RoundUp № 27

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

STLGameDev has had a busy month, from attending the Chicago Indie Games Showcase with hundreds of attendees to having a speed networking event for our Spooky Jam starting on the 16th of October!

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Dev Updates

After finishing his Doom 2 megawad and deathmatch pack (Operation: Reaper), ludicrousda3ve put together a Doom + Doom 2 mod development tutorial series!
Kris Truitt has made the boss entrances of his game, Mansion of a Million Monsters, more dramatic! He also added a water gun, and has a Kickstarter launching soon!
Sam Coster worked up a free art book to go along with the final update to Crashlands 2!
Wonderpond Games posted a fall-themed art update of Gelli Fields!
froog gave Tony Woljnar’s game, Dribble 2, a revamped logo!
Colorgrave has been posting DevLogs on Youtube, starting with Looloopaa!
Aaron Sumner has been working in PICO-8 on Space Cowboy!

News

Godot 4.5 released!
Bubsy 4D, with music by Fat Bard, was announced!
Submissions are open until October 8th for GDC’s 2026 Independent Games Festival! Submit your indie game to be considered for to compete for awards in multiple categories.

Game Jam Releases

SamaraOpal released Keep it Down, Turn it Up on itch.io as a part of the Brackeys 2025.2 Game Jam! Risk your social life on this party and fingers crossed the outcome is worth it!
Scarmez, Bluewit, Timconceivable, and HyphenPixel created Mending Misfortunate Manor for the Gameboy Jam 13 ‘Unlucky’. In this adventure walking-sim, join Lucky on his latest house call. Explore the mysterious manor belonging to Ms. Fortune, complete the items on the repair list, then call it a day’s work and finally go home.

Art

Xain Russell made a talking pixel pngtuber!
DoodleDupe remade their character Hacha in a low-poly 3D style!

Releases

Prettycoolducks made Dreams of a Ghost for their junior thesis at college! Follow the story of Mil, a young girl who’s lost touch with her childhood friend, Vin, and meets her in a dream.
Atomic Mills released Bearplane with music by Fat Bard for Steam, iOS, and Google Play! Take to the skies as a rocket-powered bear in Bearplane: a whimsical, action-packed adventure loosely inspired by the legendary tale of Wojtek the Bear.

Game Jam

STLGameDev is hosting the Spooky Jam 2025! October 16-30 with 4 free Work-up sessions and a Post-Jam Showcase at Maryville University! Sign up on Itch.io

Resources

In light of Silksong’s negative Chinese reviews for using a very poetic and ancient version of Chinese, Isabelle brought up the GDC Talk Localization Shenanigans in the Chinese Speaking World

Upcoming Events

Participate in these events from our community!

OCT 02

07:00 PM

RSVP

Game Audio Feedback and Q&A feat. Fat Bard

MAP St. Louis Montessori School - 3840 Washington Ave - St. Louis, MO

Fat Bard will be doing a mini-workshop to assess the effectiveness of YOUR work. They are looking for 4 people to submit websites / portfolios to be looked-over live during their presentation. Submissions will be selected before the event to be assessed during the workshop.
There will be a Q&A after the assessments, so you can pick their brains on whatever pressing questions you might have for them about their journey in the world of game audio and beyond!

Game Audio Feedback and Q&A feat. Fat Bard

OCT 09

07:00 PM

RSVP

October GameDev Social!

Dirty 20 Bar - 14051 Manchester Rd - Ballwin, MO

Come chat with fellow creators about making, playing, and admiring games! Talk about your game ideas and get inspired! Make friends and find collaborators for Spooky Jam, which starts on the 16th!

We will have a speed-networking activity around 8pm after everyone gets settled in. So be sure to arrive by then!

OCT 16

06:00 PM

Spooky Jam 2025 Kick-Off Presentation

Kick-off the Spooky Jam 2025 with a short Presentation on our Discord Server

https://discord.com/invite/mTMKpre/

OCT 16

06:00 PM

Spooky Jam 2025

Spooky Jam 2025! A special Halloween game jam for the STLGameDev community! https://stlgame.dev/news/spooky-jam-2025/

OCT 18

01:00 PM

Spooky Jam Work-Up (Grand Glaize)

St. Louis County Library–Grand Glaize Branch, 1010 Meramec Station Road, Manchester, MO 63021, USA

Free work-up session for the Spooky Jam 2025!

Bring your laptop to work on your game in person with other Jammers!

This event is at the Grand Glaize Branch - Meeting Room 2
https://www.slcl.org/hours-and-locations/grand-glaize-branch

OCT 25

01:00 PM

Spooky Jam Work-Up (Meramec Valley)

St. Louis County Library–Meramec Valley Branch, 1501 San Simeon Way, Fenton, MO 63026, USA

Free work-up session for the Spooky Jam 2025!

Bring your laptop to work on your game in person with other Jammers!

This event is at the Meramec Valley branch Meeting Room
https://www.slcl.org/hours-and-locations/meramec-valley-branch

OCT 26

01:00 PM

Spooky Jam Work-Up (Grant's View)

St. Louis County Library - Grant's View Branch, 9700 Musick Ave, St. Louis, MO 63123, USA

Free work-up session for the Spooky Jam 2025!

Bring your laptop to work on your game in person with other Jammers!

This event is at the Grant's View branch - Meeting Room 1
https://www.slcl.org/hours-and-locations/grants-view-branch

OCT 29

05:00 PM

Spooky Jam Work-Up (Grand Glaize)

St. Louis County Library–Grand Glaize Branch, 1010 Meramec Station Road, Manchester, MO 63021, USA

OCT 30

06:30 PM

Spooky Jam 2025 Showcase Event

Maryville University - Design & Visual Art Building, Room 103/104 - 611 Maryville University Dr, St. Louis, MO 63141, USA

Bring your finished game to show-off and hangout with other Jammers in the Post-Jam Showcase event! Costumes Encouraged!

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