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🦋Alex Swan
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Game dev, father, tinkerer
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Top13 WebXR category entries in #js13k 2025:

1. AL13YCAT by Alex Swan
2. Kittens Crossing by Samuel van Egmond
3. Inside Cat by Randy Tayler
4. COD: Black CAT by Sorskoot
5. 9 Lives: An Escape Room by Kev Etchells
6. Catway XR by JackDesBwa
7. Wake the Cat by Andrew Higson-Smith
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October 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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When @aceottorney.bsky.social first told me about this I said "this could change people's lives and stop developers from getting exploited" and having seen the final resource, I think I was not wrong. I'd call it a must-bookmark for indie devs.
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 7:46 AM
Excited to be top ranked in #js13k 2025 in the WebXR category
The theme was Black Cat and my entry was a word puzzle set in a cat rave. Try them all out at js13kgames.com/2025/games
#gamedev #gamedevjs #gamejam #compo #competition #indiedev #indiegames #JavaScript #HTML5
October 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Here are the WINNERS of the #JS13K 2025 competition, congratulations! 🎉

1. CLAWSTRIKE
2. Cat Survivors
3. Witchcat

Blog post: js13kgames.com/2025/blog/wi...

Full results: js13kgames.com#winners

#gamedev #gamedevjs #gamejam #indiedev #indiegames #JavaScript #HTML5
October 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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It's been a while.

Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs.

store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...
Australia Did It - Reveal Trailer
YouTube video by MysticForge
www.youtube.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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🪂 COMING SOON, from Panic / Shaun Inman: Ratcheteer DX!

Explore the depths and brave a frozen Snowcean in this lo-fi action-adventure. A Playdate classic, reimagined and updated, now in 🌈 full color.

Wishlist today on Steam! ⬇️ (Also coming to Nintendo Switch!)

🔧 ratcheteer.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Do you like creating @play.date games with a retro-styled mechanics or visuals? We're planning a feature in the magazine and would love to hear from you.
August 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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From the creators of The Room VR comes GHOST TOWN, a VR puzzle adventure game with just the right amount of atmospheric spookiness to immerse you in 1980s London. Get 10% off for a limited time!
👻(www.bit.ly/GhostTown_SteamVR)

#vr #vrgaming #steam #steamvr #ghosttown
July 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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The sun’s not for everyone—Goth Drops are here through Friday, July 25th! 🖤

Connect your Twitch and Super Animal accounts below, then watch any Drops-enabled Super Animal Royale stream to earn them: drops.animalroyale.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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✨PC DATE ANNOUNCE✨
We’re pleased to announce Ghost Town comes to #SteamVR on July 15 (yes, NEXT WEEK!) So if you like paranormal puzzles, restless spirits and ancient magic then wishlist now so you don’t miss it!
👉www.bit.ly/GhostTown_SteamVR

#vr #vrgaming #steam #ghosttown #wishlist
July 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
@aeiowu.com Howdy! I remember reading a while ago about how you made the circles in Hundreds look so pretty. Is that blog/article still around, do you know?
May 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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At Heroku, we basically destroyed a generation of folks personal projects when we deprecated various free plans. (My own software died too.) Now Glitch is making the hard decision to do the same: blog.glitch.com/post/changes...

The lesson is simple: don't build in the cloud if you want it to last.
Important changes are coming to Glitch
We’ve got an important update for the Glitch community today: We’ll be ending web hosting for your apps on Glitch.
blog.glitch.com
May 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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There's a Playdate OS/SDK update out today, 2.7.2. (Get it in Settings > System > System Update).

While it doesn't have a lot of features for players, it sets the stage for a big new part of Playdate: networking. That means developers can start writing things like—that's right—multiplayer games.
May 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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This one walks you through some dead-simple stuff you can do to make Windows work better for you, including removing the stupid fucking Bing results from the Start Menu search.
Unfucking Windows - How to Make Your OS Work for You Again
You might think Windows is a lost cause, but there are a handful of things you can do to make it better for you than it is for Microsoft. Here’s where to start.
next.content.town
February 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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It's been a while since I've done this, and the world is bleak - so we can all use a little art & creativity.

What is everyone creating nowadays? Games, art, music, video, writing, anything - whether it is early, almost done, or just shipped. Feel free to include trailers, images, links - whatever.
March 24, 2025 at 6:13 AM
itch.io/jam/playjam-...
I challenged myself to make a Playdate game in one day for PlayJam 7. While it's not the most polished game I've made, it does have challenge, and win and lose states.
Rate Beast (SDK) by BoldBigflank for PlayJam 7
itch.io
March 13, 2025 at 3:06 AM
itch.io/jam/games-fo...

I made an audio-focused escape room game as an entry in the Games for Blind Gamers Jam 4. I learned a ton and had a lot of fun with this community. Give it a shot!
Dr. Swan's Laboratory by BoldBigflank for Games for Blind Gamers 4
Play in your browser
itch.io
March 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
What a beautiful, intriguing game. I am excited to play the full thing soon! Blue Prince
store.steampowered.com/app/1569580/...
Blue Prince on Steam
Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictabl...
store.steampowered.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Ooh this is the first time doing one of these on Bluesky... #PlayJam 7 is coming soon! PlayJam is a weekend long beginner-friendly game jam for making @play.date games! Check out the jam page here: itch.io/jam/playjam-7

#playdate #playdatedev #gamejam #indiedev
PlayJam 7
A game jam from 2025-03-07 to 2025-03-24 hosted by PossiblyAxolotl. Welcome to PlayJam! PlayJam is a Playdate game jam where you get one weekend to make a game for the Playdate . A small, yellow, hand...
itch.io
February 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
If you are ever in St. George Utah, go do an escape room at Escapism. Both of the ones I did with my family had beautiful set design and satisfying puzzles. This is their latest creation, which just opened.
escapism-escaperoom.com/west/
Wild West Quest Escape Room - Escapism Room Escape Games
Embark on a thrilling Wild West treasure hunt in Lackwater. Solve puzzles and outwit rivals to uncover a secret society's legendary stash. Coming soon!
escapism-escaperoom.com
February 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Instead of on Twitter - let's try this here & see if it works by now.

If you're developing a game, or released one: reply with the title, description, screenshots, and/or a link. Doesn't matter what stage of development you're in. Then repost this, and let's see what cool stuff we're all making.
July 25, 2024 at 12:12 AM