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Level Designer & Writer β€’ He/Him πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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The Southern Fisheries Penal Colony is looking for new Expatriates!

πŸ¦€Crabmeat is Out Now on Steam πŸ¦€
store.steampowered.com/app/3671850/...

❄️Explore, Get big hauls, Defend your ship from attackers
πŸ§ͺBlend of First Person and Point and Click gameplay
πŸ•‘Short 2-3 hour experience

10.03.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 191 πŸ” 86 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 21

Amongst many other reasons why both are important, in a lot of places around the world AAA studios sponsor the events Indies use to market their games, connect with devs, and find publishers.

24.02.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Save 10% on Key Fairy on Steam A hand-drawn, pacifist, folkloric, bullet-hell. Grapple and dance around monsters to collect their shattered stars, weave your way through twisting paths, encounter strange folk, uncover ancient magic...

Key Fairy is officially released!

Buy it, lest ye be slain!

store.steampowered.com/app/2878580/...

19.02.2026 03:29 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 21

Remember: When you playtest a game, never take players’ feedback/suggestions at face value. Figure out what emotion is underneath what they’re telling you, and then figure out what in the game is causing that emotion

17.02.2026 06:22 πŸ‘ 761 πŸ” 185 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 10
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free level design advice for creating an FPS arena that people will call the best multiplayer map ever made for generations.

04.02.2026 19:53 πŸ‘ 835 πŸ” 233 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 0

sorry for being cringe I'm trying to enjoy being alive

02.02.2026 17:50 πŸ‘ 8188 πŸ” 4309 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 22
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It’s finally time to…

Unleash the βœ¦βΊβ‚Šβœ©GIRL POWERβœ©βΊβ‚Šβœ¦

Don’t Stop, Girlypop! is officially OUT NOW!!!!

You better be ready, because this sh❀t is serious πŸ‘‡

https://bit.ly/45CRvme

29.01.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 726 πŸ” 320 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 31

it's out now!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3811020/... #BLASTERMANCER

30.01.2026 01:54 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
Pie chart for "Game Development Time Allotment".  5% of the time is "Working on new features."  95% of the time is "Trying to figure out why a feature that worked perfectly fine for months inexplicably stopped working."

Pie chart for "Game Development Time Allotment". 5% of the time is "Working on new features." 95% of the time is "Trying to figure out why a feature that worked perfectly fine for months inexplicably stopped working."

Have you ever wondered how time is spent in game development? I've made a handy pie chart to illustrate it.

25.01.2026 02:44 πŸ‘ 207 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2
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Interview: The secret identities that birthed Freeplay We spoke with Katharine Neil in commemoration of Freeplay festival’s 20th anniversary

I interviewed Freeplay's co-founder Katharine Neil a couple of years ago about its origins & legacy. There was SO much fascinating stuff that I couldn't publish but I'm still really proud of the piece & feel as if documenting this stuff holds a tiny bit of importance too.

20.01.2026 10:44 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Right!

20.01.2026 08:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This needs to be louder: "Of the 81 arts organisations supported by Creative Enterprises in the 2026-2029 funding round, none are games/interactive arts organisations."

Freeplay is hugely important, we have to find a way to keep it alive πŸ™

20.01.2026 08:02 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Phasmophobia developer launches Kinetic Publishing to "support and champion creativity within the indie space" Daniel Knight and Asim Tanvir explain their plan to fund two to three indie projects a year up to budgets of Β£1 million

Kinetic Games, the developer behind Phasmophobia, has announced the launch of Kinetic Publishing to "support and champion creativity within the indie space". The publisher will fund two to three indie projects a year up to budgets of Β£1 million.

www.gamesindustry.biz/phasmophobia...

08.01.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 159 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 7
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you don't know me

02.01.2026 01:40 πŸ‘ 14291 πŸ” 4043 πŸ’¬ 98 πŸ“Œ 111

Hey isn't this that Counterstrike map

28.12.2025 02:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapbβ€”"

You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.

27.12.2025 02:15 πŸ‘ 16111 πŸ” 3298 πŸ’¬ 69 πŸ“Œ 42
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24.12.2025 22:42 πŸ‘ 2149 πŸ” 576 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 8
Santa's Got a Bag of Soul
Santa's Got a Brand New Groove
Santa's Got a Brand New Bag
Santa's Got a Semi
Santa's Got a Mean Machine
Santa's Got a Sweet Tooth
Santa's Got a Choo Choo Train
Santa's Got a Brand New Dance
Santa's Got a Sun Burn

Santa's Got a Bag of Soul Santa's Got a Brand New Groove Santa's Got a Brand New Bag Santa's Got a Semi Santa's Got a Mean Machine Santa's Got a Sweet Tooth Santa's Got a Choo Choo Train Santa's Got a Brand New Dance Santa's Got a Sun Burn

Santa's Got a Zoot Suit
Santa's Got an Airplane
Santa's Got a Bottle
Santa Claus Got Stuck
Santa's Got Nothing On You, Babe
Santa's Got a Dirty Job
Santa's Got an Afro
Santa's Got a Big Old Bag
Santa's Got the Blues

Santa's Got a Zoot Suit Santa's Got an Airplane Santa's Got a Bottle Santa Claus Got Stuck Santa's Got Nothing On You, Babe Santa's Got a Dirty Job Santa's Got an Afro Santa's Got a Big Old Bag Santa's Got the Blues

Santa's Got a Cadillac
Santa Got Stuck in the Chimney
Santa's Got a Hot Rod Sleigh
Santa's Got the Munchies
Santa's Got His Eye on You
Santa's Got His Baby Something Good
Santa's Got Something For You
Santa's Got a Brand New Sled
Santa's Got The Groove

Santa's Got a Cadillac Santa Got Stuck in the Chimney Santa's Got a Hot Rod Sleigh Santa's Got the Munchies Santa's Got His Eye on You Santa's Got His Baby Something Good Santa's Got Something For You Santa's Got a Brand New Sled Santa's Got The Groove

Santa's Got It Easy
(Santa’s Got A) Rocket Sled on Rails
Santa's Got The Vaccine
Santa's Got The Blues
Santa's Got It In The Bag
Santa's Got a Six Pack
Santa Got High For Christmas
Santa Got Stuck in the Mud
Santa's Got a Wish List Too

Santa's Got It Easy (Santa’s Got A) Rocket Sled on Rails Santa's Got The Vaccine Santa's Got The Blues Santa's Got It In The Bag Santa's Got a Six Pack Santa Got High For Christmas Santa Got Stuck in the Mud Santa's Got a Wish List Too

It's December! Happy festive season everyone πŸŽ„β›±οΈπŸŽ…β˜ƒοΈ Already wondering what Santa's got this year? Maybe consult my playlist of all the things Santa's Got:

open.spotify.com/playlist/308...

30.11.2024 23:10 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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Microsoft's year of shame Can't make a few trillion dollars without ditching game developers, going googoo gaga for AI and supplying tech to the military, I suppose!

So very tired, but I couldn't let 2025 end without taking stock of Microsoft's embarrassing treatment of gaming, Windows, and indeed human beings while it chases the AI money train

23.12.2025 18:42 πŸ‘ 294 πŸ” 100 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2

Disgusting of them to trial you for a job you did that long. Wtf. You deserve so much better I'm so sorry

19.12.2025 02:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What!!!!!

19.12.2025 02:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

✨ BOOKS OPEN!✨
My clients for this year have wrapped and in 2026 I will be looking for new work! I am a Art Lead with a specialty in anything 2D, who has also done business admin. I'd love to work with kind folks making cool things, if this sounds like you plz shoot me a msgπŸ’š

12.12.2025 04:30 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4
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Thank you to all the incredible ANZ-based developers who took part in our first Frosty Mini showcase today, and shared such wonderful announcements!

What a beautiful line-up πŸ‘πŸΌ

09.12.2025 21:41 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 7

A scroll bar that's actually a little elevator. At peak hour. Takes about 5 minutes to get from the bottom of the screen to the top because the little people have to get on/off at every floor

04.12.2025 06:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hahaha yes, even better if it's extremely granular. I want a 1000 item list of every possible setting on a toggle. Some combinations result in a fatal error of course. 😌

04.12.2025 06:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes extremely good. Would solve a spam clicking epidemic

04.12.2025 03:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Truly diabolical. I love it.

Re volume controls it'd be hilarious to have to chase the speaker around your screen with your mouse cursor, and the stamina bar of the fleeing speaker icon is the volume

04.12.2025 01:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You can do anything with the power of game design

04.12.2025 00:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lately I've been in Options Screen UI space and I often think of that thread of intentionally bad volume controls. I think we should rehash this with brave new worse ideas. ie Make the player type the whole name of the monitor they want to switch their game to.

04.12.2025 00:12 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0