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Cozy on the surface. Creepy underneath. 💜👁️ Black in Gaming is a community partner for Dames 4 Games’ first Cozy After Dark Showcase! 50+ games, exclusive trailers, dev spotlights & new announcements. 📅 October 12, 2026 🕚 11 AM PT | 2 PM ET | 7 PM BST | 8 PM CEST (Links below!)
He really is an amazing artist AND stand-up guy. Always happy to meet more people who appreciate his work!
Explore their catalogs on Bandcamp, YouTube, Apple Music and beyond, and support their work directly when you can! Which Black game music artists should more people know about? @ them below OR introduce yourself if you create music for games. We'd love to be able to shout YOU out next time.
🎵 Substantial (www.iamsubstantial.com)
- “Renegade” from Arknights
🎵 Wilbert Roget, II (@wilbertroget.bsky.social)
- Helldivers 2 OST
And these selections are only a small part of their contributions across indie games, major franchises and gaming culture!
🎵 MEMODEMO (@memodemo.zip)
- “RGB” from Arcaea, co-created with AQUASINE
🎵 Omega Sparx
- Co-created and performed “K.O.” for The King of Fighters Allstar
🎵 Star Victoria Power (Slide20XX) (@slide20xx.com)
- Calico OST
🎵 Chase Bethea (@chasebethea.bsky.social)
- Duppy Detective Tashia OST
🎵ViRiX Dreamcore (@virixdreamcore.bsky.social)
- Music contributions to Vividlope
🎵 Jongnic “JB” Bontemps
- Redfall original score
🎵 Mega Ran (@megaran.com)
- “It’s a Pizza Party!” from TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge
Game music does more than accompany gameplay. It builds atmosphere, carries emotion, strengthens storytelling and helps define the games and characters we remember. Here’s one highlight from each artist’s much wider body of work:
🎶 Press Play: Black Music in Gaming For International Music Day, we celebrated Black artists whose music, performances and sound design help shape the worlds we play. 🧵
OH!WARE, my first commercial release, IS OUT NOW!
Your ancestors whisper guidance. The Gods all watch. They want you to check it out and give it a review 🙏♥️
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!
Be part of our 2027 cohort & experience our award-winning program which combines #gamedesign & development, film/VFX & tech training with industry experience, college & career prep! Interviews begin mid-October so don't delay! Apply now!
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Grateful to have Princess Paladin be a part of Game Devs of Color Expo! #GDoCExpo #indiegame #gamedev @gdocexpo.com
Check out the sale here!
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We are excited for Scramble Star Crossing to be a part of Game Devs of Color Expo once again! #GDoCExpo #indiegames #gamedev @gdocexpo.com
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YASUKE: A Lost Descendant Pre-Alpha Ver.2.12 is now out and various aspects have been improved:
✦ Audio
✦ Gameplay
✦ Enemy
✦ VFX
Patch Notes: store.steampowered.com/news/app/244...
Please look forward to more improvements and updates to the build!
Celebrating my @gdocexpo.com talk "Mystery in the Mix - Enter Caribbean Noir," a new "How I Composed..." series airs today! If you watched live, you know I left a clue. I breakdown my #videogame composing process.
Premiering at 5:00pm PST today.
Sup BIG fam! It's time for the next Co-Working session. 👾
Got something you've been procrastinating on? Pull up on October 4th, plug in, and share space with Black creatives in games, art, and tech! 💜
📅 Sun, Oct 4 | 11AM - 2PM
📍 Here is My Clubhouse, LA
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🐰‼️The Rabbit Haul is out NOW ‼️🦝 The Rabbit Haul was made by 3 Canadian developers (by hand!) 🫶 This Farming, Tower Defense, Roguelite challenges you to grow powerful and symbiotic defenses to battle tough critters and rebuild your hometown... one haul at a time! 🥕
It’s almost spooky season and we’re partnering with Vibe XP and @blackingaming.bsky.social to bring Terror Game Jam 2026 to life! Submit your most sinister games, be featured at an in-person games showcase in New York City, and then dance the night away with a Halloween party afterwards! 🎃✨💀 1/4
