Indiepocalypse is such an important part of the independent games community. Very few people are paying Actual Cash to support people making weird shit, but Andrew does just that!

Andrew | BUY INDIEPOCALYPSE ➡️ BostonFIG@pizzapranks.bsky.social · last wk.

The 6th annual Indiepocalypse Pledge Drive is live with the ever present goal of Breaking Even! (and more so supporting the whole catalog of contributors) Any support, whether it's contributing to the drive or spreading the good word, is very much appreciated! pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalyp...

The Indiepocalypse Pledge Drive is onto the next goal of 4 digits. ($1,000) Helping by spreading the word is just as important as pledging! I'm playing the long game here and more eyes on Indiepocalypse means more eyes on past and future contributors. pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalyp...

This little game was so much fun to work on! Thanks so much to @pizzapranks.bsky.social for the opportunity and for Indiepocalypse ❤️

Andrew | BUY INDIEPOCALYPSE ➡️ BostonFIG@pizzapranks.bsky.social · 3w ago

!NEWLY COMMISSIONED FOR INDIEPOCALYPSE! OMNIHEDRAL is a crunchy, hand-drawn, roll-playing, arcade game. Roll increasingly strange dice in the pursuit of collecting more pips than you could ever imagine. By @thewriterwins.bsky.social pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-80

Live from (a hotel near) the PAX West show floor with a new collection of indie games it's Indiepocalypse #80! -10 curated games for $15! -Zine! -Newly commissioned game by @thewriterwins.bsky.social -Cover by Courtney Løberg (www.courtneyloberg.com) pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-80

Nice to see @vinemossgames.bsky.social features on Warp Door!

Warp Door@warpdoor.com · 2mo ago

Imagine We Were Human (@vinemossgames.bsky.social) "A compilation of 12 small literary games about humans meeting and missing one another. Explore these experimental experiences that were made on a monthly basis over the course of a year." Paid - Windows, Mac: warpdoor.com/2026/07/11/i...

Sony: We're taking away digital movies you bought. No refunds. We're not making physical PlayStation games anymore. We're killing digital games on PS3 and Vita. ...why should I get a PS6 when it comes out then? If you want an expensive digital only gaming device, get a PC!

As the director of a historical video game preservation institution, and someone who has dedicated his entire adult life to this cause, this is accurate. We have attempted to work with the industry's trade organization to find a legal path forward, but they refuse to offer a meaningful alternative.

Chloe "Low Power Chlobot" Adams@addamschloe.bsky.social · 3mo ago

piracy is the only extant form of media preservation that exists in games right now, you might find it morally reprehensible but there is literally no other institution that will keep games alive in 25, 50 years' time

New PlayStation marketing just dropped

this feels so long ago

Hey the recording from this panel about labor organizing in games is now online! We had a stellar lineup of speakers (@nathangrayson.bsky.social, @suduwana.bsky.social, JD Calvelli, Lore Feichter & Goran Svorcan-Merola) all talking about their experiences- Check it out! youtu.be/ySNEtBVjuZM?...

BOSS FIGHT - Labor Organizing in the Gaming Industry

YouTube video by Independent Labor Club

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NYU Game Center@nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 6mo ago

THIS SATURDAY! The Game Center is hosting the Independent Labor Club of NYC at 370 Jay Street for a panel on labor organizing in the game industry, moderated by Game Center instructor @literallyaking.com RSVP and more info here: www.eventbrite.com/e/boss-fight...

This is amazing precisely because this billion-dollar mistake rests on a misunderstanding (and probably related hype) of what LLMs can do relative to their training data. I guess every industry will just keep finding out what is NOT in the training data? But there are shortcuts to find out.

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)@iwriteok.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Some amazing quotes in this article about how Ford replaced hundreds of engineers with AI, which broke a bunch of shit causing billions in damage and forcing them to rehire those people. www.the-independent.com/tech/ford-ai...

Termination without cause in Japan is complex and workers have a lot of rights and protections we don't in the US. If Japan had employment laws as weak as ours, Nintendo would undoubtedly lay off workers just the same. It's not management's benevolence or farsightedness, it's labor law.

Max Nichols@maxnichols.bsky.social · 3mo ago

You know what Nintendo does when they have a surplus set of devs from cancellations or production ending? Put them on other projects. The ability to redeploy headcount while keeping teams together over time is like, the main strategic benefit of scale in the game industry

I'm catching up on Narrascope talks, and wow @thewriterwins.bsky.social's talk is just awesome- it's about markov chains and his typing incremental game, but then uses that work as context for a surprisingly incisive take on LLMs. Really excellent presentation- www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlJt...

