About

My Indie Game for 15 Seconds is a participatory social media trend that involves indie video game developers sharing a 15-second clip from their games, both released and yet to be released. The trend became popularized on X / Twitter in late January and early February 2025, inspiring various memes as it went viral.

Origin

On January 30th, 2025, indie video game developer @vidhvat (also known as quicktequila) shared a 15-second clip from their upcoming video game TAMASHIKA on X,^[1] commenting, "my indie game for 15 seconds." The video showed gameplay from the game, a fast-paced arcade corridor shooter with psychedelic graphic design. The post (shown below) garnered over 14.9 million views, 15,000 reposts, and 136,000 likes in four days.

Spread

The post was followed by other indie video game developers sharing clips from their games with the same caption, with multiple posts going viral on X / Twitter. For example, on January 30th, 2025, developer The WIld Gentleman (@RetroSpaceGame) quoted the post with the gameplay of their game RetroSpace, with their post gaining over 830 reposts and 9,000 likes on X^[2] in four days (shown below).

Additionally, the original post inspired discussions of TAMASHIKA, as well as various jokes on X / Twitter. For example, on January 30th, 2025, X^[3] user @witchwounds wrote, "the transgenders are gonna love this," quoting the post. The post (shown below) gained over 2,100 reposts and 34,000 likes in four days.

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