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Yadu Rajiv @yadurajiv.com · 20h

Made a thing over the weekend - yadu.itch.io/cats-in-a-fr...

😸 Do check it out 🐶

#DesktopToy #Cats #Dogs #MadeWithGodot #GodotEngine #Godot

Cats (and Dogs) in a Frame by Yadu Rajiv

Cat (and now dog) photos on demand, on your desktop! 😸😽

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Yadu Rajiv @yadurajiv.com · 17h

BYOG 2025 starts in another 18 hours. Make a game in 72 hours! Let's go! ✨

itch.io/jam/byog

#BYOG2025 #GameJam

BYOG 2025

A game jam from 2025-10-09 to 2025-10-12 hosted by Yadu Rajiv & GameDev India. What is a BYOG? BYOG (Build Your Own Game) is an annual game jam where game developers from all over the country come tog...

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Yadu Rajiv @yadurajiv.com · 20h

Made a thing over the weekend - yadu.itch.io/cats-in-a-fr...

😸 Do check it out 🐶

#DesktopToy #Cats #Dogs #MadeWithGodot #GodotEngine #Godot

Cats (and Dogs) in a Frame by Yadu Rajiv

Cat (and now dog) photos on demand, on your desktop! 😸😽

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Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 23d

2026 is around the corner and yep : Game industry economics are still bleak for western countries and junior staff.

But a few new actors are trying to shake things up on the financing & distribution side :🧵

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GameDev India @gamedev.in · 11d

Your brain: "A 100-hour open-world RPG with dynamic weather!" 🧠
BYOG: "Okay, but how about finishing CORE LOOP of a cat game in 72 hours?" 😼
It's time for a scope-creep intervention!
Just 12 days left to register for #BYOG2025
➡️ gamedev.in/byog
#GameJam

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GameDev India @gamedev.in · 20d

📢 BYOG is BACK 🎮

72 HOURS. ₹3 LAKH PRIZE POOL. 🚀

From Oct 9-12, join hundreds of devs for India's most legendary game jam.

➡️ Join The Jam: gamedev.in/byog/

#BYOG2025 #GameDev #GameJam #IndieDev #MadeInIndia #GameDevelopment #BuildYourOwnGame #GamesFromIndia

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Yadu Rajiv @yadurajiv.com · 19d

Opportunity to invent a new lossless compression algorithm✨ 🙈

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passivestar @passivestar.bsky.social · 26d

How to make a light beam shader in godot + download

Light beam shader in godot

So I was noclipping through d1_canals_08 in HL2 as one normally does on a saturday night when I saw this: A nice sharp volumetric light that does a lot for the mood of the scene. Half Life 2 was relea...

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Yadu Rajiv @yadurajiv.com · Aug 27

Join us tonight 🌸

Second Quest @secondquest.games · Aug 27

🚂 Devlog #3 is going LIVE today!

🕥 10:30 PM IST | 🕕 6PM BST | 🕙 10AM PDT

Catch the latest on #ModelTrains → new features, updates & what’s next.

📺 YouTube: youtube.com/live/73fFkhZ...

Come hang out, ask questions, and be part of the journey ✨

#Devlog #simulationgames #trainsim #traingame

Model Trains | Updates from the Yard: Terrain Editor, New Maps & Content, & Community Q&A

Join us for our third development livestream, "Devlog 03: Updates from the Yard," as we pull back the curtain on the latest progress of our debut title, Model Trains! Mark your calendars for Aug 27th...

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Andrew Henninger @databyss.com · Aug 19

Masahiro Sakurai is all of us.

A picture of a Japanese man, Masahiro Sakurai, sitting at a wooden desk with a wood panelled wall behind him. There are a few shelves on the back wall displaying a few plants, books, pictures, and other things.

Text overlaid on the picture reads "Why is making a game so hard?"

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Global Game Jam @globalgamejam.bsky.social · Jul 23

Crowdfunding your game? Learn from the pros.
🎮 Why Kickstarter works
📊 Funding goals
📣 Community engagement and more!
📅 08/14 | 🔗 buff.ly/JiZgL63

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · Jul 24

Jesus fucking christ, Itch just nuked a huge amount of adult content because of payment processors putting the squeeze on them.

That is an UNGODLY MASSIVE amount of stuff.

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Yadu Rajiv @yadurajiv.com · Jul 19

+1 to this. Put them under a different label, as experiments, might delete later etc.

Yadu Rajiv @yadurajiv.com · Jul 5

I had such an amazing time playing and finishing @sandwitchdev.bsky.social - I highly recommend playing it all the way to the end 💖

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Yadu Rajiv @yadurajiv.com · Jul 2

Late to this party 🙈 but, here are some screenshots from our game 🚂 Model Trains being built @secondquest.games 💖

💖 Thank you! You folks are doing some fine work! 💖

If anyone is interested in helping us build the game, do take a look at - playmodeltrains.com (ps: we have playtests running too 😅)

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Ashley Cooper @ashleycooper.bsky.social · Jun 29

When you dismiss an element of your game as not being worth the effort, you rob your players of a chance to connect in meaningful, unexpected ways.

Perfect example from my time in Gotham Knights:

I was tasked with writing emails. Emails!

A very possibly thankless job, but wait, there's more...

D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · Jun 23

there's more damning evidence in-game, even, but it's all background stuff that you have to go out of your way for

there's text crawls where you can still see the AI prompt responses before it produces a bunch of science jargon

wild that they've dodged disclosures all things considered

A The Alters screenshot of a background panel of sci-fi babble. The scroll begins with "Sure, here's a revised version focusing purely on scientific and astronomical data:"

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Blaft Publications @blaft.bsky.social · Jun 30

We've had a couple of backers of INDIA STREET LETTERING choose the highest tier -- a custom 3' x 2' canvas sign by Chawri Bazar painter Mohanlal Sihani!

