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Adrian Sandoval

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He/him. Game dev professor @ Drexel U/UArts, IGDA Philly Chair, Lead designer for Little Nemo & the Nightmare Fiends, Cake enthusiast. Opinions my own. http://www.adriansandoval.net

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Adrian Sandoval @adriansandoval.net · Oct 19

Hi! I'm Adrian Sandoval, a game designer currently working on Little Nemo & the Nightmare Fiends, a 2D action-adventure game based on the Little Nemo comic strip from the early 1900s. Consider wishlisting on Steam, please and thank you! store.steampowered.com/app/2229030/...

Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends cover art

Our original character, Peony, aiming a bomb toward some mosquitos in the mushroom forest.

Nemo standing next to a Bazoo, a sort of giraffe/zebra hybrid with its neck tied in knots. It is idly eating something.

A screenshot from Little Nemo & the Nightmare Fiends; Flip the Clown is standing in the foreground with a landscape shot of Jack Frost's Ice Palace in the back.

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 19h

Somehow we had a successful game launch in 2025: A thread 🧵

We launched Little Rocket Lab this week, and it's been mega for us. Which is amazing, because well, the industry is bad right now!

So I wanna go through the things we did, in the hope that something here can be helpful to someone here

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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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steph @hotcakesdeluxe.online · 3d

Hey do this weird game jam! Learned some beginner hardware stuff and have a game shown off at MAGFest!!

MAGFest Indie Arcade @mag-indiearcade.bsky.social · 3d

9 days remain before our annual alt.ctrl game jam kicks off!
There's still time to get your parts and get in on the action!

More info @ itch.io/jam/flip-out

Flip Out! - An Alt Ctrl Jam

A game jam from 2025-10-16 to 2025-10-19 hosted by Matt! & AndyMakes. Welcome to Flip Out, an alt ctrl game jam and controller workshop by the MAGFest Indie Arcade and Arcade Commons ! Join us for a r...

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Nikki Snaxx @toitle.bsky.social · 4d

Day 2 of the strike! Ways you can help:

1) Sign our creator petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

2) Send letters to management: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

3) Contribute to our Go Fund Me: www.gofundme.com/f/support-ki...

4) SHARE ALL THESE LINKS 💖

THANK YOU ALL! Egg for algorithm!

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Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · 6d

I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

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Chris Totten - Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends @totter87.bsky.social · 7d

So anyway, drew this animated level intro title today #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

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Adrienne Shaw @adrishaw.bsky.social · 7d

glaad.org/glaad-gaming...

GLAAD Gaming Announces New Queer Emerging Developers Program | GLAAD

Over the past decade, GLAAD Gaming has worked to improve how the video game industry engages with LGBTQ stories and players. This commitment has included consulting directly with video game studios an...

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 9d

Folks who create videos about games on the internet: I have questions for you if you'd be so kind. I'm trying to determine the relationship between traditional media and those who create videos about games and have never worked for the games press. Sharing is appreciated!

forms.gle/cG3BEkGqwuoh...

Games influencer press relationship query

I'm trying to determine to what extend people who create videos about games engage with "traditional" press as a source for what games to cover. Please only answer these questions if you are someone w...

forms.gle

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 9d

The short version of my idea is this: I don't think prestige indie survives financially without a strong and influential games press. Games whose strength is their idea need people to go to bat for them, and sort of require the "gaming literati" we had in the 2010s to break even.

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steph @hotcakesdeluxe.online · 10d

It's very cool Northern Lion played @hthrflwrs.bsky.social 's game Unfair Flips but he and everyone should be playing Fish Fear Me one cause it's good and two cause you can hear my partner @yoinky.bsky.social 's beautiful singing over @visager.bsky.social sick tunes. I won't stop saying this.

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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 9d

I'm convinced that the video game business is just constant plate spinning and creative bookkeeping to make divisions appear healthy, surviving solely on a random number generator that occasionally gives you a hit game that lets you spin a little longer.

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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 10d

Introducing the William Volk papers, a new digital collection in the VGHF Library!

Explore thousands of documents, developments schedules, and memos from the early history of Activision.

Read more: gamehistory.org/william-volk...

Discovering Activision's early history | VGHF Library Highlights

YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation

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Heather Flowers @hthrflwrs.bsky.social · 11d

"It's one of the 25 best games I've played this year without a doubt. It's better than any AAA game I played this year."

www.twitch.tv/northernlion...

Northernlion - Unfair Flips

Watch Northernlion's clip titled

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Adrian Sandoval @adriansandoval.net · 11d

Sounds like you and me are on the same wavelength. I'm so utterly enthralled by the game until I'm suddenly surrounded by three or more enemies and am pulled right back put.

