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-...

The Fang 2.0 plushie has been out for one week, and we’re quickly closing in on 400 orders! 🤯 Thank you all so much for your support! The Makeship campaign ends August 14th! www.makeship.com/products/fan...

some recent costumed figure drawings from the Drawing Club nights at Gallery Nucleus

✨ We're doing an In Stars and Time book club, where we all replay In Stars and Time together! ✨ Interested? Head on over here for more details.... Which may include details about ISAT streams by yours truly.... fu fufufu store.steampowered.com/news/app/167...

witchy wednesday! who are we hexing today queers, haha jk unless

Young Suns features dynamic storytelling that looks to the future with a radically optimistic viewpoint, focusing on the work that comes after liberation. You can help support a queer- and trans-led indie studio by wishlisting Young Suns on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4149610/...

doodles of sosotte having a great and restful time #truthscrapper

i released an album last week and didn’t mention it here. 😌 sooo. you all get the bandcamp link first. meltycanon.bandcamp.com/album/songs-... i hope you enjoy.

Something most people won't notice are the train's details (because they go by so fast) But every train has designated "flag" areas, that randomly populate from a sprite sheet of flags (that are important to me). Also, the destinations reference comedians.

Beatdown City Survivors is part of the nonbinary coded games fest! (because of the launch discount cooldown, the game will be on sale for a week starting the 18th) You can play the demo right now! And if you're feeling generous, it's $9.99 beatdown.city/bdcsrstm

Shawn Alexander Allen@shawndoublea.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🧟Beatdown City Survivors🧟 Eradicate hordes of monsters in this 🗽Immersive 👥survivors roguelite 🌃set in a destructible city OUT NOW! 🛠️fun weapon crafting 🐱large cast of characters 🏗️dynamic environments 🔊pumping soundtrack Play the demo/check it out today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm

💛🤍NONBINARY CODED GAMES💜🖤 is live on Steam! For International Nonbinary Day, we're showcasing 150+ games by devs who are nonbinary, genderqueer, & outside the gender binary! Take a look and see the spectrum of what we have to offer 🌈 store.steampowered.com/curator/4610... #NonbinaryCodedGames

Folks struggling to make it as indies should probably read this: klangmag.co/lifers-dayjo... Also he only mentions rich kids and day jobbers, but there's also "has a spouse with a good job", "their parent died and left them just enough to get ahead" and "managed to pay off house so don't have rent"

Lifers, Dayjobbers, and the Independently Wealthy: A Letter to a Former Student

Written by Max Alper Last year, a private student of mine had gotten in touch with me via email at around 3 AM. I had known this student for years prior, as they were in one of the earliest college c...

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Now for something completely different, but something our lead programmer 100% agrees with and is part of our "no genAI ever" policy. This piece by @liasae.bsky.social from way back in February on refusing to cede code as an acceptable craft to use genAI on! Great read! lia-sae.net/articles/202...

I reviewed this for @nfpublishing.bsky.social with a copy bought with my own cash. 9.5/10. If you are playing puzzle leauge on switch online and are asking "what if this game had special/super moves, fun people with horns, & a story about how love is more real than anything else?", here's yo answer

SURPRISE! 💜📣👀 We're so happy to announce that, thanks to our pals at @sixoneindie.com, we've shadow-dropped Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To on Nintendo Switch! AHHHH!!

sometimes developers make bad decisions. but the fact a game even ships suggests a large number of at least competent decisions. what you are playing, no matter the quality, is likely the result of very many good, urgent decisions and aggressive triage - you just never got to see the "before"

Cara Ellison@caraellison.bsky.social · 4w ago

game devs: what are the myths that a lot of players of games think are true about making games that are completely untrue? If you could snap your fingers and they suddenly all knew the truth about it what would it be?

(Psst, ahead of the Steam Summer Sale, Titanium Court, Myth Match, Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3, and Spirit Swap, came together for a bundle of modern match-3 classics. Keep an eye out for it!!) store.steampowered.com/bundle/76579...

Match-3 on Steam

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Compound the steam summer sale with this bundle we got with some of our favorite match-3 indies around! Extra 10% off all the games in the bundle, even if you own any of them already🤩

Spirit Swap ON SWITCH/2 NOW✨@softnotweak.bsky.social · last mo.

Match-3 is having an indie renaissance! If you like the genre but hate that it’s become a vehicle to extract money from your mom 5$ at a time, check out this new bundle we’re in! It just so happens all the games are also on sale for steam’s summer sale🥳 store.steampowered.com/bundle/76579...

