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Paaaaaatrick
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itty bitty brissy game dev. a real smol bean type. (he/him)
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writnelson.bsky.social
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.

Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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qualbert.com
In the middle of the sweltering Aussie summer, nothing beats an ice-cold indie game showcase. 🍻
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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free-play.bsky.social
The Parallels 2025 recording is live! Whether you want to revisit a favourite talk or see the show for the first time, it's available on our channel now:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD2a...

🎩🏈💀🃏⬜💐🧚🏠
Freeplay Parallels 2025
YouTube video by Freeplay
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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dungeonpizza.bsky.social
Dungeon Pizza is at Supanova all weekend!!! Come say hi!!!
#gamedev #indiedev #supanova #indiegames
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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qualbert.com
In Brisbane and in need of some #indiegame goodness? Come along to the Indie Dev Night tonight, thanks to @zedgames.bsky.social and Netherworld!

Tonight's games include Key Fairy by @soyoudontneedto.bsky.social and @niosis.bsky.social, Wirm by @sbug.games, Hyper Router by @piers.zip + heaps more!
November 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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letitmelo.bsky.social
I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
Ethan Evans, former Amazon VP As VP of Prime Gaming at Amazon, we failed multiple times to disrupt the game platform Steam. We were at least 250x bigger, and we tried everything. But ultimately, Goliath lost. Here's why: The 15+ year long attempt to challenge Steam started before I was VP of Prime Gaming, but we never cracked the code. Not under my leadership or anyone else's. The first way we tried to enter the online-game-store market was through acquisition. We acquired Reflexive Entertainment (a small PC game store) and tried to scale it. It went nowhere. Then, after buying Twitch, we created our own PC games store. Our assumption was that gamers would naturally buy from us because they were already using Twitch. Wrong. Finally, we built "Luna," a game streaming service that let people play without a high-end PC. Around the same time, Google tried the same thing with their product "Stadia." Neither gained significant traction. The whole time, Steam dominated despite being a relatively small company (compared to Amazon and Google). The mistake was that we underestimated what made consumers use Steam It was a store, a social network, a library, and a trophy case all in one. And it worked well. At Amazon, we assumed that size and visibility would be enough to attract customers, but we underestimated the power of existing user habits We never validated our core assumptions before investing heavily in solutions. The truth is that gamers already had the solution to their problems and they weren't going to switch platforms just because a new one was available We needed to build something dramatically better, but we failed to do so. And we needed to validate our assumptions about our customers before starting to build. But we never really did that either. Just because you are big enough to build something doesn't mean people will use it
October 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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qualbert.com
"The more we let companies use GenAI in development, the more we all stand to lose."

As scope increases and budgets shrink, The Alters is a cautionary tale of gaps plugged up by AI, and the backlash that follows.

@riorobayo.bsky.social examines #GenAI in games: www.qualbert.com/ai-use-in-th...
I’m Still Not Done Talking About AI Use in The Alters | Qualbert
The more we let companies use GenAI in development, the more we all stand to lose. We examine the ripple effects of AI use in games, beginning with The Alters.
www.qualbert.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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cinnadev.bsky.social
Grow new connections in the middle of nowhere with this bittersweet cozy story. Delphinium is now LIVE on Kickstarter 💙🌿
October 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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beabravo.bsky.social
Still struggling with finding a job. If you know anyone that’s needs some 2D art or retail help or admin tasks please let me know.

My commissions are also open.
October 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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riley.sbug.games
It's fixed! Isopod is now out! Please go buy it! store.steampowered.com/app/2053910/...
October 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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sbug.games
Still a few hours before we press the big scary release button on Isopod, but you can already get the OST on bandcamp thanks to our amazing composer @stijnvanwakeren.bsky.social
stijnvanwakeren.bandcamp.com/album/isopod...
Isopod: A Webbed Spin-off (Original Game Soundtrack), by Stijn van Wakeren
28 track album
stijnvanwakeren.bandcamp.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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cinnadev.bsky.social
After five years in development, Delphinium is coming to Kickstarter to raise finishing funds for the last few months of the project! Consider checking out the campaign if you're a fan of narrative or farming games ✨
👇 www.kickstarter.com/projects/cin...
Coming soon: Delphinium by CINNADEV
A farming sim in which cultivating connections with those around you matters just as much as growing crops- sometimes even more so.
www.kickstarter.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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richtaur.bsky.social
Happy 2nd anniversary to the Steam Dev Cheat Sheet 🥂

LMK if any info is out of date! Good luck with your game 🎮

#indiegamedev
STEAM DEV CHEAT SHEET Quick access to a collection of best practices & magic formulas: STEAM CAPSULE (Your Game) The single most IMPORTANT element since it's seen the most Clear Readable Game name Genre Hook(s) Hire on artist! THE DISCOVERY ALGORITHM Get 7,000+ wishlists before launch Get 10+ reviews ASAP (positive or negative, just need 10) The only punishing review status is OVERWHELMINGLY NEGATIVE (the rest are neutral for traffic) WISHLISTS About 15% of wishlists convert in the first week. ALL wishlisters are emailed at launch. Discount 20%+ to email wishlisters after launch. SALES ESTIMATES FROM REVIEWS One review represents about 20-55 soles. It's the New Boxleiter Number! ~30 is good So 100 reviews = about 3,000 copies sold. TRAILER (Viewers skip through trailers) Start strong Omit intro logos Direct to gameplay 60 seconds or less End with ONE CTA: Wishlist it or buy it Made in October 2023 From the author of How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself valadria.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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crewtapes.bsky.social
my new game is called Blood Being and you can download it at crewtapes.itch.io/blood-being - it's a horror walking and reading game about working in Aotearoa New Zealand
Blood Being by crewtapes
A walk-and-read game about precarity in Aotearoa New Zealand.
crewtapes.itch.io
December 29, 2024 at 1:03 PM
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ironicaccount.bsky.social
proud of the @tempopogame.com team tonight for picking up two awards at the AGDAs tonight

both @jeffvandyck.com and @dashurie.bsky.social gave wonderful acceptance speeches and it was a good call not to trust me with the microphone
October 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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louis-van-dyke.bsky.social
GCAP friends, come and see me pitch @dungeonpizza.bsky.social on the big stage at 11am tomorrow via GCAP Pitch!
(this photo is from the tech test today but yes i will be wearing the stupid hat and cat ears on stage)
me in my silly little outfit on the plenary stage doing the soyjak point at the massive screen behind me (dungeon pizza has never been that big and may never be again)
October 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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sbug.games
The Isopod Demo is back on Steam for #MIGW!
We've added a new friend to meet, a new shell to try on, and a bunch of extra polish✨
Isopod comes out on October 21st (THREE WEEKS! 😱)
Check out the demo here:
store.steampowered.com/app/2053910
Isopod: A Webbed Spin-off on Steam
You're a tiny pill-bug in a big world! Roll, zip, and slam your way through the gorgeous landscapes of the Australian bush, unite your fellow bugs, and fight back the greedy Fire Ant Conglomerate!
store.steampowered.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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dungeonpizza.bsky.social
We're just a few wishlists away from TWO THOUSAND! Help us make the final push!!
#indiegames #cozygaming #indiedev #steamsale
October 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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acvalens.net
Remember, @darkchibishadow.bsky.social recently revealed MasterCard & Visa does not like "fantasy" content... like "cat ears." I could see VTubers being at risk

www.darkchibishadow.com/post/dear-ad...
Please see below... All adult content merchants are required to pay a $1,450 High Risk Registration ($950 to Visa - 10 cents per transaction and 10 basis points and $500 to MasterCard). Types of adult content that are Illegal In the US, and/or prohibited by Visa and MasterCard: ⚫ Bestiality (animals) • Blood and gore • Child pornography or simulated child pornography • Degradation • Simulated rape Fantasy (Cat ears, falrles ETC) PaymentCloud is not making the decision on the result of your application. We work with a sponsor bank whose Underwriting team has the ultimate decision on whether they would like to accept your business vertical
September 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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acvalens.net
Starting to hear rumblings from organizers, activists, interested parties that they want to advance further on protesting payment processors. Not enough to call, not enough to sign petitions. It’s time to protest in person, IRL at the locations of these businesses — PayPal, Visa, MasterCard
September 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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spacecolonystudios.bsky.social
A rough piece of concept art for Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog showing a rough UI, piece of character art and background next to a scribbled circa with overlapping colour saying 'Just make it exist first'. Below that is a full screenshot of Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog showing a final UI, background and character sprite next to a perfectly drawn circle with colour that doesn't exceed the line and the text 'You can make it good later'.
September 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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lil-pink-clouds.bsky.social
Letters to Arralla is OUT NOW on Steam with a limited time 20% launch discount!! 🏝️💌

After 5 long years of development and lots of fruit & veggies eaten to power our developers, this cheeky game is finally ready to be delivered directly into your hands!! ☺️ Play now on Steam!

youtu.be/7GbGTEpsoIM
Letters to Arralla OUT NOW!
YouTube video by Little Pink Clouds
youtu.be
September 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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theonion.com
From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board: It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible https://theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997/
It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible
September 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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chrisdeleon.bsky.social
two mario game princesses posed in smash bros game as if talking brown hair one (daisy) saying are you tired of (visibly edited) building character, don't you just want (visibly edited) some stuff to go well? as she gets up in the face of the blonde one (peach). This is an edit of an older meme that usually instead says Are You Tired of Being Nice?
March 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM