Joel | Porch Weather Games

There were some stumbles along the way, but Tyrants Must Fall is headed for Early Access launch this Dec 15th! Join Jairm and his merry band of rebels as they topple the Tyrant King in this #turnbased tactical #roguelike! #indiegame #noai Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/4464400/

Movies got it wrong - the evil corporations taking over the world don't have to pretend to be good, they can actually explain what a threat they are to humanity in their IPO paperwork as a way to spice it up for the investors.

If you think you can handle it, my most Halloween-appropriate titles are on sale on Itch right now! Can you survive a Night in the Unpleasant House? Can you keep Camp Keepalive open for one more night? Answers to both questions await you! #indiedev #noai itch.io/s/210054/hal...

Rewatching Voyager and just got to the ep where Neelix goes full investigative journalist and keeps espousing the importance of journalist independence and dedication to uncovering the truth and boy does that all feel so hollow now.

I'm looking to commission a visual/concept artist create a few mockups or target renders (possibly animated) for a 2D project of mine. Abstract, dark, minimalist, think of radar UIs with an occult spin or low-res UFO sighting photos. But art direction is flexible. Please DM if you're interested!

I think most of us were raised on media showing the bad guys getting what they deserved in the end - justice, karmic retribution, etc. And mostly, the world supported that view. But now we all have to deal with the psychic damage of not just seeing the bad guys not facing justice, but thriving.

Warren Spector’s talk, encompassing Deus Ex and Epic Mickey and much more, is streaming now at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter but ALSO by request, we are not recording or keeping this stream! Tune in if you want to see it.

12/15!!!! Aw man, missing my Extra Life by 2 days 😭😭😭😭 But I’m absolutely going to play the hell out of this!!!

Someone is becoming a daily visitor

Excited to host this week's official #TurnBasedThursday on Bsky 🔥 Now, don't be shy, #IndieGameDev 👀. Reply with your #turnbased games, AND USE THE HASHTAG!! 😘 Do you love turn-based games? Of course you do! 🔁 and ❤ your favorites in the replies, and follow your favorites 😎

Shoutout to Noteworthy Composer, which I originally downloaded in... 1997... and is still up for sale for $49 looking utterly unchanged over the past 30 years.

Jairm may not be the wisest or smartest Hero of Destiny, but even he has some pretty fundamental ideas about how things should work. #indiegame #indiedev #turnbased #roguelike Tyrants Must Fall comes to Early Access this Dec. 15th. Wishlist today! store.steampowered.com/app/4464400/...

Since it's grow substantially since I last shared it - If you want 6+ hours of game music from all eras and genres to enjoy while you work on your own games, have I got the playlist for you! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Wow, the economy must really be dire if Bruce Wayne has to supplement his income this way

Diminish an anime: Vampire Hunter D-

You ever get a year into a project and finally get so fed up you spend five minutes building a testing utility you should've built 11.5 months ago?

Amusing myself by singing "Try To Remember (the kind of September)" in the Bane voice and thinking how if I recorded it, it would fucking kill on YouTube a decade ago.

Last I'll post about this, but Elon Musk disagrees with me. This means I am onto something, and I feel more valid in my opinion than ever.

Not the point, but it would be immoral to “own” a sentient vehicle.

The Woodpecker Once upon a noontime hour, while I labored somewhat dour, over lines and lines of buggy and mangled code- While I focused, quite intently, suddenly there came hammering, As of one machine gun tapping, tapping at my abode "What the fuck," I shuttered, "seriously, what the fuck?"

My dad always calls me when he encounters something online that he thinks is trying to scam him, or that he's just generally confused about. And I am glad he does it, because usually they *are* things that are very confusing or *are* trying to scam him. What's sad is how often he is forced to call

Everyone is focusing on the "Our Greenland" part, but don't sleep on the vision of the future he outlines there, where our defenses in Greenland will "routinely" stop attacks made against the US, assumedly because we are at war with everyone constantly.

