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Team Lazerbeam @teamlazerbeam.bsky.social · 3d

🇿🇦Anyone here from Cape Town and into indie games or alternative controllers?

Well then you need to be at the new Super Friendship Arcade!

Pop up arcade with:
🐱 Homemade indie game!
🐸 Weird alt controllers!
🐶 Awesome people!
🐯 Loads of high fives!

18 Oct at Makers Massive - home of CT Game Dev!

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 14d

If you make experimental or unusual games, the Out of Index festival in Seoul is still accepting submissions through the 17th! www.outofindex.org

Out Of Index 2025 - Experimental Game Festival

Out Of Index is an experimental game festival in South Korea. The goal of the festival is to inspire the game industry with new ideas and experimental energy.

www.outofindex.org

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We Throw Switches @wethrowswitches.bsky.social · 18d

heading out. thanks for having us, Tokyo #TGS2025 #pvkk @pvkkgame.bsky.social @kepler-interactive.bsky.social

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We Throw Switches @wethrowswitches.bsky.social · 18d

heading out. thanks for having us, Tokyo #TGS2025 #pvkk @pvkkgame.bsky.social @kepler-interactive.bsky.social

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 21d

Oh wow, PVKK went all out.

A giant turquoise steel battalion-like setup of switches and knobs to play the game pvkk

Same from a different angle. 3 people can stand in front of it.

Another angle showing readouts and switches

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We Throw Switches @wethrowswitches.bsky.social · 22d

we'll be out at Tokyo Game Show this week with Mother Ultimate, showing the incredible @pvkkgame.bsky.social controller, as well as new hardware for our friends at @cr-games.bsky.social

if you want to talk about the weird/cool space where custom digital and physical things overlap, hit us up 💜

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We Throw Switches @wethrowswitches.bsky.social · 22d

we'll be out at Tokyo Game Show this week with Mother Ultimate, showing the incredible @pvkkgame.bsky.social controller, as well as new hardware for our friends at @cr-games.bsky.social

if you want to talk about the weird/cool space where custom digital and physical things overlap, hit us up 💜

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Experimental Games Showcase @exgs.bsky.social · 22d

Applications to be included in the 2026 Experimental Games Showcase at GDC are now OPEN through October 24, 2025! Please send us the weird shit you're working on!

Learn more and apply on our NEW website: www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com

Experimental Games Showcase

SUBMIT YOUR GAME TO THE

www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com

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Playtopia Festival @playtopia.bsky.social · 24d

Phase one tickets end in 8 days! 🎟✨
Get yours now: tickets.airdosh.co.za/event/free_l...

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Day of the Devs @dayofthedevs.org · Sep 15

Day of the Devs: The Game Awards Digital Showcase RETURNS for 2025!

Join us after @thegameawards.com for a first look at the future of indie games. ✨✨✨

Working on something awesome? Submissions are now OPEN! Learn more & submit your game here:

dayofthedevs.org/submit/

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Chris Hanney 🔜 Gamescom @hanney.bsky.social · Aug 22

Legit playing Planetenverteidigungskannonenkomandant with @rystorm.com was a life changing experience.

The pitch: “Angry birds but very complicated with a MASSIVE controller”

What a marvel of an experience - I’ll be giggling for days

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We Throw Switches @wethrowswitches.bsky.social · Aug 25

(and stoked that it won the IAB Best Booth award, too 🏅✨ @indiearenabooth.de)

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We Throw Switches @wethrowswitches.bsky.social · Aug 25

a cool couple of months helping to support this PVKK design / build by Mother Ultimate, for the wonderful @pvkkgame.bsky.social and @kepler-interactive.bsky.social 💜 thanks to everyone who checked it out at gamescom 🙏 #gamescom2025

PVKK: We Played it With a Real-Life Cannon Cockpit! | gamescom 2025

YouTube video by IGN

youtu.be

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Freeplay @free-play.bsky.social · Aug 15

Parallels returns and early bird tickets are available now.

Check out freeplay.net.au for tickets and info, with a full lineup and general release tickets coming in September

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Marie Foulston @tigershungry.co.uk · Jul 1

1 week until casino doors open. We've a handful of tickets left (& a strict capacity limit).

A few folks have asked...

"Is it okay if I buy a ticket"
And yes, the general rule is that if you can see this post, yes of course you can buy a ticket.

Marie Foulston @tigershungry.co.uk · Jun 24

UK playful pals & mutuals- we've been given a bit more capacity for our boutique Car Boot Casino night at Develop on Tues 8 July

If you enjoy homebrew card & bluffing games, poker visors, janky prizes then ticket details are below:

www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/t-zz...
Code: DOGPLAYINGPOKER

event poster, painting of a woman holding a dog with a poker visor and cards. text reads:

Car Boot Casino: a night of homebrew card, bluffing and betting games.

Tuesday 8 July 2025, 7pm - late, Brighton

£7.99

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Nick Murray @cassettewitch.bsky.social · Mar 22

I have a little work-in-progress show on next week. It's the culmination of a socially-led residency with ACAVA. Here's a little video where I say a bit about what's on.

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Holly Gramazio @hollygramazio.bsky.social · Mar 20

Heya! You might have seen that this is going to be the final year for @nowplaythis.bsky.social; there's a little post here about why, and about how glad we are to have stuck around for this long nowplaythis.net/2025/03/20/o...

On Wrapping up Now Play This

If you're reading this, you've probably already seen that 2025 is going to be the last edition of Now Play This. We’ve had a pretty good run of it, as weird little game festivals go: ten years, eleve...

nowplaythis.net

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We Throw Switches @wethrowswitches.bsky.social · Mar 18

haha, any time! the team are lovely - it was a pleasure dealing with them 💜

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We Throw Switches @wethrowswitches.bsky.social · Mar 18

yo! it's

How To Pet Your Cat
from Da Chu Interactive
( www.dachu-interactive.com/how-to-pet-y... )

💜✨

How to pet your cat — DaChu Interactive

www.dachu-interactive.com

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We Throw Switches @wethrowswitches.bsky.social · Mar 16

nice to be with our friends @dayofthedevs.org, showcasing some amazing alt.ctrl things (mechanical cat butts included) ✨💀💜

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Now Play This @nowplaythis.bsky.social · Mar 17

Now Play This 2025 has officially landed! Join us at Somerset House on 11 &12 April for two days of play all about Folk Games - the stories we create together!

BOOK: www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/now...

@somersethouse @londongamesfest

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TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social · Mar 16

Extra proud to be part of @dayofthedevs.org today! #HowToPetYourCat

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benjo @makeshiftgnome.bsky.social · Mar 17

Hi! This is my team!! Back Off Me Booty was a lot of fun to work on and we are SO psyched at how many people came by and enjoyed it!!

Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · Mar 16

If you’re at Day of the Devs do not skip Attack of the Booty. Thighs still burning 🔥

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Day of the Devs @dayofthedevs.org · Mar 16

TODAY

IS

THE

DAY

join us TODAY at The Midway for Day of the Devs: San Francisco Edition!

RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/day-of-the...

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Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · Mar 16

If you’re at Day of the Devs do not skip Attack of the Booty. Thighs still burning 🔥

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