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Actually Human. Indie Game Curator, Artist, & Essayist (He/Him) 🚫No AI https://wanderbot.carrd.co/

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You can’t fool me, you’re clearly a Team Rocket grunt!

10.03.2026 20:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Save 30% on THYSIASTERY on Steam THYSIASTERY is a dungeon crawler RPG featuring traditional roguelike and turn-based gameplay. Command a party of bearers of the Brand, drawn into a vast Labyrinth. Recruit while exploring the Labyrint...

I don't know why, but we're getting one heck of a Blobber renaissance this year, and I'm very here for it.

store.steampowered.com/app/3140180/... - THYSIASTERY came out today and takes all the best aesthetic notes of old school blobbers, but mixes it with some really fun dynamic character building.

10.03.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like some kinda Gacha + Bong hybrid.

Which sounds extremely cursed actually.

10.03.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Nova Drift:  Now Available On iOS & Android
Nova Drift: Now Available On iOS & Android YouTube video by Pixeljam Games

β˜„οΈNova Drift is now out on iOS and Android!πŸ“±
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPjl...
πŸ”ΉiOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/nova-...
πŸ”ΉAndroid: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Lite versions are also available if you want to try before you buy. We also offer an itch build. [1/2]

10.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

I am very blessed to be supported by Outersloth, they walk the talk on sustainable development for indie developers

09.03.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There was a Toy Story 4???

Why? 3 was a messy, but decent stopping point.

09.03.2026 09:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I want to like that game, but Awaken Realms’ undisclosed AI use for their boardgames really soured me on all their associated products.

I can see threads of people saying FoA also uses AI for 2D art + possibly codex entries, but the sources on the Steam forums have been removed, so buyer beware.

08.03.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I just save myself the hassle and go to bed at 4. There is some indignation about that 4 am arriving too early though.

08.03.2026 07:25 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was really interesting being one of the only people covering Slay the Spire for the first month or so. It felt like one of those days where you know it's going to rain, hard, it was just a matter of when.

Ya'll have knocked it out of the park, twice, and it's incredible to see. Congrats!

06.03.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Slay the Spire 2's concurrent Steam players just hit 179,456, the highest ever for any roguelike.

When StS1 first launched back in 2017, it had 193 concurrent players.

That's a 92,982% increase, meaning StS3 is on track to hit 166,861,777 concurrent players by 2035. πŸ’ͺ

06.03.2026 00:31 πŸ‘ 2196 πŸ” 416 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 42

I had that happen with Minecraft when it initially launched. Bunch of friends got sucked into it above and beyond any other game (including MMO's) and I don't think I ever saw them again.

WoW is definitely the worst offender back in the 2000's, but I think some people will get sucked into anything.

06.03.2026 02:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Its absolutely delicious (if a bit greasy)… but it’s also keeping me up past 3 am so I can make sure it cooks + cools properly.

Worth it.

05.03.2026 08:04 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I made 3 AM Corned Beef Split Pea Stew, it smells so dang good.

We made corned beef for reubens earlier today, and rather than throw out the dregs after removing the meat, I threw in split peas, carrots, celery, and potatoes, plus a tablespoon of bouillon, and kept it cooking.

05.03.2026 08:04 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

If anyone else is willing to share Steam Next Fest numbers, please reply to this post.

Let's normalize sharing reality and not "fake it til you make it" culture.

04.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
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🌟 It's here! Mistpaw Ravine is now available on Steam!! 🌟

Build a home for magical cats, have them shoot lightning, clean their poop!

Get it now: store.steampowered.com/app/3735490/...

04.03.2026 16:28 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 5

With luck, most devs will make the switch and start supporting linux at launch too.

04.03.2026 04:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this is true, but i do think its worth noting that pixelframe is likely pushing these generators out in order to draw traffic to their website, which is, in itself, pro ai. just because the font generator doesnt use ai doesnt mean using it doesnt support people that do

03.03.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, they’ve gotten considerably worse in the last 10-20 years.

Plus now that I’m older they give me hella bad acid reflux, so I avoid them like the plague.

02.03.2026 18:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The entire millennial identity is being prepared and groomed for a version of the world that stopped existing by the time we reached it

we slammed into a horizon painted on a brick wall like fucking looney tunes

01.03.2026 03:42 πŸ‘ 6392 πŸ” 1948 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 80

Important to share because Mightreya does NOT disclose the use of AI on the Steam Game page at present.

28.02.2026 09:29 πŸ‘ 288 πŸ” 229 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

Facism cannot afford to let any of us be happy or we might start hoping for a better future.

It sucks.

28.02.2026 14:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Word of advice to devs - if you plan to only have your demo up for nextfest, then take it down - chances are it's going to really hurt your coverage. There isn't a single creator I know that isn't basically in battle mode to handle the emails, much less sort through the thousands of demos on steam.

27.02.2026 12:55 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Bud Askins from the Fallout TV show, reduced to a brain in a romba with a grabby claw.

Bud Askins from the Fallout TV show, reduced to a brain in a romba with a grabby claw.

Isn't that 1:1 the vault sideplot in the Fallout TV show? Where this one guy is so middle-manager-pilled that he wants to preserve/create a master race of managers... and ends up as a brain in an exceptionally stupid roomba?

27.02.2026 02:19 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Actually, the left is winning the AI debate But it does need to get organized.

The left is not "missing out" on AI. It's winning the argument. Americans worry about AI and dislike tech CEOs. They're mobilizing against data centers. They support regulation, even refusal.

Calls for the left to embrace AI are an effort to change the terms of the debate in Silicon Valley's favor.

26.02.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 961 πŸ” 317 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 27
A fake PS1 cover with an illustration of Metal Greymon roaring at the sky with a tiny, cheering Wanderbot standing on its back.

A fake PS1 cover with an illustration of Metal Greymon roaring at the sky with a tiny, cheering Wanderbot standing on its back.

So I started playing Digimon World 1 for fun + nostalgia and managed to get Metal Greymon as my first Ultimate. Dude was so tanky he cleared 80% of the game in the span of a few days, so I figured I should actually draw him.

Blue Metal Greymon > Orange Metal Greymon, any day, every day.

26.02.2026 23:37 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It's still 100% worth participating in my opinion, but it's not nearly as reliable for visibility as it used to be 3+ years ago unless you put a lot of legwork in beforehand.

26.02.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On the other hand, it's showing me all sorts of boring AI generated simulator games + visual novels, so I get the feeling that the Next Fest Discovery queue is largely based on popularity more than anything else, which means I have to dig longer to find the hidden gems.

26.02.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As for the Next Fest: I've sorted through ~400 games so far using the new recommendation queue, and have yet to see your game show up.

This is more the fault of algorithms than anything else (I also don't play PvP games, so maybe that's part of it?)

26.02.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

For Bluesky, participating in sharing threads, catching the attention of other creators/developers, or even just regular interactions works well at getting my attention.

Word of Mouth is tricky, since a game has to catch my friends/fans' attention before mine, which doesn't happen often.

26.02.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

IMO an email to my public inbox is still good. That way even if I completely miss the initial outreach, I might see a game recommended elsewhere and can go find that email and add it to my docket.

Otherwise: bluesky, word of mouth recommendations, and the Next Fest are my main ways of discovery.

26.02.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0