With modern kernels and mature desktop environments (GNOME/KDE), is X11 finally dead for your daily Linux workflow in 2026?

#linux #wayland #x11 #opensource #gnome #kde #fedora #debian #ubuntu #blender #linuxgaming #software #gaming #gamedev #gamingonlinux #games

• Full Wayland (It just works flawlessly) (71%, 160 votes)
• X11 Only (Due to NVIDIA/Gaming issues) (6%, 14 votes)
• X11 Only (Due to Workflow/Legacy apps) (12%, 28 votes)
• Still Switching (No clear preference) (8%, 19 votes)
• What is X11? (I'm new) 👶 (1%, 3 votes)

Say hello to Art of Flora 🌱 Available now for Pre-order!

Please share and spread the word!

This sibling of Art of Fauna is all about the beautiful world of plants 🌸

What stays the same? 👀
- Relaxing puzzle game based on historical art
- 20% of proceeds are donated to nature conservation
- Big focus on accessibly

apps.apple.com/at/app/art-of-f…

A thread 🧵

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#gamedev #indiedev #nature

Art of Flora: Pflanzen Puzzle‑App – App Store

Lade Art of Flora: Pflanzen Puzzle von Klemens Strasser im App Store herunter. Sieh dir Screenshots, Bewertungen und Rezensionen, Benutzertipps und weitere…

^{App Store}

I'm proud to release the first early version of the high-level audio engine I've been working on for the past months!
GraphAudio.Kit is a high level 3d audio game engine for your dotnet, using SteamAudio for great hrtf! Very understandable and hackable. It's built on top of GraphAudio, which is a set of libraries I made that let you create your own audio engines by giving you a graph-based audio framework, webaudio for your dotnet basically! Please take a look, and tell your friends.

nuget.org/packages/GraphAudio.…

#game-audio #gamedev

Another image done for the cutscenes in the Amiga OCS game I'm working on.
The game really needs to get a name at some point.

#art #digitalart #pixelart #retrogaming #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #retrocomputer #amiga #commodore #gamedev #indiedev

License for Chaotic Highway Now Available!

We have exciting news for Chaotic Highway fans. You can now purchase a lifetime license and enjoy unlimited access to the game without needing a Sonorous Arts subscription plan.
Please read more about the license and its benefits in this post:

sonorousarts.com/blog/chaotic-…

#SonorousArts #MarvelRealm #ChaoticHighway #License #LifetimeAccess #AudioGaming #Gaming #DrivingGame #HighSpeed #GameDev

Since I've been having a lot of fun adapting classical music to chiptune style, I thought maybe I should follow all the way through and make an entire asset pack for RPG-type games...? Since I'm not composing everything from scratch, it could be very affordable relative to the amount of music. This is "Torrent" by Chopin, which I think sounds very Boss Music...

#music #classicalmusic #chiptune #gamedev #rpgmaker #jrpg

Tonight at 4:30 pm I’ll be streaming a new branching interactive fiction game set in occupied Netherlands during World War II and is inspired by real events. It should be completely accessible and below is the steam link and Twitch is RossMinor!

store.steampowered.com/app/384… sist_Collaborate__a_World_War_2_ChoiceBased_Story/

#Blind #Accessibility #Gamedev

Survive, Resist, Collaborate - a World War 2 Choice-Based Story on Steam

A fully narrated branching narrative game set in occupied Netherlands during World War 2. Every choice shapes the fate of a young Dutch civilian.

^{store.steampowered.com}

Join @manuq and @cassidy this Thursday at 1800 UTC (11 AM PDT) as we share a bit behind the scenes of Threadbare, our collaboratively-built open source game made in Godot Engine!

It's currently pre-alpha, but Threadbare is a story-driven game where players don’t just explore a world—they co-create it.

youtube.com/live/zlxXSgPMOYc

We hope to see you there!

#godot #GodotEngine #OpenSource #gameDev

Live: Intro to Threadbare for Contributors

Join Manuel and Cassidy as they share a bit behind the scenes of Threadbare, a collaboratively-built open source game made in Godot Engine. It's currently pr...

^YouTube

How does Substance Designer + Inkscape sound?

That's pretty much exactly what Graphite is. A new free, open source, procedural vector graphics application.

gamefromscratch.com/graphite-f…

#gamedev #indiedev

Graphite - Free Vector Graphics Application – GameFromScratch.com

Graphite is a free and open source Vector graphics application build on a graph node system enabling procedural creation animation and more

^{Mike (GameFromScratch)}

WE HAVE ALMOST SAVED GAMING.
Or have we? Can we still save it?

All it would have taken was a million signatures from EU citizens.

Don't we have a million gamers in the EU who are eligible to vote?

Here's probably the last update from #StopKillingGames :

youtube.com/watch?v=HIfRLujXtU…

StopKillingGames.com

Have you signed yet?

