Muse Hunter Relma
@relma2.bsky.social
Hunting for Muses in the indie video game industry they[F]
Could all participants of #SAGExpo please kindly leave your #indiegame demos up and upload them to a persistent platform like @itch.io ?! Not everyone has time to play everything; and I'd appreciate perusing your passion projects at my own pace! #SAGE26
Neither did I, but this is not a vindication of anything. I know that I DODGED A BULLET. Or more accurately, I dodged *that* bullet.
Avocado Aficionado@darksidestraxus.bsky.social · last wk.Shit like this makes me glad I never read any of the Harry Potter books or cared all that much about the movies. Harry Potter fans are fucking weird.
I disagree. Enforcing a little friction (scrolling a page) forces consumers to stay mindful of the presence of AI content. Enabling a single checkbox carries the implication that that checkbox is reliable; which it is not.
Casey Explosion@caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 2w agoI wish I could get someone at Valve to give curators the ability to not accept AI generated games, just some little box I can tick that makes it so I can't be sent games with AI generated content, it would be an immediate and profound ease to my workload.
I am seeking #Twitch streamers that stream BOTH comm illustration AND playing indie games in a roughly balanced measure Message me if you fit that description It is hard to find people at the INTERSECTION of these 2 thing just by trawling #vgen #streamer #commission #art #illustration #indiegame 🎮 💜
I get the sentiment, but taken too far this leads to what I call "nostalgia fetishization" — intentionally doing things the "ye old" way out of blind faith to an aesthetic without understanding why it was done, how to do it well, and to the detriment of a game as it is in the present.
Modren (comms open!)@modren.gay · 2w agoGamers™, meanwhile, think every game where you shoot a gun has to have the same control scheme as call of duty, or else it's "dated" and "badly-designed." Gamers™ want "quality of life" features that strip out all the friction from the gameplay, because they think it was only there by mistake.
hmph. It seems my research niche has evolved into studying the subtle power of the Tertiary Vessel
Well said — I always say since one cannot separate Art from Artist... One must never ASSOCIATE the two in the first place.
Micah@rincewind.run · 3w ago“this person is bad so their work was always bad” is also a really dangerous view to take because it leads to - unconscious or not - a bias towards “but I do like this other person’s work, ergo they must be a good person” which, as we have seen over and over, is simply not true
Accept Emails for Not Built in a Day are out! Thanks to all #gamedev s who applied. Will do rejection emails Soon™ after sorting the rejections into the "honest feedback" and "you wasted my fucking time by applying to a fest you had no relevance to" buckets #indiedev #indiegame #steamfest #steam
QRP with your most popular bsky piece! Blanksword Spoke to a lot of people, it deserves it.
Kurt@kaatokunart.bsky.social · 2mo agoQRP with your most popular bsky piece! Thought it was Samus but Julie got 27k
Reminder that the deadline is in a week! Please share with all #gamedev s who keep building out their games! #indiedev #steam #steamfest
Muse Hunter Relma@relma2.bsky.social · 2mo agoCalling every #gamedev and #indiedev I am hosting my first-ever Steam Fest, "Not Built in a Day"! For games released a while ago yet still continued to improve, this is your 2nd chance! Deadline Aug 30 tally.so/r/9qY2jQ
Calling every #gamedev and #indiedev I am hosting my first-ever Steam Fest, "Not Built in a Day"! For games released a while ago yet still continued to improve, this is your 2nd chance! Deadline Aug 30 tally.so/r/9qY2jQ
Not Built in a Day Application
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In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...
Heck yeah, our one and only User netted the one and only @alphabetagamer.bsky.social 🩶🩶🩶 www.alphabetagamer.com/gata-guressi... @elliotgmann.bsky.social #indiegame #review #demo
Gata Guressi – Alpha Demo | Alpha Beta Gamer
Gata Guressi is a sci-fi translation game where you must master eleven distinct languages to navigate the mysterious disappearance of your brother
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"Nosferatist or Nosferati? You're asking the wrong question!" Fen Myrra from Reality Layer Zero by @act-novel.bsky.social #indiegame #fanart #art
Again posting this reminder for this #NextFest Please keep your demo up. Nobody has time to play everything in a week.
Muse Hunter Relma@relma2.bsky.social · 12mo agoYour biannual reminder to all #indiegame s on #SteamNextFest to NOT TAKE YOUR DEMO DOWN after the event! Don't do it. Don't f-king do it. It's not worth disappointing people who happen to have lives. If you do it I will leave a strongly worded post on your game's forum.
Aha! Great tip for #indiegame #marketing this #NextFest: Streamers appear to be treating Next Fest as "Demo season" in general, so even if your game is not participating in this Next Fest, they are usually open to giving it a play anyway! It's great, since a game can only officially participate in 1
New #blogpost on @leaflet.pub -- A Review of Gata Guressi by @elliotgmann.bsky.social This is it. This is my Charge. And with Purpose Incarnate, I can be the #indiegame publicist I want to be. #review #conlang #machinetranslation #scifi #indiedev musehuntersblog.leaflet.pub/3moaadkaydc27
Gata Guressi: Even the Universal Language of Mathematics Can be Lost in Translation
Conlang space google translate 🩶 Monolingual himbo fuel miner
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The problem with #genAI is that programmers draw a very important distinction between the technology itself and the financial bubble and creatives conflate them constantly. In a field like #gamedev where the two meet, arguments and friction ensue. It's frustrating -- how can we even bridge this gap?
The Legend of Satol More #GataGuressi fanart; play this game this man has my entire head rent-free 🥰 #IndieGame #fanart #pixelart #conlang 🎮 #zelda
Reordering Collections on @itch.io is so frustrating. You can only shift the entries one at a time in one specific part of the itch UI. It is so close to being a viable spot to make curated selections... #indiegame #storefront #itchio #uiux
New #blogpost on @leaflet.pub on why the design of @itch.io 's #devlogs tab is brilliant and an underrated resource in finding hidden gems #indiedev #indiegame #marketing musehuntersblog.leaflet.pub/3mm3shn7kjs2h
Use Your itch.io Devlogs, People! - Muse Hunter's Blog
An untapped avenue of finding hidden gems
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PSA: #Canvas is actually #opensource. Institutions can (and imo should) self-host a Canvas. The reason this recent #ransomware f***ed over everyone is because none of y'all did that. STFU about Instructure "owning" our data and stop relying solely on Someone Else's Computer.
Finally going to start blogging, so I'm introducing myself as a game scouter and A&R aspirant. Hello, World! #indiegame #blogpost
Hello World!
Introductory post. Finally a game journalist, I guess.
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I think Quuvol has had enough of your "help", clanker. Fanart of #GataGuressi by @elliotgmann.bsky.social #indiegame #fanart #art #fuckgenAI #conlang #scifi
So apparently I have... an #Epstein Number of 2. I once attended a gathering where a keynote speaker had *themselves* attended a conference organized by the Nonce himself. Not really a badge of honor like one's #ErdosNumber... but I suppose we all have one now. What's y'all's? #mathsky #AcademicSky
but why tho? Quuvol from Gata Guressi by @elliotgmann.bsky.social #indiegame #fanart #art #fuckGenAI #chineseroom #tdov
