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Kayin @kayin.moe · 11h

I don't know why I'm doing this

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 47m

“Young adults aren’t having enough kids” bro I’m employed full-time with a damn PhD and I’m struggling to afford both groceries and rent.

I love kids but I can barely afford my pets.

Want us to have kids? Try UBI, rent control, universal healthcare, cheaper child care.

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Witch Vamp 🖤 @shopwitchvamp.bsky.social · Jan 9

Are you tired of being nice?

Don't you just wanna go full demon? 😈

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Palette Swap @paletteswap.site · 5h

reminder that the people who made Hard Drive good were pushed out and some of us are doing our own thing here. give us a follow to support independent gaming satire and not whatever the fuck this is supposed to be

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 1h

One reason behind Western decline is that US capital gave up on investing in productive forces long ago.

The current system is all about looting / grifting through financial engineering, rent extraction, and speculative bubbles.

When the system rewards that, reversing it is near impossible.

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StrayCatalyst @straycatalyst.bsky.social · 1h

BIRD FACTS

The Institute for Bird Populations @instbirdpop.bsky.social · 1h

Did you ask for a bird fact? No, but you're getting one whether you like it or not. 🪶

Photo of a Pinyon Jay standing in the grass peering at the ground by Aaron Bugdor. A thought bubble above the bird's head says: "Pretty sure that rat Russ is spying on me again. Probably should pretend to hide one right here." Text on the graphic says: Unsolicited Bird Fact: Pinyon Jays cache seeds for later use by burying them in the ground. A single jay can store approx. 2,600 seeds in the fall when the pinyon pine cone crop is good & they're really good at remembering where they put them. But their fellow jays sometimes raid their stash, so Pinyon Jays will pretend to hide a seed, or they will move already cached seeds to keep them guessing."

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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 2d

Oh it’s #portfolioday!

Hi there 👋

I’m an Edinburgh-based illustrator. I love nautical themes, birds and bookish things. I work in Procreate but love a textured analogue feel.

Here’s my website with more info and prints available for purchase spyglassillustration.com

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Adam @adamgryu.bsky.social · 2h

It's that time of year... 🍂
🎃 The Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival is BACK for 2025! 🎃

This year we can support up to 800 players at once in this seasonal pumpkin carving MMO!

This year's update comes with new areas and new secrets to find.

Hope you don't mind if I re-use the trailer from last year! 😅

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social · 9h

Haven't noticed this before! "it's missing accessibility features that I need" given as an option on Steam's refund reason dropdown
#gamedev #indiedev #accessibility

'choose refund reason' dropdown with 'it's missing accessibility features that I need' highlighted

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Yussef @youmeyou.bsky.social · 3h

Women don't like the vehicle.

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Work With Indies @workwithindies.com · 3h

Sketchbook Games is hiring a Technical Artist/Unreal Developer for an upcoming 1st person game dedicated to mental health.

📍 Remote, Contract (UK only)
🎮 Made in Unreal Engine 5
✨ Art optimization & VFX focus

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Sketchbook Games is hiring a Technical Artist / Unreal Developer

Sketchbook Games are looking for a highly creative and talented Technical Artist/ Unreal Developer who is experienced with Unreal Engine 5.

workwithindies.com

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StrayCatalyst @straycatalyst.bsky.social · 3h

BOB NO

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StrayCatalyst @straycatalyst.bsky.social · 3h

I grabbed one of these previously since my old Xbox controller was drifting, and it's holding up pretty well. If you want a simple controller to use on PC, it's nice!

Cheap Ass Gamer @cheapassgamer.com · 3h

8Bitdo Ultimate 2C Wired Controller for Windows PC and Android, with 1000Hz Polling Rate, Hall Effect Joysticks and Hall Triggers, and Remappable L4/R4 Bumpers (Purple) $12.31 via Amazon (Prime Eligible). https://ow.ly/Ev3O50XcGQQ

Green https://ow.ly/xbvZ50XcGQR

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Danielle Lalonders @dlalonders.bsky.social · 4h

the reason why the game industry doesn’t have unions is because as a collective, we are pretty bad at organizing and also too many people are too comfortable in their jobs and afraid to go up against their companies

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 4h

Remember that business, particularly tech capitalists, no longer operates on the idea of a consumer market, but a speculative investor market. They aren’t trying to create good products to fill consumer market demand, they’re trying to conceptualize product ideas that appeal to FOMO investors.

Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 4h

Can you imagine a writers retreat where everyone is talking to their computer all the time? Or a classroom? Or trying to work in an open plan office where everyone in every cubicle is talking in loud clear voices and then things go wrong because their computer heard Bill talking two cubicles over...

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 9h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

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The Chinese Room @thechineseroom.co.uk · 4h

"Everybody's Gone to the Rapture" church (rural Shropshire) x "Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2" church (downtown Seattle).
So atmospheric - our Art teams have done magnificent job on both. 🎨✨

The latter finally out on Tuesday, everyone!

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 8h

I reach up. My hand presses through the water. It rushes between my fingers. I reach further - air. I breathe. I reach for my posting keyboard...

It's Recall Thursday.

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 14h

Tomonobu Itagaki (creator of Ninja Gaiden 2004, Dead or Alive) has passed away according to his Facebook

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StrayCatalyst @straycatalyst.bsky.social · 5h

"Jesus, this many in our own backyard..."

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Benj Edwards @benjedwards.com · 6h

Every year since this started, I play it with my kids and we look at what other people made

Kitten Cup Studio @kittencupstudio.bsky.social · 1d

It's online pumpking carving season!!!

one of our fav games to play with friends this time of year, is the Ghost Town Pumpkin Carver by @adamgryu.bsky.social

adamgryu.itch.io/pumpkin-carver

The Annual Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival by adamgryu

carve a lil pumpkin and share it with the world

adamgryu.itch.io

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Rusty Lake 🚣 @rustylake.com · 6h

100,000 Wishlists & made it to the Top 500 Wishlisted Games on Steam! 🎉

We’ve officially passed two huge milestones for Servant of the Lake! 🥳

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 6h

Since we can’t rely on the HHS, CDC, or FDA to say it, I will:

MAKE SURE YOU ARE VACCINATED AGAINST MEASLES. GET YOUR MMR.

Measles cases have reached their HIGHEST point since the disease WAS ELIMINATED from the United States in 2000. We are at the tipping point for the return of ENDEMIC measles.

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IbraH @ibrahcorona.bsky.social · 8d

LOOKING FOR VOICE ACTORS !!
I need some tasty voices for some characters roles for upcoming indie animated series📺

Comment or send your demo at : [email protected]
All type of voices are welcome!

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Stein Makes Games ➡️ #GodotFest @steinmakesgames.bsky.social · 1d

Making a settings menu and got an idea:

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laura @lauraillustrates.bsky.social · 3d

a small break

illustration of a white sheep eating tea and cookies. the sheep has roses and ribbons by her ears. the cookies are reminiscent of danish butter cookies and the kettle is yellow and patterned with roses. the sheep holds a pink coffee mug and one of the cookies.

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