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Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · Sep 19

Remember to take breaks from the grind 😌
#silksong #indiegames #wholesome

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Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · Sep 18

Heyo, it's us! <3

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Indie Questing @indiequesting.bsky.social · Sep 15

Top Rated Game in Feedback Quest 8
Light of Atlantis
#indiegames
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Light of Atlantis by Duck 'n' Run Games

Control the water levels and switch between various robots to solve ancient puzzles and explore the secrets of Atlantis!

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Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · Sep 9

#indiedev #indiegamedev #bugfixing #metroidvania

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Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · Aug 25

Wanna be part of the indie game scene? You can help out independent developers right now! Head over to: itch.io/jam/feedback... to playtest some games.
Leave your thoughts and rating there to push the @indiequesting.bsky.social
#feedbackquest #indiegames #metroidbrainia #metroidvania

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Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · Aug 18

To do this as spoilerfree as possible we incorporated the new element into the demo you all probably now already from steam. So the beginning is the same but we're interested to see how this element changes your perspective on the game!

Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · Aug 18

Aloha Mermaids, Mermen and diverse Divers! 🤿
As part of @indiequesting.bsky.social we want to test a #metroidbrainia element that we want to add to our game starting next monday August 25th!

If you want to get your hands on it stay tuned!
#indiegame #indiequest #indiegamedev

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IGN Union @ignunion.bsky.social · Aug 4

Today, IGN laid off eight extremely valuable members of our union and workforce via directive from our parent company, Ziff Davis. This, after two incredibly successful live events IGN Live and SDCC, and yet another corporate acquisition.

Please take a moment to read and share our full statement:

Today, IGN Entertainment announced that it would be laying off eight members of the IGN Creators Guild.

This is 12% of our bargaining unit, and comes just days after our sister union, the Ziff Davis Creators Guild, underwent similar layoffs impacting 15% of their members. It also comes just months after our multibillion-dollar parent company, Ziff Davis, instituted a company-wide buyout that shrunk our unit numbers, with the express intent of avoiding future layoffs. And it comes just a little over one year after three of our members were laid off almost immediately after our union went public.

The company has told us that the reason for this layoff stems from a Ziff Davis-mandate to cut costs despite several quarters in a row of year-over-year revenue increases, to which IGN Entertainment responded by coming for our members' jobs. This is perplexing to us, as we are told again and again that IGN Entertainment has had a tremendously successful year thus far thanks to their hard work. In just the last few months, our members have been absolutely essential to major events and livestreams, including San Diego ComicCon, Summer of Gaming, and IGN Live. Every single person impacted today was involved in and critical to the success of those events.

Meanwhile, IGN Entertainment continues to spend money on costly acquisitions, only to turn around and gut those companies in the same way it is cutting away at IGN itself. For instance, last year, it acquired Gamer Network, and almost immediately laid off a number of staff critical to making those sites successful. The company has not responded to the union's questions about whether its budget for future acquisitions is being reconsidered as a cost-saving measure alongside these other apparently necessary personnel cuts.

At a time when it is more necessary than ever to support its creators, IGN Entertainment is choosing to eliminate the individuals who ensure IGN remains competitive as generative AI

threatens our reach. We have been told that expert opinion pieces, original interviews, and work that leverages our staff's deep knowledge of gaming, tech, and entertainment are all essential to combating AI summarization and regurgitation of our work. Management has responded by cutting several individuals who do that exact work, as well as others whose job it is to ensure that these written and video pieces are published in a speedy manner — another component of combating AI we're told is critical.

This continued cycle of repeated, aggressive cuts to our staff and being asked to do more with less, only for management to continue to spend on new business it isn't interested in sustaining cannot continue. We will enforce our interim agreement that guarantees better severance and other protections to laid off members, as well as demand additional support for those impacted. We will continue to bargain over our first contract with the aim of enshrining even better protections against further layoffs, working conditions continuously degraded by understaffing, and the encroachment of generative AI. And we won't stop fighting to ensure IGN remains the best destination for trustworthy, original, exciting, and creative work covering video games, entertainment, and tech.

While IGN Entertainment management may not value us, we value one another and the incredible work we can do together. Behind the articles, videos, social posts, playlists, and maps of IGN are human beings, not just numbers on a spreadsheet to be pushed around when some number at the top isn't big enough. Without us, there is no IGN.

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Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · Jul 28

In case you didn't know, we're from Germany and there are a lot of awesome indie studios here! If you want to see what other games are being forged here, check out this current steam event:
store.steampowered.com/app/2387740/...

