Sleek, simple to use, powerful, and boots directly into games when required but is also a versatile machine capable of running desktop software? Plays nicely with TVs and monitors? Great controller support? It can only be...

Huh? You were expecting a photo of a Steam Machine?

The Steam page for The Many Sins of House Ocampo is now LIVE!

➡️https://store.steampowered.com/app/4102890/The_Many_Sins_of_House_Ocampo/⬅️

Wishlist, repost, tell your friends, tell the press! 📢

Now that I have some distance from my GDC talk, I think if I were to boil down my game design advice into a single sentence, it might be something like:

Focus less on adding stuff to your game, and more on developing connections between the stuff you already have.

This convo I had highlights the difference in what "respect your time" means in games.

A lot of players want to trade time for in-game progress. It's purely transactional: 1 hour = 1 progress

But I want to feel like my actions matter i.e. what I do with time creates progress, not time itself.

Recently I’ve been seeing more people getting tired of “everything becoming a roguelike”.
I think part of is games trying to integrate "roguelike elements" without actually making a roguelike? which just ends up being a permadeath mode + plain percentage stat upgrades with no real variety

#Gaurodan is out!

The 2013 game has been completely redone to fit my current vision of traditional arcade game design. It's denser (more levels but less overall length), with better pacing, mechanics and a proper scoring system.

Music by @gryzor87.bsky.social ♫
Info and downloads at locomalito.com

Demoscenen är nu ett levande kulturarv. Demoscenen är en gräsrotsrörelse som har varit oerhört viktig och lade grunden för den svenska spelbranschen.
levandekulturarv.se/forteckninge...

In Galaxy, you draft from a shop with only three characters in it. (and, usually, a spell)

What cards can show up, and when? How often do they show up? What are "the odds"?

Let's chat #indiedev #gamedesign - how does Galaxy provide regular, meaningful decisions with only 4 options? (🧵)

Upcoming #SteamEvent alert! 😀

✨🎲 Dice Dimensions (March 5 - 12) 🎲✨ hosted by @ansharpublishing.bsky.social is the celebration of games where the roll of the dice takes centre stage! The event will showcase more than 50 titles, so make sure to join us next month!
#DiceDimensions #Gaming

Keep Driving, our management RPG about life on the open road, is OUT NOW!

🌍 Explore an early 2000s setting
💥 Unique turn-based 'battle' system
🔧 Strategic resource management
👋 Pick up folks along the way
🚗 You’re young, you have time…

Available on Steam: s.team/a/2756920

Keep Driving - RELEASE DATE! 🚗🎉
Our management RPG about life on the open road
launches on...

🗓️Febuary 6🗓️
on Steam for PC (Windows)

Check out the new trailer 🔽 Sound on! 🎶
#keepdriving #steam #gaming

Manahex 1.5 is out on Steam store.steampowered.com/news/app/277... and now also itch e-svedang.itch.io/manahex

Since a lot of gamedevs are coming across to Bluesky, here's a reminder that my sound effect tool ChipTone is good! And free! And runs right in the browser!

sfbgames.itch.io/chiptone

It took me a few runs to figure out how to play Solitomb properly, but once I learned a few tricks the game opened up and each turn became a super satisfying little puzzle. Really looking forward to trying the new classes! krajzeg.itch.io/solitomb @krajzeg.bsky.social

Solitomb is *HERE!* 🎉

⚔️ krajzeg.itch.io/solitomb ⚔️

Stack cards into combos, fight monsters, add new abilities to your build and emerge victorious (eventually, sometimes)!

Please share this to help spread the word and enjoy the game! 🤗

#pico8 #gamedev #indiegame

I'm excited to announce:
Solitomb, the solitaire/poker/dungeon-crawling/roguelike thing, is coming out next Friday, November 22nd! 🥳

🃏Stack cards 😈 Form combos ⚔️ Fight monsters 🏹 Gain abilities 🤗 Emerge victorious

If you like what you're seeing, help spread the word?

#pico8 #gamedev #indiegame

After years of teasing, we're excited to finally reveal our next game:
🚘💿KEEP DRIVING💿🚘

It’s an atmospheric management RPG about life on the open road. Customize your car, pick up hitchhikers and drive around.

You’re young, it’s the early 2000s, and you have looots of time. Sound on! 💖