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Tell HN: An update from the new Tindie team (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-29 | get Tindie Electronics Kit → | tags: tindie, eetree, hardware

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Show HN: My friend and his AI homies wrote SGI Indy emulator in Rust (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-28 | get Rust Emulator Software Kit → | tags: sgi, indie, rust

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Vampire Crawlers, Peter Molyneux's return and other new indie games worth checking out (engadget.com)

2026-04-25 | get Indie Game Development Kit → | tags: playdate, panic, titanium court

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Independent Bookstore Day: Bookshop.org founder on how small retailers are taking on Amazon (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-25 | get Bookstore Gift Card → | tags: bookshop.org, amazon, indie bookstores

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Tindie store under "scheduled maintenance" for days (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-21 | get Tindie Electronics Kit → | tags: tindie, scheduled maintenance, online marketplace

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Cyberpunk platformers, gallivanting geckos and other new indie games worth checking out (engadget.com)

2026-04-18 | get Cyberpunk 2077 PC Game → | tags: indie games, top hat studios, motorslice

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An Etsy-style retail chain abruptly closed all of its stores, leaving customers and vendors blindsided (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-17 | get Etsy Seller Protection Kit → | tags: painted tree boutiques, indie businesses, brick-and-mortar

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A four-day Steam freebie turned into $250,000 for an indie game (techspot.com)

2026-04-17 | get Indie Game Development Kit → | tags: steam, indie game, nichiporchik

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Everything we like is a psyop? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | by Amanda Silberling | tags: geese, chaotic good, tiktok

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Everything we like is a psyop (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-16 | by Amanda Silberling | tags: geese, chaotic good, tiktok

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A Better Ludum Dare; Or, How to Ruin a Legacy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | tags: ludum dare, legacy, game jam

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Spotify is selling books now (engadget.com)

2026-04-15 | get Spotify Book Subscription → | tags: spotify, bookshop.org, audiobook

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MicroProse's next game is flight simulator Legendary Pilots (techspot.com)

2026-04-13 | get Flight Simulator Controller → | tags: microprose, legendary pilots, flight simulator

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Indie Animation Is Having a Moment on YouTube (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-11 | get Animation Studio Lighting Kit → | tags: youtube, digital circus, knights of guinevere

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How Two Indie Darlings Are Challenging a Collapsing Industry With Their Next Game (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-09 | get Indie Game Development Kit → | tags: indie games, 1000xresist, slay the princess

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Slay the Princess’ developer is the latest to expand into indie game publishing (theverge.com)

2026-04-09 | by Jay Peters | get Indie Game Developer Book → | tags: slay the princess, black tabby games, sunset visitor

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The Exit 8 movie is even better if you play the game first (theverge.com)

2026-04-09 | by Andrew Webster | tags: exit 8, iron lung, backrooms

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Super Meat Boy 3D makes suffering fun (theverge.com)

2026-04-04 | by Jay Peters | get Super Meat Boy 3D Game → | tags: super meat boy, headup games, 3d platformer

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Indie Pass is a forthcoming subscription service exclusively for indie games (engadget.com)

2026-04-02 | get Indie Game Subscription Card → | tags: indie.io, indie pass, steam deck

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Indie Pass is a new subscription service just for indie games (theverge.com)

2026-04-02 | by Jay Peters | get Indie Game Developer Kit → | tags: indie.io, indie pass, dark deity

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Vibe coding could mark the end of the App Store review process as we know it (9to5mac.com)

2026-03-29 | by Michael Burkhardt | get App Store Review Automation Tool → | tags: app store, vibe coding, claude opus 4.5

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Indie App Spotlight: ‘Yogi Breath’ is a guided breathing app that progresses with you (9to5mac.com)

2026-03-28 | by Michael Burkhardt | get Guided Breathing Exercise App → | tags: yogi breath, 9to5mac, breathwork app

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Ayaneo Next 2 handheld gaming PC canceled after soaring memory costs kill launch (techspot.com)

2026-03-25 | get AYANEO Next 2 Gaming Laptop → | tags: ayaneo, next 2, indiegogo

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AYANEO's upcoming Next 2 handheld gaming console shelved due to rising component prices — company stops preorders for the $1,999 Strix Halo device (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-24 | by Hassam Nasir | get AYANEO Next 2 Gaming Console → | tags: ayaneo, next 2, strix halo

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This $1,999 gaming handheld just got too expensive to make, and you can blame AI for it (androidauthority.com)

2026-03-24 | get Steam Deck → | tags: ayaneo, next 2, indiegogo

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POSSE – Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-23 | by Chloe Weil | get RSS Feed Generator → | tags: posse, indieweb, social media silos

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This indie game idea went viral – then AI-built clones showed up within hours (techspot.com)

2026-03-19 | get AI Game Development Kit → | tags: freya holmér, tetris, indie game

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Meet Vurt, the mobile-first streaming platform for indie filmmakers embracing vertical video (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-17 | by Lauren Forristal | get Vertical Video Smartphone Rig → | tags: vurt, vertical video, indie filmmakers

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Startup proposes USB drives as a modern replacement for DVDs and Blu-rays (techspot.com)

2026-03-17 | get USB Flash Drive → | tags: video storeage, usb drives, blu-rays

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Marketing for Founders (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-14 | tags: saas, startup, indiehackers