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Nova Games Foundation Is Cerny and Keighley Betting on Patrons, Not Pep Talks
The fellowship makes a useful, slightly spicy claim: postgrad game designers need funding, mentorship, and visibility.
gaming
Food Devils Makes Weird Clear With Fire Emblem, Roguelikes, and Dating Sims
Studio Daimon’s RPG is a useful case study in selling a strange indie pitch without sanding off the strange parts.
gaming
Wordless Forest Shows 40 Days in the Wild Can Be Serious Survival Game Research
Dogus Cagrici turned wilderness fieldwork into survival choices, and that matters more than another crafting menu with vibes.
gaming
PC Gamer’s Steam Week in Review shows small AI is a trust stat
A promising indie did the hard part, then AI changed the way players read the whole pitch.
gaming
PC Gamer’s Ray-Cast ASCII City Shows Low-Fi Constraints Are Serious Design Tools
Grow Now Games’ text-rendered cyberpunk prototype is not retro cosplay. It is scope control with teeth.
gaming
TCG Card Shop Simulator 1.0 makes Tetramon Duel Master the retention layer
The playable card game is not just more stuff, it is a second skill ceiling built from cards players already chase.
gaming
Tomas Sala says indies should not flee the GTA6 window
ShipShaper hits Early Access on September 2, and Sala's argument is less hype dodge, more audience math.
gaming
Big Walk, Panic, and Metacritic show why scale is not the 2026 boss fight
House House’s co-op oddball is turning review momentum into a cleaner market lesson than most giant launch decks.
gaming
One Steam User Can Be a Localization Strategy, Not a Sales Forecast
Eba Games turning one Czech wishlist into language support is goofy, generous, and smarter than it looks.
gaming
Nuclear Throne Producer Is Right: Avoiding Risk Is the Real Boss Fight
Safe sequels can look responsible until a studio portfolio turns into beige soup with patch notes.
gaming
Only 1 of 500+ Top Steam Next Fest Demos Disclosed AI. That Number Should Make Every Developer Think.
A single data point from PC Gamer exposes the chasm between industry AI debate and actual developer transparency behavior at scale.
gaming
PC Gaming's Long Tail Economy Is Creating Real Opportunities For Developers
New data reveals over 50% of PC gaming revenue comes from games outside the top 20, creating unique opportunities for indie and mid-tier developers
gaming
Cat Parents Hit 100k Wishlists in 72 Hours: The Indie Marketing Masterclass You Need to Study
How a small team cracked the Steam discovery algorithm by understanding timing, genre psychology, and community hunger
gaming
Cave Story's 22-Year Evolution: How to Modernize Legacy Games Without Breaking Them
The indie masterpiece just got co-op and mod support, teaching developers how to extend game lifecycles properly
gaming
City Game Studio Teaches Real Dev Skills Without the Crunch
How a game about making games becomes your crash course in studio management, market research, and surviving the industry
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