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Kacey Geary @gaymergirlkacey.bsky.social · 5d

So many trans people in gaming are walking a path Rebecca created and now she needs our help

www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...

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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Nightdive Studios @nightdivestudios.bsky.social · 12d

Refresh your supply of blood with our special release Blood: Refreshed Supply coming to PC and consoles later this year! 🩸

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Sanditio Bayu | MALA PETAKA, OUT SEPTEMBER 26, 2025 ON STEAM @sanditiojitok.bsky.social · 15d

MALA PETAKA V1.0, Available Now on Steam!

store.steampowered.com/app/2104460/...

#GZDoom #Pixelart #Boomershooter #RetroFPS #Gamedev #Indiedev

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Hellforge Studios - MALA PETAKA OUT NOW! 👾 @hellforgestudios.bsky.social · 21d

are you a boomer shooter fan? are you a content creator? then we want YOU to check out Mala Petaka!
Mala Petaka comes out on September 26th, and we can use all the help we can get to get the word out. if you're interested, you can find our contact information here: linktr.ee/hellforgestu...

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BEYOND SUNSET OUT NOW ON STEAM! @beyondwx.bsky.social · 22d

So, this isn’t a call to brigade or spam my publisher. I’m still under contract. Beyond Sunset is probably going to get one last big update before we wash our hands of it for good. If you want to help, consider supporting our next endeavor 5/ store.steampowered.com/app/3410250/...

Final Absolution on Steam

Final Absolution is an upcoming survival-horror first-person shooter with stealth elements, inspired by Half-Life and Doom. A mysterious force has overrun the deep space colony Gamma Cygnus 4b and cor...

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SanyaWaffles @sanyawaffles.com · 23d

You're an angel that fights a fascist occupied heaven to get your girlfriend back and you glide around and firebomb them.

And that's just Episode 1.

store.steampowered.com/app/1662010/...

Save 34% on Project Absentia on Steam

Play as an angel known as Abby in this retro shooter based on flash cartoons and sprite comics of days gone by focused on interactivity, verticality and cool weapons.

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BEYOND SUNSET OUT NOW ON STEAM! @beyondwx.bsky.social · 24d

Beyond Sunset is a retro-futuristic cyberpunk FPS with light RPG elements and a Vangelis-style soundtrack. Built in GZDoom (because we hate ourselves). Have as much fun playing it as we did making it! Available now on Steam and GOG, DRM-free.

Steam: s.team/a/1665260
GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/beyo...

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BEYOND SUNSET OUT NOW ON STEAM! @beyondwx.bsky.social · 29d

Beyond Sunset represents a collaborative effort from too many people to name in a single post. It began as a solo project in 2015. Today, it's a first person shooter made with love by a bunch of extraordinarily talented people. #indiedev

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larrynightdive.bsky.social @larrynightdive.bsky.social · Sep 5

Many thanks to @rpgsite.net for this and congrats to @danielgrayshon.bsky.social! Dan usually works behind the scenes at @nightdivestudios.bsky.social, glad to see him get the recognition. (BTW, Dan is one of the two people who have been with Nightdive longer than me!)

RPG Site @rpgsite.net · Sep 5

Nightdive Studios has published a new deep dive interview for System Shock 2 featuring Lead Producer Daniel Grayshon going over System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster, working on the multiplayer, the Vault content, and much more: www.rpgsite.net/news/18358-s...

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James "Jimmy" Paddock @jamespaddock.bsky.social · Aug 30

Wow, hard to believe it's been 2 decades. Been modding this port since 06 and it's allowed me to do some utterly mad things with the Doom engine.

🔹 The Adventures of Square
🔹 Faithless: Trilogy
🔹 A Boy And His Barrel
🔹 Nameless
🔹 Mercury Rain
🔹 The Joy of Mapping
🔹 Project: Kate

Cheers to GZ. 🍻

The Kinsie @thekinsie.com · Aug 30

Two decades today. You've come a long way, baby. #DOOM #GZDoom

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Matt Tropiano @mtrop.net · Aug 25

Every time I see something terrible happening, I learn that it's backed by an organization that's like, "Moms for Whatever"

I think it's high time we started outlawing Moms.

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ENDESGA @endesga.bsky.social · Aug 25

I am proud to announce...

PEP: Prediction-Encoded Pixels

This format is able to compress images (up to 256 colors) smaller than GIF, PNG, QOI, BMP, in almost all cases.
A lot of passion and research (and fixation) has gone into this:
>> github.com/ENDESGA/PEP <<

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i\\v//y @ivymagnapinna.bsky.social · Aug 19

I made some maps, you can play them if you want, you also don't have to do that that's fine
www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/...

