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xenia 🌙 @xenaesthesia.bsky.social · 25d

no way touching grass made me miss it.... happy (late) birthday adrienne!!

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xenia 🌙 @xenaesthesia.bsky.social · Aug 7

$#%& it what have you done... now I'm gonna feel bad for buying the next GIRLS game!!! take your time releasing it 😤

adrienne ✨ Truth Scrapper @insertdisc5.com · Aug 5

👑 What does a SUPERVILLAIN do, when he is forbidden from doing anything evil for the day? 👑

I made a game. It's a visual novel, it's not even 1h long, it's FREE.

Please welcome "this game will end in 205 clicks." 👑😈✨

😈 store.steampowered.com/app/3585630/...

😈 insertdisc5.itch.io/this-game-wi...

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xenia 🌙 @xenaesthesia.bsky.social · Aug 7

it's my pleasure 🫶

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DOWNHILL 🏔 Wishlist on Steam! @downhillgame.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thank you for 40K WISHLISTS ON STEAM ✨❤️

Oh and 10K DEMO PLAYERS??? Wow. Try imagining all those people in one place. That's like...a small stadium.

Your support and interest mean everything to us! 🫶

A link or those you don't know what this hype is all about: store.steampowered.com/app/3433000/...

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Luca Fisher || BLSW on Kickstarter! @lucafisher.bsky.social · Jul 20

we are at $140/750 now! thank you again to those who have donated. here is our cat, Root Beer, who is here to thank you personally:

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xenia 🌙 @xenaesthesia.bsky.social · Jul 18

bugs are awesome (help)

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Quinn K. | BACK BLANKSWORD ON KICKSTARTER @quinnkdev.bsky.social · Jul 8

every

day.

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Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · Jul 10

Blanksword is going on ⚔️Kickstarter! ⚔️

Our campaign will launch later this year, and we're stoked to reveal that @mortisghost.bsky.social , OFF's creator, has made our official art!

Follow the campaign to get the latest news and help us gain momentum 👀
www.kickstarter.com/projects/283...

Blanksword's official Kickstarter key art, by Mortis Ghost.

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LIN @linarlert.bsky.social · Jun 25

Art for incredibly exciting game, that i cant wait to play it ^^

Everyone should definitely go and check out this game's account so we can discuss it moooreee
@downhillgame.bsky.social
and support it on:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sis...

#DOWNHILL
#downhillgame
#downhillfanart

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adrienne ✨ Truth Scrapper @insertdisc5.com · Jul 4

MASTERPIECE IN THE MAKING!!!! donate to the kickstarter so in [gamedev] years you will be able to say "oh that cool game that got so many awards? i knew it before it was cool"

DOWNHILL 🏔 Wishlist on Steam! @downhillgame.bsky.social · Jul 4

‼️MAX REPOST‼️
👁️ 7 HOURS UNTIL THE END OF OUR KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN 👁️

We've reached our third stretch goal earlier today, and it would be a miracle to reach one more, but we have hope!

So if you'd like to give Fade some new cool blood weapons, BACK DOWNHILL NOW!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sis...

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DOWNHILL 🏔 Wishlist on Steam! @downhillgame.bsky.social · Jun 23

me when people ask for difficulty settings but there is literally a cheating mechanic in the game

adrienne ✨ Truth Scrapper @insertdisc5.com · Jun 22

never add anything to make the player experience better. the player should suffer

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xenia 🌙 @xenaesthesia.bsky.social · Jun 23

how do people edit videos on their phones. do you have teeny tiny fingers. are you a gnome.

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oreea @oreea.bsky.social · Jun 15

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Caroline T. – Queer Them All! 🌈 @queerthemall.bsky.social · Jun 9

In 2024, with the help of 70+ volunteers, we translated Psychroma by @rocketadrift.bsky.social and @gammaspace.bsky.social into 15 languages, and Confluence by @forsythiaprod.bsky.social into Japanese 🌈

This year, we're striking again!
Fill out our form: tinyurl.com/4zu5msak
#indiegame #gamedev

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xenia 🌙 @xenaesthesia.bsky.social · Jun 18

i am a victim

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Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · Jun 16

Our game takes place on a series of floating islands connected by a giant flying bug-bus-thing: the Buglic Transport!
Anytime you take it, there's a chance for a variety of commuters (which you can also meet on the stations) to keep you company for the ride :]

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xenia 🌙 @xenaesthesia.bsky.social · Jun 14

sometimes being an indie dev means taking a minute to approve people's swearing

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anima interactive @anima-interactive.com · Jun 13

The journey begins. Take Us North is a narrative-driven game inspired by real-world stories that follows the journeys of migrants and asylum seekers on their way to cross the US-Mexico border.

Back it now on Kickstarter and help humanize migrant stories: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...

Take Us North

A narrative adventure/survival game that follows the journeys of migrants and asylum seekers on their way to cross the US-Mexico border

www.kickstarter.com

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xenia 🌙 @xenaesthesia.bsky.social · Jun 13

I AM AT A LOSS FOR WORDS /pos

DOWNHILL 🏔 Wishlist on Steam! @downhillgame.bsky.social · Jun 13

🎉🎉DOWNHILL IS 100% FUNDED ON KICKSTARTER🎉🎉

YOU DID IT! Thank you so so much for your incredible enthusiasm, for your support, for seeing our game's potential to grow into something special. This is a dream come true.

We are BEYOND excited to keep going forward — WITH YOU, our dear Players.

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xenia 🌙 @xenaesthesia.bsky.social · Jun 13

why THE FUCK is this allowed to exist on Steam

UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · Jun 12

Russia’s new video game turns war crimes in Ukraine into paid entertainment.

Russia’s War Crimes Simulator? What Squad 22 ZOV Game Was Really Made For

“Video games make young people violent.” Squad 22: ZOV, Russia is taking that literally. Players reenact real war crimes and potentially fund its army.

united24media.com

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oreea @oreea.bsky.social · Jun 5

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DOWNHILL 🏔 Wishlist on Steam! @downhillgame.bsky.social · Jun 10

Play DOWNHILL Demo during #SteamNextFest!

⋆ No 4th wall whatsoever
⋆ An exploration of power and the abuse of it
⋆ Switch between parallel realities at will
⋆ Rez instead of reload — at a disturbing price
⋆ Morality system
⋆ 3 ENDINGS in the demo

Steam Link 👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3433000/...

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Mooncat Games 😺 @mooncat.games · Jun 11

play FOUR stellar video games for the very first time with BRAND NEW demos! OUT NOW on Steam!

👁️ DOWNHILL 🏘️ DANCHI DAYS
🦾 MECHJESTIC 😇 BECOMING SAINT

we're so happy to be helping out these talented teams and we'd love for you to check em out! 🫶

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Designer Hasan @designer4hasand.bsky.social · Jun 10

@mommunism.bsky.social
Vetted by Molly Shah

We need nothing but our daily bread…
My child asks me for food, and I have no answer.
Every contribution, means a meal, and it means life.

💔 We are suffering in silence.
📦 Donate if you can and share.🙏

gofund.me/da0fcb3b

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bmodehufflepftt.bsky.social @bmodehufflepftt.bsky.social · Jun 11

I have not received any donations in 4 days!!
Only $4035 left to reach my ultimate goal please help me 🙏 😔 😔 😔
gofund.me/391073bd

Donate to Help Aalaa's Family Flee Sudan and Her Mother Get Surgery, organised by Avalyn Wu

In a war-torn Sudan, and as the conflict escalates, Aalaa's … Avalyn Wu needs your support for Help Aalaa's Family Flee Sudan and Her Mother Get Surgery

gofund.me

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