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IndieCade Members and Horizons schools are invited to join tomorrow's "Third Thursdays" session with Game Feel author Steve Swink at 11am PST!
Learn more: bit.ly/4qPgcDH

There will also be a 6pm PST re-airing that is open to all! bit.ly/4693XKQ

SAVE THE DATE: The Playable Theatre Symposium is returning to the University of Cincinnati in LIVE ACTION on March 23rd and 24th, 2026! Hosted by the amazing UC Game Lab and Taft Research Center. Learn more on our website here: www.indiecade.com/playablethea...

More from today's spotlight: The Sentient Severed Arm from @harperferry.bsky.social wins the Developer's Choice Award at the 19th Annual IndieCade Festival!

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Our final IndieCade Award Winner Spotlight is our Developer's Choice Award, The Sentient Severed Arm by Null and Void Games @harperferry.bsky.social! What story will you tell when you've been reduced to just an arm?

www.nullandvoidgames.com

@nathanleigh.bsky.social and @nicoleorabona.bsky.social, creators of LabRats, give an acceptance speech and tell us about what makes their experience so special. (Spoiler: they created a bespoke programming language just for this project!)

Make sure to check out cirquesaw.com for more info!

More from today's spotlight: Watch LabRats win the Live Action Award, and learn a bit more about the experience! @nathanleigh.bsky.social @nicoleorabona.bsky.social

Get your tickets to upcoming performances of LabRats before they sell out! www.tickettailor.com/events/cirqu...

Today’s daily spotlight is CirqueSaw's LabRats, winner of the Live Action Spotlight Award! This interactive story of collective action will change the way you see your fellow rodents.
@nathanleigh.bsky.social @nicoleorabona.bsky.social

Get tickets to LabRats here: tickettailor.com/events/cirqu...

Save 35% on Cryptmaster on Steam SAY ANYTHING in this bizarre dungeon adventure where words control everything. Fill in the blanks with text or voice to uncover lost abilities, embark on strange quests, and solve mindbending riddles....

In honour of @indiecade.bsky.social, my game is currently on sale for a mere 65% of it's True Price! Buying it now will therefore give you a better than 50/50 chance of being spared during the Undead Uprising.🖤
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[Part 2] The Innovation in Experience Design Award!

[Part 1] More from today’s daily IndieCade spotlight: Uncanny Alley: A New Day from @ferrymanvr.bsky.social wins the Performance Spotlight and Innovation in Interaction Design awards! Feat. @erinyvette.bsky.social

Check out all the award winners at www.indiecade.com/festival-202...

Today’s daily spotlight is @ferrymanvr.bsky.social's Uncanny Alley: A New Day, winner of the Performance Spotlight and Innovation in Experience Design Awards! This cyberpunk VR experience brings interactivity and immersive storytelling to new heights!

ferrymancollective.com

More from today’s daily IndieCade spotlight: Beacon Patrol from @shapesanddreams.bsky.social wins the Tabletop Design Spotlight award at the 19th annual IndieCade festival! Check out the fest on steam at store.steampowered.com/sale/IndieCa...!

Today’s daily spotlight is Beacon Patrol, a game by @shapesanddreams.bsky.social, winner of the Tabletop Design Spotlight Award! This innovative tile-laying board game can be played both on PC and tabletop!

beaconpatrol.com

More from today’s daily IndieCade spotlight: watch the award-winning game Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson win the Audio Design Spotlight award at the 19th annual IndieCade festival! This game is super awesome, so go play it on steam!!
@ritualstudios.bsky.social @iamdovetail.bsky.social

WHAT THE GOLF? @whatthegames.bsky.social is a silly physics-based golf parody where every golf course is a new surprising type of golf, some brilliant or hilarious, others so absurd you will ask yourself: WHAT THE GOLF? Check it out on Steam:
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The Path is a game about growing, about changing, about making choices, about accepting the consequences of these choices. A game about playing, and failing, about embracing life, perhaps by accepting death. Check it out ON SALE on Steam:
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The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom is a game where you enter a macabre and comical silent world filled with mischief, time travel and delicious pie. Check it out on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/40930/Th...

Starseed Pilgrim by @droqen.bsky.social is a game about tending a symphonic garden, exploring space, and embracing fate.You are a gardener, tending to empty noise and empty space to fill them both with color. Check it out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/230980/S...

Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator by @strangescaffold.bsky.social is a game where you buy, sell, and trade organs in a strange and evolving universe. Check it out ON SALE on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/1507780/...

Patrick's Parabox by @cwpat.me is a mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes. Check it out ON SALE on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/1260520/...

Osmos is a game where your objective is to grow by absorbing other motes. Propel yourself by ejecting matter behind you. But be wise: ejecting matter also shrinks you. Relax - good things come to those who wait. Check it out ON SALE on Steam:
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Nidhogg is the epic award-winning game of fencing tug-of-war complete with flying giant worms. Check it out on Steam:
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Mutazione is a mutant soap opera where small-town gossip meets the supernatural. Explore the Mutazione community as Kai as she cares for her ailing grandfather. Check it out ON SALE on Steam:
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I Expect You to Die 2 is an escape-the-room game where you become an elite super spy ready for espionage, explosives, and gadgets galore. Check it out ON SALE on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/1499120/...

Home Improvisation is a game where you can build beautifully precise or wildly creative furniture, and even decorate an entire house with your creations. Check it out ON SALE on Steam:
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Everyday Shooter is an album of games exploring the expressive power of abstract shooters. Check it out on Steam now: store.steampowered.com/app/16300/Ev...

Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor is an anti-adventure game about picking up trash in an alien bazaar. Check is out ON SALE on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/436500/D...

Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience. Check it out ON SALE on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/555220/D...

Cryptmaster by @akuparagames.bsky.social is a bizarre dungeon adventure where words control everything. Fill in the blanks with text or voice to uncover lost abilities, embark on strange quests, and solve mindbending riddles. Check it out ON SALE on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/1885110/...