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STORAGE UPGRADE UNLOCKED: Jacket pocket now available. Dome Keeper Mobile is out now on Google Play & Apple App Store!

STORAGE UPGRADE UNLOCKED: Jacket pocket loading. Dome Keeper Mobile, Coming Soon to Google Play & Apple App Store.

I love Godot’s GDScript. Thoughts 🧵👇🏼 Rift Riff and Hidden Folks 2 use it. Most professional game devs making games in Godot I know love it - often after trying C# thinking it would ease the transition from Unity. Instead, they love the ease and speed of GDScript more than their habits from C#.

GodotFest is coming back to Munich on November 3 & 4. Expect two days of talks, panels, games, and plenty of time to meet the people building with Godot Engine. The full announcement: godotengine.org/article/godo...

Heck yes! My favorite indie game youtuber @wanderbot.bsky.social played Bandwagon, made my day!!

Trying out some different Steam banners, inspired by Youtube trash thumbnails i guess :3

What a banger week for #Godot game releases! The Incident at Galley House Pathogenic Fogpiercer MOLDRISE We eatin' good in Godot land 😋

This week we revealed our game, Bandwagon! It's such a fun project to work on :) It's still relatively early, we need some feedback to make the best version of this adventure/survivor-like game! So please join the upcoming playtest if you have some time (starting very soon!), thank you! #gamedev

Band Together just became Bandwagon. Assemble your crew and hit the road in this upcoming indie release with a new trailer and fresh gameplay from @bippinbits.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Ma...

Introducing Bandwagon! An open-world survivors-lite adventure about building a band and restoring joy to a grumpy world. Sign up for our playtest on Steam now!🎺

René Habermann is the creator of @domekeeper.bsky.social, and Chris Ridenour is the founder of KAR Games. They join Joe Nash to discuss developing multiplayer games in Godot, networking challenges, and bringing multiplayer to Dome Keeper. @bippinbits.bsky.social bit.ly/4vztRS1

Y'all have an idea for a game title? We are struggling to find something good and I know y'all are super smart😅 The game is: - Assemble a band of lost musicians - Fight grumpy people with music - Musical but not a rhythm game - Single player - Medieval-ish fantasy but animals - Silly cute cartoony

Dome Keeper Original Soundtrack on Vinyl – Pre-Order now! 🧑‍🚀 @rawfury.bsky.social and Black Screen Records are outta space to launch @cameronpaxton.com's game soundtrack masterpiece for @domekeeper.bsky.social on vinyl! Start digging and pre-order now at buff.ly/pWLeWh6 🌟

Gather your friends and get ready to mine 🙌 The Multiplayer Update & The Lost Keeper DLC are now available on Steam & Xbox! https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1637320/view/497225487832057863

Hiring for contract Art Director/Tech Artist for a UEFN game by @bippinbits.bsky.social Immediete start, contract till May Help define what is possible within UEFN Work with existing dev team Remote work UE5 experience a must, UEFN a bonus Mail uwu@bippinbits.com with portfolio!

In the span of weeks, I've gone from someone who has never used Godot, to struggling to "get" Godot, to really liking Godot, to having taught aspiring gamedevs the basics of Godot, to strongly believing Godot's workflow & structure might be the best approach to developing games for many purposes.

There's just a few more days left to secure yourself a Drillbert plushie! 🙏✨ Bring our favourite mining friend to life here: www.makeship.com/products/dom...

The Mailroom DEMO IS AVAILABLE NOW #indiegames #horrorgaming #horrorgames #godot #gamedev

If you are a #gamedev, #solodev and / or #indiegamedev, check out our show. We have more than 42 interviews with wonderful people sharing your dream of creating games that make us happy. Some of our guests: @wiwyums.bsky.social, @allsees.online, @bippinbits.bsky.social, @sonderingemily.bsky.social

Here is the full video of me and @hanney.bsky.social playing the physical hardware edition of PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant, at Gamescom 2025 It is an enormously fun time, and the hardware is insanely cool! All the buttons feel so nice and clicky! youtu.be/GoJSchufjHo?...

We hope you enjoyed your training, @ign.com 🫡

Welcome back, Commanders. The Cooperative State of Antos would like to inform you that PVKK will be launching Summer 2026. Please enjoy your health giving tea, and await further communications. #Gamescom | #OpeningNightLive youtu.be/HYoehpASQMA?...

