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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · 13d

It's been a lot of work, but it's almost here:
The demo for The Ballad of Bellum will be available on October 17!!🥳

youtu.be/H10bysFLsc0

#Gamedev #Indiedev #Indiegame #Steam #Demo #Adventure

The Ballad of Bellum: Demo available on October 17!

YouTube video by The Ballad of Bellum - Demo October 17

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Mark (Nocturne) Alexander @nocturne.bsky.social · 14d

gamemaker.io/en/tutorials...

This blog has a lovely and simple movement and collision system and includes GML visual blocks you can copy as well as the underlying code. :)

How To Move And Collide In GameMaker

This is the easiest way to move in GameMaker, with proper collisions, and it only takes a few minutes to set up.

gamemaker.io

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Mark (Nocturne) Alexander @nocturne.bsky.social · 16d

Some #GameMaker screaming about to start over on Youtube, courtesy of @dragonitespam.bsky.social and featuring @tabularelf.com and @russellkay.bsky.social !!!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0DG...

#gamedev #indiedev

Screaming About/With GameMaker (2025) - Tabular Elf, Russell Kay

YouTube video by DragoniteSpam

www.youtube.com

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Mark (Nocturne) Alexander @nocturne.bsky.social · 17d

Just a head's up for those of you that appreciate a good tactical RPG... My mate @kezarus.bsky.social's game "Endless RPG" is currently on sale! Well worth the investment if you ask me. :)

store.steampowered.com/app/2586000/...

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #MadeWithGamemaker

Save 20% on Endless RPG - Untold Tales on Steam

Craft a party of diverse characters, each with customizable skills and looks. Explore a living world with dynamic day-night cycles, changing seasons, and diverse biomes. Embark on an epic journey wher...

store.steampowered.com

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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · Sep 8

Hi friends! We've put all 1200+ of our commercial use fonts in one big pack for you to use in game dev, book covers, art, TTRPGs, merchandise, videos, and more - and it's 90% off for the whole of September, check it out: ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack 💙📚 🎮 #art #gamedev

Previews of fonts from the all fonts pack, there is a wide range of style across the 1200 fonts included

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Mark (Nocturne) Alexander @nocturne.bsky.social · Sep 6

This true!!! Can confirm. I take all the blame and I'm not even sorry. 😂

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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · Jul 23

📰 Chequered Ink Greatest Hits Tapes Have Started Shipping chequered.ink/greatest-hit... #gamedev #indiedev #gamemaker

Greatest Hits Tapes Have Started Shipping

We've received our promotional copies of our Greatest Hits Tape from Limited Run!

chequered.ink

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Hawtpixel - Darrell Flood @hawtpixel.bsky.social · Jul 21

Just letting everyone know - there are only 10 days left on the 650 fonts for $19 Bundle now! I'm not sure if/when I will run such a steep discount again! Grab it while you can! :) hawtpixel.itch.io/hawtpixel-fo... #fonts #gamedev #indiedev #design #ttrpg

Hawtpixel Font Bundle by Hawtpixel - Darrell Flood

650 Fonts Full Commercial Use

hawtpixel.itch.io

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Mark (Nocturne) Alexander @nocturne.bsky.social · Jul 16

Last chance to get 1200 fonts at 90% off from my friends over at @chequered.ink - All Fonts Pack ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pa...

#gamedev #indiedev #assets #fonts #webdev

Last chance to get 1200 fonts at 90% off

Our 10th anniversary celebrations have been ongoing for nearly a month and they're sadly coming to an end... but there's still just over a day left to get your hands on our All Fonts Pack at 90% off!....

ci.itch.io

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🇨🇦 Big Bite Games @bigbitegames.ca · Jun 18

Pretty interesting small game by @chequered.ink and if you aren't familiar with them yet, check out their itch.io. A lot of interesting assets can be found there!

Mark (Nocturne) Alexander @nocturne.bsky.social · Jun 18

My dear friends over at @chequered.ink have created a very fun and replayable card game to celebrate 10 years making quirky indie games and beautiful fonts! Congratulations to them and here's to 10 years more!!!!

ci.itch.io/decadence

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev

Decadence by Chequered Ink

A free HTML5 card game!

ci.itch.io

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Mark (Nocturne) Alexander @nocturne.bsky.social · Jun 18

My dear friends over at @chequered.ink have created a very fun and replayable card game to celebrate 10 years making quirky indie games and beautiful fonts! Congratulations to them and here's to 10 years more!!!!

ci.itch.io/decadence

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev

Decadence by Chequered Ink

A free HTML5 card game!

ci.itch.io

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Hawtpixel - Darrell Flood @hawtpixel.bsky.social · May 21

Hey everyone! It's back again for anyone who missed it! All 650+ of my commercial use fonts! Representing over a decade of my font output, at a crazy low price of just $19 (less than I normally license a single font for!) Cheers! :) hawtpixel.itch.io/hawtpixel-fo... #gamedev #fonts #indiedev #ttrpg

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Estevão (Neko) @n0ke-dev.bsky.social · Apr 29

🚨We're happy to announce a new game: ROTTEN!
The ULTIMATE horde survival game!

