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pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social · 10d

nicee :D did it work first try? both times I've tested it I had a typo or two

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Alan Hazelden / Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 12d

Reminder: applications for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant close tomorrow evening! (23:59 Pacific Daylight Time)
grants.draknek.org
Good luck to everyone applying :)

Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant

The Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant is a grant opportunity for game developers from traditionally underrepresented groups and backgrounds who are interested in designing and developing puzzle games.

grants.draknek.org

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pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social · 12d

I wish! But I don't think it will be. not sure tbh.

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pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social · 12d

I'll be at Vancouver Game Garden tomorrow with @tallywinkle.itch.io, showcasing Make Ten Deluxe and giving a #pico8 talk. come by and grab a sticker!

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Vancouver Game Garden @vangamegarden.bsky.social · 16d

Awesome game demos and art aren't the only things at this weekend's Vancouver Game Garden! 🌼

We also have a great lineup of free, drop-in talks on both days of the event! Saturday will see showcases of specific game engines and Sunday will highlight a variety of indie game dev topics ✨

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pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social · 12d

and if you are not nearby vancouver (aka most people in the world) the game's on sale for the weekend: itch.io/s/160818/van... . not quite as exciting as going to an event! but I do what I can

vangamegarden sale by pancelor

A bundle by pancelor, $12.50 for CEREALMAN, Make Ten Deluxe

itch.io

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pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social · 12d

I'll be at Vancouver Game Garden tomorrow with @tallywinkle.itch.io, showcasing Make Ten Deluxe and giving a #pico8 talk. come by and grab a sticker!

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Vancouver Game Garden @vangamegarden.bsky.social · 13d

Vancouver Game Garden 2025 is TOMORROW!! 🎮🌱

Join us on September 27 & 28 at the Roundhouse Community Center for this free, all-ages event full of indie game demos, a video-game-artist alley, educational talks from speakers like Daniel Mullins, Davey Wreden, and Maddy Thorson, and cool prizes! ✨

Green-tinted photo of a young attendee playing a game called City of None on a laptop with a controller at Vancouver Game Garden 2024. The bright pink text reads "1 DAY TO GO!" and "Vancouver Game Garden"

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Alexandra Day @lexidaysical.bsky.social · Sep 4

Checking out that metroidvania everyone says crashed the Steam store

store.steampowered.com/app/2232950/...

Bobo The Cat on Steam

In this Marioid styled game you can help little cat Bobo. Jump on enemies, run, scratch and spit furballs to fight your way back home. Bobo feels completely powerless and struggles to get in shape at ...

store.steampowered.com

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pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social · Jul 18

"repeatedly reinventing my whole gamedev practice" -- too real! welcome welcome

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torcado @torcado.com · Jul 12

RAT KING!

A broughlike about a rat
and a rat

»» torcado.itch.io/rat-king ««

👑
🐁

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SAG-AFTRA @sagaftra.org · Jul 10

SAG-AFTRA Members Approve 2025 Video Game Agreement. www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-me...

On a colorful digital background. At the top, in white font: Members Approve. Below: SAG-AFTRA Interactive Media Video Game Agreement 2025.

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pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social · Jul 9

ah I should have dug a bit more! I see you've confirmed it's a bug (www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=150...)

Using fetch() for images no longer works in 0.2.0e-0.2.0g

www.lexaloffle.com

pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social · Jul 9

fetch("myfile.png") returns a string now -- is that intentional or a bug? is there an easy way to decode that png-datastring to a userdata?

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Werxzy @werxzy.itch.io · Jun 29

Just released my jam game, "Just a Normal Snake".

itchio: werxzy.itch.io/just-a-norma...

lexaloffle BBS: www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=149...

#pico8 #indiedev #gamedev #thinkypuzzlejam5

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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · Jun 26

all i'm gonna say here is that @pancelor.bsky.social/tallywinkle's The Tower is one of the best games ever made

tallywinkle.itch.io/the-tower

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pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social · May 22

14 Minesweeper Variants and the sequel both seem great (I played some of the first one)

store.steampowered.com/app/1865060/...

14 Minesweeper Variants on Steam

Minesweeper but the rules are changing.

store.steampowered.com

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itch.io @itch.io · May 19

Mouse Wants Cheese: squeak your way to the cheese

pancelor.itch.io/mouse-wants-...

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pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social · May 19

made a interactive quilt toy thing for TTJ10, jigsaw puzzle vibes:
pancelor.itch.io/patches
#tweettweetjam #pico8

patches by pancelor

interactive quilt, 500 chars of code

pancelor.itch.io

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インディー通信 Indie Tsushin @indietsushin.net · May 15

Today's games:

💽 ArchaeOS by Florence Smith Nicholls and @mtrc.bsky.social
🔟 Make Ten Deluxe by @pancelor.bsky.social
🔫 Abyss Vaulter by @sinclairstrange.bsky.social

Please check out these awesome #IndieGames!!

www.youtube.com/live/dP-g9Bg...

Happy Hour! ArchaeOS, Make Ten Deluxe, and Abyss Vaulter!

YouTube video by Nice Gear Games

www.youtube.com

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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · May 13

The original Make Ten is extremely good - like one of the best casual puzzle concepts I’ve seen in a decade. It’s as satisfying as Bejewelled. Excited to pick this expanded version up!

pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social · May 11

New game: Make Ten Deluxe! Select numbers that add to ten, easy. Then try dozens of wild variants -- 35+ modes

These are the most surprising, challenging, or otherwise delightful modes that I've made over the past year. Enjoy!

$10 / free demo (-20% sale!)

pancelor.itch.io/make-ten-del...

#pico8

a menu screen: pixelart lined paper with mode names and cute stickers

an active game of drop10. it seems to involve gravity

"Make Lawn", one of the modes. There are a lot of green threes littered on the board. There's an "undo" button and no timer.

The post-game summary screen for the Daily mode. "Next sticker: 300 points (they're just pretty)". Three options of modes to unlock next: Drop10(long), MakeTen(wild), and MakeHeaven(classic)

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pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social · May 13

and if you'd like a much larger droqen experience that is a lovely wonderful game poem manifesto bunny adventure, then you have to check out TEOG, it's so so good

something you have to digest, like a good book

bsky.app/profile/droq...

kill gameplay

droqen @droqen.bsky.social · May 12

The End of Gameplay is out RIGHT NOW!
My masterpiece.
A pixel art adventure through my mind, broken by kill gameplay 🔪

love, droqen

store.steampowered.com/app/3120040/...

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pancelor.bsky.social @pancelor.bsky.social · May 13

two-three-five!! it's great, check it out. a tiny little droqen experience, succinct and provoking

droqen @droqen.bsky.social · May 12

i made a droqever sometime last year inspired by pancelor's earlier make ten explorations! i ALMOST NEVER do this, but i unlocked my make-ten-like, "two-three-five", so you can play it!

2️⃣3️⃣5️⃣ www.droqever.com/-/two-three-...

and then when you're done, come back and get pancelor's Make Ten Deluxe 😎✨

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sylvie @sylviefluff.bsky.social · May 12

i really like "the end of gameplay" (releasing today), with a few caveats. i think if you approach it cynically, you won't like it. also, if you are hoping it will clarify what "kill gameplay" means, you will probably just become more confused. that said, i found it very beautiful and cute

droqen @droqen.bsky.social · May 12

i made a video of me talking passionately to da camera about kill gameplay, the end of gameplay, a little bit about the droqevers.

it'll premiere tomorrow (15h from now) if you want to watch it with me & others?
and when it ends, The End of Gameplay will be released.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH45...

untitled kill gameplay video

YouTube video by droqen

www.youtube.com

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Krystian Majewski @krystman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · May 2

It is time! Cattle Crisis has been just released on Itch. Thank you for sticking with me for such a long time. Enjoy!

🕹️ https://krystman.itch.io/cattle-crisis

#pico8 #shmup #stg #arcade #indiedev

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