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Simon Smith (Higher Plain Network) retweeted
Competition time!
I'll be adding some more tracks to #SuperPolygonGrandPrix & would like to add a track designed by one of you 🫶
Reply with a simple drawing of your track design & as much info as you like (location/ etc). Steam Key, cred and the track will be added to the game🏁
Someone is making a Knightmare point and click adventure game. Hello childhood.
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Tune-Yards release a stand-alone Motown-fused single as the latest example of a tour single wp.me/pc1pS-lhT
Scythe – ‘Middle8’ review
Chiptune for seaside holidays
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Live Vault – Brìghde Chaimbeul
Bringing Gaelic and the Scottish Highlands to the NPR Tiny Desk.
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Julia Andersson – ‘Forever the Forest Sings’ Review
Piano solo comfort blankets inspired by the Finnish forest
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Simon Smith (Higher Plain Network) retweeted
It baffles me how many people in Next Fest do not have their social media, website and/or Discord servers linked, very hard for creators to find you this way.
Fill the Void – Review -
Reverse Katamari with a level editor and versus mode?!
higherplaingames.com/pc/fill… via @sitorimon
Simon Smith (Higher Plain Network) retweeted
This has to be one of the worst AI disclosures I've come across in the sea of AI slop this Steam Next Fest.
"I'm an Indie dev so of course I have to obviously use AI to write the code of my game....." blah blah blah 🥱
Absolute slap in the face to every other Indie Dev putting in the work and developing their games with real skill and passion.
Learn the craft like all the others have! Make something with what you know and show players you can actually build a game. Earn that respect instead of just prompting AI to generate the code for you.
If you want to use AI, fine. But don’t sit here saying “obviously” it needs to be used just because you’re an indie. Don't give Indie's a bad rep just because you're too lazy to learn the craft yourself and do the full work.
Do better.
#SteamNextFest #AISlop
SG Racing – Review -
A NES-era retro kart racer suitable for the nippers.
higherplaingames.com/pc/sg-r… via @sitorimon
Introducing… Ana Palindrome
Irish lunar-pop trio celebrate a record deal in style.
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I'm making a Devs Without AI directory. If you're a game dev who creates games without generative AI, please get in touch. I'm building it this weekend. #indiegames #gamedev #IndieGameDevs
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Fully agree with this.
Big Thief has created a live bootleg archive of their shows and I love it
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We’re launching a Devs without Gen-AI list – join it -
Add yourself to a new, growing list of gen-ai free devs
higherplaingames.com/announc… via @sitorimon
Steam Next Fest's double in demo numbers just shows the AI slop problem. We know most of these games get very little traction and will sink down the rankings, but this is the first time I feel I can't do the festival justice. I'd recommend smaller, targeted fests for indie devs.
Tonalics is a free in-browser digital instrument, rhythm minigame, and tuner website
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LudoNarraCon 2026 – I Wishlisted All 22 Games in This Preview | Indie Demo Disc EP.017
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Charlotte Martin – ‘Stromata 2.0’ Review
A one-off album performance, reimagined 20 years later
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