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Eric Billingsley @sparsegamedev.bsky.social · 2d

Spring Falls has also been updated on Steam, itch.io and the App Store.

Patch notes on itch: sparsegamedev.itch.io/spring-falls...
Steam: store.steampowered.com/news/app/104...
App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/sprin...

Update Notes for v1.24

Version 1.24 has been released! This brings the game up to date with the newly released Android version , including some improvements to the level browser and a patch for a recently discovered vulnera...

sparsegamedev.itch.io

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Eric Billingsley @sparsegamedev.bsky.social · 2d

It's been nearly 6 years since the original release of the game (!?)

I'm excited to finally have this out there for more people to experience. Thanks for waiting patiently.

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Eric Billingsley @sparsegamedev.bsky.social · 2d

🌷Spring Falls is now available on Google Play!🌷

Erode the landscape, direct the flow of water, and bring wildflowers to life in this peaceful puzzle game

Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

#puzzle #android #indiegame

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Revertices @revertices.bsky.social · 10d

Big news everyone... We officially have a release window for Revertices! Revertices will be releasing on Steam and Itch in *Q4 2026*!!

Please see the latest trailer below!

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

Revertices Announcement Trailer

YouTube video by Fuzzy Void Co

www.youtube.com

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Dirty Rectangles @dirty-rectangles.com · Sep 10

/// OTTAWA SHOW & CHILL \\\
||| WED SEPT. 17th 8PM |||
\\\ AVANT GARDE BAR ///

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chill vibes w/ local games and pals
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Kikottan 🔥BOLIDON🔥 @kikottan.bsky.social · Sep 3

Turns out making a #turnbased #mockup is more addictive than I thought.
Here are some updates: I reworked the cliff tiles, but the new version was too detailed compared to the unit sprites so i scrapped it. 😅
What do you guys think?
#gameboy #retro #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart #ドット絵 #gbc

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Liam Sauvé @liamsauve.bsky.social · Sep 5

To hell with my pride.

I need work. Desperately. Game dev is my thing, but I’ll clean your basement if that’s what you need.
Programmer (10+ yrs), full-service music/sound.

Credits: Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes, Wytchwood, some cancelled AAA projects.

Please repost.

website -> liamsauve.com

LIAM SAUVÉ

liamsauve.com

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kezia @keziaa.bsky.social · Jul 7

The Weird Little Guy Games starter pack is LIVE!! For all the games that fit the vibe of weird little guy and the developers that make them! go.bsky.app/Du6YrYP #indiedev #gamedev

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Linker @linker.itch.io · Jun 26

Hey!! Both Elephantasy and it's sequel/spinoff Elephantasy: Flipside are 50% off on Steam right now!! If you haven't picked them up yet, now's a great time! AND, you'd be helping a queer artist make their rent!! 🐘

store.steampowered.com/app/1459540/...

store.steampowered.com/app/2284310/...

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The Marriage Braggart @bombsfall.bsky.social · Jun 19

This is porn for people who become deeply fixated on chaotic energetic fluid things like clouds, nebulae, flowing water, giant fucking explosions, etc. Or so I've heard.

Kasey Kagawa @punkey.org · Jun 19

We got slowmo now! Looks a lot like the top tank was just kinda shit and let go. Fire first means that was probably the methane tank with the LOX tank letting go shortly after. Does mean that this could have been worse - if the LOX let go first and hyperoxygenated the air for the methane...

D Wise - An extra-slowed down and cropped view Ship 36's RUD

YouTube video by Tony De La Rosa

www.youtube.com

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Dirty Rectangles @dirty-rectangles.com · Jun 15

. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁. ݁₊ ⊹ .
/Ottawa Show n Chill\
\Wednesday June 18/
. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁. ݁₊ ⊹ .

Games//Friends//Vibes

8PM @ Avant Garde Bar

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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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b lyin @hexcavator.bsky.social · Apr 28

GOOD MORNING

The Crips for eSims for Gaza Itch Bundle is live!

itch.io/b/2965/crips...

200+ video games, TTRPGs, zines, comics, & more

$16+ to support Palestinians surviving occupation!

On sale April 28-May 20

🇵🇸✊❤️

SPREAD THE WORD!

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Werxzy @werxzy.itch.io · Apr 28

Snekburd is finally out!
itchio : werxzy.itch.io/snekburd
Lexaloffle BBS : www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=166...

#pico8 #gamedev #indiedev #itchio

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Eric Billingsley @sparsegamedev.bsky.social · Apr 26

you've just reminded me that I need to do this

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SweetHeart Squad @sweetheartsquad.bsky.social · Apr 23

"Taxi Quest 67" is a game about a road trip for #RoadTripJam2025.

It's a fourthquel to our Taxi Quest trilogy, and you can play it right now in your browser on itch!

sweetheartsquad.itch.io/taxi-quest-67

A screenshot of Taxi Quest 67. Two people sit in a boat travelling down a river. One of the people is saying "I just disagree that a river is a road."

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Eric Billingsley @sparsegamedev.bsky.social · Apr 16

Sure doom was cool but have you played Word Rescue?

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Eric Billingsley @sparsegamedev.bsky.social · Mar 16

Happy birthday to TUNIC!

#TunicGame #pixelart #pico8

Pixel art of the Tunic fox in the overworld

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sarah webb! @sarahwebb.bsky.social · Feb 27

Glow, Quiet, and Pollen 🌱 all the early season concepts I made for I Was A Teenage Exocolonist

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brendan mordheim @brendanmcleod.com · Mar 1

But that's not all - today is the debut of PAPER LABYRINTHS, a new show from @nictringali.bsky.social and me that features conversations about cross-disciplinary game design. Tabletop, board games, immersive theater, video games, and the people that work and make art where those disciplines meet.