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Archangel Softworks - Wishlist Highway Noir! @archangelsoftworks.co.uk · 3h

Get this man another 100 wishlists! Then keep going!

#CurtainsTheClown #IndieGame #IndieDev #SteamNextFest #Demo #WishlistWednesday

👽Curtains the Clown🤡 | Wishlist on Steam! | by GrimClownJay @grimclownjay.bsky.social · 6h

If you told me 2 years ago that #CurtainsTheClown would reach 100 wishlists, I would have laughed, thanked you for your optimism, then said something about realistic expectations...

Well, it actually happened! I'm not crying, you're crying 🥲

#GameDev #IndieGame #SoloDev #Gaming #SteamNextFest

The wishlist analytics for my game Curtains The Clown. Today, the total amount of wishlist additions hit 100! The graph shows a big spike at the current date and previous day which coincides with the start of the Steam Next Fest. 23 additions in the last 2 days.

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Skeletal Games 💀🎮 @skeletalgames.bsky.social · 3h

A stolen secret recipe. Five potential scapegoats. A whole lot of chaos - with an optional helping of guilt. 😅☕

SPILL THE BEANS is a cozy detective #indiegame with a criminal twist - check it out this #WishlistWednesday! 👉 bit.ly/spill-the-be...

#indiedev #gamedev #cozygame #visualnovel

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Faktory Studios Games @faktorystudios.bsky.social · 3h

The journey begins.
Echoes of Fire is my next indie survival game — a brutal fight for warmth in a frozen wilderness. Gather, build, and endure as the wind howls and the fire fades.

🔥 Join the community: courses.faktorystudios.com/echoes-of-fire

#EchoesOfFire #IndieGame #SurvivalGame

Echoes Of Fire– Indie Survival Game

Survive the relentless cold in a stylized, post-apocalyptic wilderness. Gather wood, build fires, and fight to stay alive against the wind, snow, and the wild.

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2dchaos - Developing Nechromia @2dchaos.com · 1d

😱Rent is due in 2 days, so I thought about a fun thing:
💀- Any $200+ donation to get your OC in the game as a playable character! 🖤
⌛- Limited slots!
📖- Rules: humanoid bipeds, no armor, any gender, furries ok!
🗝️- Any donation gets you a steam key, $50+ gets you a portrait!
ko-fi.com/2dchaos/goal...

a black and white silhouette, the phrase Your Character Here and Nechromia written next to an arrow

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Pumpkin Interactive @pumpkininteractive.bsky.social · 15d

Pumpkin Days is currently on sale for 50% off. PD has over 100 datable NPC, 3 starter towns, optional roommates, optional polyamory, and a non-binary character creator. We put so much love into this project, so give it a look!
#indiedev #gamedev

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Pumpkin Interactive @pumpkininteractive.bsky.social · 10d

3 days left for the 50% off sale!!

Pumpkin Interactive @pumpkininteractive.bsky.social · 15d

Pumpkin Days is currently on sale for 50% off. PD has over 100 datable NPC, 3 starter towns, optional roommates, optional polyamory, and a non-binary character creator. We put so much love into this project, so give it a look!
#indiedev #gamedev

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Miguel Sternberg @spookysquid.bsky.social · 10d

She sleep💤

#screenshotsaturday #GoblinGirlGame #indiedev #gamemaker #pixelart #ドット絵

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Pumpkin Interactive @pumpkininteractive.bsky.social · 10d

3 days left for the 50% off sale!!

Pumpkin Interactive @pumpkininteractive.bsky.social · 15d

Pumpkin Days is currently on sale for 50% off. PD has over 100 datable NPC, 3 starter towns, optional roommates, optional polyamory, and a non-binary character creator. We put so much love into this project, so give it a look!
#indiedev #gamedev

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Pumpkin Interactive @pumpkininteractive.bsky.social · 11d

🧡🧡 thank you for playing!!

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Sonia is an Ignyte and Ember Award winner! @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 11d

I made a game! soniasulaiman.itch.io/thursday-of-...

Thursday of the Dead (Demo) by SoniaSulaiman

inspired by Palestinian folklore

soniasulaiman.itch.io

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2dchaos - Developing Nechromia @2dchaos.com · 12d

Looking for a side project to help with bills!
Do you have an idea and would you like me to do something cool for your game? I can program, draw, pixel, model, rig, animate and even dance!
Send me an email at [email protected] or a message via Discord(2dchaos)
Portfolio: 2dchaos.com

Portfolio

Game Artist Portfolio

2dchaos.com

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Relic Abyss ✨NEXT FEST!✨ @relicabyss.bsky.social · 14d

Have you seen the new Capybara portraits that we dropped in our new trailer? ₍ᐢ•(ܫ)•ᐢ₎🍊

They're super adorable! Again, thank you @salmoreja3d.mameshibagames.com ja3D for giving life to our characters! 😍

#indiedev #gamedev #capybaras

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Throughline Games—Forgotlings in Fall 2025 @throughlinegames.com · 14d

🧭Fig meets with the adventurous chief of the Sonavi Tribe, Chief Terra. The world is complicated and that can make it difficult to tell right from wrong, and what is fair and what is not.🔭

#unity #forgotlings #ps4 #indiegame #newgame #steam #playstation #xbox

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Mibs @mibyle.bsky.social · 14d

I froggot to add tags!

