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Interactive Arts Alberta @iaalberta.bsky.social · 27d

🚀 Applications are OPEN for Baby Ghosts Alberta – Cohort 1!

Alberta indie studios: get a $25,000 stipend, 6 months of peer support, & tools to build sustainable, cooperative studios.

Apply by Oct 10, 2025. Program runs Nov 3–Apr 24.

For full details & to learn more: babyghosts.org/peer-acceler...

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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.fund · Aug 31

Next month, our co-ED Jennie Robinson Faber will be speaking at the lovely @qgcon.bsky.social! The talk, on queering game studio economics, will be a practical look at game cooperatives. And it'll be livestreamed on Discord! Check out the stacked lineup: www.qgcon.org/schedule

Schedule — QGCon

www.qgcon.org

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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.fund · Aug 31

We're launching a member program this fall! Pre-register for Ghost Guild: babyghosts.org/ghost-guild

Open to anyone, anywhere, building or interested in worker-led and cooperative studios. 🤝

Baby Ghosts

Baby Ghosts is a nonprofit supporting studios led by underrepresented founders across Canada.

babyghosts.org

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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.fund · Aug 29

The @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social article ☝ covers how devs are joining boycotts against Microsoft over ties to Israeli military operations. Developers from Arkane, Ice Water Games, and others are taking stands despite the financial impact. We stand in solidarity with these principled workers.

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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.fund · Aug 29

Proud of @daff.space for cancelling their STREET UNI X Xbox port in solidarity with Palestinians, even though it could've been crucial for their livelihood as an indie dev. 🇵🇸

www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-culture-of...

"A culture of intimidation, retaliation and oppression": How Microsoft’s Gaza stance fuelled an industry-spanning boycott

RPS meets a few of the developers participating in the BDS campaign against Microsoft's Israeli military ties, including an Xbox worker fired for his views.

www.rockpapershotgun.com

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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.fund · Aug 27

Co-ED eileen mary holowka is part of this panel today discussing cooperative models for the game industry (ya know… what we're all about!). JOIN US!

Denman Rooke @denmanrooke.com · Aug 25

Worker Cooperatives in Game Dev webinar this Wednesday!!!

I'll be moderating a panel with our fantastic speakers from KO_OP, Baby Ghosts, Necrosoft Games, CoLab Collective, and Wild Blue Studios.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/co-create-...

Graphic promoting webinar with Saleem Dabbous from KO_OP

Graphic promoting webinar with Eileen Mary Holowka from Baby Ghosts

Graphic promoting webinar with Shane Marks from Necrosoft Games

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daffodil 🇵🇸 @daff.space · Aug 22

If you have an interest in making an ambitious rhythm game with me, with a DIY attitude, radical liberation worn on it's sleeve, queer focused subject matter, and colorful characters, I am seeking to build a team ahead of grant applications this coming March.
Interested in contributing?

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Rocket Adrift Games | WISHLIST Dead Finger Dice on Steam! @rocketadrift.bsky.social · Aug 5

In Dead Finger Dice, make important decisions like... which pallet to use 🎨
#deadfingerdice #indiegame #godot

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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.fund · Aug 21

💜💜💜💜💜 thank YOU for all you do! 💜💜💜💜💜

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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.fund · Aug 14

Whoaaaa congrats, Ed!!

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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.fund · Aug 8

Check out this game by Cohort 5 studio @wtchcrft.com …

LOVE IN THE TIME OF SPELLPHAGE, a one-hour spellpunk narrative adventure about pandemic, wizards, and first love, is part of the Steam DEBUT FESTIVAL!

store.steampowered.com/app/3825300/...

Love in the Time of Spellphage on Steam

A one-hour spellpunk narrative adventure about pandemic, wizards, and first love.

store.steampowered.com

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Rocket Adrift Games | WISHLIST Dead Finger Dice on Steam! @rocketadrift.bsky.social · Jul 30

Check out the Dead Finger Dice demo for the China Joy Game Show Steam event!
#gamedev #chinajoy #deadfingerdice
store.steampowered.com/app/3512300/...

Dead Finger Dice on Steam

Play a sinister game of poker dice against blood-thirsty demon billionaires who’ve trapped you on their mega yacht in this rogue-like dice builder.

store.steampowered.com

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The QGCon Collective @qgcon.bsky.social · Jul 30

Today is the first day of our week long #fundraiser and the matching donors' pledge has increased! Please help us reach our goal by sharing this post!
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#boardgames #videogames #lgbtq #gaymer #gamestudies #mutualaid #queerstudies #genderstudies #gaming #indiedev #montreal #gamingcon #ttrpg

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studio wtchcrft @wtchcrft.com · Jul 19

Love in the Time of Spellphage is in here! 🌈🔮

A zoomed in screenshot of Love in the Time of Spellphage being on the Wheel of Woke

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Kylie @kymira.ca · Jul 18

New card back for #fateweaver 🤔 But now to see how it looks in engine.

#gameart

A symmetrical black and white square card back design. There is an eye in the middle, bird heads in each corner and some snakes.

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Glen Henry - BUY SUNKEN STONES🏴‍☠️ @spritewrench.com · Jul 18

Proud to announce that Sunken Stones - my puzzle strategy grid-based game about deploying (and ditching) crew mates to stave off a salty demies - is ⭐OUT NOW⭐!

Features:
🏴‍☠️6 Pirate Captains
☠️48 Crewmates
🌊Risk vs. Reward Mechanics

Grab the Game Now (and leave a review)!
⚓ s.team/a/2601810

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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · Jul 18

If you like Flocking Hell, I strongly recommend Sunken Stone from my friend @spritewrench.com:

store.steampowered.com/app/2601810/...

#Strategy #IndieGame where you place your pirate crew on a 5x5 grid in order to defeat monsters and collect treasure. Hits the same deep + whimsical vibes as FH ^.^

Save 20% on Sunken Stones on Steam

A turn based Puzzle-Strategy game about pirates and cursed treasure. Choose a captain, gather your crew and defeat monsters by strategically placing units on a 5x5 grid.

store.steampowered.com

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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.fund · Jul 18

We have several in our community including @amelore.coop !

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studio wtchcrft @wtchcrft.com · Jul 16

What fate will you draw?

#indiedev #gamedev #gameart #fateweaver

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AvantBeetle @avantbeetle.bsky.social · Jul 7

🎮🔥 Call for Games! 🔥🎮
I'm curating a show on GAMES AS PROTEST/ACTIVISM and looking for titles that explore resistance, civil disobedience, or political action.

Made one? Know one? DM or comment! Lets make some interactive uproar ✊️

More to come soon!

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Ahmar Rana (CloakBass) 🆓 🇵🇸 @gameswithahmar.bsky.social · Jul 11

It's me!

I'll be at #GDX2025 presenting on "Avoiding Complicity". I'll be mapping out the relationship between our industry and the destruction of Gaza; sharing tools devs can use right now to resist. 🍉 I'll also be on panels relating to worker-first studios, narrative and community safety. Say hi!

Interactive Arts Alberta @iaalberta.bsky.social · Jul 8

Our next speaker brings a fresh, powerful perspective to #GDX2025.

Ahmar Rana is a games educator, co-founder of emerging Treaty Six/Edmonton-based worker-first studio The Moonmeter Collective and founder of sole proprietorship Biryani Games.

Tickets: zeffy.com/ticketing/gdx--2025

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Interactive Arts Alberta @iaalberta.bsky.social · Jul 10

👀 Have you seen the schedule for #GDX2025?
It’s 🔥
2 days of talks, panels & community you don’t want to miss.
🎟️ zeffy.com/ticketing/gdx--2025
#IndieGames #YEGEvents

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studio wtchcrft @wtchcrft.com · Jul 4

Interested in some #indiedev marketing stories? Kylie wrote about our early efforts to promote our first 2 games and the differences between Itch.io and Steam we've noticed so far.

A beginners journey through indie marketing | Kymira

Learning to market your indie game while you market your indie game.

www.kymira.ca

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · Jul 2

Mass layoffs affecting thousands of workers. Cancelled development cycles sweeping years of hard work under the rug.

We have seen time and again how little the worker matters to corporate leadership.

🪶 Sign & share the first step for change:
actionnetwork.org/forms/were-d...

We’re Done Playing

Video game workers strike back. Over the last few years, game workers have been struck by unprecedented mass layoffs, driven by corporate greed and short-term profit seeking. While employers treat us...

actionnetwork.org

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Jess Rowan Marcotte @jessromarcotte.bsky.social · Jun 30

In the first quarter of 2025, the average fundraiser was getting 37% less than last year. It's even worse for queer orgs because supporting 2SLGBTIA+ causes is seen as risky given the current political climate in North America. But, we take care of us, right? Please support the fundraiser and share!

The QGCon Collective @qgcon.bsky.social · Jun 30

HELP FUND QGCON 2025!

This has been a terrible year for fundraising around the world. We are facing a budget shortfall, & we need YOUR help to keep QGCon affordable and free!

www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...

Help fund QGCon 2025!

What we needAs you may know, this has been an immensely challenging year for fundraising around the world. QGCon is currently navigating a CAD$12,000 budget shortfall. We hope to raise funds, with you...

www.zeffy.com

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