The Fair Play Collective
@fairplaycollective.org
Community-funded indie game dev, built on sustainability, transparency, and human-centered values. No crunch. No layoffs. Better games. Fairplaycollective.org Want to be involved? hello@fairplaycollective.org Discord: https://discord.gg/xqAbRz6HqA
ISteam Summer Sale - you've seen all of the "Top X games to buy on the Steam Summer Sale" - most of them (cough PolyIGN) are pretty lazy rips right off of the Steam top seller charts. We’re not going to do that. Here’s 42 great indie games on sale - not a single game over $10 #indiegames #gamedev
Flocking to Indies
A place for indie games by Fair Play Collective
flocking-to-indies.ghost.io
Come run 5 miles with me and learn about 5 amazing indie games! Follow: @yattytheman.bsky.social @lowbirthgames.bsky.social @brycebucher.bsky.social StudioArcanix on insta Computer_gil on insta #indiegames #indiedev #running
The Fair Play Collective news letter for April (May?) is out now! Lots to talk about, from the pilot contract, to some funding ideology changes (nothing bad, I promise), to some awesome indie games. fairplaycollective.beehiiv.com/p/how-is-it-... #indiedev #indiegames #gamdev
How is it almost May?!
APRIL NEWSLETTER
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It was an absolute blast talking to Jonny!
Jonny@darthmalks.bsky.social · 4mo agoThis week on Indie Game Garden I spoke with @ultamaynard.bsky.social about Fair Play Collective. If you want to hear fascinating insights into how your favorite indie games might get funded in the future, you shouldn't miss it. Audio: indiegamegarden.transistor.fm YouTube: youtu.be/dZElMSOvl3k?...
We are absolute suckers for some chunky action-adventure games. Check this one out.
Alec S // Renegade Sector Games@renegadesector.bsky.social · 4mo agoReavers of New Rome - 40% off this week on Steam! When your ancestors were exiled from New Rome, they left as Senators. Now, 100 years later, you return as a barbarian at the gates in this old-school 3D Action-Adventure Game! store.steampowered.com/app/1360160/...
I don't wish I was extremely rich, but I do wish I had enough money to buy my favorite game studios and keep them from doing stupid as fuck decisions
I promise that FPC with NEVER do an April fools gag.
52 of you have showed up for the start of this thing already. Amazing. discord.gg/2yNQVxDxtu #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #videogames
On Friday, Epic laid off more than a thousand people. The SECOND time in two years they’ve reduced their workforce by 20%. Many were my friends and people who’d put in more than a decade of work for Epic. While those at the top will continue to profit. . #GameDev #epicgames #layoffs #indiegames
when you really think about it, the true value of video games is in laying off thousands of the people who make them at regular intervals in order to increase shareholder value 🥰
“and in being the industry's vanguard we have taken a lot of bullets in a battle which is only in the early days of paying off for ourselves and all developers.” An insulting piece of writing. Millions wasted on ego stroking lawsuits, and he has the gall to say this. #gamedev #videogames
Today’s layoffs
This note was sent to Epic employees today.
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Unfortunately I was one of the 1000 folks let go of by Epic Games this morning. As always I stand in solidarity with the workers and hope we all can land on our feet. Remember, this is not a reflection on you, your work, or your value as a person. Reach out if you want to chat or have job for me!
fairplaycollective.org This is early days, and it sounds like it'll need a lot of supporters to make the math work, but it's the kind of thing we need a lot more of. @fairplaycollective.org #indiedev #indiegaming
Fair Play Collective — A Better Games Industry, Together
Community-funded. Creator-owned. No crunch. A mutual aid platform for indie developers and the people who believe in them.
fairplaycollective.org
fairplaycollective.org It still seems small, but I like the premise. I think it's a much better approach that gives power to the people to decide where the money goes, and not the studios who let go of people when they prioritize profits over people #indiedev #workersFirst #gamedev
Fair Play Collective — A Better Games Industry, Together
Community-funded. Creator-owned. No crunch. A mutual aid platform for indie developers and the people who believe in them.
fairplaycollective.org
Video Games. Let’s fund them. #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #videogames
Who has two thumbs and forgot to put the analytics script into the new webpage? This guy. Got all excited to check site visits and analytics since I dropped the new front page and pushed it out over socials...nope
Fair Play Collective March Update! -- "Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast" We've got a bunch of updates for everyone. Website! - fairplaycollective.org - A mess of Divs, but on track with our style and updated data on what FPC is #indiegames #indiedevs #gamedev #pcgaming #videogames (1/6)
In approximately one hour we're going to go live with #Steamnextfest demos. Kisaragi - store.steampowered.com/app/4388610/... Alstan - store.steampowered.com/app/4293970/... Eletta - store.steampowered.com/app/3540930/... CD-ROM: store.steampowered.com/app/3980760/... twitch.tv/ultamaynard
Twitch
Twitch is the world
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The website update is looking pretty cleeeeeeeean. (Don’t mind that top bar, I uh, haven’t done a ton for mobile yet). #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #pcgaming
Hey, it’s been a few!! Lots happening behind the scenes. - Website update and remake to create the backend to members. - Pitch deck design - Roadmap for socials, board, and first funding! - Artist engagement for a logo - Consumer outreach survey - Another guest spot on a podcast!
Seems right to us! Also our nearest neighbor is @skellingames.bsky.social which fits right in!
Theo Sanderson@theo.io · 6mo agoI made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Not quite indie specifically related, but we’re a big fan of this space.
Ultamaynard@ultamaynard.bsky.social · 6mo agoI know I’ve mentioned it here before but I really enjoy channel3.gg. It’s such a GOOD space pretty much just dedicated to video games. Everyone is just happy to be there and talk about video games and some off the cuff stuff. #gaming #pcgames #playstation #xbox #videogames
We're launching a website. Jank is an independent PC games website funded by readers. jank.cool If you like funny, thoughtful games journalism and can't stand adverts, deals posts, affiliate links, and other nonsense - Jank is for you.
Hard at work hiding as many secrets as possible in our adventure/mystery game…. JOIN US #gaming #videogames #art #game #steam #indie #indiegame #indiegamedev #gamedev #wip #indiegames
This is great direction towards “control” in the indie space and what it means.
Trezy@trezy.codes · 7mo agoUpdates! If you're interested in contributing to this effort, I've put together docs for the lexicon repo that should help with getting started. ❤️ #GameDev #ATProto 💻 Repo: github.com/gamesgamesga... 📜 Requested RFCs: github.com/gamesgamesga...
TWO posts on Threads. One introducing FPC, and the other with EXACTLY the pinned post here. One follower on there. What?