#VisualNovel #IndieGames #RenPy

Mibs @mibyle.bsky.social · 14d

October is here, what a better time for a goth and haunted visual novel demo? 👻🖤

🖤 A hot ghost and a very bad case of mistaken identity
🖤 Gorgeous art and gloomy music
🖤 Minigames / activities
🖤 Partially voice acted

Play Crafted To Hold You demo now on itch:
eidolethe.itch.io/crafted-to-h...

Artwork of a white blong man at a windowsill, watering a plant. The main character of the visual novel is saying: "A man stands by the winddowsill, humming softly as hewaters a pot of thyme like it's the only thing that matters."

A phone UI with unread voicemails, on top of a background artwork of a cozy and messt bedroom. The name of one of the message senders that appears on the screen is glitched.

Two characters in a glowing kitchen, a man and a woman. The woman, who's also the player character, is saying to the man: "You don't have to be real".

A poem writing mini-game: a notebook is open, and the first part of a poem line is written, "Oh my dearest". To complete the line, the player has the choice between "Write his name" or "Don't".

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Pigpud @pigpud.bsky.social · 14d

My fascination with space exploration made its way into the game...

#indiegame #gamedev #platformer #retro #ThirdShiftBelow #pixelart #gamedesign #Construct3 #indiegamedev #gaming

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Etherlight 🌸 KOTOMASHO | Prologue + Chapter1 FREE @STEAM! @etherlight.bsky.social · 14d

Happy #trailertuesday! I hope you guys are ready to star the week off, we are working hard on our next game, so we hope we can get some of you that have yet to check over our game on steam!
#indiedev #gamedev #steam

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Johnny (Void Walker Press) @johnnyiii.bsky.social · 14d

#lowpoly #gamedev #indiedev #horrorgame #survivalhorror #indiegame

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Blaghs @blaghs.bsky.social · 14d

A new build for Careening & its demo are now live, and I'm thrilled to announce that the game is 25% off as part of Melbourne International Games Weeks' Steam Event.

store.steampowered.com/sale/Melbour...

This is a great chance to check out some delightful aussie made games.

#indiedev #migw25

Melbourne International Games Week 2025

The MIGW Steam Festival 2025 showcases Australian developers and their games for 10 days, offering demos and discounts!

store.steampowered.com

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igrir - Wishlist GrimTrials! ☠️ bit.ly/4kXE0ml @igrir.bsky.social · 14d

🍁Steam Autumn Sale is happening~ It's time to grab more games for your library! 🎮

Looking for a good bites of narrative games? Glory Jam have the perfect games for you. Check these out! 👇

#SteamAutumnsale2025 #indiegame #Halloween

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Jack @jvckgames.bsky.social · 14d

GAME DEVELOPERS!

🎃 Its October 1st so #CodeAndCauldrons starts today!

Its a daily challenge for the month of October to create a game in the theme of halloween whilst sharing with your followers updates using the #CodeAndCauldrons.

Check out my previous post for more info!

#indiedevs #gamedev

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permaonline @permaonline.bsky.social · 14d

added a basic blueprint system to my game to make new rooms featuring that generic green preview

the blueprints will be single use and will cost a pretty penny

105 days left

#godot #3d #lowpoly #solodev #gamedev #devlog #IndieDevs #indiedev #blender

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𝐩 𝟑 𝐧 𝐆 𝐮 𝟏 𝐧 𝐙 𝐳 @p3ngu1nzz.bsky.social · 14d

some really nice bright pixel art! #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #pixels #art

Saishy Kitty - develops TinyAttack @saishy.bsky.social · 14d

Environmental storytelling.

#gamedev #indiedev #TinyAttack

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Mo 🐱🐰🌕 @cute-mo.bsky.social · 15d

PUMPKIN DAYS SALE!! I did some of the art in this game (even this banner image is my art) so please check it out!!

Pumpkin Interactive @pumpkininteractive.bsky.social · 15d

Pumpkin Days is currently on sale for 50% off. PD has over 100 datable NPC, 3 starter towns, optional roommates, optional polyamory, and a non-binary character creator. We put so much love into this project, so give it a look!
#indiedev #gamedev

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Pumpkin Interactive @pumpkininteractive.bsky.social · 15d

store.steampowered.com/app/618850/P...

Save 50% on Pumpkin Days on Steam

Pumpkin Days is a traditional farming RPG. Pick one of three towns to start your farming adventure. Farm, fish, mine, catch bugs, raise animals, and more. Help fill out the museum to stop a factory fr...

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Pumpkin Interactive @pumpkininteractive.bsky.social · 15d

Pumpkin Days is currently on sale for 50% off. PD has over 100 datable NPC, 3 starter towns, optional roommates, optional polyamory, and a non-binary character creator. We put so much love into this project, so give it a look!
#indiedev #gamedev

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