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Steam Scream V is open until Monday, Nov 2 at 10am PT. That's 18:00 UTC, not 17:00: US clocks change on Nov 1. Waiting on a new horror release? Steam's 30-day rule keeps Hellraiser: Revival and Silver Pines at full price all week. #SteamScream

Pixel art devs: do you lock your palette before you animate, or let it drift while you work? Locking early saves pain later, but I've seen some of the best sprites come from breaking the palette on purpose. #pixelart #indiedev

Our allies #gamedev #indiegamedev #oc #rpg #rpgmaker #demon #indiedev The final satisfaction is fast approaching. Play the demo and wishlist the game on Steam and Itch! Links in bio

IT'S THE LAST DAY OF #SteamNextFest ! There's still time to check out this one-of-a-kind EMO RPG! WISHLIST PSYCHO CASKET AND PLAY THE DEMO: store.steampowered.com/app/5128940/... #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #rpgmaker #rpgツクールMV #goth

No AI allowed in this Mansion!✨🔮 Explore an old Mansion, find hidden objects, and meet strange visitors 👁️ Midnight Souvenirs our all hand-painted 2D game with a Lovecraftian Twist! Support us with your Wishlist ❤️ tinyurl.com/24rxy9b7 #cozygame #gaming #gameart #gamedev

My incremental game ends when you smash piñata #1000, and it launches November 3 🪅 Please wishlist it on Steam. It helps a solo dev a lot. Ready? Free demo is live 👉 store.steampowered.com/app/5210430 #indiegames #videogames #steamgames #indiedev

Roguelikes hide their best design lesson in the death screen. If the run summary doesn't tell me why I lost, I blame the game instead of my build. What do you want to see there? #roguelike #gamedev

Far Far West Frost Spells: All 5 & Shield Points System -- Far Far West Frost spells: all 5 from Breeze to Blizzard, plus how Shield Points works (100 cap, decays fast) and the melee freeze combo that funds it. #gaming #indiegames #gaming #indiegames

The Sinking City 2 Review: A Genre Swap That Pays Off -- The Sinking City 2 review: Very Positive at 82 percent, a full survival-horror pivot from the original's detective formula. Here's whether it works. #gaming #indiegames #gaming #indiegames

MEET THE MEAT! PIG IRON, now LIVE on Kickstarter : kickstarter.com/projects/pos... Play the demo & Wishlist the game on STEAM : posmnaut.itch.io/pig-iron store.steampowered.com/app/5379070/... #PIGIRON #godot #kickstarter

Haven't posted much due to focusing on the not-cool stuff. So here's my level design process! From sketching the layout, to blocking out, to texturing & vertex coloring. The shading of each room is its type: combat, puzzle, lore, or treasure. #gamedev #indiegame #solodev

One of the great things about a deterministic game is that you can have your playtesters send you replays when something "cool" happens #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #pixelart

For my gameplay update, I am working on some attack animations. This is my favorite one named "original sin." #gamedev #indiedev #animation #solodev

I accidentally deleted the post, so I am posting it again. This is the game I was working on. n-erebus.itch.io/salvation This will be my last game for a while. I wrote more about that decision here: the-erebus.neocities.org/posts/this-w... #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #godot

Is Mycopunk worth it after 1.0? For a co-op squad, yes. Solo play got a little kinder, and the launch sale halves the price until November 3. #Mycopunk #DevolverDigital #CoOp

Empires of the Undergrowth review: a real ant RTS, freshly updated with a swamp map and two huge predators. Who should buy it on sale and who should pass. gamebrief.net/blog/empires-of-the-undergrowth-review-2026 📷 Screenshot: Steam store page (Slug Disco / Hooded Horse)

Pixel art games have a readability problem nobody admits: busy backgrounds make enemies vanish at speed. Do you trust a game more when it dims the floor for you, or does that feel like hand-holding? #pixelart #indiedev

My Army Getting Stronger - incremental auto-battler about massive battels with swords and magic. Wishlist and signing up for the playtest store.steampowered.com/app/4979990/... #gamedev #indiedev #devlog #indiegame #screenshotsaturday #incremental #autobattle

Not necessarily a screenshot, but I've got some WIP on Steam capsule art that I've been working through. I created a bunch of compositions (which maybe I'll add below), but working with this one for now and getting somewhere I think I can be happy with. #ScreenshotSaturday #IndieDev #IndieGame

Ore eaters is a pixel space-mining game where you build mining ships piece by piece. new today: rare asteroids that are solid gold. Free in browser: studiohorseface.itch.io/ore-eaters #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev

Check out the new key visual for Copy Cats drawn by @wilperi.bsky.social! He did a banger job for such a short notice, I should have asked him months ago. Wishlist Copy Cats! Releasing on 29th! store.steampowered.com/app/4700300/... #gamedev #indiedev #gameart #cats #puzzlegame

Probably Stolen guide to the nine starting scenarios in the October 28 launch: what each trade gives you, what can sink it, and which one to pick first. #ProbablyStolen #ShopkeeperSim #StartingScenarios

Demos are the best marketing most indie devs have, but half of them end on a hard stop that feels like a paywall. Would you rather a demo that cuts off mid-fight or one that just stops after a tidy first level? #indiegames #gamedev

working on a run down city environment in the FTEQW engine made with #WifeRadiant #leveldesign #lowpoly #quake #pixelart #gamedev

throwing whatever the hell i like together and calling that my game 🔪wishlist HELL LOOKS BACK on steam: store.steampowered.com/app/5375500/... #indiegame #gamedev #horrorgame