Come reserve your copy of @matratype.bsky.social 's book on Kickstarter!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

Mohanlal Sihani in his workshop with self-portrait

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Yadu Rajiv @yadurajiv.com · Jun 26

Check out India Street Lettering: A Book by Blaft Publications on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

India Street Lettering: A Book

A journey through typographic craft and culture

www.kickstarter.com

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Alan Hazelden / Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · Jun 19

Draknek & Friends Official Podcast Episode 30 featuring ‪@dtrebella.bsky.social‬ is out now! Topics include best practices for how and when to message your game, common marketing pitfalls, and stories of working with the Draknek team.
pod.link/1777156468

Draknek & Friends Official Podcast

Join Alan and Syrenne from Draknek & Friends as they talk to developers of some of their favorite puzzle games, shedding light onto how games get made and the people behind them!

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Yadu Rajiv @yadurajiv.com · Jun 22

Participated in a game jam after a long time and made a game about flying drones 🙈

▶️ Play the game here on gx games - gx.games/games/d0ytgl...

📺 Interested in my process and thoughts while building this game, do give this dev breakdown a watch - youtu.be/6FPBjBupfMI%...

The Drone Company | GX.games

The Drone Company is a game where you take on the role of a gig 🫡 worker who operates a drone 🐝 Here is a dev breakdown video if you are interested - https://youtu.be/6FPBjBupfMI

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Alex Graudins @toonyballoony.bsky.social · Jun 12

I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️

toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf

The cover spread from a one page zine printout. The left (back cover) features images of a scale and gavel, with notes on First Amendment and filming rights, and the advice to “shut the fuck up.”

On the right is the cover, a megaphone with the title text “PROTEST SAFELY.” Behind it are faceless protestors. The subtitle notes, “A brief collection of tips from around the internet.”

A spread from one page zine printout.
On the left is an illustration of a protestor with the title “What to Wear,” including a helmet, goggles, ear plugs, gloves, a mask, a backpack, and layers/long sleeves/pants. Each have additional notes explaining their use.

On the right is “What to Bring,” featuring illustrations of a backpack, money, water bottles, a mask, a granola bar and bag of trail mix, a first aid kit, folded shirt and pants, and an ID, with “DIY Defense” listed underneath it showing one protestor using a luggage case, one holding a trash can lid, and one using an open umbrella as a shield.

A spread from one page zine printout.
On the left is “Protect Your Identity,” advising to cover up identifying features, avoiding photography of protesters, deactivating biometric phone-unlocking tools, and writing emergency contact and counsel numbers on your arm.

On the right is “Be Like Water,” the motto of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, and the text “BEWARE THE BAIT” with images of a palette of bricks and a masked man holding a crowbar toward a protestor with a sign, “Psst, free crowbar?” encouraging the reader not to engage with traps and undercover agents.

A spread from one page zine printout featuring the hazards of protest opposition, including tear gas, rubber bullets, and LRAD sound cannons and flash bangs. Caution tape images accompany the text explaining the dangers of each, how to flush out eyes that have been maced/etc, and how to extinguish a gas canister with a traffic cone.

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Godot Engine @godotengine.org · Jun 6

Godot web exports just got a serious performance boost! Starting in 4.5 dev 5, builds use WASM SIMD by default, meaning better performance with no changes needed on your end.

Details and benchmarks: godotengine.org/article/upco...

Upcoming (serious) Web performance boost – Godot Engine

Compiling the Godot Engine with WASM SIMD support truly is a game changer.

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Global Game Jam @globalgamejam.bsky.social · May 20

What if your game helped spark real-world change?
Design a game that makes players feel the power of collective action—and it could reach millions.
🎮 Join Citizens, Assemble! A Game Jam - launching June 6th
🏆 $10K prize + development support
Start here ➡️ buff.ly/Has8uRV

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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · May 3

Really hard to say what the worst part of this NEA grant termination letter is (sent at 10pm on a Friday!) but I think it's finding out the federal government's priority for arts funds is now "fostering AI competency" rather than funding literature.

This is to inform you that the above referenced National Endowment for the Arts award has been terminated, effective May 31, 2025.

The NEA is updating its grantmaking policy priorities to focus funding on projects that reflect the nation's rich artistic heritage and creativity as prioritized by the President. Consequently, we are terminating awards that fall outside these new priorities. The NEA will now prioritize projects that elevate the Nation’s HBCUs and Hispanic Serving Institutions, celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence, foster AI competency, empower houses of worship to serve communities, assist with disaster recovery, foster skilled trade jobs, make America healthy again, support the military and veterans, support Tribal communities, make the District of Columbia safe and beautiful, and support the economic development of Asian American communities. Funding is being allocated in a new direction in furtherance of the Administration’s agenda.

Your project, as noted below, unfortunately does not align with these priorities:
Purpose: To support the publication and promotion of books of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.

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Global Game Jam @globalgamejam.bsky.social · May 3

🌍✨ We’re excited to introduce the newest members of the Global Game Jam Board of Directors!

Meet the incredible individuals shaping the future of GGJ! ➡️ buff.ly/g1qG0hb

#GlobalGameJam #MeetTheBoard #GameDevCommunity

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Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtf · May 1

Well, that was a dream come true. Knew it wouldn't last, though. Out of a job at the moment. But I'll always be doing patreon.com/gamemess

Get more from Game Mess on Patreon

creating podcasts and gaming content

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