Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe

👋 I'm Thomas BIDAUX, co-founder of ICO, where we help video game studios navigate the wild world of self-publishing. You'll find me sharing: 🎮 Video game industry thoughts 💰 Crowdfunding news & tips 🦋 Game Industry Bluesky Guide 🎲 Nerding out about tabletop games #indiedev #crowdfunding #ttrpg

🎉 Ensemble 2027 Applications NOW OPEN🎉 We are looking for a new cohort of UK game creatives from Black, Asian, and underrepresented ethnic backgrounds. 📆 Applications close: Monday 9 November 2026 👉Apply or Nominate: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I have read the Joe Abercrombie books. Calling someone Nine Fingers is basically calling them very badass.

My first five TTRPGs in the order I played them: 1. Empire Galactique 2. D&D (the red box) 3. The Black Eye (Das Schwarze Auge/L'Oeil Noir) 4. L'Ultime Epreuve 5. Maléfices If you know more than 2 of them, chances are that you are 1) French; 2) 40 years old +

Interesting update on wishlist media conversion rates for new games on Steam. TL;DR: Wishlists converts about half as well as 5 years ago, but they're still a good indicator of how well a game can do. substack.com/home/post/p-... #gamedev

My first five TTRPGs in the order I played them: 1. Empire Galactique 2. D&D (the red box) 3. The Black Eye (Das Schwarze Auge/L'Oeil Noir) 4. L'Ultime Epreuve 5. Maléfices If you know more than 2 of them, chances are that you are 1) French; 2) 40 years old +

Steam’s Personal Calendar is now a full store feature, out of Steam Labs. Here is what the Steamworks docs say about how it works for developers. Full docs here: partner.steamgames.com/doc/marketin...

Hello from Spiel in Essen.

Not the top Steam review of Dressmaker making me cry this morning!

It’s the last day of the community run route setting contest! Be sure to get in your submissions for the most beautiful, brutal, or creative routes before its over. Wouldn’t want to miss out on a Cairn Route Tshirt!

After one week, Folded Fables has sold 16,944 copies. That's 3 copies for each papercraft treasure in the Dragon Hoard! Thank you to everyone who has joined us on this journey. It warms my heart that so many people enjoy our papercraft tidy up game as much as I do. #indie #gamedev #tidyup

Hello from Spiel in Essen.

Close up of the Trash Goblin’s Mycelle's Chasm Tours Poster. Available now: mightymerch.store/products/myc...

New record - 741 last week.

Very slowly adding to the file. Currently at 81. Found out about the link between the bikini swimsuit and the atomic bomb...

Zelda and GTA are not "the Barbenheimer of games". They’re the Ocarina of Crime

Our playtest is coming up, so we’d love to give you a glimpse of something important for #screenshotsaturday - the Locker Room! Check out some of the units you’ll see as part of the Mascot Rejects, plus a few upgrades and items you could encounter 🤩 Which one would you pick!?

What is the responsible adult in my house planning now???

Do you remember the demo discs on the original PlayStation? Come try out our IndieStation and its two “demo discs”! A little WebGL experiment that will take you back to those days and introduce you to demos of French indie games! 📺 demo-disc.pixelnest.io #gamedev #indiegames #steamnextfest

Announcing Caves of Qud: Diaspora. 🌱 Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/5249200/...

Caves of Qud: Diaspora breaks new ground by being the first early access DLC release on Steam

My boy...

RDV Jeux avec @jklauret.bsky.social @icotom.icopartners.com et @theconceptofliv.bsky.social ! On va parler EVO Nice 💪, IA et JV, Castlevania, GoW E-Day, Echo Weaver et plus ! LIVE [12H30] ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.twitch.tv/notpatrick www.youtube.com/notpatrickpo... PODCAST [16H] ⬇️⬇️⬇️ notpatrick.com#rdvjeux

12 hours of content... 👁️👁️

Dreams really do come true! ✨ Trash Goblin Merch is now live, in collaboration with Mighty Merch! Don't miss out on your very own little Goblin plush and many more cosy and fun items! 💚 Is that a Donoval pin I see? 👀 #indiegame #cosygames #promosky

Not only did Invokyr sell 100,000 copies, but the game also achieved: ♥ 1,1 million demo downloads ♥ Overwhelmingly Positive reviews on Steam ♥ 10,000 concurrent players ♥ Over 3,000 streamers playing the game in the past week Give it a try & leave a review: store.steampowered.com/app/3883570/...

❗ We’re looking for future CAPY content creators! If you’d like to collaborate with us, fill out the form below! We’ve got a plethora of puzzles and eccentric characters in our games that you’ll surely love ✨ We'll reach out for future opportunities as they arise! ➡ forms.gle/NkhBKRzfN7ne...

Discord forcing on you the Halloween sound changes EVERY YEAR is driving me mad. It would be great for it to remember that I deactivated last year for a reason. @discord.com - note it for 2027 please

A new color is available for the Cairn T-shirt! You can now showcase your Kami's journey in Denim Blue. Complete at least one ascension to unlock and order your very own unique tee. All details here: mightymerch.store/products/cai...

PSA - Don't forget to update your @play.date before tomorrow!

Oh! That's me in that first image! That was a while ago... ^_^'

The Kickstarter campaign for Frost 2 is LIVE! Support Jerome's work on this personal and peculiar sequel to his Survival Roguelike Deckbuilder! Every penny counts, thank you <3 www.kickstarter.com/projects/jer... #indiegame #kickstarter

IT'S TOMORROW!! AAAAAAAAHHH

The death by a thousand GTA6 releases.

Dwarf Fortress creator Tarn Adams is as tired of genAI in the industry as anyone else, and is pretty set on never using it https://bit.ly/47cqGpr

Don't worry guys, it will be fine. #indiedev

Usual June is now launching January 20th, 2027. Read more below 💛 @usualjune.bsky.social | #usualjune

🎉 HUGE CAREER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉 Today, I'm launching Vertical Slice, a new independent trade outlet committed to producing quality video game journalism that inspires, informs, and interrogates. That means daily news, incisive interviews, vital investigative work, and more. www.verticalslice.news

🎲 100,000 COPIES SOLD! 100,000 times the dice have been rolled, and the unexpected has happened. Thank you for playing, sharing, streaming! Enjoying Invokyr? Leave a review on Steam and help more players find their way to our table. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3883570/Invokyr/

👁️ It’s the fourth day of the Unmistakable Steam Festival! Let’s celebrate art and animation in video games with a new and final showcase, starting now on: Steam: store.steampowered.com/curator/4603... Youtube: www.youtube.com/@Unmistakabl... Twitch: www.twitch.tv/unmistakable...

Very happy for the @ludogram.io team to see so many players in Invokyr.

The Operator is now available on the Google Play and the App Store! 📱 Step into the FDI, investigate mysterious cases, and uncover the truth, wherever you are 🕵️‍♂️ 🙏 Huge thanks to @ateo.ch for the port and @icopartners.com for their support! #TheOperator #MobileGaming Links below 👇

How do indie studios decide which Steam sales events to participate in, and is it worth doing so? We asked these and more questions to @thegamekitchen.com, @spellgardengames.com, @theastronauts.bsky.social and @thegamebakers.com. #GMPlus @icopartners.com www.gamesmarket.global/insights-fou...