Sure, buying games is fun, but how about wishlisting them? It’s like a planning to buy one in the future, but for free at the moment! Also, it really means a ton to an #indiedev for multiple reasons. Anyway, totally unrelated, here’s Tyrants Must Fall… store.steampowered.com/app/4464400/...

Today's Random Old Game music, continuing my Genesis explorations and also just in time for spooky season, it's Frankenstein's Mansion from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein! The whole soundtrack goes substantially harder than you would expect given the title. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYDI...

Sure, buying games is fun, but how about wishlisting them? It’s like a planning to buy one in the future, but for free at the moment! Also, it really means a ton to an #indiedev for multiple reasons. Anyway, totally unrelated, here’s Tyrants Must Fall… store.steampowered.com/app/4464400/...

Hey person who loves #cozyfantasy #lgbtbooks but wishes there were more pirates and candy and ghosts: what if… THAT, but illustrated! By a real human! Well… look, here’s that. Weekly-ish. sodacove.com/hearties/

Incredible composition. Mr. Fantastic looks like he’s just some guy who wandered into this scene and isn’t quite sure if he should keep waking or not.

I also want Vertical Slice to evolve beyond the confines of a traditional paper. That's why I'm launching The Repository, a growing (free) collection of pitch decks and design docs donated by generous contributors including @kitfoxgames.com, @outersloth.com, and @outerloopgames.bsky.social.

Love it when I stumble onto Chicken Sandwich, Carl! in the wild.

One big thing they don't tell you about getting older is the appropriate amount of maple syrup to put on your pancakes and waffles goes from "all of the maple syrup" to "maybe just some of the maple syrup"

If you're serious about game development or design, PLAY OLD GAMES I can't overstate how many good ideas are sitting there waiting to be discovered. Sometimes it's not even stuff that was there at the time, it's only there now looking from a modern perspective.

There's just a few hours to go in the Autumn Sale! Statistically speaking, you haven't bought either of these games yet, so why not leave the boring majority behind and join the elite few who are enjoying two excellent indie titles and generally being cool?

Seen people describe the Unity Spark/AI junk as "democratizing game dev" Except, game dev has been pretty open for many, many years. Lots of free tools and art and more. The one barrier was you had to *learn*. If you think learning is a barrier that needs to be broken, I don't know what to say.

If someone doesn't have Space Corridor up on Itch by the end of the day, I will be extremely disappointed.

Twenty twenty twenty-four hours to go, no need to feel sedated - you've still got time to grab Porch Weather Games on sale! Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer, just in time for spoopy season! Station Zeta, just in time for anytime! #indiegame #indiedev #sale store.steampowered.com/developer/Po...

Twine 2.12.1 is out. It's a maintenance release, but one bug it fixes is a potentially unpleasant security hole. If you have installed Twine (as opposed to using it on the web), please upgrade as soon as is practical. www.patreon.com/klembot/post...

The White House excluded Maryland Gov. Wes Moore from speaking at Tradepoint Atlantic on Tuesday, where weapons maker Anduril Industries is set to announce plans for a submarine manufacturing facility. buff.ly/5RTqBpZ

Wasn't a Sega Genesis kid, but delving through the soundtrack library as part of my Random Old Game Music listening. Some absolute bangers, but also some that sound like someone torturing a Casio Keyboard to death. To be fair, that's probably true of the SNES, too. I'm just more acclimated to it.

Valve is due to make $20 billion this year. Here's a few suggestions for how they could spend some of this money to make life better for games developers: kotaku.com/valve-steam-...

Why is science not laser-focused on the critical issues, like genetically engineering and edible bay leaf so I don’t have to remember to fish it out of my dishes?

One cannot help but think that, ultimately, this is probably what Elon Musk et al want. People who will happily sell out their literal freedom of choice to trust a corporate-run chat bot. www.npr.org/2026/10/05/n...

✅Indie game ✅AI-free ✅On sale ✅✅All fun Porch Weather Games titles in the Autumn Sale right now! Support an #indiedev #solodev and get entertainment in return. What a deal! store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/... store.steampowered.com/app/2950320/...