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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · 2h

I read Spread Me, by Sarah Gailey and wowee it was great and creepy and shocking but also really affecting. The acknowledgements made me tear up.

The cover art for Sarah Gailey's Spread Me, showing a dome covered in facets sitting atop a complicated root structure against an orange background

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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · 20h

Experience thus far reading Spread Me by Sarah Gailey

A screenshot of Brennan Lee Mulligan from That episode of No Laugh Newsroom looking off to one side in disbelief with his jaw slack, captioned, "Fucking Wow"

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Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 1d

2 major news for Blanksword's Kickstarter campaign:

- WE'RE 90% FUNDED with only 4500€ left to meet our goal!

- We extended the campaign's duration by 1 week, meaning we have 14 DAYS LEFT to not only reach our funding goal but try to meet our first stretch goal!

GO GO GO GO!!!!

BLANKSWORD

An Angelic Roguelike RPG

www.kickstarter.com

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Andraste Sideyr @andraste.fuckbgp.com · 2d

no, i’m not tired of ‘being nice.’

yes, i still want to ‘go apeshit.’

these things can coexist.

now stop asking me.

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Jackie Vecchitto @jackiev.bsky.social · 10d

I haven't done an 'inktober' in years because the concept sucks but I'm doing it this year! Gonna draw EVERY CONTESTANT from the Dragon Ball Budokai Tenkaichi tournaments (not Z!!!)

the Dragon Ball Budokai Tenkaichi tournament arena with "october" written on the sign and the tournament symbol on a pumpkin

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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · 1d

Oh I gotta check this out

Lio 🌿 Gravehearts out now! @kroovv.bsky.social · 1d

Gravehearts chapter 1 is now live on itch! 🪦💛

kroovv.itch.io/gravehearts

and an illustration of 3 characters surrounded by an orange autumnal tree and graves. One character is a cat clown doll floating above the right shoulder of a large buff man with a beard and overalls, then floating over the man's other shoulder is a slightly transparent cowboy with green hair and heavy scars.

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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · 2d

Bumping this! Looking for short or long term work, full or part time! If you're an indie game dev looking for support around production, operations, or self-publishing, or know someone who is, get in touch!

Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · Aug 25

I have two contracts wrapping up in November! If you're looking for game dev support around production, operations, publishing, and more, get in touch!

I have nearly a decade of industry experience in PC and console, and have worked with teams big and small on all genres!

heyitsdora.com

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“Dora has been an INCREDIBLE producer for In Stars and Time!!! Always organized and strategic, always helpful, always a pleasure to talk to. I could not have asked for a better producer, and In Stars and Time wouldn’t have had the same success without her!!!”

Gummy Cat

“Dora is one of the kindest, coolest, most organized and thoughtful producers I’ve had the pleasure of working with. I genuinely believe that without her fighting for us from the very first email pitch, Bear and Breakfast would not have existed.”

A screenshot captioned "selected portfolio" featuring various games including Truth Scrapper, In Stars and Time, Bear & Breakfast, and others.

A screenshot of various games I've worked on including The Adventure Pals, Swords & Souls: Neverseen, Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive and others.

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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · 2d

Bumping this! Looking for short or long term work, full or part time! If you're an indie game dev looking for support around production, operations, or self-publishing, or know someone who is, get in touch!

Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · Aug 25

I have two contracts wrapping up in November! If you're looking for game dev support around production, operations, publishing, and more, get in touch!

I have nearly a decade of industry experience in PC and console, and have worked with teams big and small on all genres!

heyitsdora.com

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Wonderful Elephant 🐘✨ @wonderfulelephant.com · 4d

We are happy to announce Good Things Vol 1!

The little Blue Elephant decided to eat 15 video games, and he needs your help!

Stuck in the intestinal track of this little guy are 15 bite-sized games and each game you complete will help unravel the chaos inside.

Wishlist it today! buff.ly/PYaEbJf

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Dia Lacina @dialacina.com · 2d

A ceasefire (that doesn't even seem to be being honored by the IDF) doesn't mean you get to suddenly make up with Microsoft.

BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 2d

Boycott, Divest, Sanction: A ceasefire today will not stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians, only meaningful accountability will.

Our work is not done!

Read more: loom.ly/TsJOHwo

Boycott, Divest, Sanction: A ceasefire today will not stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians, only meaningful accountability will.

Our work is not done! The BDS movement calls on our millions of supporters worldwide to escalate pressure to end Israel’s genocide and its decades-old regime of settler-colonialism, apartheid, and ill...

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The Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social · 2d

This is why, more and more, I just can't muster up any desire to be a success in the mainstream art world. They want AI to make "content" for people who don't care.

