A big draw of the game-design-by-A/B-testing type thinking is that it absolves you from having to form your own opinions & taste. It allows you to outsource the most difficult part of any creative endeavour: actually believing in your vision.
Question for devs still on twitter and bsky:
How do you decide what goes on which platform?
HEY 👇
so secretly we've been working with a cabal of indie devs making the type of strange & distinctive games that we love to play on noclip_2.
tomorrow we're announcing a SHOWCASE on noclip_2 as part of an upcoming Steam Festival about these games.
it's gonna be fun.
we hope you tune in.
Tom and his team are really cool, and this is a great field within "games for impact" to get into, because it's likely to expand a lot.
move slow and repair things
I know Horsey Game looks like a joke with a crude, janky style, but I’m 8hrs in and it’s the funniest, most brilliantly designed game I’ve played in years.
I could list dozens of hilarious emergent moments from my playthrough but I don’t want to say too much.
store.steampowered.com/app/3602570/...
Rotwood out of Steam early access ($29.99) buff.ly/nXvaR9b
US eShop buff.ly/6w6ynm5
Dear project management software company
This ai image is not giving 'awesome project manager'. It looks like someone sent a kid from the childhood bits of IT into the future from Bill and Ted to learn how to make synth music but instead they got pod people'd and now they just want me to join them
Nintendo Indie World Showcase announced for March 3rd, 6 AM PT
Submissions are . ݁₊⊹OPEN⊹₊ ݁.
We can’t wait to get our hands on your wonderful games 💖
Submissions are open from today until May 1st, here’s the link:
glasgowindiegamesfest.org/links/
What are you waiting for? Submit your indie games .✦ ݁˖TODAY˖ ݁✦.
#GIGF26 #indiegames #glasgowgames
I really enjoyed seeing Em present this talk last year at EmCon, it contains some really valuable advice for indies who get distracted from their health in pursuit of their passions.
people should go see Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie because it's very good and also i want weird indie canadian stuff to do well
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Horsey Game is released at long last! Behold my magnum flopus!
store.steampowered.com/app/3602570/...
45 second internet cat videos now have 5 second summary trailers embedded at the front. Our self respect knows no inverse limits.
i get to make a game w rust and idk thats pretty cool imo
幻獣牧場のユニコーンとペガサスたち
We made a documentary about BIG HOPS!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtee...
#indiegames #gamedev #bighops
Come and build an empire (aka; a sensible and sustainable indie development studio with creative practice at its heart) with me. 🫡📈🤙🏼
Our next speaker event will be Feb 25! We'll be hosting Nhi Do and Remy Siu of 1000xResist @sunsetvisitor.studio @nhitendo.bsky.social
AND Super Animal Royale
AND working with voice actors
There's a few tickets left for just $10 and they basically just cover the pizza for everyone.
Is there still an IGF speaker track at GDC? Or is it just the awards now?
meme picture stateing i am once again asking for you to submit a talk for our sonic landscape
Come be a speaker at Our Sonic Landscape. Our game audio conference in May.
www.oursoniclandscape.com
#gameaudio
I don't think anything is more exciting to me than a whole 2010-"fuck it, this is cool/important to me, we're making it"-coded indie game, made by a team-up of two of the most notable indie devs still standing of their dinstinct waves of indie devs, over what is basically a decade of work.
This is some very fancy food / cooking tech in this demo!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2Xy...
Working on my PD talk & thinking about how survival games are also just labor... Whether the game offers pressure or safety, seems maybe like a bad indicator of the state of the world that we have collectively drifted so strongly towards virtual labor over the last dozen years or so
(great piece!)
Announcement: The Crabmeat Steam Demo is Out Now!
An early segment of the game is available for those willing to brave the ice ❄️
Explore the full depths when the game launches March 10th
store.steampowered.com/app/3671850/...
Please Wishlist and Share!🦀🦀
#gamedev #indiedev
And last is... me! Hi, I'm looking for work. I was the animation lead for Wanderstop. I rigged every character, set the animation style, hired and set schedules, and did a huge amount of animation and anim code, FX work, and more. Enjoy my new demo reel and then email me at jobs@auratriolo.com!
Text reads: KO_OP is Hiring! Our studio mascot, a dark blue genderless humanoid named ini, is at the bottom right corner, holding their face and smiling with hearts floating around their head.
Text reads: Responsibilities - Working closely with our QA lead, design, tech, and production to understand project goals and build test plans collaboratively. - Writing and iterating on test cases for a game actively in development, with a live player base. - Paired testing with other members of the QA department, with a focus on networked multiplayer testing. Requirements - Due to our small team and a significant number of our employees being international, we require potential applicants to be able to speak English. - Applicants in Canada will be given priority, however applicants outside of Canada are welcome to submit their application should we be unable to fill the role locally. Preferred experience - Experience with JIRA, Slack, Notion and Unity. - Experience with network testing and working on Live Service titles. - Having worked on released titles for Steam and Xbox. - Experience with Xbox Cert for XBPC, Series XS and Xbox One.
Fonctions - Collaborer étroitement avec notre responsable de l’assurance qualité ainsi que l’équipe de conception, l’équipe technique et l’équipe de production pour comprendre les objectifs du projet et élaborer les plans de mise à l’essai. - Rédiger et exécuter des scénarios d’essai pour un jeu en cours de développement avec une base active de joueurs. - Réaliser des essais en collaboration avec d’autres membres du service de l’assurance qualité, notamment des essais de jeux multijoueurs en réseau. Exigences du poste - Connaissance de l’anglais (nous formons une petite équipe dont bon nombre des membres se trouvent à l’étranger). - Nous accorderons la priorité aux candidatures canadiennes. Cependant, les personnes qui résident ailleurs sont également invitées à soumettre la leur, au cas où nous n’arriverions pas à pourvoir le poste localement. Atouts - Connaissance de Jira, de Slack, de Notion et d’Unity. - Expérience avec les essais en réseau et le développement de jeux-services. - Expérience de travail sur des jeux publiés sur Steam et Xbox. - Obtention passée de la certification Xbox pour PC, Xbox Série X|S et Xbox One. Rémunération - 90 069 $ CA/année (1 732 $/semaine) - Télétravail uniquement (travail hybride ou au bureau à Montréal, si désiré) - Semaine de quatre jours et horaire flexible Il s'agit d'un poste contractuel de six mois. Lien dans la bio pour plus d'informations.
We’re hiring a QA Analyst! $90,069 CAD/year, remote 6-month contract, 4-day work weeks with flexible hours! 🫶
Apply now: www.workwithindies.com/careers/ko-o... ✨
