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@ccharnul.bsky.social

THE GAME IS OUT, I REPEAT, THE GAME IS OUT

Hopefully I squashed all the bugs, hope everyone enjoys it!

store.steampowered.com/app/2980260/...

Save 25% on Hypogea on Steam

Escape from a mysterious underground megastructure in this short atmospheric 3d-platformer.

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November 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM

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Kero Quest 64

@stratobox.bsky.social

Hope you’re ready for some relaxing beach fun! Play the new Kero Quest 64 demo.. NOW!!!! 🐸 🏖️ 🐧

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Kero Quest 64 on Steam

Kero Quest 64 is a Collectathon 3D Platformer inspired by other games in the genre, especially those from the late 90s. You take control of Kero, a blue frog seeking to stop a prince from spreading ev...

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November 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM

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Video Game History Foundation

@gamehistoryorg.bsky.social

There's a little Einhander! See CD 194

archive.gamehistory.org/folder/bab8f...

November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM

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1000xRESIST | Available Now

@sunsetvisitor.studio

You are a clone named Watcher, and you’ve made a grave mistake.

💠 Surface a 1,000-year-old lie from the cosmic shadows
💠 Discover the forbidden truths about your god
💠 Unravel a tapestry of familial pain, love and revolution

1000xRESIST is out NOW on PlayStation, Xbox, and Game Pass.

November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM

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Tiani Pixel

@tianipixel.bsky.social

it is always so fun working on high areas of the map and fine tuning the beautiful vistas you see from up top :)

- work in progress!

(game is ABYSS X ZERO for those who do not know! an upcoming low-poly 3D metroidvania, developed by me and @ironfairy.bsky.social)

#gamedev #lowpoly #indiegame

October 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM

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Nicole Clark

@nicoleclark.bsky.social

it feels so good to write again, to play games again, after the worst year of my life. i picked a ridiculous game (that i love!) to relearn controller skills with, but taking my time makes it possible
aftermath.site/silksong-hol...

A Condition Took Away The Use Of My Hands. Silksong Helped Me Rehab Them - Aftermath

Last year I woke up with the hands of an alien. Every item I grasped fell to the floor like so many grains of sand; every doorknob became a lock I couldn’t open. It didn’t hurt, but hundreds of dollar...

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September 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

I was so fortunate attend the closing performance of Free Shakespeare in the Park's TWELFTH NIGHT on Sunday at the revitalized Delacorte. Sensational theater, freely shared, and a testament to the importance of public arts in NYC.

Zohran backstage with the cast of TWELFTH NIGHT in full costume.

September 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM

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YLAB - Arcade Sticks

@y-lab.bsky.social

I had some leftover rainbow filament left, so here's my daughter's build.

a homemade arcade fightstick shaped like a cat, with rainbow printed sides

August 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM

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1000xRESIST | Available Now

@sunsetvisitor.studio

In case you missed the last sale, 1000xRESIST is 30% off on the US eShop and on Humble for Steam! Our sci-fi game has:

💠 matricide
💠 doomed yuri
💠 aliens
💠 a deadly pandemic
💠 so much generational trauma

Hope you have a great and happy time playing our game! 🫡

August 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM

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Rebekah Valentine

@duckvalentine.bsky.social

In the four years I've been at IGN I've watched its staff shrink and shrink, all while those who remain are asked to do more and more. I see colleagues skip lunch, stay late day after day, and burn out.

IGN staff are passionate and love their work. But we can't keep letting that be exploited.

IGN Union @ignunion.bsky.social · Aug 25

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.

FROM NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 13TH IGN CREATORS GUILD IS GOING TO... DO OUR JOB!

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, IGN MANAGEMENT HAS GOTTEN AWAY WITH LAYING OFF OUR COWORKERS OVER AND OVER. MEANWHILE, MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE LEFT THE COMPANY IN NO SMALL PART DUE TO BUYOUTS, OVERWORK, AND FEELING UNSUPPORTED, EACH TIME, THE COMPANY HAS REFUSED TO BACKFILL MANY ESSENTIAL ROLES, CLAIMING WE'RE ON A HIRING FREEZE, IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET, OR THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO LESS WORK THIS TIME.

AS A RESULT, IGNCG MEMBERS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO TAKE ON MORE OF THEIR FORMER COLLEAGUES' WORKLOADS. MANY OF US NOW WORK LONGER HOURS THAN WE USED TO. A LOT OF US RARELY TAKE LUNCH BREAKS. SOME OF US DO NOT TAKE ADEQUATE TIME OFF DUE TO THERE BEING NO ONE TO PICK UP THE SLACK. OTHERS OF US ARE STUCK DOING WORK WE WERE NEVER HIRED TO DO IN THE FIRST PLACE.
UP TO THIS POINT, WE'VE ALL ACCEPTED THIS AS NORMAL, BECAUSE WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT IGN AND THE WORK WE DO. BUT WITH SO MANY OF US STRUGGLING MORE AND MORE AS EACH NEW WAVE OF OUR COWORKERS ARE DEPRIVED OF A LIVELIHOOD, THIS CYCLE CAN'T CONTINUE. MANAGEMENT IS UNWILLING TO STOP IT, SO IT FALLS TO US.
WITH THE LAYOFFS OF EIGHT OF OUR COWORKERS, IGNCG HAS NEGOTIATED A SIX-MONTH RECALL LIST. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT, FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, IF IGN WANTS TO FILL ANY OF THOSE ELIMINATED ROLES AGAIN, THEY MUST REHIRE OUR LAID-OFF COLLEAGUES. WE WANT THEM TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEIR JOBS BACK IF THEY WANT THEM, AND IF NOT, WE WANT THOSE ROLES BACKFILLED TO EASE THE BURDEN ON THE REST OF US.
SO STARTING TODAY, LENCE MEMBERS ARE COMMITTING TO DO OUR JOBS. NO MORE, NO LESS. WELL SHOW UP TO WORK ON TIME AND LEAVE ON TIME. WE'RE TAKING ALL OF OUR LUNCH TIME, EVERY DAY.
IF WE WORK LATE, WE WILL FIRMLY ASK FOR OUR RIGHTFULLY EARNED COMP TIME. AND IF IGN WANTS OUR LAID-OFF COWORKERS' WORK TO GET DONE, THEY'LL HAVE TO REHIRE THEM TO DO IT INSTEAD OF FOISTING IT UPON US.
HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT IGNCG IN ALL THIS?
SHARE THIS POST, AND TELL IGN MANAGEMENT THAT Y…

August 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM

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Kilvus Combaticus

@githyankidanky.bsky.social

imoen

August 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM

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_D

@drnmcy.bsky.social

this is my passion project, angel's nest. a folk-horror survival rpg set in an alternative, pre-colonial africa.

angel's nest screenshot showing the player surrounded by towering trees.

angel's nest screenshot showing the status and map screen

angel's nest screenshot showing the stat improvement menu.

angel's nest screenshot showing the player in a towering slum yard

October 20, 2024 at 6:10 AM

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The A.V. Club Games

@theavclubgames.bsky.social

Nintendo's come far in acknowledging its female player base, as traditional damsels in distress like Pauline, Zelda and Peach are now heroes for young girls. Their older female audience needs games too, though, @midimyers.com writes. www.endlessmode.com/article/nint...

Nintendo Has Unexpectedly Turned Its Damsels in Distress into Icons for Young Girls

Nintendo's successfully turned its damsels in distress into heroes for young girls. It seems smart to start making games for older girls and women, now.

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July 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM

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Cool Box Art

@coolboxart.bsky.social

Crazy Train / MSX / Sony / 1983

July 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM

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Sae

@crownedsaeraphim.bsky.social

Akaiye in all those details

July 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM

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Chris H. 🍄🌛

@sutexii.bsky.social

Chris here, a freelance illustrator and character designer that loves dark fantasy, monsters, and folklore 🍄🌙

Publishing, games, TTRPGs - for any project that needs a funky organic touch, I'm available for work 👁️

🕸️ sutexii.art
✉️ chrisutexii@gmail.com

✦ #portfolioday #art

A large mushroom-warped woman stands holding the hand of her sword. Skeletons sit below her, and a broken moon bleeds onto them.

Character Design - various monsters based on mushrooms

fullbody color commission. A character with white hair wears a cloak secured by a bird pin, blue tunic, and strapped boots. They hold a spear dripping blood into the rainwater at their feet. they appear contemplative as a red droplet falls into their hand.

Character lineup - a squad of odd masked mercenaries

July 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM

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ぞえあみ/ZOEAMI

@zoea.bsky.social

#2025年自分が選ぶ今年上半期の4枚

June 29, 2025 at 8:32 AM

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Chloé Stawski

@chlowski.bsky.social

à propos of nothing : "proud samus" alt version

same fanart as original post, but the color palette of her Power Suit is now the trans flag palette : pink, blue, white

June 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM

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remy siu | 1000xRESIST

@remysiu.com

Our Peabody speech for 1000xRESIST.

“This art form is barely unearthed. It’s too early to define it. Fund the indescribable.”

On behalf of sunset visitor, Nhi and I want to thank the Peabody board for this huge honor.

We put so much into this game, what we wanted to see ourselves.

We yearned for stories of the Asian diaspora to be allowed imagination. For diversity to include diversity of form. For our stories to contain risk and experimentation. As people of colour and artists, we wanted to see our whole selves represented – and for this not to be sanitized or erased to appease soft power or timid tastes.

We didn’t know if we’d have another chance. For people like us, sometimes we only get one chance.

I want to say to the game industry, resource those on the margins and seek difference. Take chances again and again. This art form is barely unearthed. It’s too early to define it. Fund the indescribable.

Always be moving, transforming. Be water.

Thank you and hekki grace.

Remy and Nhi backstage at the Peabody Awards. Behind them, a sign says “quiet please.”

June 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM

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jenny

@qdork.bsky.social

CONSUME ME DEMO
OUT!

download & wishlist if u wanna:

✅ get hot 🔥
✅ make ur crush fall in luv with u 💕
✅ find money on da ground 💸
◽️try to squeeze in every single item on ur TO DO list so u can appease everyone around u WHILE AVOIDING emotional breakdown & hitting rock bottom

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May 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM

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Pen to Pixels

@pentopixels.com

My feelings covering Summer Game Fest, in LA, as the daughter of a Mexican immigrant.
pentopixels.com/article/summ...

June 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM

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Clifftop Games

@clifftopgames.bsky.social

9️⃣ years after the original installment, Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer has FINALLY LAUNCHED! 🚀🎉

Private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer 🔪🩸🔎

Enjoy the release trailer below! 👇