Boston Indies
@bostonindies.bsky.social
💀🪄 Boston's home for independent games since 2009! 🎮
Apart of @BostonGameDev.bsky.social ♟️🎱
https://linktr.ee/bosindies
Apart of @BostonGameDev.bsky.social ♟️🎱
https://linktr.ee/bosindies
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Our CEO Ryan, will be hosting a roundtable at Game Developers Conference this year, focused on balancing work for hire with building original titles as a studio.
Link to the session: https://f.mtr.cool/hijvnjccpq
Link to the session: https://f.mtr.cool/hijvnjccpq
February 18, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Our CEO Ryan, will be hosting a roundtable at Game Developers Conference this year, focused on balancing work for hire with building original titles as a studio.
Link to the session: https://f.mtr.cool/hijvnjccpq
Link to the session: https://f.mtr.cool/hijvnjccpq
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Boston Game Dev is excited to be partnering with PAX East to bring some Massachusetts indie games to the PAX show floor!!
We're looking for FOUR great teams to join us in our booth and represent the local scene; more info on the form below
Apply here by midnight on 2/14 ➡️ forms.gle/qJNjrD1MKX3u...
We're looking for FOUR great teams to join us in our booth and represent the local scene; more info on the form below
Apply here by midnight on 2/14 ➡️ forms.gle/qJNjrD1MKX3u...
February 11, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Boston Game Dev is excited to be partnering with PAX East to bring some Massachusetts indie games to the PAX show floor!!
We're looking for FOUR great teams to join us in our booth and represent the local scene; more info on the form below
Apply here by midnight on 2/14 ➡️ forms.gle/qJNjrD1MKX3u...
We're looking for FOUR great teams to join us in our booth and represent the local scene; more info on the form below
Apply here by midnight on 2/14 ➡️ forms.gle/qJNjrD1MKX3u...
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AND WE'RE LIVE. Phew, what a sprint. 😮💨
Messy Hearts Volume 1, our #indiegame #visualnovel, is now live, and can be played for free:
- Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3892820/...
- Itch: black-heart-games-studio.itch.io/messy-hearts
Send wishlists, likes, and follows if you'd like to see more! 🖤
Messy Hearts Volume 1, our #indiegame #visualnovel, is now live, and can be played for free:
- Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3892820/...
- Itch: black-heart-games-studio.itch.io/messy-hearts
Send wishlists, likes, and follows if you'd like to see more! 🖤
Messy Hearts on Steam
Messy Hearts is a pixel-art visual novel about a complicated coworker friendship. Through journal-style narration, Florence unpacks romance, trauma, and some messy boundaries in a deeply personal stor...
store.steampowered.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:57 PM
AND WE'RE LIVE. Phew, what a sprint. 😮💨
Messy Hearts Volume 1, our #indiegame #visualnovel, is now live, and can be played for free:
- Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3892820/...
- Itch: black-heart-games-studio.itch.io/messy-hearts
Send wishlists, likes, and follows if you'd like to see more! 🖤
Messy Hearts Volume 1, our #indiegame #visualnovel, is now live, and can be played for free:
- Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3892820/...
- Itch: black-heart-games-studio.itch.io/messy-hearts
Send wishlists, likes, and follows if you'd like to see more! 🖤
⚡Lightning Talks are TONIGHT!⚡ at the Cambridge Public Library outside Harvard. Great slate of speakers (listed on the Meetup post), come learn somethin' and hang out!
Lightning Talks has been rescheduled!
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
Boston Indies: Lightning Talks!, Tue, Feb 10, 2026, 5:30 PM | Meetup
C'mon out for LIGHTNING TALKS, a series of \~10 minute talks on a variety of game development related topics given by you, the Boston Indies community! Come share a cool so
www.meetup.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:04 PM
⚡Lightning Talks are TONIGHT!⚡ at the Cambridge Public Library outside Harvard. Great slate of speakers (listed on the Meetup post), come learn somethin' and hang out!
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A week late here but THANK YOU to everyone who came out to our Global Game Jam site last-last week!
We had a fun mix of pros, amateurs, and new folks, and ended up with a set of mostly-playable games, so that's a win in our book :)
And another huge thank you to @unity.com for making it possible!!
We had a fun mix of pros, amateurs, and new folks, and ended up with a set of mostly-playable games, so that's a win in our book :)
And another huge thank you to @unity.com for making it possible!!
February 10, 2026 at 2:17 AM
A week late here but THANK YOU to everyone who came out to our Global Game Jam site last-last week!
We had a fun mix of pros, amateurs, and new folks, and ended up with a set of mostly-playable games, so that's a win in our book :)
And another huge thank you to @unity.com for making it possible!!
We had a fun mix of pros, amateurs, and new folks, and ended up with a set of mostly-playable games, so that's a win in our book :)
And another huge thank you to @unity.com for making it possible!!
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The demo for Tamzin Twins is now LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3082430/...
#gamedev #indiedev #demo #TamzinTwins
store.steampowered.com/app/3082430/...
#gamedev #indiedev #demo #TamzinTwins
February 9, 2026 at 9:27 PM
The demo for Tamzin Twins is now LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3082430/...
#gamedev #indiedev #demo #TamzinTwins
store.steampowered.com/app/3082430/...
#gamedev #indiedev #demo #TamzinTwins
💀🪄 LAST CHANCE TO APPLY! We're looking for speakers to participate in a Lighting Talk ⚡ at PAX East 2026 for Boston GameDev Week!
If selected you'll receive a FREE 4 day Speaker Badge!
‼️ If interested, please read & fill out the form below:
forms.gle/TfxCw7hxcYQc...
If selected you'll receive a FREE 4 day Speaker Badge!
‼️ If interested, please read & fill out the form below:
forms.gle/TfxCw7hxcYQc...
Boston Game Dev Lightning Talks @ PAX EAST
For Boston Game Dev Week, on Thursday, March 26th at 3:30pm - 4:30pm Boston Game Dev will be hosting Lightning Talks at PAX EAST! (If selected, you receive a FREE 4 Day Speaker Badge.)
If you have a ...
forms.gle
February 3, 2026 at 1:32 PM
💀🪄 LAST CHANCE TO APPLY! We're looking for speakers to participate in a Lighting Talk ⚡ at PAX East 2026 for Boston GameDev Week!
If selected you'll receive a FREE 4 day Speaker Badge!
‼️ If interested, please read & fill out the form below:
forms.gle/TfxCw7hxcYQc...
If selected you'll receive a FREE 4 day Speaker Badge!
‼️ If interested, please read & fill out the form below:
forms.gle/TfxCw7hxcYQc...
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BGD will be at #GDC2026, and we'll be joined by a bunch of speakers from the local games community! Here's a handy thread of the speakers from MA so you can be sure to go check out their talks 🧵
Also reminder to use coupon code BGD10 for 10% off a pass -> gdc.informafestivals.com/2026/registr...
Also reminder to use coupon code BGD10 for 10% off a pass -> gdc.informafestivals.com/2026/registr...
GDC FESTIVAL OF GAMING 2026
gdc.informafestivals.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:44 PM
BGD will be at #GDC2026, and we'll be joined by a bunch of speakers from the local games community! Here's a handy thread of the speakers from MA so you can be sure to go check out their talks 🧵
Also reminder to use coupon code BGD10 for 10% off a pass -> gdc.informafestivals.com/2026/registr...
Also reminder to use coupon code BGD10 for 10% off a pass -> gdc.informafestivals.com/2026/registr...
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Coming to PAX East from out of town? Please hit me up so I can pester you with offers of networking, coffee/drinks, and give you a platform to speak.
January 30, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Coming to PAX East from out of town? Please hit me up so I can pester you with offers of networking, coffee/drinks, and give you a platform to speak.
Lightning Talks has been rescheduled!
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
Boston Indies: Lightning Talks!, Tue, Feb 10, 2026, 5:30 PM | Meetup
C'mon out for LIGHTNING TALKS, a series of \~10 minute talks on a variety of game development related topics given by you, the Boston Indies community! Come share a cool so
www.meetup.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Lightning Talks has been rescheduled!
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
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Factory Town 2 Newsletter time!! November, December, and January all rolled into one, for your convenience. steamcommunity.com/games/331213...
Steam :: Factory Town 2: Paradise :: Factory Town 2 Newsletter - January 2026
Hello! It's been a few months without a newsletter - sorry about that! Development is still full speed ahead, it's just that most of the things I have been working on haven't been the headline-grabbin...
steamcommunity.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Factory Town 2 Newsletter time!! November, December, and January all rolled into one, for your convenience. steamcommunity.com/games/331213...
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Update to the idle game:
Redid the UI, added resident menu, residential upkeep, quests, tooltips, sound effects, juice, and most importantly...
A dog. Yes, you will be able to pet the dog.
#IdleGame #gamedev #unity3d #sologamedev #indiegamedev
Redid the UI, added resident menu, residential upkeep, quests, tooltips, sound effects, juice, and most importantly...
A dog. Yes, you will be able to pet the dog.
#IdleGame #gamedev #unity3d #sologamedev #indiegamedev
January 30, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Update to the idle game:
Redid the UI, added resident menu, residential upkeep, quests, tooltips, sound effects, juice, and most importantly...
A dog. Yes, you will be able to pet the dog.
#IdleGame #gamedev #unity3d #sologamedev #indiegamedev
Redid the UI, added resident menu, residential upkeep, quests, tooltips, sound effects, juice, and most importantly...
A dog. Yes, you will be able to pet the dog.
#IdleGame #gamedev #unity3d #sologamedev #indiegamedev
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No Rizz? No Chance! 💢
Mess up a Rizz? You might cause a Monster Girl's heart to shrivel up, sending her into an ENRAGED state... AKA, she will never, ever, EVER love you. Oops!
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #godot
👇 Wishlist TODAY! 👇
store.steampowered.com/app/4029090?...
Mess up a Rizz? You might cause a Monster Girl's heart to shrivel up, sending her into an ENRAGED state... AKA, she will never, ever, EVER love you. Oops!
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #godot
👇 Wishlist TODAY! 👇
store.steampowered.com/app/4029090?...
January 24, 2026 at 5:01 PM
No Rizz? No Chance! 💢
Mess up a Rizz? You might cause a Monster Girl's heart to shrivel up, sending her into an ENRAGED state... AKA, she will never, ever, EVER love you. Oops!
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #godot
👇 Wishlist TODAY! 👇
store.steampowered.com/app/4029090?...
Mess up a Rizz? You might cause a Monster Girl's heart to shrivel up, sending her into an ENRAGED state... AKA, she will never, ever, EVER love you. Oops!
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #godot
👇 Wishlist TODAY! 👇
store.steampowered.com/app/4029090?...
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Next month, BPM will be hosting a discussion and Q&A with Anna Megill, a multi-award winning AAA game writer who has worked on games such as Fable and CONTROL, to discuss her career, writing for games, and working within the AAA space. #gamedev #writing
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
[BPM] AAA Q&A: Discussing Game Writing with Anna Megill, Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup
The BPM crew sit down with Anna Megill, a multi-award winning AAA game writer, to discuss her career, writing for games, and working within the AAA space. We will also have
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January 15, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Next month, BPM will be hosting a discussion and Q&A with Anna Megill, a multi-award winning AAA game writer who has worked on games such as Fable and CONTROL, to discuss her career, writing for games, and working within the AAA space. #gamedev #writing
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
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shout out to the programmers for making it interactive and not just a cutscene!! 🥰 #indiegames #gamedev #indiegamedev #videogames #cozygames
January 13, 2026 at 7:02 PM
shout out to the programmers for making it interactive and not just a cutscene!! 🥰 #indiegames #gamedev #indiegamedev #videogames #cozygames
January 14, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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Thank you @kotaku.com for highlighting Murder Is Game Over: Murder Otaku as part of Steam's Detective Fest sale going on this week!
kotaku.com/steam-detect...
kotaku.com/steam-detect...
10 Mysterious Games To Check Out In Steam's Detective Fest
Some coming soon, some out now, here are some investigative games you've yet to discover
kotaku.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Thank you @kotaku.com for highlighting Murder Is Game Over: Murder Otaku as part of Steam's Detective Fest sale going on this week!
kotaku.com/steam-detect...
kotaku.com/steam-detect...
