Munity Games

Ahoy, Mateys~ Version 2 of our Prototype is now live~ We've got some brand new features, visuals, and a new WIP of Stage 3! Please give it a try and give us your feedback! #IndieArcade #IndieDev #Shmup #Shootlanzer #GameDev

We went to @playcrafting.bsky.social this year and met amazing indie devs at the con! Including @munity.games, the team behind Shootlanzer - an arcade exclusive side-scroller! Here is Munity’s Savannah with more on the their modern take on the Shmup genre! #indiegamedev #blackgirlmagic #animenyc

The NYC Game Design Future Lab—an incubator at NYU Tandon supported by NYCEDC—presents Demo Day. Graduating Cohort 001 will showcase their work, alongside introductions to incoming Cohort 002. Join local founders, investors, and publishers for drinks, demos, and networking.

The global game community is diverse. The industry isn't. GDoCExpo is an online conference that exists to close that gap. Celebrate creativity & culture in games w/ us! This week: talks, panels, interviews, networking, community demos, Direct, grant awards & watch parties! Who we are & what we do👇🏽

Finally set-up my desk at the @munity.games workshop~ It'll change as the rest of the workshop gets organized, but it really is motivating to be in this space. I'm gonna be unstoppable y'all.

Everything you'll need to craft a bed can be scavenged, harvested, or killed... including the socks of those who didn't make it.

And with that, we've sailed back to our workshop from AnimeNYC and moored our ship in the waterways of Brooklyn. Thank you for a phenomenal #PLAYnyc and we hope you enj oyed Shootlanzer! The call of the sea will lure us out on another adventure very soon, but for now, we mimir.

What a weekend it has been, Rookies! You've been racking up some huge scores on Shootlanzer, but there is ONE more day to cement yourselves as the Top Scorers on #Shootlanzer over at Booth 1B-103. Let's make our last day at #PLAYnyc at #ANYC a good one!

What's that? YOU'RE FEELING TIRED?!? Then come by booth 1B-103 at #PLAYnyc and get your blood pumping with some high-flying action in Shootlanzer!!

Day 2 of #PLAYnyc and look at how far we've come since 2023~! Thank you to @playcrafting.bsky.social , the MOME, and The Co-Munity Fleet for being with us on this journey!

T-1 Day to #PLAYnyc 🎮🗽 Stop on by Booth 1B-103 to play Shootlanzer! 🐞 Huge thanks to the Mayor's Office of Media Entertainment for sponsoring our booth this year!

Munity Games is happy to be among the NYC-based devs at #PLAYnyc! 🐞 Join us at Booth 1B-103 and try out Shootlanzer on our new arcade cab! Thank you the Mayor's Office of Media Entertainment for sponsoring our booth. 💖

We're starting this lovely weekend at #CEO2026 with the debut of Ladybug-on-Legs! Huge shout out to @construct.goblinmo.de for the original poster that inspired the side art!!!

Ahoy, mateys~ Shootlanzer v0.2.4 is available for playtesting on The Co-Munity Fleet Discord! 🎮 >> discord.gg/MybMM2Gh74 < < 🎮 Join to get access to the latest build and keep up with development! #GameDev #IndieGame #Shmup #Shootlanzer #MadeInNY

Come check out Shootlanzer at the #NYCVGFest2026 in Hall 2!

Ahoy, mateys! We'll be at the NYC Video Game Festival this Saturday, May 9th! Come check-out a new build of Shootlanzer and support the local scene!

🚨DEADLINE TOMORROW🚨 You have TWO (2) DAYS left to submit your talk, panel, or dev interview for GDoC Expo 2026! Working on a new game? Have a retrospective from your time in the industry? Want to share some advice with other devs? Tell us about it! 📋 www.gamedevsofcolor.org/apply

Ahoy, mateys! We've got a tale for you - a tale about us! Check out this wonderful profile on our team, Shootlanzer, and the future pathways we're making for worker in the video game industry. ☠️

We've raised our anchors and are charting a course back home to NYC! Thank you for having us, San Fran! We'll see you again when the tides take us your way again. 🚢☠️

The crew has been busy all week, but making time to hanging out with @cybrlich.bsky.social @mitukhandaker.com and Remixing Reality is a hallways a highlight.

Oh hey, I am quoted heavily in this, and the @gdfl.bsky.social is a hot topic of conversation. 🔥🔥🔥

Unions band together to launch new game industry conference 'by workers, for workers'

Grab your free tickets and learn more here: gameworkersconference.org

GWC is an entirely new game industry event, made by and for the workers who make this massively influential industry and artistic medium succeed. All conferences sessions will be available online for free, with optional IRL watch parties. See you there, and solidarity forever ✊🏽🔥

Do you work in games? Are you tired of corporate greed taking over our industry? Do you miss when industry events were by workers, for workers? The United Videogame Workers of CWA, in partnership with other unions and worker-centered organizations, announce the #GameWorkersConference. May 22-23 ❤️‍🔥

Happy GDC Day 3! Shootlanzer is up and running at the New York State Level @ Werqwise! Our crew is excited to chat with you, so feel free to stop on by or setup meetings with us through the GDC app!

