Vaida
@vaida.me
Designing things & making things 🌕 a bit of UI/UX @ Strange Scaffold 🌔 Edinburgh 🌓 https://vaida.me
partner wanted to ask whether i was still playing through Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, and ended up saying "are you still playing... Embers of... Forever Heaven... 5?" so now I think i need to immediately start working on Embers of Forever Heaven 5
i've been having an ep of Goodbye, Lara as a treat during some lunch breaks and it's like a really warm hug. love when anime does that. i wish we were in the days of more episodes per season, we're already halfway through...
Go buy / play / review it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3206340/... Thank you all for your support!
Save 15% on Plum Road Tea Dream on Steam
An autobiographical adventure about pain, identity, and the rituals we create to heal. As you assist the mysterious S. in coming to terms with different types of grief, 𝘗𝘭𝘶𝘮 𝘙𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘢 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 invites you...
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read neatnik.net/hardcore-ind... and decided to properly look into alternatives to GitHub Pages for my website. Neocities was looking good until i realised you can't disable the whole views/follows social features. pico.sh looks good. Codeberg pages are having issues rn, maybe just bad timing...
Hardcore IndieWeb: Run your own website 100% independently for only $0.01/day
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If you're based in Scotland (or in the UK), please consider signing this!! petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
Petition: Moratorium on planning applications for all hyperscale data centres until their environmental impacts have been fully assessed
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to introduce a moratorium to prohibit planning permission from being granted for any hyperscale data centres, until it has carried ou...
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wrote up a wee post about the indie & student games i played at a local showcase! vaida.me/blog/2026-07...
Hey- if you have some free time, how about giving Burn-9 a try? No spoilers but - I'm currently designing a few missions and oh my. oh no. don't tell me THAT will happen?! Our writer is so cruel. Believe me 🦤 store.steampowered.com/app/4377480/...
Burn-9 on Steam
A spy thriller where you’re not the spy. Safe behind your screen, guide the last survivor of an elite black-ops team in a desperate attempt to salvage a mission gone horribly wrong. Caught between mil...
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played the demo for Virtue is a Sledgehammer yesterday. so incredibly good and rich in interpretation. can't wait for the full release!
Our MDes Graduation Showcase will be on the 6th of August 17:00 to 19:30 at CodeBase, Edinburgh. We'll have student games, plus games from local developers! Alt controllers! Physical Puzzle Games! Nibbles if I get those sorted in time! Free tickets and deets here: buytickets.at/mdesingames/...
Ancient Robot Workshop is hosting an online async jam to coincide with One-Page RPG Jam! (www.onepagerpgjam.com) There's a wee kick-off tomorrow at 7pm on the Discord (find it thru the footer on ancientrobotworkshop.co.uk) I won't be at the kick-off but I *am* excited about what I'm making...
The Mermaid Mask is out now on Steam, PS5, Switch 1 and Switch 2 - and it's been getting some really excellent reviews...
this is such a good sub-10 minutes walkthrough that shows exactly what the game is and isn't, and what's exciting about where it's going. the UI work is really clean too, good reference...
Bithell Games@bithellgames.bsky.social · 4w agoWatch the dev gameplay walkthrough 🩸 www.youtube.com/watch?v=li_N...
it's tough having to wait less 😔 but i understand the dev's hard choice and trust they really thought this through
Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! DEMO OUT@molleindustria.org · 4w agoWe owe you an apology
had the pleasure of playtesting this, it is a wonderful handcrafted personal experience 💙 releasing in just a couple weeks!
Pepijn Willekens 🌸 Plum Road Tea Dream releasing now!@pepijnwillekens.bsky.social · last mo.🌅 🌅 🌅 Release Date Announcement 🌅 🌅 🌅 After 4 years Plum Road Tea Dream will be releasing on Steam on the 27th of July! Here’s our brand new trailer for a little sneak peak ✨ Wishlist the game on Steam, play the Demo and know that the release is around the corner! Excitinggggggg 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
Oh no! Only two days left to get the "Final Videogame" at 25% less than its usual price? I've heard, if you buy a copy you hasten the demise of videogames, and if that isn't a reason to give me some money (I'm broke) I don't know what else could convince you: store.steampowered.com/app/1929860/...
Heads up, the Lexaloffle terms of use will change later this week to disallow genAI content. The proposed update aims to protect the current BBS culture without excluding usability. Any comments welcome (here or hey at lexaloffle dot com). Draft: pastebin.com/raw/v8cvrdgv #pico8 #picotron
Curious typo Anthology of the Killer wasn’t on all GOTY lists🏆 Turns out games dont need 'gameplay loops' and 'juice' they can just be thoughtful, singular and filled with a palpable excitement to exist store.steampowered.com/app/3212530/Anthology_Of_The_Killer
a weird thing that comes from being involved in games for a long time but only recently professionally and never full-time is not fitting a clear profile. does it make sense to find a mentor even if not FT? but i could also be a mentor? i could teach but i could also get a degree...
OK, there it is. The Prisoners on Dozmary Craig, full edited .pdf, 191 p
🚀Citizen Sleeper 1 and 2 are OUT NOW on Nintendo Switch 2! Play the critically acclaimed series in its smoothest, most beautiful, handheld form: CS 1: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... CS 2: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... Enjoy higher resolution and framerates, with a free upgrade for owners ⭐
this is so cool-looking... i need to share in case someone sees this and it gives them an idea!! mrmotarius.itch.io/paint-tiles
Paint Tiles by Mrmo Tarius
Experimental hand-painted tileset
mrmotarius.itch.io
I would be remiss if I didn't mention that this game is a union project with all its AI protections~ The team is strongly against generative AI in all its forms, and the effort and care to make it happen makes this game a head-and-shoulders-above-the-rest kind of game.
Adam Vian@sfbdim.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Mermaid Mask - our new mystery detective adventure game (and the follow-up to 2019's Tangle Tower) launches July 16 for PC, PS5, Switch and Switch 2
Okay, so this is massive and we're terrified. Partnering with @play.breakthrought1d.org in the fight against diabetes, the ENTIRE inkle catalogue is on Humble Bundle right now for $20 -- including TR-49, all four novels, both Overboard! games, 80 Days, all four parts of Sorcery! ... everything.
The Complete Inkle Library
Adventure awaits in these beloved classics and new favorite games from Inkle! Get them at the price of your choice and support Breakthrough T1D!
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@glasgowindiegamesfest.org heyo! will it be possible to un-book signups for talks? i'm not sure if I'll be coming Saturday or Sunday, and wouldn't want to hog tickets for the day i'm not coming!