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Liz Ryerson @ellaguro.bsky.social · 11d

here's my obligatory "read Let's Play Life" post for the week ellaguro.blogspot.com/2024/03/lets...

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Heidi McDeathknelled @hmcd.bsky.social · 14d

I’ve been gone awhile because things have been very hard at home. I find myself at an unfathomable point, and my heart is absolutely broken. If you’re able to donate and share, my gratitude is deep. I never wanted to get here. Thank you for your consideration and assistance. gofund.me/0b0592ad0

Donate to Ease the Tragic Ending of A Romance Writer’s Epic Love Story, organized by Heidi McDonald

I was a game writer at the height of my career - author, freq… Heidi McDonald needs your support for Ease the Tragic Ending of A Romance Writer’s Epic Love Story

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Indieformer @indieformer.com · 15d

Waypoint is live 🚀

Nearly a year in the making — a custom-curated calendar for indie games, updated every few days with new gems.

Every game since June 2024 (and more) is already in there. We’re building in public, and your feedback will shape it.

👉 waypoint.indieformer.com

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Nate Terrors @nateming.bsky.social · 15d

I'm still looking for work! I'm a multidisciplined jack-of-all-trades with specialties in marketing, social media, customer support, and especially "making sure your copy sounds good, makes you look good, and that you're not saying anything you shouldn't"

I'm grateful for any leads! 🙏

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 15d

Recettear is featured in the CRPG Book because of the work Andrew Dice & Carpe Fulgur did - they were pioneers in bringing Japanese games to Steam, way back in 2010. Many Japanese developers only took interest in Steam after seeing a doujin game like Recettear selling over 300k units.

Rest in Peace

AndyAML @andyaml.bsky.social · 15d

Absolutely devastated by this news. SpaceDrake was no doubt a huge influence in drumming up interest for Japanese indie games localized into English and pushing for them on digital distribution storefronts like steam. Huge loss. Might be time for another playthrough of Recettear in his honour.

A tweet from Robin Light-Williams (@BlondRobin) stating the following: Hello to anyone reading this. I am Robin Light-Williams, formerly lead translator for Carpe Fulgur. I am very sorry to announce that my friend and business partner Andrew Dice, @SpaceDrakeCF, has passed away. Pursuant to that, Carpe Fulgur will be ceasing operations.

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Adrian Sandoval @adriansandoval.net · 15d

This also feels like an appropriate time to pluh We're All Going to the World's Fair, the less-talked about predecessor to I Saw the TV Glow. Also very good, but delves into some heavy stuff at the end, so... maybe read up on it before diving in.

Adrian Sandoval @adriansandoval.net · 15d

I don't talk much about my horror movie binging habit here, but Creep is probably the best found footage film I discovered. Just a goofy time watching a real good character actor do his thing.

Anyway, this rules.

FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 15d

He may play a CREEP but Mark Duplass is a stand-up guy, as Duplass Brothers Productions is teaming up with the Transgender Film Center to launch the Found Footage Fund for trans filmmakers.

CREEP’s Mark Duplass Launches Found Footage Fund For Trans Filmmakers

He may play a CREEP but Mark Duplass is a stand-up guy, as Duplass Brothers Productions is teaming up with the Transgender Film Center to launch the Found Footage Fund for trans filmmakers.

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Adrian Sandoval @adriansandoval.net · 15d

Thankfully, the trick parry timing in SHF is the only Dark Souls-esque mechanic, and it's more or less optional*. Otherwise, it's mostly just a normal action game.

*In Story difficulty, which is weirdly the recommended difficulty for most players according to the game's description

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Heather Flowers @hthrflwrs.bsky.social · 15d

WELCOME TO CHAOS THURSDAY

1. FISH FEAR ME: WOMEN WANT ME IS OUT NOW bsky.app/profile/hthr...
2. UNFAIR FLIPS IS OUT NOW bsky.app/profile/hthr...
3. FISH FEAR ME OST ON STEAM bsky.app/profile/hthr...
4. FALLEN LONDON: THE SHAPE OF INFINITY bsky.app/profile/hthr...
5. FFM STEAM DAILY DEAL AT 10AM PST

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Liz Ryerson @ellaguro.bsky.social · 17d

Submissions to the Experimental Games Showcase at GDC are now OPEN through October 24, 2025! Please send us the weird shit you're working on! More info about the session and where to submit can be found on our NEW website here www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com

Experimental Games Showcase

SUBMIT YOUR GAME TO THE

www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com

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DOKI DOKI CRT PANIC @crtpixel.bsky.social · 17d

SIDE POCKET
DATA EAST 1992
SEGA GENESIS

Chilling with my Porsche, looking at the Manhattan skyline at night

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