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Chris Biagini-Foote (they/them)
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🏳️‍⚧️ games/anime/campy vampires/being annoyingly competitive at board games

A place to have honest conversations about our love for indie games & the people who make them. Playing indies of all sizes.

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Chris Biagini-Foote (they/them) @honestindies.bsky.social · Jan 20
Thread of games I’ve beaten in 2025
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patattiemurray.bsky.social
Shamelessly asking for wishlists on my birthday?

Couldn't be me 😅😂

store.steampowered.com/app/2769240/...
an illustrated picture of myself smiling and crying with my arms open placed on top of the Wax Heads key art
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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deconstructeam.bsky.social
Good thing about bite-sized games is that they're usually pretty cheap. Come see what the buzz is about for less than 3 bucks!

store.steampowered.com/app/3541130/...
November 18, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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arrietty.itch.io
It is Trans Awareness Week so a reminder I'm a trans game developer and I make games about cute girls!
arrietty.itch.io Arrietty Lunaris @arrietty.itch.io · Mar 31
Happy #TransDayofVisibility!!! I'm Arrietty, a game developer and (currently on-hiatus) VTuber!

I'm the creator of Prototype N and its spinoffs such as Diamond in the Grave & Selena and the Strange Tower. My games are all queer themed! You can find them on my itch page: arrietty.itch.io
A screenshot of Prototype N. The environment is a blue caverns with a red background. There are a lot of ruby crystals sticking out of the ground and walls. Pipes and lights are present in the walls as well. The foreground contains metal boxes, a spike pit and a flying enemy holding a diamond shaped bomb. Nadine, the player character, is in her pink armor, sliding through a very short and narrow path. A screenshot of Nadine in: Diamond in the Grave. The environment is a red and dark haunted forest. There are a lot of tombstones of various designs along with jack-o-lanterns and wooden fences. There is a purple toxic pit on the left side. Nadine is seen standing there right after she has destroyed a bunch of ghosts with pumpkin heads. One of them exploded into bolts and screws, dropping a healing can item. A screen of "Selena and the Strange Tower". The game's graphics is NES styled with a top down view perspective, much like RPGs of its time. The environment has red rocky floors, green brick walls, conveyor belts with arrows and lava tiles. The three party members, Selena, Clara and Jen, are crossing a narrow path surrounded by lava, as the visibility of the area becomes clearer in front of their path.
November 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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kenney.nl
#MakeRoom Garden Update is available now! 🌻 Unrestricted camera, gizmo for position/rotation/scale and almost 40 new garden themed items! MakeRoom is 20% off during #cozyquest

store.steampowered.com/news/app/221...
November 18, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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mycard.utustudios.com
Aaaaand it's live! #CozyQuest2025 is here! Check out the Steam event and the showcase for some wonderful cozy games! Huge thanks to @wearesecretmode.com for including our game too 💖
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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potipoti.studio
We are super excited to reveal our new bundle with our friends at @endflamestudio.bsky.social ! 🙏🥰

Two amazing games at a special price! ❤️✨

Make sure you don't miss it out! 😉✨
endflamestudio.bsky.social Endflame ✨Making Instants✨ @endflamestudio.bsky.social · 22h
🚌 Is This Photo Taken?📸

We have partnered with our friends at @potipoti.studio to create the comfiest relaxing puzzle bundle ever!

😊 Arrange picky characters/family photos
🧩 Piece together satisfying puzzles
☕ Relax and play at your own pace

Get it now at a big discount!👇
November 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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capycastaway.com
Thank you for joining us for Meet The Castaways! Which animal would you befriend first on the island? 🏝️

Make sure to join our Discord & stay tuned for our next lore drop!
https://discord.com/invite/E6cTetSYBU
Collage of animals from the upcoming cozy game Capy Castaway. It features the following animals and their names as polaroid pictures: Pavo the Peacock, Zelda the Emu, Luna the Llama, Onyx the Yak, and Benny the Bison. They are against a woodsy background with grass, stones, and a treestump visible. At the top of the image is a wooden plank that says Meet The Castaways!, with the Capy Castaway logo. The note on the bottom left of the screen reads, "We hope you enjoyed learning a bite more about the other animals on the island! There are more Castaways we have yet to introduce, so stay tuned. We can't wait for you to meet them!".
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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blibloop.bsky.social
Vote for Kabuto Park!!!!! 🪲🌻✨❤️

latamindieawards.com/vote
dodoot.bsky.social Doot 🪲☀️ Kabuto Park OUT NOW 🪷🐝 @dodoot.bsky.social · 1d
Aaaaah Kabuto Park is nominated at Latam Indie Awards in the Best Cozy Game category!!! 🌻🪲💌

You can vote for your favorite using the link below! (My vote goes to Is This Seat Taken by @potipoti.studio, it's such a good game 💕)
November 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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matpiscatella.bsky.social
“You know, fair use is fair use and we need to make sure that we’re not stealing people’s intellectual property and rights but..."