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Approaching the data tower's core. ⚙️
From: Robot Rhapsody (PC/Steam). 💥
🎮Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3758170/...
❇️Campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/rap...
#indiegamedev #ドット絵
#pixelart #indiedev #gamedev
#ピクセルアート #RPGMakerMZ
From: Robot Rhapsody (PC/Steam). 💥
🎮Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3758170/...
❇️Campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/rap...
#indiegamedev #ドット絵
#pixelart #indiedev #gamedev
#ピクセルアート #RPGMakerMZ
January 14, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Approaching the data tower's core. ⚙️
From: Robot Rhapsody (PC/Steam). 💥
🎮Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3758170/...
❇️Campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/rap...
#indiegamedev #ドット絵
#pixelart #indiedev #gamedev
#ピクセルアート #RPGMakerMZ
From: Robot Rhapsody (PC/Steam). 💥
🎮Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3758170/...
❇️Campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/rap...
#indiegamedev #ドット絵
#pixelart #indiedev #gamedev
#ピクセルアート #RPGMakerMZ
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The Game Developers Conferencee is comin' up! Boston Game Dev will be there, hop on the Slack (slack.bostongamedev.org) and drop by the #gdc channel if you want some pals in SF!
You can use coupon code BGD10 for 10% off your pass here! -> gdc.informafestivals.com/2026/registr...
You can use coupon code BGD10 for 10% off your pass here! -> gdc.informafestivals.com/2026/registr...
January 14, 2026 at 1:42 PM
The Game Developers Conferencee is comin' up! Boston Game Dev will be there, hop on the Slack (slack.bostongamedev.org) and drop by the #gdc channel if you want some pals in SF!
You can use coupon code BGD10 for 10% off your pass here! -> gdc.informafestivals.com/2026/registr...
You can use coupon code BGD10 for 10% off your pass here! -> gdc.informafestivals.com/2026/registr...
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I made a lil' slice-of-work-life video about making UI for hotkeys (Figma and Unity) in PlinkIdle. Sloppy indie game dev in action if anyone is into that sort of thing. 😅
youtu.be/O1jb1JMwICs
youtu.be/O1jb1JMwICs
Game UI: Watch me design hotkey schematics for PlinkIdle in Figma and Unity
YouTube video by Black Heart Games
youtu.be
January 7, 2026 at 3:59 PM
I made a lil' slice-of-work-life video about making UI for hotkeys (Figma and Unity) in PlinkIdle. Sloppy indie game dev in action if anyone is into that sort of thing. 😅
youtu.be/O1jb1JMwICs
youtu.be/O1jb1JMwICs
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Loki's Revenge is now out on @itch.io for FREE (aka PWYW)
This is the full version of the game, same as Steam (just missing Steam features like cloud saves, achievements, etc.)
owlmakesgames.itch.io/lokis-revenge
Going forward, all of my games will be free on itch
#godot #indiedev #gamedev
This is the full version of the game, same as Steam (just missing Steam features like cloud saves, achievements, etc.)
owlmakesgames.itch.io/lokis-revenge
Going forward, all of my games will be free on itch
#godot #indiedev #gamedev
Loki's Revenge by OWL
A Norse mythology survivors-like
owlmakesgames.itch.io
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Loki's Revenge is now out on @itch.io for FREE (aka PWYW)
This is the full version of the game, same as Steam (just missing Steam features like cloud saves, achievements, etc.)
owlmakesgames.itch.io/lokis-revenge
Going forward, all of my games will be free on itch
#godot #indiedev #gamedev
This is the full version of the game, same as Steam (just missing Steam features like cloud saves, achievements, etc.)
owlmakesgames.itch.io/lokis-revenge
Going forward, all of my games will be free on itch
#godot #indiedev #gamedev
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Last Friday, the newest Indiepocalypse came out, closing out 6 years of Indiepocalypse!
Resolve to play more indie games in the new year and let Indiepocalypse #72 help you down that path!
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by @cassowary.me
-Cover by @bhanupratap.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-72
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by @cassowary.me
-Cover by @bhanupratap.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-72
January 5, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Last Friday, the newest Indiepocalypse came out, closing out 6 years of Indiepocalypse!