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Daniel Turner
@pointered.bsky.social
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Director at College Fun Games, @collegefungames.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy
Now making our second game, a point-and-click parody of Les Misérables... Wishlist now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4090610
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Daniel Turner @pointered.bsky.social · Oct 9
A point-and-click parody of Les Miserables? Where could I register my interest for such a thing??

www.kickstarter.com/projects/col...

#IndieGame #AdventureGame #PointAndClick #LesMiserables
Coming soon: Less Misearbles: A point-and-click parody of Les Miserables
An adventure game that's a loving parody of Les Misérables, complete with hand-drawn art and live voice acting.
www.kickstarter.com
pointered.bsky.social
Think this is the best obituary so far, was both beguiled and baffled by Arcadia as a student
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8h
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter The playwright Tom Stoppard, whose playful erudition dazzled the theatregoing world for decades, has died aged 88. One of a select band of writers from any discipline to earn his own adjective – “Stoppardian” – in the Oxford English Dictionary, he delighted in the most improbable juxtapositions: philosophy and gymnastics in Jumpers (1972); early 19th-century landscape gardening and chaos theory in Arcadia (1993); rock music, dissident Czech academics and the love poetry of Sappho in Rock ’n’ Roll (2006). Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
pointered.bsky.social
Getting final artwork in for this scene for Less Miserables in Act 1, with dynamic lighting and parallax effects! All hand drawn.

#ScreenShotSaturday #AdventureGame #PointNClick #NoAI #IndieGame
A dark inn scene, with wooden beams and grey brick, tables and a bar, in a cartoon style. Four characters, including a tough looking man in rags and a mustachioed gentleman in grey sitting with a cursor marked 'Friendly Patron' on him
November 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
pointered.bsky.social
Bye bye Christmas pudding mix, now to steam for 4 hours and open up on Christmas Day...
Food: light brown slop with visible raisins, in a white enamel bowl
November 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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aghotspot.bsky.social
"A trip back to nineteenth-century Germany uncovers a solid compilation of retro-styled whodunits"
Pascal Tekaia reviews Casebook 1899: The Leipzig Murders for AGH. adventuregamehotspot.com/review/5558/...
#indiegame #adventuregame #pixelartgame #pcgame
Casebook 1899: The Leipzig Murders review | Adventure Game Hotspot
While not flashy or revolutionary, with the occasional questionable narrative choice, Casebook 1899: The Leipzig Murders offers exactly what it says on the tin: a solidly entertaining collection of mu...
adventuregamehotspot.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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villainyvs.bsky.social
Today at 2pm GMT! 🔜 #AdventureX Showcase Saturday!
I've selected 8 demos from last weekend's @adventurex.bsky.social to play and share with you on stream - I'm very excited!
Twitch.tv/villainyvs
✨💜✨💜✨
@torreznoenter.bsky.social @kinigames.bsky.social @mucksgames.com @viceundercover.bsky.social
An image showing the cover artwork for indie adventure games shown at Adventure X, including Legends of Castile, City of Voices, Frieda is Changing, Mind Diver, Shadows of the Afterland, Vice Undercover, Chance's Lucky Escape and Expelled!
November 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
pointered.bsky.social
Can't believe it's been a week since AdventureX! Wristbands still holding up, and yes, I do have a mental age of 14. I will never take them off!
A hand with a yellow and green wristband, saying AdventureX 2025 with faded writing, and beginning to look a bit manky
November 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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collegefungames.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy
Pre-paint scale test for our village street background. Only 3 more backgrounds to go, and Act 1 is done!

#pointnclickfriday #adventuregame #gameart #backgroundart
Black and white sketch image of a 1800s village at night, several buildings and a broken fence in the foreground. A cartoon character is shown 4 times at different scales
November 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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michaelklamerus.bsky.social
Indie Game Roundup (November 28, 2025)
virtualmoose.org/2025/11/28/i...
robot person shooting and cartoonish robot creatures duck and turtle jumping over frogs pixel art bartender saying "There was no woman. The girl came here by herself." first person view of a gray tunnel
November 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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robustgames.bsky.social
Last few hours to pick Loco Motive up for 30% off - That's £10! We also put out a new update with further improvements, including Simplified Chinese language support, so you're getting the best version of the game for a tenner.

➡️ s.team/a/1709880
Save 30% on Loco Motive on Steam
There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characte...
s.team
November 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
pointered.bsky.social
Great, now I'm crying at work
November 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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supernorn.bsky.social
Loco Motive is currently 30% off, and we've been seeing a lot of new players picking up the game. As a result, we're inching closer to 900 reviews on Steam! If you've enjoyed the game but haven't left a Steam review yet, we'd really appreciate it.

