Tailgate on Steam Hyde, an aging labrador retriever, wakes up and realizes that Derek, his beloved Human has disappeared. The doggo reluctantly leaves the house to investigate, only to find himself in the middle of an ...

And if you want to go even further and wishlist Tailgate, you are very welcome here 👇

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In case you want a real trailer👇

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What do we have here? A ballo!
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Hoo ar u, Fren? Ah, yea h, rrright.
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I wouldn’t go as far as “most”, but yeah, substantial part of gamedev is lists, spreadsheets, docs, emails, and juggling. I can’t say I hate it, I’ve been managing creative biz for years, managing one person (myself) is easy-peasy.

#gamedev and #indigames are easy.

Tailgate on Steam Hyde, an aging labrador retriever, wakes up and realizes that Derek, his beloved Human has disappeared. The doggo reluctantly leaves the house to investigate, only to find himself in the middle of an ...

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Who left this mess here!? I guess we all know, hoomans. But why? Wishlist Tailgate if you want to know! 👇
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Basic baked lighting pass done. And damn, I’m so happy with how the demo looks, and especially runs (160+fps at 1440 in editor!). Still have plenty of wiggle room for better geometry, textures and lights.

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I’m worried that players will have not enough things to do. So besides snacks, plot trivia and bad dog jokes I decided to have one mini-game per chapter. Here’s from the upcoming demo. Third time’s the charm!
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On the bright side — reviewing notes from 2024, I smile a lot — most of things I was worried about then I’ve figured out long time ago and also — I’ve subconsciously implemented a lot of things I initially planned but was scared to try (because I didn’t really know how).

Been reviewing old sketches and notes. One thing I really can’t wrap my head around is HOW Tailgate got so big😬 I shit you not, when I started, I wanted to squeeze the whole story into one map (half the size of the current first chapter)!
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Happy #WishlistWednesday everyone! 🎉 Let's promote your game!

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Tailgate on Steam Hyde, an aging labrador retriever, wakes up and realizes that Derek, his beloved Human has disappeared. The doggo reluctantly leaves the house to investigate, only to find himself in the middle of an ...

store.steampowered.com/app/3046820/...

bsky.app/profile/tail...

Tailgate on Steam Hyde, an aging labrador retriever, wakes up and realizes that Derek, his beloved Human has disappeared. The doggo reluctantly leaves the house to investigate, only to find himself in the middle of an ...

store.steampowered.com/app/3046820/...

Yeah yeah, don’t go to there, don’t go here. Hooman won’t find himself!
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💀🌸As an experiment (which gave me more lote ideas) I added “dead patches” and “dead flowers” that lead to them (there are places where leaving random stuff doesn’t click and frankly, every random item provokes a lot of narrative pathways, for which I don’t really have capacity.

🐽And when you use your nose, you discover another layer of navigation — marked items, trails and hidden passages.

🧭It's relatively easy to get lost in some sections of the game. And that's actually the idea. That is why I omitted some monumental for navigation and especially the modern approach and all the hand-holding. Because you are supposed to feel lost a bit.

Wake up and smell… the flowers! Even if they look kinda… dead🤷🏻‍♂️
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Meet Hyde, the flying bag of potatoes! He sniff, he bork, he fly, he search for missing Hooman.

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I really don’t want to bloat the level (and the game) with scattered props, only minor but meaningful that contribute to the atmosphere. So I’ve added mailboxes, rain pipes and house numbers (random glyphs, because, well, you are dog).
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No long description, just a screenshot I really like for no reason. #indie #indiegames #adventuregames #dog #cozy #Tailgate

Been a while since the last before/after (frankly, this after is not too fresh either🤷🏻‍♂️). But yeah, feeling good😎
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Thanks! 🤩

Thanks!

Still kinda happy with the original ideas and the fact that I’ve found ways to implement most of them (honestly, felt impossible then).
Some people even told me that I will never gonna make it past the prototype.
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I try to support fellow devs whenever I can. That being said, of course, there are projects and/or people I don’t like or sympathise with. Even then, I got some rules:
– avoid unsolicited feedback, especially critique;
– if I can offer help or advice, I drop a DM;
– don’t talk shit about indie devs;