Aaron Cherof

BREAKING: Electronic Arts is cutting 400 jobs and shutting down BioWare, the legendary development studio behind Dragon Age and Mass Effect. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

ICYMI: Bandcamp Friday! With 2026 being a record year for layoffs, days like today are really impactful for supporting artists. I wanna hear what you all are picking up off your wishlists rn

It’s Bandcamp Friday! If you’re looking for some newer Cheroftunes, why not check out this stacked Chicory remix album w/ dozens of grade-A jumbo bangers 👉🎵

lolllll www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyga...

i had a dream that i was cleaning out my studio, and when i started inspecting my piano more closely, just between and below the keys i could see trader joe's peanut butter pretzel nuggets trapped in there

Knytt has been faitfully recreated by @bitkidgames.com to run on current operating systems and was just released on Steam and GOG, completely free Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2656050/...

Oops!...I Did It Again ™ 25% off anything (or all of) my discography today with the code "bigwalk" because I really love it. cherof.bandcamp.com

It’s the last day of Vancouver Game Garden 2026!! Come check out local indie games, art, dev talks, and get (or win!) some exclusive merch! In case you haven’t heard, the event is totally free and open to all ages, so be sure to stop by the Roundhouse today before 5pm, gamers! 👾🌱

Switch players! We're excited to be part of the Nintendo of America Indie Sale with some of our biggest discounts ever! Enjoy for limited time: 💀 80% OFF Crypt of the NecroDancer 🎸 60% OFF Rift of the NecroDancer 🚀 50% OFF Cobalt Core

New Boards of Canada is crazy good. Their best album in at least ten years

Thinking about waves today www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_7y...

5 of my favorite games ever. I think I might have a type

I was asked to give my thoughts on generative AI usage in games - here they are!

So everyone I guess needs to toss on the Cobalt Core visualizer again because YouTube Studio informed me today that the view count just got surpassed by someone doing ASMR shorts on top of my tracks (which shows up in my analytics for some motivating reason I'm sure)

A thought I had cherof.bandcamp.com/album/the-sh...

goated remix project fr do not sleep on it

Happy #BandcampFriday! Pre-orders count today too, so pick up Chicory: A Musical Tale today ahead of the album's full release tomorrow for 2½ hours of juicy remixes from me and dozens of other artists! And catch you tomorrow for the album drop 👋 resonantunion.bandcamp.com/album/chicor...

BREAKING: We've freed Cookie. Following an investigation by VGHF, Ukie and Web Capio have suspended DMCA takedowns for Cookie's Bustle on behalf of Graceware, SL. More info:

I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice: www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1... I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.

⤷ ゛it’s bandcamp friday! ˎˊ˗ that means all fees are waived and 100% of profit goes directly to the artist. it’s a great way to support the music you enjoy! last week i dropped my new album stutter, here’s a little sampler ~ laryssaokada.bandcamp.com/album/stutter

Completely forgot that I should post this... Crossover fanart from last year of these two glowing green arm characters

Sonic canonically burned me onto a CD-R mixtape and leaves it on loop in his car for all eternity youtu.be/h7ea7CjXZ54?...

The Cobalt Core vinyls are in the mail! Thanks y'all for the show of support ✌️✨

WOW SOLD OUT! These went super fast!! Thanks so much for the huge response on these 🙏✨ they’ll start going out next week!

Last call on the Cobalt Core vinyl begins NOW! cherof.bandcamp.com/album/cobalt...

See ya tomorrow at 9AM 🚀👀 cherof.bandcamp.com/album/cobalt...

A limited run of Cobalt Core OST vinyls will be going on sale September 5th at 9AM PDT at cherof.bandcamp.com/album/cobalt-core-original-soundtrack These are extra units from the crowdfunded Bandcamp vinyl campaign, pressed to 2 LPs on 180g heavyweight translucent grape vinyl. Last chance on these!

A limited run of Cobalt Core OST vinyls will be going on sale September 5th at 9AM PDT at cherof.bandcamp.com/album/cobalt-core-original-soundtrack These are extra units from the crowdfunded Bandcamp vinyl campaign, pressed to 2 LPs on 180g heavyweight translucent grape vinyl. Last chance on these!

cobalt core has mac support now btw store.steampowered.com/app/2179850/...

happy bandcamp friday, and as always, fuck spotify here are a few albums i've had on repeat since the last one that i enjoy, check em out vegatrails.bandcamp.com/album/sierra... soundvision.bandcamp.com/album/determ... ichikoaoba.bandcamp.com/album/lumine... deerxing.bandcamp.com/album/suture...

It's got enough room for me & the whole squad ⚔️

The feeling of battling autocorrect to spell the video game reference correctly, and then after 3 corrections, at the last second as I press “Send” it pivots back to being a typo

We have Bart Simpson at home Bart Simpson at home:

clay models of the crew members from Formless Star

✌️ How's everybody doing the day after Season Two started? Digging the new games? (If you haven't picked up S2 yet, you can still do so—you'll get the first two titles now, and the next batch next Thursday! play.date/s2)

Playdate Season 2 starts TODAY and Fulcrum Defender's coming at you in the first week of games! play.date/s2 Also got a little Fulcrum Defender OST out today too. Hope y'all enjoy our game! album.link/fulcrumdefen...

✨Dig! Dig! Dino! is out now!!!✨ Grab your shovel and dig up 💎treasure & 🦖dinosaur bones! Spend 💰money on ⛏️tools & upgrades! Put together the 💀skeletons of strange new dinosaurs and collect weird 🧩artifacts! Get it as part of @play.date Season 2 with 11 other games!! play.date/games/season...

WEEK 1 games: 🦴 Dig Dig Dino! A game about digging... for dinosaurs bones and other treasure! 🔘 Fulcrum Defender, a quick action game from the makers of FTL: Faster Than Light and Into the Breach. See you on the scoreboards! play.date/s2

Our game, Fulcrum Defender, is an arcade game that takes advantage of the Playdate's crank. Hold back wave after wave of enemies as you gain new skills and try to last as long as possible! -- I'm also excited to share the great tracks made for the game by @cherof.com!