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Fachewachewa @fachewachewa.itch.io · 1h

Thankfully next episode is with Simon Carless (speaking of which, it was nice having at least one person listen to him about the needless Silksong induced reports, so last ep wasn't all bad)
Now they just need a youtuber to tell them what it's like actually searching for games rather than waiting

Fachewachewa @fachewachewa.itch.io · 1h

How can the few extremely successful indies selling maybe a couple of millions at most be a problem for big studios?
The flash games that get ignored in that narrative where people "couldn't get games in front of players" were just as much competition, and had just as much coverage.

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Fachewachewa @fachewachewa.itch.io · 1h

BTW last episode of Post Game with Schreier: He keeps saying "too many games" is an *industry* problem, so big studios etc, but then also talks about the lower barrier of entry leading to more games existing. How does that make sense? Having 10k spam games on steam already doesn't impact indies

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Fachewachewa @fachewachewa.itch.io · 1h

Vraiment du mal a être optimiste sur le medium quand on nous sert à répétition l'équivalent d'une ligne de cocaine, mais qui est traitée comme si c'était un repas dans un grand resto.
Le reste est même pas digne d'attention, et on nous fait croire que c'est pcq too many games...

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Fachewachewa @fachewachewa.itch.io · 1h

Evidemment content que le dev ait doit à un jeu qui se vend cette fois (et qui est joué par les influenceurs), mais ouais j'ai du mal à prendre au sérieux les "marre des triple A heureusement qu'il y a les indé" quand les mêmes schémas se retrouvent, juste à une autre échelle.

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Fachewachewa @fachewachewa.itch.io · 1h

J'ai quand même du mal a accepter le fait qu'au delà des joueurs, la presse soit aussi bien plus réceptive pour un jeu comme Ball X Pit comparé à Mr Sun's Hatbox.
A moins de 400 reviews, j'imagine que demain à cette heure ci Ball X Pit aura pulvérisé son score. Pas sur que ça envoie les bons signaux

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Knoebel @knoebel.bsky.social · 9h

'1000xRESIST' is coming to Xbox Series, Xbox Game Pass and PS5 on November 4th. Already on Switch and PC.

youtu.be/odxmZdBFIDM?...

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Fachewachewa @fachewachewa.itch.io · 2h

- j'ai même pas vu qu'il avait une date sortie
- je sais qu'il a dit que le jeu était presque fini mais c'était pas rassurant
- le jeu se fait absolument défonce
- il est sorti il y a moins de 10h et il y a déjà eu une baisse permanente du prix de 50% ?????

Steam Release Bot @steamreleasebot.bsky.social · 8h

CUFFBUST
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2592220/
$19.99

Escape prison with your friends by equipping tools, evading guards, and executing your breakout plan. Destructible environments, proximity chat, a multitude of escape routes, 10 player lobbies, and a full custom map editor!

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sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social · 6h

Looking for a party game that combines social deduction with the pleasant absurdity of rating animals, films, and the weather on a scale of ★ to ★★★★★? And it's just a simple deck of cards? AND it's live on Kickstarter now?!?! Guess what, STARFRIENDS has launched! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bra...

Starfriends: The 5-Star Game About What Everyone Else Thinks

A party game where you get into your friends' heads. Kinda like a blend of Wavelength and Letterboxd that fits into a deck of cards.

www.kickstarter.com

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Fachewachewa @fachewachewa.itch.io · 12h

Au final c'est pas vraiment une version simplifiée / plus accessible, au contraire c'est sûrement moins pratique de faire des trucs dans ce jeu (très peu de QoL) mais je sais que beaucoup de gens sont surtout bloqués par l'absence d'objetfs concrets et donc la présentation ici peut beaucoup jouer.

Fachewachewa @fachewachewa.itch.io · 12h

C'est vraiment bizarre Little Rocket Lab. Je crois que l'ajout de la couche narrative / stardew me fait le même effet que Spiritfarer, où la pluie d'objectifs et de missions donne ce sentiment d'exploitation. Pareil avec les petits pics de friction dans l'UX qui découlent surtout de la présentation.

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Jesse Guarascia @jesseguarascia.com · 1d

Are you trying to check out #SteamNextFest demos but can't quite make it past all the AI crud? Overwhelmed by the sheer number of games of varying degrees of quality?

Well look no further! I'm going to be playing tons of demos this week and cataloguing the most standout ones in this thread:

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Fachewachewa @fachewachewa.itch.io · 16h

Oh okay. I guess that makes sense.
Delvolver is being ✨ PUNK ✨ again and are doing their counter event to Next Fest (while still having games in NF to try and get more people in)

I think games in NF should have the NF banner overriding any other one honestly, this seems like an exploit.

