We will exhibit #Seaward at this years Games Ground in Berlin! Thanks to @games-stiftung.bsky.social 🫶🏻
Come play!
#indiedev #indiegame #cozygame

The 132 game developers receiving the "Press Start: Games Founding Grant" have all been invited to this year’s devcom as part of their education and networking programme. You will recognise them by the “Press Start” stickers on their badges.

bsky.app/profile/game...

BTW we have a 👾Discord community server!
discord.gg/2nd8TkY4vN

We post weekly updates about #Seaward and when we are looking for playtesters, you will be the first we ask 🙌

#discord #indiedev #gamdev #cozygame #solarpunk

Exterior, woods. A buff, tall tired looking man is chopping wood outside of a cabin.

He hears a jeep approaching but doesn't look to it. A high ranking military man gets out of it and approaches the buff guy.

"Mr Gamescom, we need you back in the field. It's returned".

*Stops chopping*

Just had a dispiriting conversation with a teaching colleague who has had students say to their face this year they don't want to read a hand out (dealing with a core skill of the subject studied).

Students sat in class with ChatGPT up, asking questions the handout answers.

In unconnected news:

⭐ Big news everyone! ⭐

👉 store.steampowered.com/app/3430280/...

Seaward has a Steam page! 🎉
Be sure to wishlist ☑️

🗺️ cozy exploration, no timers
⛵ ship building
🤸 fun characters
🌱 renewable energies

Wir freuen uns, 132 Spieleentwickler*innen aus 14 Bundesländern beim Gründungsstipendium Games willkommen zu heißen! Sie erhalten 18 Monate Unterstützung, um Games-Ideen zu verwirklichen & Studios zu gründen. Mehr Infos: games-stipendium.de/stipendiatin...
@games-stiftung.bsky.social
#PressStart

Here we go, something I've been drafting for a long, long time: how the US-centric approach to video games and their history / culture basically gaslights us who come from other realities:
felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrifi...

AKA, why LAN Houses, PokéTibia & Bomba Patch rule.

With almost the entire Western system of suppression against Palestinian stories working against him, Rasheed has still managed to bring Dreams on a Pillow to 75% of the campaign goal with two weeks left. Please don't let this dream fail in the last stretch.

www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...

How it started vs how it's going
#indiegame #cozygames #Seaward

When you play Pokémon Gold/Silver as an adult and you can’t catch some Pokémon because it’s always night in the game 💀

Now that there's over 500 of you:
We are building a #Discord community!

💜 discord.gg/2nd8TkY4vN

What can you expect on the server?

🗳️ Community Polls: We want to involve you in the development. Vote what makes it into the game
📣 Development Updates
⭐ Wonderful people like you

#gamedev #indiedev

Introduce yourself with four video games.

Hi ✨️
I'm Casi.

A technical artist and animator from València. Currently working for the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin. Making political horror games.

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

#gamedev #techart

Hey Bluesky folks! We're glad, we're here and you're too. ✨

If you're wondering what we do: We are making a game called #Seaward.

🗺️ It's a cozy exploration game about
🛥️ Ship building and
🌱 Sustainability.

#indiegames #cozygames #wholesomegames