NarraScope 2026: Markov Chains, “AI”, and the Bad Future

YouTube video by Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation

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As storage and RAM prices skyrocket and make powerful PCs and consoles feel increasingly out of reach, there's only one real option: Everyone go back to 2D

This is the wrong question. Some people will always lead more visible lives (for various reasons) and some less. Alternative questions: "Which approaches to visibility lead to more durable understanding and acceptance? And which to more brittle, easily abandoned lip service and reversible policy?"

Slate@slate.com · 3mo ago

Was the LGBTQ+ movement’s pursuit of “visibility” a mistake? slate.trib.al/VSFkbOe

Warp Door is utterly indispensable, one of the very few places that showcases interesting and exciting new experimental games, student work and jam games. Consider supporting them if you can!

Dragon Wasabi Potato ドラゴンワサビポテト@dragonwasabipotato.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I don't talk about this quite often, but let me shout out we're accepting donation support for our curations. as you see, we've been dedicating a lot to illuminate and archive so many meaningful works by solo devs and small teams all over the world. a tiny tip would be welcomed! warpdoor.com/about/

Warp Door is one of the best places on the internet. warpdoor.com/about/

Dragon Wasabi Potato ドラゴンワサビポテト@dragonwasabipotato.bsky.social · 4mo ago

so @warpdoor.com has reached 1k posts here on bsky! I did a personal celebration featuring "Gradually｜じょじょに", as one of my most unforgettable games pushed my back during a depression. it opened my eyes to the alternative side of possibilities games can approach, good to highlight for this milestone!

"let people enjoy things" is over. we must want things to be good

Javier Rodríguez: "Me hace feliz que 'Absolute Martian Manhunter' esté nominado a cinco Eisner, porque es especial" www.rtve.es/n/17077249/

Javier Rodríguez: "Me hace feliz que 'Absolute Martian Manhunter' esté nominado a cinco Eisner, porque es especial"

Javier Rodríguez: "Me hace feliz que 'Absolute Martian Manhunter' esté nominado a cinco Eisner, porque es especial"

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Congrats to the winner of the Digital Moment Award 🌴🦩:  Hanwen Xu & Hatim Benhsain with coalescent || tidal rapture 🏆 This game goes beyond normative depictions of intimacy and doesn't shy away from being meaningfully sensuous, mysterious, complex, and primal.  #amaze 2026

if you think ai automation will result in ubi you have to say why industrial and then computer automation didnt

I saw someone in the Mass Effect discourse say "but if species-ending inhuman space monsters could be read as a xenophobic metaphor, then you could claim all sorts of MYTHOLOGY is fascist" and wow, wow everyone. "so close to getting it" award, could even learn something about fascism and culture

I thought I was being hyperbolic thewriterwins.itch.io/you-are-a-wr...

you are a writer by nico ailani

you are a writer. it's time to write.

thewriterwins.itch.io

Nick Kapur@nickkapur.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Monthly ebook releases on Amazon were basically flat before the release of ChatGPT and other LLMs. Now around 2/3 of all ebooks released on Amazon are fake.

did y'all hear the world is ending haha april fools please

I dunno Scott, I think we should do roughly 100 more international pilot studies that prove out the exact same results.

Scott Santens@scottsantens.com · 6mo ago

Universal Basic Income works. It works extremely well because what people need is cash, trust, and dignity, not paternalistic bureaucratic hoops to jump through to exist. And yes we can afford it because the lack of it is very costly. UBI should be seen as an investment with a large expected return.

Anybody want some pizza? #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev

It is important I get 8,294,400 pixels (4K) at 120 frames a second. Otherwise it just doesn’t feel real. It is ok if half of those pixels are just kinda guesses based on zettabytes of YouTube and pornhub my graphics card watched

LOL get wrecked, contract-breaking CEO. But let this be a lesson to all money weasels

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 6mo ago

BREAKING: A Delaware judge has ruled that Krafton must *reinstate* Ted Gill, the fired CEO of Subnautica 2 maker Unknown Worlds. In the ruling, the judge accuses Krafton's CEO of using ChatGPT to come up with a strategy to get out of paying Unknown Worlds a $250 million bonus. Story coming shortly

i know i feel pissed sometimes thinking about some the toxic personalities who had much more access to money and who were much more celebrated in the space at the time than people now who are doing an objectively much better job trying to keep stuff afloat to less adulation

This paragraph resonates with me so so much and speaks to everything I’ve learned (often the hard way) over the last 15 years. bsky.app/profile/ckun...

cmrn knzlmn@ckunzelman.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Meredith saying something I’ve spent a lot of the last couple years thinking about: