Experimenting with the idea of running save files on the title screen for very smooth game-loading ...

Holyyyy. I've never put together me being a cat person and liking games that are fairly aloof to your presence in the game world

No words except to repeat what others are saying, there is a very disgusting man in control and the people who should stop him, won't.

more low poly stuff, this time a mockup for an imaginary game in gba resolution (240x160px)

the 3D scene is made with picocad2, 2D overlay is made with aseprite

#picocad2 #aseprite #lowpoly #gamedev #pixelart

cooking a lil n64-style demo scene 🌼

I've always felt that way too, it's likely just one of the trappings of the genre / format.

Like long-form TV compared to films, roguelikes are aiming to be fidget toys where it's more about making a comfortable space to just explore.

Crosswords and games like chess give me the same feeling

Yee, I'm 8 months into my tiny 1 month game jam about flipping coins. It was supposed to be a practice game, and now my ability to stay independent is kinda depending on how well it does..

It's absolutely a problem that I feel might need therapy or something to deal with, it really does cripple you

Give this game a look, I really want Super Debt to get funded! The game looks great and the dev deserves all the support they get!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sup...

spiritual stones

#pixel_dailies #KeyItem @pixeldailies.bsky.social

Great breakdown of the differences of additive and multiplicative game design.

They both have their pros and cons but I admit, I'm very sad to see zelda of all franchises become the mascot of multiplicative design.

just this week:

-- OpenAI killed Sora
-- Disney subsequently cancelled its investment in OpenAI
-- Wikipedia is now banning LLM-generated content

...tell me again how this is all "inevitable" and you have to "get on board or get left behind"?

Proposal to replace the term "agentic" with "slop-based" across the entire internet

Yeahh, it's incredible how far the craft is being pushed in a few games!

I hope we can both hit / surpass that bar!

I honestly think it's just about putting in the work... and being lucky enough to make enough money to keep growing along the way 😅

Devils on the Moon is out now on Catalog!!

Themed on the astrologically Occult, this single board VG-Pinball won 🏆️ Most Anticipated Game of 2025 at the Playdate Community Awards!

Flip your way through 3 different zones and discover over 50 different demons to summon!

😈 play.date/games/devil...

Oh absolutely, I wouldn't compare myself there yet but it's the goal for sure! These are all human creations after all so there's nothing inherently blocking people from making something that is the top of the top 😅

Couldn't agree more, it's likely why the games are so good, money ain't the aim!

Devils on the Moon Pinball is out!!!!
What a time to be alive!!
get it here: play.date/games/devils...

Only on @play.date
#pinball #indiegames #pixelart #playdate

After playing Silksong, Mewgenics and Stardew Valley, it really feels like the new bar for "indie game" is incredibly high.

I can't judge my own work on that level yet of course but I'm so excited by the idea of one day having 6 years of runway to really push a game this far!

As promised, here's a writeup of how this system works :)

torcado.com/blog/simple-platformer

There's a playable demo and download for the p8 cart on that page. It's CC0, do whatever you want with it ❤️

A slower paced section to change things up.

Testing the limits of the grappling hook a bit (and apparantly the amount of relevant space I can fit into view, too)

Hell ye!!!

in relation to the news. I wish AI a very "good riddance and die a swift death, please and thank you"

Yee, this looks fantastic dude!!

🚨 SUPER DEBT will be launching on Kickstarter! 🚨

March 31st I'll be finally launching the Kickstarter campaign (for real this time)!

💸 Please follow the campaign to be notified when it launches!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sup...

lowkey making me want to make videos again 🤔

maybe differently than before because that's what keeps putting me off, this idea that I have to setup lighting, film my face, etc.

Everything I Know as a Solo Indie Game Developer! *Sort of YouTube video by zagawee

I genuinely love whenever @zachisagardner.bsky.social puts out a new video, but this one is really good!

It's always nice to see how someone approaches game dev but on youtube there's a lot of people that haven't finished a game and there's a big pocket of blindspots to them, so this rocks!

Sort of yeh, I wrote a simple template then changed a bit for each one after watching a bit of their channel

I kinda hate things like this being just copy paste, but I do get why people do it, even minor changes make much more work!

Just made my first attempt at contacting yt creators about doing a video on Wunder and I can see why people do get publishers 😅

writing just 12 emails took me ages, I can't imagine how creators actually manage to read what must be hundreds of emails they're receiving!

He keeps saying "call me Sanny Miggs", but I won't do it

I reckon I need to take a break and focus on promoting the game for a while now, make a youtube video or something

But I also need to get the game ready for launch and there's a lot I wanna add 😅

Wunder: The Double-Sided Deckbuilder - Demo Update v0.2.1 | Collection - Steam News Hey folks, bumbleborn here 👋 This is the last big demo update before I focus entirely on the Early Access launch, but it adds a bunch QoL stuff and gives a good example of the meta progression for the...

Just pushed a big update for the Wunder demo! There's a collection menu so you can see everything the demo contains easily.

store.steampowered.com/news/app/389...