➡️ s.team/a/1709880
Save 30% on Loco Motive on Steam
There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characte...
s.team
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
pointered.bsky.social
Cara too?? This is amazing!!
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
pointered.bsky.social
This is so fantastic, and recognises the amazing talent working in games right now!
sallybeaumont.bsky.social Sally Beaumont 🔜 AdventureX Voice Actor & Game Writer @sallybeaumont.bsky.social · 4d
I'm a BAFTA Breakthrough 2025!

I'm honoured to be amongst such an incredible cohort, and for BAFTA to recognise my work on Old Skies!

As a disabled, female, performer-writer in games, I am so proud to show what we can do, and with BAFTA's support the sky's the limit!

www.bafta.org/stories/brea...
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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shaunaitcheson.bsky.social
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is currently 50% off on GOG!

A bargain opportunity to play our folk horror adventure game inspired by movies such as The Wicker Man & the works of M.R. James, with a little pinch of Twin Peaks and Lovecraft.

www.gog.com/en/game/the_...
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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collegefungames.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy
Hello to all our new followers! Having a lot of fun with Moho for rigging all our new character animations, and new stuff is coming in every day!

#adventuregame #indiedev #animation #pointandclick
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
pointered.bsky.social
Saved my battle-worn copy of the AdventureX25 programme! It has notes scribbed from amazing talks, was shoved in various pockets, and used to wedge open the auditorium door so people could breathe! See you all next year?

#AdventureX #AdventureX25
A folded, curled and creased blue printed programme saying 'AdventureX, London 22-23 Nov 2025' and with cartoon characters from various adventure games
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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darktidesgame.bsky.social
We had the pleasure of sitting next to Jana during AdventureX, she was super nice and very funny, what an awesome dev! And I got to play Mops and Mobs too. If you love point and click games you should really try this game out, the dungeon crawling and card mechanics are easy to learn and super fun!!
ratqueen.bsky.social Jana Reinhardt🧹⚔️Mops & Mobs ➡️ AdventureX @ratqueen.bsky.social · 10d
Listen up, fans of adventures, visual novels and narrative games: The @adventurex.bsky.social Steam event is on - and Mops & Mobs is part of it. We feature a reworked demo of our dungeon adventure!

🐸🧹💀 store.steampowered.com/sale/adventu...

#indiegames #dungeonsanddragons #narrativegames
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
pointered.bsky.social
Wow, fuck Rockstar. Regardless of the unfair dismissal stuff, banning staff talking about their hobbies just before another 6 months of crunch is just cruel. What a toxic workplace.
chrisbratt.bsky.social Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 5d
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".

PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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collegefungames.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy
Had an amazing time at AdventureX! Hope y'all found exclusive 'Less Miserables' stickers in your goodie bags and put them to good use!

#adventurex #adventurex25 #narrativegames
A blue banner, saying 'AdventureX' and the cartoon hobo character from the Drifter, next to a large white hall, and lots of people milling about
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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darmato.bsky.social
Wooooo, boy, Big Feelings™ on the way home from #AdventureX.

Please forgive the extreme schmaltz factor below as I attempt to get this out… (1/7)
Looking out a window from the interior of an airplane.
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
pointered.bsky.social
I went out drinking with the AdventureX crew, and all I got was this lousy hangover!

Seriously, after I got back to the hotel I couldn't sleep for hours, my heart was just buzzing with happy. Thanks to everyone for making such an amazing event!

#AdventureX
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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cowchildren.bsky.social
AdventureX was a delight! We had around 80 or 90 people playing our demos, and this gave me great joy!
Made new friends and contacts, got some excellent advice, and discovered many new games.
+ Gender Gladness!
#AdvX2025
November 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
pointered.bsky.social
Finally got to see a legendary Jon Ingold talk in person at AdvenutreX yesterday, deftly funny and informative in equal measures
A crowded lecture theatre, looking out over heads to a screen with "It's 2027?" written on it
November 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
pointered.bsky.social
Helped pack 750 attendee bags for @adventurex.bsky.social last night, all ready to go for this morning! See you there...

#AdventureX
Looking down on about a dozen cardboard boxes, stuffed with hundreds of brown paper bags, with AdventureX printed on them
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy
The Verge: Screw it, I’m installing Linux

https://www.theverge.com/tech/823337/switching-linux-gaming-desktop-cachyos

#win11 #linux
To be clear, my desktop works fine on Windows 11. But the general ratio of cool new features to egregious bullshit is low. I do not want to talk to my computer. I do not want to use OneDrive. I’m sure as hell not going to use Recall. I am tired of Windows trying to get me to use Edge, Edge trying to get me to use Bing, and everything trying to get me to use Copilot. I paid for an Office 365 subscription so I could edit Excel files. Then Office 365 turned into Copilot 365, and I tried to use it to open a Word document and it didn’t know how. Meanwhile, Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10, including security updates, forcing people to buy new hardware or live with the risks.
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 AM