Interesting example of an #IndieDev using GenAI but it seemingly not going great. Day 1 sales seem decent (for a self-published, micro indie) which shows the premise is appealing, but reviews are going to bury it quick, most complaining about nonsensical AI. store.steampowered.com/app/4832480/...

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The complete political career: win the primary, take the White House, govern all eight years. Sign treaties, issue executive orders, fight wars, even amend the Constitution. An on-device AI judges you...

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Big Walk by @househouse.com (Untitled Goose Game) looks lovely. Kinda like a chill open world Crystal Maze... without the bald geezer making you feel stupid. store.steampowered.com/app/1478500/...

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Hang out and get lost with close friends in a big world. A cooperative online walker-talker from the creators of Untitled Goose Game.

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It's boring and expensive but infrastructure is the best way to deal with the future. Water companies should have been building reservoirs, but they've been loading up with debt and paying dividends. Nationalise, build, and prepare for this being what summer is now.

Relentless UK heatwaves turn ‘green and pleasant land’ brown

Visible impact of warming climate is impossible to ignore across landscapes that have been starved of rainfall

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Friendslop is super interesting. The expected bar for visual fidelity, tight animation and bounds/clipping seems so low, as long as gameplay is good and original. One of this week's Steam best selling new releases, Waterpark Simulator (out of early access): store.steampowered.com/app/3293260/...

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Build and run your own waterpark solo or with friends. Design slides, send guests flying with ragdoll physics, manage staff, and fully customize your park. Turn total madness into a diamond five-star ...

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I am simultaneously locked out of my Microsoft Org account AND unable to log OUT of my Microsoft personal account. Slow clap to one of the wealthiest organisations in history. An amazing achievement to have sustained such a shitshow for literal decades now

So many people get caught up trying to be on the bandwagon for the "next big thing in games", they forget to focus on things THEY most love themselves. Been there, struggled with that. Allow me to refer you to this Mr Bingo piece...

New hobby, hitting the "this looks like AI slop" button on all of LinkedIn's own ads 😈

LinkedIn analytics team: "We've finally implemented a new feature that's been aggressively adopted. What can we learn from this?" LinkedIn Leadership: "We should definitely put more AI features in"

Edd Coates | Game UI Database@eddcoates.bsky.social · 6d ago

LinkedIn added an "AI slop" button. The U-Turn is happening, expect to see a lot more of this from other tech companies.

My contracts for some of these titles is coming to a wrap and I my bandwidth is wide open for more work supporting your games needs across Marketing and PR for as little or long as you like.

Claire - Available to hire🦈@thesharkbit.bsky.social · 2w ago

Been supporting Marketing and PR for some unique #indiegames this month 😊 Host a cozy party that's the talk of Paris, or scratch that horror mystery itch with the following: 🌇Bon Vivant s.team/a/3834800 🏚️House 2 - s.team/a/2586440 💽 @murdermeetcute.com - s.team/a/4253020

Let's just tax the shit out of Starbucks. When they leave, we'll use that tax money to subsidise VAT breaks for independent coffee shops who can pickup all the ex-Starbs workers. Like rehoming battery hens, they'll grow new plumage and flourish ☕

Slaters gonna slate. In case you were wondering (they weren't), slating a roof is really effing hard. Probably one of the most difficult jobs of the build so far. #BarnLife

I know it's common knowledge that making #IndieGames is HARD. But what games do you think had the best low effort to high reward ratio? Like, any examples of the recently touted "make small games" that have popped off? 🤔

Equal parts devastated and relieved Develop is over. Loved hanging out with great people but rest is nice. 📸 Went for a walk on the beach Thurs morning and found an abandoned @gibiz.bsky.social token

I have been running purely off solar power (+generator backup) since April 2025. This is what that looks like for the 3 of you that might be interested. About £150 worth of diesel in the past 15 months.

Consider myself lucky to work alongside such an impactful bunch of people 🙌

Limit Break Mentorship@limitbreak.co.uk · 4w ago

GameDevheroes is next week! Congratulations to our committee members who have been nominated for an award! Our nominees are: Lauren Sears Ho-Yee Li Najmah Salam Gemma Bowen Jonas Gawe Adam Clewes-Boyne Anisa Sanusi Lyndy Bailey Please join us in wishing them all the best of luck at the awards!

Tournament invites and certificates is so good for party games. More of this!

Lucy Blundell 🔜 Gamescom@kinmoku.bsky.social · last mo.

Micro Machines Turbo Tournament 96. This one came with invites and certificates!!! Still the coolest thing ever!

Half way through the year and this is interesting. This is the first year since 2019 that Steam's revenue _might_ not increase year on year. I mean, it's still a huge number and not at all relative to the insanity that is investment in games (or lack of), but still interesting.

What a rare thing. A genuinely helpful resource that seems to have been made with no agenda except to help others. There's not even a hint of a credit to who made this. Anyone know who did and can I buy them a coffee/beer/cake at develop?

Austin Kelmore@austinkelmore.com · last mo.

I really like the look, layout, and flow of this UK game jobs site. gamesjobs.co.uk

Can you imagine being someone with actual ✨budget✨ and heading to Develop or Gamescom? RIP your m2m inbox if that's you 🫡

6am on a Saturday has become a regular thing for me in old age. Good morning early crew, What's on the agenda for today? Ima be building a roof 🏚️ #BarnLife

Finally some good news on this cursed timeline

✨chipzel@chipzel.bsky.social · last mo.

00 still human my new album coming soon x

It's weird being in games marketing but having had one foot in traditional agency land too. Cannes is the biggest marketing event of the year for all other sectors. Games dgaf. (and that's awesome 🤘)

"Fallout New Vagueness" Incredible work @mode7games.bsky.social 👏👏👏 Go sub to Paul's newsletter, it's good stuff: modecollapse.substack.com

More #IndieDevs should let @noaksey.com, @kiddesimo.bsky.social and me graffiti their games 😎 These look so rad in The Quiet Things by @silverscriptgames.bsky.social

Phew, I knew this would be a rare tangle with "the feels" but oof and grrrrr and ahhhh is the only appropriate review of this stunning piece of real life story telling. More people need to share their stories like this. Amazing work by @alyxjones.bsky.social and @silverscriptgames.bsky.social ♥️

My first mobile phone maxed out at 10 text messages. Couldn't receive any more until you deleted one. Actually, that sounds lush now... 🤔

Imagine how much of an irredeemably evil person you have to be to be a *trillionaire* in a world where people are starving and the environment is collapsing.

After the demise of Twitter, I quite liked *cough* LinkedIn *ahem* for a bit. The focus on work and related discussion was kinda cool and I have a good global network of games folks on there. Sadly, it's gradually gotten even shitter UI and algorithm wise with too much genAI cack to wade through

I'm binge watching these and well, holy shit did @ashleygwinnell.bsky.social, @lyndyb.bsky.social and me do a good job of putting amazing #GameDev people on a stage?! Watch these talks, increase your #IndieDev success 👇

Ash Gwinnell@ashleygwinnell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Huzzah!! All the talks from IMPACT! Indie Games 2026 are NOW ONLINE on YouTube! 🎉 There's something for EVERY #gamedev #indiedev here, so do check the talks in the playlist linked below! 👇 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

These courses are incredibly good and extremely affordable. Limit Break is a multiple award winning program, supported by many top tier studios in the UK games industry so this is a no brainer 👇

Limit Break Mentorship@limitbreak.co.uk · 2mo ago

The next round of our CPD-certified training sessions starts next week! 🌟 Looking to become the best mentor and ally you can be? Join our interactive sessions and level up your skills. Book Now - luma.com/limitbreaktr... #limitbreak #mentoring #allyship #training #gamesindustry