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Ian Campbell

@bootdiskrev

Game designer: Nobody Saves the World, Guacamelee! 2, Bleed 1+2, and more! Cycling and light gun enthusiast.

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HYPER DETONATOR — Announcement Trailer
HYPER DETONATOR — Announcement Trailer YouTube video by Vertex Pop

ICYMI: the next game from Vertex Pop is HYPER DETONATOR, a chain-reaction bullet hell shooter set in cyberspace. I’ll be posting more often about it, please follow along and wishlist on Steam!

store.steampowered.com/app/3965780/...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXiq...

06.03.2026 18:57 👍 9 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

This sucked me in a lot longer than I thought it would. A great bite-sized arcade game with lots of to learn over many quick attempts. And it's free!

19.01.2026 02:23 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Got my first Time Crisis 4 1CC on an actual arcade machine today! And a new PB of 5.27mil!

Wish I knew who these other names are. So rare to see anyone other than me playing.

18.01.2026 21:47 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ah yeah for now it is! Just due to some behind the scenes shenanigans.

Happy to give you a key if you want one, which would let you play it there! If so just shoot me a DM :)

03.01.2026 16:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Anyone know a run and gun with a good scoring system/scoring mechanics?

The more I look, the more scoring seems to be absent or barely there

03.01.2026 16:03 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy 2026! Spellatro, a free roguelike word game, is out now on itch!

bootdiskrevolution.itch.io/spellatro

01.01.2026 17:01 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

So, “Order of the Sinking Star” by Thekla was just announced, which takes several small free games (two of which are mine) and gives them a major graphical upgrade and mashes up their rulesets. I haven’t been very involved but it’s a great concept and looks cool.

12.12.2025 01:55 👍 600 🔁 212 💬 16 📌 41

LFGGGGGG

03.12.2025 18:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
HYPER DETONATOR — Announcement Trailer
HYPER DETONATOR — Announcement Trailer YouTube video by Vertex Pop

🎉 I’m excited to announce the next game from Vertex Pop is
HYPER DETONATOR, a chain-reaction bullet hell shooter set in cyberspace

Coming out in 2026! Wishlist on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3965780/...

youtu.be/fXiqM_GmyD8

03.12.2025 17:06 👍 38 🔁 23 💬 7 📌 9
Ambrosia Sky 🪐 | Launch Trailer
Ambrosia Sky 🪐 | Launch Trailer YouTube video by Soft Rains Games

Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!!

15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...

store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...

10.11.2025 14:14 👍 222 🔁 112 💬 32 📌 15

Honestly, even after reading this (amazing) story, I would 100% go try and hit the sign

21.10.2025 17:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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It's that time of year... 🍂
🎃 The Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival is BACK for 2025! 🎃

This year we can support up to 800 players at once in this seasonal pumpkin carving MMO!

This year's update comes with new areas and new secrets to find.

Hope you don't mind if I re-use the trailer from last year! 😅

16.10.2025 19:40 👍 587 🔁 258 💬 9 📌 29
Preview
The Annual Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival by adamgryu carve a lil pumpkin and share it with the world

It's online pumpking carving season!!!

one of our fav games to play with friends this time of year, is the Ghost Town Pumpkin Carver by @adamgryu.bsky.social

adamgryu.itch.io/pumpkin-carver

15.10.2025 16:33 👍 36 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 4
Ambrosia Sky - Official Gameplay Overview Trailer | IGN Fall Fan Fest 2025
Ambrosia Sky - Official Gameplay Overview Trailer | IGN Fall Fan Fest 2025 YouTube video by IGN

✨Ambrosia Sky: Act One arrives on November 10th, 2025! ✨

Watch the latest gameplay trailer from #IGNFanFest and learn about your upcoming role as a Scarab: a space-faring scientist discovering an alien ecosystem and laying the dead to rest. 👩‍🔬💀

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehLr...

15.10.2025 18:47 👍 105 🔁 45 💬 7 📌 14

(I called it Spellatro!!)

13.10.2025 20:29 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My social media literacy has fallen off so much I forgot to even post the actual name of the game haha. I’ll probably do another better post later in the week

13.10.2025 20:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you Kait!! 💛

13.10.2025 20:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The demo is just the full game, and the full game will be free. You can check it out here:

store.steampowered.com/app/3785350/...

