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BPG | Valkyrie Rising @blossompathgg.bsky.social · 20d

Don't forget you can playtest our game from now until Monday!

store.steampowered.com/app/3214330/...

#indiegame #playtest

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Riding Turtles @ridingturtles.bsky.social · 19d

Happy #ScreenshotSaturday everyone!
This week around, we want to share some UI reworks we're working on for 'Code: 9' to make the detective experience more immersive and to create a more unique look! :D

#indiedev #gamedev #code9 #indiegames

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · Sep 6

Fonts can seem like such a small thing but can really impact your UI...

Well here's a resource for some open-source fonts: www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com

#gamedev

The League of Moveable Type | The League of Moveable Type

The first open-source foundry. And your spot to learn how to use, make, and work with type.

www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com

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Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders 📯 OUT NOW @homonarransstudio.bsky.social · Sep 4

🗞️🗞️ANNOUNCEMENT!🗞️🗞️
Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders
🔴OUT NOW on Steam and GOG🔴

🇩🇪Explore 1899 Leipzig, Germany
🕵️‍♂️Quiz suspects. Draw conclusions
😮Get things wrong. Live with it.

👉👉 s.team/a/1841190

Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders 📯 OUT NOW @homonarransstudio.bsky.social · Aug 7

📯📯📯ANNOUNCEMENT📯📯📯
Casebook 1899: The Leipzig Murders
🗓️ Launching Sep 4th 2025

🔍 Search clues and quiz suspects
🔀 Draw your own conclusions
🔪 Choices affect multiple endings
⛪️ Explore late 19thC pixel-art Leipzig
🇩🇪 Authentic German voicing

Wishlist on Steam!
👉👉 s.team/a/1841190

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Best Indie Games @clemmygames.bsky.social · Sep 2

The Best Indie Games Winter Showcase 2025 will be happening!

DECEMBER 2025

Applications are open! ⬇️

#BIGWinterShowcase

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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Riding Turtles @ridingturtles.bsky.social · Sep 2

man, that hit slightly too close to home xD

Riding Turtles @ridingturtles.bsky.social · Aug 29

haha, sure thing :D Visiting Australia one day would be great! Likewise, if you ever find yourself in Germany around saxony or bavaria hit us up as well!

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Riding Turtles @ridingturtles.bsky.social · Aug 28

Big Announcement time!!
We decided to try and fund development for our detective game Code: 9 through @kickstarter.com and you can follow our Pre-Launch page now!! 🕵️✨

bit.ly/code9Kicksta...

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #unity

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Riding Turtles @ridingturtles.bsky.social · Aug 28

Big Announcement time!!
We decided to try and fund development for our detective game Code: 9 through @kickstarter.com and you can follow our Pre-Launch page now!! 🕵️✨

bit.ly/code9Kicksta...

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #unity

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Raptor @mrmegaraptor.bsky.social · Aug 27

🌼Death in the Chamomile Field🌼

#art #visualnovel #indie #gamedev

A girl in a white dress and a red veil stands in a chamomile field. In the background are large white clouds from which pure souls burst forth. In the sky, you can see the silhouette of a giant skeleton in the form of a rhyuu - a cave angel.

#artshare #digitalart #art #visualnovel #novel #indie #gamedev #game #gamer #development #promo #anime #manga #gamedevelopment #artist #concept #conceptart #визуальнаяновелла

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Riding Turtles @ridingturtles.bsky.social · Aug 27

And the playtesting was great, but much less than we anticipated compared to other conventions we attended and experiences when exhibiting, since we had a rather unfavorable spot in the lineup, in the corner. But being part of the Gamescom Steam event through that was definitely worth it! :D

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Riding Turtles @ridingturtles.bsky.social · Aug 27

Whether it was worth it or not, depends on your goals heading into the event! We had no real interest in meeting with publishers and used it mainly to gather feedback on the new demo. We wanted to announce our kickstarter along the event and gather first followers on the page- but that fell though.

