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Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 2d

9 DAYS LEFT to back BLANKSWORD, our Roguelike RPG where you play an Angel that lost his brain!

⚔ God is waiting. ⚔

BLANKSWORD

An Angelic Roguelike RPG

www.kickstarter.com

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Kyle Bugbearstew @bugbearstew.bsky.social · 6d

yesterday alone yall helped blanksword raise an additional ~4k!
being able to fund cool art from cool, unique, artists is so important

Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 7d

Our indie Roguelike RPG where you play an Angel that rebuilds his brain back from scratch is over 50% funded on Kickstarter, with 2 weeks left to go.

We need ⚔️ YOUR HELP ⚔️ to cross the finish line!

(Kickstarter, Steam Demo & Discord links in first comment 🔽)

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Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 22d

⚔️TIME ⚔️ TO ⚔️ RECLAIM ⚔️ YOUR ⚔️ BRAIN⚔️

Blanksword's Steam Demo & Kickstarter Campaign just launched as of RIGHT NOW!

Play the Demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3484670/...

Preorder the game on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/283...

Join the Discord: discord.gg/ftmCfsupyv

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Snoozy Kazoo 💤 Wishlist Hobnobbers! 🐦‍⬛ @snoozykazoo.com · 22d

it's time for us to tease... a new GAME??? 👀
check out this video straight from the snoozy mines ⛏️

(🔊 audio ON! Jake cooked here!)
#godot #indiedev #gamedev

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The Pioneer Valley Game Developers @pvgd.bsky.social · 23d

Autumn Demo Night!
Let's hang out at the Quarters, play with updated prototypes, look at the recent jam games, and maybe some more.
Hope to see you there~
#pvgd, #gamedev, #pioneervalley, #videogames

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The Pioneer Valley Game Developers @pvgd.bsky.social · 24d

We wrapped up our PICO8 game jam this weekend; check out our stuff!
pvgd.org/picojam2025

Thanks to @noelcody.bsky.social , @lankung.bsky.social , @trickytriangles.bsky.social, and everyone else for contributing!
#indiegames, #gamedev, #pvgd, #pioneervalley, #indiedev, #pico8, #lexaloffle

PVGD PICOJam 2025 – PVGD

pvgd.org

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Ezra Szanton @ezra-szanton.itch.io · 27d

Mr Magpie once again on the front page of itch!

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Seth Rosen @sirrosen.bsky.social · Sep 9

A proper expansion DLC for Pacific Drive is coming soon! This will be the first thing that releases that I didn't touch, even from a planning standpoint... Curious to see what the team has cooked up.

Gematsu @gematsu.com · Sep 9

Pacific Drive DLC expansion ‘Whispers in the Woods’ announced

Publisher Kepler Interactive and developer Ironwood Studios have announced Pacific Drive downloadable content expansion "Whispers in the Woods." It will launch in 2025.

Pacific Drive DLC expansion ‘Whispers in the Woods’ announced

Publisher Kepler Interactive and developer Ironwood Studios have announced Pacific Drive downloadable content expansion "Whispers in the Woods." It will launch in 2025.

www.gematsu.com

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Epidiah Ravachol of the Unwritten Earths Symposium @epidiah.bsky.social · Sep 9

This past Sunday we relaunched #SundayAMSwords over on the Unwritten Earths Symposium!

And I'm still riding high!

A stylized sunset. The ground, to the horizon, is a flat field of bright green. The sky is purple and filled with stars and far off galaxies. Dead center is a yellowish-orange sun peeking over the horizon. Before the sun is the silhouette of three rogues on horseback wielding swords and staves and at least one horned helmet. Through the silhouettes you can see the sky and stars behind the sun. These silhouettes are casting a shadow on the ground between the viewer and them, which strangely in the shape of the words "Swords Without Master" in a 70s rock poster font. This shadow, too, punches right through reality and reveals the star-filled night sky beyond.

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BostonFIG @bostonfig.bsky.social · Sep 8

Join us at the Boston Festival of Indie Games in December for a day of family-friendly fun! We'll have dozens of tabletop games, card games, video games, and everything in between.

Tickets are just $30 during our early bird phase. Get yours now!

www.bostonfig.com/fest-homepage/

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Chris BØLT @bolttracks.bsky.social · Sep 5

I'm super excited to announce that I'll be making my first foray into sound design for theater working on Aeneas Sagar Hemphill's play "Ada" for Babson Arts' faculty-led Empty Space Theater! This dystopian futurist play will premier October 23rd at the Sorenson Center for the Arts at Babson.

