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head of content @ palaye, making @indiecup.net, @ukrainian.games and more

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And more to come later this year. Ukrainian games (and
@ukrainian.games) are here to stay.

13.03.2026 17:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We’ve been working on this for a long time. Love to see so many people playing games by Ukrainian teams. If you’re attending GDC, come say hi.

11.03.2026 15:34 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Two attendees playing Becastled by Mana Potion Games at the Ukrainian Games Festival. A colorful roll-up banner for the game is visible to their right, with an AMD technology partner sign above.

Two attendees playing Becastled by Mana Potion Games at the Ukrainian Games Festival. A colorful roll-up banner for the game is visible to their right, with an AMD technology partner sign above.

Two attendees playing Hollow Home by Twigames at the Ukrainian Games Festival. A colorful roll-up banner for the game is visible to their right, with an AMD technology partner sign above.

Two attendees playing Hollow Home by Twigames at the Ukrainian Games Festival. A colorful roll-up banner for the game is visible to their right, with an AMD technology partner sign above.

An attendee playing STONKS-9800 by Ternox at the Ukrainian Games Festival. A colorful roll-up banner for the game is visible to their right, with an AMD technology partner sign above.

An attendee playing STONKS-9800 by Ternox at the Ukrainian Games Festival. A colorful roll-up banner for the game is visible to their right, with an AMD technology partner sign above.

Two attendees playing DDoD by The Future Entertainment Company at the Ukrainian Games Festival. A colorful roll-up banner for the game is visible to their right.

Two attendees playing DDoD by The Future Entertainment Company at the Ukrainian Games Festival. A colorful roll-up banner for the game is visible to their right.

And here are our attendees playing Becastled, Hollow Home, STONKS-9800, and DDoD, with Tukoni: Forest Keepers and Floralis stands nearby.

Day 2 starts soon. If you’re in San Francisco for GDC, come visit us at 530 Bush Street!

11.03.2026 12:13 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Two attendees playing Titan Chaser by Stas Shostak at the Ukrainian Games Festival. A colorful roll-up banner for the game is visible to their right.

Two attendees playing Titan Chaser by Stas Shostak at the Ukrainian Games Festival. A colorful roll-up banner for the game is visible to their right.

Two attendees playing Jitter by Berko Games at the Ukrainian Games Festival. A colorful roll-up banner for the game is visible to their right, with a ProbablyMonsters technology partner sign above.

Two attendees playing Jitter by Berko Games at the Ukrainian Games Festival. A colorful roll-up banner for the game is visible to their right, with a ProbablyMonsters technology partner sign above.

An attendee playing Warfactory by Terykon Games at the Ukrainian Games Festival. A colorful roll-up banner for the game is visible to their right, and Palaye organizer sign to their left.

An attendee playing Warfactory by Terykon Games at the Ukrainian Games Festival. A colorful roll-up banner for the game is visible to their right, and Palaye organizer sign to their left.

An attendees playing Back to Hearth by Podoba Interactive at the Ukrainian Games Festival. A colorful roll-up banner for the game and an AMD-branded PC tower are visible to their right.

An attendees playing Back to Hearth by Podoba Interactive at the Ukrainian Games Festival. A colorful roll-up banner for the game and an AMD-branded PC tower are visible to their right.

Ukrainian Games Festival SF pop-up attendees getting hands-on with games by Ukrainian developers, including Titan Chaser, Jitter, Warfactory, and Back to Hearth.

Full list → ukrainian.games/en/gdc-2026

11.03.2026 12:13 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Four women seated in chairs on a stage, taking part in a panel discussion at the Ukrainian Games Festival with some cameras in the foreground. The Ukrainian and US flags are visible to the right of the step-and-repeat backdrop with Ukrainian Games festival, Palaye, Ukrainian Games, Leleka Foundation, and Consulate General of Ukraine’s logos.

Four women seated in chairs on a stage, taking part in a panel discussion at the Ukrainian Games Festival with some cameras in the foreground. The Ukrainian and US flags are visible to the right of the step-and-repeat backdrop with Ukrainian Games festival, Palaye, Ukrainian Games, Leleka Foundation, and Consulate General of Ukraine’s logos.

Big thanks to Maria Grygorovych (GSC Game World), Olena Lobova (Burny Games), Chloé Giusti (ID@Xbox), and Irena Pereira (Unleashed Games) for for joining our panel discussion!

11.03.2026 12:13 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Really happy we got to make this happen. If you’re at GDC come visit, say hi to @m14.bsky.social and play some wonderful games.

11.03.2026 12:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What I wouldn’t have given for a timely critique of imperialist culture as an instrument of aggression but name-dropping Dostoevsky in a video game review is so much fun

15.01.2026 17:58 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Love the fact that the russian-born writer commissioned for the Pathologic piece barely got two sentences in before casually appropriating Gogol (who is of Ukrainian origin) as a wholly russian writer

15.01.2026 17:58 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Surreal, but not surprising, to see @eurogamer.bsky.social celebrating russian culture while Dostoevsky-loving russians destroy Ukraine’s power grid and heating in the middle of harshest winter in years

15.01.2026 17:58 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 1
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банка: send.monobank.ua/jar/5gDy1ArdK6
paypal: indiecup@gtpmedia.net

збираємо на генератори та зарядні станції для 22 бригади

за 22 гривні можна виграти призи:

02.06.2025 17:18 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

друзі, до нас поступала пропозиція подвоєння донатів

це означає, що коли ми додамо на банку ще 200 доларів (8300 гривень), то добрі люди закинуть нам ще 200 доларів зверху

зараз на банці 127 000 гривень. долучайтеся!

02.06.2025 17:13 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

116 Ukrainian drones achieved much more than 132 days of Trump’s presidency

01.06.2025 20:34 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The downplay doesn’t come from animosity toward Ukraine. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. NYT strives to report the truth but they internalized that russia is too powerful. Hence, what doesn’t fit is highly suspicious and must be held to a much higher journalistic rigour.

01.06.2025 19:21 👍 18 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Another downplay comes immediately afterwards. Sure, Ukraine has hit russia’s strategic bombers. Have you heard that russia killed some Ukrainians today, too?

01.06.2025 19:21 👍 18 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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You’d only know the front-page photo shows 🇺🇦 troops in Kherson (some 2,000km+ from the bases hit) and was taken in 2024 if you bothered to open the article.

There’s no shortage of explosive footage today. But using it would go against the narrative arc. And so, the downplay.

01.06.2025 19:21 👍 18 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

The downplay in effect at @nytimes.com

News about Ukrainian drone attack make the front page (too big not to) but the wording is vague and cautious: ‘targets’, ‘several aircraft’, ‘caught fire’.

Randomly illustrated with a photo of troops training in Kherson (from last year!).

01.06.2025 19:21 👍 48 🔁 19 💬 5 📌 2

If this is what Ukraine pulls off on day 1,194 of war, after months of Trump’s pressure, constant appeasement of russia, aid chokeholds, internal issues, and divided support from Europe, imagine what we’d do if the West truly stood behind us.

01.06.2025 13:31 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Now watch the media downplay Ukraine destroying strategic russian aviation because it doesn’t fit the ‘Ukraine is weak/losing/corrupt’ story arc.

01.06.2025 12:56 👍 16 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

Looks like Ukraine’s holding a few cards after all, huh.

01.06.2025 12:31 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

завдяки вам у бійців 14 полку тепер є ще один мавік 3т з додатковими батареями. дякуємо за підтримку!

19.03.2025 14:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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20.02.2025 16:20 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Результати нашого попереднього збору перед тим, як запустимо наступний — подарунки на ваші гроші вже півтора тижня допомагає артилеристам 22 бригади. Дякую!

22.01.2025 10:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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16.01.2025 20:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Our congratulations to #IndieCupUkraine24 winners!

• Gameplay Excellence Award — Shine On, My Little Sun
• Critics’ Choice Award — Shine On, My Little Sun
• Creators’ Choice Award — Awita: Journey of Hope
• Rising Star Award — Awita: Journey of Hope

#indiegamedev #indiegames #gamedev

24.12.2024 18:30 👍 18 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 2
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And now, it’s time to reveal the recipient of this year’s GAMEPLAY EXCELLENCE AWARD at #IndieCupUkraine24…

🏆 Shine On, My Little Sun by @forpixiestudio.bsky.social

Congratulations to the team on earning their second award at the festival!

24.12.2024 17:03 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 2
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Meet the winner of the CREATORS’ CHOICE AWARD at #IndieCupUkraine24!

Selected by a panel of YouTube & Twitch creators, it’s a name you’ve already heard today...

🏆 Awita: Journey of Hope by ant_game_dev

Congratulations!

24.12.2024 16:02 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
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We’re delighted to introduce the winner of the CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD at #IndieCupUkraine24...

🏆 Shine On, My Little Sun by @forpixiestudio.bsky.social

Congratulations to the team for being chosen as the festival’s best submission by the games journalists and critics on our jury!

24.12.2024 15:08 👍 12 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 1
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We’re excited to announce the winner of the RISING STAR AWARD at #IndieCupUkraine24...

🏆 Awita: Journey of Hope by ant_game_dev

Awita: Journey of Hope was recognized by the jury as the best festival submission from a small team without a publisher.

Congratulations!

24.12.2024 14:05 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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People’s Choice Award | Indie Cup Ukraine Voting is open from Dec 18 to Jan 7 Indie Cup’s charity award returns! Each game in the People’s Choice Award category has its own donation jar for our new fundraiser. We aim to raise 300,000 UAH (~$7...

indiecup.net/ukraine/vote

18.12.2024 15:07 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Happy to say we’re doing another charity vote at @indiecup.net this year!

People’s Choice Award is both an opportunity to discover more games from the festival and support a just cause by helping us purchase equipment for Titan Chaser auteur Stas Shostak’s unit.

Go check it out:

18.12.2024 15:07 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0