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Andrew | BUY INDIEPOCALYPSE ➡️ PRGE @pizzapranks.bsky.social · 6d

The main focus is building out a budget for writing about the games and contributors in the zine.

Other people (pizzapranks.com/10-indiepoca...) and I (pizzapranks.com/features/) have done this in the past, but cons have taken the I would use for this and would like it to be a consistent thing.

Andrew | BUY INDIEPOCALYPSE ➡️ PRGE @pizzapranks.bsky.social · 6d

There's currently a subscription drive for Indiepocalypse if a monthly curated 10 game collection of indie games (plus a ~5 year back library) from a *wide* range of devs sounds like something you'd be into.

Every subscription directly supports contributors.

patreon.com/indiepocalypse

Get more from Indiepocalypse on Patreon

creating Alternative Indie Game Anthologies

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · 12d

I'll be at TGS today helping out with Off-Score: A game of songs. It's a surreal music game with carefully crafted interactive music set in magical worlds. The music is soo good.
store.steampowered.com/app/1355000/...

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · 14d

store.steampowered.com/app/3458890/...

I'm a bit emotionally invested in it as I've helped him playtest a lot. Big challenge making an intentional near visually incomprehensible eyeburner hyperspeed [STATIC NOISES] shooty game.

DOOM SPIRAL on Steam

DOOM SPIRAL is an intense first person shooter where your health is the integrity of your consciousness.

store.steampowered.com

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · 14d

My friend gave a presentation at Tokyo Indies about his game Doom Spiral which is inspired by gnarly skeleton memes. I met him at Tokyo Indies over a year ago and we've been good friends since. He'll be at @gaemz.bsky.social meetup Tokyo on the 29th to talk about his magical shader skills.

Picture of game with the quote "It makes me nauseous, please turn off the motion blur"

Gnarly Skeleton holding two guns "Basically I wanted to make a game that feels like this"

Pictures of games and a list "Inspired by John Wick, Post Void, Hyper Demon Lucid Dreaming, Gnarly skeleton memes"

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · 15d

his films were my first introduction to shoegaze

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · 15d

store.steampowered.com/app/3458890/... by Forbidden Saucery

DOOM SPIRAL on Steam

DOOM SPIRAL is an intense first person shooter where your health is the integrity of your consciousness.

store.steampowered.com

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · 15d

I'll be at Tokyo Game Show and hosting Tokyo GÆMZ Show on the 29th. Still looking for 3 speakers. So far there will be a talk about cool shaders from the in development game Doom Spiral, and a talk about the creation and development of plunderludics / unityhawk

Gæmz Meetup @gaemz.bsky.social · 22d

🗼🦞🛹Tokyo Gæmz Show (Meetup #52) 🛹🦞🗼
When: 29 September 2025 (Mon) 18:30
Where: near Fudō-mae station
Host: @farfama.bsky.social
It’s a special edition of Gæmz and we’re doing an open call for speakers. More info & RSVP via Luma: luma.com/u5agvngz

Cover art by @thenomi.bsky.social

Tokyo Gæmz Show (meetup #52) cover art by Nomi

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · 18d

Found a nice placeholder crown model on sketchfab. Eventually will be replaced with an original 3D model based on a moodboard I'm building

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · 18d

I originally planned on making large open areas, but frustrations with the Unity terrain system made me down scope it for what I think is the better. I now prefer horse sequences to be short linear vignettes, similar to the game Promesa which I found inspiring.

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · 19d

Agree. All my games have almost zero mechanics other than walking and looking around, but the responses have been positive. Feels before fun for me. An evocative world can pull a lot of weight.

farfama @farfama.bsky.social · 21d

store.steampowered.com/app/3509400/...

A Heavy Morning on Steam

You know the feeling of struggling to get out of bed? In A Heavy Morning, you will play as a young girl battling with her own mind. Your only objective? Get out of bed and get to work on time.

store.steampowered.com

farfama @farfama.bsky.social · 21d

Woah, saw this beautifully animated game during the @gdocexpo.com direct called A Heavy Morning. Something I've been thinking about a lot lately is how I start my mornings. What will the tone of the day feel like? That first action you take can ruin or energize a whole day.
youtu.be/2t5g40p5bqQ

A Heavy Morning | Trailer Game Devs of Color Expo 2025

YouTube video by Insider Gaming Trailers

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · 21d

Read a good article about this. It really is the aesthetic of facism
artreview.com/the-fascinat...

The ‘Fascinating Fascism’ of AI

The US government’s anniversary AI project tells us nothing about American history and everything about today’s America

artreview.com

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · 23d

GDoC Expo happens soon. I'll be giving a talk! Check out the full schedule and buy a ticket here. There are affordable options available as well and everyone is welcome to attend the online festival. They also have in-person watch parties across America.
www.gamedevsofcolor.org

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · 24d

Discovered a few more games here which I will add soon. In the future I'll also be making game curations focused on different Indigenous regions around the world (check out the Native Land link in the Dig Deeper websites section for a cool map)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigen...

Indigenous people in video games - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · 24d

Never Alone and Where the Water Tastes like Wine are two big budget indies that were made with heavy consultation and cultural experts. Assassins Creed is the only AAA example that I found that also fit. Would love to know more (Turok does not count)

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · 24d

Some notes on this. Most games featuring indigenous people are full of stereotypes. I could only find 12 good examples that fit. Many are made by Dr. Elizabeth LaPensée an award-winning Irish, Anishinaabe, and Métis game creator. Please check out these important games.

Exhibit:Play @exhibitplay.com · 24d

New Exhibit:Play Curation

Indigenous Voices of Turtle Island

This list features games made or heavily consulted by Indigenous developers, artists, storytellers, elders, and members of the community based in Turtle Island (so-called North America).

exhibitplay.com/indigenous-v...

Indigenous Voices of Turtle Island

Explore games focused on Indigenous culture and language created by Indigenous people of Turtle Island.

exhibitplay.com

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · 26d

I played Ico and wrote about it

farfamahar.github.io/blog/i-playe...

I Played Ico

farfamahar.github.io

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · Sep 5

I agree the gameplay loop gets stale fast, but I avoid that completely and make my own experience. I view the game as a canvas for my own meta-gaming experience. Often it's personal photography prompts or just pretending I'm a anthropologist with physical field notes about planets.

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · Sep 3

TO:RI started as a game with written poetry in it to convey its story. It's now a wordless experience, with it's narrative told quietly through the world and interactions. It's an extra challenge for the narrative designer, but I think it's the right approach for this experience.

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · Sep 3

The game poems I enjoy the most are the ones that are short, and less focused on having lyrical written poems in the game, and more focused on translating lyrical writing into mechanics and interactions. Here's a good curated list on itchio with some examples (my game Solastalgia is included)

Curated: Game Poems - Collection by Jordan Magnuson

A collection by Jordan Magnuson

itch.io

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · Sep 3

By defining it as a game poem, you set new expectations and ways of paying attention. I have yearly games I make called ::ephemera, which have their own language and conventions. People know what they are getting into when they play them. I don't have to apologize for not having certain features.

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · Sep 3

Been reading @jordanmagnuson.bsky.social book Game Poems and it's really helping me find the language to describe the game I'm making. TO:RI (tentative title) is essentially a collection of visual poems that use the language of games to redefine and expand the constraints of the medium.

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Exhibit:Play @exhibitplay.com · Sep 3

Congrats to @roguesite.bsky.social for the launch of their website. Rogue is worker-owned and independent games media that is human-first. We've added the website to our Game Worker Cooperatives collection. If you know of more games media or studios that are taking this approach, let us know!

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · Sep 1

Music in background (not game soundtrack).
matthewcardinal.bandcamp.com/track/dec-4th

Dec 4th, by Matthew Cardinal

from the album Asterisms

matthewcardinal.bandcamp.com

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