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Just got offered a job managing a local print shop. Some mixed emotions as its a step-back from game devage, but its decent money & still graphics work. I'd keep convincing myself I'm not a sell-out but it's a small business so don't think I have to. Pretty chuffed with myself in all

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Interesting topic. What was the earliest game you remember playing that made you think "this is art"

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

Anyone need a good music recommendation? This one comes complete with the mind-bending mascot character Johnny the Mighty Tior. Riot. Listen to the happy hard rock of Riot

submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment

Follow your favourite game and studio accounts on here. It helps the community team prove that they don't need to stay on Twitter.

submitted 139 days ago • 8 comments

I do appreciate people saying kind things. But when I say, "What's the point?" I mean the fun of a parody, of one thing in the style of another, is the time and effort squandered on the details of something absurd. Without the effort, it's not absurd, it's just pointless.

submitted 63 days ago • 11 comments

PITCH: A version of There Will Be Blood that actually is about drinking other people's milkshakes.

submitted 63 days ago • 28 comments

A New Recompilation Tool Is Being Developed To Enable Native PC Ports Of PS2 Games. (Repost)

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I woke up from sleep, bolted upright in bed, and thought I had an incredible idea no one had ever had before

submitted 69 days ago • 27 comments

Finally a bunch of bees have shown up in my garden. Was really worried. Welcome my little buzzy brethren. Fuck all the flowers

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This is a really good way of looking at art -- "The conversational partner changed" is SUCH a good way of phrasing how I personally see art/writing/music/etc. Original post: www.tumblr.com/shinesurge/7...

submitted 73 days ago • 17 comments

Stuff like this is perfect because it shows how utterly devoid of creativity genAI evangelists are. Great you recreated a photo that already exists in a drawing style that only has currency because of who you're stealing it from giving the world something with absolutely no value or meaning.

submitted 78 days ago • 77 comments

this reads like a shitpost but i am living it

submitted 79 days ago • 34 comments

Today's minute(ish) of brilliant animation is from Alice, by Jan Švankmajer. I was reminded about Švankmajer yesterday. I had previously included a clip from a short in this series of brilliant clips, but this is from his uneasy full length version of Alice in Wonderland.

submitted 79 days ago • 4 comments

GAMEDEV EASY MODE Character levitates off the ground, the air crackles around them. Magic suddenly erupts from their eyes, the pulsating beam hits a distant tower which explodes in an suitable cinematic way. GAMEDEV HARD MODE Character kicks their slippers off & picks up their phone from the table.

submitted 79 days ago • 31 comments

Why frame an article about online gaming toxicity with a picture of an Arcade? Leave Arcades alone they're an endangered species

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

hate when people complain about bluesky being too boring without fighting and bullshit. like, my boy, this peace is what all true warriors strive for

submitted 81 days ago • 106 comments

A lot of white vans out on the roads. Probably more than ever, & I still always assume that they're driven by nonces

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After 2yrs living next door to my elderly neighbour & only sharing brief pleasantries, bringing in her grabage etc. I finally had a full conversation with her. Turns out she's really fucking racist

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"Eugene's Nightmare" Another tribute to that wonderful little 8 bit micro from the 1980s... the ZX Spectrum #ZXSpectrum #retrogames #8bitretro #pixelart

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So I just got into one of these 10ft tall animatronic dinosaurs & I don't think I've ever felt so at home in my life. I could easily sleep in that thing

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Shit remake of Back to the Future but they use a Cyber Truck instead of a Delorian. It can only travel back to 1938

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It's impossible to make an Open World game that isn't funny. Be it intentional or not. In this thread I will discuss...

submitted 84 days ago • 2 comments

Secret Agent Wizard Boy is RELEASED! Explore a mysterious castle with silly wizard mayhem alone or with friends! Lots of explosions, secrets, and SPYING. Link below! 👇

submitted 97 days ago • 4 comments

Genius store.steampowered.com/app/3111080/...

