There is no such thing as the video game industry:

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How can your game win the 'attention war?' Turn to storytelling 'Your audience is capable of nuance.'

How can your game win the 'attention war?' Turn to storytelling

A lot easier on the lungs, that one!

Cutting and assembling (Bluesky doesn’t quite let me spray them) some letters to build the word

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S

Beautiful accomplishment by @jorren.bsky.social @jarvdusa.bsky.social and everyone @happyvolcano.com

Deck of Haunts got nominated for @debugmagazine.bsky.social Indie Game Awards 2026 in the category Innovation & Creativity 🥳

The submission window for Day of the Devs: Summer Game Fest Edition is open! If you have a new + exciting indie game and want to get it in front of a bunch of new people, there's no better place than DOTD.

The window closes on April 6th!

https://www.dayofthedevs.org/submit

Blizzaga

hi gang! does anyone have examples of games partially funded by government grants outside of the US? (other than e33)

alternatively: if you have experience working with those grants, would you be willing to talk to me about it on a short video call?

"WEDNESDAYS" débarque sur mobile | Jeux Vidéo | ARTE YouTube video by ARTE

To celebrate the AI bubble bursting, we are releasing WEDNESDAYS, a game made by humans, for FREE on iOs and Android TODAY.
Links + more info below 👇

Weird that he would pick that as the worst puzzle when most players are in agreement that it’s the Gallery cryptograms, which are near unsolvable for non-native speakers.

Interesting insights though!

Helllllo I could use your help! We're trying to create a new steam tag, and that requires a bunch of people tagging our (and games like it) with the same tag.

If you could pop over to our store and put in 'Fake OS', that'd be super appreciated! pls share =]

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Inside the White House plan to sell the Iran war online The administration is bucking decades of decorum by depicting the Iran war as a violent video game.

Inside the White House plan to sell the Iran war online

www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Ah, de geur van een raamovereenkomst in de ochtend

Looking forward to it - key art is stunning!

Support depressing games that are also really really good.

After Wednesdays, this is a no brainer for me.

➕Playable at New Game Plus

PLEASE, WATCH THE ARTWORK - @thomaswaterzooi.bsky.social

Please, Watch The Artwork is a casual yet suspenseful experience where you spot changes in living paintings during your night shift.

🎟️ tickets.games.london | #LGF26

It's like, mate don't threaten me with a good time.

Not only do I want a disconnect between independent videogames and "the tech industry", I want a giant chasm. I want to be on a different planet. A parallel universe.
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I'm proud to announce that Future? No Thanks! will employ NVIDIA's groundbreaking DLSS 5 technology to seamlessly deliver the fidelity all gamers crave.

Wacht maar af, dat onderwijsniveau knalt los door het dak op deze manier.

Of om het met de woorden van Lubach te zeggen: geen wonder dat een computer er almaar beter in slaagt om slimmer te worden dan de mens, want wij worden steeds dommer.

Je had wellicht ook afgesloten met: “wil je meer weten over waanzin?”

Kansspelcommissie opent onderzoek naar Eden Hazard nadat hij ambassadeur is geworden van illegaal gokkantoor | sporza De Kansspelcommissie heeft een onderzoek geopend naar Eden Hazard (35). De voormalige Rode Duivel kondigde donderdag aan dat hij ambassadeur wordt van het internationale gokkantoor Stake. Maar die web...

Wanneer je “jeu de hasard” iets te letterlijk neemt

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Do you, small / solo dev, know if your game is in IGF this year? No, do you REALLY? Have you asked your publisher? I unfortunately must relay to you that I can name three examples this year of high-profile IGF 2025 games that were submitted either: By the indie’s publisher, without informing the developer at all By the indie’s publisher’s externally contracted PR firm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you want to know why this is a FUCKING BAD IDEA? Here’s an example of a thing that happened this year: Judge: Hi! I’m having some technical issues with the build. Could you help me out? PR Company who submitted: We’ll get in touch with the developer and get back to you. — *THREE WEEKS OUT OF THE 1 MONTH JUDGING PERIOD PASS* — Judge: Hello????? Judging is almost over. Is everything okay? PR Company who submitted: We’ll have an updated build for you when the game comes out [note: That’s gonna be after judging is over] Result: Your game has wasted its opportunity completely.

Now that IGF and GDC is over I finally got around to writing up my postscript on IGF submissions and some of the issues we ran into in 2025. If you plan to submit your game in 2026 I recommend reading this, tbh. auratriolo.com/blog/2026/03...

Here's a little spoiler:

As far as player demand goes, this registers just below “please bring back the Red Ring of Death”

Wow Guillaume, what a heartwarming treat!

Let’s use human connection to combat a world that feels increasingly disconnected and driven by cold metrics.

Happy birthday man, thank you for making this space a little warmer!

TOUR — Maria Iskariot Maria Iskariot is half-volwassen vrouwelijke punkrock uit Vlaanderen.

mariaiskariot.com/tour

Gisteren in het Wintercircus te biechten gegaan bij de goedhartige punkers van Maria Iskariot.

Rauwe rebellie en zorgzame zachtheid in een en dezelfde adem. Muzikale energie voor een betere wereld.

Als je kans ziet om ze op deze tour te zien (bv. Utrecht of Brussel): geen seconde twijfelen.

Twitch Twitch is the world

fuckin shoutout to @apthomson.bsky.social for using his grand prize speech for this www.twitch.tv/gdcfestivalo...

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!

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.

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.