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Mike | Kero Kero Cowboy OUT NOW! 🐸🤠 @metagamemike.bsky.social · 6h

Frog Con 2025 has begun, and so has the CHARITY GAMES BUNDLE benefitting the ASA! Donate at the tadpole tier or higher (starting at $20) & receive all these great froggy games, including Kero Kero Cowboy! 🐸 🤠

Donate here to help our amphibian friends! frogcon.frogcult.org/pages/donate

Frog Con 2025’s charity games bundle includes Kero Kero Cowboy, Frogmageddon, Froggo’s Adventure Verdant Venture, Find My Frogs, Knights & Knewts, and Around Town.

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Mike | Kero Kero Cowboy OUT NOW! 🐸🤠 @metagamemike.bsky.social · 6h

Frog Con 2025 has begun, and so has the CHARITY GAMES BUNDLE benefitting the ASA! Donate at the tadpole tier or higher (starting at $20) & receive all these great froggy games, including Kero Kero Cowboy! 🐸 🤠

Donate here to help our amphibian friends! frogcon.frogcult.org/pages/donate

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Frog Cult @frogcult.bsky.social · 9h

Happy Frog Con everyone! The website is officially live!! Hop on over and check out all the activities we have lined up for you!! Our the opening ceremony will be streamed on our twitch! Thank you guys for all the love and support, it’s an honor to be able to bring so many frog lovers together 🐸💚

A smiling green yellow frog with a red clown nose and blue party hat peak from below. It is saying “frogs await you!” With “frog con 2025 is now live!!!” On top of it. The background is a light yellow stripes with come to the center of the yellow pom-pom on top of the blue hat.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Frog Cult @frogcult.bsky.social · 3d

The Frog Con 2025 panel schedule is finally here! We have 20 froggy panels for everyone this year, including educational ones with special guest speakers, games, art, and more! We hope to see you at Frog Con very soon!! (1/2)

frogcon.frogcult.org/pages/panels...

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Playtiles @playtiles.bsky.social · 1d

Now that we’ve unveiled the full dev lineup, it feels like the perfect time to share stats & highlights from Season 1 bundle!

We’re so grateful to all the devs involved & can’t wait for early birds to experience it 🩵

👉 Get Playtiles S1: get.playtil.es
#homebrew #gbstudio #indiedev #indiegame

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Cezary Jan Strusiewicz @ostrichson.bsky.social · 2d

YOU CAN EXTEND YOUR SUPPORT FOR WINDOWS 10 BUT YOU HAVE TO DO IT BEFORE OCT. 14!

Yes it's only for one year, yes you should consider Linux, but if you just don't want to deal with this shit NOW, here's a comfy raincheck. It says "$30" but I just did for free:

windowsforum.com/threads/how-...

How to Enroll in Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) Before Support Ends

As the end of official support for Windows 10 approaches on October 14, 2025, many users are seeking ways to maintain their system's security without transitioning to Windows 11. Microsoft's Extended ...

windowsforum.com

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Mike | Kero Kero Cowboy OUT NOW! 🐸🤠 @metagamemike.bsky.social · 2d

YO!?

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Mike | Kero Kero Cowboy OUT NOW! 🐸🤠 @metagamemike.bsky.social · 2d

Happy birthday!

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MaxBeforeTheOne @maxbeforetheone.bsky.social · 3d

Behold the big bad of World 4 - the Countess! With a wide array of projectile-based attacks and a fast-paced second phase, the Countess serves as the challenging finale to this late-game world.
#indiegamedev #gamedev #indiegame #Nintendo #gameboy #gbstudio #pixelart #art

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ACLU @aclu.org · 4d

There are steps everyone can take to help make our communities safer for trans people and all of us.

I asked Chase Strangio how to stand up for trans people. It's easier than you think. | Opinion

Trans attorney Chase Strangio has a simple message: It's time for cisgender people to stand up for transgender rights. Here's how.

www.usatoday.com

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 4d

The games industry sucks, but it could be worse, we could be in the animation industry

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Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor @derek-lieu.com · 4d

Great video on how most games don’t need a gameplay hook, they need to create an experience people want to play.

