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Riad Djemili
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Sharing game dev tips 🕹️ Co-founder: codecks.io, maschinen-mensch.com, saftladen.berlin Games: Curious Expedition 1-2, Mother Machine, Spec Ops: The Line, Dead Island 2, Steamle.com
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Raphael Zecchin @rsrsecchin.bsky.social · 10d
Yesterday, our very own Irina ( @codecks.bsky.social ) interviewed @joostvandongen.bsky.social about how Galaxy Grove organizes their development to ship on time and on budget. Check it out if you want to see real examples from successful studios making great games.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Huu...
Reach your Milestones and Ship Games on Time with Galaxy Grove
YouTube video by Codecks
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Riad Djemili @riad.de · 10d
I'll speaking as well here. Happy to support this initiative!
indieadvisor.bsky.social André Bernhardt ➡️ GIC / Poznan @indieadvisor.bsky.social · 10d
May I have your attention once more beloved #gamedev ppl:

Our workshop with the Erich Pommer Institut and amazing indie speakers has some last free slots - register here: bit.ly/epi_2025gg

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Erkberg 🌱 The Greenening @erkberg.bsky.social · Sep 14
Huge thanks to everyone who played, shared & gave feedback on The Greenening demo! 💚
The response has been kind, constructive & way bigger than I expected.
Lots to think about now, but it's a great place to be in 😊

Haven’t tried it yet? 🌱 store.steampowered.com/app/3634980/...

#indiedev
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Joerg Reisig 👽 The Fermi Paradox Game @jargo.bsky.social · Aug 27
There is a lot of space in our coop office for indie game developers in Berlin at the moment!
saftladen.bsky.social 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...
The Saftladen logo. It's an organge holding a gamepad.
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thomasruscher.bsky.social @thomasruscher.bsky.social · Aug 20
Wenn Geoff Keighley "Guten Tag" sagt, sende ich das natürlich bei Deutschlandfunk Nova. Und auch und spannender den Felix Falk vom @gameverband.bsky.social und @riad.de zum Stand der deutschen Gamesbranche.
Gamescom 2025: Neuigkeiten, Trends und wie es der Branche geht
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Riad Djemili @riad.de · Aug 19
Showing @codecks.bsky.social at #devcom! If you're here make sure to stop by our booth.
Codecks booth at devcom
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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...
The Saftladen logo. It's an organge holding a gamepad.
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Riad Djemili @riad.de · Aug 15
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saftladen.bsky.social 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...
The Saftladen logo. It's an organge holding a gamepad.
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GamesMarket @gamesmarket.global · Aug 1
Maschinen-Mensch is yet another award-winning German studio to close its doors. Although the Berlin-based company hopes to make a comeback, it is initially focusing on supporting its team members in their search for new opportunities.

www.gamesmarket.global/business/ger...
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Lisa 🏳️‍⚧️ Lunistice OUT NOW! @deke.studio · Aug 1
So I've tried out Codecks when it was pretty new and while I thought it was neat, it lacked a lot of features.

I came back to it now, migrated a bunch of documentation over from Milanote and I'm incredibly happy with all the new features they added over the years, so I'm finally switching over :D
riad.de Riad Djemili @riad.de · Jul 29
We just released the biggest Codecks feature so far. A unique way to bridge visual ideation and actual task data in one.
mmensch.codecks.io/changelog
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Riad Djemili @riad.de · Jul 29
We just released the biggest Codecks feature so far. A unique way to bridge visual ideation and actual task data in one.
mmensch.codecks.io/changelog
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Riad Djemili @riad.de · Jul 29
If you're not a hit in Steam's algorithm, you're quickly tossed to the side. From removing the once guaranteed 1M views on launch to funneling more and more views to bigger games. It's just becoming harder having a small modest hit. Super hits are prioritized. AA/AAA is struggling too.
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Riad Djemili @riad.de · Jul 29
It's interesting times we're living in and one of the reasons why I'm excited to work in games: the landscape is constantly shifting and as creators we always have to adapt to stay relevant. /7
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Riad Djemili @riad.de · Jul 29
And there is no baseline success for bigger games anymore. Now super hits like Balatro and Stardew Valley are surpassing the commercial reach of games created by 1000+ people teams. /6
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Riad Djemili @riad.de · Jul 29
Older studios like Maschinen-Mensch benefit from this, but it is getting increasingly harder for new mid-sized studios to find their footing, hence the rise of solo devs who can afford taking the risk of releasing highly innovative games. /5
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Riad Djemili @riad.de · Jul 29
It is not uncommon that a lot of studios now make more money from their back catalog than their new game releases and are even doubling down on this strategy. Devolver made 88% of its revenue in 2024 from back catalog sales. These games are not going away. 4/
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Riad Djemili @riad.de · Jul 29
According to reports, the amount of playtime going to fresh games (released within the last 12M) is less than 10%. That means that 90% of playtime goes to older games. And those 10% include heavy hitters by major AAA publishers, so that leaves indie games with a fraction of available play time. 3/
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Riad Djemili @riad.de · Jul 29
When we released in 2016 there were around 5,000 games on Steam. It's now 100,000+. Sure a lot of them are are not serious contenders, but still the amount of competition by back catalog has grown immensly... 2/
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Riad Djemili @riad.de · Jul 29
Steam market reality check: When we released CE1 in Sept 2016, 462 games launched that month. This March it was 1,817 games. That's 4x more releases while Steam users only doubled. Doesn't sound that bad right? It's about catalog size though.... 1/
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Riad Djemili @riad.de · Jul 7
As game dev I often wonder if my intuition about the Steam market matches reality. So I did a small game to test it: Guess how many reviews a random game has. You can now play it too on steamle.com
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Riad Djemili @riad.de · Jul 16
Some recent days on steamle.com featured the same game across multiple days. That should be fixed now. From now on always fresh games.. until I run out of games on Steam, which should take a while!
Steamle - Daily Steam Game Review Guessing Game
Can you guess how many Steam reviews indie games have? Play the daily guessing game featuring hidden gems from the Steam store.
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Riad Djemili @riad.de · Jul 15
Over 25k guesses have been made on steamle.com since I announced it a week ago. 😮
Steamle - Daily Steam Game Review Guessing Game
Can you guess how many Steam reviews indie games have? Play the daily guessing game featuring hidden gems from the Steam store.
steamle.com
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Riad Djemili @riad.de · Jul 11
Steamle.com - Guess the number of Steam reviews
My results for Day 7

🟧🟩🟨🟩🟨 320/500

Didn't recognize a single game today
Steamle - Daily Steam Game Review Guessing Game
Can you guess how many Steam reviews indie games have? Play the daily guessing game featuring hidden gems from the Steam store.
Steamle.com
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Riad Djemili @riad.de · Jul 10
I have control over which games to choose from, so I already have some simple rules to avoid all games ending up in the same category to keep the game interesting. Generally there is a bias towards smaller games. Will probably tweak it further :)
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Riad Djemili @riad.de · Jul 10
Ah yeah I tried a version like that but it was tricky because of logarithmic scale and also added a lot of decision paralysis. I also tried just a number field, but this version was the most fun out of the ones I tested. Maybe later.
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