Rachel Heleva
@hlywa.bsky.social
games, systems, verse @ http://singlab.org building the future of playable culture @ http://themade.org scouting games & supporting teams @ https://tophat.studio/ curating convos & events @ gamesbeat.com
This is a very cool concept from other forms of art study, and I think it's great to see it brought into game development.
mut / moochi@mut.media · 2w agotime to repost again... i'm running a studio class over the fall where we play games by cool devs and then we make work inspired by them! idiosyncratic.mut.media
I'm building a space for community, art practice, and curation I've always wanted for games in the Bay Area at the MADE as Excutive Director. If any of that calls to you I hope you'll come hang out with us! Our new exhibit, Access to Tools, will be up for the next few months.
Ben Johnson 🏺👻@gamedesignerben.bsky.social · last mo.Last night at The MADE in Oakland I attended the opening of Access To Tools, an exhibition about how making games affects developers, affects playing games, and round and round. This is a bold step under a new Executive Director for The MADE, and one that makes me very excited for Bay Area gamedevs.
I’ve started a series @mademuseum.bsky.social called Experimental Play Nights - A Game Night of the Elaborate and Strange. For our inaugural meeting we played Blood on the Clocktower, a social deduction game that creates stories like nothing else. Join us August 28th for something new + weirder!
illomens.itch.io/no-one-is-go... this "helped" me realign my brain after 12y of intermittent hobby gamedev where most of what I read on the topic had a business pov. I believe that this mindset would help others create more games akin to rectangles with feelings rather than [industry template].
NO-ONE IS GOING TO BUY YOUR GAME by ill omens
A Manifesto For Making Games
illomens.itch.io
talked more about publishing, project positioning, and making friends with people you're pitching. If you're looking for thoughts on something you want to pitch feel free to reach out!
Quest Markers Podcast@questmarkers.bsky.social · 6mo agoWe have @hlywa.bsky.social coming back on the show next week to talk all things game publishing! Come hang out for the live show recording and Q&A 🕰 Tuesday, March 24th at 11am Pacific Time 🔗 twitch.tv/marinahascoffee
@hlywa.bsky.social is a fount of knowledge. We spoke about: - Pitch decks - Publisher support beyond funding - Vertical slices - Finding a publisher & outreach - Getting familiar with publishing contracts Indie game devs, I hope you find this one valuable 🖤
Quest Markers Podcast@questmarkers.bsky.social · 6mo agoEPISODE 42 IS LIVE! @hlywa.bsky.social joins @marinahascoffee.bsky.social to answer the community's questions about video game publishing, funding, prototyping, contracts, and more. Grab a coffee & join us for a chat ☕ www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4it...
Happy to announce that we will be hosting our first SOUPJAM on Itch starting next month! If you're interested in the SOUP-like microgenre of art-games then this is a great opportunity to make some SOUP of your own! Together we will teach the world to SOUP! itch.io/jam/soupjam2...
SOUPJAM2026
A game jam from 2026-04-01 to 2026-07-01 hosted by Kite Line, Figglewatts & KIRA. Rules Make a SOUP-like game, either alone or with a group. You can either mod the original SOUP , use Bapalon , or mak...
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if you like dispatch and are also into apocalyptic teen drama, I have a game for you :~)
I reviewed another book! Read my thoughts on "Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West" by @aidanis.fun. www.patreon.com/posts/book-r...
On the bright side, this excellent from the CA Dept of Education: "our offer is this: *nothing.*"
I'll know this place is genuine when I sign a video games over its DMs
If you love puzzley, strategic, or tactical games please submit something!
Thinky Games@thinkygames.com · 3y agoJust 5 more days to submit a talk to the very first thinky developer conference! Can't wait to see so much wonderful knowledge and insights being shared so widely. It's going to be amazing! thinkygames.com/news/call-fo...
Hello! It's finally time. Announcing our debut game: Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure Find your way in a world of breezy, thoughtful puzzles, along a charming journey of self-discovery. Summer 2024 on PC/Mac, Switch, PS5, and Netflix. youtu.be/6ikyzU4F1t4?...
