M - making games

I just put up a new dev blog with some insight into: 🎮 What was it like showing Crownbreakers at Gamescom? 👤 Who's that Kieran guy? 🎁 Did you know you could win a thing? #giveaway 🖼️ Curious about concept art for the new key art? Answers are here: shorturl.at/1WdGg

We’re also trying something new for one session in the spring - a residency to rest and recover for activists and organizers, with a small honorarium and no project outcome expectations.

Today marks 14 years of Sharkbomb Studios. It's a miracle I'm still around, doing indie stuff - especially in this climate. I guess I should be celebrating in some way but I honestly don't know how. #gamedev

I will be teaching my 'Create An Interactive City In Text using ink' course again this November! Find out (much) more, ask me anything, and get a nice intro to both game urbanism and @inkle.co's ink in a live event on October 29. ➢ Grab a seat here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1990871920...

Our and about collecting walnuts. Feeling like a little scavenger…

developers, is this a concern for you when it comes to next fest or any other sort of demo? has it influenced your recent decision making? if so, get in touch. DMs are open, email is nathan@aftermath.site, and I’m nathangrayson.666 on signal

Big update for Swords Without Master, wherein we post pics of the (proof) book and (final) Eidolon Folio cards, and announce that the book is at the printers! www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...

Excited to host this week's official #TurnBasedThursday on Bsky 🔥 Now, don't be shy, #IndieGameDev 👀. Reply with your #turnbased games, AND USE THE HASHTAG!! 😘 Do you love turn-based games? Of course you do! 🔁 and ❤ your favorites in the replies, and follow your favorites 😎

It's so damn dire out there. Support your favourite indies, your dedication actually helps them unlike whatever this AAA loop is

ARTIST JOB!!! ARTIST JOB!!! (plz share! Germany only, sry) I'm urgently looking for #2Dart support (asset production, coloring) for a small isometic game I'm art directing with a watercolor background look (digital production). Approx 4 weeks (or less) starting mid November. #gamejobs DM only.

"Trans Lives are Real. Harry Potter is Not" Sticker spotted in NYC

#WishlistWednesday Cooking our game Appa! Two siblings dealing with the aftermath of their father's death. Closed playest out now. Discord link in bio! #indiegame #indiedev #indiegamedev

I want to expand the visual repertoire for conversations in Crownbreakers by adding some more effects and animations. What are must have effects?

Finally sat down and wrote the character briefs for all the community contacts in Crownbreakers. If anyone's up for giving me some feedback before I get stuck into writing the actual dialogues, I'd appreciate it.

Hey folks looking for #SteamNextFest demos! SPARROW WARFARE is a bird-filled deckbuilder with art made from public domain bird illustrations of the 17th-19th centuries, 100% positive reviews, & Northernlion called it "swag" ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKox... store.steampowered.com/app/4396770/...

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I want to expand the visual repertoire for conversations in Crownbreakers by adding some more effects and animations. What are must have effects?

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A little clutter goes a long way:

EX NOVO spotted!

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

I'm wrapping up my time with Cardboard Computer on their unannounced game in early November, & I have some capacity again! If you're looking for consultation or longer term support from an expert game director, narrative designer & writer, drop me a line 💖 contact [at] hannahnicklin.com

This website reads like satire.

Is the analogue to the (pink) bow and (red) lipstick from the „this is girl“ school of character design respectively a fedora and a mustache?

happy sickos day to all who celebrate

The sixth annual DURF JAM will be held exactly a month from now! ✨ This year's theme is "Lost & Found" itch.io/jam/durf-jam-6

Hello, #PorfolioDay! I'm Lone Archivist, a games and graphic designer. I work across multiple industries including tabletop games and have experience on boardgame dielines, editorial layout, logo and brand visual identity design, digital campaigns, and more! Here is some of my work!

Reminder that applications to the Experimental Games Showcase at GDC are still open until October 23! If you're working on something interesting, submit it! We want to see games that surprise, delight, and inspire. fr, one of my rubrics for curation is: "Makes me go 'woooooah' when I look at it."

my favourite line i've read in a Galactic Racer review

A quick reminder that the printed edition of Ex Novo is still in stock over at Indie Press Revolution and Noble Knight Games. IPR: www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Ex-Nov... NKG: www.nobleknight.com/P/2148396272...

"no more hand-written code" is one of the worst ways to use ai, like what are you even talking about lol; it's best use in real cases is to just let human resources focus on the really important stuff, same as libraries/etc, "no more hand written code" is incredibly worm brained

I don’t know if this is anything, but I’ve been exploring this idea of making Blades in the Dark’s resolution mechanic even more push your luck. I think something like it could be an interesting fit for a game inspired by Game of Thrones, Dune, and Shogun. We’ll see. ceruleanfive.itch.io/darkjack

My empathy to the developers, also sad to hear Epic is apparently too low on cash to make good videogames anymore. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Game Devs of Color is 71% of the way to our $25K goal for 2026! Your funds power: 💰No-strings dev grants 💸Scholarships 🫶🏽Hardship funds 💚An accessible GDoCExpo! We never charge #gamedev to showcase their games & ALWAYS pay our speakers! Help us sustain this work💙 👉🏽 www.gamedevsofcolor.org/donate

Relaxed Sunday Magic card sorting 😅 And then thinking of new deck ideas…

Talking about romanceable characters for Crownbreakers in the Discord :D It was one of the planned Stretch Goals for the Kickstarter, should it have gotten really big. Unfortunately we didn't get that far so now it's one of those many "it would be so cool" ideas that languish in Limbo...