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Alex from LWS Studio
@longwintershadows.com
he/him

solo indie game dev, etc, etc.

https://blog.longwintershadows.com
Arachne is the faction with the best aesthetic imo
See red. Leave blue. Welcome to the fold, Runner.
January 31, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'

• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War

• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind

• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Here’s how MS can still save xbox: quadruple gamepass price + make the subscription required to even turn on the console. Next, cancel Fable, Forza Horizon whatever Bethesda’s doing, all other games, close all game studios laying off 10 million employees, and invest the entire game dept budget in AI
ign.com IGN @ign.com · 1d
Xbox has been having a hard time selling consoles lately and it didn't get any better over the 2025 holiday quarter, according to Microsoft's Q2 earnings, which say that hardware sales were down 32% year-over-year. https://bit.ly/4k2Bv2I
January 29, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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🎵 FREE.99 - one
January 29, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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Excited to announce that Aeronaut is now live in the Mac App Store! 🎉

After two years of tinkering, polishing, and obsessing over the little things, it’s finally here!

If you’re looking for a Bluesky app designed and built for macOS, take a look…

apps.apple.com/us/app/aeronau…
January 27, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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Thank you to everyone who helped out on this. The video game industry is a global one.
January 27, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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he is watching...
January 27, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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the new start menu for my fake os game!

#gamedev #indiedev #gamemaker
January 27, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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Here are some Screenshots from the latest build of #DERELIKT - I am bugtesting, but I find myself simply playing longer and longer these days... a good sign!🪐
January 25, 2026 at 9:28 PM
It’s insane just how much Sauce™ Guilty Gear used to have
Guilty Gear XX Drama CD (2003) cover art of I-No by Daisuke Ishiwatari.
January 27, 2026 at 8:54 PM
If Wildlife is “indie”, then what does that make someone like me, a total noname developing my games solo? Ultra-super-turbo-indie?.. Nonetheless, I feel bad for them, ngl
Wildlight Entertainment CEO and founder Dusty Welch wished its free-to-play shooter Highguard "had been received better"

www.gamesindustry.biz/wildlight-en...
January 27, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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deleting tiktok and installing the hobonichi techo app
January 26, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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Ian Gauk, Doriane Olewicki, Joshua Romoff, Cor-Paul Bezemer: Assessing the Feasibility of Selective Instrumentation for Runtime Code Coverage in Large C++ Game Engines https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16881 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.16881 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.16881
January 26, 2026 at 6:35 AM
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It is important to know that despite its prominence TikTok loses billions of dollars and tweaking algorithms lays havoc to your ad sales. Oracle is gonna destroy this thing and it’s going to combine with the data center debt and consume it whole
www.theinformation.com/articles/tik...
January 26, 2026 at 3:56 AM
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Weapons in BECROWNED can be upgraded.
Here’s a pistol with a laser sight as one of the upgrades 👀 #indiegame #survivalhorror
January 24, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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"Terrifying videos of masked invaders massacring white people on their own streets" as #1 export of US in 2026
January 24, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Hey this game looks pretty cool!! Does anyone know the name?.. 🤔🤔🤔 #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev #godot
January 24, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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Brutal Orchestra: True Zeal is out now!!!

To celebrate Brutal Orchestra is on sale for the next 5 days!

Learn about legendary cryptids, battle talented lizards, smooze and booze your way through strange barside conversations! I even heard you can meet the pope in this one...
January 23, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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what am i even doing
January 22, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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TeckGeck :: Commissioned Logo Design and Poster
@teckgeck.bsky.social :: Creator of the font TKN Meekla!
Which was used in this poster :)
January 22, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I guess I gotta reinstall SF6
Alex, the Big Apple brawler, will make his descent into the ring of #StreetFighter6 on March 17. 🤼‍♂️

No use holding back when faced with the Dark Devil himself, as he'll show you no mercy with his array of devastatingly powerful throws!
Street Fighter 6 - Alex Gameplay Trailer
YouTube video by Street Fighter
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January 22, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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January 21, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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The biggest obstacle we face as a society in getting people to accept reality about Trump is that it requires people to face reality about themselves and about ourselves as a society.
January 20, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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Put some finishing touches & released my Elevator Action/Rolling Bird inspired game :
boghog.itch.io/caramel-acti...
You can play it in your browser

Though I'd recommend getting the desktop ver since the browser version is funky
January 18, 2026 at 11:13 PM