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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 18h

The Dark Mountain suits you

Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 18h

Huge thanks to @marlowedobbe.com for the design, we're so excited to get another shirt out! All proceeds go towards our booth costs, equipment, and showcaser meals at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo :)

This is what the shirt looks like when you put it on btw:

A hanging skeleton prop wearing the new Portland Indie Game Squad shirt. A stacked pumpkin decoration and the Mario Bros 1993 movie poster accompany the skeleton on either side.

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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 18h

🏰ANNOUNCEMENT TIME⚡
After so many years, we finally have a new shirt design!
CLIMB INDIE MOUNTAIN, ENTER THE GATES, and support our local gamedev community if you have the mettle!
Our new shirt goes on sale this weekend in-person at the @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social, online orders open next week!

A white-on-black metal/punk t-shirt design by Marlowe Dobbe. Lightning and markings in the sky spell "Portland Indie Game Squad" over the Cubepig mascot rendered as a castle set upon mountains and clouds.

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💜 Izzi8bit 💜 @izzi8bit.bsky.social · 1d

I am beyond excited to announce that I've been working on this game as a pixel animator for a few months now! I've vague posted about the wonderful team a lil bit! This game is gonna be something special!

Please check Grave Seasons out, and wishlist on steam!

Perfect Garbage 🌾🪦🔪 wishlist Grave Seasons @perfectgarbage.bsky.social · Jun 8

Grave Seasons is a narrative-led farming sim with a terrifying twist – someone in town has a deadly secret.

Featuring:
👩‍🌾Farming and life sim
🩸Criminal activity
🔎Murder investigation
❤️‍🔥Romance and dark intrigue
🔪Supernatural serial killers

Releasing 2026 on PC and consoles. Wishlist below!⬇️

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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 1d

HMMMM we might be announcing something something VERY FUN tomorrow morning? HMM HMMM Can you guess what it is?

Newsletter sub if you're interested 😈
bit.ly/pigsquadnews...

A black and white sketch. But what is it..?

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RetroGamingExpo.com @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social · 2d

Best Of PRGE 2025 part 1: We're celebrating the 40th anniversary of the US-release of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) with guests, exhibits, The Warp Zone lounge and special events! Get your tickets at tinyurl.com/3km56wbt
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #NES

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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 4d

🗡🧛‍♂️ BE WARY 🕯👻
We're hosting our annual Spooky Games Marathon at the end of the month! Join us October 30th for live Let's Plays of scary games by community members and play awesome games in the Halloweenie halls of the Pacific Northwest College of Art!
Details here: pigsquad.com/events-list/...

A darkly lit room showing a stage where community members are playing and commentating the game "Faith." Red and orange lights cast a lit rim on audience members in front of the stage. The photo is from the 2019 Spooky Games Marathon.

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Vivian Rosanthwyn @rosanthwyn.online · 9d

hey look it’s Paula The Possum!

Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 11d

Yipes, we're going to have quite a few games at the booth. Who's all going to @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social in a couple weeks?

A lineup of 35 games that will be showcasing at PIGSquad's Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2025 booth. Thumbnails include ghosts, possums, axes, snakes, robots, open roads, horses, sushi, portals, bunnies, letters, campfires, dogs, energy orbs, slushies, and so much more.

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AevinAbstract @aevinabstract.bsky.social · 9d

I'll be at the @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social with the @pigsquad.com! Come see me on Sunday, October 19th and be one of the first to play The Spectral Web: Yuurei! I'll showcase its Fragmented Randomizer, which stitches together a selection of over 70 zones into one big map.
#indiegame #indiedev

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The Wyndfinder @catlordgames.bsky.social · 2d

Coming to PRGE? Stop by the @pigsquad.com booth and try The Wyndfinder demo! We'll be there on Sunday, but the fun is happening all weekend.

Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 11d

Yipes, we're going to have quite a few games at the booth. Who's all going to @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social in a couple weeks?

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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 4d

🗡🧛‍♂️ BE WARY 🕯👻
We're hosting our annual Spooky Games Marathon at the end of the month! Join us October 30th for live Let's Plays of scary games by community members and play awesome games in the Halloweenie halls of the Pacific Northwest College of Art!
Details here: pigsquad.com/events-list/...

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RetroGamingExpo.com @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social · 9d

Join the NES 40th Anniversary celebration with our massive Super Mario Group! Mario, Wario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Toad, Princess Rosalina, Bowser, the Koopas, and Donkey Kong! Party time!! Tickets at tinyurl.com/3km56wbt
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #NES

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Robin Carpenter @robino.bsky.social · 4d

The Serpent Lord's tomb, and a sketch of his sepulchre

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💜 Izzi8bit 💜 @izzi8bit.bsky.social · 4d

I was really happy how this Rat commission came out for @sunnydunny64.bsky.social

Thank you again for supporting Duster!

