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Daniel J. Menezes
@danjohnston.uk

Creating this no-ai indie games starter pack is one of the best things I ever did on BlueSky. Lots of great developers in here, making things with their own hands, some of whom I might not have found otherwise!! go.bsky.app/78u8M6Y

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Daniel J. Menezes
@danjohnston.uk

I've finally decided to stop adding devs to the first pack and create a second one. The first one now has 300 great developers in it, and I don't want people to be too overwhelmed after clicking "follow all", so I've started a second pack here: go.bsky.app/xozdCt

Sky
@skylarkblue1.itch.io

Hey! Can I be added please? I work at an indie studio + work on my own stuff too :) I don't use any kind of generative AI, and make sure any assets I use are also free of it!

Daniel J. Menezes
@danjohnston.uk

I'm trying not to include people who post 18+ content- not because I personally have a problem with it, just because the nature of starter packs is a lot of people click "follow all" and might be surprised to suddenly be seeing 18+ stuff in their feed. Wishing you the best with your projects though!

JuhrJuhr
@juhrjuhr.itch.io

Hey, thank you for organising these packs! Could I be added to the second one, please? I recently announced my next game which is, of course, 100% AI free.

./yemáko/badgames.zip
@badgameszip.itch.io

in that case, I'd really appreciate an add! I'm currently working on my second and third game releases, and I'm very openly anti-ai and love learning new stuff and I always like to recommend @freddifish.bsky.social, @coghdev.bsky.social, and @apexmangostudio.bsky.social for these packs too <3

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EGOGARDEN
@josephdev.bsky.social

So glad to be part of such an awesome dev community. Thank you for making the starter pack and adding me to it! Thrilled to see so many other devs in here who deny AI any space into their process.

Daniel J. Menezes
@danjohnston.uk

I'm personally OK with adult games - but people who stumble on the starter pack might not be so I haven't been adding adult content to it. Maybe a separate no ai adult games pack would be good

Odd Michael
@oddmichaelgames.bsky.social

Can I join? But I don't have commercially released game yet. Think that there's nothing better than games made by people who love their craft. And if someone delegates game creation to AI - they're definitely not enjoying making games.

Odd Michael
@oddmichaelgames.bsky.social

Yes, actively working, but it’s a prototype and I’m currently learning Godot (switched from Unreal after their “we’ll put AI in everything and deprecate blueprints”) So for the next two month approx I’ll be in learning phase After that will be much more active here with a current game progress

Nick V // Daikon Games
@nickvv.me

Thank you for making it and including me in it. It's helped so many people find me! It's comforting to know just how many folks want things made by people

Daniel J. Menezes
@danjohnston.uk

Are you working on anything right now you can share with me? Mostly including people who are actively promoting projects - would love to add you if that's you!

Hungry Meat
@hungrymeat.com

Ah, no problem. I'm working on something, but it's early still so no promotion yet. I do have an existing game though on Steam, if that counts?

morumoru
@morushroom.net

Oh, you've made Gyro Boss? I've been playing your games for a while now, back when I haven't tried to make my own, even.

Daniel J. Menezes
@danjohnston.uk

Ah cool! Yes it's been a long while since I released that one but I think it's still my favourite game I ever made. Glad to meet someone who likes it :)