Man I Just Wanna Live - an "MSPaint-noir" visual nightmare, out in 2027 store.steampowered.com/app/4860500/...
Cel Davison
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writer/artist/musician part of story telling workers’ co-op @humblegrove.bsky.social they/them UK, Calderdale based
weird story from me: MidBoss filed for bankruptcy in June, with over $800k in debt and only $2,560 in the bank. weirder still is that Matt Conn appears to have quietly taken charge again, having stepped down in 2018 after accusations of employee abuse.
Kotaku@kotaku.com · 2d ago2064: Read Only Memories studio MidBoss, once again under the leadership of Matt Conn, has filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy, with $800,000 in debt https://kotaku.com/2064-read-only-memories-midbossbankruptcy-over-800000-in-debt-2000721229
If you're an experience indie game marketer and love storytelling in games then we have a fantastic role just opened up in the team. More details at the link below.
Fellow Traveller@fellowtraveller.games · 3d agoWe’re hiring - come join the Fellow Traveller marketing team as a Product Manager! This is a senior role leading the marketing for some very cool games. More info and how to apply here bit.ly/FTPMJob
We are happy to announce that our Glasgow Indie Games Festival 2026 - FESTIVAL DIRECT will be premiering this Friday at 12 midday on our YouTube channel ! Tune in to see our festival games, friends of the fest and our world premiere announcement 🔥 🎮️ youtu.be/foROFk7mo-4
Playing Proteus triggered the realisation in me that there was a space, and maybe even an audience, for the things I wanted to make. I can't say for sure that I would have made The Collage Atlas if it wasn't for the reassurance that Proteus gave me.
Twisted Tree Games@twistedtreegames.bsky.social · 2w agoTrawling through Steam reviews for Proteus, this one really stuck with us even though it wasn't the most emotional one. "Like pouring warm soup on your soul. Or like getting into a bathtub of beautiful soup. It's like eating a bowl of beautiful soup." steamcommunity.com/id/yatoimtop...
Trawling through Steam reviews for Proteus, this one really stuck with us even though it wasn't the most emotional one. "Like pouring warm soup on your soul. Or like getting into a bathtub of beautiful soup. It's like eating a bowl of beautiful soup." steamcommunity.com/id/yatoimtop...
Steam Community :: yatoimtop :: Review for Proteus
Amazing high vibrational game. Like pouring warm soup on your soul. Or like getting into a bathtub of beautiful soup. It's like eating a bowl of beautiful soup. The soundtrack is gorgeous and reactive...
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Hello, I wrote about intriguing space mining visual novel A Line Held Tight from Humble Grove and spoke to the team about games, unions and folk music www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
A Line Held Tight – miners, mechs and mismanagement on a distant planet
Deep underground the player joins a colony of ruthlessly exploited pit workers who could be taking on the bosses. How things play out will depend on you
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An MSPaint-noir visual novel about a delivery worker stranded in heavy rain, with 13 possible endings between him and home.
We're hiring! Are you an experienced, UK-based Unity programmer interested in working with the developers of Alto's Adventure on our next big project? Application link in the comments ⬇️
'"Good Game Design" aims to hide the humanity of their creators and instead replaces it with a set of pre-defined, empty interactions (...) to create a product.' 'What if we treat Game Design as an intentional creative process, and not as a set of rules?' 🔥🔥🔥
Eric@mokkograd.net · 2w agoHere are my slides and a transcript of my talk I gave during Glasgow Indie Games Fest on July 11th: Evil Game Design - An Introduction: mokkograd.net/posts/2026-0...
In October last year I was fired by Rockstar Games in what we believe was a union busting move. We lost our home. We lost 2 jobs with my partner being forced to resign. We lost a community. Most importantly however we had to leave our two dogs behind, one of which will never return.
Chris Bratt@chrisbratt.bsky.social · 2w agoBack in October, Rockstar Games fired 34 employees for alleged gross misconduct. The severity of these firings could have spelled the end for a burgeoning union effort that was underway, but it didn't. In fact, the union is now *bigger* than it's ever been before. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym4z...
A deeply under-appreciated game: store.steampowered.com/app/447120/W...
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine on Steam
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a Narrative-Adventure game about traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny.
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Rebekah Valentine@duckvalentine.bsky.social · 2w agoIf Kentucky Route Zero is the Great American Novel of video games, Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is the Great American Short Story Collection
Hey this turned out good go play it www.patreon.com/posts/its-he...