The Rat, a black and white pixelated rat with gooey body.

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infinite brians @infinitebrians.neocities.org · 4d

Jack-o’-lantern mushrooms

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RetroGamingExpo.com @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social · 11d

So much Indie goodness!! 😍

Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 11d

Yipes, we're going to have quite a few games at the booth. Who's all going to @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social in a couple weeks?

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Nephilim 🇵🇸 @nephilim-dev.bsky.social · 9d

Mace Knight will be at the @pigsquad.com booth at @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social later this month! Swing by on October 18th to give our demo a try!

And if you can’t make it, don’t worry! The demo will be available for anyone to play on Steam very soon (more details yet to come on that).

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Jade J. Laidlaw @starfishness.bsky.social · 9d

Excited to announce that I'm going to be showcasing my game at the booth! I'll be there all day saturday, so stop by if you want to say hi and play my silly little game about a giant robot that eats stars!

Pixel art of a robot and two floating hands below it that are posed to resemble a W.

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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 11d

Yipes, we're going to have quite a few games at the booth. Who's all going to @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social in a couple weeks?

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Yellow Sriracha @yellowsriracha.bsky.social · 12d

Very happy to be partnering with PIG Squad to showcase SNAKEWITCH🐍 at the Portland Retro Game Expo this year!! @pigsquad.com
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pigsquad.com/portland-ret...

Portland Retro Gaming Expo — Portland Indie Game Squad

Join the Portland Indie Game Squad (PIGSquad) at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo! We'll be hosting indie games, our annual Horror Game Marathon, and more alongside PRGE's massive arcade!

pigsquad.com

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Nextlevelbanana @ home @nextlevelbanana.online · 14d

Let's gooooooo

Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 14d

The games that will be at our @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social booth are now live! Check out all of the awesome community projects & devs you'll be able to hang with 🤩
pigsquad.com/portland-ret...
See you on October 17-19 ~

Portland Retro Gaming Expo — Portland Indie Game Squad

Join the Portland Indie Game Squad (PIGSquad) at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo! We'll be hosting indie games, our annual Horror Game Marathon, and more alongside PRGE's massive arcade!

pigsquad.com

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freedrull.bsky.social @freedrull.bsky.social · 13d

I'll be sharing Burgerzone: Deluxe Meal at Portland Retro Game Expo Oct. 18th with the PIG Squad ! pigsquad.com/portland-ret... @pigsquad.com @cybertomatosoft.bsky.social

Portland Retro Gaming Expo — Portland Indie Game Squad

Join the Portland Indie Game Squad (PIGSquad) at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo! We'll be hosting indie games, our annual Horror Game Marathon, and more alongside PRGE's massive arcade!

pigsquad.com

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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 13d

TONIGHT! See you at the White Owl for Art/Code Night and also HAPPY OCTOBER 🍂🌬️🎃🎉
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PIGSquad In-Person Social: Art/Code Night — Portland Indie Game Squad

Share your projects, chat with the community, and play games at an in-person Art/Code co-working night!

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Marlowe Dobbe @marlowedobbe.com · 14d

We got ONE HELLUVA LINEUP for our PRGE booth!!! Check out the 30 awesome games you can come play at the expo!! 👊💥

Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 14d

The games that will be at our @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social booth are now live! Check out all of the awesome community projects & devs you'll be able to hang with 🤩
pigsquad.com/portland-ret...
See you on October 17-19 ~

Portland Retro Gaming Expo — Portland Indie Game Squad

Join the Portland Indie Game Squad (PIGSquad) at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo! We'll be hosting indie games, our annual Horror Game Marathon, and more alongside PRGE's massive arcade!

pigsquad.com

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oleogustus @oleogustus.itch.io · 14d

Thanks to the people at @pigsquad.com and @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social, i will be showcasing Checkmage! at the PRGE on October 19th (sunday!)

Come by and check out my game alongside a lineup of unique games from some other indie developers :)

pigsquad.com/portland-ret...

#gamedev #indiedev

Portland Retro Gaming Expo — Portland Indie Game Squad

Join the Portland Indie Game Squad (PIGSquad) at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo! We'll be hosting indie games, our annual Horror Game Marathon, and more alongside PRGE's massive arcade!

pigsquad.com

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