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Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social · 1d

This is a project that materializes part of my recent work on thinking play in the context of the climate and energy catastrophes. The game is still a work-in-progress, but it's reasonably playable. I will keep working on it, so there will be updates about this project - stay tuned!

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Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social · 1d

Este es un proyecto que materializa parte de mi trabajo reciente acerca de pensar el juego en el contexto de la catástrofe climática y energética. El juego está aún en desarrollo, pero es razonablemente jugable. Seguiré trabajando en él, así que habrá puestas al día sobre el proyecto en este espacio

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Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social · 1d

New Project: my friends from Arsgames.net invited me to reflect about digital rights and play, and I did so by making a (digital & analog) little game, and an essay. You can find it here: decidim.derechoaljuego.digital/processes/en...

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Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social · 1d

Nuevo proyecto: los amigos de Arsgames me han invitado a reflexionar sobre derechos digitales y juego, y lo he hecho creado un jueguito (analógico y digital), y un ensayo. Lo podéis encontrar aquí: decidim.derechoaljuego.digital/processes/en...
(english version follows)

Arsgames - ArsGames

¿Qué es ArsGames? ArsGames es una asociación cultural que promueve y gestiona proyectos de carácter cultural relacionados con los videojuegos y

arsgames.net

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Richy Srirachanikorn @srirachanikorn.bsky.social · 3d

Sending this #CfP out into the ether again #othernetworks

Looking for #videogames #gamestudies #retrogames #artists #gamedev folks who would like to contribute a chapter for a book on "Games and Nostalgia for the Future"

📍 750 words abstract by Nov 3
Find the call and form here: shorturl.at/ValXq

CfP: Nostalgia for the Future Book

Nostalgia for the Future? Any books on this? No? Let's write one, together.

shorturl.at

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 12d

2026 internships available in my team at The LEGO Group!

Internships in
Story,
Ideation,
Concept Model Design (ie, building with bricks),
Prototyping (3D printing etc),
Hardware (soldering and weird sensors!)
Physical (springs and spinny things)
Digital (code for doing stuff with bricks)

!!!* INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY *!!! Hey everyone… great news! please share with your network of budding young students. We have now opened applications for our internships in Story, Ideation, Concept…...

!!!* INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY *!!! Hey everyone… great news! please share with your network of budding young students. We have now opened applications for our internships in Story, Ideation, Concept ...

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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 14d

We made a new game. It’s called Q-UP. It’s a coin flipping eSport. There’s a free demo! store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...

Q-UP on Steam

Sick of long queues, unfair matchups, and arbitrary reflex tests? Try Q-UP, the coin flipping eSport. It's one part clicker, one part multiplayer strategy game, one part demented capitalism simulator,...

store.steampowered.com

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Saskia Joanna Rauhut @roughat.bsky.social · 18d

I'm starting a newsletter where I'll share my thoughts on game design and genre conventions, mostly from an ecocritical perspective. The first article, on why I think The Sims 2 makes for a great city building game, is up now: hugging-pixel-trees.ghost.io/levels-of-ab... #gamedesign #sims2

Levels of abstraction: Why I still play The Sims 2

This month marked the 21tst birthday of my favorite city building game of all time: The Sims 2. I know it isn't normally thought to fall into the same genre as games like SimCity or Cities: Skylines –...

hugging-pixel-trees.ghost.io

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Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social · 20d

I think a lot of the pleasure is how buoyancy and water physics reward performativity: it’s very fun to jump and catch,or not the ball as part of diving. In a pool tends to be annoying for others but fun because it’s a “court” with obstacles (the others), in the ocean/sea it’s the best because waves

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Úna-Minh 🔥 Play Eyes of Hellfire! @unaminh.bsky.social · 20d

Currently liiiiiiive on Twitch playing @alphachar.bsky.social and @martinpi.bsky.social's Sparrow Warfare (badly)

www.twitch.tv/yunitex

yunitex - Twitch

I'm obsessed with this game! Speak Irish or English with me :)

www.twitch.tv

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Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social · 23d

Dammit Zuckerberg! I thought I was the only one making ridiculous software!

Shacknews @shacknews.com · 23d

LiveAI demo fails on the first prompt at Meta Connect 2025. #Meta #AI #LiveAI

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Victor Breum (REVIEW MIND DIVER) @breum.bsky.social · 25d

After 4 years, Mind Diver @minddivergame.bsky.social , our deduction game set inside a mind, is launching in TWELVE DAYS!

Each day before launch, I will share reflections about making and releasing a game in 2025! If you see this, plz repost, so I can join bsky for real 🙏

#gamedev #indiedev

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martin pichlmair @martinpi.bsky.social · 29d

We are making a game. It’s about rebellion. And birds.

martin pichlmair @martinpi.bsky.social · Sep 11

We have a Steam store page for SPARROW WARFARE now so you can wishlist the game! store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...

Sparrow Warfare on Steam

Lead a feathered rebellion in the bird-filled deckbuilder SPARROW WARFARE! Combine your tiles to free birds. Unlock wildtiles to craft riotous combos. Take down the fiendish Storyteller for the libera...

store.steampowered.com

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Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social · Sep 11

Two of the best game makers out there are making a very cool game, and you should wishlist it and then buy it: store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
(Sparrow Warfare, by Neon Aurelius)

Sparrow Warfare on Steam

Lead a feathered rebellion in the bird-filled deckbuilder SPARROW WARFARE! Combine your tiles to free birds. Unlock wildtiles to craft riotous combos. Take down the fiendish Storyteller for the libera...

store.steampowered.com

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Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social · Sep 3

New work! In Ridiculous Software, we want to make people feel better, one app at a time. That's why we've developed Chimney of Wisdom, our first mediation and breathing app. Control your breathing, and burn your worries away! Available on iOS right now: ridiculous.software/apps/chimney...

Chimney of Wisdom

When we worry, an immense tower of negativity and pain builds inside us. Chimney of Wisdom is inspired by the idea that controlling how to breath can have beneficial effects on people. If you want to ...

ridiculous.software

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Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social · Aug 19

Time Flies, game of the year.
Because existentialist poetry is actually really funny when it wants to. timeflies.buzz

Time Flies – A game about our limited time in this world.

Available now for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Steam, Epic Games Store, and Mac App Store. A game by Michael Frei and Raphaël Munoz, produced by Playables.

timeflies.buzz

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Saftladen Indie Games Collective 🍊 @saftladen.bsky.social · Aug 15

As we all know the game industry is going through very turbulent times, unfortunately this has also affected several members of our collective. The silver lining is that one of the largest rooms in our coworking space in Berlin will be available from September 1st.

More info in thread...

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Blippo+ @blippo.plus · Aug 11

Another TV is Possible.

Blippo+ arrives on Steam and Switch on September 23rd!

Wishlist: blippo.plus/steam

youtu.be/3f69DgOfBCU

Blippo+ | Switch and Steam Release Date Trailer | Coming Sept 23rd

YouTube video by Panic

youtu.be

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Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social · Aug 8

yo lo que usted mande 🫡

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Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social · Aug 8

Gracias! Pero no me mandes nada! Prefiero ir a buscarla :)

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Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social · Aug 8

avisa avisa! (también cuando salga en guiri) (y enhorabuena!)

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Lucas "D.E.A.D.R.A.M.O.N.E." @ramadaprieto.bsky.social · Aug 7

Esta cosa bonita que recoge 5 años de trabajo saldrá, de acceso libre, dentro de poco tanto en castellano como en català. También habrá un número pequeñito de copias físicas que intentaremos hacer llegar a lugares en los que pueda ser útil como objeto de consulta <3

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deeprockgalactic.bsky.social @deeprockgalactic.bsky.social · Aug 7

We’re proud to announce that Guntouchables is now available on Steam, and for 24 hours, it is FREE TO KEEP! For the next 24 hours, you can grab Guntouchables for the low amount of ZERO CURRENCY. It’s almost like money has no value once the apocalypse hits!
store.steampowered.com/app/2543510/...

Save 100% on GUNTOUCHABLES on Steam

Guntouchables is an online co-op doomsday roguelite for 1-4 players. You play as a gun-toting group of 'preppers' trying to reclaim the world from an ever-evolving horde of mutants, constantly working...

store.steampowered.com

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Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social · Aug 7

oh, this sounds amazing. Looking forward to playing it!

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Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social · Aug 6

GenAI texts, music, and art are effortless to gobble up and consume. They need no reflection or interpretation; they are just a nihilist capitalist transaction. They're the perfect tasteless product for tasteless people. They're the perfect fascist entertainment - confirming, never challenging.

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