A crash course introduction into experimental indie games: Arthouse Games as a force for good & the activism of video games: https://www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/a-crash-course-introduction-into-experimental-indie-games-arthouse-games-as-a-force-for-good-the-activism-of-video-games
"I powered through an immense anxiety attack to deliver this talk. I also powered through months of harassment to assemble it. I’m not yet sure if I’m proud of myself for not giving up, but here it is.
It exists. I hope someone out there will appreciate it…"
~
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #Game

If you need insightful and original critical writing on games from the last year, or simply wish - as I do - for a bit of enjoyable reading, @critdistance’s annual roundup is at your disposal: https://critical-distance.com/2025/01/01/this-year-in-videogame-blogging-2024/

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some photos from the zine corner today. the second one is the accumulation of zines made during the workshop. such cool things!

The next episode of my interactive online live queer sci-fi show @intrapology is about the joy of making computers do cool things, and the importance of digging down beneath abstraction layers and superstructures.

Please share with communities that might be interested?

http://intrapology.com/tickets

@rfernandez wow, bugs eh?

Games Industry Is Broken. Weird Games Are the Answer!

This is the first part of a docu-manifesto about @amazefest

Through a series of interviews, it explores what's wrong with the industry, as well as all the beautiful solutions that already exist in the alt scene.

It's our most important video to date! 🌺
https://youtu.be/34NVLRHsxSU

Next part comes out in a week!

From the archives: Burn the Keyboard workshop at Playful Arts festival 2014 in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands

@joon @Nifflas @zoewi not sure who else is on Mastodon...

#altctrl #gamejam #burnthekeyboard #2014

Leftfield is resurrected for 2024, and I'm curating it again, but with a very short submissions deadline of Sep 13th: https://airtable.com/appIQDFmYU3omwMNt/shrlgIoyLMlGpg0ek

If you're making any games or game-like things and would like them to be seen at an enormous expo, I'd love to consider them. No project is too small or weird.

More explanation at top of form, boosts appreciated

@rfernandez aww -sad face- let’s try getting in some more in the final weeks ;)

@rfernandez no no, Dutch accent forever! 😁

So nice, when I dropped my bike keys on the floor in the middle of the trainstation, 3 different pairs of people called out to me and waited until someone handed them to me (one of them being the hand-overerer).

@phideljo you’re welcome!

@phideljo this is not what triggered it (I fail to remember what actually did) but did you know that Hackers will turn 30 next year?

@Pierrec will do!

@Pierrec thank you for all your work on this! It’s such a great resource and archive <3

I don’t like time

sharing the two links i mentioned during the game engine panel…
they r invaluable resources & if i’d choose just two resources for where to find alternative tools, these would be it…
the game engine database: https://enginesdatabase.com
tiny tools directory: https://tinytools.directory

@alienmelon aww that’s so cute

@phideljo @doougle @bluehirsch @thp ahh looking forward to seeing everyone!