"Finally"
Indie Developer/Director @ Polygon Treehouse (Mythwrecked & Röki) • BAFTA Breakthrough 2021 • BAFTA Games & The Game Awards nominee • 2 x BAFTA Juror • Industry speaker & mentor • He/him Dundee (Scotland) https://www.polygon-treehouse.com/
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"Finally"
WIP Paper Bug Lavos Paper Chrono Trigger bristol paper, cardstock, sketchbook paper, & toilet paper
I'm always trying to keep a mental list of the cool rodent games I come across to share with other rodent fans but I decided to make a starter pack! Let me know if you have recs or are making a game that fits the description, I want to highlight games that put rodents in a positive light!
The @oddbugstudio.bsky.social gang would be a good fit!
Our new herb garden has been planted 🔥
Give the people what they want!
I'll do my best John!
Tomorrow.
**** NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT *** I announced a new game at PAX West! This is a project my wife and I are building together. 💞 Connect Quest! Steam page below: #wishlistwednesday #indiegame #cozygames
That needs to happen now.
Still getting used to seeing Adrian Edmondson in Alien: Earth.
...Sometimes you've got to get soggy.
Dear authors, if it weren’t for the artists your story wouldn’t be a comic but something else. If you wanna do comics, learn to respect your artists as equal storytellers
One of the studios I'm working with is looking for a 3D Animator/Generalist! This is a paid, short-term, contract role we're looking to fill immediately. This role requires UE5 and Blueprints experiences. Please read the requirements and apply here: www.workwithindies.com/careers/fals...
Really happy and proud to see the extended work and support we have been able to pour into the beautiful world of Baghdad from Mirage. Check out the Discovery Tour App for free on your phone! And btw, the app is fully localized in Arabic as well.
Our new herb garden has been planted 🔥
Thanks for having me along David!
Super informative and interesting talk with the ever-affable @kanaratron.bsky.social about the process of making a game for multiple platforms in the year 2025! Great insights on Game Pass, the Switch 2 devkit situation, and more! GREAT LISTEN, check it out below or on Spotify/Apple Podcasts!! 💖
Incredibly grateful to @pcgamer.com for sharing about our Games for Palestine charity bundle. Thank you so much for the coverage!! ❤️ www.pcgamer.com/games/you-ca...
The Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant is offering $15,000 USD to traditionally under-supported game developers working on thinky puzzle games. If this is you, we invite you to apply! Deadline: September 28th grants.draknek.org
It's looking lovely. Top job!
I art directed and did graphics on this game. I promise it's something special
Awesome. Congrats Rami 🎉
It's been a while. Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs. store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...
Mr. Sheen + kitchen roll, cotton buds and a some plastic tooth picks!
💜 Princess of Worlds End 💜 A Dark Fantasy #MagicalGirl Game This LGBTQ+ #VisualNovel is a story about fighting literal monsters (werewolves, wyrms) & figurative monsters (capitalism, addiction). We’re only $155 away from our 1st stretch goal! Want to bring this #IndieGame to life? Back it here! ⬇️
HOW DID YOU MAKE THIS? @kanaratron.bsky.social from Polygon Treehouse (devs of Röki and Mythwrecked) explains his process and perspective on putting out multiplatform games in this informative interview. Listen wherever you get podcasts or watch the video version on YouTube: youtu.be/EBiGHV5tJR8
A lunch hour well spent ✨
took some photos of my gf in her rain coat then used those photos to model and texture this (:
You don't tend to do much walking in golf games!
...I think I might have just invented golf walking sims.
Everybody's Golf to the Rapture
Took a break from writing up my design document to draw a couple of backgrounds and do a tiny bit of animating. I guess you could say I'm a fan of how the next game's going to look.
Concept Art Process for Constance - The Carnival 🎠✨ Sketch ➡️ Color ➡️ Line➡️ Final✨ Which step do you vibe with most? #ConceptArt #GameDev (Art for @constancegame.bsky.social)
That's fair.
As in, I'll die in the process? 😋
...hey, I don't smoke or do drugs so I've got to get my kicks somehow.
A lunch hour well spent ✨
I'll be sure to keep my eyes open and ear to the ground for you.
Are you making a game with Unity? Would you like to ship on consoles whilst keeping costs down & minimising the pain of platform submissions? PlatformLayer from Darbotron Ltd can help with that! PlatformLayer has shipped in 8 games across 8 platforms - most of these passed submission first go...
Some Singapore backgrounds I made for the game Chinatown Detective Agency #pixelart #gamedev
Wow! Found a cliffside trail near us that has chain guides driven into the rock. 😳
Accidentally stayed up all night building a simple free tool which automatically generates lightweight landing pages for your game. It even automatically grabs social links from your website, and stays up-to-date. Will release it into beta this week if there’s interest!
A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.
...I've always fancied falling off a cliff into the raging waters below, so now I have my chance!
I suspect it was pinhead what did it.
If you have any starter packs, lists etc for independent games media, would be very grateful if you add @rewinder.co.uk, please.
Wow! Found a cliffside trail near us that has chain guides driven into the rock. 😳
Very sorry to read that Paula :(
Welp, I've just found out that my role has been made redundant 🫠... So I will be looking for work! If anyone is looking for a 2D/3D Generalist or Art Director for games (particularly specialising in stylised projects!) please shout! From concepts > modelling > animating thru to implementation 💛✨
Don't forget to leave out treats for the jolly ol' Grubfather! 🐛🐛🐛
It's Silksong Eve!
