Nearly half of game industry workers are considering leaving their jobs due to layoffs, with 76% of UK professionals looking at roles outside gaming.

https://gamesbriefly.news/survey-nearly-half-of-games-industry-professionals-considering-leaving-due-to-re

#GamesDev #GamingJobs #Layoffs

UK won't promote GTA 6's British roots like France did with Clair Obscur, admits government minister.
https://gamesbriefly.news/uk-minister-admits-britain-wont-trumpet-gta-6s-homegrown-roots-the-way-france-ce
#GTA6 #UKGaming #GamesDev
Gunzilla Games dismissed unpaid salary allegations as a "hater narrative" without addressing specific claims.
https://gamesbriefly.news/gunzilla-games-fires-back-at-unpaid-salaries-allegations-calls-claims-a-hater-na
#GamesDev #GunzillaGames

All set for #NextFest! The #demo is out, it's playable, it's polished, our music is awesome - I know devs don't say it often but things are going great!

Wishlist on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4281370/A_Thousand_Bees/

#indiedev #steamnextfest #snf #indiegames #hiddenobjects #bees #indiegames #gamesdev #yellow #beautiful #gameart

#introduction

Newbie on Mastodon, immigrant to the fediverse, passionate game developer, living in the lovely Peak District.

Occasionally articulate, fairly low impulse control, witty mofo.

#gamesdev #fpsgames #highpeak #peakdistrict #videogames

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@unaminhkavanagh/115934871514781117

What players are saying:

"Impressive how the story comes together in such a small game and short playtime - well done! The writing is very strong and evocative & as someone who recently struggled with similar dilemmas about #gamedev, albeit from a different angle, I found it touching and relatable"

#gamesdev #indiegames

"The Spirit in the Door"

Release date: Dec 10, 2025

I'm most excited to announce the first Genius Loci game will be out next Wednesday on itch.io!
Special reward: custom char portraits!
Go play all my other stuff until then: https://ranarh.itch.io/

#indiegames #indiedev #releasedate #releaseannouncement #if #miat #tsitd #twine #gamesdev #solodev #gameart

Game design is simple, actually

So, let’s just walk through the whole thing, end to end. Here’s a twelve-step program for understanding game design. One: Fun There are a lot of things people call “fun.” But most of them are not u…

Raph Koster

"If you're not excessive, you're never really sure": dialling up the pickup spawns for testing.

#defold #runner #tmmd #screenshotsaturday #flowers #gameart #indiedev #indiegames #gamesdev

Character sprites for a jam game I am working on with the team. It's a detective noir VN, with a cool boss battle!

Our MC has #symbrachydaktily.

#VN #MGJ12 #magicalgirl #sprites #characterdesign #colourful #disabled #blackwoman #stickers #indiegames #indiedev #gamesdev #godot