Pontergeistyus Hauntssis

Hello infinite void that is social media. I'm Ponyus, I'm a game dev, primarily a game/level designer, and I'm here because I want to be more social. I will primarily post silly jokes and memes, my thoughts on games, and maybe do a bit of self promotion. Pronouns: any/all, they/them preferred 95' 🇸🇪

It would take a number beyond reckoning — thousands — to storm the keep. Tens of thousands. But my lord there is no such force. *War horn sounds*

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

When the 30kg youngest dog doesn't understand that he isn't the smallest dog in the pack and I can only have him on my lap and in my arms because I have the power of love and pain tolerance, others aren't so lucky!

steam should have tipping. it should have tipping. there should be tipping on steam. on steam, you should be able to tip the developer. the tip money should go straight to the developers who worked on the game and not the publishers or valve. they should make it so that on steam, you can give a tip

in Fight Club the guy is like "when one of our cars has a defect that kills people horrifically, we only do a recall if it's cheaper than dealing with the lawsuits" which was dystopian and everything but now i feel like he could go "we just never do a recall no matter what" and you'd be like "sure"

RetroSpace (The Wild Gentlemen, 2026)

Casey Explosion threads never miss, so here’s some game recs.

Add piss to a band name World/Piss Friendship Society

An email I received, and my response

Making games is hard

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.

I’m laughing my ass off oh my God this whips

Kenney Shape is now FREE! (and it'll remain free, forever) ✨ Previously a paid tool, I'm releasing it as a gift to the community. Today's update will be the final one, with no further updates planned. That way I can focus on new software & projects! kenney.itch.io/kenney-shape

How am I supposed to be a small artist if I haven't drawn a Hollow Knight character?😅 Now I'm officially a small artist.✅ Aseprite – 64x64 px #aseprite #pixelart

“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest

Huh!

Grotesquely cruel decision. And utterly dehumanising reporting by the BBC. Trans rights are human rights and access to healthcare should be entirely non negotiable.

That's Me by Louie Zong

Today is the last day of the Punk Games Showcase! Go support Shroom and Gloom by @teamlazerbeam.bsky.social, @devolverdigital.com before it ends! #PunkGamesShowcase #PunkGame #ShroomAndGloom

pressing the dpad in littlebigplanet

Win a full page ad in Debug! We’re bringing back print gaming ads. Yes, we really are giving away advertising space to one lucky developer once again. Open to indies worldwide. 👋 Follow us and/or have DMs open 🕹️ Post your game below 🗓️ Winner drawn October 21st

Almost popped some ADHD meds when I was going for my sleep meds, would have been a long night 😅💊

📣📣📣 ANNOUNCING NEW GAME!!! 📣📣📣 A Vending Machine's Daily Life Launching in 2027 You can wishlist it on Steam, right now!!! 🥳🥳🥳 store.steampowered.com/app/4530560/... #gamedev #indiedev #vendingmachine

With Next Fest around the corner & with 8,000+ demos participating (with a high % slop), I think it's a good time to remind everyone that this exists. Help people find & determine human made games.

our own little status quo

This can't have been an easy decision for House House to make, well done to them. By chance, I read this news just as I was watching an interview with Humza Yousaf in which he speaks about the need for those with public profile, platform & security to use them for Palestine.

Two (or should that be four?) great tastes finally together!!! I heartily recommend both games, great relaxing fun to run while listening to pods and lectures

Shroom and Gloom, a super smart Deckbuilder with incredible visual style just released and @teamlazerbeam.bsky.social have been kind enough to bundle up!! So for those who like the word "and": Get Slots and Daggers and Shroom and Gloom for a nice discount! 🍄🎰 store.steampowered.com/bundle/86749...

Total War: Shogun 2's 'enhanced' version removes original, is buggy, kneecaps mod support and has dogshit AI art: aftermath.site/total-war-shog...

ARTISTS USE REFERENCE. WE DON'T NEED TO DO THIS EVERY 4 MONTHS

3 more!

so, if AI coding assistants include your codebase for training the AI model by default, is indie middleware effectively dead soon? (y'know the thing I've been making a living on for the past decade and was hoping I could continue doing)

I still sometimes have bad days, but: Going from, "I'm feeling cute today, too bad no-one else will" to, "I'm not feeling cute today, but fuck it, everyone else will" is a hell of a brain-shift and I highly recommend it

You can tell there is a new law in The Netherlands that companies are not allowed to call you out of nowhere, because suddenly every Dutch service I have ever had an account on is asking me via email if I could pretty please turn on the 'Yes, you may call me' button in my account settings. Nope!

The Leonard Nimoy Bilbo Baggins song has for some reason spawned in my brain again and won't leave

The Narkina 5 episodes of Andor especially are just, absolute peak TV. Some of the very best examples of the art form.

posting moonhole on main

Remember to rewatch Over the Garden Wall this year.

I just completed Retrospace (store.steampowered.com/app/2067820/...) and it was a blast!!! If you like system shock and similar games I would highly recommend it. Gave me similar joy to half life 2 but more TBH.

My kid loved gathering pokemon cards. My weird cousin heard that he did. Went on Amazon and bought one thousand cards that he gave my kid as a birthday present. My kid lost all interest in collecting. Hasn't touched his cards since. Getting exactly what you want is boring.