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🌈 Ōtautahi indies making queer narrative games: Small Town Emo (Gay GameBoy Walking Simulator) & ShelfLife: Art School Detective (Mystery Adventure Dating Sim) sniff us at fnifegames.com

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04.03.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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where's that ShelfLife Playtest Demo????
also: Lesbian Toasters

#gamedev #indiegame #indiegames #indiegamedev #wip #lgbt

04.03.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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the most IMPORTANT decision we'll ever make: Period πŸ’…

#gamedev #indiegame #indiegames #indiegamedev #wip #visualnovel

25.02.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Funding | CODE

NZ Teams- Round 12 is open to applicants nationally, with expressions of interest open from Wednesday 25 February through 5pm Monday 16th March.

Please visit www.nz-code.nz/funding for your options.

More details are available here: www.nz-code.nz/post/code-op...

25.02.2026 02:05 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Save 10% on Key Fairy on Steam A hand-drawn, pacifist, folkloric, bullet-hell. Grapple and dance around monsters to collect their shattered stars, weave your way through twisting paths, encounter strange folk, uncover ancient magic...

Key Fairy is officially released!

Buy it, lest ye be slain!

store.steampowered.com/app/2878580/...

19.02.2026 03:29 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 21

you've strayed too far from her light

19.02.2026 03:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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we immortalized the SEAGULL PIT into our Video Game πŸ’Žβœ¨

#seagull #pit #gamedev #indiegame #indiegames #indiegamedev

17.02.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

VERY GOOD POINT thank you - it'll probs need to be a toggle between then

11.02.2026 22:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

if we can maybe we'll be able to allow re-mapping so we don't have to deal with thinking about all of that too haha

11.02.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Currently using Q & E for zooming in, but thanks for this will try some stuff out!!

11.02.2026 21:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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helps us work out some controls for our game thx πŸ˜ŽπŸ™βœ¨

#wip #gamedev #indiegame #indiegames #indiegamedev

11.02.2026 19:16 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

we need to be canceled for our crimes

05.02.2026 03:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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like a phoenix Nessa rose from the ashes of Vanessa 🐣

#datingsim #ocs #indiegame #lgbt #wip #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegames

04.02.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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ShelfLife: Art School Detective on Steam ShelfLife: Art School Detective is a Mystery Adventure featuring a cast of romanceable weirdos! Befriend and investi-DATE 7 potential suspects. Use psychic powers to astral project into their artwork ...

hiiii, it's my birthday on Monday and our game is like 100 wishlists away from 10k wishlists!!!

would be a nice birthday gift to Me to wishlist it πŸ‘οΈπŸ«¦πŸ‘οΈ

It's a silly queer detective dating game set at an art school ✨

store.steampowered.com/app/2537020/...

31.01.2026 00:45 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
An illustrated image of a rocket ship on an alien planetoid with light glowing inside the windscreen and doorway, and a beautiful blue green aurora lighting up the sky. An explorer in a spacesuit is walking away in the right-hand foreground, smiling delightfully, ready for adventure!

An illustrated image of a rocket ship on an alien planetoid with light glowing inside the windscreen and doorway, and a beautiful blue green aurora lighting up the sky. An explorer in a spacesuit is walking away in the right-hand foreground, smiling delightfully, ready for adventure!

AND WE'RE LIVE πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
Get your copy right now: store.steampowered.com/app/2201620/...
Please also consider leaving an honest review of Adaptory on Steam. Each review makes a massive difference to the game’s visibility – especially reviews over the next two hours. Thank you! <3

#indiegame #basebuilding

26.01.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 8
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i'm very busy right now, but i got these coool files on my computer you can look at

#datingsim #ocs #indiegame #lgbt #wip #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegames

27.01.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

on average videos take me 4-5 hours! it seems to work out at about an hour per 10 seconds of video

21.01.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

THANK YOU πŸ˜­πŸ™πŸ’•

21.01.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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we were possessed by the spirit of Yamato and tasked to find him the perfect body

#datingsim #ocs #indiegame #lgbt #wip #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegames

21.01.2026 18:47 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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How To Make Your Own Josh

##datingsim #lgbt #indiegamedev #indiegame #gamedev #indiegames #ocs

13.01.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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thanks to everyone that has followed along on our game dev journey in 2025! can't wait to show you more NEXT YEAR πŸ’•

πŸŽ„ 12 days of #Devmas - Day 10 - "2025 Recap" & Day 11 - "Looking Forward" & Day 12 - "Dev Team Snap" πŸŽ„

#indiegamedev #indiegame #gamedev #indiegames #recap2025

23.12.2025 20:31 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

no DEVMAS today... gonna combine the last 3 topics into 1 video for the 24th πŸ’•

21.12.2025 20:57 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

yayyayayyayayyaya!!! βœ¨πŸ’•βœ¨

21.12.2025 05:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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if u r around Ōtautahi Christchurch and wander into RIDE ON SUPER SOUND u could play the Small Town Emo demo on a big machine

21.12.2025 05:20 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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here's what Father Fnife got our OCs for chrispmas, did he do a good job???

πŸŽ„ 12 days of #Devmas - Day 9 - "Secret Santa" πŸŽ„

#indiegamedev #indiegame #gamedev #indiegames #gifts #ocs

20.12.2025 20:20 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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sometimes you don't realize a placeholder is a placeholder until you decide something else shoulda gone in that place

πŸŽ„ 12 days of #Devmas - Day 8 - "Best Placeholder" πŸŽ„

#indiegamedev #indiegame #gamedev #indiegames #wip

19.12.2025 21:00 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!!!!!!! We are mildly regretting trying to do so many videos in one month, but it has been really nice to share a lot of what we're up to in the game ❀️

18.12.2025 21:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Born too late to be on 3DS.... This game would love having two screens and a stylus

18.12.2025 20:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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shelflife: art school detective's biggest secret...

πŸŽ„ 12 days of #Devmas - Day 7 - "Hidden Gems" πŸŽ„

#indiegamedev #indiegame #gamedev #indiegames #secret

18.12.2025 20:06 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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got a fountain full of 🦴 bones 🦴 and they dive in it

πŸŽ„ 12 days of #Devmas - Day 6 - "Endless Loop" πŸŽ„

#indiegamedev #indiegame #gamedev #indiegames #fountain #pixelart #animation

17.12.2025 20:19 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0