Land, ho!!! Our crew has made port in lovely San Francisco! We'll see you around GDC 🦜

Our crew + @mitukhandaker.com are setting sail! See you in San Francisco! Anchors, away ~ ☠️⚓️

BIG NEWS! We’re going to @officialgdc.bsky.social 2026 as an Official GDC Festival Partner! @munity.games are taking their Shootlanzer arcade machine all the way to California. How could you not pay them a visit and play their amazing game? See you there!

It's sick that we get to talk about killing demons and eating burgers during GDC Pitch. Thanks for having us @officialgdc.bsky.social #GDC2026 #indiegames #indiegaming #boomershooters

AI is not "inevitable" and never has been. We don't "need" it and we never have. Don't let people who bet their fortunes on it pressure you to save them.

The 💥N E X T G E N💥 of gaming is BACK for 2026. PlayNYC @ @animenyc is NYC’s premier gaming event — now FOUR EPIC days at the Javits Center packed with indie & tabletop games, devs, gamers, and industry pros. Learn more at www.play.nyc

GET HYPE! 🎉 Game Devs of Color Expo returns September 22-25, 2026. ✅ Submissions are now open for panels, speakers, interviews, and games. ❌ No exhibition or submission fees. 💰 Speakers are compensated and all participants are considered for a grant. You in? Tickets: ti.to/GDoCExpo/2026

APPLICATION INFO: Submissions for panels, speakers, and interviews are open until April 18. Game submissions for the Direct showcase and Steam Sale are open until June 5. ▶ www.gamedevsofcolor.org/apply

It's my favorite time of year~!! You have until April 18th to submit your talks! Got any questions, feel free to ask!!! #indiedev #gamedev #GDoC2026 #GDoCExpo

The 2025 Game Devs of Color Impact Report is here! 📈 🎮 300+ games featured in our Steam sale ▶ 40+ games showcased in our Direct 💰 $34,000 in grants, scholarships, & microgrants given to devs of color …and so much more! Dive into our report: www.gamedevsofcolor.org/impact-report

Want to support a human-first, worker-owned, indie game studio made up of queers and POCs? Join The Co-Munity Fleet today and help us improve our first game Shootlanzer! discord.gg/MybMM2Gh74 Or help us out by joining our Patreon! patreon.com/Munity

Happy 20th MAGFest! Come try out #Shootlanzer at the @mag-indiearcade.bsky.social !!

We're so excited to be going to MAGFest!! Huge thanks to @arcadecommons.org for bringing us along!

literally had this conversation with @ludodraconisvt.bsky.social while working out feedback we got on Shootlanzer's how to play screen. In order, her interpretation of the feedback, my plan for how to animate it, her final suggestion, & the current WIP (see next post for animated GIF). (1/2)

so, last thing i have to say about this whole larian thing for now, with a story about @munitygames.bsky.social and Shootlanzer. the armor of our main character, leona (concept art by @solarisyuna.bsky.social), is themed and patterned after (iirc) an orchid mantis. (1/4)

A Love-letter to classics R-Type and Gradius, Shootlanzer is a fast-paced, 2D shoot’em up⚡ 🕹️ Play Shootlanzer at NYC Indie Dev Night this Thursday at OS-NYC Tix here! tinyurl.com/mr4xva65

In case you needed formal confirmation because I keep forgetting to put that on the website, uh... Yeah @munitygames.bsky.social does not and will not use GenAI. I'd rather run into a trash compactor than use it.

I can confirm straight up that both I personally and @munitygames.bsky.social do not use AI in our design or development processes. We don't want to and don't need to. Junghun Lee is blatantly lying straight to your face by saying this. The number isn't zero but it's not everyone. Don't believe it.

Ahoy, Mateys~! Munity is excited to announce that we are part of the inaugural cohort of the Game Design Future Lab at NYU Tandon! We're super excited to work alongside some incredible devs and build our businesses together to create a sustainable game dev environment in NYC! #GDFL #nyutandonmade

In other exciting news, I can finally announce this: @munitygames.bsky.social is officially part of the first cohort of the Game Design Future Lab, and this does mean some exciting things for Shootlanzer. Keep your eyes peeled ;) (1/2) engineering.nyu.edu/news/nycedc-...

‼️Exhibitor Announcement‼️@pizzapranks.bsky.social will be at #PlayNYC2025 showcasing Indiepocalypse, a curated monthly collection looking to highlight the very best of the alternative indie game scene. Indies! Get involved: pizzapranks.com

Ahoy, Mateys! We are proud to announce that Munity is OFFICIALLY a worker Co-Op! In a time when workers are being exploited and laid off, we are making a stand and putting ourselves, and all future worker-owners, first. Together, we're stronger! Together, we will change the industry!

‼️ Exhibitor Announcement‼️ @munitygames.bsky.social will be at PlayNYC, showcasing Shootlanzer! A loveletter to classics R-Type and Gradius, Shootlanzer follows Leona Almeida on her very first day on the job. Stuck behind enemy lines, fight your way back to save your country from destruction!

For 15 years, CEO has been shaped by one thing above all, the community. From new faces to seasoned vets, #CEO2025 was built by all of you who showed up, shared the hype, and brought your passion to every match and moment. Thank you for making CEO your home in the FGC! 🫶