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This is amazing. Recompiling tools for Xbox 360 games. You can now make a PC port of any 360 game github.com/hedge-dev/Xe...

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For the record, I don't wear suits either. Suits are worn by politicians, salesmen, gameshow hosts & bridegrooms. None of whom can be trusted.

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This looks fucking sweet www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkMF...

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After a decade of "cleaning up" and "restoring" tiny printed screenshots of lost media I've somehow come out the other end and started appreciating the print dots. I think it makes them feel more real, and highlights the fragility of games that might be gone forever.

submitted 108 days ago • 7 comments

Kicking off #ScreenshotSaturday reposting my own work (before I repost other peeps' stuff). Been trying to get myself excited about working on this again; where my hype crew at? If you love the look of my arcade-style elimination platformer MycoBOOM! then speak up! #gamedev #indiegames #retrogames

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I still have that 6-Pack & amazed that the tape isn't warped, got played so much. Biggles, Dun Darach & Earth Shaker all high quality games. BTTF3 was a fun demo & Switchblade could be my fav home computer platform game ever. Imagine if subsequent Playstation cover discs came with complete games?

submitted 113 days ago • 1 comment

i want games with pretty pixel art and weird mechanics borrowed from old 7/10s and i want everyone involved to make a living wage and i'm not kidding

submitted 114 days ago • 5 comments

Someone asked this on The Everything App so I'm sharing here too just in case others had this concern: Wishlisting a game on Steam (or PS/Xbox) does not mean you have to purchase that game there! No obligation, it's almost like signing up to a little newsletter for that game!

submitted 115 days ago • 5 comments

We're stoked to introduce the 'No Gen AI' seal for indie games! Indie devs can use it on their game's store page to assure potential players that their game was made without the use of Generative AI. You can grab it from the Polygon Treehouse website:- www.polygon-treehouse.com/no-gen-ai-seal

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I see people saying this sort of thing often, and quite frankly it makes me sad. The truth is, more people are making good adventure games now than were ever made during the “golden age” of the 90s. For example: 🧵

submitted 117 days ago • 145 comments

check out some great and super helpful people

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#MadeWithGodot: jw-otto made an arcade machine where the player draws their character on paper and then it appears within the game! 🎮 How cool is that?! www.reddit.com/r/godot/comm... #gaming #godotengine #gamedev #3DPrinting #arcade #indiedev

submitted 124 days ago • 19 comments

Game's been out for a good while now, but I feel like it deserves more love: NEKONECRO was hand-drawn, ink on paper, over the course of four long years. It's also a fine platform game to boot! #screenshotsaturday #indiegames #gamedev #illustration #comics store.steampowered.com/app/2096580/...

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It's hard to express how much is going on here and what a big deal it is. We've been building toward this for over 8 years now, and we genuinely built a video game history research tool that is usable by anyone. We're democratizing game research through a free, no-bullshit, human-curated resource.

submitted 133 days ago • 30 comments

For today's brilliant piece of minute(ish) animation I chose a clip from Richard Williams' "Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure"(1977). The Greedy (aka The Taffy Monster) is an amazing piece of animation.

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Starter Packs should be useful or hilarious. go.bsky.app/Hxoz9KX “To be included directors must have a live, relevant URL in their bio, be relatively active on Bluesky, and be hiring illustrators and/or designers on a regular basis throughout the year.” If that’s you pls raise your hand.

submitted 148 days ago • 8 comments

I don’t want to make a fuckin account to use my toaster. I don’t want to fuckin subscribe to software. I don’t want to create a fuckin profile to watch TV. I don’t want to fuckin register my whatever to unlock whatever. I don’t want to download a fuckin app to access anything. Death to new logins

submitted 148 days ago • 231 comments

Blade Master 1991 Irem Arcade #Arcade #gaming #retrogaming 🎮 #pixelart #vgm #chiptune

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