Baby Ghosts

Famitsu wrote about STREET UNI X and even noticed the PHONY boot screen. so proud of @daff.space and everyone who worked on it https://www.famitsu.com/article/202610/90715

Last day. Hub coordinator applications close tonight at 11:59 pm Pacific. We have four open contracts, one per region, paying $30,000 each. Get in here! https://babyghosts.org/hubs/coordinators

Last day! Applications for the Prairie Winter Studio Jam close tonight at 11:59 pm CDT (10:59 pm CST and MDT). Ten free weeks online practising how to run a co-op studio with other game devs and media artists from MB, SK, and AB. https://babyghosts.org/coop-foundations/prairies

STORM WARNING for the Prairies! The good kind, where you stay inside and learn how to run a worker co-op with people you've never met. Ten weeks, free, online, and you can apply solo. Applications close tomorrow night. https://babyghosts.org/coop-foundations/prairies

Hub coordinator applications close Friday! If you know someone in Atlantic Canada, BC and the North, Ontario, or the Prairies who likes to connect people and organizations, can get 'er done on a tight timeline, send this to them! https://babyghosts.org/hubs/coordinators

10 🔟 days left to apply to be one of our four regional hub coordinators. The form is three questions, and any of them can be a voice memo or a short video. A few paragraphs is just fine. Closes Friday, October 16. https://babyghosts.org/hubs/coordinators

Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba: the Prairies hub needs a coordinator. This one supports a live cohort through January, then writes the regional toolkit and hands the hub to its partners in March. $30,000, about 25 hours a week. Closes October 16. https://babyghosts.org/hubs/coordinators

🚨 20 days 🚨 left to apply to be one of our four regional hub coordinators. The form is three questions, and you can submit voice memos or short videos for each! Short and sweet is fine. $30,000 contract for 5 months. Closes Friday, October 16. babyghosts.org/hubs/coordin...

Ontario! we're hiring a hub coordinator. set up our central hub, map who's out there (*not* just in Toronto), and build the partnership of regional orgs that runs it after March. $30,000, November 2 to March 31, closes October 16. https://babyghosts.org/hubs/coordinators

BC, Yukon, NWT and Nunavut: the Pacific/North hub needs a coordinator. IS IT YOU? Five months building a community network from scratch, $30,000, 25hr/week. You can live anywhere in the region; travel to Vancouver is covered when we need you there. https://babyghosts.org/hubs/coordinators

Atlantic Canada! We're hiring someone to build your Baby Ghosts hub. Map the region, bring people into the Peer Support network, bring in local partners. $30,000 for a five month contract; open to folks anywhere in the region. https://babyghosts.org/hubs/coordinators

We're hiring four regional hub coordinators: Atlantic, Pacific/North, Ontario and the Prairies! Five months, November 2 to March 31. $30,000, about 25 hours a week. You can live anywhere in the region. No co-op or games experience needed. https://babyghosts.org/hubs/coordinators

Our first-ever program for solo applicants: the PRAIRIE WINTER STUDIO JAM happens Nov 18–Jan 27! (sorry to invoke winter vibes before the end of summer) Info session this Wednesday: https://cal.com/prairie-winter-studio-jam-info-session Read more: https://babyghosts.org/coop-foundations/prairies

Lots opening up at Baby Ghosts right now as we build our national Hub Network ^_^ Hub Coordinator contracts are open. Prairies Winter Studio Jam applications are now open to individuals. We're recruiting Peer Supports across Canada. Details on our site and here all week: https://babyghosts.org

Got a spare $10? Net yourself almost 150 games and help support laid off game devs with the game industry hardship fund bundle. https://bit.ly/4wGDzDk

If you're heading to our NO BOSSES! roundtable tonight, arrive by 5:30 for a behind-the-scenes tour of the *amazing* Creation Loft and Fabrication Studio at North York Central Library. Registration for the event is full but you can still join the waitlist here: tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/6a...

The NO BOSSES! video game co-op roundtable on June 12 is almost at capacity! Register now to avoid sadness at the door: tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/6a... @torontogamesweek.com

Ontario worker co-op game studios. One roundtable. NO BOSSES! @covertsky.bsky.social @polyvalestudios.bsky.social @rocketadrift.bsky.social ++ more on building cooperative studios. Free, June 12 at North York Central Library. Register: tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/6a15b0acf56bd86e00b22249

We are now a registered charity! Your donations keep us sharing the good work on worker co-ops, and now you will receive a tax receipt for gifts of $20 or more annually. babyghosts.fund/support-us

The NO BOSSES! roundtable + showcase with Toronto worker co-op game studios is open for registration now: tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/6a... Part of @torontogamesweek.com !! Come chat and play June 12!

