Hey! I can give a few keys of The Abbess Garden (store.steampowered.com/app/3411970/...) if you want to play and don't have the money :) Either by pm for mutuals or contact@mdstudiogames.com 🌸 The game is not expensive, but I know times are tough, and hopefully some time in a garden could help 🌿

The Abbess Garden on Steam

Cozy third-person gardening in 1643 France. As Agnès, restore a forbidden abbey garden, grow and identify real plants through the seasons, uncover a spy plot, help the community, and find queer romanc...

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you have to outlive rowling her grave isn't going to piss on itself

We bonded as a family, making games. In our game, you can bond with your beasts! We all work on programming, art, testing, and music! Support our project Alchemic Beasts on Kickstarter! kck.st/4f2xpWg

We're celebrating our 4th anniversary!! Yay!🎉💗 Go check out our latest Newsletter 👉 www.purple-meadows.com/blog/newslet... & #WishlistWednesday 🦋 store.steampowered.com/app/2566490/... 🙏 #visualnovel #indiegame

Newsletter #10

Texte en Français à la suite :    Dear readers, We hope you are well. This is our anniversary; it's already been four years! Yay!  When we started, we thought our game would be released in 2...

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Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

Dr Pippeau, HUBER CHONZU N.1 FAN@aschese.eurosky.social · last wk.

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

We are working on a new game 👀 Here is an early sketch of our main character, Ermengarde, by @joylilworld.bsky.social 🌸 She is a 12th century gardener & herbalist 🌿 #cozygame #indiegame

Question for *The Abbess Garden* players! 🌿 We are working on the encyclopedia update 📖 What question do you have about the game that you would like us to answer? Like "Was it possible for a young peasant in Port-Royal to know how to read in the 17th century?" #indiegame #cozygame

A good resource to help resisting GenAI I just discovered thanks to @drkatedevlin.bsky.social talk at #emfcamp: airesistlist.org (the talk: media.ccc.de/v/emf2026-19...)

The AI Resist List

A living directory of ways communities resist AI harms—and build alternatives worth fighting for.

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A first in France : the City of Rouen abandons AI-generated posters thanks to a collective of artists ✊ www.paris-normandie.fr/id733394/art...

Une première en France : la Ville de Rouen renonce à l’IA pour ses affiches grâce à un collectif d’auteurs

Des illustrateurs et créatifs se sont unis pour convaincre la Ville de Rouen de privilégier les créations humaines dans ses supports visuels, amorçant un dialogue inédit avec les collectivités.

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SpriteWrench is one of very few game studios based in Kingston, Jamaica. That scarcity only fuels Glen Henry's commitment to fostering community, sharing resources, and making great games. www.mothership.blog/glen-henry-i...

Glen Henry is building his Jamaican micro-studio, one project at a time

The newest release from SpriteWrench, Duppy Detective Tashia, leans hard into Caribbean culture and folklore.

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J'ai été interviewée par @yamukass.bsky.social pour @origami.ng 💖 On parle de mon parcours, de mon sujet de recherche (augmenter la sensibilité à la nature avec les jeux/héritage naturel et culturel), de The Abbess Garden et du prochain jeu sur lequel on travaille à MD Studio 👀

ORIGAMI 💌 Média jeu vidéo... mais pas que !@origami.ng · last mo.

Et si les jeux vidéo pouvaient soigner notre cécité botanique, cette tendance des sociétés occidentales à ignorer le végétal qui les entoure ? On en parle avec la chercheuse-développeuse @edwigelel.bsky.social 🌿🌿🌿 ▶️ youtu.be/sVmtpgCPGP4

Just watched this great talk from @bchezza.bsky.social on the work she did to market Forbidden Solitaire as an indie dev www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW6s... Pretty clever and honest ^^ Worth the watch! #indiedev

How a small indie hit Steam's #1 New & Trending with a demo (Helen Carmichael, Grey Alien Games)

YouTube video by IMPRESS // Ash Gwinnell

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🍾🥳🎉 After a 2-year journey, we're thrilled to announce that our first #indiegame #BlackZenWhite is OUT NOW! #Steam game page: s.team/a/3237030 🎶 OST by @winniegotmilk.bsky.social Link to OST: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/... #puzzle #puzzlegame #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #steamdeck

Just a small post to say that I'm mainly retweeting stuff atm because I don't have big news to share (yet ;) ). I am still working on updating The Abbess Garden, and working on the prototype of a new game :) It's done with the same team + new cool people 💖 I hope you are all doing well :)

Frosty Scoop! @disparitygames.bsky.social just unveiled their brand new game, Toil&Trubble in Frosty Games Fest! Mistress Toil has a simple mission, to make potions that keep her fellow villagers happy. But will Trubble, her cheeky piglet stay out of mischief? s.team/a/4258090

Turn humble villages into a thriving network of trade and prosperity to satisfy the gods. Prophet Margin is a relaxing city-building puzzle where every road, resource, and connection creates new opportunitie! store.steampowered.com/app/3624110/... #PitchYaGame

It's official 🌴 Ourlands is out NOW! Please go and wishlist/get the game, and if you do, drop a lil review on it too! Cozy vibes are patiently waiting for you :) Get the game here: Steam: s.team/a/2074470 Epic: store.epicgames.com/p/ourlands-2...

