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Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social · 8d

Tim Keenan @misfitsattic.bsky.social · 8d

👑 the Below the Crown Demo is now on Steam ♟️

Our nerdy love letter to Roguelikes, Chess, and Dungeon Crawlers is here:
🔸Take the Wizard King below in our procedural dungeons
🔸Spells, Upgrades, Bosses ...and Psychological Testing!
🔸Daily & Player Challenges
store.steampowered.com/app/4023520/...

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Ezra Szanton @ezra-szanton.itch.io · Sep 7

I'm speaking about Synergy Networks in Roguelike Deckbuilders at @roguelike.club later today! 7pm EST.

Tickets are free: ti.to/roguelike-ce...

See you there! (In the very cool conference MUD they've got set up)

Roguelike Celebration: Preview Event 2025

Roguelike games have been part of gaming culture for over 30 years and they have a deep and special place in our hearts. We'd love to get to spend some time with you all learning about roguelikes and ...

ti.to

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Baja The Frog 🐸🕹️🖼️ @bajathefrog.social · Sep 6

Happy Saturday!
Step away from that Silksong boss that is kicking your ass and cleanse the palette with some fresh new TMG games!

✨ Tiny Mass Games Season 11 is out now!✨
tinymassgames.itch.io

Check out the thread to see the new releases.

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#IndieGames #GameDev

Tiny Mass Games

tinymassgames.itch.io

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Tim Keenan @misfitsattic.bsky.social · Aug 29

It’s been almost a decade, but Misfits Attic is back!

We just announced Below the Crown: our love letter to roguelikes, dungeon crawlers, and Chess - with our weird dark humor, of course :)

Wishlist on Steam today! (link in reply)
youtu.be/Q8gf18lJ_lc

Below the Crown Announce Trailer

YouTube video by MisfitsAttic

youtu.be

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Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social · Aug 30

Lindsay's art—characters from a game we launched, a bit back. Love this stuff.

Lindsay Jorgensen @mrlinds.bsky.social · Aug 27

An example of the main common stages of monster life. Assuming some luck with conditions, and not getting into later Elder span details.

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Lindsay Jorgensen @mrlinds.bsky.social · Aug 27

Monsters Playing Poker

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Lindsay Jorgensen @mrlinds.bsky.social · Aug 19

Kids are slave drivers. This afternoon ,the young one made a couple more Monsters for me to draw tonigjt.

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Lindsay Jorgensen @mrlinds.bsky.social · Aug 17

Mirrimi on her throne.
Been on queue for colouring for a bit.

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We ❤ Every Game @weloveeverygame.bsky.social · Aug 22

NEW DEVELOPER INTERVIEW: @voxraygames.bsky.social’s Wouter van Oortmerssen (@wvo.bsky.social) explains why he built Skyrim with guns instead of Minecraft 2.

🎮 Read → www.weloveeverygame....

#IndieDev #Minecraft #Openworld #GameDev

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Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social · Aug 1

We're building some crazy-pants new discovery stuff in the coming months. Making any game announcements? Make sure you're on our radar by adding us to your outreach list.

Spoiler: We just go to every gamer's house with a bullhorn and yell the news at them at 4:13am. This is how discovery works.

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Rémy🍬 @curseofremy.bsky.social · Jul 31

New pen-&-paper game! Breath Checkers! 🌬️▚▚

✍️ A relaxing 2-player drawing and breathing game
😌 by @codingcrafter.bsky.social and myself.

Download the rules here!
📜 trasevol-dog.itch.io/breath-check... ❤️

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Andy Robertson 🔜 London ComicCon @geekdadgamer.bsky.social · Jul 29

Last 6 months have been wild:
🤯We realised game discovery was broken.
🧪We made a prototype game-finder.
🎯We Kickstartered it into reality.
🥘We cooked and cooked with our backers.

🚀On Weds 6th Aug we launch Ludocene.com into the world.

🙏Last chance back/share: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...

Ludocene: Game Discovery From People You Trust

A dating app that matches you with games rather than people. A deck-builder that profiles your gaming taste.

www.kickstarter.com

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Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social · Jul 25

NSFW: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social · Jul 25

We ran a scan; looks like around (roughly) 225 NSFW/Hentai games pulled from Steam in the recent purge.

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Jul 22

A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?

❓ Infer the rules of each glyph without hints
🧠 Over 300 handcrafted across evolving lands
🎶 Chill, reactive soundtrack as you play

CIPHER ZERO. Out Now.

zpdt.co/playcz

#PlayCipherZero #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX

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Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social · Jul 18

I'm now either a boffin or a brainbox. Either way, PC Gamer picked up my analysis of GenAI disclosures on Steam: www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...

The brainbox behind Valve's Steam Labs says the number of Steam releases featuring GenAI in 2025 is 1 in 5, with 7% of all games on there now incorporating it: 'We’ve octupled last year’s figure'

But there's still "a vocal anti-AI sentiment among artists and gamers who simply won’t buy games with this stuff in."

www.pcgamer.com

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Glen Henry - BUY SUNKEN STONES🏴‍☠️ @spritewrench.com · Jul 18

Proud to announce that Sunken Stones - my puzzle strategy grid-based game about deploying (and ditching) crew mates to stave off a salty demies - is ⭐OUT NOW⭐!

Features:
🏴‍☠️6 Pirate Captains
☠️48 Crewmates
🌊Risk vs. Reward Mechanics

Grab the Game Now (and leave a review)!
⚓ s.team/a/2601810

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Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social · Jul 16

Bold of you to assume my 700 hours in Deep Rock Galactic were not all research.

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Radu Muresan @vividhelix.bsky.social · Jul 16

It took a bit, but my game Neon Noodles is finally out on all the consoles! neonnoodles.com 🥑🎉

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Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social · Jul 14

Not sure how I feel about this life choice.

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Andrew Plotkin @eblong.com · Jul 14

Hadean Lands is now part of the Boston-Based Indies bundle on Steam!

store.steampowered.com/bundle/56056...

Five titles, 15% off:

- Hadean Lands (me!)
- Monster Loves You Too! (Dejobaan)
- MewnBase (Cairn4)
- Million Monster Militia (Space Capsule)
- Loki's Revenge (OWL)

Boston-based Indies on Steam

store.steampowered.com

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Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social · Jul 14

I've been pulling some numbers for hours played on Steam games. @ezra-szanton.itch.io pointed out that the game with the highest median playtime on Steam would be Aseprite.

So, yanno, if you're going for your new 1,000-hour obsession, playing a pixel art editor may do the trick.

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Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social · Jul 5

Sometimes I love the Internet. Happy Boxing Day!

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Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social · Jun 26

Want a nice way to browse the hits and the indie gems of the 2025 Steam Summer Sale? Check out our ULTIMATE GUIDE: www.weloveeverygame.com/features/202...

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Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social · Jun 30

There's often too little info out there about smaller titles. Working on a chatbot that you can point to any Steam game and ask it questions to see if it's worth your playing.

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