One day until GWC starts and two days until our Vancouver watch party! If you’re a Vancouver game dev, please share far and wide! I’d love to see as many of you in attendance as possible! actionnetwork.org/events/vanco...

We will be at XP Summit this week! Catch co-founder eileen mary holowka on Friday on the FUNDING THE FUTURE OF CANADIAN GAME DEVELOPMENT panel! xpgamesummit.com/sessions/fun... And if you come across a wild Maggie, grab a postcard and get COOP COOL

NO BOSSES! Worker co-ops upending the industry June 12 as part of @torontogamesweek.com Founders of game dev coops in conversation Pre-registration: babyghosts.org/events/no-bo... ~ presented in partnership with Toronto Public Library with the support of the City of Toronto

Clip Through has been accepted into Baby Ghosts Cooperative Foundations Program! A sincere thank you to @babyghosts.fund for choosing us for this cohort. Baby Ghost supports Canadian indie co-op game studios led by underrepresented founders.  #indiegames #babyghosts #coop  #nonbinaryowned #gamedev

We are excited to announce we’ve been selected to be part of Cohort 6 for the @babyghosts.fund Cooperative Foundations program! We are eager to expand our knowledge through this 8 week intensive program, thank you for having us! #gamedev #indiegames #voidblob

We're so happy to share that we've been selected to join Cohort 6 of the @babyghosts.fund Cooperative Foundations program! Worker led models are truly the future of this industry and we are so excited to learn more about how we can employ those values and systems into our studio! #gamedev #coop

Do you work in the games industry? Join us for the first Game Workers Conference, online May 22nd & 23rd ❤️✊🏽

There's a common misconception that worker-owned businesses are less productive and fail more often than traditional companies. In reality, the opposite is true. Decades of empirical research show us that worker-owned businesses tend to be more productive and resilient. Studies linked below.

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We've got a new patron-only discord server! If you want access to early builds, exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and more, Check out our Patreon! #Patreon #gamedev #indiegame www.patreon.com/cw/rocketadr...

The first game I made with my wife is now out on Steam! I made this cute celebratory graphic for the newsletter but it sounds like the newsletter went to everyone's Spam folder so no one saw it 😭 store.steampowered.com/app/3825300/...

Just a wee reminder that applications for our ✨NEW Cooperative Foundations✨ program + $5k grant are open through this Friday, March 6! Canadian indie game studios looking to learn about building a sustainable business - we'd love to hear from you. babyghosts.fund/coop-foundat...

Playtest FATEMENDER from Cohort 5's @wtchcrft.com! …a Tarot-themed roguelike deckbuilder of strategy and pathfinding. Cast spells to traverse and transform the Labyrinth. Collect powerful Artifacts to defy the Fates and be the first to escape Purgatory… store.steampowered.com/app/4177420/...

There’s just under a week of Canadian studios to apply for Cooperative Foundations from @babyghosts.fund and supported by the @gammaspace.bsky.social community!

Your jam team wants to become a real studio but you don't know how to split the money, make decisions, or set it up so nobody gets screwed in two years. We teach that! Applications close March 6. Free. babyghosts.fund/coop-foundat...

Applications are open now for our spring 2026 cohort of Cooperative Foundations! Comes with a $5k bursary. And if you’re Ontario-based, we have $1,000 travel stipends available to join us in Toronto for in-person cohort events thanks to Ontario Creates. babyghosts.fund/coop-foundat...

We built you a garden! Spores.garden is a personal site where you can curate your thoughts and explore other people’s gardens by following a trail of digital flowers. We’re still building and adding to it, so let us know what you like and what features you’d want to see!

Filling out the space #low-poly #Godot4 #Blender #gamedev

TOMORROW! Join eileen + jennie for an info session and q&a about our new Cooperative Foundations program. Learn about what the intensive covers, the structure and supports it offers, and how to apply. babyghosts.fund/info-session

Game dev? Laid off? Considering going indie? Also consider applying for our new… ☞ COOPERATIVE FOUNDATIONS ☜ 8-week cohort-based course, starting April 8! babyghosts.fund/coop-foundat...