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Riding Turtles @ridingturtles.bsky.social · Aug 27

#Gamescom2025 is over, and we're finally able to collect ourselfs!
What a week it has been, with loads of great feedback and sweet interactions!

For now, we're going to take a few days to recover and then continue to make the demo better for january! 🕵️✨

#gamedev #indiedev

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Riding Turtles @ridingturtles.bsky.social · Aug 22

3 days of #gamescom2025 done! ✅
2 more days of meeting people and gathering their Impression of our 30min Demo ahead of us! :D

Stop in by if you like detective Games with a Twist in 📌Hall 10.2 at the RAW Talent Booth! 🕵️‍♂️✨

Or wishlist Code: 9 for the public Demo in January!

#gamedev #indiedev

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Riding Turtles @ridingturtles.bsky.social · Aug 22

store.steampowered.com/app/3623630/... 🕵️‍♂️✨

Demo coming in January!

Code: 9 on Steam

A detective game where a sharp mind and exploring are key. Write out your deductions to validate evidence, refute enemies and uncover secrets. A brutal warmongering nation attacks your home and kills ...

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Riding Turtles @ridingturtles.bsky.social · Aug 22

3 days of #gamescom2025 done! ✅
2 more days of meeting people and gathering their Impression of our 30min Demo ahead of us! :D

Stop in by if you like detective Games with a Twist in 📌Hall 10.2 at the RAW Talent Booth! 🕵️‍♂️✨

Or wishlist Code: 9 for the public Demo in January!

#gamedev #indiedev

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The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · Aug 18

The Roottrees are Dead is now available in French, German and Spanish:

store.steampowered.com/news/app/275...

The Roottrees are Dead - The Roottrees are Dead is now in French, German, and Spanish - Steam News

After many months of hard work and an open beta, we're delighted to announce that you can now play The Roottrees are Dead in French, German, and Spanish. The game has roughly 100,000 words to translat...

store.steampowered.com

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Riding Turtles @ridingturtles.bsky.social · Aug 18

A little throwback to last year for #MotivationalMonday
Last year's mockups of the Klarafon device and interface
And its latest iteration.
It's too easy to lose sight of the progress that is made when things seems slow :D

#gamedev #indiedev #ui #indiegame

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Riding Turtles @ridingturtles.bsky.social · Aug 18

The Gamescom grind is really something else. So much to do, so little time ahh
bug fixes, messaging people, prepping ourselves to stand for 5 days, packing 😭

BUT it will be worth it to watch people play code: 9 !!

a cartoon of spongebob using a vacuum cleaner and iron

ALT: a cartoon of spongebob using a vacuum cleaner and iron

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Riding Turtles @ridingturtles.bsky.social · Aug 17

the original one

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Riding Turtles @ridingturtles.bsky.social · Aug 17

Saw this meme on reddit when OpenAI released ChatGPT-5 and funnily enough, it coincided with the personality change we gave the superintelligence Klara in our game Code: 9 :D

#indiedev #gamedev

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Riding Turtles @ridingturtles.bsky.social · Aug 17

waking up and realizing that I messed up and switched up the first and second gif, aw man 😭

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Richard Minkus 🔜 gamescom @rchrad.bsky.social · Aug 16

Ein tolles Interview mit Stephan Reichart (Chef game events/devcom) über Veranstaltungsorga, safe spaces und längst vergessene Zeiten der Games Branche. Sehr inspirierend - Empfehlung geht raus!

Danke und gerne mehr solche insights @okcoolpodcast.bsky.social

audio.podigee-cdn.net/2056926-m-58...

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Sentiment Games | Deck of Memories @sentimentgames.com · Aug 16

The updated version of Deck of Memories will be playable at 3 booths next week at @gamescom!

💼 Business Area (Hall 4.1)
- C063g – D078g @medianet

🎮 Indie Area (Hall 10.2)
- D42–D44 @raw_talent_booth
- E30 @amazefest.bsky.social

Come by & play – we can’t wait to meet you! ❤️

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