Banner for "Devolver's celebration of video game demos", featuring Volvy.

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Hard Drive @hard-drive.net · 1d

Sam Altman has said any workers who are displaced by OpenAI will be given free transportation to the nearest culling facility where they will be summarily slaughtered and converted into a nutritious paste meant to be consumed by busy tech executives who don’t have time for regular meals.

Sam Altman explains Open AIs vision for a world where no one goes hungry because all the displaced workers will be converted into essential nutrients for other tech executives.

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increpare @increpare.bsky.social · 1d

Eggification, 1/5

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Fachewachewa @fachewachewa.itch.io · 17h

IGF is cool though it's getting less and less coverage each year so I guess it's already in everyone's mute list, and also asking for people to go to the US (or find someone willing to do it for you in 2 weeks) in 2025 is insane

Finalist Requirements:
Any Finalist that does not satisfy all of the requirements of this section may be disqualified, and the Sponsor may select an alternate Finalist Game from the remaining Entered Games.

Each Finalist will be required to exhibit its Finalist Game at the Conference. Exhibition duties will include: (i) demonstrating the Finalist Game during specified hours and (ii) conducting oneself in a manner that upholds the good name and reputation of Sponsor, the Conference, and the Contest. Sponsor will provide a means to display the Finalist game at the Conference in the IGF Pavilion. Attendance at Contest and Conference is not required to become a finalist or winner.

Any individual Finalist who is unable to attend may chose to officially nominate a proxy attendee (the name and contact details of which to be electronically mailed to the organizer within fourteen (14) days after notification of nomination has been sent to the Finalist). Proxy attendees must perform the same duties as the actual Finalists.

Each Finalist will receive a $1,000 travel stipend, then will be responsible for all other costs of their own travel, meals, accommodations, and equipment in connection with the Contest and the Conference.

Fachewachewa @fachewachewa.itch.io · 18h

The fact that everyone keeps dunking on GDC is for the same reason why GDC is encouraged to keep doing it: it's doing numbers on social media!!!!

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Fachewachewa @fachewachewa.itch.io · 18h

Hey here's an idea:
Stop fucking quoting those awful GDC promo video and just block / mute them
It's all the same thing anyways, the point was made the first time already, people will still go and provide value to GDC and get nothing out of it except maybe a nice afternoon with friends and COVID.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 20h

Mandatory age verification to "protect children" is not to protect children. It is to deanonymize every adult speaker and consumer of speech online so the government can retaliate against speakers and speech they don't approve of. For instance: apnews.com/article/trum...

US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last m...

apnews.com

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Fachewachewa @fachewachewa.itch.io · 18h

and somehow no one will remember having played it in 6 months

Knoebel @knoebel.bsky.social · 19h

'Ghost of Yotei' is the biggest first party launch for Sony since 'Spider-Man 2'.

www.thegamebusiness.com/p/ghost-of-y...

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Fachewachewa @fachewachewa.itch.io · 18h

At the same time even if I think the game will be fine, and already has a gamepass deal, releasing a game during Next Fest isn't really doing it favours. People who go into it are likely to buy small games...
Though with the "too many games" crowd maybe Next Fest will become another thing to ignore.

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Fachewachewa @fachewachewa.itch.io · 18h

Kind of rude (seriously) of Devolver to release Ball X Pit during next fest, both for the devs and for... every other dev with a game in Next Fest.
Idk, BXP's demo had a huge impact and the least you can do is not steal that from other games. It's an addictive game and people *will* be playing that.

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Steam Release Bot @steamreleasebot.bsky.social · 1d

Seize the Cheese
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3778900/
$7.99

Harness the power of explosions to propel yourself skyward and claim the biggest cheese, the Moon. Seize the Cheese, because you can never have enough cheddar!

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Fachewachewa @fachewachewa.itch.io · 1d

LN3 dans le top... avec moins de 50% positif en reviews... deux trucs malheureusement très prévisibles

SteamDB @steamdb.info · 1d

#SteamTopSellers for week of 7 Oct — 14 October 2025 (No F2P):

#1 - Battlefield™ 6
#2 - EA SPORTS FC™ 26
#3 - Steam Deck
#4 - Digimon Story Time Stranger
#5 - Little Nightmares III

https://steamdb.info/topsellers/2025W42/?utm_source=Bluesky

Steam Weekly Global Top Sellers for the week of 7 Oct — 14 October 2025

The top selling games on Steam by revenue for the week.

steamdb.info

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Fachewachewa @fachewachewa.itch.io · 1d

But it's also a good representation of what's releasing every week, and why the idea that 15k+ games are published on Steam every year is mostly made up. The only way to see those is usually to deliberately scroll through exhaustive release lists, which Steam doesn't really want you to see