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Ted DiNola πŸ”œ GDC

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Developer Evangelist @ Xsolla | Game programmer, designer, and consultant | Helping folks build games, studios, and other things with intention

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The Outersloth Contract | Innersloth - Creators of Among Us and The Henry Stickmin Collection! Hello!

πŸ’°THE OUTERSLOTH CONTRACT πŸ’°

We just released the FULL contract and terms that all our games sign!

We hope this challenges the status quo of what you see out there.

In a nutshell:
πŸ’Έ Pre-recoup 50/50
πŸ’Έ Post-recoup 15/85
πŸ’Έ Terms after 7 years

www.innersloth.com/the-outerslo...

09.03.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 935 πŸ” 304 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 41
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If anyone is willing to share, I would be very appreciative!! πŸ”§πŸƒ

We've just set the launch trailer live for Piece by Piece, our cozy repair shop game that is coming THIS WEEK, on March 11!!

You can see it below, and find the game here: store.steampowered.com/app/3179050/...

09.03.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 279 πŸ” 165 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 14

Making your way from Yerba Buena Gardens to any given talk gives a real-life example of Zeno’s paradox. You can only ever make it half way before you run into someone you know.

Or like, a fiftieth of the way.

09.03.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ted @ GDC Grab time with Ted at GDC - Powered by Reclaim.ai

Want a demo on all the things #Xsolla can help with? Grab some time with me!

I’m also up to check out your game pitch or answer questions about roadmap, distribution, and go to market planning!

app.reclaim.ai/m/stellamari...

09.03.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us at GDC 2026! | Xsolla Launch, monetize, and scale with Xsolla tools and services

Come on over to 661 Howard for demos on β€œall the things” Xsolla can help with, so you can focus on making your games!

Come grab some coffee, food, and knowledge!

#GameDev #IndieDev #Xsolla

09.03.2026 19:33 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Get expert guidance from the Xsolla Developer Relations team Learn how Xsolla’s Developer Relations team helps game developers solve challenges, implement strategies, and ship games more efficiently.

Here's what my team's up to this week! #Xsolla #GDC26

08.03.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Made it to San Francisco, hope to see a bunch of you around this week. Looking forward to Day of the Devs this afternoon!

08.03.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜β€˜Twas the night before GDC, and all through my home, I couldn’t stop stirring, preparing to roam.

Electronics charging and bags mostly packed, my schedule arrayed with everything tracked.

When down on my desk, my phone starts to chime, with DMs from folks seeking to find some time”

08.03.2026 03:17 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh no, GDC is only a week away. Time moves too fast.

01.03.2026 14:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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They Thought It Was Burnout or Aging. It Was ADHD. β€” New York Magazine A wave of midlife diagnoses in women is revealing the disorder’s hormonal link.

While I’m not a woman, as a late-diagnosed #ADHD have, the stories in this piece are highly relatable.

After decades of just β€œbeing weird and smart and late for stuff all the time”, and struggling hard as I entered my 30s, the diagnosis, and learning how to handle it? Life changing.

01.03.2026 14:37 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Pombon

Pombon

Pombon again

Pombon again

Inside of me there are two wolves.

01.03.2026 01:40 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
PokΓ©mon Fire Red setup screen. Oak’s grandson has been named β€œBALLS”

PokΓ©mon Fire Red setup screen. Oak’s grandson has been named β€œBALLS”

I have never aged a single day

26.02.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I have noticed that I am installing more Next Fest demos each day than I am playing. This will surely be a problem.

26.02.2026 04:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, Vampire Crawlers is my jam.

26.02.2026 04:47 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ—‘οΈπŸ¦œ

26.02.2026 03:02 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our next game is Verminsteel!

You're a bird with a broadsword, kicking thousands of fascists so hard they fly into the sun

PLEASE go wishlist it, it'll make me really happy and help me stop low-key panicking and stuff: store.steampowered.com/app/4352280/... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

25.02.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 1240 πŸ” 573 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 56
A Delivery incomplete notice.

β€œThere was a temporary problem delivering your message to consultation@onebighand.com. Gmail will retry for 45 more hours. You'll be notified if the delivery fails permanently.”

A Delivery incomplete notice. β€œThere was a temporary problem delivering your message to consultation@onebighand.com. Gmail will retry for 45 more hours. You'll be notified if the delivery fails permanently.”

@jacobjanerka.bsky.social My hopes have been dashed. πŸ‘‹

26.02.2026 02:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I finally started watching Starfleet Academy, and I kinda love it.

26.02.2026 01:42 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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26.02.2026 01:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tribes 2. The only thing missing was the Shrike, but feature creep is evil XD

26.02.2026 00:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Scoreboard from a match of Midair 2

Scoreboard from a match of Midair 2

Played a few rounds after work. Amazing how that muscle memory kicks in; you've nailed the feel! πŸ‘

25.02.2026 23:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man wearing a red sweater and tie is sitting on a couch and says mmhm ALT: a man wearing a red sweater and tie is sitting on a couch and says mmhm
25.02.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We're two weeks out from our annual GDK@GDC. Come hang with us 🎀

25.02.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good lord, next fest has over 4000 demos this year. *4000+* What.

25.02.2026 14:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rainbow Legends Demo on Steam A territory-control roguelike deck builder where the side with more tiles at round’s end deals damage. Seize ground, place structures, shield your core, and unlock builds with card shapes, factions, a...

Ok I leave you with this game's trailer music. Like damn that goes hard. *jams out*

25.02.2026 06:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ok that's enough Next Fest exploring. I'm going to sleep. Night, Bsky

25.02.2026 06:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Midair 2 on Steam Midair 2 is a fast-paced jetpack fps set in a futuristic sci-fi universe. Use movement and physics to your advantage, outwit your enemy from every angle, you'll never look at a shooter the same way ag...

AHHH SOMEONE MADE A TRIBES-LIKE!!!
They even have a spinfusor clone.

25.02.2026 06:08 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Watch this space? Always a long shot but some smart folks I work with are taking swings to help build better channels.

25.02.2026 06:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The worst part of Next Fest is I have Mewgenics and Cairn sitting in my library, taunting me. But like, demos. New things, from new folks.

25.02.2026 06:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When we released ROM back in 2015 there were something like... ~200 games per month released on Steam? I think last year we saw over 20k things pushed there.

More folks making games than ever, and discovery tools have just kinda sat there...

25.02.2026 05:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0