I care about my art, and I want to give it to an audience who cares.

An audience i like and respect.

"Frightening" Dan McDaid @danmcdaid.bsky.social · 2d

Blum too. At least find a new way to say "it's here to stay" jfc

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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · 2d

Florance has joined the skeleton war 😔

A photo of a cat laying inside a small pet bed made to look like an open skeleton mouth

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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · 2d

I am so sorry, Dale. She was lucky to be so loved.

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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · 2d

I am not FROM Quebec, but where I grew up in Canada we were taught it was "keh-beck". The "Cue-beck" or "Kwah-beck" was a sure sign you were from out of town.

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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · 2d

I was going to say "Quebec" but then I remembered the Letterkenny episode about it

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 3d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · 2d

Take that money you were going to give Microsoft or whatever and give it to a team of real creatives making something special instead

Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 3d

9 DAYS LEFT to back BLANKSWORD, our Roguelike RPG where you play an Angel that lost his brain!

⚔ God is waiting. ⚔

BLANKSWORD

An Angelic Roguelike RPG

www.kickstarter.com

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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · 2d

I CANT BELIEVE I MISSED THIS WAS OUT

WAIT FOR ME ALEX EASTON MY BELOVED

Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 3d

Uh, whoa! Dude! Look what you glorious weirdos did! WHAT STALKS THE DEEP is #12 on the New York Times!

A celebratory image of the cover of what stalks with New York Times, USA TODAY and Indie Bestseller emblazoned across the top!

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Lucca (🏳️‍⚧️Aunt Tifa👊) @spookalucca.games · 2d

Thank you kind stranger for the $220 donation that put us inches from the 30% funded mark!

Please keep sharing and donating if you can. Thank you 🙏

Lucca (🏳️‍⚧️Aunt Tifa👊) @spookalucca.games · 11d

hi everyone! you know i don't normally ask for money (esp. for myself), but i have a friend in great need here in Vancouver who needs help.

my friend Ryah, who is a trans woman and immigrant from mexico, needs help with medical expenses to get diagnosed so she can get better and support herself.

Donate to Ryah needs your help!, organized by Spooka Lucca

Hello, my name is Lucca, aka SpookaLucca, and I am raising funds for my friend Ryah, who is really … Spooka Lucca needs your support for Ryah needs your help!

www.gofundme.com

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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · 2d

Thank you! I'll reach out via DM!

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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · 3d

Evergreen

Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · Sep 17

Designing production schedules in game dev

(look I have been both Toad and Frog over the years ok)

An illustration from the Frog and Toad books of the two main characters holding a box. The text reads, "Frog put the game on a schedule. "There," he said. "Now we will finish the game." "But we can ignore the schedule," said Toad. "That is true," said Frog."

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 3d

We please give what you can to help my dear friend sama'a and her family. Israel's genocide grows worse by the day.

gofund.me/db56c7ce3

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 3d

When @aceottorney.bsky.social first told me about this I said "this could change people's lives and stop developers from getting exploited" and having seen the final resource, I think I was not wrong. I'd call it a must-bookmark for indie devs.

René Otto @aceottorney.bsky.social · 3d

Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...

An image about the game developer's guide to publishing agreements feauturing otto the otter

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Glen Henry - BUY SUNKEN STONES🏴‍☠️ @spritewrench.com · 3d

Yo #WishlistWednesday!

Help Tashia unravel the case of a heinous murder, locate her missing shadow and find her cell phone in this point & click, mystery adventure based on Caribbean folklore

Be sure to #wishlist today!
store.steampowered.com/app/1958800/...

Duppy Detective Tashia on Steam

Help Tashia unravel the case of a heinous murder, locate her missing shadow and find her cell phone in this point & click, mystery adventure based on Caribbean folklore!

store.steampowered.com

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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · 3d

Florida weather forecasts have local priorities in mind

Fellow heat haters, our time is at hand

A photo of a weather forecast from a Florida news station showing lower temperatures with Nic Cage in Con Air smiling with his eyes closed and hair blowing back below a caption that reads, "Less humid!"

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max schwartz @mightyatom.bsky.social · 4d

I had a good time with my friend!!!!! Meet a perfectly functional lesbian relationship!

Christine Love @christinelove.bsky.social · 4d

Star Sword Nemesis is now available! Read about the most fashionable girl in a utopian collective of Trans-Neptunian Objects falling in love with her fencing instructor, the deadliest turncoat milf in all of space, feat. art by @mightyatom.bsky.social! loveconquersallgames.itch.io/star-sword-n...

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