Bayan (Blue Tango Street)
@bmmashat.bsky.social
🎮 Game Producer (Prev @ Microsoft, Gallium Studios, UC Davis).
👾 Making games at www.bluetangostreet.com.
🎶 Ballroom/Latin/Swing dancing instructor.
👾 Making games at www.bluetangostreet.com.
🎶 Ballroom/Latin/Swing dancing instructor.
Pinned
Sips and Sonnets is officially OUT NOW!!!
🫖 Make Tea
📝 Write Poetry
🤍 Reminisce
🗣️ Full Voiceover
Our 2nd game humbly invites you to Meadows' Tearoom. 😊 Our heartfelt gratitude goes to everyone who made it possible. Make some tea before you play! 🍵
🫖 Make Tea
📝 Write Poetry
🤍 Reminisce
🗣️ Full Voiceover
Our 2nd game humbly invites you to Meadows' Tearoom. 😊 Our heartfelt gratitude goes to everyone who made it possible. Make some tea before you play! 🍵
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Random person who plays indie games, you are the most important cog in an indie game's success.
Most gamers don't know or care that indies exist.... unless a friend tells them.
Our games succeed because you tell other people you liked our game. Word of mouth is the best marketing there is.
Most gamers don't know or care that indies exist.... unless a friend tells them.
Our games succeed because you tell other people you liked our game. Word of mouth is the best marketing there is.
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Random person who plays indie games, you are the most important cog in an indie game's success.
Most gamers don't know or care that indies exist.... unless a friend tells them.
Our games succeed because you tell other people you liked our game. Word of mouth is the best marketing there is.
Most gamers don't know or care that indies exist.... unless a friend tells them.
Our games succeed because you tell other people you liked our game. Word of mouth is the best marketing there is.
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There are gaming events out there highlighting indie games in the United Kingdom, definitely gems out there to discover
Brilliant Indie Treasures Showcase
💎Free to showcase
💎50 hand-selected indie games
💎Ticket price less than a fancy coffee
Back again in Brighton, July 2026
Brilliant Indie Treasures Showcase
💎Free to showcase
💎50 hand-selected indie games
💎Ticket price less than a fancy coffee
Back again in Brighton, July 2026
November 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
There are gaming events out there highlighting indie games in the United Kingdom, definitely gems out there to discover
Brilliant Indie Treasures Showcase
💎Free to showcase
💎50 hand-selected indie games
💎Ticket price less than a fancy coffee
Back again in Brighton, July 2026
Brilliant Indie Treasures Showcase
💎Free to showcase
💎50 hand-selected indie games
💎Ticket price less than a fancy coffee
Back again in Brighton, July 2026
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Rabiya recommends heartfelt visual novel, Sips and Sonnets, by Blue Tango Street
Read the full review here: gameluster.com/sips-and-son...
Read the full review here: gameluster.com/sips-and-son...
October 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Rabiya recommends heartfelt visual novel, Sips and Sonnets, by Blue Tango Street
Read the full review here: gameluster.com/sips-and-son...
Read the full review here: gameluster.com/sips-and-son...
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SIPS AND SONNETS
In this visual novel, you run a tea shop in the British countryside and help customers with their problems through a mix of poetry and the obligatory hot beverages
[ PC / 2025 / Blue Tango Street ]
store.steampowered.com/app/3176190/...
In this visual novel, you run a tea shop in the British countryside and help customers with their problems through a mix of poetry and the obligatory hot beverages
[ PC / 2025 / Blue Tango Street ]
store.steampowered.com/app/3176190/...
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
SIPS AND SONNETS
In this visual novel, you run a tea shop in the British countryside and help customers with their problems through a mix of poetry and the obligatory hot beverages
[ PC / 2025 / Blue Tango Street ]
store.steampowered.com/app/3176190/...
In this visual novel, you run a tea shop in the British countryside and help customers with their problems through a mix of poetry and the obligatory hot beverages
[ PC / 2025 / Blue Tango Street ]
store.steampowered.com/app/3176190/...
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New FREE game assets! Our 2D Platformer Pack contains over 900 graphics including tiles, backgrounds, a player, enemies and collectibles all for free commercial use in your games and other projects ci.itch.io/2d-platforme... #GameDev #IndieDev
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
New FREE game assets! Our 2D Platformer Pack contains over 900 graphics including tiles, backgrounds, a player, enemies and collectibles all for free commercial use in your games and other projects ci.itch.io/2d-platforme... #GameDev #IndieDev
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📣 Last days to submit your game to the WOMEN'S DAY SALE!
We are at full power, with 600+ entries so far including lots of very exciting games!
If you haven't sent your game yet, submissions are still open! But don't forget to do it before this SUNDAY, NOV 9th!
👉 Apply at bit.ly/WDS2026Apply
We are at full power, with 600+ entries so far including lots of very exciting games!
If you haven't sent your game yet, submissions are still open! But don't forget to do it before this SUNDAY, NOV 9th!
👉 Apply at bit.ly/WDS2026Apply
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
📣 Last days to submit your game to the WOMEN'S DAY SALE!
We are at full power, with 600+ entries so far including lots of very exciting games!
If you haven't sent your game yet, submissions are still open! But don't forget to do it before this SUNDAY, NOV 9th!
👉 Apply at bit.ly/WDS2026Apply
We are at full power, with 600+ entries so far including lots of very exciting games!
If you haven't sent your game yet, submissions are still open! But don't forget to do it before this SUNDAY, NOV 9th!
👉 Apply at bit.ly/WDS2026Apply
Phew! We're safe for 1 more year instead.
Grand Theft Auto 6 has been delayed, for the second time, to 19 November 2026.
Take Two's CEO remarked that the delay would help provide time for "a "high level of polish," and "we feel quite good about this date.”
The delay comes amid the contentious firing of dozens of workers at Rockstar Games.
Take Two's CEO remarked that the delay would help provide time for "a "high level of polish," and "we feel quite good about this date.”
The delay comes amid the contentious firing of dozens of workers at Rockstar Games.
Grand Theft Auto 6 Delayed For Second Time To November 2026
GTA6 has been pushed once more to 19 November 2026, in order to allow "additional time to finish the game" with a "high level of polish."
thisweekinvideogames.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Phew! We're safe for 1 more year instead.
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UPDATE: Got many great pitches already, most from Latin America & Eastern Europe (which makes sense given my history & previous work lol)
I really want more stories from north of Africa, Middle-East & SEA. I'm reaching out to researchers & journos there, any suggestions & connections are welcome 🙏
I really want more stories from north of Africa, Middle-East & SEA. I'm reaching out to researchers & journos there, any suggestions & connections are welcome 🙏
So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
The Video Game History Expansion Pack – Pitch your story
Today I’m putting my money where my mouth is and launching a new project — a book focused on game history outside of the usual North American perspectives.
crpgbook.wordpress.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
UPDATE: Got many great pitches already, most from Latin America & Eastern Europe (which makes sense given my history & previous work lol)
I really want more stories from north of Africa, Middle-East & SEA. I'm reaching out to researchers & journos there, any suggestions & connections are welcome 🙏
I really want more stories from north of Africa, Middle-East & SEA. I'm reaching out to researchers & journos there, any suggestions & connections are welcome 🙏
I really don't understand why people are afraid to playtest their games 😅 Not only you'll get valuable feedback from players, but you'll also learn more about yourself, capabilities, and how long things would take to finish.
I’ve seen small and new devs scared to show unfinished games because they might “spoil them.” If your audience is just your friends, then that might be true. But don’t you want your player base to be somewhat larger than that?
Playtesting is the secret weapon to making a good game!
Playtesting is the secret weapon to making a good game!
Indie Dev Tip of the Day: playtesting isn't just about finding bugs. You don't know if your game is good until many people have ratified it. Until it consistently lands for large numbers of your testers - and don't forget to include new ones every time.
November 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I really don't understand why people are afraid to playtest their games 😅 Not only you'll get valuable feedback from players, but you'll also learn more about yourself, capabilities, and how long things would take to finish.
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Pour en savoir plus sur ces jeux que je ne saurais trop vous conseiller : voir @tinybookshopgame.com et @bmmashat.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Pour en savoir plus sur ces jeux que je ne saurais trop vous conseiller : voir @tinybookshopgame.com et @bmmashat.bsky.social
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❤️🔥 WOMEN'S DAY SALE ON STEAM! ❤️🔥
Join our exciting sale event featuring must-play games from women & gender marginalised-led teams!
The sale will be hosted on Steam on FEB 27th-March 8th, 2026
🗓️ Only 2 more weeks to apply, submission deadline is NOV 9!
💪 Help us spread the word!
Join our exciting sale event featuring must-play games from women & gender marginalised-led teams!
The sale will be hosted on Steam on FEB 27th-March 8th, 2026
🗓️ Only 2 more weeks to apply, submission deadline is NOV 9!
💪 Help us spread the word!
October 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
❤️🔥 WOMEN'S DAY SALE ON STEAM! ❤️🔥
Join our exciting sale event featuring must-play games from women & gender marginalised-led teams!
The sale will be hosted on Steam on FEB 27th-March 8th, 2026
🗓️ Only 2 more weeks to apply, submission deadline is NOV 9!
💪 Help us spread the word!
Join our exciting sale event featuring must-play games from women & gender marginalised-led teams!
The sale will be hosted on Steam on FEB 27th-March 8th, 2026
🗓️ Only 2 more weeks to apply, submission deadline is NOV 9!
💪 Help us spread the word!
The good thing about trying to understand "scenes" in Godot is that I never understood it in Unity to begin with.
October 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The good thing about trying to understand "scenes" in Godot is that I never understood it in Unity to begin with.
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my friend is running her own Steam festival and is searching for streamers & press to help cover the event! if you enjoyed Fall in Love Festival & Otome Games Celebration, you'll love hers as it's focused on choice-driven narrative games (esp visual novels)💖
sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Choose Wisely Press / Content Creator Form 2025
This is a form for streamers, content creators, and press interested in covering the 2025 edition of the Choose Wisely Festival.
The Choose Wisely Festival is a choice-based narrative games celebrati...
docs.google.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
my friend is running her own Steam festival and is searching for streamers & press to help cover the event! if you enjoyed Fall in Love Festival & Otome Games Celebration, you'll love hers as it's focused on choice-driven narrative games (esp visual novels)💖
sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Almost 200 pages of game dev resources including:
🧑🏫 pitch decks
📢 marketing
🎨 art assets
🖥️ programming tools
🗣️ conference talks
🔎 job searching/careers
💰funds and more! 👾
🧑🏫 pitch decks
📢 marketing
🎨 art assets
🖥️ programming tools
🗣️ conference talks
🔎 job searching/careers
💰funds and more! 👾
October 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Almost 200 pages of game dev resources including:
🧑🏫 pitch decks
📢 marketing
🎨 art assets
🖥️ programming tools
🗣️ conference talks
🔎 job searching/careers
💰funds and more! 👾
🧑🏫 pitch decks
📢 marketing
🎨 art assets
🖥️ programming tools
🗣️ conference talks
🔎 job searching/careers
💰funds and more! 👾
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Happy 2nd anniversary to the Steam Dev Cheat Sheet 🥂
LMK if any info is out of date! Good luck with your game 🎮
#indiegamedev
LMK if any info is out of date! Good luck with your game 🎮
#indiegamedev
October 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Happy 2nd anniversary to the Steam Dev Cheat Sheet 🥂
LMK if any info is out of date! Good luck with your game 🎮
#indiegamedev
LMK if any info is out of date! Good luck with your game 🎮
#indiegamedev
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I love it when new Magazines arrive and they feature our games ☺️
OFF & Katanaut in GAMEPLAY
I Hate This Place in @edgemagazine.bsky.social
Sips and Sonnets in @patchmagazine.bsky.social
☕️ coffee + reading these is the best part of my day!
OFF & Katanaut in GAMEPLAY
I Hate This Place in @edgemagazine.bsky.social
Sips and Sonnets in @patchmagazine.bsky.social
☕️ coffee + reading these is the best part of my day!
October 3, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I love it when new Magazines arrive and they feature our games ☺️
OFF & Katanaut in GAMEPLAY
I Hate This Place in @edgemagazine.bsky.social
Sips and Sonnets in @patchmagazine.bsky.social
☕️ coffee + reading these is the best part of my day!
OFF & Katanaut in GAMEPLAY
I Hate This Place in @edgemagazine.bsky.social
Sips and Sonnets in @patchmagazine.bsky.social
☕️ coffee + reading these is the best part of my day!
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Ein Gedicht zum Einstieg, und ein schönes gleich noch dazu.
Das erwartet dich in Sips and Sonnets 🍵
#Indiegame #SipsandSonnets #WholesomeGame
Das erwartet dich in Sips and Sonnets 🍵
#Indiegame #SipsandSonnets #WholesomeGame
October 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Ein Gedicht zum Einstieg, und ein schönes gleich noch dazu.
Das erwartet dich in Sips and Sonnets 🍵
#Indiegame #SipsandSonnets #WholesomeGame
Das erwartet dich in Sips and Sonnets 🍵
#Indiegame #SipsandSonnets #WholesomeGame
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I'm going to be mentoring for the FRAY World's game jam this friday! super excited!! you can register to participate here:
www.tickettailor.com/events/candy... #FRAYJam
www.tickettailor.com/events/candy... #FRAYJam
October 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I'm going to be mentoring for the FRAY World's game jam this friday! super excited!! you can register to participate here:
www.tickettailor.com/events/candy... #FRAYJam
www.tickettailor.com/events/candy... #FRAYJam
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Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...
October 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...
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I am one of the editors for the upcoming Transaction on Games special issue :) The special issue is about "Multi-Modal Content Generation for Games." One topic that excites me the most is the orchestration between different facets of content generation.
(1/5)
#PCG #AI #ML #GenAI #AIandGames
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#PCG #AI #ML #GenAI #AIandGames
October 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I am one of the editors for the upcoming Transaction on Games special issue :) The special issue is about "Multi-Modal Content Generation for Games." One topic that excites me the most is the orchestration between different facets of content generation.
(1/5)
#PCG #AI #ML #GenAI #AIandGames
(1/5)
#PCG #AI #ML #GenAI #AIandGames
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✨ Only 3 days left! Submit your game✨
Our WINGS Award is back at the #IGF26
Celebrating outstanding games where women & other gender-marginalised developers hold key creative roles.
🎉 The winner will receive the award + a €2000 prize
🗓️ Submit your game by Oct 8!
👉 Apply at igf.com/article/subm...
Our WINGS Award is back at the #IGF26
Celebrating outstanding games where women & other gender-marginalised developers hold key creative roles.
🎉 The winner will receive the award + a €2000 prize
🗓️ Submit your game by Oct 8!
👉 Apply at igf.com/article/subm...
October 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
✨ Only 3 days left! Submit your game✨
Our WINGS Award is back at the #IGF26
Celebrating outstanding games where women & other gender-marginalised developers hold key creative roles.
🎉 The winner will receive the award + a €2000 prize
🗓️ Submit your game by Oct 8!
👉 Apply at igf.com/article/subm...
Our WINGS Award is back at the #IGF26
Celebrating outstanding games where women & other gender-marginalised developers hold key creative roles.
🎉 The winner will receive the award + a €2000 prize
🗓️ Submit your game by Oct 8!
👉 Apply at igf.com/article/subm...
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A late night reminder that if you are a first time #indiegamedev with a game you are trying to get feedback on, signups are open for my Debut Devs showcase. forms.gle/LrGjbPhueze4...
Debut Devs Showcase Sign up
A little project I would like to try for Game-Wisdom is providing more ways of showing off games from first time developers and students. The Debut Devs Showcase is a once a month, 2-hour stream, show...
forms.gle
October 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
A late night reminder that if you are a first time #indiegamedev with a game you are trying to get feedback on, signups are open for my Debut Devs showcase. forms.gle/LrGjbPhueze4...
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Calling all mental health champions! 📢 Ambassador applications are OPEN!
APPLY NOW to become an official Safe In Our World ambassador, and join our mission to end mental health stigma in the games industry and global games community.
safeinourworld.org/news/ambassa...
APPLY NOW to become an official Safe In Our World ambassador, and join our mission to end mental health stigma in the games industry and global games community.
safeinourworld.org/news/ambassa...
October 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Calling all mental health champions! 📢 Ambassador applications are OPEN!
APPLY NOW to become an official Safe In Our World ambassador, and join our mission to end mental health stigma in the games industry and global games community.
safeinourworld.org/news/ambassa...
APPLY NOW to become an official Safe In Our World ambassador, and join our mission to end mental health stigma in the games industry and global games community.
safeinourworld.org/news/ambassa...
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CALLING ALL WOMEN & GENDER MARGINALIZED!
We are happy to announce the Women’s Day Sale is returning in 2026—on Feb 27–Mar 8, 2026🔥
Celebrating the amazing women and gender marginalised in games 😎 🎮
Spread the word! 💜 SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
👉 Submit your game: bit.ly/WDS2026Apply
🗓️ Apply by Nov 9th!
We are happy to announce the Women’s Day Sale is returning in 2026—on Feb 27–Mar 8, 2026🔥
Celebrating the amazing women and gender marginalised in games 😎 🎮
Spread the word! 💜 SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
👉 Submit your game: bit.ly/WDS2026Apply
🗓️ Apply by Nov 9th!
October 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
CALLING ALL WOMEN & GENDER MARGINALIZED!
We are happy to announce the Women’s Day Sale is returning in 2026—on Feb 27–Mar 8, 2026🔥
Celebrating the amazing women and gender marginalised in games 😎 🎮
Spread the word! 💜 SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
👉 Submit your game: bit.ly/WDS2026Apply
🗓️ Apply by Nov 9th!
We are happy to announce the Women’s Day Sale is returning in 2026—on Feb 27–Mar 8, 2026🔥
Celebrating the amazing women and gender marginalised in games 😎 🎮
Spread the word! 💜 SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
👉 Submit your game: bit.ly/WDS2026Apply
🗓️ Apply by Nov 9th!