13.10.2025 16:52 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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I made a little game that mashes up Balatro x Scrabble! The demo is in Next Fest starting today!

13.10.2025 16:52 👍 57 🔁 19 💬 4 📌 0

I’m gonna have a game demo in next fest! It’s just a Balatro-like but I’m still excited to go through the process and release some art

10.10.2025 23:27 👍 17 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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actually i changed my mind store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/... #gaming #indiegames #gamedev #indiegamedev #videogames

24.09.2025 20:26 👍 494 🔁 115 💬 16 📌 27

Come work with me and help us make this dang game!!

04.09.2025 21:23 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Wait until you see the ep they just put out. Worst trek I’ve ever seen. Worse than Janeway becoming a lizard, worse than Quark pretending to be a lady, all-time stinker

31.08.2025 03:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Why is he “a pizza man” and not Pizza Man. Kojima is losing his touch

25.06.2025 20:47 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Back in 2018, I was working on an RPG inspired by the Paper Mario series. I don't think I'll end up finishing this game, but I figured I could share the demo that I had put together anyway. #gamedev

Blog post and demo here! 🔽
adamgryu.itch.io/paper-game/d...

21.06.2025 22:06 👍 1365 🔁 261 💬 46 📌 5
Seasonala Cemetery: Launch Trailer
Seasonala Cemetery: Launch Trailer YouTube video by Gabby DaRienzo

Surprise! Seasonala Cemetery is out today, completely free for Windows/Mac!

Explore the cemetery in real-time as it changes with the seasons and time of day. Inspired by Mount Pleasant here in Toronto 🌸

Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3272690/...

itchio: gabbydarienzo.itch.io/seasonala-ce...

07.06.2025 16:35 👍 233 🔁 113 💬 16 📌 7

Here’s what I’ve been working on! Excited to finally announce, at SGF no less!

08.06.2025 01:27 👍 22 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
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CONSUME ME DEMO
OUT!

download & wishlist if u wanna:

✅ get hot 🔥
✅ make ur crush fall in luv with u 💕
✅ find money on da ground 💸
◽️try to squeeze in every single item on ur TO DO list so u can appease everyone around u WHILE AVOIDING emotional breakdown & hitting rock bottom

👉 s.team/a/2359120/

29.05.2025 23:25 👍 733 🔁 200 💬 19 📌 37

Been working on a small Balatro-inspired game in my off hours over the last year. I see at least one other team had the same specific idea… but idk man I’ve spent too long on mine, it’s gotta be released

23.05.2025 20:59 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
An image with a wall of text, formatted like a belligerent screed:

STOP DOING RAYTRACING
-LIGHT RAYS WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SIMULATED
-YEARS OF GAMING yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for bouncing light more than ONCE
-Wanted to go higher anyway for a laugh? We had a tool for that: It was called "BAKED LIGHTING"
-"Yes please give me SLIGHTLY better visuals. Give me those slightly better visuals at a cost of HALF my frame rate" - Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged
LOOK at what Big Graphic Card have been demanding your money for all this time, with all the decades worth of beautiful non-RT games in your backlog.

(This Is REAL Raytracing done by REAL $1600 graphics cards)
Insert - screen shots of video games showing the diminishing visual returns of ray tracing.

"Hello I would like to run my games poorly please"
They have played us for absolute fools

An image with a wall of text, formatted like a belligerent screed: STOP DOING RAYTRACING -LIGHT RAYS WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SIMULATED -YEARS OF GAMING yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for bouncing light more than ONCE -Wanted to go higher anyway for a laugh? We had a tool for that: It was called "BAKED LIGHTING" -"Yes please give me SLIGHTLY better visuals. Give me those slightly better visuals at a cost of HALF my frame rate" - Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged LOOK at what Big Graphic Card have been demanding your money for all this time, with all the decades worth of beautiful non-RT games in your backlog. (This Is REAL Raytracing done by REAL $1600 graphics cards) Insert - screen shots of video games showing the diminishing visual returns of ray tracing. "Hello I would like to run my games poorly please" They have played us for absolute fools

i have no idea who originally made this but i feel it in my bones

06.05.2025 16:43 👍 3805 🔁 1306 💬 47 📌 57