I WILL NOT SIGN the "Stop Killing Videogames" petition and if you're a game developer with half a braincell left in you, you should not as well.

It is a poorly written attempt at a petition by someone who seems to have no idea that games exist outside of AAA/online-only ones.

And it's a shame because I am 100% behind video game preservation, but this petition is so poorly written, I will actually fight against it.

I explained why it's bad on B: bsky.app/profile/sosowski.bsky…

#indiedev #gamedev

Where should I put my game's discussion forum? Steam? TIGSource? Reddit? My own site?

(For more details, here's a Reddit post with the same question that I just posted. reddit.com/r/IndieGaming/comme… I'm too lazy to make it into a thread here on Mastodon, sorry.)

#indiedev #indiegame

Remember when Unity self destructed with the whole run-time fee and all their competitors dunked on them?

Well... it's Adobe's turn.

Affinity have announced a 50% off Flash sale on their Adobe-alternative software Affinity.
gamefromscratch.com/affinity-p…

#gamedev #indiedev #adobe

Affinity Products 50% Off in Flash Sale – GameFromScratch.com

Taking advantage of Adobes recent screwup, Serif have announced Affinity Photo and Designer are now 50% off

^{Mike (GameFromScratch)}

I’m building lmno.lol, a new blogging service

- No #tracking
- No #ads
- No #paywall
- No #bloat
- No #distraction
- No registration to try

- #privacy first
- #light #dark mode
- Read anywhere (even on #terminal).
- #markdown drag/drop
- Bring your own #text #editor

You can check out my blog mirror at lmno.lol/alvaro

Happy to send invites.

Please help me get the word out 🙏

#vim #emacs #vscode #minimalism #indiedev #indieweb #indie

live now @playdate catalog

Gun Trails v1.2 adds a new novice mode, improved load times & bug fixes. This is close to my original vision for the game, so I'm satisfied with this being the last major patch.

details: yoyogi-games.itch.io/gun-trail…

❤️✌️

#playdate #indiedev #shmups

To all the indie devs out there:

In case you didn't know, I make open source indie games for the blind and visually impared. This means I need high quality sound effects. I'm wondering if any of you fine people have good resources on finding creative commens, and similar, freely usable sound effects that I could put in the repo with my code? I'd love to learn more about that.

For the record, I know about freesound.org, and have even used them on occasion, but finding anything remotely useable on there can be a chore and a half. Contrasted to the simple search and filtering on something like, say, audio jungle. Tips would be greatly appreciated!

Please #boost if you have any game dev following... Thanks!

#indiedev #creativecommens

Does anyone here have Linux? Specifically maybe Ubuntu?

If so, could you install the Playtest of my game Rocket (Not the Demo, just the Playtest), and see if it works in your Linux?

Really appreciate the help, thanks!
store.steampowered.com/app/238…
#indiedev #gamedev #linux #help #steam

Rocket! on Steam

Rocket is a Bullet Hell, High Stakes Arcade Shooter & Score Chaser. Use your skills to survive the onslaught of asteroids, enemies, black holes and the chaos of rockets and bombs everywhere. Upgrade your ship over time and enjoy the challenge.

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23,000 lines of code and 49,000 written words later... Swords of Freeport is live on itch for macOS, Linux and Windows!

Do you want a game styled after ‘90s BBS doors, that even lets you play social multiplayer on linux machines and tilde clubs? Then give this a look.

#GameDev #IndieDev #BBS #TildeClub #SwordsOfFreeport

expectproblems.itch.io/swords-…

Hello! We are Sagittaras Games, an independent game studio from the Czech Republic. We are the creators of the retro arcade shooter #vectroblast, which you can download on Google Play.

And on Mastodon, we would like to share with you the current happenings in our studio, including upcoming news! #indiedev #introduction

play.google.com/store/apps/det…

Vectro Blast - Apps on Google Play

Vectro Blast is a retro arcade action shooter game.

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Tak co ten můj #indiedev vlastně je?

V našem malém, nezávislém studiu Sagittaras Games jsme parta ~10 lidí s jediným cílem. Převést naší vášeň do skutečné práce. 💪

Nabídnout vám nyní mohu naší prvotinu. Oficiálně vyšla v roce 2020 na steamu, v loni jsme jí ovšem našli nový a lepší domov na androidu, kde neustále prochází vylepšováním. 🙂

A již brzy se můžete na velký update, který dokončí transformaci v plnohodnotnou mobilní hru!

play.google.com/store/apps/det…

Setris - play Tetris with sand!

freegameplanet.com/setris-down…

by #gamedev mslivo #indiedev #indiegames #gaming

Check out the latest news about the
project and the current status of the new alpha
play0ad.com/0-a-d-empires-asce…
-feature-freeze-update/

#freesoftware #opensource #indiedev #gamedev