with the steam release approaching, thecatamites is giving away his 10 Beautiful Postcards post-mortem for free this month. the best commentator on the ungodly process of game making thecatamites.itch.io/postcard-wri...
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🔸Irish 𝒥𝒶𝓂ℯ𝓈 dev / Glasgow Indie Games Fest / PizzaJam 🔸 Making indie 𝒥𝒶𝓂ℯ𝓈 : ComputerJames.itch.io (Stealth Crossword, Dogman95)
Curious typo Anthology of the Killer wasn’t on all GOTY lists🏆 Turns out games dont need 'gameplay loops' and 'juice' they can just be thoughtful, singular and filled with a palpable excitement to exist store.steampowered.com/app/3212530/Anthology_Of_The_Killer
i just published a post about my time at @glasgowindiegamesfest.org "When you strip back the commercialism, the urge to “sell”, and with that remove all the predatory behavior capitalism encourages… you are left with something human that creates the groundwork for games to be relevant to everyone."
The groundwork for resilience – musings from The Glasgow Independent Games Festival
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still glowing after GIGF26 @glasgowindiegamesfest.org its heartening to see so many beautiful people exploring the potential of indie games by just following their own personal fascinations and micro obsessions my faith in the medium has been restored for another year
thread of pure strain bangers. you can play all of them in like an hour total. james is a modern master of the woefully-underexplored short-form comedy game
Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰@computerjames.bsky.social · last mo.making a thread of my favourite short games ive made 🧵(so i can link to it in applications)
making a thread of my favourite short games ive made 🧵(so i can link to it in applications)
working on the zine for this years GIGF and remembered my favourite page from last year
achieved my lifelong dream and made a trailer for my favourite game designer!
Hairy Heart@hairyheartstudio.bsky.social · 4mo agoAnthology of the Killer is OUT NOW on PS5 and Nintendo Switch! The groundbreaking and dreamlike, IGF Nuovo-winning horror-comedy series from legendary auteur thecatamites, is finally on console! Play once and remember forever.
working on the zine for this years GIGF and remembered my favourite page from last year
playing too many rpg demos that ask me to choose stats before telling me what the game is. they clearly haven’t played my treatise on the issue computerjames.itch.io/path-of-the-...
Path of the Chosen by ComputerJames, ComputerJames
"The Fantasy RPG of the season"
computerjames.itch.io
one of my personal favourites we're showing at GIGF this year 🔥 (you know its good cause its got a fully ungoogleable name)
joshua roland@joshuaroland.itch.io · 2mo agoGAME will b @ glasgow indie games festival this july alongside lots of other kool games ! tix available on their website @ glasgowindiegamesfest.org/games/game/
at last a flatgame engine for making simple walkable zine-type games! muhahah
🎀 i'm katey!@bagenzos.house · 4mo agonew tool: 🐈 plano a small in-browser engine for creating your own flatgames. add images, gifs, and text to make a little collage-like world for a character to walk around in play on itch
the only video worth rescuing from my deleted twtter
Ill be showing stealth crossword at A MAZE @amazefest.bsky.social this week, boop me if you wanna wax lyrical about the medium
the only funding scheme that actually WANTS you to make something niche and outlandish
BRIEFS@briefsge.bsky.social · 3mo agoBRIEFS IS BACK! The open call is NOW! The theme is LOVE! Think 1500 EUR to make a short game! Think jam-sized, like 40 hours to make it over a couple months. Pitch your game and get that cash! Apply until 16th of June! goldextra.com/en/briefs-a-... #indiedev #gamedev #art
glad to report the laurie anderson video game is the most 'what if laurie anderson made a video game'
achieved my lifelong dream and made a trailer for my favourite game designer!
Hairy Heart@hairyheartstudio.bsky.social · 4mo agoAnthology of the Killer is OUT NOW on PS5 and Nintendo Switch! The groundbreaking and dreamlike, IGF Nuovo-winning horror-comedy series from legendary auteur thecatamites, is finally on console! Play once and remember forever.