BIBDU - A Hand Painted Irish Mythology Game is live on Kickstarter now! Come see our rewards including handcrafted paintings and figures by local artists & help us to reach our goals! www.kickstarter.com/projects/rat... #majorupdate #indiedev #gamedev #handdrawn #indiegame #cozygame
Very cool to have A Line Held Tight in the Nonbinary Coded Games event! As well as having two nonbinary developers A Line Held Tight also has two nonbinary characters: The Hare and our player character, The Canary. You can play the demo now! #NonbinaryCodedGames
kc 💀 play TRUE LOVE'S CURSE!@npckc.net · 3w ago💛🤍NONBINARY CODED GAMES💜🖤 is live on Steam! For International Nonbinary Day, we're showcasing 150+ games by devs who are nonbinary, genderqueer, & outside the gender binary! Take a look and see the spectrum of what we have to offer 🌈 store.steampowered.com/curator/4610... #NonbinaryCodedGames
Surprise! New video about basic story structure for game trailers, common mistakes to avoid, and some examples of trailers with great storytelling. This one stems from months of working on a day long masterclass I gave recently in France 👀 Shares much appreciated 😊
The Best Game Trailer Template | Video Game Trailer Academy
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💛🤍NONBINARY CODED GAMES💜🖤 is live on Steam! For International Nonbinary Day, we're showcasing 150+ games by devs who are nonbinary, genderqueer, & outside the gender binary! Take a look and see the spectrum of what we have to offer 🌈 store.steampowered.com/curator/4610... #NonbinaryCodedGames
I'd encourage you to watch this speech from former employee, Isaac Hudd. Also, given this is yet *another* Edinburgh-based studio at the heart of *another* controversy affecting game workers in the UK, you'll spot some familiar faces from Rockstar who turned up to show their solidarity on the day.
Thanks so much to everyone who played A Line Held Tight this weekend! And thank you to @glasgowindiegamesfest.org for having us! What a wonderful festival, and what a wonderful time we had x
The Steam Sale ends 8am Monday (that’s tomorrow!!!) so if you’ve had your eye on anything, now is the time to wishlist or buy! Let’s support these incredible devs <3 Sale 🔗: store.steampowered.com/curator/4607...
Glasgow Indie Games Festival 2026
Held in Glasgow, Scotland - We pride ourselves in showing the most interesting, the most moving and the most unconventional games from Scotland and around the world!
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Glasgow Independent Games Festival@glasgowindiegamesfest.org · 4w agoThe GIGF Steam Sale 👾 Celebrate the talent behind this year's festival by buying or adding games to your wishlist, it helps support indie creators 🤝 The sale runs from now until 8am Monday, so don't miss out! ⏰ Check it out here: store.steampowered.com/curator/4607... #GIGF26 #indiegames
ICYMI: "The frog in the boiling pot of water looks around and finds all that’s left is hot metal." @jaymcastello.bsky.social reflects on 10 years of writing in the games space:
10 Years in the Game Space - Unwinnable
2016 games media was clumsy. 2026 games media is a fucking disaster.
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Just played a demo for the best mech game I've played in ages, a game I think everyone will be talking about when it comes out, A Line Held Tight by @humblegrove.bsky.social
New nocaps video today highlighting some cool upcoming indie games, including Hark The Ghoul my beloved, and you should give it a look, some neat stuff in there.
9 upcoming indies to restore your faith in video games
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The GIGF Steam Sale 👾 Celebrate the talent behind this year's festival by buying or adding games to your wishlist, it helps support indie creators 🤝 The sale runs from now until 8am Monday, so don't miss out! ⏰ Check it out here: store.steampowered.com/curator/4607... #GIGF26 #indiegames
"This interactive fiction exists in a tradition of games like Slay the Princess, If Found and even Dordogne to some extent." @phoenixwritesdown.bsky.social plays the demo for the visual novel A Line Held Tight:
Canary in the Charcoal Mine: Early Impressions of A Line Held Tight - Unwinnable
There’s an aesthetic emphasis on hand-wrought analog work.
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Thank you to Cel and @humblegrove.bsky.social for letting me write early impressions of this game! A Line Held Tight is the kind of game we need more of right now and moving forward.
Unwinnable@unwinnable.com · 4w ago"This interactive fiction exists in a tradition of games like Slay the Princess, If Found and even Dordogne to some extent." @phoenixwritesdown.bsky.social plays the demo for the visual novel A Line Held Tight:
Now and as always, if you've been impacted by the layoffs at GameSpot and a feature slot in an upcoming issue of @unwinnable.com would help in anyway, I'd be happy to have you. No pitch, we'll figure something out. Doesn't have to be games. You are a curious person. I trust you.
A beautiful and timely game! Also on show @glasgowindiegamesfest.org this weekend - come and give it a go.
Unwinnable@unwinnable.com · 4w ago"This interactive fiction exists in a tradition of games like Slay the Princess, If Found and even Dordogne to some extent." @phoenixwritesdown.bsky.social plays the demo for the visual novel A Line Held Tight:
