Glasgow Independent Games Festival

It's happening!! 🚨Tickets are on sale for GIGF 2026🚨 Join us July 11th+12th for two full days of games! talks! music! glasgowindiegamesfest.org/links More #IndieGames, unreleased games, weird games and alt-control games from the most talented developers from Scotland and around the world 🌸

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We are happy to announce that our Glasgow Indie Games Festival 2026 - FESTIVAL DIRECT will be premiering this Friday at 12 midday on our YouTube channel ! Tune in to see our festival games, friends of the fest and our world premiere announcement 🔥 🎮️ youtu.be/foROFk7mo-4

'"Good Game Design" aims to hide the humanity of their creators and instead replaces it with a set of pre-defined, empty interactions (...) to create a product.' 'What if we treat Game Design as an intentional creative process, and not as a set of rules?' 🔥🔥🔥

i just published a post about my time at @glasgowindiegamesfest.org "When you strip back the commercialism, the urge to “sell”, and with that remove all the predatory behavior capitalism encourages… you are left with something human that creates the groundwork for games to be relevant to everyone."

If you enjoy hanging out with wonderful people and playing crazy and wonderful games, you should put Glasgow Independent Games Festival @glasgowindiegamesfest.org on your calendar for next year. One of the best events I've been to this year so far. Plus look at that tote bag. Best-in-class.

We’re so happy you brought Dissimulation, such a unique and creative game! Thank you for helping to make GIGF so magical ₊˚⊹♡ Let’s all sleep for 72 hours straight <3

Self fulfilling prophecy, photo was taken (we’re really glad you had fun!)

Thank you so much for coming, we’re glad you had a great time :) We had the best time because of wonderful devs like you! <3

The Steam Sale ends 8am Monday (that’s tomorrow!!!) so if you’ve had your eye on anything, now is the time to wishlist or buy! Let’s support these incredible devs <3 Sale 🔗: store.steampowered.com/curator/4607...

Very cool doodles from some very cool devs

I witnessed The Dealer give an epic handshake, a hug, and do a little hop. He was not a fan of six seven and that’s actually extremely based.

A massive congratulations to @deepcrypt.games for winning best in show with the incredible, creepy, curry saucy game “Grease Trap ‘99” 🐟🍟

MEOW MEOW MEOW!!! Couldn’t agree more

We <3 SHARTS :)

Everyone (except me, the social media girl) is hard at work setting up for the best GIGF yet! We’re so excited, hope you are too! ˖ ࣪⭑ #GIGF26 #indiegames #glasgowgames #glasgowindiegames

How to find us! 📍 The event is held in BAaD (Barras Art & Design), represented by the rectangular orange GIGF symbol on our lovely map. The entrance is via Calton Entry, a street joining Moncur Street and Stevenson Street 🚪 See you soon ⋆˙⟡ #GIGF26 #indiegames #glasgowgames #glasgowindiegames

Glasgow is preparing for TTH 🙂‍↕️

Choo choo! See you soooooooon! 🚂

The GIGF Steam Sale 👾 Celebrate the talent behind this year's festival by buying or adding games to your wishlist, it helps support indie creators 🤝 The sale runs from now until 8am Monday, so don't miss out! ⏰ Check it out here: store.steampowered.com/curator/4607... #GIGF26 #indiegames

Drink lots of water!!!

Hey 👋🏻 it's been a while, We're delighted to say that we're going to be at @glasgowindiegamesfest.org this weekend officially announcing our new game! ✨✨ Come find us to be among the first to play our demo and keep your eyes on our socials for the online announcement and trailer. See you soooon!

@bitloomgames.bsky.social, creators of BAFTA nominated “PHOGS!”, are debuting their NEW GAME at GIGF26 ⋆˙⟡ The game will be available to play all fest, with the public getting an exclusive first look at this exciting new title (which is set in Scotland…) ⋆.⭑ #GIGF26 #indiegames #glasgowgames

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If my tarot reading doesn’t see pizza crunch consumption in my future, it’s wrong 🤷‍♀️

We'll be at Glasgow Indie Games Fest on the 11th & 12th of July with a playable demo for He Who Watches! See you there! glasgowindiegamesfest.org/games/he-who...

working on the zine for this years GIGF and remembered my favourite page from last year

Pizza crunch! Pizza crunch! Pizza crunch!

If you want one you need to get there before me because I’ll be running away with 100 cool zines spilling out of my pockets

Missed a Saturday day ticket? Get yourself down to the GIGF Afterparty this Saturday ! 🎮️ All our festival games (Plus a few extra!) 🎵 Music performances 🏆️ Our Best in Show Award Show ❤️ BYOG (Bring your own game !!)( Laptops and handhelds only!)) 🎟️ Tickets glasgowindiegamesfest.org

Remember to book your tickets for the talks and workshops now to avoid missing out! Booking link: glasgowindiegamesfest.org/gigf-2026/sc...

“JUMPBABY” by @bigbeefysharkbaby.bsky.social is a game about jumping and friendship and maybe… escaping 🐈 Experience your dad being annoying, being on the bus, and horoscopes, at GIGF26 🐈‍⬛ #GIGF26 #indiegames #glasgowgames #glasgowindiegames

“Salann” by @dekosmische.bsky.social is a dreamy 1-bit adventure game focused on atmosphere and dialogue 🌀 Involving themes of occult knowledge, alchemical philosophy, and imperial decline, you can check it out at GIGF26 📖 #GIGF26 #indiegames #glasgowgames #glasgowindiegames

“Coco’s Revenge” by @octopuspunchdev.bsky.social is a unique 2D precision platformer where you play as a physics breaking bunny 🐰 Rotate the stage, phase between positive and negative space, and reach the goal as fast as possible at GIGF26 🌳 #GIGF26 #indiegames #glasgowgames #glasgowindiegames

Now THIS is dedication to vitamin T 🍻

In “Grease Trap '99” by @deepcrypt.games, you work the night shift in a Highland takeaway battering fish and deep frying pizzas (ugh, the Scottish dream) 🐟🍟 Fully voice-acted in Scottish Gaelic, experience this retro-inspired horror at GIGF26 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #GIGF26 #indiegames #glasgowgames #glasgowindiegames

The afterparty is B.Y.O.G! 💻 Bring your own games along on something portable to show them off during the Saturday night afterparty ₊˚⊹ Find some space or just pass someone your laptop or Steam Deck… Let’s play some games together ₊˚⊹♡ #GIGF26 #indiegames #glasgowgames #glasgowindiegames

All the nicest people in indie games will only be there if you’re there… and you will be… so you’re right ₊˚⊹♡

Someone’s gotta do it 🤷‍♀️

SUNDAY SCHEDULE ⏰📣 The Sunday talks and workshops are now available for booking on the GIGF website ⋆˙⟡ These ALWAYS sell out so book your tickets at the link below TODAY 🎟️ glasgowindiegamesfest.org/gigf-2026/sc... #GIGF26 #indiegames #glasgowgames #glasgowindiegames

SATURDAY SCHEDULE ⏰📣 The Saturday talks and workshops are now available for booking on the GIGF website ⋆˙⟡ These WILL sell out so book your tickets at the link below TODAY 🎟️ glasgowindiegamesfest.org/gigf-2026/sc... #GIGF26 #indiegames #glasgowgames #glasgowindiegames

Dissimulation, the puzzle game I made with @m-enderbug.bsky.social, will be at @glasgowindiegamesfest.org next month! As you'll be able to play it with a midi controller that had 109 different lit buttons I couldn't resist adding some colourful attract modes!

Playing cool games is what it’s all about, we’re happy to have you here ⋆˙⟡ We are also very hyped to play @alienmelon.bsky.social’s game at GIGF 🙂‍↕️

I'll be talking at this year's Glasgow Indie Games Fest! The topic is "Post-Modernism & Futurism in Games". The aim is to poke a few holes in what we tend to *think* we are as a medium, and take a look at what makes us what we are ... Can't wait! @glasgowindiegamesfest.org #indiegames #gamedev

i’m going to Glasgow for GIGF soon! yay 🎉💕 can’t wait to see all the cool work 😌

“individualism in the dead-internet age” by @alienmelon.bsky.social is a high definition anti-capitalism next-gen-ism 💽 Experience this walkable essay about technocapitalism and what we lost along the way at GIGF26 👩‍💻 #GIGF26 #indiegames #glasgowgames #glasgowindiegames

I'll be at GIGF26 with He Who Watches! See you all there 👋

“Éalú” by @emfish11.bsky.social is a literally hand-animated stop motion point & click adventure in the spirit of 90's adventure/puzzle games ✏️ It is the only game at GIGF26 featuring an adorable stop-motion clockwork mouse 🐁💖 #GIGF26 #indiegames #glasgowgames #glasgowindiegames

In “Rhell” by @yogscast.games and @slugglove.bsky.social, you control a sassy mage and wander a colourful world at your own pace 💎 Combining runes lets you create a mind boggling number of solutions to every problem (if you can imagine it, you can probably do it… at GIGF26!) 🌸 #GIGF26 #indiegames

really excited for @glasgowindiegamesfest.org next month! doing a workshop on Saturday 11th about creating lil games in flickgame. possibly the most immediate game tool there is: straight from your phone/any browser! with a lil direction and some tricks you'll magic a wee digital memento to life