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Indie fund Outersloth has rejected every generative AI pitch it has received 'I really like a game that has soul.'

Indie fund Outersloth has rejected every generative AI pitch it has received

#whatagamedevlookslike Hey! I'm a 2D/3D character artist, animator, and 1/3 of Rocket Adrift. I'm also a WOC. I'm not at GDC as I've never been able to afford it. Despite barriers like this, I've been developing games since 2019 and I'm gonna continue to as long as I can!

A disturbed man covered in lesions looks menacingly at the viewer from over his shoulder. Rendered in a colorful pixel-art style.

Hand-drawn 2D screenshot of a teen girl hugging an anthropomorphized raptor taken from Raptor Boyfriend: A High School Romance.

A 1-bit pixel character sheet of a boss character from Dead Finger Dice: The Billionaire Killing Game. Depicts an oil tycoon frogman looking condescendingly down at the viewer while holding a lit cigar and surrounded by various statistics.

A low-poly 3D render of a severely mutated figure with 3 different angles in T-pose.

Thanks! I'm Lindsay, Co-founder of @rocketadrift.bsky.social and character artist/animator. I've worked on Raptor Boyfriend, Psychroma, Dead Finger Dice, and am currently working on an unannounced survival horror game.
Ttagging my partner, @slowntimeevent.bsky.social !

Lindsay at the booth for Queer Games Con 2025 showing off Psychroma

Lindsay and Sloane at the temporary recording studio set up! Space granted to us by Ben McNally Books!

Rocket Adrift team at the Ubisoft Indie Series 2023 awards ceremony holding up the check for $50,000.

Rocket Adrift Games studio logo

Happy International Women's Day! Rocket Adrift Games is 2/3rds founded, run and operated by women! @linrocketadrift.bsky.social and @slowntimeevent.bsky.social have been working on games that center women and gender-queer characters since 2021 and we're still going strong!
#gamedev

WIP screenshot taken from footage of 3D level featuring the player character running across a railed walk-way.

🛠️Working on camera stuff for our unannounced survival horror game. If you wanna learn more about what we're doing, check out our Patreon --> www.patreon.com/cw/rocketadr...
#WIP #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

St Patrick's Day Steam Sale Brings Irish Games to a Global Audience — Imirt Imirt - The Irish Game Makers Association is proud to present the Games from Ireland Steam Event , a week-long digital showcase celebrating games made in Ireland or shaped by Irish creative talent an...

We’re delighted to reveal the Irish Games art-piece we commissioned from acclaimed Irish artist and game developer @denmanrooke.com, showcasing some of the incredible games and characters from across Irish games, alongside touchpoints of Irish culture.

www.imirt.ie/news/2026/3/...

Patreon Re-vamp | Rocket Adrift Get more from Rocket Adrift on Patreon

📣Did you know that we had a Patreon?
If you want to support real human game devs making games for other real humans, consider joining and supporting us there!
(plus, get an early look at what we're cooking...!)
#NoAI #gamedev #indiedev #Patreon

www.patreon.com/posts/patreo...

Folks with prior success are struggling to realize that the game industry has changed completely. It's never going back to how it was. Funding, development, and audiences have all fragmented and that is the "new normal." Only folks who have been scrapping their whole career will weather this change.

A darkened medical room with a lone figure standing at the far corner, staring through a window lit from behind in red.

Got some emissive materials working
#screenshotsaturday #lowpoly #gamedev

Attendees at a gdocexpo watch party

Did you know? 💭 83% of Black teens play games, but only 2% of creators are Black. We aim to address disparities like this.

Learn more about how we approach bridging these gaps in our 2025 Game Devs of Color Impact Report: www.gamedevsofcolor.org/impact-report

I lived through publishers telling me constantly that NFTs and Crypto games were the future and I needed to get on the train and design them or I'd be left behind.

I said NO.

I'll outlast "AI generated games" too. That's an oath.

#gamedev #games

low-poly, 3d character model of a deformed monster enemy type for an unannounced indie horror game. Done in Blender

Just modeling monstrosities for a horror game. How has your day been?
#low-poly #3dmodeling #gamedev #Blender

Screen capture of unannounced game with low-poly, fixed-camera aesthetic. The player character stands in the center of a dingy medical room.

Filling out the space
#low-poly #Godot4 #Blender #gamedev

Hey game designer chums, don’t care how big the check is. If I see your name on a table top or board game related to this we’re not cool any more.

No one is playing Relooted despite the fanfare in the press and during the SGF block. This follows a larger trend of games journalists and readers celebrating games that center marginalized voices but not actually playing the games or engaging with them or supporting the developers financially

The cover image for the fundraiser featuring a trans flag, the two charity logos, and an outline of the state of Idaho.

It's TTRPGs for Trans Rights Season! The game jam is now open for submissions to TTRPGs for Trans Rights—Idaho! Games, art, zines, and more welcome through March 8th! Proceeds from this bundle will benefit @transaffirminc.bsky.social and @tccidaho.bsky.social!

itch.io/jam/ttrpgs-f...

Low-poly 3d model of a futuristic hospital bed with the faint indentation of a body in the padded cushion. Done in Blender by our environment artist, Sloane.

Low-poly bed by @slowntimeevent.bsky.social
#blender #low-poly #gamedev #3Dmodeling

If you wanna support a small independent team making games WITH NO AI, check out @rocketadrift.bsky.social :)
store.steampowered.com/bundle/66733...

Low-poly, retro computer modeled in #Blender by @slowntimeevent.bsky.social
#lowpoly #3Dmodeling #gamedev

A screenshot of an article that reads:- "As seen above, 52.83% of gamers still use 1080p resolution, and while the count has dropped by 3.15%, it still represents more than half of Steam’s user base. 1440p is now gaining traction, with the percentage rising to 20.79% as of November 2025. 4k resolution accounts for only 4.21% of the market, with a slight 0.62% gain over the past year."

We build to 4K resolutions, but it's always worth a reminder that the majority of players on Steam still use 1080p.

Hey, everyone! I'm a black queer woman and co-founder of Rocket Adrift Games, a small indie game developer studio.

I make character designs and animations as well as lead in marketing for Raptor Boyfriend, Psychroma, and Dead Finger Dice!
#indiegames #gamedev #blackhistorymonth

@linrocketadrift.bsky.social !

I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.

But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.

Godot 4.6 Release: It's all about your flow With the stability gained over the past five releases, it's time for polish and quality of life improvements for everyday development.

#Godot 4.6 is out, and all about your flow!

This release puts you and your workflow first with a new theme, flexible docks, and dozens of UX improvements. And Jolt Physics by default, revamped IK, better reflections, and more.

Less wrestling with UI. More making games.
godotengine.org/releases/4.6

Got some animations going in engine. Positions are a bit wonky, so it's still a WIP. Super excited though!
#godot4 #blender #indiegame #lowpoly #gamedev

Reading this was infuriating, and the award seizure is only partly why.

Worth reading though. A bitter example of how badly the game industry fails those who do the actual work.

Look at the difference a few flat textures (and some lighting) makes! You can grab the textures for free, a gift from me to you; kenney.nl/assets/retro... #gamedev

Doing some style tests while also learning more 3D modeling in #Blender. Modeled Kei from Akira in this low-poly style.
#indiegame #gamedev #lowpoly

19th Annual IndieCade Festival Join us this January 16th - 30th, 2026 as we celebrate this past year’s IndieCade indie game nominees. Connect with the creators, play demos and featured games, and more!

IndieCade awards festival kicks off today! Please show some love to these award nominees

store.steampowered.com/sale/IndieCa...
#IndieCadeFestival #indiegame #gamedev

Announcement: STEAM DEMO OUT NOW!

The early dungeons of Forbidden Solitaire are now open to those bold - or foolish - enough to explore them.

How badly do you wish to live forever? 👁️🩸
👇👇👇

store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

Please wishlist and share - thank you!
#indiedev