the indie space is so rich right now but people are only exposed to the wildly lucrative edge cases. this year we're looking to showcase more games that expand peoples idea of what an ‘indie game’ can be
Glasgow Independent Games Festival@glasgowindiegamesfest.org · 5mo agoSubmissions are . ݁₊⊹OPEN⊹₊ ݁. We can’t wait to get our hands on your wonderful games 💖 Submissions are open from today until May 1st, here’s the link: glasgowindiegamesfest.org/links/ What are you waiting for? Submit your indie games .✦ ݁˖TODAY˖ ݁✦. #GIGF26 #indiegames #glasgowgames
at last a flatgame engine for making simple walkable zine-type games! muhahah
🎀 i'm katey!@bagenzos.house · 4mo agonew tool: 🐈 plano a small in-browser engine for creating your own flatgames. add images, gifs, and text to make a little collage-like world for a character to walk around in play on itch
ringing the ’certified hidden gem’ alarm (only 1 review on steam) go in blind if you can, 80 minutes of swaggering genre-less narrative with easily the best character designs of the year
joshua roland@joshuaroland.itch.io · 5mo agoGAME is out MARCH 31st on steam + itch io!!!!! new trailer + link below 2 wishlist nowww
The Pizza Jam has started with 287 people joined! (The themes for this one are all Yu-gi-Oh card names)
Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰@computerjames.bsky.social · 6mo agoIf you're looking for an excuse to make a game (and win a delicious pizza) the next PIZZA JAM 🍕 starts March 13th itch.io/jam/pizza-ja... So far Ive had pizzas delivered to Brazil, Canada, Sweden, Norway, USA, Italy, Taiwan, Germany, Argentina
this can still be on your GOTY list if you loosen your concept of calendar
Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰@computerjames.bsky.social · 2y agoCurious typo Anthology of the Killer wasn’t on all GOTY lists🏆 Turns out games dont need 'gameplay loops' and 'juice' they can just be thoughtful, singular and filled with a palpable excitement to exist store.steampowered.com/app/3212530/Anthology_Of_The_Killer
![wiki page: List of games that Buddha would not play
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1. Games on boards with 8 or 10 rows. This is thought to refer to ashtapada and dasapada respectively; however, later Sinhala commentaries refer to these boards also being used with games involving dice. 2
2. The same games played on imaginary boards. Akasam astapadam was an ashtapada variant played with no board, literally "astapadam played in the sky". A correspondent in the American Chess Bulletin identifies this as likely the earliest literary mention of a blindfold chess variant. 5]
3. Games of marking diagrams on the floor such that the player can only walk on certain places. This is described in the Vinaya Pitaka as
"having drawn a circle with various lines on the ground, there they play avoiding the line to be avoided". Rhys Davids suggests that it may refer to parihara-patham, a form of hop-scotch.
4. Games where players either remove pieces from a pile or add pieces to it, with the loser being the one who causes the heap to shake (similar to the modern game pick-up sticks).
5. Games of throwing dice.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:abwhtmenw23nljo67qljuczv/bafkreicdiedjz6xo6bw4senwf3tt5eijulrdp442pbss4xeyaqviu5s7ze)
Looks like Stealth Crossword is being shown at A MAZE Berlin this year! Come say hallo if youre there 🦩
A MAZE.@amazefest.bsky.social · 5mo ago🦩 Relooted - By Nyamakop (South Africa) 🦩 Stealth Crossword - By Computer James (Ireland)
everyone posting their 'top 9 games' when they should be posting about '10 BEAUTIFUL POSTCARDS'
Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰@computerjames.bsky.social · 5mo agohave you played TEN BEAUTIFUL POSTCARDS? the game that made me realise ‘wait- maybe I could make a game’ it expresses so much without challenge or even collision thecatamites.itch.io/10-beautiful...
we're looking for talks and workshops for GIGF26 if you know anyone who might be a good fit 🌸
Glasgow Independent Games Festival@glasgowindiegamesfest.org · 5mo agoCALL FOR SPEAKERS‼️ We are looking for speakers to give talks and host workshops at GIGF, pitched for a wide audience of game developers and enthusiasts alike 📣 Think you can talk the talk? Submit your application today ⋆｡°✩ glasgowindiegamesfest.org/links/ #GIGF26 #indiegames #glasgowgames
if you’re looking for a reminder to *just make games for yourself* these comments are on the same game
banger thread that makes me grateful for the medium
Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰@computerjames.bsky.social · 5mo agoRoundup of the best short games i played this week 🧵 TROPIC OF DINOSAUR 🎨 by @bulboka.bsky.social a tactile physics collage, drag yourself through amazing textures, feels very Jan Svankmajer adjacent gamepoems.com/issue01
Roundup of the best short games i played this week 🧵 TROPIC OF DINOSAUR 🎨 by @bulboka.bsky.social a tactile physics collage, drag yourself through amazing textures, feels very Jan Svankmajer adjacent gamepoems.com/issue01