Michael May

Everyone, my Discord account is compromised and is under use to distribute malicious software. Do not engage, and especially do not download anything.

@Athanateus @Fandangalo They actually replied already with info, it got marked as 'probable spam' :( Just hit the show spam button and you'll see it.

@MikeMayhemDev @Fandangalo Please! That would be awesome

Looking to interview folks for my upcoming book on game economy design. Looking for suggestions of design experts (ideally not just cis-white-men) with different approaches to game balance who would be willing to do a podcast and have the transcript included as a chapter. Ideas?

@GameAnim Huzzah! You have a place already lined up? If not, DM me, would love to throw a hat in the ring for the NDA project I'm a part of.

Hanging up my Tech Bro hoodie - today was my last day at Apple. It's been a wild 5 years building Vision Pro content with this rag-tag team but I just miss games too damn much!

@andrewhair @baldursgate3 @NeilNewbon @BT1D_Play That was not what I expected on my feed this morning. Awesome stuff Hair, both meeting Neil and the charity!

Congrats on launch to fellow roguelike autobattler, twitter.com/ObsidianPrince 's Seer's Gambit! I remember playing this the very first day it was shown as a basic demo. Always happy to see new people in the space. Best of luck! store.steampowered.com/app/2219450/Se…

Alright, let's try this thing.

If any content creator is down for it, I'm open to join streams or a video for interviews / questions / discussion on StarVaders and gamedev. DM me if it's something you think could be fun!

@PirateSoftware I released my indie roguelike autobattler last month! store.steampowered.com/app/1652250/Ta…

I'm awake. Show me your cool #Indie Games.

@CoreyBrickley I've dabbled with generative AI and found it to be so far from the quality bar it was a waste of my time. I can't give notes and have a back and forth, get an expert opinion on style, creative decisions from an AI. Hiring an artist is more than saying "human, make this thing."

@hadidjahb But were you?! The masses must know!

Game dev is great because I just sent someone back-to-back questions about whether or not we can put velociraptor claws on something and if we've checked to make sure we're not violating the Geneva Convention.

Working on a new tool: Kenney Toolkit! It'll be free and contain many smaller tools common for game developers. Think icon creation, Steam capsule creation, Steam news images, input icons, video editing, watermarks, tilesheet creation/extracting and more! More on this soon ✨

@vmeezo Looks like you've got a fair number of replies all saying this, but - coverage is coverage! Talk about other games, give away other games, it doesn't matter.

This is a question for #indiedevs. Do you mind if someone's streaming your game, but giving away other random games during the stream?

@pr_pirate Another that I looked at had clearly used an LLM and trained it on a different youtube channel. The comments looked more human, but often mentioned the name of a different (and much bigger) youtube channel.

Red Flags on YouTube: 🚩 Unusual high sub-count or viewcount for the low amount of videos + Way too consistent average viewcount 🚩 If you check SocialBlade, the account was renamed at least once and deleted videos with lots of views 🚩 the commentary is always the same dialect (2-3 guys) 🚩 Talking over stolen footage and not making sense in regards to the gameply show 🚩 They don't have any social links, the YT account exists in a vacuum (very rare for real creators) 🚩 Biggest giveaway: dozens of same-day comments that are about the game, but don't really match the video. + 0 likes on the comments 🚩 The patterns: they will request codes from all of their throwaway emails/YT accounts on the same day, via forms, keymailers and emails. if you put all the channels next to each other, you see the similarities. #Gamedev & PR: please don't give these people codes! It's a network of scams!

@pr_pirate Here's one from an e-mail I got just today. Every comment from a no-profile-image, "name-name4digits" username, all variations of some clearly bot-generated variation of text.

This is currently happening at such a large scale, I'm making a post about it. If you're making an #Indiegame and getting review requests from YouTube channels that seem too good to be true: it probably is. 🚩 Here are some red flags you should keep an eye on: - Way too consistent viewcount: every video gets the same amount of views (usually ~7000) - The person speaking has a similar accent on all of them. Usually listed in the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Norway. but the accent doesn't match. - The comments are fake. copied from other videos of the same game, with throwaway accounts. - They have no social media listed. - Their email will match the one they are contacting you from, but don't let that fool you. - do a check on @SocialBlade, you'll notice their /user/ name in the URL will be different from what you entered as a search + they have a drop of millions of views at some point (the moment the account was hacked, bought or reset) - They will usually ask multiple keys. for their sibling, friend, partner. That's just to sell more copies. - They will email from several accounts, I'm talking 20+ and you'll notice the similarities in formatting Do the quick checks. Don't waste your keys on such accounts because they will end of being sold. If you got an email: block them so they can't annoy you again. If the request was on @press_engine, @LURKITcom, @Keymailer or any other key distribution platform: use the tools available to flag them and make the world a better place for all your fellow devs/PR/Publishers. We're in this fight together! 💪 Share this message with your #IndieDev friends to warn them! I'll link some examples below 👇

Good breakdown from Pirate PR, and can confirm, I probably got a hundred of these from the 1.0 launch for Tales & Tactics. They are extremely obvious fake accounts, but if you don't know what to look for, you'll get scammed into giving them keys.

Very happy to announce my new game "One Room Dungeon" A roguelike team builder, auto battler meets inventory management where you are a little dungeon keeper. The page is launched. Wishlist now! On Steam. #oneroomdungeon #autobattle #inventory #management #indiegame

It might've been this game's demo that really got me into Autobattlers and it is amazing to see just how far this title has gone. The release brings everything and more I want from the genre and it is a must buy for lovers. youtu.be/cxy2-cQX44w @table9studio #indiegame

800 hours of gameplay, in a mere 3 reviews all on the screen at the same time.

@MegaCrit Thank you so much Mega Crit! We would never have gone on this crazy journey without Slay the Spire and the modding community. We're all anxiously awaiting the sequel!

📢 ATTENTION! Are you a fan of Downfall, Slay the Spire's most popular fanmade expansion mod?? Then go check out the TTRPG-themed roguelike autobattler Tales & Tactics from the same developers, Table 9 Studios! Proud to have so many talented people in our community 🔥🔥🔥