I love my current gig with @bippinbits.bsky.social! If you go to Gamescom you might see some of it in a booth somewhere! :3 (I get to draw silly stuff for a fantastic game, in my silly style, it's fantastic)

Right before Gamescom @landervr.bsky.social blesses us with the sixth PVKK devlog! He explains how the graphical scene is constructed and what's the reasoning behind this, as well as showing very recent improvements he has done to the lighting. Enjoy :D store.steampowered.com/news/app/295...

We got somethign pretty insane for Gamescom this year: a 2.5m wide, specially built controller for PVKK. It's essentially a real life replica of what you use on the game. It's all physical, high quality, making the joy of pressing buttons very real. We'll be at @indiearenabooth.de :)

in-depth thread: optimizing GDScript performance from ~83ms to ~9ms in a scene our tower defense game Rift Riff, made in Godot, with 1000 enemies. 🧵👇🏼 #gamedev #godotengine

In the fifth PVKK devlog, Olivia is sharing many insights into the narrative and world building we do, what role the story has and how it can elevate the gameplay :) Read it here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/295...

Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant (2025)

Knowledge Share announcement time! 🙌 @bippinbits.bsky.social from Bippinbits! René joins us in June to talk post-success, adaptability, and how work and life has changed since the studio's hit release, Dome Keeper! “You made it, what now”? — June 11th @ 4pm BST! 👇 discord.com/events/88345...

A proper highlight of the fourth PVKK devlog is a video from our sound designer @torbsaudio.com, showcasing some sounds and how he created them. Even as an "insider" on the project it's very interesting and impressive to me :) A pro! www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcfH...

I'm really happy to share that Kepler Interactive will publish PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant!💪🥳 Working with Kepler is awesome and enables us to make a better game, focussing on what we are good at. You'll find us in their Steam Sale :) store.steampowered.com/sale/Kepler2...

Our Creator Series continues with the incredible @bippinbits.bsky.social and Kepler’s own @handrahan.bsky.social. They explore René’s early inspirations + the design philosophy behind Dome Keeper, and the studio’s new project, PVKK 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=46wv...

Rift Riff just released and one of its rifts has remnants of a Dome Keeper dome! The keeper is long gone, but the orchard tree is still very much alive. If you (like me) look for a fantastic afterwork game that is both chill and engaging, check this :) store.steampowered.com/app/2800900/...

While June 27 approaches fast, Portside Game Assembly reached an important milestone: The conference program schedule and speaker line-up are final and we would like to share all details with you! Find the full program plan and all speakers here: portsideassembly.com/program/

• René Habermann from @bippinbits.bsky.social : “Don’t Ship the Wrong Game: A Framework for Choosing What to Finish" • Jennifer Estaris @aeiea.bsky.social from @ustwogames.co.uk : “The Economics of Purpose in Games"

Looking for playtesters! Rift Riff is a strategically tight tower defense game set to release beginning of May. If you're up for playing & recording your screen + voice so we can see and hear how you experience the game, please sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #game #godot #gamedev

We made a new game in 3 days for #LD57. You start to count sheep, trying to fall asleep - and then things escalate. bippinbits.itch.io/shleep

✨SPACE SPROUTS IS OUT NOW!!!!✨ Launch into cozy cosmic chaos: solve puzzles, bend physics and throw everything around! 🚀🌱 💜You can buy it now with a -10% launch discount! Please if you can, leave a review, as it really helps us a lot get some extra visibility from Steam!💜 tinyurl.com/SpaceSprouts

Indie game devs! Worried you don't have a good publishing deal? May I present my firm's 2025 Publishing Agreement Data Report! Taken from 100+ actual Publishing Agreements ranging from 2017-2025, providing averages for rev share splits, advances, IP ownership and more! indiegamepublishing.com

First PVKK Devlog is out! We'll do that monthly from now on😄 First one is a bit more introductory, and the future ones should dive a bit deeper on the developer perspective and the "behind the scenes" aspect. steamcommunity.com/games/295604...

OUT NOW (3x) 🎥 - Rift Riff's new trailer! youtu.be/M79VZIUvhHA 🕹️ - Rift Riff's new demo! store.steampowered.com/app/2800900/... 👀 - Rift Riff's influencer version! (⅔ of the final game) Get access through: creators@futurefriendsgames.com Jump a rift, pick your towers, and fight off monsters!