Dan / mono

Dan / mono

@deadair.co.uk

I help people do things. Marketing, community & events for games orgs, indie games + games edu. Part of @playsheffield.bsky.social‬. Also involved with weird indies, audio & creative arts. Sheffield, UK

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Hey #Sheffield, our next meet up: ✨Thursday 5th November✨ Join us for a casual meet up with other game makers in Sheffield and South Yorkshire, open to everyone involved in video games in any role! 🗓️ Thursday 5th November ⏰ 7pm - 9pm 📌 Sheffield Plate, Orchard Square Info: luma.com/wryf3vty

luma.comPlay Sheffield - Monthly Gamedev Meetup · LumaJoin us for the monthly informal meetup of Play Sheffield, a welcoming space for anyone involved in making video games in the UK’s greenest city! Whether…

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Hey #Sheffield, our next meet up: ✨Thursday 1st October✨ Join us for a super casual meet up with other game makers in Sheffield and South Yorkshire, open to everyone involved in video games in any role! 🗓️ Thursday 1st October ⏰ 7pm - 9pm 📌 Sheffield Plate, Orchard Square Info: luma.com/mwfyg9mv

luma.comPlay Sheffield - Monthly Gamedev Meetup · LumaJoin us for the monthly informal meetup of Play Sheffield, a welcoming space for anyone involved in making video games in the UK’s greenest city! Whether…

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WINGS really, really wants to fund your neat indie video game The indie investor, which is committed to empowering women and gender-marginalized devs, is introducing new funding pathways for PC projects of all shapes and sizes

gamedeveloper.comWINGS really, really wants to fund your neat indie video gameThe investor, which is committed to empowering women and gender-marginalized devs, is introducing new funding pathways for PC projects of all sizes.

very good. much recommend. was drawn in by the combo of visuals and adaptive audio, then ended up spending most of my time laughing. don't read up on anything else before playing.

Nifflas@nifflas.bsky.social

Did you know that my last itch release is a free game as well? Xenosphere, a small collab with @1neila1.bsky.social and @agaitcheson.bsky.social that maaay be a bit weirder than the itch page lets on

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We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2026 🎉 The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans. Deadline: September 27th More info 👇

oooh, multiple cool things here; Dance Dance Detective, All Will Rise, Wax Heads, Degenerate Star, Remote Control, and more!

AdventureX@adventurex.bsky.social

Check our curated #AdvX26 games appearing at adventurexpo.org! Go on an adventure into the world of narrative gaming and join us in London on 7-8 November! Tickets go on sale on 12 August!

I love this idea - a very indie 2 day experimental games conf based around 'inhuman-centred design'; creating new ideas by looking at things from a different perspective. Reminds me very much of the type of thing you used to get at Feral Vector. 18th-19th July in Hillsborough and only £35

Dave does RPG Stuff 🔜 Dragonmeet@uncannydice.bsky.social

Games For Crabs! It's an experimental weekend for game designers. It's in July, in Sheffield. It's gonna be weird and amazing! Check it out at gamesforcrabs.co.uk Then sign up if it sounds up your street. #gamedesign #gamesforcrabs Reposts appreciated. Tell your friends! Ask me questions!

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UnderDeveloped is back for 2026! A relaxed unconference to celebrate all things games and play, join us once again on the beautiful lawns of Brighton Square on Wednesday 15 July between 13:00-16:00. You can find out more about the event and register at the link below.

luma.comUnderDeveloped 2026 · LumaWe’re back this July for another round of talks, playtests, doodles, walks, and more. UnderDeveloped is a relaxed unconference to celebrate all things games…

Nice to see The Slayeux Tapestry highlighted! That was *inspired* + holding it as an exhibition at the Royal Armouries, where loads of games source their weapon refs, was just the cherry on the top.

Develop:Brighton 2026@developconference.com

The Develop:Star Awards 2026 Best Marketing Campaign finalists are... ⭐ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ⭐ CloverPit ⭐ Dispatch ⭐ Ghost of Yōtei ⭐ Monument Valley 3 / The Garden of Life ⭐ The Slayeux Tapestry #DevelopStars #DevelopConf

This is excellent! Huge congratulations to @benjamilian.bsky.social !

A MAZE.@amazefest.bsky.social

The winner of the Most Amazing Award is: Ben Swithen with “Trans Theft Horso” 🦩🏆🌴 This game reminds us that, as right wing policies are on the rise, it is a radically political act to create queer joy. Long live gender gladness!🌈 #playfulmedia #mbbfunded #amaze2026

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Replying to @meghna.bsky.social

we already have enough indie games that would appeal to all sorts of people who don’t play games — but the people who don’t play games don’t know about them. and they need to know about more than one thing that catches their interest to download steam. Or buy a console. That’s the reality.