#Gaming #Game #Games #Gamers #LinuxGaming #GamePreservation #GameEmulators #Lutris #Proton #Wine #Steam #Freedom #EU #Law #GameDev #GameDevelopment #Help #Activism

The end of Stop Killing Games

The full scoop on Stop Killing Games! Covers past, present, and future.Link to European Citizens' Initiative:https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/ho...

^YouTube

After some deliberation I decided to move my development stack from Windows to Linux.

I've been using windows for over 20 years and always loved it's backwards compatibility and stuff, but recently it has become borderline unusable and gets in the way of my work.

It took me like a single day to configure everything and it just works, and also works better than Windows too! I posted a thread of my reasoning and experience on BS (sorry):

bsky.app/profile/sosowski.bsky…

#gamedev #indiedev #linux

Able to Play, a game repository that helps you find games that match your accessibility needs, just launched!

abletoplay.com

For gamedevs/game requests: Here's some info on how to make a game available on there:
help.abletoplay.com/docs/how-c…

It's still a young platform, so please give them lots of feedback to help improve it!

@games

#Games #Gaming #GameDev #AbleToPlay #Accessibility #A11Y

How can I request a game be available on AbleToPlay?

We prioritize games based on both the volume of requests for a particular game, and the order we receive the request in. If you'd like to request a game be made available on AbleToPlay, please let us know on Discord!

^{Arman (AbleToPlay)}

🦊It's Trans Day of Visibility, so Blobun is on sale for 30% off for ONE DAY ONLY on Itch! Support a trans creator (us) and their puzzle game about a lesbian slime rabbit and her goat girlfriend

(You also get a Steam key!)

itch.io/s/150507/trans-day-of-…

#indiedev #gamedev #gamemaker #TransDayofVisibility

Can we get one more push on this? I need 160 dollars more for clinic and meds, tomorrow (Monday). EMERGENCY.

paypal.me/ramavabray

patreon.com/squirrellilly

#MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #Disabled #TransCrowdfund #disability #DisabilityMutualAid #DisabilityCrowdfund #IndigenousMutualAid #ChronicIllness #HelpFolksLive2025 #lgbt #crowdfund #intersex #gameDev #crowdfund #ChronicIllness #Fundraiser

@mutualaid

Zaplaťte uživateli Jason Burgess pomocí služby PayPal.Me

Přejděte na adresu paypal.me/ramavabray a zadejte částku. Protože jde o PayPal, je to jednoduché a bezpečné. Nemáte účet PayPal? Nevadí.

^PayPal.Me

140/300

We have only one day to get the rest of this money together. The clinic is ~$200 and meds are ~100.

Please help.

paypal.me/ramavabray

patreon.com/squirrellilly

@mutualaid #MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #Disabled #TransCrowdfund #disability #DisabilityMutualAid #DisabilityCrowdfund #IndigenousMutualAid #ChronicIllness #HelpFolksLive2025 #lgbt #crowdfund #intersex #gameDev #crowdfund #ChronicIllness #Fundraiser

Starting my GDC week off with a bang! I have just been notified that my contract at Rookery Interactive will not be renewed in 2 weeks, so I am suddenly #OpenToWork! Please keep me in mind for any writing or consulting roles. If you're at GDC & would like to meet, lmk!

🌎 I’m open to remote roles, or positions in Bangkok!

⭐ I've worked on a ton of games, comics and books, and am available for writing, consulting & editing outside of games.
#gamedev #comics #books #gdc

So... how do you make a language 10x faster? Rewrite it using another language!

Microsoft have just announced a 10x speed improvement to the TypeScript language, by rewriting tsc using the Go programming language.

youtube.com/watch?v=zBCBf-zfue…

#gamedev #indiedev #typescript

TypeScript in Go == 10X Faster Compiler!

Microsoft have just announced that the TypeScript compiler is now... 10x faster. Not fake benchmark 10x faster, but actually 10x faster. And how did they ...

^YouTube

4 days until our 4th annual jam! Games for blind Gamers!

This is my all time favorite jam, I've met amazing people, learned a lot about accessibility, became a better programmer, and I'm super happy that I'm helping run it this year!

If you have time, consider joining! It's a month long chill jam where if all you can do is an afternoon one Saturday, you're as welcome as anyone and we'd be honored to have you!

itch.io/jam/games-for-blind-ga…

#Blind #GameDev #GameJam #gaming #indiedev #indiegame

Games for Blind Gamers 4

A game jam from 2025-02-01 to 2025-03-10 hosted by NightBlade. Welcome, Blind and Sighted Game Developers! Welcome to the fourth annual Games for Blind Gamers jam! The goal of this jam is to build awareness of bli...

^itch.io

I wanted to keep you posted on #PixelOver migration to Godot 4. It was a lot of work, but the basic functionalities are now working (of course, there are still many fixes to make). First alpha version should come soon!