#germangames #indiegames #deutscheindies #indiespiele #steamgames

Light of Atlantis on Steam

Explore the depths of the ocean in this 2D-Puzzle-Metroidvania! Control the water levels and switch between various robots to solve the ancient puzzles of Atlantis.

store.steampowered.com

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Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · Jun 10

It's #trailertuesday so calling out to all #indiegamedevs to show us what you got!

Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · Jun 6

Explore the depths of the ocean in this mesmerizing Metroidvania! Control the water levels and switch between various robots to solve the ancient puzzles of Atlantis!

It's #pitchyagame time for all #IndieGameDevs so it's time to see some awesome #indiegames

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Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · Jun 9

We're not only making an #indiegame set in the depths of the ocean but also want to give back. For World Ocean Day, we've donated to the awesome people of the Whale and Dolphin Conservation @gamesforwaves.bsky.social

They're uniting #IndieGameDevs #gamers and #streamers for this great cause!

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Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · Jun 6

Explore the depths of the ocean in this mesmerizing Metroidvania! Control the water levels and switch between various robots to solve the ancient puzzles of Atlantis!

It's #pitchyagame time for all #IndieGameDevs so it's time to see some awesome #indiegames

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Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · May 31

It's #screenshotsaturday so calling all #indiegamedev to show what you're working on!
#animalwell #hollowknight #puzzlegames

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Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · May 30

store.steampowered.com/app/2387740/...

Light of Atlantis on Steam

Explore the depths of the ocean in this 2D-Puzzle-Metroidvania! Control the water levels and switch between various robots to solve the ancient puzzles of Atlantis.

store.steampowered.com

Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · May 30

Steam is celebrating the #CerebralPuzzleShowcase so if you're into #puzzlegame #indiegames make sure to check out the lineup! Of course Light of Atlantis is also part of it so if you haven't tried our short demo already you know what to do this weekend! <3

#indiegamedev

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Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · May 28

What do you think about this secret feature?
#metroidbrainia #wishlistwednesday #indiegame #cutegame

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Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · May 24

On our journey to Nordic Game we stranded in a danish village but decided to make the best out of it!
The Congress was super awesome with pitching to publishers that were very interested in our game and loved our small Atlantis in a bottle!
So thankful for all the awesome people that accompanied us✨

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Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · May 19

We made these cute mini #diy Atlantis bottles as we'll meet some publishers this week. We want to give them something that makes them remember our #indiegame after a week full of game devs, so here's our shot at trying to reach the right people✨

If you want to know how it turns out let us know ❤️

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Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · May 6

We got a lot of positive feedback on this idea and expanded the prototype a bit to showcase what it could look like in game.
It's not only a cool visual effect but also a nice mechanic that expands on our core mechanics ✨

#wishlistwednesday #steamdeck #indieassemble #indiegame

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Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · Apr 29

I've been thinking about this idea for a while now and really want to explore it's opportunities for our game ✨
What do you think about it?

#indiegamedev #IndieGames #cutegame #steamdeck #cozygames

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Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · Apr 9

spongebob squarepants is smiling and holding a shovel in his hand

ALT: spongebob squarepants is smiling and holding a shovel in his hand

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Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · Apr 8

Yay, that's us! ✨
Anyone wanna meet up at the @nordicgame.com ?
Let us know if you're going whether you're an #indiegamedev or #publisher we're happy to connect ❤️

Gamecity Hamburg @gamecityhamburg.bsky.social · Apr 8

We can finally announce who will be traveling with us to Nordic Game in Malmö in May! With our "Road to Nordic" program, the teams can showcase their game for free at our Gamecity Hamburg Booth. You can find all games here: gamecity-hamburg.de/news/road-to...

Road to Nordic 2025 - These Four Hamburg Games are Traveling to Malmö

With a spacious expo area, exciting developer showcases and many opportunities for business meetings, the Nordic Game Conference is one of the most important games conferences in Europe. It offers dev...

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Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · Apr 3

This is what handcrafted levels means behind the scenes. There's so much love and effort that goes into a game like this ❤️

#leveldesign #guide #indiegame #indiegamedev #puzzle

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Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · Mar 27

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Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · Mar 27

Smol clams 🥺

#indiegame #indiegamedev #showcasethursday #watertemple

Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · Mar 27

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Light of Atlantis 🔜 Nordic Game @lightofatlantis.bsky.social · Mar 27

Smol clams 🥺

#indiegame #indiegamedev #showcasethursday #watertemple

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