Ada Premiering October 24th

I'm super excited to announce that I'll be making my first foray into sound design for theater working on Aeneas Sagar Hemphill's play "Ada" for Babson Arts' faculty-led Empty Space Theater! This dystopian futurist play will premier October 23rd with three performances held at the Sorenson Center of the Arts right on the Babson campus.\n\nIn a not-so-distant future, Ada, a worker of artificial intelligence, disrupts her workplace’s carefully maintained power dynamics by becoming a little too human to contain.

bolttracks.com

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The Pioneer Valley Game Developers @pvgd.bsky.social · Aug 27

Hey Massachusetts, we're going to do a game jam! From the 12th to the 14th of September we'll be meeting online and playing with the PICO-8 toolkit. Find more info on the site!
pvgd.org/picojam2025/
#gamedev #indiedev #pico-8 #pioneervalley #pvgd

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Willem Delventhal @ifyouwillem.bsky.social · Aug 27

Anyone else feel like the majority of their games have been cancelled? 💔 #gamedevproblems #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiedev #gamingindustry #gaming #gamers

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The Pioneer Valley Game Developers @pvgd.bsky.social · Aug 20

Hi! We're going to have a speaker at our meetup next month who will give a talk on using the PICO-8 dev software to make small games!
Then, from the 12th-14th, we're going to have an appropriately-small PICO-Jam! Further details will come, but for now, enjoy mismatched fonts and bad photoshoppery!

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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · Jul 31

Going live now! Come check out some interesting new thinky games.

Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · Jul 30

Tomorrow Joe will be playing Birdigo, Coupling, Cipher Zero, and Tezzel on stream (3pm UK time, 7am PDT, 10am EDT, 4pm CEST)!

Watch on Twitch: twitch.tv/thinkygames

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Jul 31

Against a wealth of advice to chase fads and virality, we set out to create a highly-polished experience that invisibly led a player through a challenging, solitary experience.

notes.cipherzerogame.com/posts/04-we-...

#GameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #DevLog

A wide screenshot from CIPHER ZERO. A telescope sits in a barren area, a greyed out bicycle nearby it, as well as squared off ruins. The sky is littered with stars as a star trail runs along the left hand side. In the center of the sky is the Earth, the telescope pointed at it.

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The Pioneer Valley Game Developers @pvgd.bsky.social · Jul 28

Makes sense. It took a lot of faith to survive the irrational hit-detection in SoM's combat. Definitely an applicable metaphor for many situations.

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Jul 22

A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?

❓ Infer the rules of each glyph without hints
🧠 Over 300 handcrafted across evolving lands
🎶 Chill, reactive soundtrack as you play

CIPHER ZERO. Out Now.

zpdt.co/playcz

#PlayCipherZero #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Jul 18

"There are two truths we must face when we look at nostalgia: first, that memories aren’t necessarily identical to reality; and second, most of us firmly believe that it is." -- @nyanfood.bsky.social

notes.cipherzerogame.com/posts/01-dra...

#GameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #DevLog

A screenshot from CIPHER ZERO of the Road section, done in minimalist colors and designs.

A road crosses the screen from left to right, open dumpsters in the foreground along a chain link fence. An elevated train platform can be seen behind the road, as well as an elevated highway, lined with street lights.

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Jul 17

We're going to be sharing stories and techniques over the next coming weeks to give you a peek into the development of CIPHER ZERO!

First up: an interview with our designers! How DO you design over 300+ puzzles?

notes.cipherzerogame.com/posts/00-sta...

#GameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #DevLog

A screenshot from CIPHER ZERO, done in black and white with shades of grey.

A 2x3 square grid puzzle is shown, a filled in diamond in the upper left square, while an empty diamond is in the lower right. A single mark sits above the upper right square. In the background, the upside image of a lake is shown, squared off rocks jutting out of the water.

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The Pioneer Valley Game Developers @pvgd.bsky.social · Jul 14

Hey Friends! Let's Eat!
#gamedev, #indiegames, #pioneervalley, #videogames, #cheeseburgers

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Chris Lewis Lee - available for work @chrislewislee.com · Jun 25

It's my birthday 🎉. If you fancy helping me out, please repost my art. It's very much appreciated!

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Petricore @petricoregames.bsky.social · Jun 22

Welcome to the Training Grounds! 🏹 Now open in the Spring Update!

Just… try not to hit the Oscar targets, or you might find yourself politely escorted out of the Mythic Realms Police Academy.

👉 Take your shot now on Meta Quest! https://www.meta.com/en-gb/experiences/mythic-realms/8364993590228690/

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The Pioneer Valley Game Developers @pvgd.bsky.social · Jun 12

Hi Game Developers! We're hanging out in a cool space for some cool refreshments and cool games on the 6th. See you there!
#massgamedevs, #pvgd, #pioneervalley, #indiegamedev

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