Are you a game developer based in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand with an exciting announcement to share with the world in early June?

Frosty Games Fest 2026 applications are OPEN NOW! 🍦

thanks to all the work Brian put in in coding the new version of PatchWord it is now available to play for free here
www.stateofmindgames.com.au

it works on mobile & pc. The game generates a new start board each day & you can share your results to friends if you want.

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Calling all Indie Game Designers! 

Do you have a great #PrintandPlay game sitting on your hard drive waiting to be discovered? It’s time to get it onto players' tables.

We (Florian Fiedler & I) are curating the first #PnP Bundle, and we are looking for hidden gems to include.

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Thanks. It’s more relaxed at 2 players but generally so far people try to be competitive but end up discussing things (some people got book recommendations & discussed them based on one answer to the ‘a novel’ theme, & others learnt about unknown fruit & veg by googling answers to others.

new board with small frames to hold the tiles & cards so the play area doesn’t get messy. I need to add something to make it ‘click’ into place when you rotate it but probably not before the next play test on Wednesday.
Lexilink is a family friendly push your luck word game prototype

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yeah, it randomly rotates each turn

players have a randomised board & have a time limit to find a matching word. If they get it right they can keep the point or risk it by trying another turn. If they get one wrong they lose all the points they accrued that turn

I just need 2 sand timers & I’ll be ready to test my push your luck family weight word game

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#tabletopgamedesign
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finally think I’ve got the dice balanced for my Christmas themed push your luck game that fits in a bauble. Here’s hoping testing on Wednesday night goes well & doesn’t break it too badly 🤞

#gamedesign #tabletopgamedesign #boardgamedesign #pushyourluckgame #christmasgame #dicegame

Busy prepping prototypes for geekmarket. I’ll be in the games room looking for play testers.
One game is tricky & involves trying to out bluff your opponent, the other is a kids game where you try to match creatures with what they are disguising themselves as.
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#geekmarket
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didn’t do so well today :(
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#puzzle

I scored 167 points in game #250622! I found 9 words and cleared 1 board(s).
words24.vercel.app?game=250622

My breakdown:
🟦 3 x 3-letter words
🟩 1 x 4-letter words
🟥 2 x 5-letter words
🟧 2 x 6-letter words
🟨 1 x 7-letter words

Hey You!🫵
I'm working on a game right now. You should:
1) Check it out! 👀
2)Tell me if you like it or not ♥️
#gamedev #indiedev

Heyo, I've been working on a Snake roguelike game in Unreal Engine using C++ :) This is just the start of it. Took so long just to make base snake in Unreal C++!!

#IndieDev #IndieGames #GameDev #UnrealEngine #AusGameDev

Hey #indiedev, it's time for #screenshotsaturday

❤️ LIKE if you LIKE!
💬 REPLY with your #indiegame!
🔁 RETWEET to support!

80% OFF and more 😱🙀 for all my games in #steam
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#saturdaymorning #SaturdayMotivation #saturdayfun #Saturday #saturdayvibe

a date for the ball

I scored 317 points in game #250511! I found 13 words and cleared 3 board(s). Beat me if you can, at words24.vercel.app?game=250511

My breakdown:
🟦 1 x 3-letter words
🟩 5 x 4-letter words
🟥 5 x 5-letter words
🟨 1 x 7-letter words
🟨 1 x 8-letter words

#indiegamedev
#indiegamedesign
#wordgame

3. Crafty critters 2-4p kids game about animals & what they try to camouflage as.
4. Spies like us - 2p semi co-op bluffing game about keeping despot leaders happy (but not too happy)
5. A digital daily wordgame

#indiegames
#tabletopgamedesign
#indiegamedesign
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#gamedesign

I have a couple atm (don’t we all?)
1. Sanctuary is a 2p set collection about the impact of feral animals on our native ones.
2. It’s all mine is 2-4p about balancing land use between nature, housing, industry

I scored 397 points in game #250506! I found 13 words and cleared 3 board(s).
words24.vercel.app?game=250506

My breakdown:
🟦 4 x 3-letter words
🟩 2 x 4-letter words
🟥 3 x 5-letter words
🟨 4 x 7-letter words

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#wordgame
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#gamedesign
#wordgames
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I scored 405 points in game #250505! I found 13 words and cleared 3 board(s).
words24.vercel.app?game=250505

My breakdown:
🟦 3 x 3-letter words
🟩 3 x 4-letter words
🟥 2 x 5-letter words
🟧 1 x 6-letter words
🟨 3 x 7-letter words
🟨 1 x 9-letter words

#indiegames
#indiegamedev
#wordgames

I scored 335 points in game #250430! I found 15 words and cleared 4 board(s). Beat me if you can, at words24.vercel.app?game=250430
My breakdown:
🟦 4 x 3-letter words
🟩 5 x 4-letter words
🟥 4 x 5-letter words
🟧 1 x 6-letter words
🟨 1 x 7-letter words

#indiegames
#wordgame
#gamedev
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I scored 288 points in game #250428! I found 11 words and cleared 2 board(s). Beat me if you can, at words24.vercel.app?game=250428

My breakdown:
🟦 3 x 3-letter words
🟩 1 x 4-letter words
🟥 2 x 5-letter words
🟧 3 x 6-letter words
🟨 2 x 9-letter words

#indiegames
#indiegamedev
#wordgame

I scored 383 points in game #250427! I found 13 words and cleared 3 board(s). Beat me if you can, at words24.vercel.app?game=250427

My breakdown:
🟦 4 x 3-letter words
🟩 3 x 4-letter words
🟧 3 x 6-letter words
🟨 2 x 7-letter words
🟨 1 x 10-letter words

#indiegames
#indigamedev
#wordgame

I scored 460 points in game #250425! I found 13 words and cleared 3 board(s). Beat me at words24.vercel.app?game=250425

My breakdown:
🟦 1 x 3-letter words
🟩 5 x 4-letter words
🟧 3 x 6-letter words
🟨 3 x 7-letter words
🟨 1 x 9-letter words

#indiegames
#wordgames
#puzzles
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#gamedev

I scored 402 points in game #250419! I found 13 words and cleared 3 board(s). Beat me if you can, at words24.vercel.app?game=250419

My breakdown:
🟦 4 x 3-letter words
🟩 4 x 4-letter words
🟥 2 x 5-letter words
🟨 1 x 7-letter words
🟨 1 x 8-letter words
🟨 1 x 9-letter words

#indiegame
#wordgame

I scored 453 points in game #250415! I found 15 words and cleared 4 board(s). Beat me if you can, at words24.vercel.app?game=250415

My breakdown:
🟦 3 x 3-letter words
🟩 3 x 4-letter words
🟥 4 x 5-letter words
🟧 3 x 6-letter words
🟨 2 x 8

#wordgame
#indiegames
#wordpuzzle
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I scored 354 points in game #250413! I found 13 words and cleared 3 board(s). words24.vercel.app?game=250413

My breakdown:
🟦 3 x 3-letter words
🟩 3 x 4-letter words
🟥 1 x 5-letter words
🟧 3 x 6-letter words
🟨 2 x 7-letter words
🟨 1 x 8-letter words

#indiegame
#wordgame
#wordpuzzle

I scored 354 points in game #250413! I found 13 words and cleared 3 board(s). words24.vercel.app?game=250413

My breakdown:
🟦 3 x 3-letter words
🟩 3 x 4-letter words
🟥 1 x 5-letter words
🟧 3 x 6-letter words
🟨 2 x 7-letter words
🟨 1 x 8-letter words

#indiegamedev
#wordgame
#wordpuzzle

CanDev & the Internet Archive present: The DiscMaster Jam A game jam from 2025-04-21 to 2025-05-05 hosted by CanDev: the Canberra game dev community & chipperswitch. What's DiscMaster? DiscMaster is a search engine for vintage data hosted by the Internet Arc...

hey, #indiegamedev, check out this game jam run by @jarrodfn.bsky.social & other mods from the Canberra dev community & the archive.org in San Francisco. (There’s even prizes 🤫)

#gamejam
#indiegamedesign
#indiegames

canberra.games/discmasterjam