nine people working on the game you say... so psyched to be joining crescent county + electric saint as a freelance narrative designer!! it's honestly a project + team of dreams - i can't wait for everyone to see it (*￣∇￣)ノ you can also still late-back the kickstarter if you want to support it! 💕

Anna Hollinrake 🌤️@annahollinrake.com · 2d ago

I hope you're STRAPPED IN because we have a bumper Kickstarter update for you this month! 9️⃣ We've now got NINE people working on the game! 🐈 55+ cats 🐝 BEES??? 🐑 The most perfect roly poly you could ever see AND MORE! Read here!! 👇 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ann...

if people love physical media for games so much, you could buy lots of indie games for pc through @pizzapranks.bsky.social on the Videogame Tape Market pizzapranks.com/tapemarket/

surely this pain/numbness in my left index and middle fingers around the median nerve that gets worse when i grab things or bend my fingers too far cannot be carpal tunnel. that's just a thing people on the internet have. mine is miscellaneous tendonitis, right

We're thrilled to announce the first-ever Kinetic Publishing Showcase, streaming August 12th, 2026 at 8PM BST. Join us as we reveal our debut line-up of incredible indie games, created by talented developers from around the world. twitch.tv/kineticpublishing

it's actually sad as hell to use AI for research when research is the fun part. you can just email people and call them on the phone and ask them questions about the thing that they have expertise in. you can read documents & learn cool shit. ok now i'm just talking about how being a reporter is fun

I truly feel for kids growing up now who will have to unlearn using AI, but if you've been writing for more than 2 years it is the easiest thing in the world to just Keep Doing The Thing You Did and ignore AI tools!! It makes me feel crazy that people act like this isn't the case!!!

Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈@midimyers.com · 5d ago

it's actually sad as hell to use AI for research when research is the fun part. you can just email people and call them on the phone and ask them questions about the thing that they have expertise in. you can read documents & learn cool shit. ok now i'm just talking about how being a reporter is fun

🎉 IT'S LIVE 🎉 The game industry hardship fund itch bundle made in partnership with @necrosoftgames.com is HERE. Over 100 games for $10+ bucks: all funds (save for itch fees) go directly to the UVW-CWA Game Worker Hardship Fund. GOOD GAMES FOR A GOOD CAUSE👇 itch.io/b/3802/game-...

IT’S HERE!! Outclaw is now available for anyone to play on Steam! Go name all your silly shapeshifting minions, give them all the hats your heart desires; go explore the world as a cute lil five-eye space case; go meet some of the coolest NPCs you’ll ever meet (not bias at all (I swear))

Hello everyone! Unfortunately my new job will not be paying until two months, and I am disabled with a life limiting disability that requires medication for me to continue living, I would absolutely love to work for you if youd so like!! (More infooo)

Alternative headline: Andrew Willson lays off everyone who worked on successful Battlefield 6 to steal all the wealth they created.

PC Gamer@pcgamer.com · 7d ago

Despite its success, Electronic Arts rewarded some of those who made Battlefield 6 by laying them off. It's a different story for EA CEO Andrew Wilson.

a sad day for punks everywhere... had to take my eyebrow piercing out bc it was rejecting 😔

patrick warburton as lemony snicket tbh

Nanoraptor@nanoraptor.danamania.com · 2w ago

You suddenly get a narrator describing your life and there’s no way to turn it off - everyone can hear it. While shopping, at work, at home, with friends - the voice narrating your every move goes on. Who do you hope is the voice of this narrator?

What do you fucking mean they embroidered all the sprites

TodayOnSteam@todayonsteam.com · 2w ago

Scarlet Deer Inn https://store.steampowered.com/app/1553260/

Pale Break, acrylic on panel

Shoutout to the time the @aadl.org published a three part text adventure a few years ago. I just think it's neat and a good intro to text adventures if you've never played one before Chapter 1 aadl.org/node/574917 Chapter 2 aadl.org/node/574953 Chapter 3 aadl.org/node/574954

remember that game i was working on? well, papaya plaza is now available for WISHLISTING on steam!!! if you could give us a share or wishlist i would be forever grateful 🙏

pong? no thanks. we don't need more straight white protagonists.

at a music festival this weekend and there's a guy at a table in one of the music tents with big ass headphones on reading isaac asimov. what a king

He's only gone and written 2,500 more words about how game devs feel about generative AI. Latest piece quotes around two dozen different people with an indie background. When asked how they feel about gen AI, not one, but two devs responded, "Fuck that shit." www.gamesradar.com/games/it-cre...

"It creates lesser games": Indie game studios are supposed to love generative AI, so why do the 25 devs I spoke to avoid it?

"So it may be slightly faster, and a lot worse, but it's also more expensive? Neat"

gamesradar.com

Austin Wood@woodwould.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I spent the last few months talking to over 30 game developers about generative AI. It began as a sort of interview survey but became a pretty comprehensive collection of arguments against the technology altogether. www.gamesradar.com/games/why-so...

yo you should read my books, if The Locked Tomb is a goth girl they're her punk friend who reeks of tobacco www.simonandschuster.com/series/The-E...

Did you know that in official numbers (often extracted from WARN notices), contractors aren't counted as cut employees? So the games industry bloodbath is even worse than being reported. Big ups to Rebekah for covering what many game workers already know: it's past time we fight for our dignity.

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 2w ago

Thousands of full-time video game industry workers have been laid off in the last several years as game companies scramble to cut costs. But there are even more cuts happening quietly to contract workers, wh... https://kotaku.com/amidst-mass-layoffs-contract-workers-devastated-video-games-2000718416

awesome line-up this year, very excited!!

AdventureX@adventurex.bsky.social · 2w ago

This year’s schedule and lineup of incredible talks and panels are live! Visit adventurexpo.org for details. Join us at #AdvX26 in London on 7-8 November to hear from @sallybeaumont.bsky.social, @theexaminedgame.bsky.social, and more amazing gaming pros. Keynotes coming soon! Follow for updates

A side project I've been working on—a curated link page of important essays on video game narrative—is now live. You can read about it on my blog: azhdarchid.com/the-game-nar... Or you can go straight to the dedicated website: www.gamenarrativereader.org

The Game Narrative Reader, Zeroth Edition

Announcing a curated, thematic link page of important essays and articles about video game narrative.

azhdarchid.com

New Kaleidoscope ep! This week, @nessathewriter.bsky.social (Borderlands 4) talks about how writing fast, scrappy Twine games can build your skills and your portfolio at the same time. Turn to www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope... for the ep, or subscribe in your favourite podcast app!

Todays my birthday! For my birthday I would love if you share my art ^^

I have 45 usd oc commissions open ♡ I have 15 slots open! ETA is 2-4 weeks.

One of the most rewarding art challenges we took on in The Mermaid Mask was to make all the clues fully 3D. @catherineunger.bsky.social would paint the 2D image as always, and then @kindradantone.bsky.social modelled and painted a 3D model to match it exactly - and the results were quite incredible-

[googles 'how to create longer fantasy character names that don't sound like antidepressants']

Happy to say If It Please the Court is part of the Nonbinary Coded Games event on Steam! Be a sapphic spy wielding swords, seduction, and sabotaging (or saving?) the monarchy during the dawn of the French Revolution! store.steampowered.com/app/1385260/... store.steampowered.com/curator/4610...