Found the time to redo the music and I'm a lot happier with it!

Here's a little video of MoruMatrix!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE49...

#LDJam #LudumDare

Good to be early 😁
Probably the last time that MoruMatrix will be visible on @ludumdare.com until the voting begins.

A screenshot of the title screen of a game called MoruMatrix. The screen has the text "MoruMatrix" at the top and a flatshaded guinea pig with sunglasses in the middle of the screen and some instruction on how to start the game

A screenshot from inside a psychedelic style collect'em'up game. There's objects all over the screen and flashing text pasted over the top making things mostly a blur.

Found some time to participate in #LDJAM #LudumDare this weekend. And I'm done! (Unless I decide to redo the music)

Behold!

MoruMatrix

ldjam.com/events/ludum...

Wrong account... That's how tired I am 😜
Must summon... energy... for #ludumdare #ldjam ...

Wow! I haven't seen that in a long time. 😆

Woah! I'm doing this talk TODAY at 5pm UK time for Shris Zukowski's (HTMAG) Staying Inside Conference 2025.

Here's a link with a coupon code. You can also watch it later on the "vault":
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Graphic for an indie game dev online knowledge share panel with Jake Birkett, Shawn Alexander Allen and Sam Read-Graves. May 1st - 5pm BST

What does it take to keep an #IndieDev studio going for 10+ years?

These folks have done it and we're going to find out how
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Sometimes I go to test my game and I'm like wtf how did I make this?

How does this all like, function? How did I do that?

Especially since I built the whole engine. Wtf how does it manage to go so long without crashing?

#indiegamedev #solodev

Yeah. The good code stuff always feels the weirdest 😆
You stumble onto something that was written 5 years ago and go: "Hey how the heck did that happen" 🤭

The bad stuff is always easier to explain..

Oh have I got at treat for you😀for #ThrowbackThursday !

Here's the 1st ever image that was put online from "Of Mimas" back in 2014

and an image from an almost complete "Of Mimas" in 2024
#indiedev #solodev

Alliteration - any excuse to post content 😅

Of Mimas Teaser Trailer YouTube video by Cogitare Computing

#TrailerTuesday really doesn't make much sense to me...
How many trailers do people make for their games?
I've made one and it takes forever.
#ScreenshotSaturday makes more sense, just a glimpse of some part of the game in a pic or mp4

Anyway... here's "Of Mimas" 😉
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rzt...

Time for #screenshotsaturday !

Been busy polishing stuff on ACT 1 in Of Mimas.
A screenshot really doesn't justify the amount of chaos going on in level 5 of ACT 1. Almost didn't have time to take the picture before that turret knocked me out 😆
#indiedev #solodev #indiegame

www.ofmimas.com

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Nick from Debug Magazine reading Debug #3 in a tree

Debug #3 and #5 are back!

Due to huge demand, we have printed a small number of these two issues and they are available now…

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GitHub - wgois/OIS: Official OIS repository. Object oriented Input System Official OIS repository. Object oriented Input System - wgois/OIS

Ok, so far it looks like OIS might work.. github.com/wgois/OIS?fo...

huh... turns out that both of these relatively popular options are no longer being actively developed. Are people seriously just latching on to larger libraries just to get game controller support?

So... confession time... I'm actually still using DirectInput for my game controller support while everything else I'm using is crossplatform.
So far I've starting looking into Gainput and libgamepad.. Gainput is winning so far...
Anyone got any other suggestions?

#solodev #indiedev #gamedev

It's late but it's still #ScreenshotSaturday !
Trying out the spark gun in "Of Mimas"
I probably need to brighten it up at bit more.. we'll see..

#solodev #indiedev #gamedev

Screenshot from a work in progress, computer game, called "Of Mimas" showing a large space ship attacking a smaller ship with a barrage of sparkly and laser like shots in some kind of arena area.

It's #ScreenshotSaturday !
Here's a screenshot from one of the first boss encounters in Of Mimas.

www.ofmimas.com

#solodev #indiegames

Time for #ShowMeSunday ! Which is when I usually send out my video snippets since I try to actually on post screenshots on ScreenshotSaturday. 🤓
Here's the protagonist in "Of Mimas" getting knocked about a bit. And yes.. I do believe people will eat pizza in the future 😀

#gamedev #solodev #indiedev

Of Mimas Teaser Trailer YouTube video by Cogitare Computing

and it's #trailertuesday ! Introducing "Of Mimas" !
#indidev #solodev #gamedev

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rzt...

Of Mimas Teaser Trailer YouTube video by Cogitare Computing

It's #trailertuesday so it's time for your weekly reminder that "Of Mimas" is on its way and making steady progress.

#solodev #gamedev #indiegame

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rzt...

Of Mimas Teaser Trailer YouTube video by Cogitare Computing

Christmas break is over time to get back to work on "Of Mimas" and as it happens it's #trailertuesday

www.ofmimas.com

#solodev #gamedev #indiedev

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rzt...

Perhaps we need rollback to Internet 1.0

I've just finished my annual review and 2025 goals post. I do this every year and find it very useful to see what went right and wrong and how to make the new year great.

greyaliengames.com/blog/2024-re...

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Mini thread on commercial vs hobby vs "I don't have to worry about money" game devs.

Ars Technica’s top 20 video games of 2024 A relatively light year still had its fair share of interactive standouts.

"It captures that great feeling of being just on the edge of losing control, while still holding onto the edge of that perfect drift"

PGRC is in incredible company in this list 😍
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