Demo coming soon on Steam.com and GX.games

Wishlist NOW on STEAM:
store.steampowered.com/app/3655290/...

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker

Rotten on Steam

Rotten is the ULTIMATE 2D top-down horde survivor game! Fight massive hordes of bizarre enemies! Upgrade your equipment, create crazy combinations between all of the different weapons and modifiers an...

store.steampowered.com

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GameMaker @gamemaker.io · Apr 29

We spoke with winners from Pirate Software’s Game Jam about the lessons they learned. 9 Lessons from 9 Developers!

🔗 gamemaker.io/en/blog/game...

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Sonicfactory @sonicfactory.bsky.social · Apr 29

Here's a screenshot, as Bluesky video quality is ****.

- I've increased subtractive blending to the patterns. This creates a deeper image (great on OLED screens etc.)
- Also adding colour & alpha to the vapour trails, to create a beautiful shimmering effect.

#indiedev #gamemaker #indiegames

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Daniel Johnston Menezes @danjohnston.uk · Apr 27

Putting the *limited* in Limited Run today - there are now only 16 hours left to get our Greatest Hits Cassette Tape! At the end of the day orders CLOSE FOREVER. 10 years, 10 games, 1200 fonts for commercial use on one nifty cassette tape USB chequered.ink/chequered-in... #GameDev #IndieDev

Chequered Ink Greatest Hits

Celebrate our tenth anniversary with 10 games, 1200 fonts and a unique slice of indie gaming history.

chequered.ink

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Battle Witch @battlewitchgame.bsky.social · Apr 22

It looks like a menu. It behaves like a menu. It might actually be a menu.🧙‍♀️🪄

Tell me what you think - too much? Not enough? Too sentient?

#indiedev #gamemaker #indiegame #TrailerTuesday

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Mark (Nocturne) Alexander @nocturne.bsky.social · Mar 26

My good friends over at @chequered.ink have a physical release of some of their most fun and creative games over on @limitedrungames.com! Please check it out and support these awesome indie devs...

#gamemaker #indiegames #gamedev

limitedrungames.com/collections/...

Chequered Ink Greatest Hits (PC) – Limited Run Games

Chequered Ink Greatest Hits is on a cassette tape USB for PC. This is an open pre-order for a limited time. PRE-ORDERS CLOSE ON SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2025 AT 11:59 PM EASTERN TIME. Celebrate ten years of ...

limitedrungames.com

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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · Mar 10

New FREE asset pack! 560 sprites & 35 3D models of cars and other vehicles for full commercial use in your games and projects 🚗 ci.itch.io/3d-cars-grap... #GameDev #IndieDev #GameMaker

3D Cars Graphics Pack by Chequered Ink

560 sprites, FREE for commercial use

ci.itch.io

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Daniel Johnston Menezes @danjohnston.uk · Mar 6

A video of all the room transitions you can use for free in your GameMaker projects using our new Ready Made Room Transitions asset: ci.itch.io/ready-made-r... #GameDev #GameMaker #IndieDev

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Aaron Teefey Lee @clubcottongames.com · Feb 8

I kind of like how messed up it looks at low resolutions.

Steam - store.steampowered.com/app/2663840/...
Itch - clubcottongames.itch.io/an-aisling
humble - www.humblebundle.com/store/an-ais...

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #GameMaker

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Tore Lehmann @torelehmann.bsky.social · Jan 30

This is how easy @itchio.bsky.social (and @gamemaker.io) has made it to integrate version checking in your game. (Thanks guys!) Took me only a few minutes to add this in right before I released the game.

Let me show you! (🧵)

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #tips #tricks #gamemaker #itchio #api

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Evanski Studios @evanski.bsky.social · Jan 30

Using #gamemaker? Wanna do a #gamejam?
THE CHOCOLATEY GMC JAM 55!
The jam will run from Feb 26th - Mar 3rd!
More info at the link:
forum.gamemaker.io/index.php?th...

#gamemaker #gamedev #indiedev

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Mark (Nocturne) Alexander @nocturne.bsky.social · Jan 29

AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH ...

*deep breath*

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#fuckAI #hypocrites

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Mark (Nocturne) Alexander @nocturne.bsky.social · Jan 24

This is one of the main reasons why I will not use any "AI" products. The gradual erosion of one's self-worth along with the growing dependence on easily manipulated and often wrong information, is incredibly dangerous, and it's no wonder it's being pushed in the current political climate.
#NoAI

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Most people haven't realized a major consequence of the ongoing Al wave.
When everyday applications actively incentivize people to allow Al to do things for them (such as reply to messages, write drafts, or summarize information), I can't help but see a major wave of disempowerment and dependency coming.
Trotin
Disempowerment and dependency reduce people's autonomy and make them more vulnerable to misinformation and manipulation.
What social media has caused in terms of individual and social impact will be minor compared to what widespread Al integration will do.

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