“All those who are lost deserve kindness.” 🧡
Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit is coming to Steam later this year!
🚐 Discover a relaxing island oasis
🐻 Bond with a charming cast of characters
🎁 Exchange gifts with other players asynchronously
.. and more!
Available to wishlist now:
s.team/a/2021960
Hey! @outersloth.com just publicly shared it’s contract terms at GDC 2026. Here’s the skinny if you’re looking for some funding!
💰THE OUTERSLOTH CONTRACT 💰
We just released the FULL contract and terms that all our games sign!
We hope this challenges the status quo of what you see out there.
In a nutshell:
💸 Pre-recoup 50/50
💸 Post-recoup 15/85
💸 Terms after 7 years
www.innersloth.com/the-outerslo...
someone once said something to the effect of “if AI actually created anything of value the companies wouldn’t be forcing it on you, they’d be keeping it a secret to make their own content to sell back to you”
these ppl have no inside thoughts. just one lie after another hoping something will stick
come to my GDC 2026 talk with @fortebass.bsky.social!
GAME FUNDING: LESSONS FROM OUTERSLOTH
💰 what is indie survival
💰 how we run a fund (and you can too!)
💰 OUTERSLOTH CONTRACT reveal (whoaaA)
💰 this specific slide
🕐 Mar 9 @ 10:30am | @officialgdc.bsky.social
schedule.gdconf.com/session/game...
A US court ruled against Google in the case back in 2023, and the remedies announced in 2024 threatened to upend Google’s Play Store model. It tried unsuccessfully to have the verdict reversed, but then Epic came to the rescue. In late 2025, the companies announced a settlement that skipped many of the court’s orders. Epic leadership professed interest in leveling the playing field for all developers on Android’s platform. But US District Judge James Donato expressed skepticism of the settlement in January, noting that it may be a “sweetheart deal” that benefitted Epic more than other developers. The specifics of the arrangement were not fully disclosed, but it included lower Play Store fees, cross-licensing, attorneys fees, and other partnership offers.
one of those classic reminders that when a big company says their lawsuit is for the people: it isn't
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...
Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM
When you had to cancel your GDC talk but it reads like you cancelled every indie funding opportunity instead. Lollll fuck
😬😬😬😬😬😅😅😂😂
GDC Festival of Gaming by informa • What is your organization's approximate annual revenue (in USD)? O Under $100M O $100M - $249.9M O $250m to $499.9M O $500m to $749.9M O $750M to $999.9M O $1B+
GDC is for everyone
meanwhile the everyone:
More urgent than ever to dump Windows for Linux this year, if you’re able (yes not everyone is). My main advice is to start toying around with Linux sooner than later, so you feel more ready when stakes get more dire. I strongly wish I had started years ago, but next best time is now.
I was so incredibly tired of all those sound generators that can only create retro sounds... so I created my own!
It's a work in progress and it'll be part of a new project but enjoy some sounds I've made. Each of these took a minute tops! ✨
Minishoot' Adventures available on PS5/Switch/Switch 2/Xbox/Game Pass today www.youtube.com/watch?v=sObV...
The world has fallen into chaos, and only you can protect your home from corruption.
Rotwood from @kleientertainment.bsky.social is a stylish co-op action brawler that’s hacked-and-slashed its way exclusively onto Nintendo Switch 2 and is available today! #IndieWorld
Öoo is now available on Nintendo Switch! 🎉
If you have friends who don’t own a PC, I’d really appreciate it if you could recommend the Switch version to them! 🐛💣
www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/...
To understand what's happening in Iran today, you have to know about the history of Western intervention in the country.
In the early 1900s, the British secured oil rights in the country until 1993, where they only agreed to pay Iran 16% of the total profits.
This was seen as an unfair deal. 🧵
There's less than one month left to submit your game to the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase 2026! ⏰
Check out the showcase here:
www.cerebralpuzzleshowcase.com
Or submit your thinky puzzle game directly here:
forms.gle/mbjFPFxXhSmh...
The NYT style guide
They should distribute the wealth of the billionaires instead of killing more children.
i think ive paid gabe newell more from the proceeds of my games than i've paid the government, but gabe doesn't pave my roads or fund my schools or feed the kids in my community
probably a few overdue conversations to be had about maybe paying less gabes before we pay less taxes or something
US-Israel war on Iran Death toll from Iran school bombing reportedly rises to almost 150 Strike on girls’ elementary school in south of Iran has killed 148 people and injured 95 others, according to Iran state media
Intoletable. How anyone's response to this can be anything other than abject rage and disgust is beyond me.
The US and Israel are bombing Iran. Anyone reporting it as “preventive” is engaging in propaganda, by definition. There is no interpretation of what’s happening as anything else than a crime.
You don’t have to like the Iranian regime to understand why this is bad.
Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist
Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.
the reason they don’t want you to know about trans people is
you'll see how wonderful we are
how much we can love each other regardless
you’ll realize how small and scared they are
and that they’ll destroy countless people to maintain the illusion of control
that depends on you cowering at lies
"It's like working with a very junior programmer that never learns and never gets better" is the best analogy I've heard from a senior programmer when trying to use LLMs for game development. There isn't any intent or learning from experience.
I giggled at this one 👍
FYI for fellow narrative designers/game writers: the studio in question is Sentona Games and it’s my understanding they are currently interviewing to replace me. Be very careful with them. They were very nice to me and easy to work with right up until I needed the money I was promised.
Fuck this and everyone who helped get things to this point. Trans rights are human rights—full stop.
"Xbox, like a lot of businesses that aren’t the core AI business, is being sunsetted. They don’t say that, but that’s what’s happening. I expect that the new CEO, Asha Sharma, her job is going to be as a palliative care doctor who slides Xbox gently into the night."
gamesbeat.com/what-an-xbox...
