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Scuffed and unhinged two person Kiwi indie game studio. Making our first horror game: The Poacher. Posts by Karyn (phaiakia) (she/her). The professional one? And Fin (he/him). The argumentative one. www.robotsmakegames.com

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · Feb 22

This is a barbers shop in our local area. It’s called Boys 2 Men. The more astute of you may have noticed its location at the end of the road.

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boulean @boulean.bsky.social · 2d

Finally! I took a screenshot of the game! 😀 What do y'all think about the lighting/dithering effect?

Watch the development live on Twitch at twitch.tv/boulean

#gamedev #indiedev #godot #2dgame #survivalgame #roguelike #boulean

A screenshot of a 2D game that shows a blue wizard holding a staff that is lighting up the area around him, revealing wombats, mushrooms, rocks, and other resources.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 21h

can you buy original ideas on the twitch tok shop? i think dan clancy needs this more than anyone.

Zach Bussey 🍁 @zachbussey.tos.gg · 22h

Twitch is launching a native in-stream live shopping that will allow users to purchase a product without ever leaving Twitch.

The first brand partner for this will be Elf Cosmetics.

Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 22h

the risks of working from home. i stg this cat is a 10x multiplier on my adhd stat.

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Official Commodore® @commodoreofficial.bsky.social · 2d

Has Microsoft abandoned your Windows 10 PC?

Meet #Commodore OS Vision 3.0: privacy-first, retro-futuristic and way more fun than Windows ever was. Plus,

❌ No Big Tech
❌ No Data Tracking
❌ No Web Browser (only if you want)

Reset your digital life. commodore.net/closewindows

#C64 #Linux

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 1d

this is the part that stood out.

we lost twitch a few years ago to branded content. the advertising push, then partner managers disappeared, then sponsored streams started getting promoted in the sidebar, then push notifications for ads.

there's more. but twitch is now a dedicated vehicle for it.

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SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 5d

JERNJAM! We played so many wonderful games made by the community and handed out so many prizes with @irishjohngames.bsky.social ! Thank you @ultrasaurus.ca @drdaubs.bsky.social @pennymeowy.bsky.social @sp00kysprinkles @gr1mreaper619 for the raids! We passed the love to @hypnotikgames.bsky.social!

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Captain_Onosa @captain-onosa.bsky.social · 5d

"You Had Mead at Hello" won 3rd Place in Fun!

Amazing job, team! Simply put, I'm overwhelmed. I'd never built an automation/tycoon game. I wasn't sure if it would work. Yet, people voted it was fun. I just.. wow!

@irishjohngames.bsky.social
&
@sciantsmedia.com
👀
www.twitch.tv/irishjohngames

2025 Jern Jam and Sci Ants stream. "You Had Mead at Hello!" Fun to Play: Third place. There are several bees and an apiary in the background. A game by Captain_Onosa, TheAverageGoob, Ategondev, DeltaV.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 7d

twitch.tv/finisfine

i guess we post a golive here too.

finisfine - Twitch

ads off, prerolls on. probably unreal dev.

twitch.tv

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No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 7d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 7d

oh, jason blum wants to replace us with AI, does he?

well, jason, if you try and replace me with AI, i swear to god, i will replace YOU with AI, so help me!

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 8d

As a lifelong Wellingtonian, 1) I think it's entirely appropriate that our first wāhine Māori mayor gets a painted mayoral portrait and 2) $7000 is fuck all for a painting like this. What a bargain.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 9d

i was thinking IQ test but this is better. they'd all fail the IQ test anyway.

Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 9d

hey lmk if you think this is fucking stupid

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 9d

cool now your dad is training data. can't wait for "boomer frolicking with dog" to return exclusively pictures of your dad.

Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 11d

Before now, only some of the names on this list were feckless, dollar worshipping, toadying fucks you wouldn't expect anything better from, and who spent their entire careers being useful idiots.

But hey, if you're doing research on spineless amoral turds in comedy, they just saved you some time.

The extensive list of comedians performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival includes Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Bill Burr, Gabriel Iglesias, Aziz Ansari, Louis C.K., Andrew Schulz, Pete Davidson, Tom Segura, Chris Tucker, Whitney Cummings, Wayne Brady, Aries Spears, Jack Whitehall, Sugar Sammy, Mo Amer, Ali Siddiq, Ben Hart, Jeff Ross, Omid Djalili, Jimeoin, Jo Koy, Sam Morril, Hannibal Buress, Sebastian Maniscalco, Jimmy Carr, Mark Normand, Russell Peters, and Zarna Garg.

Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 11d

no more gamedev until you finish story of seasons

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 11d

ikr! pretty soon people will be calling themselves architects or something.

Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 12d

twitch has always allowed anyone to download your clips but they now reward them for uploading it directly to other platforms.

i'm not following this person. they have social sharing disabled. but i can upload it to yt and attribute it to them on twitch.

twitch don't own your content. you do.

A screenshot from a Twitch channel showing how anyone who isn't even following a user can download their clips in their entirety for the purpose of uploading it to other platforms without attribution.

Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 12d

but this is a decentralised platform... we just shut them up with the moderation tools they've given us.

oh wait.

Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 12d

imagine being the CEO of a brand new social media platform and clearly needing the services of a brand management team because you have no idea how you're supposed to talk to people.

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 13d

Are you paying us? Where?

Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 12d

Yeah but are you PAYING for this earend?!?

Imagine going from CEO darling to getting ratiod on your own platform in the space of a month because you hate a social media platform with users on it.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 14d

translation: twitch is rewarding viewers for freebooting content as long as that content is stolen via twitch.

Zach Bussey 🍁 @zachbussey.tos.gg · 14d

Twitch has launched the Social Badge system, which rewards your viewers with channel badges if they post your content on their TikTok, YouTube, or Instagram and get views on it.

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earend (wishlist bear defence situation) @earend.bsky.social · 17d

I could make almost the same video about when I'm using bluesky on my phone and none of the buttons work but I can still scroll the feed somehow websites are great I never want to make another one

youtube.com/shorts/zq1aV...

the person who made this still gets to put twitch on their resume

YouTube video by Earend

youtube.com

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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · 17d

We're approaching the last 24 hours of our sale! Last chance to get our All Fonts Pack 90% Off - 1200 fonts at an unbelievable discount for commercial use in your projects! ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack

#fonts #art #gamedev

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CattoButt @cattobutt.bsky.social · 17d

schedule of this week
#twitch #art #gameart #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #donkeykongbananza #switch #pngtuber #smallstreamer

All streams start at 8:00 PM PDT

Monday 09/29 - Co-Working Art time
Tuesday 09/30 - Game Dev (Title Screen art or Textures)
Thursday 10/02 - Art or Game Dev
Friday 10/03 - Donkey Kong Bananza (post game + dlc)

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