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New #blog post! Scanned in (almost) all of the postcards in my collection, and am sending them out for World Postcard Day! If you send me your address, I can send a postcard to you too! renkotsuban.com/posts/2026-0... #blogging #IndieWeb #postcard #postcrossing #WorldPostcardDay

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#screenshotsaturday Got this forest tech demo thing moving in #Picotron. Needs 30fps to stay looking nice, but so far I've managed to procgen all the art in lua so it'd still be a small enough cart for BBS. All my other WIP projects exceeds 256k cart limit 😅 #indiedev #gamedev #scapes #forest

Pushing back against Gen AI is an existential fight. The underlying philosophy driving the people designing and evangelising Gen AI is simply to destroy writers, artists, musicians, game devs, etc. If you care about the arts, we are in an existential fight for the future of these professions.

📣 INDIE GAMES DEVS! 📣 If you have a demo in Steam Next Fest and do not use gen AI, drop it in the comments below. I will repost! Let's create a thread where players can actually find our games! (Image courtesy of @kanaratron.bsky.social)

it’s my birthday today 😌 if you want to do something nice for me today please consider giving a dollar to The Base Mesh: www.thebasemesh.com base 3D models for games, professionally made… it’s an invaluable resource to me and i tell all my students about it! support & love for asset creators 🎉🎂🍰❤️

hamburg #photography #lomography

My job application got rejected. 😔 Would be great if people check out my games and help me pay my bills. 👉👈 itch.io/s/202458/wh-...

Get the game here: aryl-ether.itch.io/molotov-coll...

glad to see everyone is still enjoying my tunes in Jinx feel free to download and listen to it any time u want :D funbil.bandcamp.com/track/heaven...

Questions to ask when you wake up floating in a void. New page at futureproof.webcomic.ws #comicoop

Don't let billionaires convince you slop is the future. They're used to managing & directing, not making things themselves. Of course they can't see the difference. They don't understand your love for the craft. Keep making personal, beautiful games. You've got my support 💖

Today is the day! The forum's first birthday! theunderscore.xyz/t/happy-firs...

We will be at #Zentame in Kakamigahara, Gifu City this weekend! If you are in the area, drop by to enjoy a lot of games at the park, including #Hamayumishi and #NiceDisc!! #ぜんため zentame.com

Back in May, Double Fine employees petitioned for a union. Two weeks later, that petition was withdrawn. What happened? https://kotaku.com/inside-the-failed-fight-to-unionize-one-of-gamings-most-idealized-studios-2000742755

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We’ll be having an AMA on r/NintendoSwitch @rnintendoswitch.com on October 9th at 12pm ET! We’d love to hear from you! If you have a burning question for us, or just want to know what our favorite ice cream is, please drop by! We will be giving away 3 Switch codes for our 3 favorite questions!

Lin King, who translated Yang Shuang-zi's #TaiwanTravelogue from Mandarin to English, charges an European publisher for copyright infringement over commissioning a translator who cannot read Mandarin to create a third-language translation using King's English text, original footnotes, and afterword.

VODs out now! Tokyo trip photos, Nancy Maple pufferfish, Double Dragon elbows and a new (old) Japanese mystery game! youtu.be/b7rDZKGdBMM

Greetings turtle riders, 🐢🌴Isles of Sea and Sky is coming to the Nintendo Switch on October 8!!!🌴🐢 www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

Don't you wish your torso could match your #picotron desktop? Screen-printed t-shirts in actual themed.p64 colours (15, 6, 23, 17, 0) will be available at the @picopicocafe.bsky.social booth (L-9) at #pixelartpark this Sunday!

Curious how you can help? We ask that you sign our petition for Wizards to voluntarily recognize our union, share it with your communities, and keep an eye on this account for future updates! actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...

In 2017 Universal wanted to start their cinematic "Dark Universe" with a Mummy movie. During the production I was chosen as background artist for a companion game, developed in just 8 months crunch. The movie wasn't just bad but considered worst movie of the year which destroyed the games sales.

💜 Ace & Aro: One Night Early 💚 is out now, ahead of Steam Next Fest! The demo takes place one night before the events of Ace & Aro: Heart-to-Heart. Meet Maya – the host of the Ace & Aro meetup, and take a tour of Barcade Bros! 🕹️ Download here: store.steampowered.com/app/5213300/...

I absolutely love this game. I was lucky enough to playtest it and helped make a few of the rooms. highly recommended if you're a platformer sicko like me! late-nine.itch.io/laney-this-w...

My partner Jinx is launching the Kickstarter for faer poetry collection To Thrive Amongst Thorns on Nov 3rd! Please go and pre-save the campaign so the platform knows it should promote the project! www.kickstarter.com/projects/thr... #kickstarter #booksky 🏳️‍🌈📚

Okay, so now you can hire me. Game trailers, proofreading, or design consultation. If you think I'd be a good fit for your game project, check out jeremyoduber.com/hire-me

I wrote about puzzles and ideas that I dropped from the Tower of Zeldaga during development, and also about the hardest puzzles in the game. NOTE: This blog post contains spoilers for certain puzzles in the Tower of Zeldaga. osmose.ceo/blog/zeldaga...

People are always talking about Gen 1 Pikachu but nobody remembers the real champ 😔 #pokemon #meowth

We're not just a Hack n' Slash, we've got schmoovement too 😼 #indiedev

Preorders now open til Oct 20th for my lastest charity zine benefiting GR Trans Foundation. In Another Life is an AU zine exploring what if the Lupin Gang were in college, in Star Wars, or adorably furry! And more! 44 full color pages of art and fic! #lupiniii lupinauzine.bigcartel.com

Going to plug my website guide once again: blog.itsnero.com/webguide/ This will get you online with a website in an afternoon. It's not the fanciest or most modern way to do it, but it's code that has worked for decades. Get yourself a site ASAP and figure out what else you need to do later.

A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻

I will be at @milkcomicfest.bsky.social on Saturday! I’ll have a new comic & fresh stickers ✨💕💅🏻

welcome to Germinate, a monthly blog about indie visual novels from a rotating collection of writers 🌱 follow us for updates, or directly subscribe to the blog's RSS feed germinate-vn.neocities.org

Jam hosts now have access to "Submission requirements" to control what pages are eligible for submission, including blocking pages that disclose the use of generative AI, blocking paid games, blocking preexisting games, and more.

Today's games: 🏙️ Urbanitas by @plushie.bsky.social 👾 Sprite Shelf by washburnello 🔑 puzzlebox ruin by @ahmwma.bsky.social 👻 Little Troubles in Spooky Town by @kenney.nl 🧙‍♂️ Melhkhoir's Mansion by BitGlint Games Please check out these cool and awesome #IndieGames! www.youtube.com/live/GziKb6W...

HI HELLO WE'RE NOT DEAD! Daikon and I will be #streaming #HappyHour tonight from 9PM UTC+9! The show is a #Japanese and English bilingual stream introducing some cool #IndieGames we found. Come hang out and find new stuff to play! www.youtube.com/live/GziKb6W...

Design Notes for GMTK are now posted on the itchio page! sylvie.itch.io/gmtk

The first chapter of my comic Ekphrasis is now available on my itch store ~* lurnoise.itch.io/ekphrasis-1

Redux edition of Mud Ghost Estate is now available digitally! 🌐 Mud Ghost Estate is a spooky tumbling tower TTRPG inspired by Hong Kong folklore and urban legends, about a group of daring teenagers exploring a haunted public housing estate in the 1990s. 👻 aryl-ether.itch.io/mudghost

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