Joe Bain

Joe Bain

@ohcripes.bsky.social

Machine-man. Director of @hairyheartstudio.bsky.social . Co-founder of @glasgowindiegamesfest.org

878 followers1.1K following346 posts

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Santa Ragione
@santaragione.com

Looking for a pixel artist: we need a 32x32 rendition of the creature from Saturnalia, animated as a 4-frame walk cycle. Paid gig, of course. Interested, or know someone who might be? Reply or DM!

Joe Bain
@ohcripes.bsky.social

Best game jam out there. Mark Brown eat your heart out.

Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰@computerjames.bsky.social

If you're looking for an excuse to make a game (digital) and win a delicious pizza (physical) the next PIZZA JAM 🍕 starts November 6th! itch.io/jam/pizza-ja... So far Ive had pizzas delivered to Brazil, Canada, Sweden, Norway, USA, Italy, Taiwan, Poland, Germany, Argentina

itch.ioPizza Jam (✨Pizza Prize!✨)A game jam from 2026-11-06 to 2026-12-01 hosted by ComputerJames. Hello! This is a themed 9 day jam that runs from 7pm Friday November 6th until 7pm on Sunday 15th (GMT), in order to WIN A PIZZA. Ther...

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Milktooth | making Bad Magpie
@milktooth.bsky.social

IT’S HAPPENED! YOU can finally play Bad Magpie! so what are you waiting for, go and play the demo NOW 🗺️ explore a chaotic and colourful world 🌟 get a glimpse of the mysterious narrative 🔍 discover meteorites and hidden items 🐦 wreck havoc, be a menace play now on Steam & XBOX on PC!

Joe Bain
@ohcripes.bsky.social

A fantastic set of weird soundscapes in a beautiful location. Highly recommend checking out the Sonica installations at Pollok House this week if you’re in or near Glasgow.

Joe Bain
@ohcripes.bsky.social

Following the recent incident at the stick factory where one of our sticks was used to beat an employee at the other stick factory, I believe it is only a matter of time before we have built a stick big enough to destroy humanity.

Joe Bain
@ohcripes.bsky.social

I call on all the stick factories to agree to measure their sticks and only add one inch per week. And if you think that sounds scary you may like to join our next investment round. It’s not cheap to make these enormous sticks!

Joe Bain
@ohcripes.bsky.social

Trying to debug my Unity game and constantly having to dismiss random uncaught exceptions from the engine. Seems like it's trying to request some gravatar URL but the 404 is unhandled. The state of this engine is just beyond frustrating. Instead of fixing it they're adding new AI features!

Joe Bain
@ohcripes.bsky.social

Ah I should have guessed it's their latest shitty acquisition, that they're pushing everyone towards: Unity Version Control, aka Plastic SCM, aka The Most Underbaked VCS.

Joe Bain
@ohcripes.bsky.social

Obviously the inimitable @agaitcheson.bsky.social Incredible Playable Show (pictured) but also mass-games like asses.masses or techy larps like Strandfall. Anything in this general space - there might be an opportunity (and some budget) to put stuff on next summer in Glasgow.

Joe Bain
@ohcripes.bsky.social

There are games you play or books you read when you are that perfect age and they make such an impression on you. You crave that memory but nothing can ever recreate it perfectly. You cannae do that ahm sorry.

Joe Bain
@ohcripes.bsky.social

Absolutely shocking behaviour from Steam once again.

Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW@molleindustria.org

Update: even after we removed the entire sex quest, Steam mis-classifies Future? No Thanks! as pornography, making it invisible to most Steam users and completely geo-locked in Germany. We are currently at Gamescom in Cologne, everybody is asking us why they can't see the PAGE of a Teen rated game.

Joe Bain
@ohcripes.bsky.social

A science fiction story set in the near-future (approx 60 years) where all the young people have been transformed in to old and infirm half-zombies. The protagonist, now appearing like an 82 year old, must race against time to find a cure for this mysterious disease before it kills him!

Joe Bain
@ohcripes.bsky.social

Today’s fun Unity issue is that either their VCS server is down or it’s having an issue with my mobile hotspot but as a result the whole app keeps locking up and crashing.

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Draknek & Friends
@draknek.bsky.social

We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2026 🎉 The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans. Deadline: September 27th More info 👇

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Daniel Turner 🔜 AdventureX26!
@pointered.bsky.social

In Edinburgh for the Fringe? Tonight ONLY, a free show of locally made indie games! Offbeat student games from HW, local indies, 5pm tonight next to the castle, tickets below! #EdinburghFringe #IndieGames #GamesExpo

Amicable Animal - New CRT7 demo OUT NOW! 🦝🏳️‍🌈@amicableanimal.bsky.social

Most importantly, however, we'll have the amazing games from our MDes students! Do you want to plan a strange building? Play N64-style golf with friends? Explore a definitely haunted apartment building? Shoot rockets at your friends' cars, and/or more! Tomorrow! 👉 buytickets.at/mdesingames/...

Joe Bain
@ohcripes.bsky.social

Going live now!

Glasgow Independent Games Festival@glasgowindiegamesfest.org

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

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Nathalie Lawhead
@alienmelon.bsky.social

sharing this post one last time before letting it vanish into the social media void forever 😌 in it i talk about how local communities are a source of hope and resilience in the midst of all The Bad. keeping the true spirit of indie games alive.

Nathalie Lawhead@alienmelon.bsky.social

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."

nathalielawhead.comThe groundwork for resilience – musings from The Glasgow Independent Games Festival