Killswitch キルスイッチ (iamkillswitch.bsky.social)

Just a guy.
You'll see gamedev stuff, art, my crusade against stupidity and hypocrisy, so come follow along. It'll be fun.

[Killswitch キルスイッチ (iamkillswitch.bsky.social) @IamKillswitch]

I'd like to formally introduce The Indie. A publication based mainly around indie games and development. It won't be just game reviews. Developers will have a hand in helping to shape what The Indie will become. Let me give you a sampling in this thread.

#gamedev #indiedev

[tern @1goodtern]

We tried and tried and tried to warn you about this guy.

[Killswitch キルスイッチ (iamkillswitch.bsky.social) @IamKillswitch]

@ryuseihashida That's a joke right? Apple really made a water bottle? We live in crazy times where a company would have the balls to make an expensive water bottle.

[BILLIONAIRE COLLECTION ® @BillionMagazine]

Inside the famous IRON MAN HOUSE in Cape Town. 👀

[RegisKillbin @RegisKillbin]

Steam just made a change that's really gonna hurt future indie games.

The Popular Upcoming page used to list games chronologically by release time. As long as you had enough wishlists to make the cut (~6k to 7k), you'd get some time at the top of the list for people to discover your game.

Now it's listed algorithmically, with far more large games from major companies and publishers on the list, even those releasing two weeks away. The lowest wishlist count on there right now is 80k, when before it would've been 10 indie games as low as 6k wishlists.

Feeling very lucky our game's early access release barely made it out before this changed. It was worth probably 1k wishlists for us, and we had some really unfortunate timing/positioning too. It can be worth thousands of wishlists and sales for smaller games.

Steam is more heavily prioritizing larger games, with the budget and time to grow to enormous wishlist totals, or the rare indie viral hit.

The small to mid-sized games just lost a way to find players. Steam players lost a tool to discover cool smaller games.

[Killswitch キルスイッチ (iamkillswitch.bsky.social) @IamKillswitch]

@SNYtv @chelsea_janes @HannahRKeyser @sal_licata If you're hitting under 200 with a chunk of at bats, not like 10, then you should be in the minors. Enough of this batting 200 crap. Let's get back to chasing 400.

[Killswitch キルスイッチ (iamkillswitch.bsky.social) @IamKillswitch]

@HorsesandStuff1 @CardPurchaser That Wemby card...

[Killswitch キルスイッチ (iamkillswitch.bsky.social) @IamKillswitch]

I need to remember that some people don't know how to communicate with others like a damned human being.

[Killswitch キルスイッチ (iamkillswitch.bsky.social) @IamKillswitch]

@IndieCurator @octagon_game_st Wow. Whatever man. Where did I say that? You do you.

[Killswitch キルスイッチ (iamkillswitch.bsky.social) @IamKillswitch]

Looks like "Following" has a sub tab. You can switch between most recent and popular. Why the hell would anyone want anything besides most recent.

[Cliff Bleszinski @therealcliffyb]

HEY

Tune in Sunday, June 7 at 8:30am PT / 11:30am ET / 4:30pm UK across all IGN platforms, y'all.

Update on a game project I'm producing!

https://t.co/6TNSAtWxYD

(no, not Gears related, calm down!)

[Killswitch キルスイッチ (iamkillswitch.bsky.social) @IamKillswitch]

@mikcinwashere @MizumoriMidori @r230614_shin Arson? Sounds like the misinformation is getting over to you too. If there is anything it's a very small percentage of people But they want to make it look like there's some huge problem. We have problems like every other country but that really isn't one of them.

[Killswitch キルスイッチ (iamkillswitch.bsky.social) @IamKillswitch]

Josh Hart just grabbed another rebound.

[Killswitch キルスイッチ (iamkillswitch.bsky.social) @IamKillswitch]

Forgot on new Twitter I have no reach. Hopefully someone remembers what I'm talking about.

[Killswitch キルスイッチ (iamkillswitch.bsky.social) @IamKillswitch]

Maybe someone remembers. Maybe I'm imagining it. There was someone who had licensing issues for NFL or NBA jackets they were making. I think it was jackets anyway... Trying to find their name and if they resolved the issue with the leagues.

[Culture Crave 🍿 @CultureCrave]

GoPro says there is ‘substantial doubt’ it will be able to stay in business over the next year 📷

• Sales are down

• Costs are up — particularly memory chips, driven by demand from AI data centers

• Net losses have totaled over $500M in the past two years

[Killswitch キルスイッチ (iamkillswitch.bsky.social) @IamKillswitch]

So the Knicks took game 1. Maybe they can actually keep rolling. Wouldn't be the first time a team had crazy momentum like they do and just rolled straight through.

[Duskfade🌙 @WeirdBeluga]

our PS5 demo is going live today! 😍

3PM BST 🕰️

[Mr #PitchYaGame @LiamTwose]

Calling ALL developers, gamers, creators, industry peeps, publishers, media, et al.

In exactly 24 hours from the time of this post, we will be back, ready to celebrate and recognize independent video games from across the world..

It's ALMOST time for #PitchYaGame. 🫡

[Killswitch キルスイッチ (iamkillswitch.bsky.social) @IamKillswitch]

Didn't realize he's 20. But he gets it.

[Variety @Variety]

"Backrooms" director Kane Parsons says that using AI "defeats the purpose" of filmmaking:

“If I could snap my fingers and make generative AI disappear forever, I probably would. Creatively, I get no enjoyment from using those tools. It defeats the purpose entirely for me.”
https://t.co/WKsSfn6614

[Marvel Entertainment @Marvel]

With the fate of humans and mutants hanging in the balance, Logan knows the world needs a hero. However, they’ll have to settle for Wolverine.

Get an expanded gameplay look at Marvel's Wolverine, arriving on PlayStation 5 consoles September 15, 2026. Pre-order now. #WolverinePS5