game for the raylib 6.x gamejam: International Superstar Hexagon Deluxe! ninuy.itch.io/internationa... Hexagons can get stuck when spawning... only had ~2 days to work on it. Might take some time to fix issues next week and make things nicer. #raylib
International Superstar Hexagon Deluxe by nin
Survive against the enemy hexagons
ninuy.itch.io
Game failure? Layoffs Game success? Layoffs Game delayed? Layoffs Game delivered? Layoffs Game announced? Layoffs Game unannounced? Layoffs Game good? Layoffs Game bad? Layoffs Game AI? Layoffs Game no-AI? Layoffs Game hated? Layoffs Game beloved? Layoffs Money cares more for layoffs than games.
Ship Miner has a EA Release Date!! Here is the announcement trailer!! I worked really hard on that trailer, had to learn davinci resolve and recorded and edited like one hundred videos. Really proud of the result. Likes and retweets are really appreciated!
A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines
New Blog post: First Month of Card Crawl 2. Including real sales numbers and some insights into the development of the game. Check it out: www.arnoldrauers.com/first-month-...
I was testing a new cheat to validate some numbers and I believe I created the Super Space Vacuum Cleaner PowerUp in Ship Miner.
Phonopolis is out NOW on Steam, GOG, and Epic Games Store 📣 We hope you have fun playing with the cardboard city! All links here 👇 amanita-design.net/games/phonop...
“You opened this page. It already knows the following.” sinceyouarrived.world/taken
taken.
A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.
sinceyouarrived.world
Normal game developer: "I will add ImGui to display useful information and help me debug my game." Me:
What I have frequently heard programmers say over the years: (1996) "Lines of Code" is a terrible metric (2006) "Lines of Code" is a terrible metric (2016) "Lines of Code added" is a terrible metric (2026) I have to use AI because it's the only way to meet my company's "Lines of Code added" quota
Adventure Jampilation is now my most redeemed game on Steam! The fact that it's free might have played a role 🤣 BTW... I only have 5 reviews and one is negative because it's "crappy 2D minigames" 🥲 care to give me a hand? store.steampowered.com/app/4096750/...
Adventure Jampilation on Steam
An ever-growing compilation of all the short adventure games made by Gugames during various game jams
store.steampowered.com
I have no idea what an extraction shooter really is. I can only think of tfc hunted.
It's been a while since I do a semi technical blog post but here I am, sharing my second part of the "how I use ECS in my games" series (in 2.5y I will write the 3rd part xD): arielcoppes.dev/2026/03/29/d... If you are using ECS, would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks for reading!
Design decisions when building games using ECS II
This is just the second part to the “Design decisions when building games using ECS” since I have new patterns that I want to share.
arielcoppes.dev
Just released a prototype I made few months back. Introducing: MICROBIOUS Researchers in Czechoslovakia are studying the properties of a microbe and how it reacts to Anti-bodies. You are the microbe, survive.
Some cool games in here.
Aruma Studios@arumastudios.bsky.social · 6mo agoI'm honoured to host #PointNClickFriday today! 🗨️Comment with your P&C Adventure using the hashtag. ❤️ RT this, and any games below you think are cool. 🫶 I'll RT them all! 🚀 Shadows of the Afterland is OUT! (reviews appreciated) ⬇️ store.steampowered.com/app/2506100/...
RE that RT.. it’s wild how steam reviews are still so damn important to getting visibility. If you play and like indie games, the most generous and helpful thing you can do is spend an hour popping positive reviews onto anything you like with <500 or so reviews.
There are many things to love about Rami’s top 10 for 2025 but this is one of my favourites.
Rami Ismail (رامي)@ramiismail.com · 7mo agoOn my favorite games of 2025, in that weird meandering way I think about games and life and industry and everything. Thanks to @giantbomb.bsky.social for having me! giantbomb.com/articles/ram...
Every year I take some time to write a review about it and my expectations for the next one personally and for my projects. I mention both Cleared Hot and Ship Miner in my review, here it is if you want to read it: arielcoppes.dev/2025/12/26/r...
2025 summary and my expectations for 2026
The end of the year is approaching and I have made a summary of what happened during 2025 and what to expect for 2026.
arielcoppes.dev
What indie games should I buy for Xmas break? Tell me you game and I will buy it
Wishlist on Steam! (We'll have a new demo for Steam Next Fest!) store.steampowered.com/app/4157850/...
Randel's Quest on Steam
Guide Randel and a tongue-tied thesaurus on an epic quest in a slot-driven, Wordle-style roguelike battler. Roll the slots for effects, read the color hints and strike with the right word at the right...
store.steampowered.com
Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf
