Excited to see y'all in our freshly painted MUD space with preview event speakers @martinpi.bsky.social, @matronboy.bsky.social, and Greg L. who made this lovely little ad as part of a coding demo for his talk! September 13, 2026, 2PM PDT | 21:00 UTC www.roguelike.club/event2026.html

Ball, Fall, Dungeon Crawl in Early Access! I never posted the changelog in the rush of releasing, so here's what's new in version 0.9.1. Threading, of course. - New music! Both the demo and the release versions have the whole soundtrack by Rob Kovacs. Awesome chiptune energy.

Ball, Fall, Dungeon Crawl has been released! The drop-merge dungeon crawler with a deep deckbuilding system. Fight your way to the bottom, get past board-shifting bosses, and combo your way to gold and glory. Check it out at store.steampowered.com/app/4529430/...

@jgalecki.bsky.social and I just finished talking about the utterly singular experience that is Titanium Court as well, so look forward to that in your pod-catcher of choice in the near future.

Been working on some particle effects for Ball, Fall, Dungeon Crawl. It's in the Next Fest next week! #nextfest

Fun new project - making cassette tapes with my games on them! I spent the morning putting together art for those little inserts, apparently called "J cards".

$402 for me. Not too shabby! What I'm really scared of is if they calculate how many hours of unplayed games I have in the backlog...

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Does your Steam Wishlist bill beat the $19,000 record?!? Find out with How Expensive Is Your Steam Wishlist? -> weloveit.io/how-expe... #steam #gamediscovery #wishlist

Of course there are traps in the hallways of the dungeons. Trigger too many, and your next fight's gonna be a tricky one. Less margin for error!

Got a new trailer out for Ball, Fall, Dungeon Crawl! I've just moved it from a mobile layout (9 x 16 ratio) to a PC layout (16 x 9). Gave the game a UI makeover to boot. Whipped up some chill lo-fi-ish piano to go with it :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d15...

Ball, Fall, Dungeon Crawl Gameplay Trailer

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Every time your discard bag shuffles back into your draw bag, "exhaustion" balls will rain down - and more with every shuffle. But plan things out right and even those useless balls can trigger some massive combos. Version 0.4.3 of Ball Fall Dungeon Crawl is out - now with 100% more juice!

Working on some hands for mouse cursor sprites.

The Call for Proposals for Roguelike Celebration 2026 is OPEN! We're looking for speakers to deliver cool talks about procedural content, roguelike game design, generative art, and more! Roguelike Celebration is a virtual conference, no physical attendance required. Check it out and tell a friend!

A new update's out for Ball, Fall, Dungeon Crawl! You can find Shadow Mages in the lower floors now. These lil' guys cast shadow beams, darkening the playing field and making you drop blind. A new Strength status effect can help out against them. Check it out at joshuagalecki.itch.io/ball-fall-du...

Such a great game, such a great conversation. Check this one out!

Dave Jackson | Tales from the Backlog@realdavejackson.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Let's go for a walk- this week @jgalecki.bsky.social and I dig into Baby Steps! This is my current leader for favorite game I've played this year and it was a lot of fun to discuss. As always, no spoilers for a while- enjoy! LISTEN: talesfromthebacklog.fireside.fm/211 WATCH: youtu.be/PlDis97Qxkg

Since Neongarten was released a year ago, games have been limited to 64 days. No more! Endless Mode has just dropped with tonight's 1.3 update. This has easily been the most fan-requested feature, and I'm pleased to finally release it. Build your tower to the sky, but don't expect it to be easy...

I've clobbered together a small trailer for Ball, Fall, Dungeon Crawl, my drop-merge roguelike. Gotta show off the new bomb mechanics, haha. youtube.com/shorts/xfvXa...

Ball Fall Dungeon Crawl Trailer 1

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New game dropped! Ball, Fall, Dungeon Crawl is a drop-merge roguelike where battles are fought by merging balls together. It was fun expressing mechanics (like stumbling in to a trap or combat exhaustion) purely through the playing field. Check it out at joshuagalecki.itch.io/ball-fall-du...

Drew myself some stones this evening. A little different than my typical pixel art style. Since this was a larger resolution meant to be downside, I tried to make it noisier rather than clean. youtu.be/HOnRdhV6Y-8

Timelapse of drawing a dungeon stone texture

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Hello indies! It's almost Thanksgaming 2025! If you have an unknown indie project in dev or just released, please could you email me at jwalker@kotaku.com with the subject "THANKSGAMING 2025", and a store page and YouTube link? I'll put as many as I can on Kotaku. Rules next. Reposts appreciated!

For we who come after, Pixellated Playgrounds (@bsushi.bsky.social @jgalecki.bsky.social) just dropped a Clair Obscur episode. I love this show! www.pixelatedplaygrounds.com/bookclub/cla...

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — Pixelated Playgrounds

In this episode, Bryan and Josh dive deep into Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the 2025 dark fantasy RPG from French studio Sandfall Interactive and published by Kepler Interactive. This is the first out...

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I'm still obsessed with Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim (2000). I took a look at it through a game design lens and tried to figure out what made it tick. Sunday afternoon reading :) www.pixelatedplaygrounds.com/sidequests/g...

Game Design Perspective: Majesty — Pixelated Playgrounds

In the simpler times of 2000, I first discovered Majesty. The game entranced me. I spent countless hours training up your standard DnD archetypes (ranger, fighter, wizard, druid) from zero to hero. It...

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Last month, @bsushi.bsky.social and I talked about @zapdot.com's Cipher Zero - a puzzle game that explains without using words. It's a great study in elegance and minimalism in game design. Check out the game, and hear our thoughts on it at www.pixelatedplaygrounds.com/bookclub/cip...

CIPHER ZERO — Pixelated Playgrounds

In this episode of Pixelated Playgrounds, Bryan and Josh dive into Cipher Zero, the minimalist logic puzzler developed by Boston-based indie studio Zapdot and released in July 2025. Beginning life as ...

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Beneath a Dead City update 0.3.0 has been released onto itch! This update introduces Villager NPCs, resource gathering, and a tinier and cozier map grid. Also, more arson than ever. Check it out at joshuagalecki.itch.io/beneath-a-de...

Beneath a Dead City by Joshua Galecki

A procedural narrative colony sim

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A recent Steam review on Neongarten made my day: "The shape rotator's Luck Be a Landlord... this is a great extrapolation." There's a good chance I end up stealing that phrase. It's great to hear that the game delivers the experience I was trying to design.

The 1.2 update for Neongarten is out! This update includes new starting Scenarios with different sets of starting buildings and perks. Finally, you can build that dystopia around a stack of Actual Trees or Toxic Waste Dumps like you've always wanted.

Game dev's been busy. I've been working on a prototype. You know those terrible and soulless kids videos on Youtube? Imagine a malevolent AI is forcing you to make them all day, every day! New office horror game in the works.

@tinymassgames.bsky.social has completed another season and with it - another round of releases! tinymassgames.itch.io Here's a little thread of the games that released as part of our latest season - Season 10! 🧵 #GameDev #IndieDev

Latest culinary obsession: kielbasa and kimchi. The kimchi works like a spicy, better-tasting sauerkraut. Love it.

Something I've got in the hopper - a tiny 16 pixel x 9 pixel rhythm-based dungeon crawler. Part of Season 10 of Tiny Mass Games!

Thank you to everyone who came out to watch my first play session of the full release of Neongarten! @jgalecki.bsky.social, you put together one hell of a game!