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Jeff Row
@jeffrow3d.bsky.social
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3D artist - game developer
running Studio Polyfire: https://bsky.app/profile/studiopolyfire.bsky.social
Working on Dreams of Sand (and other games) -> https://store.steampowered.com/app/3031160/Dreams_of_Sand/
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draknek.bsky.social
So, “Order of the Sinking Star” by Thekla was just announced, which takes several small free games (two of which are mine) and gives them a major graphical upgrade and mashes up their rulesets. I haven’t been very involved but it’s a great concept and looks cool.
December 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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juliedillon.bsky.social
More traditional media experimentation! Watercolor, ink, color pencil, and a little bit of digital touchup.
A stylized illustration of a woman in profile with long flowy hair drawing back a bow, with a large eagle's head behind her. There are a lot of abstracted ink textures.
December 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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mobeenfikree.bsky.social
🎉 I’m excited to announce the next game from Vertex Pop is
HYPER DETONATOR, a chain-reaction bullet hell shooter set in cyberspace

Coming out in 2026! Wishlist on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3965780/...

youtu.be/fXiqM_GmyD8
HYPER DETONATOR — Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by Vertex Pop
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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santaragione.com
Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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necrosoftgames.com
Demonschool: Is OUT. It's out. Finally it is out. We hope you enjoy it.

store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...

store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...

www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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riibrego.bsky.social
"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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silverstringmedia.bsky.social
The Greenhearth Necromancer demo is now available! ✨🌱💀

Start your magical journey and:
🌱 Grow & care for a balcony of plants!
✨ Try out some spells, potions, and rituals!
👋 Meet + greet some of your fellow neighbours!
+ sandbox play, achievements, & more!*

➡ store.steampowered.com/app/2127570/...
November 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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tametick.bsky.social
Announcing my pagan trading game Prophet Margin
Wishlist now on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3624110/...

Sharing appreciated!
Prophet Margin on Steam
The Gods hunger for tribute! Build settlements and weave trade routes, feed temples and earn divine boons in this Eurogame-inspired strategy game.
store.steampowered.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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podesbiens.bsky.social
I'm just happy to bring back bloom in this day and age and if any of you complain I will crank it even more

download the Generation Exile demo right now on steam if you want to yell at me
June 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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rachelhands.com
here is my favorite sign from today
square concrete slab on the ground with “OLD DYKES AGAINST TECH BROS” stenciled onto it
October 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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oldmanofthefire.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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charlesboury.fr
Getting back to writing blog posts! ✏️

It’s old content, a 4y.o twitter thread, lost when I fled the old place. I decided to bring it back to you.

Maybe you recall it? It was about stairs 🛕

charlesboury.fr/articles/tex... #gamedev #b3d
Texture first, model later
A reverse workflow to create props based on tiled textures
charlesboury.fr
October 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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gambrinous.com
ANNOUNCEMENT: Welcome to the Lodge!!

Eyes of Hellfire, our co-op gothic horror experience is now available on Steam Early Access!

If you buy a copy, up to 4 of your friends can play free via the friends pass!

🖥️https://store.steampowered.com/app/1724030/Eyes_of_Hellfire/
August 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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halisavakis.com
HERDLING is coming out in just a few hours, so there's just enough time to go through some other fun tech-art stuff 👀

Here's another behind-the-scenes 🧵 with various other interesting tech-art stuff featured in our vast and furrious game ✨
August 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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draknek.bsky.social
We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉

The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans.

Deadline: September 28th
More info 👇
grants.draknek.org
August 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
jeffrow3d.bsky.social
in an effort to make a puzzle game hybrid, we've started working on an extremely early combat prototype (no final visuals, missing game feel stuff + bugs)!

Aiming for a mix between hack-n-slash and tactics wrapped up in a Zelda inspired adventure game🧩
#gamedev #indiedev #prototype #WIP
July 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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dawnxianamoon.bsky.social
Teaching AI literacy.

(GenAI is wrong A LOT. And even though people tend to think it saves time, we now have randomized controlled trials that show situations where it takes *more* time even when participants self-report it's saving them time.)
Screenshot: r/technology I recently heard about a teacher who instead of trying to circumvent students using ai, which is impossible, she made assignments by going "ask ChatGPT to write a report on this subject, and then research how and why it's wrong". Not only did the students discover that chatGPT is extremely wrong a lot of the time, it also lead them to realize that they should not use it as a primary source.
July 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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tippinggoat.bsky.social
New procedural planet gen tech for Journey Space 2
#indiedev
July 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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apzonerunner.com
every day i try to bring the moguta energy to my daily life
July 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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lizardengland.bsky.social
GDC talk submissions are open and just wanted to point out to people that if you were planning to apply to talk at a summit (like indie summit, narrative summit, tools summit, etc.) that there's only one call for submissions now and it's only open for a month: gdconf.com/gdc-call-for...
July 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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devfatigued.bsky.social
the part of me that wants to make balanced design choices is always at war with the (significantly more powerful) part of me that just wants to go wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

anyway im tuning a post-dash jump combo and its going swell thank you for asking
June 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
jeffrow3d.bsky.social
I was feeling a little burnt out on bug fixing and prototyping, so I took a detour make the moment-to-moment gameplay feel just a little bit better with vfx.

Worked like a charm to build some development momentum 😤
switching tasks can really be a huge help sometimes.
#gamedev #indiedev
studiopolyfire.bsky.social Studio Polyfire @studiopolyfire.bsky.social · Jun 27
Poof! 💨
Wild how big a difference little vfx like these can make to the feel of a game ✨
#IndieGame #ThinkyGame #PuzzleGame #IndieDev #GameDev #Prototype
June 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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studiopolyfire.bsky.social
Hello, world!
We've just begun development on a new sci-fi adventure puzzle game 🧩✨
Still very early in the prototyping phase, but if you're into thoughtful, handcrafted games and want to follow the journey, stick around 🙂 !
#IndieGame #ThinkyGame #PuzzleGame #IndieDev #GameDev
June 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
jeffrow3d.bsky.social
Game jam finally over!
An unfinished story, but give it a try if you feel so inclined studiopolyfire.itch.io/dia-stole-th...
No combat, just walking around, talking to NPCs. Some may not have your best interests at heart.

#gamejam #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #unity #lowpoly
June 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM