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Brian Nielsen

@briannielsen88

Game developer at Adroit Studios(https://adroit.missouri.edu/) creating educational and serious games. https://brnielsen.itch.io/ Big fan of martial arts, Final Fantasy VIII and peanut butter.

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Going to GDC? Check out this picnic I'm hosting with Boston Game Dev.

Missing that cozy crimson autumn foliage? Come hang out with organizers, developers, and artists from New England for some socializing and cozy picnic fun! Meet local devs showcasing games at GDC!

#GDC #gamedev #picnic #boston

01.03.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet Julian! In Island of Lost Things, you encounter Julian, a spirit trapped between life and death. (1/3)

20.12.2025 17:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

fated to embodiment as a lowly sprite

20.12.2025 19:57 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Heyo! Check out my piece in drip literary magazine, where I tried to capture a timeless terror
www.driplitmag.com/issue-8-fear

16.12.2025 17:22 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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an Aqliyya slaying a new-age Boga

13.12.2025 00:59 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Island of Lost Things on Steam Play as Eric, a spirit medium, who is navigating the space between life and death. Help trapped souls by recovering items from their past, reconnecting them with their lives, and guiding them to make ...

Island of Lost Things is available to play TODAY!

Find it on STEAM now!
store.steampowered.com/app/4050880/...

12.12.2025 17:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Choice Matters in Narrative Games β€” Brittney Nickerson An exploration of choice, how to do it, and why it matters in narrative games as seen through Island of Lost Things.

In my final blog post of the year, we're exploring why choice matters in narrative games, featuring the game I wrote: Island of Lost Things (available now on Steam!)

www.brittneynickerson.com/blog/why-cho...

13.12.2025 14:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pick a location, get a game dev studio interview: www.weloveeverygame.com/articles/spo...

Also, fill this out to have us interview your face: weloveeverygame.fillout.com/t/7UAy284nUnus

09.12.2025 02:11 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of some of the team behind Vortex Siege posing in front of our Boston Festival of Indie Games booth.

Photo of some of the team behind Vortex Siege posing in front of our Boston Festival of Indie Games booth.

Had a great time at Boston FIG! Amazing to meet everyone who came! We're gonna take your feedback and experiences and use it to make the game even better. Thank you all so much!

#bostonfig #gamedev #indiedev #games #roguelike #deckbuilder #ccg #vortexsiege

08.12.2025 15:35 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Boston Game Dev | Meetup Boston Game Dev convenes many of the game-creator meetups in the greater Boston area, Our goal is to create a unified source of meetup information for the game-making community in eastern MA. If you m...

@bostonfig.bsky.social might have ended, but you can join us for more local games @ Boston Indies! πŸ’€πŸͺ„

Join Boston Game Dev on Meetup to keep up with local game developer events and be notified when our next event is scheduled! ✨

www.meetup.com/bostongamedev/

08.12.2025 03:26 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a shesha from the clay polis (sorry for the repost original had an unbearable typo)

07.12.2025 23:12 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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undead wanderer

28.11.2025 00:39 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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pretty happy with this little set, definitely more elegant ways to try and do it with future sketches

24.11.2025 15:58 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

That would be fantastic, thank you ☺️

22.11.2025 20:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Solid chat. Could be me approaching 40 but I'm getting more and more interested in rapid prototyping processes for smaller teams making sub one year projects.

Is there anything out on the interwebs with you and Ash going into how you do things?

21.11.2025 12:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Two pals chattin', just like the old days

20.11.2025 17:51 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Vortex Siege on Steam Defend your city in Vortex Siege, a roguelike collectible card game where you can evolve your cards in unique ways for millions of possibilities. Defeat your enemies in battle, steal their cards, and ...

Our CCG roguelite deckbuilder, Vortex Siege, just launched a public playtest! Check it out here: store.steampowered.com/app/3029050/...

#indiedev #gamedev #playtest #vortexsiege

18.11.2025 14:16 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Ezra Szanton - Building Synergy Networks for better Roguelike Deckbuilders
Ezra Szanton - Building Synergy Networks for better Roguelike Deckbuilders YouTube video by Roguelike Celebration

My roguelike celebration talk just went up on YouTube!

