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Harrison || 23 || He/him || Chicago Game Developer || your local blonde boy Pfp: @yeeobun.bsky.social Banner: @creaseninja https://sonki-boy.itch.io CURRENT GAME: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4775480/TO_THE_CENTER_OF_THE_EARTH/
Hey y'all! We went to Indie City Chicago’s Open Mic and Play Test events to get feedback on our sci-fi action adventure game Prism! Follow us for more gameplay footage and team spotlights, coming soon! #IndieGameDev #GameDevJourney #GamePlaytesting
Alex Hirsch responded to Sam Altman, the creator of ChatGPT, after he suggested using AI-generated podcasts to entertain children: “What if you just talked to your children”
First year in many where I’m not working down town during lollapalooza I am at peace…
Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app · last wk."As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...
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-...
HyperTyper 2000 is a part of @sixoneindie.com 's Demo Days starting tomorrow! Check out the demo for the only bullet hell typing roguelike! #indiedev #gamedev #demodays #sixoneindie
We're SO back on our 3rd year of Chicago Indie Game Showcase (CIGS)! Join us 9/13 at the Ravenswood Event Center! CIGS is a one-day con showcasing amazing indie games from Chicago & Midwest Area. We'll also have guest speakers, DJ sets, tattoo artists, and so much more! Tickets: bit.ly/450rk88
hey! i directed the video for NO EULOGIES, a song i helped write with @jamies.page and @vastonik.bsky.social and @postergirlxoxo.bsky.social. this video doesn't exist without @pixelhavokk.dcellgames.com who edited the vast majority of it on a rig that hated him and also did the pipeline organization
NO EULOGIES / JAMIE PAIGE + UNBEATABLE
YouTube video by Jamie Paige / JamieP
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We are looking for volunteers for CIGS 2026! Volunteers get free access to CIGS as well as a free shirt for helping their time! We have openings for set up/take down, showfloor support, and much more! If you’re interested please fill out the form, due 8/9! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I cannot emphasize enough how much we should all get the fuck off of X. This includes every politician and progressive group.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 2w agoThere is simply no ambiguity in what Elon Musk is arguing and endorsing here.
shout out to people who have worn down their molars doing fast tempos with odd time signatures
🚨New noclip_2 Feature!🕹️ Investigating Pinball's Surprising American Comeback Featuring interviews with @jeffgerstmann.com, @jerf.xyz, @cheapassgamer.com and a host of pinball experts. WATCH: youtu.be/FjCchQAo_mk
Investigating Pinball's Surprising American Comeback - Frank Howley
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Recently bought and have been listening to the Eastward soundtrack at work Feeling so nostalgic for when I started college and was playing this on release. Was such a comforting, beautiful and inspiring game I feel a carnal desire to replay…
there is now a demo available RIGHT NOW!! give it a try, and tell me what you think! i'll backflip if you like it! store.steampowered.com/app/4945630/...
Neon Rhythm Plus Demo on Steam
Every song is a boss fight in this hand-drawn action rhythm game. Deflect, dodge, and time your moves to the beat of the music, or make your own custom tracks.
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This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
6 DAYS LEFT TO SUBMIT FOR CIGS!!! If you have a game you’re working on, now’s the time to put it in front of other indie devs and fans! Check the link in our below to submit! CIGS submission close July 19th 11:59 PM www.indiecitygames.org/calendar/cig...
‘He did not deserve any of this': Houston mourns man killed by ICE, Uyiosa Elegon reports. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was a humble man who just wanted to enjoy life, his son told Prism. On July 7, ICE agents in an unmarked car chased the 52-year-old father of three before shooting him in the abdomen.
Houston mourns man killed by ICE
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was a humble man and father of three who just wanted to enjoy life, his son told Prism
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ALL STARS IS BACK AT AGAIN FOR THE 3RD TIME!!! Come on over to the Lair on Sunday, July 19th from 6-9 PM and play the top games from our All Stars game jam! Grab your FREE RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/indie...
I want to re-emphasize one part of this Xbox story: Half of the 3,200 cuts are happening today and half are happening in the next 12 months. In other words, even people who survived today's layoffs will have to spend the coming year wondering if they're going to be next.
HEY. I'M GONNA MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT- NEON RHYTHM PLUS is an action rhythm game with hand drawn artwork and full mod support, coming to Steam this year! 🎶 please wishlist our game 🫣 store.steampowered.com/app/2935500/...
Neon Rhythm Plus on Steam
The year is 2050, and technology has been outlawed. Deflect, dodge, and time your moves to the beat of the music in this action-rhythm game.
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Don't worry about developing a "style." That's capitalism talking. Draw in the way that's comfortable and fun for you and people will know your art when they see it.
🦎Galileo🍉@galileogb.bsky.social · 7mo agoARTISTS: quote with some random art advice!!