Last minute notice, but our friends at MassDiGi are having a demo night tonight in Worcester!
The Pioneer Valley Game Developers
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We're a community of professional and independent digital artists, designers, engineers, and creatives working in the game industry out of Western Massachusetts.
Gave the timeline editor a glowup. GM's running TTRPG games will be able to make player facing and GM Only events, to remind them of what's happening in the game world (or session) as time progresses! Sign up for alpha at loreframe.app
For this month's virtual Game Audio Boston meetup, we have an incredibly stacked panel all about voice acting and performance direction! You do not want to miss this on July 28th, 7 PM Eastern! #gameaudio #voiceacting #va #indiedev #gamedev #narrative www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
Voice Actor & Director Panel | Game Audio Boston, Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 7:00 PM | Meetup
This month, Game Audio Boston is bringing you a star studded panel dedicated to Voiceover. We’ll hear from both voice directors and actors about their experiences working o
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It's that time! Come get fed and feed each other. The park charges $5 for parking at the top, but there's a free lot at the bottom and the hike up isn't bad. Kids, pets, family, and friends are welcome! Bring your favorite dish, or don't; we will have burgers, dogs, and veggie alternatives.
Vortex Siege playtest has another update! It fixes a memory leak! Memory leaks are not easy to fix! Patch notes here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/403...
Vortex Siege Playtest - Playtest v26 - Goodbye, Cruel Memory Leak - Steam News
Major performance improvements and a ton of new cards
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Our CEO Ryan Canuel recently joined René Pinnell the Artizen LIVE show to talk about game development, building Petricore, funding creative projects, and what first drew Ryan into making games. #indiegames #gamedev You can watch the full interview here: www.youtube.com/live/6k9gyy_...
Artizen LIVE #80
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Local friendly community wants local friendly people! Showcase your game, film, or art in Easthampton on the 23rd! THCC is full of wonderful folks. www.theheavyculture.coop/event-detail...
Open Projector Night | The Heavy Culture
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It's Freaky Frog Friday! If you don't own Frogmageddon yet, where have you been? It's on sale for the summer RIGHT NOW! #steam #frog #frogarmy store.steampowered.com/app/3201190/...
Save 20% on Frogmageddon on Steam
Become the horde in this survival game! Expand your army from a lone frog warrior to a 100+ army against the slithery snake onslaught!
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Mondrian - Plastic Reality is 90% in the Steam Summer Sale! Also Abstraction in Beauty is 80% off, so both games are just $1. Just what the Steam Summer Sale ordered!
Every time someone plays a truly true role-playing game—whether that is at the table or online or in larp or while hiking along a mountain ridge throwing sticks at trees—they are playing with a collection of explicit and implicit rules. It's a simple formula: e+i=r
The next cohort of the IGDA Global Mentorship Program is getting ready to begin! You have until 20 June to put in your application - get it in now to help boost your career with key contacts in the industry. 👉 https://loom.ly/5sns5cc #gamedev #mentorship
A few folks asked for the numbers for games released AFTER Valve added its AI disclosure policy. Here is that.
Pulling numbers from Steam API, 7.4% of all RELEASED games have AI disclosures, but 14.1% of all UNRELEASED games do. (Per game discovery work on WeLoveIt.io.) #steam #steamgames #genai #aigames
I'm back from vacation and I NEED to do a gratitude thread. First off, this cover! @elemei has already created a legion of glyphs for us to illustrate abstract game concepts inside the book. A wildly big ask that was answered with an uncanny insight that borders on telepathy. And then this!
What a pleasure to finally share our cover artwork for Swords Without Master, by the incomparable @elemei.bsky.social! Swords! Sorcery! Foes defeated! Danger looms! Wonders undreamt of wait to be discovered! Truly, everything you can expect from the game. www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
#SteamNextFest is kicking off next week, are you participating? 👀 We’re going to be highlighting some games so if you're bringing a #MadeWithUnity title to the Next Fest, drop your Steam links and trailers in the replies! 👇✨
Big news! Realmfold is out now. It's my love letter to tile placing games like Dorfromantik, with some roguelite sort of systems baked in. Try it out and let me know what you think! freezebeam.itch.io/realmfold #pitchyagame #indiegames #gamedev
Realmfold by freezebeam
Infinite wizard realm builder & roguelite
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Hang out in June! We're skipping July this year for vacation time, and won't come back until August for our annual Potluck/BBQ on Mt. Sugarloaf, so come say Hi before you vacate for the season! #gamedev, #indiegames, #pvgd
HOLY HECK! Existential Treads - our retro top down shooter + settlement builder + tower defense game - is OUT! 🤘🍻💯 Stop reading! Go nab it! Thanks! You rule! Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3580340/... Itch: ashadamsgames.itch.io/existential-... #indiegame #indiegamedev #towerdefense
11 years in, and just getting started! 💧🎉 We're proud of the journey, grateful for the moments, and excited for everything ahead. 🙌 #gamedev #vrdev #vrgames #gaming #happyanniversary
What if your house was an RPG? ⚔️ #gamedev #vr #gaming #trending #metaquest
Visible Zork 3 is now available! eblong.com/infocom/visi... Status of the Visible Zorker project: This is fun! I want to keep going. More notes and previews of upcoming games: blog.zarfhome.com/2026/05/visi...
The Visible Zorker: Zork 3
A software exhibit that allows you to explore Zork and also Zork's source code at the same time.
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When HBO tightened access to Game of Thrones content, Kristen Halloran and the GoT: Ascent team had to switch up their production pipeline. Learn how they managed to take Sunday's episode into a Friday release: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OPp...
Watch on Sunday, Release on Friday - Kristen Halloran - BGW MiniCon 2026
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I gave a little microtalk at Boston MiniCon! I've heard way too often that most video game writing is "bad" (even from game devs.........and some writers!!!! boo!) So this is my little manifesto that uses Pokémon Gold/Silver as a jumping-off point.
Good Games Writing is Everywhere - Bryant Francis - BGW MiniCon 2026
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I'll be giving a talk on Tuesday about how implementation shapes the way we design audio in projects of any size. It'll feature some thought exercises that will help you set a clear vision for projects of any scale and we'll take a little detour into what how I pivoted into game audio later in life.
Game Audio Boston x Chris Bolte: How Implementation Shapes Our Sound Design, Tue, Apr 28, 2026, 7:00 PM | Meetup
**EVENT UPDATE:** Since Mike Raznick had to postpone his appearance, we are instead hosting a talk by our very own **Chris Bolte** on how the process of implementing audio
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Folks, I want to see this happen! If you're following me, there's probably a better than 50% chance you want to see it happen, too. So, check out the part of the comic that is on the web: ironbargecomic.com/index.html?p... And then consider backing this before it ends!
The Iron Barge
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THE IRON BARGE Kickstarter enters it's final hours countdown today! We are 89% funded and so close to continuing this series! Don't miss your chance to back this fun, talking animal indie comic and get your copy! www.kickstarter.com/projects/meg...
Hullo! Get ready for summer! We can stealth around the backroom or partake in the Star Wars event up front, otherwise let's see what everyone's been up to, or will be up to! #gamedev, #indiegames, #pioneervalley
Do you have a game release to post-mortem, a cool technique, or an interesting development anecdote to share? We finally have a form for folks interested in speaking at BGD events! Fill this guy out and we'll try to find an appropriate venue for you: forms.gle/6hrc4L85ckyD...
BGD Talk Submission Form
Do you have a game to post-mortem, a cool technique, or an interesting development anecdote to share? Boston Game Dev is always looking for speakers at meetups like Boston Indies, Boston Post Mortem,...
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A clicker where you make clickers to click clickers #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev