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Portland Indie Game Squad
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The Portland Indie Game Squad is a nonprofit community platform supporting game developers with events, meetups, showcases, dev resources, game jams, and more!
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Got our first event of the year on the calendar for next week Monday! See you at Black Water for a chill Art/Code Night :)
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A group of game developers at a Portland Indie Game Squad event wave at the camera from multiple tables with notebooks, games, and food/drink. A light from a projector screen shines brightly from above.
January 3, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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Hear ye hear ye, @marlowedobbe.com's "best of" Truffle Hunter Newsletter is now available to view!
Check out an awesome curated list of indie game goodness, gathered from 2025's newsletters:
🏆 bit.ly/trufflehunte... 🏆
"THE TRUFFIES!" Detective CubePig, the Truffle Hunter, excitedly looks at a CubePig-engraved trophy through a magnifying glass.
December 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Happy Holidays, everyone! We'll get some more events on the calendar soon. Until then, have a great end of the year :)
If you want to keep chatting with community friends in the meantime, feel free to say hi in discord.gg/pigsquad 🌲
A crowd of people at the Portland Indie Game Squad Year End Showcase 2025. To the left, there are tables lined with silent auction prizes, proceeds from which went to OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospitals. The rest of the room is set up with tables and game setups from local developers. Folks playing games on laptops and others chatting in the background. One game setup is a homebrew for original Nintendo Virtual Boy hardware. An emergent "tabletop ally" that formed on one side of the 2025 PIGSquad Year End Showcase, where 8 tabletop designers chose to all set up near each other! The Portland Indie Game Squad wordmark on a banner in the foreground with community members playing games in the background.
December 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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And that's a wrap, thanks so much for the great game!
You can catch the VOD at www.twitch.tv/videos/26475...
Learn more about @harkforsooth.bsky.social's Haste at harkforsooth.itch.io/haste and about Ragon's art at ragonia.com
The four heroes of PIGSquad's Haste stream 2025: Ginger the Pastry Chef (real boy), Holly the Giant Elf Miner, Susie Carolbell the 7ft Event Planner, and Merry the Photographer Mage.
December 19, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Tonight, it's our last stream of the year!
Join us in twitch.tv/PIGSquad at 7pm PT 🌟
We're playing Haste, a TTRPG locally made by @harkforsooth.bsky.social with live doodles by @ragonia.bsky.social and random weird polls throughout the evening 🌲
Woo!
PIGSquad's Annual TTRPG stream shows a larger screen with doodles of adventurers: a nerdy bard, a mischievous rogue, a stalwart cleric, and a focused mage. Below; the players, GM, and live doodler are shown on camera or via their Discord avatar as they engage with the game.
December 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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It's Town Hall tonight! Pop into twitch.tv/PIGSquad at 7pm PT to chat with the nonprofit organizing team, ask questions, and learn more about cool plans for next year (like PIGCON)!
The Portland Indie Game Squad's mascot, Cubepig, drawn in a soft style and backed by shapes, paint patterns, and confetti.
December 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Our last stream of the year is on Thursday! Community members will be playing and live doodling the events of a role playing game, and our supporters get to decide what the theme is. If you want to help, pop on in and make a suggestion!
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PIGSquad's Annual TTRPG stream shows a larger screen with doodles of adventurers: a nerdy bard, a mischievous rogue, a stalwart cleric, and a focused mage. Below; the players, GM, and live doodler are shown on camera or via their Discord avatar as they engage with the game.
December 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Had a blast with everyone for our Year End Showcase! Thanks for supporting fellow devs and raising money for the children's hospital 🤩
Next week, we're doing Town Hall and our TTRPG game live on Twitch, Wednesday & Thursday!
twitch.tv/pigsquad
See ya soon >:)
A crowd of people at the Portland Indie Game Squad Year End Showcase 2025. To the left, there are tables lined with silent auction prizes, proceeds from which went to OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospitals. The rest of the room is set up with tables and game setups from local developers.
December 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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TONIGHT! At Urbanite in SE Portland ~
It's our Year End Showcase 🎊
We'll be hanging out with tons of games to play and pals to meet from 7pm-11pm, you can RSVP at
pigsquad.com/yearendshowc...
and bring a game you worked on this year if you'd like!
A group of game developers playing games at the PIGSquad Summer Game Jam Celebration at Urbanite. Folks are chatting, sitting & playing, and standing & playing on laptops or other small video game setups. String lights hang from the ceiling over purple tablecloths. All of the attendees are masked or between-masking while eating/drinking.
December 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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In addition to the Year End Showcase next week on Monday, we have a few more close-the-year events this month! We'll be discussing big plans for 2026 during our Town Hall on December 17th, and we're finishing the year with a silly TTRPG stream on December 18th!
Both on twitch.tv/PIGSquad 😊
The cast of last year's silly TTRPG stream, live-drawn by Marlowe based on Shane's game Haste! The characters include a Grinch-like character Ebenezer ("criminal' - holding a gun), Kitty Laws (thinking about a sleigh), and James Thereindeer ("formal criminal," thinking of himself flying). The characters are standing outside of the DMV: the Department of Magical Validation.
December 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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These items (and more) were just added to the auction, too 😏 Check it out at bit.ly/pigsquadauct... and support charity!
A lineup of additional auction items for the PIGSquad x OHSU Doernbecher silent auction at the Year End Showcase on December 8th. Items include arcade marquees, figures of game & comic book characters, prints, and more.
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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The OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital & Extra Life silent auction is live! Items provided by our community will be available on this site through the evening of our Year End Showcase on December 8th, ending while we're at the event 🎉
Check out the auction here:
bit.ly/pigsquadauct...
Some of the items that are available for the PIGSquad & OHSU Doernbecher silent auction, including a PlayStation 5, art classes, gift cards, and more!
December 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Doing an impromptu hangout tonight to hear people's thoughts about ideas & plans for PIGSquad in 2026 if you wanna pop by..! Tonight at Black Water (off NE Sandy), drop in in the 5pm-9pm range :)
A 3d-modeled Cubepig in a sandy beach environment. The image is isometric view, showing Cubepig moving down a stone-paneled path surrounded by sand. There is a mushroom and 2 game coins in front of Cubepig with short palm trees overhead.
November 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Hello, fine folks! We have a surprise special announcement stream tonight at 8pm PT to announce something really big. Feel free to hop in and hang then 🌟
www.twitch.tv/pigsquad
"A new foe has appeared" graphic, showing a Mario Kart Question Block as the "unrevealed character" and Cubepig marveling on. "PIGSquad Special Announcement Stream Tuesday 11/24 8pm PT"
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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See you tonight! Come by to play games, meet devs, and give feedback on the games you play! You can bring your game to get feedback on it, too >:)
Details here!
pigsquad.com/events-list/...
Game developers and their laptops set up in a high-ceiling restaurant. Laptops sit atop bistro and dining tables with folks milling about, looking over shoulders, and chatting about gamedev.
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Oh! Tomorrow night we're also going to be distributing some flyers for our Year End event if anyone wants to help post them around town! Hit us up if you want the file to print >:)
"Portland Indie Game Squad Year End Showcase + Silent Auction Benefiting OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital December 8th 7pm-11pm at Urbanite 1005 SE Grand Ave, Portland Food & Bar Available Play games & give feedback Meet people who make games Support OHSU Doernbecher and Extra Life at the event ot raise funds for their Therapeutic Gaming Program Free, All Ages, Masks Required More information at PIGSquad.com" The flyer shows event information framed on laptops, near game controllers, and on a Game Boy, with PIGSquad's mascot Cubepig on the side. The larger flyer shows a photo of folks playing games at an event and an OHSU Doernbecher patient playing games in a hospital bed. "Portland Indie Game Squad Year End Showcase + Silent Auction Benefiting OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital December 8th 7pm-11pm at Urbanite 1005 SE Grand Ave, Portland Food & Bar Available Play games & give feedback Meet people who make games Support OHSU Doernbecher and Extra Life at the event ot raise funds for their Therapeutic Gaming Program Free, All Ages, Masks Required More information at PIGSquad.com" The flyer shows event information framed on laptops, near game controllers, and on a Game Boy, with PIGSquad's mascot Cubepig on the side.
November 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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The shop closes tonight!
Get your Cubepig Castle shirt here:
pigsquad.com/store/cubepi...
Huge thanks to everyone who picked one up - you're supporting the nonprofit in a ton of ways (and also making yourself look really 🆒)
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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This Thursday! It's Feedback Night! 🗣📝
Bring your game out and set it up or just pop by to leave some notes to help along the development of awesome local games. All ages / free / wooooo!
Details here: pigsquad.com/events-list/...
Game developers and their laptops set up in a high-ceiling restaurant. Laptops sit atop bistro and dining tables with folks milling about, looking over shoulders, and chatting about gamedev.
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Last chance for you to get your Cubepig Castle shirt, designed by @marlowedobbe.com and printed locally! Sales end next week Tuesday and we're shipping first week of December.
Pick it up before it's gone and support the PIGSquad nonprofit 🏰⚡😍
pigsquad.com/store/cubepi...
November 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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And we're off! The "Finish Your Game" Jam is pretty long so feel free to pop in at any time to make progress on your projects 😍
itch.io/jam/finishyo...
If you want to do a more traditional jam, the theme is "Second Wind!" First time we've broken a tie with applause at the event and it was fun >:)
"Second Wind" - Black text on white background, with a blue whooshing wind drawing behind the word "Wind" This is the game jam theme for PIGSquad's "Finish Your Game" Jam 2025!
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Tomorrow (Tuesday) evening at the NW Lucky Lab!
We're kicking off the "Finish Your Game" Jam with some team forming, brainstorming, and a theme reveal for those of you needing one :)
Work on an existing game and show us a big ol' progress post by December 1st!
Details here: itch.io/jam/finishyo...
"Portland Indie Game Squad Finish Your Game Jam!" Art by Ragonia The PIGSquad mascot, Cubepig, is being scrubbed and polished up with lotion, an industrial buffer, and a washcloth. Bubbles and suds overflow the sides of the image, piling up to back the event title.
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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"Finish Your Game" Jam kicks off next week!
We're meeting up in NW Portland to meet new folks for team forming and reveal the theme 🎆
Theme suggestions are open to our supporters now at
www.patreon.com/posts/submit...
VERY excited to see what you make and share on December 1st 👀👀👀
"Portland Indie Game Squad Finish Your Game Jam!" Art by Ragonia The PIGSquad mascot, Cubepig, is being scrubbed and polished up with lotion, an industrial buffer, and a washcloth. Bubbles and suds overflow the sides of the image, piling up to back the event title.
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Get ready for our Year End Showcase!
On December 8th, bring out your "Finish Your Game" Jam games or anything else you've worked on over the year for our holiday party ♥
We'll be at Urbanite again with tons of games to play and pals to meet, you can RSVP at
pigsquad.com/yearendshowc... ❄
November 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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New shirts are UP and ready to order - you can pick yours up at pigsquad.com/store/cubepi...! Once preorders are done, they're gone 😱🏰⚡
Our friends playing Muffles' Life Sentence at PIGSquad's Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2025 Booth. One is wearing the new PIGSquad shirt (and wearing pink cat ear headphones). The co-developer of Super Choppy wears the new PIGSquad shirt while showcasing the rad game, Super Choppy of course, at the PIGSquad 2025 PRGE Booth.
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Tomorrow (Wednesday) evening!
We're hanging out for a Speed Meet and coworking sesh. Bring a lil thing to work on and/or hang out & chat with new folks during a structured meetup activity in prep for next week's game jam ♥
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PIGSquad members wave at the camera from picnic tables in the foreground of White Owl's lit/covered/heated outside area. Developers are also in the background on additional tables, working on laptops and chatting. Projectors light up the walls, showing Cartoon Network creators Ian & Toby. Can you spot the retro hardware in the pic..?
November 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM