Jorge M. Carvalho 🐳 Wishlist Townseek on Steam! 🧭
@jorgegamedev.com
Portuguese Game Developer 🐔 Co-Founder and Lead Developer at @whalesandgames.com 🐳 29 He/Him ✨ Working on #Townseek, a relaxing exploration-trading game! Wishlist on Steam at s.team/a/1659360! 🧭
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@adamatomic.bsky.social has created a *lot* of small games, and we were delighted for him to join us at ThinkyCon 2025 to share how he approaches it.
My approach to making small games - Adam Saltsman (ThinkyCon 2025)
Adam Saltsman joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "CorgiSpace, or, short legs on purpose, or, my approach to making small games"
Talk description: I've made and released 14 games in the last 12 months, all in my very limited free time, and had a super fun time doing it, even though I al
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November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
@adamatomic.bsky.social has created a *lot* of small games, and we were delighted for him to join us at ThinkyCon 2025 to share how he approaches it.
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networking is an incredibly important part of maintaining a professional presence in your creative industry, but it can be daunting. have you tried being completely fucking ridiculous online
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
networking is an incredibly important part of maintaining a professional presence in your creative industry, but it can be daunting. have you tried being completely fucking ridiculous online
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💖 Announcing... RIZZ DUNGEON: SKELETON KEY TO MY HEART! 🗝️⚔️
Fighting is hard, right? Let your party do it for you! Romance Monster Girls and traverse the Dungeon! Hopefully they'll all get along... right? #gamedev #indiedev #godot
Wishlist TODAY on Steam!
✨: store.steampowered.com/app/4029090?...
Fighting is hard, right? Let your party do it for you! Romance Monster Girls and traverse the Dungeon! Hopefully they'll all get along... right? #gamedev #indiedev #godot
Wishlist TODAY on Steam!
✨: store.steampowered.com/app/4029090?...
November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
💖 Announcing... RIZZ DUNGEON: SKELETON KEY TO MY HEART! 🗝️⚔️
Fighting is hard, right? Let your party do it for you! Romance Monster Girls and traverse the Dungeon! Hopefully they'll all get along... right? #gamedev #indiedev #godot
Wishlist TODAY on Steam!
✨: store.steampowered.com/app/4029090?...
Fighting is hard, right? Let your party do it for you! Romance Monster Girls and traverse the Dungeon! Hopefully they'll all get along... right? #gamedev #indiedev #godot
Wishlist TODAY on Steam!
✨: store.steampowered.com/app/4029090?...
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I already have devices to make games on, but seeing Godot as an official part of Steam's new hardware video made me happy and pretty excited for both Godot and the Steam Machine itself.
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I already have devices to make games on, but seeing Godot as an official part of Steam's new hardware video made me happy and pretty excited for both Godot and the Steam Machine itself.
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Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Hardware
The Steam Hardware family officially expands in early 2026.
steampowered.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
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Hey #PitchYaGame people 👋 Here is my game
🛡️G l o o m G a t e⚔️
It's a pocket-sized, 1-bit action RPG/Dungeon Crawler exclusively for @play.date 💛
It has reaction based fights, a node based overworld and of course Souls-Like elements 😏
I hope you like it 🥰
🛡️G l o o m G a t e⚔️
It's a pocket-sized, 1-bit action RPG/Dungeon Crawler exclusively for @play.date 💛
It has reaction based fights, a node based overworld and of course Souls-Like elements 😏
I hope you like it 🥰
November 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Hey #PitchYaGame people 👋 Here is my game
🛡️G l o o m G a t e⚔️
It's a pocket-sized, 1-bit action RPG/Dungeon Crawler exclusively for @play.date 💛
It has reaction based fights, a node based overworld and of course Souls-Like elements 😏
I hope you like it 🥰
🛡️G l o o m G a t e⚔️
It's a pocket-sized, 1-bit action RPG/Dungeon Crawler exclusively for @play.date 💛
It has reaction based fights, a node based overworld and of course Souls-Like elements 😏
I hope you like it 🥰
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Raise your fins for Steam’s Animal Fest! 🦈
During the next weeks, you can play our demo and join the celebration. Just as Animal Fest wraps up, we're sailing straight into Cozy Quest for even more whimsical adventures! ✨
Ten days of animals, fun and surprises await, so come join the festivities! 🎉
During the next weeks, you can play our demo and join the celebration. Just as Animal Fest wraps up, we're sailing straight into Cozy Quest for even more whimsical adventures! ✨
Ten days of animals, fun and surprises await, so come join the festivities! 🎉
November 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Raise your fins for Steam’s Animal Fest! 🦈
During the next weeks, you can play our demo and join the celebration. Just as Animal Fest wraps up, we're sailing straight into Cozy Quest for even more whimsical adventures! ✨
Ten days of animals, fun and surprises await, so come join the festivities! 🎉
During the next weeks, you can play our demo and join the celebration. Just as Animal Fest wraps up, we're sailing straight into Cozy Quest for even more whimsical adventures! ✨
Ten days of animals, fun and surprises await, so come join the festivities! 🎉
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Windswept - OUT NOW!
A 90's inspired collectathon platformer - tough as nails - and oh so cute!
You must help them!
🦆🐢
Find it on:
🔹 Steam
🔹 Nintendo Switch
🔹 PS4/5
🔹 Xbox Series X/S
🔹 GOG
A 90's inspired collectathon platformer - tough as nails - and oh so cute!
You must help them!
🦆🐢
Find it on:
🔹 Steam
🔹 Nintendo Switch
🔹 PS4/5
🔹 Xbox Series X/S
🔹 GOG
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Windswept - OUT NOW!
A 90's inspired collectathon platformer - tough as nails - and oh so cute!
You must help them!
🦆🐢
Find it on:
🔹 Steam
🔹 Nintendo Switch
🔹 PS4/5
🔹 Xbox Series X/S
🔹 GOG
A 90's inspired collectathon platformer - tough as nails - and oh so cute!
You must help them!
🦆🐢
Find it on:
🔹 Steam
🔹 Nintendo Switch
🔹 PS4/5
🔹 Xbox Series X/S
🔹 GOG
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I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
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November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
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“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
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Hi #pitchyagame!
Excited to announce my new game - Sweep Strike! 💣🗡️
A cartoony roguelike RPG where battles are fought on Minesweeper grids - Uncover moves, avoid mines and build your inventory with a strategy!
💥Wishlist on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/3804170/...
#gamedev #indiegame
Excited to announce my new game - Sweep Strike! 💣🗡️
A cartoony roguelike RPG where battles are fought on Minesweeper grids - Uncover moves, avoid mines and build your inventory with a strategy!
💥Wishlist on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/3804170/...
#gamedev #indiegame
November 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Hi #pitchyagame!
Excited to announce my new game - Sweep Strike! 💣🗡️
A cartoony roguelike RPG where battles are fought on Minesweeper grids - Uncover moves, avoid mines and build your inventory with a strategy!
💥Wishlist on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/3804170/...
#gamedev #indiegame
Excited to announce my new game - Sweep Strike! 💣🗡️
A cartoony roguelike RPG where battles are fought on Minesweeper grids - Uncover moves, avoid mines and build your inventory with a strategy!
💥Wishlist on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/3804170/...