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Nightdive Studios @nightdivestudios.bsky.social · Aug 18

Delve even deeper into the recent re-release of Heretic + Hexen with Nightdive developer Matt 'Mtrop' Tropiano in our latest Deep Dive podcast interview! 🔥

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf6C...

Matt 'Mtrop' Tropiano on the re-release of Heretic + Hexen | Nightdive Studios

YouTube video by Nightdive Studios

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Xenaero @xenaero.bsky.social · Aug 18

God dang it, D'Sparil

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Apogee Entertainment @apogeeent.com · Aug 16

This is a Tom Hall appreciation post. The producer, director, and creative force behind Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Rise of the Triad, and more.

Without him, the gaming world wouldn’t be the same.

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Matt Tropiano @mtrop.net · Aug 14

All in all I'm very happy with what we did with the games, and that people have been overwhelmingly positive about the changes (which you can disable, if you like). The waypoint system was a bit of a pain to add to Hexen, but hopefully it helps a few of you out there in finishing the game!

Vestiges of Grandeur: A small bayou-like area with wooden bridges leading to tiny islands, the last of which has a stone altar with a large gem on it.

Vestiges of Grandeur: A library in a gray building, with bookcases lined up every which way.

Vestiges of Grandeur: An arena with stained glass windows at the far end, an inset for a sigil of kind nearest to the viewpoint, and columns that cradle fire in the middle.

Vestiges of Grandeur: A view of a blackened temple with impaled bodies and trees wreathed in shadow. Braziers of flame outline the frame of the temple. A crimson sky provides the backdrop.

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Matt Tropiano @mtrop.net · Aug 14

As soon as I heard we were working on it, I jumped at the idea of making a new hub for it. What resulted was "Vestiges of Grandeur" (Xaser came up with the title), a 9-map hub which included 2 secret maps. I did most of them while Xaser, Kaiser, and Not Jabba did a map each.

Vestiges of Grandeur: A staircase on the side of a big swamp castle.

Vestiges of Grandeur: A tombstone on a grassy hill, with a well that will kill you if you jump down it!

Vestiges of Grandeur: One of the buildings in a small village amidst a wooded area. A fire pit can be seen in one of the buildings.

Vestiges of Grandeur: More wooded areas with a mausoleum visible to the right side.

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Matt Tropiano @mtrop.net · Aug 14

So in case any of my friends were wondering - yes, the "secret project" I was on was Heretic + Hexen.

If you told 11-year-old me that I was gonna work officially on a game I was playing when it just came out, I'd say you were out of your mind.

Vestiges of Grandeur: A broken bridge on the way to a stone causeway.

Vestiges of Grandeur: The entrance to the Serpent Temple with imposing buttresses.

Vestiges of Grandeur: A pool in the middle of the main hub area, where you can go to many maps.

Vestiges of Grandeur: A clock tower in a sunken swamp.

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Andrew Hulshult @andrewhulshult.bsky.social · Dec 3

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Frederic Souchu @fsouchu.bsky.social · Jul 29

long summer days? why not make a #doom clone on #pico8?
new SDK published with a couple of bug fixes/new features!
github.com/freds72/poom...

GitHub - freds72/poom-sdk: Doom-like SDK for PICO8

Doom-like SDK for PICO8. Contribute to freds72/poom-sdk development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Matt Tropiano @mtrop.net · Jul 24

Every morning is a good morning for Beasley's Deathtrap

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HDoomGuy @hdoomguy.bsky.social · Jul 2

this duke3d user map visual gag lives in my head rent free.

Wall in Duke 3D usermap 'carni2.map' with text that reads "Special art display for those of you who are intellectuals'

Room in Duke3D usermap 'carni2.map' with a fist sprite scaled to giant proportion, contextualized as an art display with the accompanying text 'Man's Anger At Cod'

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Hellforge Studios - MALA PETAKA OUT NOW! 👾 @hellforgestudios.bsky.social · Jun 28

Steam Summer Sale is on NOW through July 10th - check out our specials!

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James "Jimmy" Paddock @jamespaddock.bsky.social · Jun 25

🚨 NEW DOOM RELEASE 🚨

Here is a modern-day update to my first one-man megawad from 2011, JENESIS!

Retooled to work in DOOM + DOOM II without any hitches or bugs. All maps have also received several quality-of-life improvements.

Links below ⬇

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