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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 1d

🗡🧛‍♂️ BE WARY 🕯👻
We're hosting our annual Spooky Games Marathon at the end of the month! Join us October 30th for live Let's Plays of scary games by community members and play awesome games in the Halloweenie halls of the Pacific Northwest College of Art!
Details here: pigsquad.com/events-list/...

A darkly lit room showing a stage where community members are playing and commentating the game "Faith." Red and orange lights cast a lit rim on audience members in front of the stage. The photo is from the 2019 Spooky Games Marathon.

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RetroGamingExpo.com @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social · 7d

Join the NES 40th Anniversary celebration with our massive Super Mario Group! Mario, Wario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Toad, Princess Rosalina, Bowser, the Koopas, and Donkey Kong! Party time!! Tickets at tinyurl.com/3km56wbt
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #NES

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Robin Carpenter @robino.bsky.social · 2d

The Serpent Lord's tomb, and a sketch of his sepulchre

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Izzi8bit @izzi8bit.bsky.social · 2d

I was really happy how this Rat commission came out for @sunnydunny64.bsky.social

Thank you again for supporting Duster!

The Rat, a black and white pixelated rat with gooey body.

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infinite brians @infinitebrians.neocities.org · 2d

Jack-o’-lantern mushrooms

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RetroGamingExpo.com @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social · 8d

So much Indie goodness!! 😍

Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 8d

Yipes, we're going to have quite a few games at the booth. Who's all going to @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social in a couple weeks?

A lineup of 35 games that will be showcasing at PIGSquad's Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2025 booth. Thumbnails include ghosts, possums, axes, snakes, robots, open roads, horses, sushi, portals, bunnies, letters, campfires, dogs, energy orbs, slushies, and so much more.

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Nephilim 🇵🇸 @nephilim-dev.bsky.social · 6d

Mace Knight will be at the @pigsquad.com booth at @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social later this month! Swing by on October 18th to give our demo a try!

And if you can’t make it, don’t worry! The demo will be available for anyone to play on Steam very soon (more details yet to come on that).

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Jade J. Laidlaw @starfishness.bsky.social · 6d

Excited to announce that I'm going to be showcasing my game at the booth! I'll be there all day saturday, so stop by if you want to say hi and play my silly little game about a giant robot that eats stars!

Pixel art of a robot and two floating hands below it that are posed to resemble a W.

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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 8d

Yipes, we're going to have quite a few games at the booth. Who's all going to @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social in a couple weeks?

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Yellow Sriracha @yellowsriracha.bsky.social · 9d

Very happy to be partnering with PIG Squad to showcase SNAKEWITCH🐍 at the Portland Retro Game Expo this year!! @pigsquad.com
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Portland Retro Gaming Expo — Portland Indie Game Squad

Join the Portland Indie Game Squad (PIGSquad) at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo! We'll be hosting indie games, our annual Horror Game Marathon, and more alongside PRGE's massive arcade!

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Nextlevelbanana @ home @nextlevelbanana.online · 11d

Let's gooooooo

Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 11d

The games that will be at our @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social booth are now live! Check out all of the awesome community projects & devs you'll be able to hang with 🤩
pigsquad.com/portland-ret...
See you on October 17-19 ~

Portland Retro Gaming Expo — Portland Indie Game Squad

Join the Portland Indie Game Squad (PIGSquad) at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo! We'll be hosting indie games, our annual Horror Game Marathon, and more alongside PRGE's massive arcade!

pigsquad.com

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freedrull.bsky.social @freedrull.bsky.social · 11d

I'll be sharing Burgerzone: Deluxe Meal at Portland Retro Game Expo Oct. 18th with the PIG Squad ! pigsquad.com/portland-ret... @pigsquad.com @cybertomatosoft.bsky.social

Portland Retro Gaming Expo — Portland Indie Game Squad

Join the Portland Indie Game Squad (PIGSquad) at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo! We'll be hosting indie games, our annual Horror Game Marathon, and more alongside PRGE's massive arcade!

pigsquad.com

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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 11d

TONIGHT! See you at the White Owl for Art/Code Night and also HAPPY OCTOBER 🍂🌬️🎃🎉
pigsquad.com/events-list/...

