Richie de Wit
@richiedewit.com
Senior Partner Manager & BD at Raw Fury.
Championing underrepresented and non-Western developers at Bear Knuckle. Neurospicy. Opinions are my own.
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Richie de Wit
@richiedewit.com
· Oct 18
HELLO #GameDev 👋🏻
This is my new online home now, so introductions are in order.
I’m a bizdev, partner manager, consultant, and all-around indie hype man who helps studios increase revenue, decrease risks, and grow their business.
Currently at Raw Fury and my consultancy Bear Knuckle 💜
This is my new online home now, so introductions are in order.
I’m a bizdev, partner manager, consultant, and all-around indie hype man who helps studios increase revenue, decrease risks, and grow their business.
Currently at Raw Fury and my consultancy Bear Knuckle 💜
I caved and made a Twitter account (too much is still happening there workwise for me to not be there).
But heavily curating who I’m following and what I’m seeing (and not under my name).
Which mutual friends are still there? ❤️
But heavily curating who I’m following and what I’m seeing (and not under my name).
Which mutual friends are still there? ❤️
September 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I caved and made a Twitter account (too much is still happening there workwise for me to not be there).
But heavily curating who I’m following and what I’m seeing (and not under my name).
Which mutual friends are still there? ❤️
But heavily curating who I’m following and what I’m seeing (and not under my name).
Which mutual friends are still there? ❤️
I know you’ll want this 👀
Introducing the Blue Prince physical collection in partnership with @iam8bit.com.
The collection includes the Commissary Bundle, PS5 physical edition, pins, a notebook, The Red Prince children's book and more.
The pre-order is open NOW: blueprince.iam8bit.com
The collection includes the Commissary Bundle, PS5 physical edition, pins, a notebook, The Red Prince children's book and more.
The pre-order is open NOW: blueprince.iam8bit.com
September 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I know you’ll want this 👀
A Lord of the Rings quote we all need to let sink in.
“Saruman believes that it’s only great power that can hold evil in check. But that’s not what I have found. I found that it is the small things.. everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love”.
“Saruman believes that it’s only great power that can hold evil in check. But that’s not what I have found. I found that it is the small things.. everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love”.
September 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
A Lord of the Rings quote we all need to let sink in.
“Saruman believes that it’s only great power that can hold evil in check. But that’s not what I have found. I found that it is the small things.. everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love”.
“Saruman believes that it’s only great power that can hold evil in check. But that’s not what I have found. I found that it is the small things.. everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love”.
Reposted by Richie de Wit
After 5 YEARS of work, it's happening - THE KNIGHTLING IS OUT NOW!!!😭🎉🛡️ We couldn't be prouder and can't wait for the world to jump, slide and adventure through this colorful new world we built!✨ #indiedev
🖤Steam: sabr.gg/4dkjyZy
💙PlayStation 5: sabr.gg/4djxwL2
💚Xbox Series X|S: sabr.gg/3WJndce
🖤Steam: sabr.gg/4dkjyZy
💙PlayStation 5: sabr.gg/4djxwL2
💚Xbox Series X|S: sabr.gg/3WJndce
August 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
After 5 YEARS of work, it's happening - THE KNIGHTLING IS OUT NOW!!!😭🎉🛡️ We couldn't be prouder and can't wait for the world to jump, slide and adventure through this colorful new world we built!✨ #indiedev
🖤Steam: sabr.gg/4dkjyZy
💙PlayStation 5: sabr.gg/4djxwL2
💚Xbox Series X|S: sabr.gg/3WJndce
🖤Steam: sabr.gg/4dkjyZy
💙PlayStation 5: sabr.gg/4djxwL2
💚Xbox Series X|S: sabr.gg/3WJndce
Reposted by Richie de Wit
So happy I get to show the work I did for @geographyofrobots.bsky.social and @lostincult.co.uk !!
First up is the poster!
First up is the poster!
August 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
So happy I get to show the work I did for @geographyofrobots.bsky.social and @lostincult.co.uk !!
First up is the poster!
First up is the poster!
Reposted by Richie de Wit
Wispfire is casting English speaking actors for our next game! If you are an experienced EU voice-over artist, or a VTuber who has the ambition to bring a vampire to life in a game, now is your chance! Please have a look at these paid jobs on wispfire.com/jobs
#VA #VoiceCasting #VoiceActing #Vtuber
#VA #VoiceCasting #VoiceActing #Vtuber
August 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Wispfire is casting English speaking actors for our next game! If you are an experienced EU voice-over artist, or a VTuber who has the ambition to bring a vampire to life in a game, now is your chance! Please have a look at these paid jobs on wispfire.com/jobs
#VA #VoiceCasting #VoiceActing #Vtuber
#VA #VoiceCasting #VoiceActing #Vtuber
Got to work with @geographyofrobots.bsky.social @lostincult.co.uk and @toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk on the NORCO EDITIONS release, it's beautiful.
NORCO is not just a game, it's like a fever dream in the swamp. A slow burn that will light your chest up.
Proud to have helped it take physical form.
NORCO is not just a game, it's like a fever dream in the swamp. A slow burn that will light your chest up.
Proud to have helped it take physical form.
We're proud to announce our next EDITIONS physical releases... 🥁
Arco for the Switch 🤠
NORCO for the PS5 🖱️
Final updates on disc/cart + our usual design and preservation focus.
Limited to 1,500 / 3,000 units. Pre-order yours: www.lostincult.co.uk/editions
Arco for the Switch 🤠
NORCO for the PS5 🖱️
Final updates on disc/cart + our usual design and preservation focus.
Limited to 1,500 / 3,000 units. Pre-order yours: www.lostincult.co.uk/editions
August 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Got to work with @geographyofrobots.bsky.social @lostincult.co.uk and @toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk on the NORCO EDITIONS release, it's beautiful.
NORCO is not just a game, it's like a fever dream in the swamp. A slow burn that will light your chest up.
Proud to have helped it take physical form.
NORCO is not just a game, it's like a fever dream in the swamp. A slow burn that will light your chest up.
Proud to have helped it take physical form.
Reposted by Richie de Wit
Ziff Davis and IGN routinely decide that work done by our laid off colleagues is not important. But inevitably, that crucial work falls onto those who remain.
Not this time. Not anymore.
Not this time. Not anymore.
August 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Ziff Davis and IGN routinely decide that work done by our laid off colleagues is not important. But inevitably, that crucial work falls onto those who remain.
Not this time. Not anymore.
Not this time. Not anymore.
Bear Knuckle is changing gears.
I started it to help self-publishing studios with their business, working w/ teams like Appelmoes Games, Merge Conflict, and Bunnyhug.
Now:
❌ Self-pub business consulting.
✅ Free 30-min consulting for devs from underrepresented backgrounds at bearknuckle.org
I started it to help self-publishing studios with their business, working w/ teams like Appelmoes Games, Merge Conflict, and Bunnyhug.
Now:
❌ Self-pub business consulting.
✅ Free 30-min consulting for devs from underrepresented backgrounds at bearknuckle.org
August 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Bear Knuckle is changing gears.
I started it to help self-publishing studios with their business, working w/ teams like Appelmoes Games, Merge Conflict, and Bunnyhug.
Now:
❌ Self-pub business consulting.
✅ Free 30-min consulting for devs from underrepresented backgrounds at bearknuckle.org
I started it to help self-publishing studios with their business, working w/ teams like Appelmoes Games, Merge Conflict, and Bunnyhug.
Now:
❌ Self-pub business consulting.
✅ Free 30-min consulting for devs from underrepresented backgrounds at bearknuckle.org
Level 34 and having a good day ✨
August 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Level 34 and having a good day ✨
Reposted by Richie de Wit
Funding a game can be hard, especially if you’re a gender marginalized developer without traditional industry access.
This is why our $50K WINGS Elevate Program exists!
To help early-stage teams get pitch-ready ✅🔥
Submit by Aug 30!
bit.ly/WINGSElevate...
This is why our $50K WINGS Elevate Program exists!
To help early-stage teams get pitch-ready ✅🔥
Submit by Aug 30!
bit.ly/WINGSElevate...
July 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Funding a game can be hard, especially if you’re a gender marginalized developer without traditional industry access.
This is why our $50K WINGS Elevate Program exists!
To help early-stage teams get pitch-ready ✅🔥
Submit by Aug 30!
bit.ly/WINGSElevate...
This is why our $50K WINGS Elevate Program exists!
To help early-stage teams get pitch-ready ✅🔥
Submit by Aug 30!
bit.ly/WINGSElevate...