Amazing work and impeccable cozy Ghibli vibe!!! Check it out! #cozygames #indiegame

The Witch's Bakery - Sunny Lab@sunnylabgames.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We've always dreamed of having an opening for our game. And here it is.🥹 And we've narrowed down August for the release!!🧵

Playtested it and I recommend it for management/boardgame players :) #indiegames

Ido Yehieli - Stellar Cartography Interactive@tametick.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Prophet Margin will be participating in this year's Strategems with its first ever demo on the 28th! Check out the game on steam and wishlist it now! store.steampowered.com/app/3624110/...

We just finished storyboarding ALL the game. We are targeting the alpha now, it's so satisfying! Please Wishlist our game! A big thank U 💗 #WishlistWednesday #indiegame #visualnovel #fairytale #videogame

The Spy Video Game Rendezvous is starting today on Steam for its second edition!!! store.steampowered.com/curator/4526... If you are into spy video games (modern and old ones, also dog spies? ;) ), check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpUW... #gamedev #indiegame #SpyVideoGameRendezvous

Spy Video Game Rendezvous Direct 2026 - a 20-minute showcase of spy video game trailers

YouTube video by Sunny Demeanor Games

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If you are at #Amaze in Berlin today go check the Hypertalks at 3pm :) Great moderators and speakers incl: @ninfadp.bsky.social @gioborrows.bsky.social @tanatb.housefuckinggame.com @odaodaoda.bsky.social @lizalfos.bsky.social @fawzi.zone 🤩 Cc @similicuir.bsky.social Highly recommended! #indiedev

Gio(vanni) Rubino ➡️ A MAZE@gioborrows.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm at @amazefest.bsky.social this week. Let's talk if you around. And on Friday I'm part of the hyper talks along a trove of wonderful people.

🕯️🤩 oOowee I’m feeling well rested & keeping that cozy mode today- come nestle in while I try a new game!🍋🌻 a big thank you to @edwigelel.bsky.social for the 🔑 🫶💜❤️💛

There will be a camping festival in Eastnor UK, from July 16 to 19th, called Electromagnetic Field✨ The arcade will have video games, including The Abbess Garden! I find the concept super cool 🤩 www.emfcamp.org Last edition arcade: www.emfcamp.org/arcade/2024 @liedra.net #EMFarcade #indiegames

Looking for recommandations! I would like an open source equivalent of notion I could install on my web server. For now I am considering installing a wiki, but are there better solutions now? #gamedev #indiedev #opensource

#GMIF2026 Il y a 10 jours avait lieu le Games Made In France, voici les jeux de nos adhérents 🎮 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKfB... @le-rado.fr CocoDev LimitTestGames @edwigelel.bsky.social @pixelnest.io @24m2studio.bsky.social @ironloopgames.bsky.social @seabird-interactive.com Potofu

Game Made in France - Recap Atlangames

YouTube video by Atlangames

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I'm at an online meetup by the Sustainable Gaming Alliance about energy saving in Unity. I want to share this great tool: github.com/wtfoliver/Un... (I'll be trying it soon!) This plugin is for Unity, but there are also some available for Godot and Unreal! #indiedev #gamedev

Yay for cozy-punk indie games! 🎉

Wax Heads@waxheadsgame.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🙌🎶Wax Heads is OUT NOW!🎶🙌 Step into our cozy-punk narrative sim and experience life in a struggling record store. Chat with quirky customers, and explore our unique handcrafted collection of records! Available on Steam, Xbox Series X|S, PS5, and Nintendo Switch! #indiegame #narrative #music

Bobo Bay is out on STEAM right NOW!!! Go Play!!! and review please! the faster we get reviews the better it does on Steam! It's been a fun 4 years of working on this thing. I can't help but get a little emotional. I'm sure I'll have a good cry today lol🥴♥️

For Italian-speaking gamers there, a nice review of The Abbess Garden :) It focuses on the gameplay, historicity & inclusivity ✨ #cozygame

M Lupetti@mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 3mo ago

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