"When's the best time to make an indie game?" "Ten years ago" etc etc

Mike Bithell@mikebithell.bsky.social · yesterday

It’s very weird settling into a universe where the modally aged indie played my stuff as a kid. Gives me a very unearned status with some people, based entirely on my having arrived slightly earlier.

Now deep into the spreadsheet editing part of the game dev process.. Not for production planning of course... Just sheets and sheets of names and interactions of arcane objects and locations.. I'm keen to share what I'm up to, but its really not exciting to show people spreadsheets.

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Anyone else putting away their washing and looking wistfully at their jumpers...

@deswalsh.bsky.social Hi Desmond, What's the best way to get in touch with you? A mutual recommended talking to you about possible 3d prop design work.

Layoffs hit Double Fine today, and I'm sorry to report that I was one of the ones hit. If you need a game designer with tech chops and 2+ decades of experience, here I am.

Dwarf name generators that just pick 2 random (first and last) names from a list are now AI dwarf name generators apparently (despite being exactly the same as 10 years ago)... Won't be long before the time on your task bar is AI-time or the yellow highlight color in your word docs is AI-yellow.

@rockleesmiletv.bsky.social again www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...

Glitched into empty space: why video games are obsessed with the Backrooms

The horror movie sensation of 2026 has its roots in gaming’s discovery of ‘noclip’ – and the hidden virtual realms that could be opened up inside games. Developers explain how everyone got lost in the...

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Blue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12

One thing I never did was a post-mortem of Sir. Perhaps this is as good a time and place as any to talk about some of that. It started in 2010 when Channel 4 had some money to spend on making educational games. For some reason they asked me. ->thread

Jim Rossignol@rossignol.bsky.social · 2w ago

In surprising computer game news: Sir, You Are Being Hunted finally made it to console, just fourteen years after release on PC. It's out now on Switch, PS5, and Xbox. (And Steam and GoG, of course.)

You can kill a French vampire with a baguette. It's a painstaking process but it works.

@rockleesmiletv.bsky.social FYI dark-knife15.itch.io/your-happy-p...

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Liminal Space/Backrooms Experience

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Damn AI really does show up how bad many peoples visual literacy has become...

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2w ago

My favorite part is when you see the rowers in the back

Fans of our games may be interested to know that our long-term collaborator Richard Hogg has a new website up at www.h099.com He's done deep-dives into the art direction process for Flock & I Am Dead, as well as tons of assorted visual treats from his past work which should delight true Hoggheads

Richard Hogg

Richard Hogg is a game designer and visual artist.

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Unfortunately this is now out of date, and the "Opt Out" option was recently silently changed to "Be stabbed less often"

Friz @ EdFringe@frizfrizzle.bsky.social · 3w ago

Meta are sending Fucko the Knife Robot to stab you in the knee. To disable go to Accounts> Settings> Robots> Knife Robots> Fucko> Opt Out

Brigador Killers Early Access coming August 20th 2026 #indiedev www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqtF...

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Desktop Explorer launches tomorrow! We’re still in a bit of disbelief that in only one day we will be able to say we have a published game!

Lost and Found were so good to work with, I was genuinely impressed at what they managed to make out of my scrappy assets and vague direction.

Nick Calandra@nickjcal.bsky.social · 4w ago

Need some free marketing for your indie game? Read on! Currently in the process of preparing our Work for Hire arm, Lost and Found, to level-up a bit and be not only a production house, but a very affordable direct marketing solution for indie games.

New P.G Wodehouse novel just dropped

Daniel Benneworth-Gray@danielgray.com · 4w ago

this is the new backrooms

in honor of Sam Neill, here is one of my favorite movies he ever made

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

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Man creates art, algorithm curates art, man creates art for algorithm.

Increasingly frustrated by the movement of game design towards satisfying tags and tag expectations.. It feels that more and more you need to decide on the tag you want to appeal to and fulfil, before you even begin to design a game..

Timeline cleanse: You're watching Mei & Kira, two sea otters (Enhydra lutris) at the Toba Aquarium in Japan, help clean the pool area after playtime. The reward is an ice treat. Enrichment activities like this promote mental wellness. Let's talk about the SUCCESS of sea otter conservation.

Just finished playing MiniShoot Adventures. what a lovely little game, for an old shmup fan who also likes a bit of zelda it was a perfect little thing. Nothing ground-breaking, but just really well done and rewarding with loads of cute little touches.

Proud to announce the next game Vampirium: 1997 Dracula is king of the United British Empire. Kill his enemies and find your own path through a minimalist immersive sim sandbox. Wishlists and retweets massively appreciated (and, you know, massively helpful) store.steampowered.com/app/4035190/...

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1997. Dracula is King of England. At his command, master your dark gifts to assassinate his enemies and secure his vampiric empire. Infiltrate locked-down locations, adapt and survive in living enviro...

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Le Guin on the idea that there is a secret to getting good at writing.

Its Steam Summer sale and Highrook is at 40% off. So maybe its time to delve into the mystery of the Ackeron mansion! Inverse "...feels wholly unique in how it spills its cryptic secrets revealing a tale of horror card by card." store.steampowered.com/app/2836860/...

Save 40% on The Horror at Highrook on Steam

The Horror at Highrook is an occult card crafting narrative RPG. Explore a haunted mansion with your team of investigators, summon dark entities, craft powerful protections, uncover the fate of the mi...

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