#gamedev #indiegame
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Time to catch up with 2024 #DevGAMM Awards winners 🏆
Thank you @svenahlgrimm.bsky.social, @agameofjoes.bsky.social,
@wiwyums.bsky.social, @jorgegamedev.com and all for joining 🧡
Thank you @svenahlgrimm.bsky.social, @agameofjoes.bsky.social,
@wiwyums.bsky.social, @jorgegamedev.com and all for joining 🧡
November 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Time to catch up with 2024 #DevGAMM Awards winners 🏆
Thank you @svenahlgrimm.bsky.social, @agameofjoes.bsky.social,
@wiwyums.bsky.social, @jorgegamedev.com and all for joining 🧡
Thank you @svenahlgrimm.bsky.social, @agameofjoes.bsky.social,
@wiwyums.bsky.social, @jorgegamedev.com and all for joining 🧡
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Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing authors 👇 #BookSky
Amazon launches AI translation service for indie authors
ebx.sh
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
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Here's Townseek, our relaxing exploration-trading game where you travel the world, discover landmarks, trade with towns, fish, mine, farm, and more, as you seek the lost legacy of Sir Reginald Sharkingston! 🦈
We've been working on it as a team for almost four years now! 🐳 #indiedev #gamedev #steam
We've been working on it as a team for almost four years now! 🐳 #indiedev #gamedev #steam
September 25, 2024 at 8:15 PM
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The animation change half way through is killing me
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The animation change half way through is killing me
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Here are some photos from this year's @devgamm.bsky.social here in Lisbon! 🥳 I'm having a great time this year again enjoying both talks and workshops.
If you see me or anyone from our team with our hats, poke us for some @whalesandgames.com and Townseek stickers! We've got plenty to give around. 🦈
If you see me or anyone from our team with our hats, poke us for some @whalesandgames.com and Townseek stickers! We've got plenty to give around. 🦈
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Here are some photos from this year's @devgamm.bsky.social here in Lisbon! 🥳 I'm having a great time this year again enjoying both talks and workshops.
If you see me or anyone from our team with our hats, poke us for some @whalesandgames.com and Townseek stickers! We've got plenty to give around. 🦈
If you see me or anyone from our team with our hats, poke us for some @whalesandgames.com and Townseek stickers! We've got plenty to give around. 🦈
Here are some photos from this year's @devgamm.bsky.social here in Lisbon! 🥳 I'm having a great time this year again enjoying both talks and workshops.
If you see me or anyone from our team with our hats, poke us for some @whalesandgames.com and Townseek stickers! We've got plenty to give around. 🦈
If you see me or anyone from our team with our hats, poke us for some @whalesandgames.com and Townseek stickers! We've got plenty to give around. 🦈
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Here are some photos from this year's @devgamm.bsky.social here in Lisbon! 🥳 I'm having a great time this year again enjoying both talks and workshops.
If you see me or anyone from our team with our hats, poke us for some @whalesandgames.com and Townseek stickers! We've got plenty to give around. 🦈
If you see me or anyone from our team with our hats, poke us for some @whalesandgames.com and Townseek stickers! We've got plenty to give around. 🦈
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Lu's concepts are always excellent foundations to work with, so we work very hard to represent them 1:1 in game with our voxel art style 💪🐰
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Lu's concepts are always excellent foundations to work with, so we work very hard to represent them 1:1 in game with our voxel art style 💪🐰
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New on GMTK - let's talk about the power of prototyping - youtu.be/8tHJgtbj6rs
What's the Point of Prototyping?
YouTube video by Game Maker's Toolkit
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
New on GMTK - let's talk about the power of prototyping - youtu.be/8tHJgtbj6rs
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people think being a videogame producer is about making schedules and checking in, but it's actually about getting on your hands and knees to beg the trans witches who code your games to use their mental illnesses for good and to get on a call with each other instead of 100+ slack msg threads
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
people think being a videogame producer is about making schedules and checking in, but it's actually about getting on your hands and knees to beg the trans witches who code your games to use their mental illnesses for good and to get on a call with each other instead of 100+ slack msg threads
Been thinking about this. My therapist recently said I'm showing signs of burnout. 🙇
It's so weird. I love making games, and want to continue exploring and programming new ideas, but I feel like I'm back at stage zero in experience and motivation. Guess I'll have to climb all the way back up again.
It's so weird. I love making games, and want to continue exploring and programming new ideas, but I feel like I'm back at stage zero in experience and motivation. Guess I'll have to climb all the way back up again.
Honestly, after our game is done, I'm not quite sure what my future in the games industry is going to be.
I love making games, but the process with Townseek has left me scarred from a lot of things that are just accepted as normal in the industry, having to work with deficit, and many other things.
I love making games, but the process with Townseek has left me scarred from a lot of things that are just accepted as normal in the industry, having to work with deficit, and many other things.
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Been thinking about this. My therapist recently said I'm showing signs of burnout. 🙇
It's so weird. I love making games, and want to continue exploring and programming new ideas, but I feel like I'm back at stage zero in experience and motivation. Guess I'll have to climb all the way back up again.
It's so weird. I love making games, and want to continue exploring and programming new ideas, but I feel like I'm back at stage zero in experience and motivation. Guess I'll have to climb all the way back up again.
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🤖🌟 Issue 6 of APWOT is live on Kickstarter! 🌟🤖
Featuring a beautiful lenticular cover of Astro Bot marking both our feature interview with the game’s director, Nicolas Doucet, and the 30th anniversary of PlayStation.
Get in there!
💫 kck.st/4i1GAHT 💫
Featuring a beautiful lenticular cover of Astro Bot marking both our feature interview with the game’s director, Nicolas Doucet, and the 30th anniversary of PlayStation.
Get in there!
💫 kck.st/4i1GAHT 💫
November 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
🤖🌟 Issue 6 of APWOT is live on Kickstarter! 🌟🤖
Featuring a beautiful lenticular cover of Astro Bot marking both our feature interview with the game’s director, Nicolas Doucet, and the 30th anniversary of PlayStation.
Get in there!
💫 kck.st/4i1GAHT 💫
Featuring a beautiful lenticular cover of Astro Bot marking both our feature interview with the game’s director, Nicolas Doucet, and the 30th anniversary of PlayStation.
Get in there!
💫 kck.st/4i1GAHT 💫
Shoutouts to @moskidraws.bsky.social!
November 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Shoutouts to @moskidraws.bsky.social!
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Happy Halloween! 🌙 It’s the witching hour, and something wicked is brewing! 🧙♂️
Sorcerer Moe and his sidekick Whiskey are mixing dreadful candy corn into the magical pot so that- wait, what? Blubbie?! That’s not a jacuzzi! 🛁 Ah well, anything goes in Whaloween night! 🎃
Sorcerer Moe and his sidekick Whiskey are mixing dreadful candy corn into the magical pot so that- wait, what? Blubbie?! That’s not a jacuzzi! 🛁 Ah well, anything goes in Whaloween night! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Happy Halloween! 🌙 It’s the witching hour, and something wicked is brewing! 🧙♂️
Sorcerer Moe and his sidekick Whiskey are mixing dreadful candy corn into the magical pot so that- wait, what? Blubbie?! That’s not a jacuzzi! 🛁 Ah well, anything goes in Whaloween night! 🎃
Sorcerer Moe and his sidekick Whiskey are mixing dreadful candy corn into the magical pot so that- wait, what? Blubbie?! That’s not a jacuzzi! 🛁 Ah well, anything goes in Whaloween night! 🎃
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These are still one of the greatest honours of my life.
Incredibly grateful to those at SRG that allowed me to make these, and each of the 180-or-so devs who took part in these physical indie game compilation Mixtapes.
Hope to revisit the concept again some time. ❤️
Incredibly grateful to those at SRG that allowed me to make these, and each of the 180-or-so devs who took part in these physical indie game compilation Mixtapes.
Hope to revisit the concept again some time. ❤️
October 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
These are still one of the greatest honours of my life.
Incredibly grateful to those at SRG that allowed me to make these, and each of the 180-or-so devs who took part in these physical indie game compilation Mixtapes.
Hope to revisit the concept again some time. ❤️
Incredibly grateful to those at SRG that allowed me to make these, and each of the 180-or-so devs who took part in these physical indie game compilation Mixtapes.
Hope to revisit the concept again some time. ❤️