The Pioneer Valley Game Developers

Late notice! Let's hang out Sunday and play some games! Usual bit-time, usual bit-channel! #pioneervalley, #indiedev, #indiegames, #gamedev

1 of 2: If you are looking for games WITHOUT generative AI disclosures for Next Fest: weloveit.io/next-festiva...

Like art, interactive media, and experimental ideas? Consider joining the Boston Indies for their OVERWRITE JAM in November! @bostonindies.bsky.social, #indiedev, #gamedev www.meetup.com/bostongamede...

Join us with UMass Game Club and other 5-college students for an in-person or remote gamejam, weekend of the 23rd! tinyurl.com/umassgamedev discord.gg/yYMbBbNmP4 @umassamherst.bsky.social, @smithcollege.bsky.social, @mountholyoke.bsky.social, @hampshirecollege.bsky.social #gamedev, #indiegames

Something different this way comes! We're switching things up for this month only! Wednesday the 21st of October we will be meeting at THCC in Easthampton. Let's check out their space, play some games, and make new friends! #indiegames, #pioneervalley, #gamedev

Look! A new season of Tiny Mass Games: tinymassgames.itch.io Prey Drive - @bajathefrog.social T1DRIS - @onetruelorn.bsky.social Bobgar's 3D Game QBasic Edition - @bobgar.bsky.social Doki Doki Dairy Panic - @superflounder.bsky.social Back To Basics - @taselist.bsky.social Congrats! #indiegames

Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com

Happy Autumn! Join us once again at the Quarters in Hadley to play some new demos, share some new games, and catch up on our summer adventures. Hope to see you all there! #pioneervalley, #gamedev, #indiegames

Ball, Fall, Dungeon Crawl has been released! The drop-merge dungeon crawler with a deep deckbuilding system. Fight your way to the bottom, get past board-shifting bosses, and combo your way to gold and glory. Check it out at store.steampowered.com/app/4529430/...

The GDC has made available their annual State of the Industry survey. Professional or not, please contribute your personal and professional experience and opinions: gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26eoy

This Sunday, the 16th! Bring family and friends, and food if you like. We'll have beef and veggie burgers and dogs to share.

Last minute notice, but our friends at MassDiGi are having a demo night tonight in Worcester!

Gave the timeline editor a glowup. GM's running TTRPG games will be able to make player facing and GM Only events, to remind them of what's happening in the game world (or session) as time progresses! Sign up for alpha at loreframe.app

For this month's virtual Game Audio Boston meetup, we have an incredibly stacked panel all about voice acting and performance direction! You do not want to miss this on July 28th, 7 PM Eastern! #gameaudio #voiceacting #va #indiedev #gamedev #narrative www.meetup.com/bostongamede...

It's that time! Come get fed and feed each other. The park charges $5 for parking at the top, but there's a free lot at the bottom and the hike up isn't bad. Kids, pets, family, and friends are welcome! Bring your favorite dish, or don't; we will have burgers, dogs, and veggie alternatives.

Vortex Siege playtest has another update! It fixes a memory leak! Memory leaks are not easy to fix! Patch notes here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/403...

Local friendly community wants local friendly people! Showcase your game, film, or art in Easthampton on the 23rd! THCC is full of wonderful folks. www.theheavyculture.coop/event-detail...

Still alive!

www.swordswithoutmaster.com for the curious! (Late pledges still open.)

It's Freaky Frog Friday! If you don't own Frogmageddon yet, where have you been? It's on sale for the summer RIGHT NOW! #steam #frog #frogarmy store.steampowered.com/app/3201190/...

Mondrian - Plastic Reality is 90% in the Steam Summer Sale! Also Abstraction in Beauty is 80% off, so both games are just $1. Just what the Steam Summer Sale ordered!

Every time someone plays a truly true role-playing game—whether that is at the table or online or in larp or while hiking along a mountain ridge throwing sticks at trees—they are playing with a collection of explicit and implicit rules. It's a simple formula: e+i=r

The next cohort of the IGDA Global Mentorship Program is getting ready to begin! You have until 20 June to put in your application - get it in now to help boost your career with key contacts in the industry. 👉 https://loom.ly/5sns5cc #gamedev #mentorship

A few folks asked for the numbers for games released AFTER Valve added its AI disclosure policy. Here is that.

I'm back from vacation and I NEED to do a gratitude thread. First off, this cover! @elemei has already created a legion of glyphs for us to illustrate abstract game concepts inside the book. A wildly big ask that was answered with an uncanny insight that borders on telepathy. And then this!

#SteamNextFest is kicking off next week, are you participating? 👀 We’re going to be highlighting some games so if you're bringing a #MadeWithUnity title to the Next Fest, drop your Steam links and trailers in the replies! 👇✨

Big news! Realmfold is out now. It's my love letter to tile placing games like Dorfromantik, with some roguelite sort of systems baked in. Try it out and let me know what you think! freezebeam.itch.io/realmfold #pitchyagame #indiegames #gamedev

Hang out in June! We're skipping July this year for vacation time, and won't come back until August for our annual Potluck/BBQ on Mt. Sugarloaf, so come say Hi before you vacate for the season! #gamedev, #indiegames, #pvgd

HOLY HECK! Existential Treads - our retro top down shooter + settlement builder + tower defense game - is OUT! 🤘🍻💯 Stop reading! Go nab it! Thanks! You rule! Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3580340/... Itch: ashadamsgames.itch.io/existential-... #indiegame #indiegamedev #towerdefense

Visible Zork 3 is now available! eblong.com/infocom/visi... Status of the Visible Zorker project: This is fun! I want to keep going. More notes and previews of upcoming games: blog.zarfhome.com/2026/05/visi...

When HBO tightened access to Game of Thrones content, Kristen Halloran and the GoT: Ascent team had to switch up their production pipeline. Learn how they managed to take Sunday's episode into a Friday release: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OPp...

I gave a little microtalk at Boston MiniCon! I've heard way too often that most video game writing is "bad" (even from game devs.........and some writers!!!! boo!) So this is my little manifesto that uses Pokémon Gold/Silver as a jumping-off point.

I'll be giving a talk on Tuesday about how implementation shapes the way we design audio in projects of any size. It'll feature some thought exercises that will help you set a clear vision for projects of any scale and we'll take a little detour into what how I pivoted into game audio later in life.

Folks, I want to see this happen! If you're following me, there's probably a better than 50% chance you want to see it happen, too. So, check out the part of the comic that is on the web: ironbargecomic.com/index.html?p... And then consider backing this before it ends!

Hullo! Get ready for summer! We can stealth around the backroom or partake in the Star Wars event up front, otherwise let's see what everyone's been up to, or will be up to! #gamedev, #indiegames, #pioneervalley

Do you have a game release to post-mortem, a cool technique, or an interesting development anecdote to share? We finally have a form for folks interested in speaking at BGD events! Fill this guy out and we'll try to find an appropriate venue for you: forms.gle/6hrc4L85ckyD...

A clicker where you make clickers to click clickers #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev

Finished up this little endless runner a few weeks ago and never shared it! Game is free to play on web! stumpheadgames.itch.io/lava-larry #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev

@smithcollege.bsky.social is also having an awesome writer come speak. #gamedev, #gamewriting,

Smith College is having a Game Jam!

Longtime college friend of mine, Mike Prinke, was among those laid off at Epic Games: he has been fighting terminal brain cancer, and now he, his wife, and kid, have no income or health insurance. Sharing here in hopes it can reach the right people on their behalf. #epicgames

We’ve got our own fancy little mini conference coming up! Boston Gamedev Week's MiniCon will host talks + round tables in a neat little 2-day package It kicks off Tues 3/24, full schedule and pay-what-you-want tickets here -> gamedev.boston/events/minicon Thanks to our sponsor, @gamemaker.io!

Kick off PAX with Boston Game Dev! Next wednesday come to demo night, then a party at Flat Top Johnnys! No sign-ups required, just bring your cool games out, then pop next door for pinball n' drinks! 6pm - ?? 3/25 MIT ➡️ Flat Top Johnnys gamedev.boston/events/demo-... + gamedev.boston/events/mgmf

Tonight on DISCORD, talking with local Boston gamedev Michael Carriere!

Hello! Join us at The Quarters in Hadley on April 5th to talk about games, industry events, game development, and more games! #pioneervalley, #gamedev, #indiegames, #westernmassachusetts Hope to see you!