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

My favourite level design and environment art resource and the best website on the internet is still noclip.website

All the music in Big Walk syncs to the game’s day-night cycle. Journey Beat starts and ends at 1:20pm. See if you can hear the sunset. youtu.be/5X_pCC4Lk1M?... aksfxmusic.com

Journey Beat (Big Walk Radio) - aksfx

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Spoke with @alexspencerdale.bsky.social for @theguardian.com about the appeal of the Backrooms, liminal spaces, impossible architecture, and the thrill of breaking into hidden spaces in video games:

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Glitched into empty space: why video games are obsessed with the Backrooms

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Blood Dungeon launches August 25th on Steam, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch 1 + 2! Blooddungeon.com #boneup

Oh. Some more new Big Walk music today. It's our second radio station release, this one is called Breathwork. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZE5... aksfxmusic.com

Breathwork (Big Walk Radio) - aksfx

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Hi everyone! I released my cozy, supernatural narrative game today! The Afterlife Cafe is a game that encourages reflection on life by exploring death. store.steampowered.com/app/3763730/... guavapixelstudios.itch.io/the-afterlif... #indiegame #gamelaunch #visualnoval

The Afterlife Cafe on Steam

Travel to the world of the dead, whose stories encourage reflection on life. Chat with spirits, brew drinks to suit your mood, and bond with the people who run the afterlife cafes. In this urban sci-f...

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This is probably the biggest moment of my life 😭 After 4 years, the Game UI Bible has finally launched for all the world to see. A 400+ page tome of Game UI/UX goodness, celebrating all the weird and wonderful intricacies of this field. I'm SO proud of this book, and for you all to read it!

Lost In Cult@lostincult.co.uk · 2w ago

From a database to a full-fledged bible! ✨🕺 We've collabed with @eddcoates.bsky.social on the Game UI Bible, a 500+ page hardback adventure through the UI/UX of loads of your favourite games 🎮 Let us entice you with a limited signed bookplate by Edd himself and more below 🔗👇

movement in non-euclidean quaternionic space

Halfway done with some weird new UI for the MIDI sequencer

Beatdown City Survivors is 25% off for the next week to celebrate 📆One month since release! 💯Very Positive Rating on Steam! 💜The NB coded games fest! You can play the demo and pick it up here: beatdown.city/bdcsrstm

Shawn Alexander Allen@shawndoublea.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🧟Beatdown City Survivors🧟 Eradicate hordes of monsters in this 🗽Immersive 👥survivors roguelite 🌃set in a destructible city OUT NOW! 🛠️fun weapon crafting 🐱large cast of characters 🏗️dynamic environments 🔊pumping soundtrack Play the demo/check it out today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm

trying to wrap my head around the topology of 4D spheres

it's a horror game about a bird trying to write a screenplay.

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Proud to announce the next game Vampirium: 1997 Dracula is king of the United British Empire. Kill his enemies and find your own path through a minimalist immersive sim sandbox. Wishlists and retweets massively appreciated (and, you know, massively helpful) store.steampowered.com/app/4035190/...

Vampirium: 1997 on Steam

1997. Dracula is King of England. At his command, master your dark gifts to assassinate his enemies and secure his vampiric empire. Infiltrate locked-down locations, adapt and survive in living enviro...

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I wrote about level design readability: blendogames.com/news/post/20...

Blood Dungeon is a platforming autoshooter coming to Steam, PS5, and Xbox X|S later this summer, but you can play the steam demo right now!

The comedy in Slap Out Of It! draws tons of inspiration from spoof comedies like Airplane, Police Squad, and Monty Python. We have visual puns and sight gags everywhere you look. 🧵 Here are a few blink-and-you-miss-it examples from our announcement trailer... www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRSh...

Slap Out Of It! | Announcement Trailer | Day of the Devs Summer Game Fest Edition 2026

YouTube video by Turbo Button | Wishlist "Slap Out Of It!" on Steam

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🧟Beatdown City Survivors🧟 Eradicate hordes of monsters in this 🗽Immersive 👥survivors roguelite 🌃set in a destructible city OUT NOW! 🛠️fun weapon crafting 🐱large cast of characters 🏗️dynamic environments 🔊pumping soundtrack Play the demo/check it out today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm

💢CRASHOUT CREW IS OUT NOW 💥 our forklift drifting co-op game has shipped to Steam and Xbox Game Pass‼️ grab your crewmates, ship some boxes and try not to crash out along the way. IT'S TIME TO CLOCK TF IN 👷

This is the final week left to apply for the AIAS Foundation’s annual scholarships, closing this Sunday, May 31! Designed to support the next generation of game makers and early industry professionals, this is a huge opportunity for career growth! Apply now: www.aiasfoundation.org/programs/sch...

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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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...

Very happy to reveal that Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector has been nominated for a 🚀Hugo! 🚀 I grew up reading Hugo winners and nominees, and many previously nominated and awarded books are among my biggest inspirations! www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history...

Reminder that @official-aias.bsky.social has a number of scholarships for students and early career people in #gamedev: www.aiasfoundation.org/programs/sch... They are currently accepting applicants. Deadline is May 31, 2026. I've met scholars from previous years and it's a wonderful program.

🎈 Playdate turns 4 next week (April 18th!!) And we're excited to announce 🥁..... Playdate Season 3 🎉! Coming later this year. 💫 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=sCWD4OjWTBU

New addition to our arcade machine here at the Jarvis Innovation Center at @depauluniversity.bsky.social! @luckshotgames.com

Thank you @columbiachi.bsky.social for highlighting "Hotel Infinity" winning at the #DICEAwards! It was an honor for the team & grateful to @official-aias.bsky.social. Today is Day 1 of my course "Games, AR, and VR Production Survey" at Columbia. Excited to share what we learned with my students!

Columbia College Chicago@columbiachi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

William Chyr, an adjunct professor of instruction, recently earned accolades at the 29th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, taking home the award for Immersive Reality Technical Achievement for his studio’s virtual reality game “Hotel Infinity.” Congratulations! https://bit.ly/4vi7Wj7

Dosa Divas, our cooking themed turn-based RPG is out now on Steam, Switch, Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox S|X Two sisters and their upgradable spirit-mech cook delicious meals, fight corpos, build up your reputation with local communities, and reconcile with loved ones. outerloopgames.com/dosa