It’s like how lots of game trailers have title cards like: “harvest, prep, cook, plate, serve!” without ever stating a goal of say:

“Make your dream Taiwanese food restaurant!"

What Sells on Steam: You Don't Need a Hook

YouTube video by Jonas Tyroller

www.youtube.com

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Radiant G🌈✨ @ Back CHAMP on Kickstarter! @radiantg.bsky.social · 4d

Hopecore 🌿

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 4d

For the first time in history renewable energy sources are now generating more power than coal worldwide.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Mike | Kero Kero Cowboy OUT NOW! 🐸🤠 @metagamemike.bsky.social · 5d

Bananza is fun but man Pauline does not shut the fuck UP

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Mike | Kero Kero Cowboy OUT NOW! 🐸🤠 @metagamemike.bsky.social · 5d

Fine art kids go into game dev

adef @adef.bsky.social · 5d

theater kids go into speedrunning

band kids go into shiny hunting

this is the way of the world

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 8d

so this happened a long time ago in Animation and basically here's what happened:
* 95% of the US animation industry was obliterated and all that was left was management positions or people doing 5 jobs at once
* basically the entire skill/knowledge base went away within a single generation

〽️ax krieger does the damn thing @maxkriegervg.bsky.social · 8d

more on this just mentioned today (seen via @gamediscoverco.bsky.social)

rich vogel of T-Minus sez on linkedin:

I've been fundraising for T-Minus Studios most of this year, and one thing has become clear. Most VCs and publishers are not keen on funding a fully North American-based team, especially in the US. A pattern is developing where studios have a small core team of developers, mainly leads or those working in highly critical, iterative areas, while the rest are based in more affordable regions like Eastern Europe, South America, and Asia. This strategy helps studios lower their average monthly burn rate, which reduces risk.

I want to address the elephant in the room about how North American developers are viewed. I've spoken privately with several publishers, VCs, and developers from Asia and Europe, and they all see North American developers as expensive and entitled. This perception is unfortunate but reflects the reality we face today.

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Mike | Kero Kero Cowboy OUT NOW! 🐸🤠 @metagamemike.bsky.social · 8d

They've got some more info on their main site - get.playtil.es

Playtiles: Physical Buttons + Weekly Indie Games for your Phone

Stick. Scan. Play! Playtiles turns your mobile into a tactile gaming handheld with a curated library of bite-sized indie gems. Launching Q4 2025.

get.playtil.es

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Mike | Kero Kero Cowboy OUT NOW! 🐸🤠 @metagamemike.bsky.social · 11d

Oh yea there's GIF support here now! Here's a GIF of the Kero Kero Cowboy Playtile in action.

Preorders available here: limited.playtil.es/campaign.htm...

50 preorders are needed to guarantee production! 🐸🤠

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Mike | Kero Kero Cowboy OUT NOW! 🐸🤠 @metagamemike.bsky.social · 9d

CEOs crashing out is my favorite genre of news

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Playtiles @playtiles.bsky.social · 9d

📖 Game Manuals are coming to PlaytilesOS!

Available for both Season 1 games & Limited runs, these digital manuals will let you explore each game’s controls, features, lore & credits.

👉 Discover Kero Kero Cowboy Limited run: limited.playtil.es
#homebrew #gbstudio #indiedev #gbc

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Mike | Kero Kero Cowboy OUT NOW! 🐸🤠 @metagamemike.bsky.social · 9d

Just got to the clock themed area in silksong and jesus fucking christ

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Mike | Kero Kero Cowboy OUT NOW! 🐸🤠 @metagamemike.bsky.social · 10d

Iconic 🙏

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Chris Battle @chrisbattleart.bsky.social · 10d

30+ years of career logos! (and that's not even ALL of them)

... and coming up on 2 YEARS WITHOUT WORK.

New signal boost: I'm available for full-time character design positions @ TAG studios, & also for freelance visual development 👍

instagram.com/chrisbattleart
imdb.com/name/nm0061497

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Mike | Kero Kero Cowboy OUT NOW! 🐸🤠 @metagamemike.bsky.social · 11d

LETS GOOOO

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