Hey everyone! Exciting to be finally releasing Silksong with @teamcherry.bsky.social on the 4th! The soundtrack album will be available on Steam, GOG and Bandcamp on day one, with other music platforms to follow soon after! Album price: USD 11.99 | EUR €11.79 | YEN ¥1200 Cheers :)
XP EXCHANGE IS BACK📣 Join us for a night of engaging long-form talks from our community's leading experts, not to mention food, drink and networking on the house! Speakers will be announced every single day this week TICKETS www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/xp-exchang...
Really enjoying The Drifter from @barney.powerhoof.com / @dave.powerhoof.com & the rest of the Powerhoof team!
Commencing Operation Cleancast.
Me, after I've finished doing the dishes.
Let's grow some fucking strawberries.
Reminder: if you are worried about AI replacing you as an artist: don’t use AI voices, If you don’t want composing to be handed over to AI: don’t use it to write text. You get the idea. If you value your job: protect others jobs too.
Was just standing in the work shop planing my day and my workshop buddy was at the door waiting for me let them in. so today’s visit is complete.
My contract with Blizzard ends in one month. I'm still looking for a fulltime role as a senior writer or narrative designer! If you need someone who can write poetic prose, emotive dialogue, and sharp stories, I'm here. ✨
Ha, I know 😋
One of the recurring conversations I had with studios at Gamescom is when they tried it, generative AI was often a terrible fit for real production workflows. Iterating on assets was time consuming, getting the right prompts to address basic details a chore, and wasn't worth changing approach for.
...the things I'll do to avoid therapy.
Commencing Operation Cleancast.
They're in a bed that's we've just built, so we're keen for them to spread out a bit. We'll keep and eye on them though, so thanks for the heads up!
Fingers crossed!
The testosterone is thick.
...You're encouraged to do that (and leave a donation) so no crimes have been committed 😬
Yeah, we figured they might spread themselves out. We'll see!
...These are from the community garden that's attached to the hospital my wife works at!
Let's grow some fucking strawberries.
This track from Chrono Cross has been stuck in my head aaaaall day Maybe now it'll be stuck in yours too
Space and space-adjacent artists! (e.g. sci-fi as well!)
Artists who had fewer than 250 followers when I created the list and should have so many more 🙂
Wow that's quite the milestone! Congrats Davis 🎉
To celebrate 66.6k followers, please consider sharing and following my starter packs of wonderful artists who deserve to have far more followers than me 🩵 go.bsky.app/6WQAQna
It's my absolute pleasure to present to you our labor of love: Poly Fighter! We are HeartLoop Games! ♥
Hey Y'all, I am still looking for work so, any boosts or leads would be appreciated! I'm looking for contract work as a Narrative Designer & Game Writer but am also open to doing consulting work! Here are some of the games I've worked on but you can find more of my work at sahilbajaj.dev
Take me back to the necropolis.
It's in the alt-text "The Kaunos necropolis in Dalyan, Turkey."
Yeah, it was roasting!
Take me back to the necropolis.
We're hiring for our next key role: a 3D Anime Character Artist! This is a full-time, remote position starting later this year and running for 5–6 months. Please RT to help us reach as many people as possible! Application form and more info in the comments. #indiegame #3dcg #PortfolioDay #b3d
So excited for the fantastic team at @hinterland.bsky.social . We just announced BLACKFROST: The Long Dark 2, at @thegameawardsfeed.bsky.social. Can't wait to bring you into this new world and a different take on the "quiet apocalypse". www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wlt...
Look ma! I'm in THE FREAKING GUARDIAN! It's exciting to see people getting the weird Legally Blonde-inspired, anti-capitalist puzzle (but so much more) game we're making! Thanks so much for the thoughtful write up, @keefstuart.bsky.social!
Very cool to be invited back to #GAconf to talk about accessibility for micro indies.
Why are we not begging John Carpenter to score videogames? Even just some themes?
my art was nominated for #shibuyapixelart2025!!!! I think that means my art will be on display!! I’ll see you there!!!!
Was doing some simple wood work waiting for my buddy to show up but they did after I did the task but this is how I try to spend my afternoons doing wood work and chilling best I can while I wait to see if I can get a game dev job again. And then it’s just two buds chilling and one is very wee.
We're HIRING multiple Game Designer roles! 🎮 Hyper Luminal Games are looking for a full-time Game Design Manager, Senior Designer, and Mid-Level Designer to grow our team. If this sounds like you, please get in touch: www.hyperluminalgames.com/careers
We saw the black and white version of Shin Godzilla in a theatre last night and it was *gorgeous.* This run is short and isn't being promoted - there were ten other people at the first Boston showing - so look for Shin Godzilla: ORTHOchromatic times near you.
Day 4 of PAX West! Come check out RollerGirl! ✨
Very cool to be invited back to #GAconf to talk about accessibility for micro indies.
Plans are in motion!
Speaker announcement! 📢 Our dev panel is on accessibility as a micro-indie, starring @mrsgame.dev, @kanaratron.bsky.social, @strasser.bsky.social and shiftBacktick! Sept 29th - 30th, registration & line-up at gaconf.com #gamedevelopment #indiedev
Well, this was nice to wake up to! Big thanks to all 30k+ of you for following my indie dev nonsense 💙
Here's my video round-up of 10 great indie demos I played at Gamescom, with interviews with the devs / publishers! Feat games from @rustylake.com @losttoken.bsky.social @trioskaz.bsky.social @adhocstudio.com @pvkkgame.bsky.social @badvikinggames.bsky.social and more! youtu.be/1XI7nDu0X5c?...
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