#GodotEngine #madewithgodot #indiedev #pixelart #gamedev

Hi everyone! This is a wiki made to help sighted devs make #blind #accessible games for the first time!

gamesforblindgamers.miraheze.o…

It's full of information about our game jams, but most mostly it is full of resources to make #Blind accessible games! As well as listing out blind accessible games to learn from. So check it out, and let me know what can be better! #GameDev #A11y #accessibility

Terrain3D is an incredible add-on for Godot 4. Thank you @TokisanGames !

This is part of R&D for Liblast and Liblast Framework.
Based on CGI data from #NASA, that was interpreted frivolously to an 8x8 km area and then sclupted over to add detail that was missing from the original textures.

- unfa

#Liblast #IndieGame #Godot #GodotEngine #GameDev

Good morning everyone! As you all know if you follow me, I'm a sighted dev whose focus is on accessibility for the blind. I got into the space of accessibility and learned how important it was because I joined an accessibility jam and got first hand experience speaking with blind gamers. So I'm inviting you to the type of jam that changed my outlook! So join the discord for "Games for blind gamers" and ask your questions!
discord.gg/tqQXqX8gEq

#gamedev #accessibility

Anyone have suggestions on where to try to promote the Games for Blind gamers gam jam? We got 110 sign ups last year, and hoping to get more sign ups this year!

itch.io/jam/games-for-blind-ga…

#GameJam #gamedev #indiedev #accessibility

Games for Blind Gamers 4

A game jam from 2025-02-01 to 2025-03-10 hosted by NightBlade. Welcome, Blind and Sighted Game Developers! Welcome to the fourth annual Games for Blind Gamers jam! The goal of this jam is to build awareness of bli...

^itch.io

A whopping 10,000 downloads in just 24 hours! We're deeply grateful for your overwhelming support and trust. Thank you for choosing #JetBrainsRider, and welcome to the JetBrains community. Here's to building amazing things together! 🙌💻 #dotnet #csharp #fsharp #aspnetcore #gamedev 🚀

jetbrains.com/rider

It's finally time. After years of deliberation, #Minetest is finally ready to adopt a new identity and prove it has moved beyond its original purpose. We can finally move past the "mining" and the "testing" and focus on making this platform the best it can be.

#opensource #freesoftware #gamedev

blog.minetest.net/2024/10/13/I…

Introducing Our New Name

After more than a year of public and internal discussions, we're ready to announce our new name!

^Minetest

I wrote a benchmark of game engine performance primarily geared towards the types of 2D games that are popular these days.

Here are the results for Flutter, Flame, Unity and Godot. It's a long read with many caveats, so buckle up.

Here:
filiph.net/text/benchmarking-f…

#Flutter #gamedev

WOOOO! BIG NEWS! The BBC Sound Effects library is now FREE TO EVERYONE! This is amazing news for indie devs... sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/…

#gamedev #IndieDevs #indiegames #GameMaker

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

Welcome to the official IFComp (ifcomp.org/) Mastodon account!

Announcements, news, reminders... this is your source for all IFComp content!

#ifcomp #interactivefiction #gamedev

ONE. HOUR. LEFT

until our furry mario game with a queer love story, kitsune tails, releases on steam and itch!

steam: store.steampowered.com/app/132…
itch: eniko.itch.io/ (page isn't live yet)

#KitsuneTails #QueerGames #GameDev #PixelArt

Can't believe this runs in a terminal! 🤯

🐠 **lifecycler**: Terminal aquarium 🫧

🆙 ASCIIquarium reaches a new level! 🐟

🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui_rs + @bevy

⭐ GitHub: github.com/cxreiff/lifecycler

#rustlang #ratatui #tui #aquarium #terminal #asciiquarium #bevy #gamedev #game #gamejam

TWO. DAYS

until kitsune tails bounces onto steam and itch like a bird riding a giant boot but then leaving it during a jump like a sacrificial yoshi (... these are becoming a bit hard to write ok? 😭)

more info & wishlist via kitsunegames.com/kitsunetails

#KitsuneTails #QueerGames #GameDev #PixelArt

Something you may not have realised is right-handed: playing cards.

When you pick up a card with your dominant hand and add it to the front of a card you're holding in your non-dominant hand, you create a fan towards your dominant hand.

Standard playing cards have a small version of the number and suit in two corners so that you can see them no matter which way up the card is, *as long as they're fanned right*, and many modern card games follow suit (ha!) without thinking, for the convention or aesthetic

Consider mirroring important summary information in both left and right corners (Ticket to Ride does a great job putting the suits in both corners while maintaining the pleasant asymmetrical feel of having them in one)

It's admittedly only a tiny accessibility issue, but it IS an accessibility issue, so have think about it.

#GameDev #Accessibility #a11y #TableTop #CardGames #BoardGames