I love mental models that help me design and analyze games, so here I am presenting one about how I design synergies for Roguelike Deckbuilders.

youtu.be/JfNeYtH7xI4?...

17.11.2025 16:40 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Holiday Party 2025, Fri, Dec 19, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup Join us at the Boston Game Dev Holiday Party! 7pm to 11pm We are returning to the VFW (Dilboy Post) just outside of Davis Sq. There will be pizza, a cash bar, retro game

It's 36 degrees out and that's a good sign that ❄️Winter holidays❄️ are almost upon us! Come celebrate with us! There will be pizza, a cash bar, retro games, music and all around coziness. RSVP below.

πŸ•› 7-11 PM
πŸ—“οΈ December 19th
🌎 Davis Square, Somerville

www.meetup.com/bostongamede...

19.11.2025 22:58 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4
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Game Dev Stories with Bryant Francis, featuring Luigi Guatieri, Wed, Nov 19, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup Bryant Francis sits down with Luigi Guatieri to get his game dev story! Come join the Boston Game Dev [Discord](https://discord.gg/pTq5qs6a6k), where the event will be liv

Next Wednesday evening, join @bryantfrancis.me for a chat with Luigi of Popcannibal on the Boston Game Dev Discord!

www.meetup.com/bostongamede...

13.11.2025 15:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Game Audio Boston with Akash Thakkar (Sound Designer), Tue, Nov 25, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup For our last meetup of 2025 we're chatting with sound designer, educator and public speaker extraordinaire Akash Thakkar! Known for titles like Hyper Light Drifter, Outer W

Hey #gameaudio folks! For our last virtual meetup of 2025 we're chatting with sound designer, educator, Sound Business podcast host, and public speaker extraordinaire @akashthakkar.com! You won't want to miss it!
#sounddesign #indiedev #gamedev

www.meetup.com/bostongamede...

13.11.2025 16:49 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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raising of the golden dead working pretty well now, these are all existing units that previously died, so the history of the game kind of gets recited through reanimation, the tall ones are a bunch of giant obars and the big slouching ones are a defeated group of icedrakes

13.11.2025 17:51 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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set up some messaging just to see if the computer players are doing some of the new actions

14.11.2025 17:21 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's almost the weekend in my neck of the woods! If you're looking for a cute way to spend approximately 15 minutes of your weekend, check out my tiny Over the Garden Wall adventure game πŸ‚πŸŽ -- FREE to play in-browser on my itchio page below! Now with a walkthrough available! πŸ‘‡ Happy weekend! πŸŽ‰

14.11.2025 19:12 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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[EARLY ACCESS] The Making of Disco Elysium - Part One: Foundations | /noclip Get more from /noclip on Patreon

[FOR EARLY ACCESS PATRONS]
The Making of Disco Elysium - Part One: Foundations (38 mins)
www.patreon.com/posts/early-...

Our full 5-part series starts going public on November 24th. Early Access Patrons get episodes a week early.

15.11.2025 16:52 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

It's the weekend, go play with the new turrets, they're neat

15.11.2025 17:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A bit of everything for #screenshotsaturday. Defending the settlement, repairing a turret, collecting a new settler, constructing a new building, clearing out the sprawl. Huzzah and such

Check out the demo! store.steampowered.com/app/3580340/Ash__Adams_Existential_Treads/

#indiegame

08.11.2025 15:35 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Mainely Rat Rescue Fall Auction (2025) Silent auction 'Mainely Rat Rescue Fall Auction (2025)' hosted online at 32auctions.

Hey everyone, some of my paintings, pins, and stickers are up for auction with the Mainely Rat Rescue. The paintings are all originals, so if you wanna buy a painting while supporting charity, here you go!

www.32auctions.com/organization...

25.10.2025 16:24 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

hey folks - just in case you missed it, we just decided to extend the deadline to submit to 2026 Experimental Games Showcase at GDC one more week! if you or anyone you know was thinking of submitting but ran out of time, now's your chance! www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com

25.10.2025 18:17 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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whose dung steams high, high, high...whose dung steams beyond measure

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