✅ Just back from holiday
🥱 Had to get up at 5:45
🔜 On my way to Gamescom
🥱 Had to get up at 5:45
🔜 On my way to Gamescom
August 18, 2025 at 5:38 AM
✅ Just back from holiday
🥱 Had to get up at 5:45
🔜 On my way to Gamescom
🥱 Had to get up at 5:45
🔜 On my way to Gamescom
Anyone here used CBD oil to calm mind to go to sleep with ADHD? If so, at what strength and how long does it take to become tired? 😌
August 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Anyone here used CBD oil to calm mind to go to sleep with ADHD? If so, at what strength and how long does it take to become tired? 😌
Reposted by Richie de Wit
⛏️GEMPORIUM IS OUT NOW💎
💎Mine and polish shiny rocks
🪱Sell to animal customers
⛏️Upgrade your tools
💸Pay your grandmole's debt!
🎰Surf the web with the Trash Racoons
If you've ever yearned for the mines, this lil mole game may be for you💜
#indiegame #cozygames #indiedev
💎Mine and polish shiny rocks
🪱Sell to animal customers
⛏️Upgrade your tools
💸Pay your grandmole's debt!
🎰Surf the web with the Trash Racoons
If you've ever yearned for the mines, this lil mole game may be for you💜
#indiegame #cozygames #indiedev
August 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
⛏️GEMPORIUM IS OUT NOW💎
💎Mine and polish shiny rocks
🪱Sell to animal customers
⛏️Upgrade your tools
💸Pay your grandmole's debt!
🎰Surf the web with the Trash Racoons
If you've ever yearned for the mines, this lil mole game may be for you💜
#indiegame #cozygames #indiedev
💎Mine and polish shiny rocks
🪱Sell to animal customers
⛏️Upgrade your tools
💸Pay your grandmole's debt!
🎰Surf the web with the Trash Racoons
If you've ever yearned for the mines, this lil mole game may be for you💜
#indiegame #cozygames #indiedev
Dear Dutch government,
CC: @ministerbz.bsky.social.
We sit at the heart of internal law. The ICJ sits on our soil.
Yet Genocide still unfolds on Gaza and Israel is openly talking about its plans to military occupy Gaza, and the Netherlands does nothing to stop it.
I call on you for leadership 🧵
CC: @ministerbz.bsky.social.
We sit at the heart of internal law. The ICJ sits on our soil.
Yet Genocide still unfolds on Gaza and Israel is openly talking about its plans to military occupy Gaza, and the Netherlands does nothing to stop it.
I call on you for leadership 🧵
August 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Dear Dutch government,
CC: @ministerbz.bsky.social.
We sit at the heart of internal law. The ICJ sits on our soil.
Yet Genocide still unfolds on Gaza and Israel is openly talking about its plans to military occupy Gaza, and the Netherlands does nothing to stop it.
I call on you for leadership 🧵
CC: @ministerbz.bsky.social.
We sit at the heart of internal law. The ICJ sits on our soil.
Yet Genocide still unfolds on Gaza and Israel is openly talking about its plans to military occupy Gaza, and the Netherlands does nothing to stop it.
I call on you for leadership 🧵
📫 OUT OF OFFICE HAS BEEN SET
✅ HOLIDAY HAS STARTED
👉 BACK FOR GAMESCOM
✅ HOLIDAY HAS STARTED
👉 BACK FOR GAMESCOM
July 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📫 OUT OF OFFICE HAS BEEN SET
✅ HOLIDAY HAS STARTED
👉 BACK FOR GAMESCOM
✅ HOLIDAY HAS STARTED
👉 BACK FOR GAMESCOM
ooooooooo look at what I got delivered today‼️👀
(Congrats @victoriatran.bsky.social!! 💜 very excited to read this when my vacation starts next week!!)
(Congrats @victoriatran.bsky.social!! 💜 very excited to read this when my vacation starts next week!!)
July 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
ooooooooo look at what I got delivered today‼️👀
(Congrats @victoriatran.bsky.social!! 💜 very excited to read this when my vacation starts next week!!)
(Congrats @victoriatran.bsky.social!! 💜 very excited to read this when my vacation starts next week!!)
