
Opalizard Studios
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Opalizard Studios
@opalizard
Solo Dev - Crafting Gems One Game At A Time! || Working on Rainbow Heartbeats & Tardigrade Takeover! @anonch33se #indiedev #gamedev



PlayStation support has confirmed that a new digital rights management policy for the console is intentional, not a glitch. Starting with any digital games purchased after the March 2026 system update, your PS5 will require an internet connection at least once every 30 days to validate the license. If the console stays offline longer than that, the games simply will not launch until you reconnect. This change does not affect any titles already in your library. Setting a console as your primary system also will not bypass the monthly check-in.


A Valve designer recently dropped some oadvice for anyone building a game on Steam: “You should make a good game” if you want attention on the platform. There’s no “secret thing you have to know.” The single best move you can make is to focus entirely on creating a genuinely excellent game that players will actually enjoy and talk about. In a platform flooded with thousands of new releases every month, that emphasis on quality is what still drives real organic discovery. Positive reviews, strong player retention, and word-of-mouth spread far more effectively than any short-term marketing gimmick. It’s simple

You've spoken, and we've listened to the improvements you've been asking for. With the help of your feedback, the new The Crew 2 Hybrid Mode Update is here! 👏🎉 Thank you all for your patience while the team has been working on this. Eager to read all about it? Find all the details below 👇 ubi.li/D6fN4

Now I understand why roughly 80% of developers who launch a game on Steam never release another game on Steam.


Stop Killing Games is having its hearing at Parliament AND there’s a California law proposal! Big news: -California’s Protect Our Games Act by @ChrisWardCA is live. We advised on it and support it. -UK DCMS talks happened too. -New sponsors: Torn & @AlderonGames. Website soon + SKG skin pack idea in the works. #StopKillingGames









Maybe this is a bad take… But when you stopped buying DLC they started making worse Battlefield games.. they can’t monetise it. Maybe splitting the community wasn’t that bad? Let me know your thoughts, I could be way off base.


>Has all the functionalities Unity has >Launches in seconds >Light weight with only 100MB of storage and 1GB of RAM vs 10-20GB of storage and 4GB of RAM >Flexible architecture >No bloatware >Doesn't force you to create an account >fully free What's the point of Unity?





