Mel from Hell

Hello new followers! If you want to play a 100% AI-free game which is short, heartfelt and emotional, why not try my game Blueberry? Bonus points if you leave a review 🙏🫶 store.steampowered.com/app/1536120/... #noAI #indiegames #indiedev

I am so happy and proud that Blueberry is getting recognition. Don't even care if it gets the award - this already means so much to me 😭 Thank you to my amazing team who worked on it with me, without whom I would never have been able to finish it. Every single one of them did a great job 💜

And as from today, it's already 20% off 😱 Happy Halloween week! 🎃👻

RIP Tom Skerritt (1933–2026) www.tumblr.com/humanoidhist...

I always wanted a bathrobe. If you have a bathrobe, then you made it 🏆🥳💪

Aw, thanks ☺️💜

“This is not a story about fractions and SAT problems,” Christian said. “This is something that is happening to human knowledge and human expertise from top to bottom and from grade-school students all the way to the leading experts in the world.”

this but also video game writing

Welcome to October, everyone! SO much news 😱 We have 3 new languages - Spanish, Russian AND Catalan - and are so happy that Blueberry can now be enjoyed by even more players around the world! 🌎 PLUS: The Steam Autumn Sale is now live and you can get Blueberry at a 25% discount 💜👀💸

September 30 vs. October 1

Merci beaucoup for the great Xbox Serie S review 💜

A reminder! Made a Yarn Spinner game? Tell us! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

It's more than one 😱💬

I'm pleased to announce that around 200 pages' worth of tutorial resources are coming to the Game UI Database for FREE via a brand new blog. No ads. No paywalls. No email signups. Here's a preview of the first piece dropping next week, all about crafting cross-platform control schemes and layouts!

I have 8x8" prints up for sale on my website, including these 4 and some other designs! These have the full bleed, so the actual prints are slightly cut differently. www.lauraillustrates.com

It can feel very difficult to get off US tech and I myself still use a lot of it. But, if nothing else, this article is super interesting just for questioning: how much tech services do you really need?

If you too would like to stop using increasingly shitty software made by bad people who make the world worse, I wrote a guide for how to lessen/end your small team's dependence on US-based tech services: nelsanderson.zone/a-guide-to-d...

I think September is a good time to become a witch again

A video game where the player is an AI chatbot and has to answer the prompts of everyday users. You pay to play the game 0.01$/minute spent answering the prompt and you are supplied a tiny dose of psychedelics to make sure you hallucinate like the real AIs do.

Help us build Kenshi 2. Lo-Fi Games is hiring a mid to senior-level Terrain Artist to help us craft the diverse biomes of Kenshi 2. Apply now at: lofigames.com/terrainartist/

Creating this no-ai indie games starter pack is one of the best things I ever did on BlueSky. Lots of great developers in here, making things with their own hands, some of whom I might not have found otherwise!! go.bsky.app/78u8M6Y

“An iterative loop where society and this technology evolve together is what will lead to the highest chance of getting this right.” Meaning: You might die, but it's for science. Also, there is a chance of getting this completely wrong and you die for nothing.

You can now buy Blueberry and Spring Tales together 🤩

Factually correct. Thank you for your super inspiring talk, Kim Belair @sweetbabyinc.com 💜🙏😭 Our lives are ending one sprint at a time, make cool art, don't die, don't be afraid to tell your story.

Quote of the day: "There is no balls' physics of any kind in Control Resonant." - Juha Vainio, Executive Producer at Remedy #GamescomDev #Gamescom

Pre-paid cards to pay for your power are way darker horror than monsters with no skin and weird limbs 😢

Joke's on them - I was testing a bug fix yesterday in my own game and basically live there anyway.

Beim Design von Mels Spiel "Blueberry" kamen diese Fragen ebenfalls auf – meine Kollegen von @behindthescreens.bsky.social und ich haben sie dabei unterstützt. Das Spiel verhandelt Themen wie Trauma, Depression und Substanzabhängigkeit. Das Ergebnis: store.steampowered.com/app/1536120/...

I will be giving a roundtable at Gamescom Dev this year together with the wonderful @jessicakathmann.bsky.social about the games industry's ethical responsibility of mental health representation. Hope to see you there 💬 #Gamescom #gamescomdev

Ihr besucht die #gamescom, interessiert euch für Spiele mit #MentalHealth -Bezug und wisst aber nicht, welche Games interessant sein könnten? Wir haben eine Liste für euch! 💪 Im verlinkten Post findet ihr außerdem unser Live-Podcast-Programm auf der Messe: behind-the-screens.de/2026/08/17/l...

Benjamin you're so fucking stupid 😍