This seems like a very cool opportunity for games launching this year that need:
a little bit more funding to get across the finish line
need funding to localize their game and open up opportunities in other countries
need marketing budget to reach their launch wishlist goals
a little bit more funding to get across the finish line
need funding to localize their game and open up opportunities in other countries
need marketing budget to reach their launch wishlist goals
🎮 Introducing CHECKMATE! Our new Last Minute Funding program for indie games launching in 2025!
💸 Funding to finish your game
🤝 Rev-share
🎯 Support to the end
Launching after 2025? You can still apply!
📝 Submit by Aug 31: brightgambit.com/checkmate/
#IndieDev #GameFunding #BrightGambit
💸 Funding to finish your game
🤝 Rev-share
🎯 Support to the end
Launching after 2025? You can still apply!
📝 Submit by Aug 31: brightgambit.com/checkmate/
#IndieDev #GameFunding #BrightGambit
July 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This seems like a very cool opportunity for games launching this year that need:
a little bit more funding to get across the finish line
need funding to localize their game and open up opportunities in other countries
need marketing budget to reach their launch wishlist goals
a little bit more funding to get across the finish line
need funding to localize their game and open up opportunities in other countries
need marketing budget to reach their launch wishlist goals
Reposted by Richie de Wit
Hi friends!
My team is casting 5 voice actors for contract roles in our combat-focused video game! Ideally remote voice talent with home recording setups.
We’re seeking authentic representation for the following roles:
My team is casting 5 voice actors for contract roles in our combat-focused video game! Ideally remote voice talent with home recording setups.
We’re seeking authentic representation for the following roles:
forms.gle
July 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Hi friends!
My team is casting 5 voice actors for contract roles in our combat-focused video game! Ideally remote voice talent with home recording setups.
We’re seeking authentic representation for the following roles:
My team is casting 5 voice actors for contract roles in our combat-focused video game! Ideally remote voice talent with home recording setups.
We’re seeking authentic representation for the following roles:
The distance between me and where Kendrick Lamar will be in 90 minutes
July 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The distance between me and where Kendrick Lamar will be in 90 minutes
This is 100% true. Most people who buy your game on Steam, will never play it.
A game like Stardew Valley sold 27M units, but had “only” 236.000 (~2%) players played it at the same time at it’s peak.
Balatro sold 5.3M units, but was played by
43.000 people at its peak (less than 1%).
A game like Stardew Valley sold 27M units, but had “only” 236.000 (~2%) players played it at the same time at it’s peak.
Balatro sold 5.3M units, but was played by
43.000 people at its peak (less than 1%).
"Steam players are hoarders"
Stats show the median Steam user has never played 51% of the games they buy. If the average gamer was a fully rational consumer who only bought what they consumed and nothing more, then half of Steam's purchases would be gone.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
Stats show the median Steam user has never played 51% of the games they buy. If the average gamer was a fully rational consumer who only bought what they consumed and nothing more, then half of Steam's purchases would be gone.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
'Knowing Steam players are hoarders explains why you give Valve that 30%,' analyst tells devs: 'You get access to a bunch of drunken sailors who spend money irresponsibly'
"More than likely the person buying your game is not going to play it."
www.pcgamer.com
July 13, 2025 at 7:52 AM
This is 100% true. Most people who buy your game on Steam, will never play it.
A game like Stardew Valley sold 27M units, but had “only” 236.000 (~2%) players played it at the same time at it’s peak.
Balatro sold 5.3M units, but was played by
43.000 people at its peak (less than 1%).
A game like Stardew Valley sold 27M units, but had “only” 236.000 (~2%) players played it at the same time at it’s peak.
Balatro sold 5.3M units, but was played by
43.000 people at its peak (less than 1%).
Dev friends from LATAM:
Google is committing $2 million in funding for up to 10 indie studios in LATAM America to help refine games and boost new audiences.
blog.google/feed/indie-g...
(Pls boost 💜)
Google is committing $2 million in funding for up to 10 indie studios in LATAM America to help refine games and boost new audiences.
blog.google/feed/indie-g...
(Pls boost 💜)
blog.google
July 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Dev friends from LATAM:
Google is committing $2 million in funding for up to 10 indie studios in LATAM America to help refine games and boost new audiences.
blog.google/feed/indie-g...
(Pls boost 💜)
Google is committing $2 million in funding for up to 10 indie studios in LATAM America to help refine games and boost new audiences.
blog.google/feed/indie-g...
(Pls boost 💜)