PIGSquad In-Person Social: Art/Code Night — Portland Indie Game Squad

Share your projects, chat with the community, and play games at an in-person Art/Code co-working night!

pigsquad.com

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Marlowe Dobbe @marlowedobbe.com · 11d

We got ONE HELLUVA LINEUP for our PRGE booth!!! Check out the 30 awesome games you can come play at the expo!! 👊💥

Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 11d

The games that will be at our @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social booth are now live! Check out all of the awesome community projects & devs you'll be able to hang with 🤩
pigsquad.com/portland-ret...
See you on October 17-19 ~

Portland Retro Gaming Expo — Portland Indie Game Squad

Join the Portland Indie Game Squad (PIGSquad) at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo! We'll be hosting indie games, our annual Horror Game Marathon, and more alongside PRGE's massive arcade!

pigsquad.com

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oleogustus @oleogustus.itch.io · 11d

Thanks to the people at @pigsquad.com and @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social, i will be showcasing Checkmage! at the PRGE on October 19th (sunday!)

Come by and check out my game alongside a lineup of unique games from some other indie developers :)

pigsquad.com/portland-ret...

#gamedev #indiedev

Portland Retro Gaming Expo — Portland Indie Game Squad

Join the Portland Indie Game Squad (PIGSquad) at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo! We'll be hosting indie games, our annual Horror Game Marathon, and more alongside PRGE's massive arcade!

pigsquad.com

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Ian Rickett @ianrickett.bsky.social · 11d

I'm pleased as punch to say that I'll be tabling at the upcoming Portland Retro Gaming Expo on Saturday, October 18th with @pigsquad.com where I'll show off a demo of Arcane Investigations. If you're in town, come check it out!

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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 11d

The games that will be at our @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social booth are now live! Check out all of the awesome community projects & devs you'll be able to hang with 🤩
pigsquad.com/portland-ret...
See you on October 17-19 ~

Portland Retro Gaming Expo — Portland Indie Game Squad

Join the Portland Indie Game Squad (PIGSquad) at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo! We'll be hosting indie games, our annual Horror Game Marathon, and more alongside PRGE's massive arcade!

pigsquad.com

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melon 🍈 @meloncolle.com · 14d

Some friends and I made a game for @pigsquad.com Summer Slow Jams last month!! It's a time-trial racing game with super monkey ball style movement, and some fun cheat codes :D #gamedev #gamejam #godot

🍌 groundwater.itch.io/peel-out 🍌

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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 12d

See you on Wednesday! Excited to hang out & cowork & play & hang out :)

Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 16d

Happy Friday! Hope you have a wonderful weekend. We're also looking forward to next week - this coming Wednesday, October 1st, we're hanging out at the White Owl in SE to kick off the month with a chill coworking night 😊🍂
Details here: pigsquad.com/events-list/...
Let us know if you have questions!

PIGSquad In-Person Social: Art/Code Night — Portland Indie Game Squad

Share your projects, chat with the community, and play games at an in-person Art/Code co-working night!

pigsquad.com

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RetroGamingExpo.com @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social · 13d

Gail Tilden led the marketing and PR for the US-release of the NES and (together with Howard Phillips) created the Nintendo Fun Club and then Nintendo Power where she served as the editor-in-chief. Meet her at the show! Tickets at tinyurl.com/22y3y4su
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #NES

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infinite brians @infinitebrians.neocities.org · 14d

fortune telling

a pixel art drawing of a blue crystal ball sitting on top of a reddish brown cloth covered in stars, the table its on has cards and gems on it. Behind the crystal ball is a cloaked figure showing their hands around the ball.

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Wonderville 🕹 @wonderville.nyc · 16d

She has returned!
Thanks @arcadecommons.org for fixing her up!

Game by @b0tster.yeag.gay

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Innersloth @innersloth.com · 16d

🦥 HIRING 🦥

We're looking for a Senior 2D Animator for something new!
🖌️ Temporary, full-time role (12-18 months)
🖌️ Remote
🖌️ 3+ years exp of 2D Flash-style animation
🖌️ Proficienct with Adobe Animate

Apps close Oct 10. Apply now! innersloth.bamboohr.com/careers/33

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Yellow Sriracha @yellowsriracha.bsky.social · 16d

Last #Hades2 fanart before I actually play the game ❤️
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Thx @supergiantgames.bsky.social

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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 16d

Happy Friday! Hope you have a wonderful weekend. We're also looking forward to next week - this coming Wednesday, October 1st, we're hanging out at the White Owl in SE to kick off the month with a chill coworking night 😊🍂
Details here: pigsquad.com/events-list/...
Let us know if you have questions!

PIGSquad In-Person Social: Art/Code Night — Portland Indie Game Squad

Share your projects, chat with the community, and play games at an in-person Art/Code co-working night!

pigsquad.com

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