BumperMania is an online party game where you and your friends ram cars into each other, use all kinds of weapons and try to knock everyone off the arena. Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4298340/ #indiegames #indiegamedev #solodev

Working on the slime boss, finishing other direction attack key frames! #gamedev #pixelart #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #godot #TheUniverseOfDeath

Pixel art games with lighting get a free quality bump, but the cost is readability. If a player can't tell a floor tile from a trap in dim rooms, the lighting is hurting the game. #pixelart #gamedev

I'm making this alone, and my piñata game speaks 14 languages. Which one is yours? Wishlist it on Steam, it helps a lot, and the demo is free 👉 store.steampowered.com/app/5210430 #indiegames #videogames #steamgames #gamedev

Cathy's Adventure! V0.3 is out! Which brings three new levels, a level selector and some fixes! Play here: Itchio: chrismpdev.itch.io/cathys-adven... Gamejolt: gamejolt.com/games/cathys... #gamedev #indiedev #platformer #furry #indiegame #wip

Pixel art, store-page shot. Left: Blender's default light and Linear filtering, so every texel smears. Right: Texel's Build Showcase, Golden Hour: sun, rim light, bounded haze, Closest filtering forced on. Then Render Showcase. https://z3er1n.itch.io/texel #pixelart #b3d #gamedev #indiedev

Copy Cats arrives in 3 days! Solve puzzles with your cat clones that mimic your every move and help the real cat reach the goal portals! Wishlist and try the demo on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4700300/... #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #ドット絵 #ゲーム制作

Steam Next Fest is over, thank you to everyone who played the Åttkand demo! <3 We went from 48 to 84 wishlists. For a solo dev, that's huge. The demo stays up permanently: store.steampowered.com/app/5146380/ Full game in November; exact date soon! #gamedev #indiegame #puzzlegame #SteamNextFest

The Paralives first major update won't land by the end of 2026. Here's what the studio plans to add, and why pets and seasons aren't on the list. #Paralives #LifeSim #EarlyAccess

Demos are the best marketing indie deckbuilders have, but most cut off right before the first real build choice. Players leave knowing the tutorial, not the game. Where would you end a demo? #deckbuilder #indiedev

Next Fest closes today at 10am PDT (17:00 UTC). The demos don't switch off with it: each developer decides, and Valve asks them to give players notice first. If one grabbed you, wishlist it now. Steam flags wishlisted games that have a demo live. #SteamNextFest

The Bounty is now on Steam!!! After months of development, this is a huge milestone. Check out the Steam page and wishlist the game if you like what you see! @kikottan.bsky.social store.steampowered.com/app/5073690/... #TheBounty #IndieGame #GameDev #roguelike #indiedev #indiedev #pixelart

Have to work on my indie game project but WoW Forever is coming soon 🫠 Try/wishlist TOKENS demo on Steam now! 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/3667480/... #indiedev #gamedev #wowforever #roguelike #deckbuilder

Gotta love the collateral damage from the sniper rifle 🥹 Wishlist CHARNEL on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/5351830/... #roguelike #arpg #ascii #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev

If your a #TwitchStreamer and want to play a #Monstertaming RPG then you should play Alchemic Beasts! A Monster taming RPG where you and your beasts fight alongside each other bonding, battling, and building!! Come and support a family of Devs! #Indiedevs #Monstertamer #Steam

Trash City Turbo vehicle spotlight! The Brackman MK2 Brackman's signature wide mono suction tech paired with a V-12 piston, 30 litre Merlin engine. Truly the best of Britain. Available to wishlist now store.steampowered.com/app/4484260/... #indiegame #gamedev #IndieDev

Hellraiser Revival review: the most faithful Hellraiser adaptation yet, with combat that splits players and critics. Why the PC version lands best for now. #HellraiserRevival #SaberInteractive #SurvivalHorror

The Stupid Never Dies demo is free and its save carries over. Play it first: the full game is a roguelite loop, and that's what splits its launch reviews. #StupidNeverDies #Sega #ActionRpg

#screenshotsaturday has a quiet side effect: devs polish the one angle that looks good in a post, not the one players actually see for 20 hours. Would you rather see a dev's worst room instead? #indiedev #gamedev

Happy Scarlet Saturday! ngl I saw a trailer for a game called DON'T BLINK, and it looks awesome! The game is a top-down horror game that uses blinking as a mechanic! The art style looks cool as well, it's a unique concept! I hope you have a wonderful day, I send love and positivity your way 💛☺️

"I cried when i finished this game actually. it'll be living rent free in my head 24/7, 365." One of the highest complements I've received for Neofeud. Makes 3 years of blood, sweat, & tears as a solo-dev worth it! store.steampowered.com/app/4611140/... #indiedev #indiegames #SteamDeck

Happy 20th Anniversary to a very influential game to me, #darkmessiah. My love and support to Arkane, WolfEye, and the many talented devs who catalyzed a child's path into game dev Our work is in their honor, and with that, the CE page is now up for wishlist! More tomorrow 😉 #indiedev #gamedev

Testing custom splash screen art... Wishlist Meander: store.steampowered.com/app/4714860/... #indie #gamedev #art #crochet #SteamNextFest 🧶

Most deckbuilder roguelikes lose me around the third act, when every run converges on the same two or three broken combos. Is a balanced card pool even the goal, or is the broken build the whole fun? #deckbuilder #roguelike #indiegames

Silver Pines review: a Twin Peaks-flavored survival horror metroidvania that players love. The catch is clunky combat and a lot of backtracking. #SilverPines #Team17 #SurvivalHorror