No! There is no "but" here! That statement ends with a period, not a "but".
videogameschronicle.com VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 1d
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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culturecrave.co
German court rules that OpenAI violated copyright laws by training ChatGPT on music 🎵

• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses

• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal

"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"

— German Music Rights Society
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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mishimakitan.bsky.social
🏳️‍⚧️ It's Trans Awareness Week (Nov 13 to 19)! 🏳️‍⚧️

If you're a cis person who has the financial ability and/or in position of power, I recommend you to exercise your privileges and give direct support to trans people and/or hire trans people because awareness isn't enough. Thanks! 😊✨
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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deconstructeam.bsky.social
Many Nights a Whisper has been nominated for best Bite-sized game of 2025 at the @indiegameawards.gg !! yaaaay!!!
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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supergiantgames.bsky.social
HADES II, the biggest and most critically acclaimed game we've ever created, is now 20% off on Steam through this weekend!!

May moonlight guide you as you battle beyond the Underworld. 🌒🌕🌘
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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tinygamechronicles.bsky.social
🐋 The animals you rescue in Spilled have NAMES. This reminded us of Jane Goodall naming her chimps—fostering empathy through personal connection. Beautiful design choice.

Full discussion:
🍎 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
🎵 open.spotify.com/episode/1lji...
📺 youtu.be/y4GeQVJ5nro?...

#Indiegame
Episode 29 Spilled!
YouTube video by Tiny Game Chronicles
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November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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nosmallgames.bsky.social
We are honored to welcome @finruin.bsky.social onto NSG this week! Jill is the Editor-in-Chief of @theindieinformer.bsky.social and one of the illustrious hosts of @theindiecouncil.com.

We had a lovely chat, gushing about Blue Prince with Jill, and can't wait for you to hear it this Thursday!
No Small Games' "Meet Our Guest" graphic featuring a photo of Jill Grodt (she/her), inside a purple and cream colored frame with pixel art planets and stars
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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reidman.bsky.social
Fangamer is hiring a 🚨 Product Designer 🚨

very rare posting for a very cool job, RT's appreciated~

www.fangamer.com/pages/job-li...
Graphic Designer
Fangamer is looking for a full time experienced designer with strong product and layout design skills to join our creative team. This position will be responsible for conceptualizing, speccing and pro...
www.fangamer.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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lottemakesstuff.pink
One of the last big changes we made to the game is how we handle dates. The UI was designed in Europe, the game director is in the US- Nobody could agree on what date format to use, so I unified the entire game on YY/MM/DD- That way nobody’s happy! Highly recommend using this format, feels powerful.
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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aerialknight.com
We don't use Ai in our games. Ai isn't and hasn't ever been needed been needed to make a good game and CEOs like this don't know what the fuck they are talking about.

They just want to slowly take humans out of the process thinking they can just hit and button and it'll print money.
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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haleyfax.bsky.social
I represent close to 100 indie studios and can affirm none want to touch generative ai (and I would advise them not to even if they wanted to)
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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necrosoftgames.com
Hello, not only do we not use AI we would rather cut off our own arms than do so. Demonschool is 100% human made.
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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mllepilgrim.bsky.social
POSSESSOR(S) is launching today.

I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.

🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
Celebrating the Possessor(s) team 🖤 | Notion
I am not one to post like this usually, but as things have developed recently, I want to take a minute and get some stuff off my chest.
shorturl.at
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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tanatb.housefuckinggame.com
it's very easy to make games without using AI actually
November 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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dogwitchgame.bsky.social
DOG WITCH is part of the Steam Animal Fest! 🐾

It’s a good week for anyone who believes every game is better with animals in it.

We sure do.

Go pet, bark, meow, bite, slash, drive and maybe cast a few spells.
👉 store.steampowered.com/category/ani...

#animalfest #Steam
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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apwot.bsky.social
Issue 5 is out now! 🦄 🎉

Featuring our incredible collaboration with Vanillaware for our Unicorn Overlord cover, interviews with some of the medium's most iconic creatives, and beautiful essays with original art from cover to cover.

Let's walk through the latest issue: 👇🧵
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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cait.bsky.social
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
r/ExpectationVsReality u/Additional-Simple858 • 3d Join Al 'doctor' said my back pain is depression, not a slipped disc. Now physical therapy won't get approved. Al Expectation We are reviewing claim #& submitted on 09/28/2025. Our records indicate the claim was filed under diagnosis code F32.9 (Depressive disorder, unspecified), while the corresponding prescription and referral history list treatment for lumbar disc herniation (back pain). Re: Incorrect Diagnosis in Record Hi Thank you for reaching out. We have reviewed your visit documentation and can confirm that the notes in question were generated using our Al scribe system. It appears the Al tool assigned diagnosis code F32.9 (Depressive disorder, unspecified), while your visit notes and treatment plan reference lumbar disc herniation (back pain). Per compliance policy, certain Al-generated fields cannot be manually updated by clinic staff and require vendor correction. We have escalated this to our vendor support team and opened ticket # . We'll notify you once we receive confirmation or correction from the vendor.
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM