Nils Deneken
@nilsdeneken.bsky.social
Founder, Creative Director and CEO at Die Gute Fabrik. Making games, drawing more again.
Today is #WorldMigratoryBirdDay, and to celebrate, we're launching a special Steam event called BIRDS OF PLAY, showcasing 140 bird games dedicated to our feathered friends! It kicks off at 6pm CEST, so come check it out here: store.steampowered.com/sale/BirdsOf...
Birds of Play
Come on in and find exclusive demos, new releases, and plenty of discounts.
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I'm very please to announce a public release of my drag-and-drop bookmarking, game-making, and wandering tool Scrubjay! Scrubjay is a weird website builder that lets you cobble together web elements, images, links, text fragments, etc into a series of nested rooms...
Happy 5th Anniversary Sable!!!
Gregorios Kythreotis@eteogreg.bsky.social · 3w agoIt’s Sable’s 5th Anniversary! I’ve written some reflections on what the game means to me, and to celebrate I’m delighted to announce that @lostincult.co.uk are reprinting the Sable Design Works Find out more here: www.eteogames.com/sable-turns-...
When we talk about “funding the arts” wrt games, we shouldn’t only focus on neoliberal funding schemes oriented around individual studios (e.g. job and tax revenue focused) but also on funding for events, clubs, organizations, critics, etc that do the work of building meaningful context around play.
no one should have sex with anyone at valve until they quit delisting indie games for the mildest depictions of sexuality
The computer offers way more to us than just automating away calculation. Indeed, sometimes the computer should *not* try to or pretend to adjudicate "the rules". Especially in an era of genAI, it's more useful than ever to think differently about how to use computers and make videogames.
MY HEART! We were waiting for the paperwork to finalise & it’s now OFFICIAL. Today @sirbeans.bsky.social & I are announcing our indie Irish #gamedev studio: ORGANIC MATTERS. We’re a lean, craft-led studio focused on human-made projects. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1bX...
Announcing "Organic Matters": Our Irish Indie Game Studio
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This game is so so so good, go in knowing as little as possible bsky.app/profile/niff...
Nifflas@nifflas.bsky.social · 2mo agoDid you know that my last itch release is a free game as well? Xenosphere, a small collab with @1neila1.bsky.social and @agaitcheson.bsky.social that maaay be a bit weirder than the itch page lets on
Final day to apply for my Tools for Creativity class at the School for Poetic Computation! 5 weeks, online, scholarships available. Learn to make things which encourage other people to make things! sfpc.study/sessions/fal...
School for Poetic Computation
The School for Poetic Computation is an experimental school in New York City supporting interdisciplinary study in art, code, hardware and critical theory. It's a place for learning and unlearning.
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The way profit maxxing corpo culture has invaded every form of art through algorithms pushing people into daily posting is really weighing on me lately. Efficiency and regularity of making "content" being prized above all else feels so grim, man.
Our Summer Sa(i)l(e) continues with Saltsea Chronicles being discounted 50% for Nintendo Switch for the first time. Make it the game equivalent of the beach read for your summer vacation. It's also still discounted on Steam and PS Store. www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
Saltsea Chronicles for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
Buy Saltsea Chronicles and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official Nintendo Store.
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in video games the word "survival" means clearcutting a forest to build a fortress and "cozy" means starting a small business so you can eventually earn enough money to clearcut a forest and build a fortress
SALTSEA CHRONICLES! 50% OFF! So much love and care and sweat and laughs and tears and eastereggs were put into this game. You should play it! ⛵
Die Gute Fabrik@gutefabrik.bsky.social · 3mo agoSet sail for Summer Sa(i)l(e) with Saltsea Chronicles. 50% off on Steam and Playstation. (Nintendo starts next week). Have a lovely summer everyone! store.steampowered.com/app/1419620/...
AI pollution is, sadly, all too comprehensible
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3mo ago“Cornell researchers found that at the current rate of AI growth, the burgeoning industry could represent 24 to 44 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, the equivalent of adding five to ten million cars to US roadways.”
Nearly all our games are on sale in the Steam Summer Sale, some up to 75% off! Spend some time zooming around on a giant bird, slicing into people's memories as a ghost, organizing a warehouse, doing jigsaw puzzles or hooning about as a kite/snake/wyrm. store.steampowered.com/publisher/ho...
this shit is such total catnip to me. i'm so glad he's no longer a scientologist www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5uV...
Behind the Track｜'Loser’ by Beck
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Baby Steps is 50% off! You’ve got no excuse now!
Devolver Digital@devolverdigital.com · 4mo agoThe Devolver Steam Publisher Weekend is live so get the best prices on your next favorite games from your sixth favorite publisher! 💸 But not everyone is happy about it, especially Volvy. 👍️ youtu.be/1zw3NkMNmDE
Huge congrats to Nifflas. I beta tested this game and of course I absolutely loved it. Anyone who is interested in music+games should specifically keep an eye on this. bsky.app/profile/niff...
Nifflas@nifflas.bsky.social · 4mo agoAnnouncement: I'm teaming up with 505 Pulse for my game Rhythm Doggo. If you think you'd like it, please wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/4090240/... Also there's a discord where we'll do playtesting discord.gg/3SG2ZxVeb The game's key art was made by @1neila1.bsky.social #gamedev #indiedev
culture will be held back in immense ways until it comes out from under the grip of social media algorithms. the fact that anyone would view them as any kind of 1-to-1 reflection of what is worthwhile or meaningful is such a horrible mind trick
Mutazione is part of this sale! (there in the bottom right…)
Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 4mo agoWorld Ocean Day sale on Steam buff.ly/4wGJpCe
as someone who worked on bg3, I fully agree - it's so utterly hypocritical how these platforms treat sex and eroticism - they want to make bank off big releases (and payment processors conveniently look the other way when this happens!) but strangle entire swathes of content from indies
Aysha U. Farah@ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 5mo agoIt makes me so angry that baldur’s gate won every single game of the year award in existence, but if it had been an indie game it would not have been allowed on the any storefront or funding platforms.
One of the (many, many) things I resent about "AI" is the implication that videogames are wanting for some kind of technological revolution Artistically, videogames are doing so well imo. What game devs actually need is: affordable rent, stable employment, free education, etc.
Giving this talk on Friday at an internal School symposium (maybe with some uni execs in attendance, lol) I'm really swinging for the fences on this one, plz pray for me