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The Play Sheffield meet up for May is ✨tomorrow ✨ 📅 7th May 🕖 7pm - 9pm 📌 Sheffield Plate, Orchard Square 🔗 luma.com/1b6qjrev Super casual, and open to everyone involved in video games in any role, whether you're studio, indie, hobbyist or part of the wider games industry 🎮

luma.comPlay Sheffield - Monthly Gamedev Meetup · LumaJoin us for the monthly informal meetup of Play Sheffield, a welcoming space for anyone involved in making video games in the UK’s greenest city! Whether…

holy shit it's like they made a game just for me

NEWS! You hear that!? That's the sound of OFFBEAT; a music-tycoon game from the fantastic @whetstone.games OFFBEAT allows you to hook up kids toys, garden ornaments and kitchen utensils to a sequencer to create glorious electronic music (and export to .wav!) store.steampowered.com/app/4468030/...

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🌖 Amberspire is OUT NOW! 🌇 A dice driven science fantasy city builder. Grow your city atop a mausoleum moon, interact with strange weather and ecology, gain influence to make deals with powerful off-world factions, experience the history of a future city. PC, Mac, Steam Deck s.team/a/3350750

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My latest for @nowthenmag.bsky.social. I went to meet the new delivery robots. "I hate the machines, but not in a negative way. I find a lot of joy in it. If you hate me (a person with a soul) for hating a machine (inanimate) then you might actually be toxic." nowthenmagazine.com/articles/why...

nowthenmagazine.comWhy Do I Hate The Delivery Robots?Full conscription into the machine war has expanded to Sheffield. I went to meet our mechanical overlords in Meersbrook Park.

i'm just having a normal friday night reenacting the 1994 introduction of new labour within minecraft while @seanmorl.com tells me i've been learning chinese wrong.

sean morley@seanmorl.com

a while ago, i asked people on my stream what they want me to stream and they said minecraft. then i asked what they want me to do on minecraft and they said "learn chinese and reenact the history of new labour" so i guess this is that. live now with @deadair.co.uk www.twitch.tv/seanmorl

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this morning my faithful Ducky One 2 Mini keyboard died, just a little trill of usb disconnect, reconnect, and a final disconnect to mark its passing. you will be sorely missed. also i thought Duckys lasted forever wtf

honestly the separation of 3 & 4 as different and distinct stages is a valuable thing to understand.

Lennoxiconic // A Melody of Scales@lennoxiconic.bsky.social

I made this image as a joke but my friends said that it was (mostly) reasonable enough to be taken seriously. So: Indie devs, what does your game need to do for you to see it as a success? Note: except for the top tiers, most of the games shown do not relate to their tier. #indie #gamedev

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I made this image as a joke but my friends said that it was (mostly) reasonable enough to be taken seriously. So: Indie devs, what does your game need to do for you to see it as a success? Note: except for the top tiers, most of the games shown do not relate to their tier. #indie #gamedev

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You've made a demonic pact with World of Horror: The Board Game, but for those who have yet to partake, there's <50% of our Guro Editions left! Don't let the salve of indecision fester into something... fatal 🔗⤵️

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NEVER FORGET - WHEN THEY FIND YA☘THEY'LL GETCHA The Games From Ireland Steam Event! Check out some COOL IRISH GAMES discounted all week, including the deepest discounts ever on ENIGMA|STUDIO games. (Huge bualadh bos to @imirt.bsky.social for such a monumentally cool achievement! Please follow them!)

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Are you an organizer or head of a games dev community, based in the UK? (Can be design, audio, composers, artists, games course leaders, entire studios, whatever!) If so, DM/reply to this post. I'm organizing a cool event in the warmer months with an emphasis on bringing folks together Plz RT!

when talking about the wide range of job roles in games i'd pull out examples and one of them was always "there will literally be someone whose job it is to make rocks, and they will be some of the most technically accomplished things in the game" vindication! www.artstation.com/artwork/AZzrJm

artstation.comCairn - Technical Breakdown - Rock Rendering, Anthony BeyerI was lucky to work on Cairn as Technical Art Director, and now that the game has been released, I thought it might be interesting to share some of its "development secrets". At the beginning, i want...

today!

Dan / mono@deadair.co.uk

Join us next week for our @playsheffield.bsky.social gamedev meetup in Sheffield! It's a friendly, inclusive space where everyone in games is welcome, whether indie, studio, hobbyist, or wider games industry. 🗓 Thurs 5th March ⏰ 7 - 9pm 📌 Sheffield Plate, Orchard Square luma.com/pt7ujnqr?tk=...

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BACK ALL WILL RISE on KICKSTARTER if you're into 💜 citizen sleeper x ace attorney 🔥 revenge against the epstein class 🤑 marxist-animist weirdness 🃏 card-based narrative 🇮🇳 set in alternate india ✨ dreams of dead gods 🍃 branching stories ✊ WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...

kickstarter.comAll Will Rise: a narrative courtroom deck-builderA game about taking a billionaire to court for the murder of a river.