The PIGCON: Portland Indie Game Convention logo, depicting a large Cubepig over a city with a bridge. Text also reads "May 30th - 31st, 2026 Norse Hall, Portland, OR"
PIGCON game & presentation submissions are now open!
pigcon.pigsquad.com
Share your insights, skills, and weird stuff on the show floor or speaker hall in a weekend of wonderful people & games :)
Applications close April 6th!
"PIGSquad Tabletop Jam" A wizard's hand throws a series of pink dice, two of which are d6's with Cubepig's face on them.
Had a blast at the showcase last night! We're actually starting another jam on Thursday for TABLETOP stuff if you wanna join in 😍
Meeting up in SE for the kickoff, and we're planning some big stuff for the showcase!
pigsquad.com/events-list/...
gbout.itch.io/fish-fear-me was our submission! its a short game about making amends with all marine life
Come play my typing game!
See you tonight!
If you wanna take a break from sts2, @jdag.bsky.social and I released a little baseball deckbuilder called Pinch Hitters for @pigsquad.com BYOG Jam last week!
Go check it out in the links below
#gamedev #GodotEngine #godot #indiedev
Monday night, we're bringing our games out from the Build Your Own Game Jam to showcase them in NW Portland! Come out and set up your game, or just show up and play and hang with cool folk <3
pigsquad.com/events-list/...
I put together a silly challenge game for @pigsquad.com's Build Your Own Game Jam 2026!! The current build is very short but completable, expect updates!
#indiedev #buildyourowngamejam
Particles.
#screenshotsaturday
The image features five labeled pixel art drawings. The drawing labeled "original" shows a green hand laying flat, viewed from below. It has white highlights facing different directions and a dark shadow covering the bottom half of the palm. "No Shading" shows the same hand with no shadow and some detail lines to imply the shape of the palm "Shading" shows the hand with shadow implying the bottom of the palm and fingers. The Highlight has been reduced to a one-pixel highlight. "Primitive" shows a rectangular slab, draw at roughly the same angle as the hand. It is shaded with the same palette as the hand. The bottom of the slab is in shadow, to illustrate the methodology used to shade the bottom-facing planes of the "shading" drawing. There is a slight highlight on the slab's corner that most faces the light source. "Primitive 2" shows the same slab, with one side shaded completely white, to illustrate a potential rendering style that uses white to accentuate a plane direction instead of a highlight.
A friend of mine asked for advice on her pixel art drawing of a hand (labeled "Original"). Another friend suggested I post my response here (got OP's permission. edited for bsky).
🧵Thread below🧵
Anyone reading this is free to hit me up for drawing or pixel art feedback any time, my door's open
⭐️NEW Event Added⭐️
🔍 PIGCON: Portland Indie Game Convention
🗓️ 30 - 31 May
🌍 Portland, Oregon
Register → pigcon.pigsquad.com
Follow → @pigsquad.com
Find out more about #gamedev events at Game Conference Guide.
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FIXED lol
We are not evil I promise :)
YES thanks that's going in next update :)
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Two men's faces in circular cutouts are laid over the "Slay the Spire II" key art.
Two men's faces in circular cutouts are laid over a colorful photo with the logos for "Lodomo" and "Mike Bennett"
A cutout of a masked woman wearing a snake hat is layered on top of the "Lancer Tactics" key art.
A massive thanks to the volunteers & organizers who have done so much to get this together. It's going to be truly special with SO many cool things left to announce. As a taste, we're hosting a Godot + Multiplayer talk with Slay the Spire 2, a game by Mike Bennett & Lorenzo Moon, and Lancer Tactics.
We're SO excited to be putting on a con PIGSquad-style, including a huge showcase floor of games to play, speakers & presenters, alt ctrl showcase, artist alley, tabletop sessions, weird & wild nighttime activities, BYO indie showcase, and special guests.
Game & Talk Submissions go live next week!
The PIGCON: Portland Indie Game Convention logo, depicting a large Cubepig over a city with a bridge. Text also reads "May 30th - 31st, 2026 Norse Hall, Portland, OR"
ANNOUNCING:
PIGCON, the Portland Indie Game Convention
A weekend for indie devs of all kinds to learn, share, and connect
May 30-31 at Norse Hall, Portland, OR
pigcon.pigsquad.com
See you this spring 😉🌟
I made a proof of concept for an in-game CCG, check it out!
catlords.itch.io/prismata
#indiedev #gamedev
If you need help submitting or need to submit late, just hit us up and we can help with that :)
We also really appreciate people sharing their WIPs!
Everyone's submitting their games to the Build Your Own Game Jam! We're doing a showcase for them in NW Portland next week Monday if you want to come by, and you can play them online, too!
itch.io/jam/byogamej...
sometime today ! hopefully
Main menu for my @pigsquad.com BYOG Jam 🐱🗡️🦋 Music by Ed Varga. Coming very soon!
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#indiegame #pixelart #gamejam
Pretty happy with this "Battle Won" screen a spent like all day making and remaking until I liked it 😅
Enough about the elephant in the room. Let’s talk about what’s INSIDE it. Namely, 15 weird, wonderful minigames of all types to delight, dazzle, and discombobulate you.
Wishlist Good Things Vol 1 on Steam, and play the #SteamNextFest demo
store.steampowered.com/app/3900940/...
#gamedev #indiegame
I am opening up commissions for the sake of fundraising for
The Trans Continental Pipeline (tcpipeline.org) and/or Kansas' ACLU (action.aclu.org/give/support...). Below are examples of my work, general prices, and all you have to do is email me Izzi8bit@gmail.com donation receipt!
A Short Trip to the Urbanite Bathroom (@marlowedobbe.com)
"A point-and-click bathroom trip"
Free - Windows: warpdoor.com/2026/02/26/a...
Tickets on sale now! Dive in, connect with others, & fuel your passion. gdocexpo.com
GET HYPE! 🎉
Game Devs of Color Expo returns September 22-25, 2026.
✅ Submissions are now open for panels, speakers, interviews, and games.
❌ No exhibition or submission fees.
💰 Speakers are compensated and all participants are considered for a grant.
You in? Tickets: ti.to/GDoCExpo/2026
This was amazing and so inspiring!! I actually made my first tiny lil game on Bitsy.org at @marlowedobbe.com ‘s suggestion 💕
