Steph H

@maplethistles.bsky.social

Community & Marketing @ popagenda | Prev. Inflexion Games, Clever Endeavour, Evolve PR | Sometimes I talk about CM work | She/her

Our games industry is people. Our studios are people. Our teams people, our games by people for people. Our games are made by people, in groups of people, in teams of people, making people things for people. The magic is people, and the people deserve so much better than all this. I am so sorry.

If you're a self-publishing indie dev: - Keep track of the people who write about your games, not just the outlets - Always share the articles and thank the folk involved - Engage with/support journalists OTHER THAN only when you want them to write about you

I was at the Canada Game Con vendors hall, chatting with an artist about Fire Emblem: Three Houses and they said "You seem like a Golden Deer person" .... And I can't stop thinking about that WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 😭

1/3 of the game industry has lost their job in the last two years. Ubisoft closed two more studios today. Everyone is out of work. To that end I'm starting a new bundle to benefit a layoffs hardship fund. Game devs: please consider submitting your PAID games to the bundle, which will launch in July.

Game industry hardship fund

A game jam from 2026-06-10 to 2026-06-24 hosted by Necrosoft Games. PREMISE: The game industry has a problem. Too many people are out of work (reports say 33% of the industry lost their jobs in the la...

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📰 News from us ☕ Mighty Cupehead - Reveal 📷 Toem 2 - Demo 🐦 Bad Magpie - Reveal 🩸 Blood Dungeon - Reveal + Demo ✋ Slap Out of It - Reveal 🍃 Moomin:Midsummer Madness - Reveal 🖥️ Desktop Explorer - Date (7/17) + Demo ❤️‍🔥 Rizz Dungeon - Date (9/17) + Demo 🥛Milki Delivery - Demo 🛼 RollerGirl - New Trailer

I love gaming so much, but blood and gore makes me physically ill and it makes watching these showcases live incredibly difficult. I kind of miss the days where we had ratings ahead of each trailer so I knew whether or not something was about to make me violently ill while still watching live 🥲

A free demo for TOEM 2 is out now on Steam 📸 Get a taste of Deltburg, take some photos and meet some new friends along the way ✨ 🔗 Check it out: s.team/a/2900640 Once you’ve played, leave a review to let us know what you think!