If you love match-3, but hate free-to-play monetization, I have a bundle for you! 💎 Titanium Court 🦖 Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion III 🐸 Spirit Swap 🏹 Mythmatch Currently 32% off if you buy all four! And an extra bargain if you already own some. store.steampowered.com/bundle/76579...

Save 32% on Match-3 on Steam

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50% off for just 20 more hours! Yes I’m getting all my posts done in an allotted 1 hour time frame! Lmk if you wanna see my cat? haha jk unless thou

Spirit Swap ON SWITCH/2 NOW✨@softnotweak.bsky.social · 2y ago

Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 to is OUT NOW! GO GO GO! ✨ store.steampowered.com/app/1592170/... ✨

Proud to announce our HARDSHIP FUND: uvw-cwa.org/hardship-fun... If you've been recently laid off and need support, we got you.

What are we currently working on right now, besides being recovering from burnout? Well… something completely different: a toxic yuri game that goes very dark places, started for last year’s Toxic Yuri Jam! AND, something familiar w/ Spirit Drop, this time starring… Mo🥰 🎨 by @chukishima.bsky.social

🗣️ SISTERS 🗣️ For ✨ 40% OFF ✨, you can get our Peabody award-winning game 1000xRESIST, which has: ✨ a generations-spanning sci-fi story ✨ incredible levels of matricide ✨ women committing crimes (both gay and not) Get it before the sale ends tomorrow! s.team/a/1675830/

Only 21 hours left to get Spirit Swap at 50% off! That’s just 9.99$ for hours of fun, a soothing balm on your soul and a helping of action puzzle joy. Plus it helps us make Spirit Drop some day… what’s spirit drop? Shhhh🤫 not yet, but iykyk. store.steampowered.com/app/1592170/...

Save 50% on Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To on Steam

Cast spells, be queer, and crash the biggest concert of the year! Spirit Swap is an action-puzzle meets narrative game set in a lush world of witchy demons.

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Happy to share my newest poem for @videoda.me, inspired by @softnotweak.bsky.social's relaxing & magical game Spirit Swap videoda.me/three-spells...

Three Spells For Spirit Swapping

Been blocked inside.

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😻💕 I'm IN LOVE with @softnotweak.bsky.social's Spirit Swap. It updates and expands the gameplay of my beloved Panel De Pon🌸 AND combines it with a queer witchy dating sim?! You can play as a whole polycule?!! Thanks @nfpublishing.bsky.social for the review cluing me in on this absolute delight! 💗

Spirit Swap ON SWITCH/2 NOW✨@softnotweak.bsky.social · 3mo ago

SURPRISE! 💜📣👀 We're so happy to announce that, thanks to our pals at @sixoneindie.com, we've shadow-dropped Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To on Nintendo Switch! AHHHH!!

This was SUCH a fun convo ~ learned that Finn is a fellow Broadway musical aficionado AND we got to reminisce about how we met way back in 2019 during the launch of the first game I ever worked on: The World Next Door! The memories!

Finn @ NOLAnerdcast@nolanerdcast.bsky.social · last mo.

New NOLAnerdcast is now live! I got to chat with @kimchica.bsky.social from @wholesomegames.com to talk all about her journey, the rise of Wholesome Games, what brings her joy, and so much more. A truly delightful chat. Check it out! youtu.be/insLard9g5k

Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 made me laugh with it's humor and tear up because it spoke to my struggles as an indie developer. Spirit swap has provided me a lot of joy. And some juicy UI to go with a banging original @meltycanon.com soundtrack.

Spirit Swap ON SWITCH/2 NOW✨@softnotweak.bsky.social · last mo.

Match-3 is having an indie renaissance! If you like the genre but hate that it’s become a vehicle to extract money from your mom 5$ at a time, check out this new bundle we’re in! It just so happens all the games are also on sale for steam’s summer sale🥳 store.steampowered.com/bundle/76579...

Match-3 is having an indie renaissance! If you like the genre but hate that it’s become a vehicle to extract money from your mom 5$ at a time, check out this new bundle we’re in! It just so happens all the games are also on sale for steam’s summer sale🥳 store.steampowered.com/bundle/76579...

Save 32% on Match-3 on Steam

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Beatdown City Survivors is NOT in the steam sale, it will be on sale next month. But also, it's <$10 and sitting at 100% Very Positive on Steam. ✌🏼

Shawn Alexander Allen@shawndoublea.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🧟Beatdown City Survivors🧟 Eradicate hordes of monsters in this 🗽Immersive 👥survivors roguelite 🌃set in a destructible city OUT NOW! 🛠️fun weapon crafting 🐱large cast of characters 🏗️dynamic environments 🔊pumping soundtrack Play the demo/check it out today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm