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Christophe De bont

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Kindness above all else ~ building the future of sustainable Belgian #gamedev @vlaamsavfonds.bsky.social ~ raising videogame literacy everywhere else ~ EN/NL ~ he/him christophedebont.be

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Nothing sus about those terms!

Am I reading it right that grants automatically translate into Net Revenue?

If you’re interested, would love to further discuss how public funding and Outersloth can reinforce each other!

09.03.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve seen my share of gamedev contracts and these are among the dev friendliest terms I’ve seen yet.

Will be interesting to see how/if more traditional investors will react to this.

09.03.2026 20:49 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
This weeks top 3 reviewed games; Slay the Spire 2, Marathon, Poker Night remake

This weeks top 3 reviewed games; Slay the Spire 2, Marathon, Poker Night remake

1/ so for the past few months I’ve been doing a weekly report on the most reviewed Steam games. this week’s data genuinely surprised me.

09.03.2026 12:40 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s so good!

08.03.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This man knows what’s up!

08.03.2026 09:47 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You’re the beeest - good luck with the talk!

07.03.2026 06:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry to hear that!

I guess what the talk will show is how utterly flooded these funds get, so the long turnaround is to be expected.

Doesn’t make it less annoying!

07.03.2026 06:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Any chance of this being recorded?

Would love to hear about this, but I’m also very much not attending GDC.

06.03.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

"dEaD GenRe"

(so happy for these folks, was properly thrilled with the demo)

06.03.2026 14:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bravo - bien mΓ©ritΓ©!

06.03.2026 11:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They'll soon find out there's no way to rage quit and disconnect in reality though.

05.03.2026 08:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Quite confused whether they're thinking about putting the boots on the ground or on the table? Also...

Which boots? What table?

So many questions.

(these people are clueless)

05.03.2026 08:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe it’s just me, but instead of being royally pissed about Microslop (keep doing that, please), they could be denouncing the use of their IP for this garbage propaganda.

05.03.2026 07:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The director of the Louvre resigned over a team of skilled burglars breaking and entering her museum.

These people are just throwing open the windows.

Just saying.

03.03.2026 09:34 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman with glasses says " don t even try it " ALT: a woman with glasses says " don t even try it "
27.02.2026 11:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hiep hiep!

Al 30 jaar mensen corrigeren dat het PokΓ©mon is en niet Pokemons.

27.02.2026 10:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

(more like a thrill)

23.02.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Plum Road Tea Dream on Steam An emotional adventure that invites you into the beautifully crafted world of personal discovery, identity, introspection and connection made by 'S', a queer person of color.

We are part of Steam Next Fest!

Play our demo here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3206340/...

23.02.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Swan Song Demo on Steam Swan Song is a cozy puzzle game that invites you to slow down, listen, and reflect. Set inside a magical music box, each puzzle asks players to place notes on a musical scale. When you turn the key, t...

Not mine exactly, but one we've supported and I can recommend 100% for cozy puzzle fans!

store.steampowered.com/app/3406030/...

23.02.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello Bluesky!

This is Gondola To Hopper, a cozy train simulator, that travels calmly at the bottom of your screen

πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ Discover 19th century Belgium
πŸš‚ Your personalised train
πŸš‰ Choose your destination
πŸ—ΊοΈ Enjoy the journey

#indiedev #gamedev

23.02.2026 11:36 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

I’m having a hard time deciding what’s worse:

a reality where Sam Altman actually believes one iota of what he’s cackling about (just LOOK AT HIS FACE at the end going β€œdid that make sense? that made sense right?”

or the room full of gleeful idiots nodding in approval at the nonsense he spouts

21.02.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Isn’t it ironic he suffers from the same logical fallacies as his plagiarism machine?

21.02.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MOLE Demo on Steam Pilot the Mole, a monstrous post-war drilling machine built to descend deep below the Slavic soil. Fix failing systems, follow voices of the dead, and pray you can survive whatever is sharing your cof...

You should give MOLE a try.

Best demo I played in a while!

store.steampowered.com/app/4137420/...

21.02.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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No Games For Genocide The games industry is complicit in genocide. It’s time to divest.

Apropos of nothing.

nogamesforgenocide.com

20.02.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Some of you may be concerned about my nickname 'The Bone Gnasher.' Let me assure you, there will be no bone gnashing on my watch!"

20.02.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

throat, obv

20.02.2026 14:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot from the Steam backends showing support contact info. A note is written where support email is that goes: "use a unique address here that you won't use anywhere else"

Screenshot from the Steam backends showing support contact info. A note is written where support email is that goes: "use a unique address here that you won't use anywhere else"

When announcing new games over the years, there's at least one thing that is unchanging: scams.

They have only one technique to scam you: Steam contact e-mail. You MUST assume that 100% of mails sent on it ARE scams.

NEVER put your main contact here, or else scams will be mixed with legit demands.

20.02.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
a Steam Deck that is displaying the game Skin Deep

a Steam Deck that is displaying the game Skin Deep

I wrote about things to plan early for if you want your game to be Steam Deck verified:
blendogames.com/news/post/20...

19.02.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 248 πŸ” 65 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

If you think this announcement is kinda bonkers, just wait until you play the actual game.

17.02.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The AI bubble RAM crisis is caused for non-existent problems by non-existent money for a non-existent infrastructure to meet non-existent demand to make non-existent business and will utterly destroy real business based on real demand and real infrastructure built with real money for real problems.

16.02.2026 21:54 πŸ‘ 7138 πŸ” 2583 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 45