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AAA is fucked. AAAA is fucked. AA is fucked. Indie is fucked. It's all fucked. I've never seen more across-the-board devastation in this industry in the decade-and-a-half I've been here.

submitted 11 hours ago • 70 comments

I get really irked when I see people post “indies will save us” or “the laid off devs should go indie” THERE IS NO MONEY publishers are cancelling contracts, angel investors/venture capital don’t want small returns. I think they mean hobbyists with a day job working doubletime & that is a rough ask

submitted 14 hours ago • 64 comments

"ROTTEN HEART" A surrealist, nightmarish 3D artwork I've made based on my feelings lately. Modeled with Blender, textured with Mixer, and rendered with Unreal Engine 5. (1/3)

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

This might come across as more than a little blunt, but please bare with me. A lot of people completely dismiss or even hate indie games and what's being unsaid here is they want is something mainstream from major studios with advertising and popular enough that the zeitgeist allows them to play it.

submitted 10 days ago • 98 comments

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 10 days ago • 140 comments

A preview of some gameplay foundations I've prototyped for my survival horror/stealth game VOID HEALING, including "partner zapping", "sight jacking" and telekinesis. I'm looking forward to designing some interesting dynamics, branching levels and story events with them in mind. #gamedev

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

🕹️✊ GRÈVE BUNDLE / STRIKE BUNDLE : from you according to your ability, to our comrades according to their needs. Thanks to multiple generous offers, we're offering you a way to support our strike fund by contributing to this bundle on itch: itch.io/b/2891/grve-...

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

way too many people are blaming unreal engine for every new video game looking the same when they should be blaming lack of art direction. not even strictly a money issue, indies can make radically different looking things in UE cheaply, but _especially_ big moneyed AAA failing to art direct is wild

submitted 13 days ago • 23 comments

🤡 Si vous souhaitez m'entendre crier (de joie, évidemment) devant ce qui s'apparenterait à un vrai Bioshock indépendant, n'hésitez pas à aller jeter un œil du côté de Twisted Tower, un jeu forcément inspiré du hit d'Irrational Games sorti en 2007 (oui, ça rajeunit pas tout ça) Mon aperçu en vidéo :

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

As it's Wishlist Wednesday here is a new game in development from a talented guy in our #UnrealEngine community. Please wishlist if you can. It truly helps out small independent developers more than think. Enjoy. store.steampowered.com/app/768900/H...

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider (JoyMasher, 2023)

submitted 140 days ago • 0 comments

A great article for anyone who's working with Unreal Engine. www.unrealengine.com/en-US/tech-b...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Anybody positing that the problem with the games industry is that devs are too expensive is gonna get an instant block. For the cost of one EA CEO you could afford 213 devs making $120k apiece. Read the room, my dudes; a LOT of very skilled people are out of work right now. Profits are trickling up

submitted 16 days ago • 49 comments

A big part of why I want to see more diversity in game design—and really in any creative field—is because different people create differently. The more new ideas exist in a space, the more I can absorb and evolve my own craft. Games were worse when almost all the people making them looked like me.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

👾ATTENTION👾 My game Big Boy Adventure is now 🟢LIVE on Kickstarter! Check it here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mai... This is a big passion project that I've been working on the past 1.5 years, it's a mix of my favorite childhood games! ♻️Please share this post! Thank you! #indiegame

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Creepy '90s-inspired dungeon-crawler #ForbiddenSolitaire is like Balatro but scarier www.pcgamesn.com/forbidden-so...

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Coucou Bluesky, je me présente ! Je suis Munkeliar, artiste 2D chez Ankama depuis 3 ans. Je travaille sur les MMO Dofus et Wakfu et je partagerai ici mes créations. Je fais aussi de la 3D sur Blender, et j'essaie d'apprendre à faire des petits jeux sur Unity/Godot mais pour l'instant c'est dur 🤓

submitted 97 days ago • 2 comments

« Bonjour, je cherche Les Fleurs du Bal, de Charles Baudelaine » Tiny Bookshop nous permettra de goûter aux joies du métier de libraire. www.canardpc.com/jeu...

submitted 23 days ago • 8 comments

The fact that a game like Alan Wake II took 13 years to be produced and released—mainly because of the lack of financial support—is a testament to why we desperately need alternatives to the current game production system. AAA or not, the industry's situation around funding is just baffling.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Hello everyone ! I'm coming on Bluesky ! 😀 I'm a french 3D game artist and community manager. I especially like working on environments and props. These are some of my artworks ! #game #videogame #art #3dart #3d #3dartist #gamedev #indiegamedev #environments #blender #unrealengine #substancepainter

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 28 days ago • 22 comments

🌿 Big Boy Adventure – A Story-Driven RPG! 🏝️ Explore a peaceful island full of nature and mystery, but danger looms... 🌀 Natural disasters threaten its inhabitants! 🏴‍☠️ Can you uncover the cause and save them all? Support me on Kickstarter! 🎮👇: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mai... #indiegame #pixelgame

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

We're making a walking simulator based on exploring liminal spaces, roaming a virtual labyrinth and having metaphysical breakthrough. It's called BLACKSHARD, and you can wishlist it if you'd like 🖤 ➡️ store.steampowered.com/app/3223390/... #screenshotsaturday

submitted 32 days ago • 3 comments

Hey! I'm a software engineer by day that's been learning to make games on my own for over 10 years. I design, make assets, and code during my free time. My current project, Project Timbre, is a 3D platformer consisting of 3 unique alpha levels. I'm planning to put it up on itch, and steam, for free.

submitted 34 days ago • 4 comments

CINERIS SOMNIA

submitted 34 days ago • 3 comments