Debug Magazine

Meet Planted!, the cover star of Debug #18, our latest celebration of independent video games! Developed by Cloth Cat Games, Planted! takes gardening to ridiculous heights. Grow your crops, defend your patch, and launch vegetables at your rivals. It’s about bloomin’ time you got a new Debug issue!

We should make our own more independent and less full of layoffs games industry

Quick show of hands, who actually wants this?

The last issue of @debugmag.com arrived in Norway

One of the coolest things (in my opinion) about print media, is that some pretty obscure games (and some bigger ones) are permanently recorded in history. Even if they don’t eventually get released. Debug is in local and national libraries, museums, archives, and thousands of private collections!

And with this, we officially declare #PrintMyGame to be a thing!

Our first ever Indie Showcase in Wales! Hopefully the first of many 😊

Please join us in welcoming Ania to the Debug family 🎉

Nick’s in a world of his own

In my latest installment of my column the Anthropocene Medium for @debugmag.com, I talked with Jigmé Özer of Calligram Studio (@calligramstudio.com). This is one of the hottest interviews I have ever conducted. www.teamdebug.com/issue/18

If you write about games, and would like to work with truly independent media then just letting you know we exist 👋 We’re 100% independent, editorially and financially, and are invested in giving writers the space to write about games properly Oh, and we’re print so no algorithms to keep happy!

You'd best believe we got our hands on the two-page review we nabbed in @debugmag.com for Echoes of Mystralia. What can we say? We’re suckers for print. If a two-page spread with your name on it sounds good to you, you know where we are:https://bit.ly/big-games-machine-get-in-touch

Hot on the heels of SGDA’s fantastic Games Day event in Dundee, we were treated to Get Into Games by @intogames.bsky.social Two friends of Debug @alastairlow.bsky.social and @mattstark256.bsky.social (who made Viewfinder, the subject of our first cover story) shared anecdotes about indie game dev!

Charles Cecil of Revolution Software gave a fantastic history of his career in games at @scotgamedev.bsky.social #gamesday this afternoon, featuring this photo of a very young Charles!

Jeff Gardiner, CEO/Founder at Something Wicked Games with some fantastic insights into single player gamedev at #sgda #gamesday today

The latest issue of @debugmag.com features my favorite games from the Kenney jam! #kenneyjam #gamejam #indiegames

This campaign of panic was super effective, and we now have our Debug Pet for #18 😊

Red alert. Red alert! We don't have a pet photo for Debug #18 - it's the one thing we need before it goes to the printers! Does you have a photo of your pet with an issue of the magazine? Now's your chance to give them indie gaming stardom

Something’s been growing behind the scenes… 🌱 Planted! takes root on the cover of Debug #18. Available 28 September: debu.gg/18

What game did you completely change your mind about? Answers may appear in the next issue, so be as honest as possible. This one could get a little spicy...

Are you making a game? Even if it’s very early in development… Tell our Games Editor @mostlyalright.com Follow each other. Do the DMs 😊

Something our industry could do a much better job of is making it clear who’s handling PR for a particular game

This cover was bound to look cool

Voidling Bound claws its way onto the cover of Debug #17! We learn why it's time to forget everything you expect from monster taming. Hatchery Games is pushing the genre into stranger, darker, and far more unpredictable territory Out now in premium quality print and DRM-free digital: debu.gg/17

Double issue launch announcement coming tomorrow evening!

Heading into London for some @evercade.co.uk shenanigans with @debugmag.com

We’ve been looking forward to this one for a while! @goodboygalaxy.com

Today is my birthday 🎈 and to celebrate, I have put my 2 games into a discounted (75% off!) bundle. store.steampowered.com/bundle/51136... Below is a trailer for Vaporwave Pinball, which is my favorite out of the two. Have a lovely day folks ❤️❤️

Today’s arrival… We’re very excited about this one! Shapefarm KK // @kepler-interactive.bsky.social

This Binding of Isaac bumper sticker has seen better days

Who's at PAX West this weekend? Be sure to visit Ukiyo at Booth 633 for a Debug-shaped surprise! @officialpax.bsky.social

Is anyone on Mastodon, by chance? We're thinking of posting some less mainstream content there - FOSS, digital rights, privacy, etc. Come say hello world?

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