I have recently fallen in love with the #roguelike and #roguelite genres of #videogames.
I’m especially interested in their powerful effects on #motivation, inspiring players to try-fail-try again-succeed, which is the holy grail for #instructionaldesign and #teaching more broadly.
I’d love to hear from #gamedevs and other #learningdesign pros who have explored integrating #rogueish mechanics in #learning, #seriousgames, and/or know of any #psychology #research connecting the two. Thanks!
Hey Indie #GameDevs... Need music for your game or a quality hand with your audio needs? #Games #GameMusic #GameAudio
I'm Kielen (key-len). I am an audio professional with varied experience across music production, podcasting, and audio editing and engineering. Here a few samples of my work:
Coursera's $50/mo online course platform says #gamedevs make on average $170,000/yr LOL what for real?
Dark Background Cave #1 (SFX Sound) on #itchio
https://solarphasing.itch.io/dark-background-cave-1-sfx-sound
In The Evening
Work in progress.. not yet available.
https://soundcloud.com/solar-phasing-games-audio/in-the-evening-work-preview
#soundtrack #classic #orchestral
#heroicfantasy #indiegamedevs #gamedevs #musicassets #gamemusic #music #videogames
If you need high quality #SoundEffects to enhance your #Media #Creations, get in touch. My microphone is never far away and always happy to be of service. Here's a #FieldRecording compilation showing the kind of SFX I already have ready to go.
I'd love to help so get in touch.
Check out In The Evening (Work Preview) by Solar Phasing
on #Audius $AUDIO https://audius.co/SolarPhasing/in-the-evening-work-preview
#soundtrack #classic #orchestral
#heroicfantasy #indiegamedevs #gamedevs #musicassets #gamemusic #music
This one is for fellow #indie #gamedevs 
How do you recharge when you’re feeling drained? #gamescom #gamescom2025
A lot of indie devs have full-time jobs outside game development and make games with their weekends.
That's how I and my team are doing it too.
It's basically the modern version of the middle-aged garage band or car project in your parent's garage.
Hey all!
Looking for new games to play. What’s coming out that you’re excited about? Or what’s your current favorite?
I love playing indie games and supporting small devs but I’m open to any suggestions!
Just downloaded the demo for Leila and I’m looking forward to playing it! 
#authors, #writers, #writingcommunity, #gamedevs, #gamedevelopers #gamingcommunity, #artists #contentcreators! Is there anyone here who is on #substack? I'd be more than happy to #connect!
https://substack.com/@myhauger
Indiepocalypse.social is a Glitch Mastodon server for independent creatives of all sorts. Artists, game devs, musicians, podcasters, writers - everyone is welcome!
This server allows larger posts with higher character limits.
You can find out more about the server at https://indiepocalypse.social/about or contact the admin @quon
Our 18th annual game design challenge has launched!
Topic: #Communication
Submit ideas by March 24th
$10,000 in cash prizes Critiques for all Finalists
Please boost to reach #gamedevs, #designers, #artists, #writers, #composers, and more.
Presented by an award-winning #nonprofit program producing videogames for #violence #prevention since 2008.
Details, rules, communication resources at the contest website.
#games #gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign #gamejam #nonprofit #education #edtech @gamedev
More details:
Rules - contest has two stages:
[1] submit a game pitch idea
[2] selected Finalists create their game
Prizes: $10,000 (Finalists guaranteed at least $100)
The 18th annual competition for our #nonprofit!
Help us reach #gamedevs who could envision & build such games.
Thanks everyone for the welcome messages and advice after joining #mastodon
I forgot to add as part of my #introduction, I’m also looking to collaborate with any #gamedev people who need music for their projects!
I’m a #composer who can write orchestral, rock, and electronic music. I’m studying Game Music composition and orchestration at the moment, so would love to chat to any game developers too!
#gamedesign #GameDevelopment #gamedevs #GameDevTalk
This morning I participated in a presentation in Greece celebrating Alexandros Kofteros’ "Computers, Consoles & Video Games" ebook with some other #gamedevs from years ago, hosted at the Cyprus Computer Museum. Free download of the book at https://mathisis.org/moodle/ and presentation at https://youtu.be/nAyQHW_gedc with Robert Holmes of Sierra On-Line, and Francois Lionet, creator of STOS BASIC
I liked watching this video because this humble dev from Pirate Software push you to create, to not be fear to try.. With exemples.
Inspiring one!
https://youtu.be/aMc-GKv5olA?feature=shared
Pirate Software - Game Jam 16
What is a GameJam?
A Game Jam is a short event where you and others work together to create a small game: https://itch.io/jam/pirate
Did the paperwork and paid the fee to register my LLC with #Steamworks and get the Steam page for my game. It'll still be a while before I'm ready to start begging for wishlists like all the cool #gamedevs, but the ball is rolling.
France's @STJV is calling for a general strike of the video #GamesIndustry on February the 13th, 2025.
The #union will not accept the worsening working conditions for #GameDevs in the industry anymore. It will fight back!
Solidarité, camarades! 
