Thanks! I've never worked with a team on Ludum Dare. Always gone solo.
But I did do a Brackeys Jam a few years ago with someone I met on Threads. Ultimately that platform has shifted a bit since and I wouldn't say it's as good for that anymore.
The Brackeys discord might be a good spot though.
Finished my #LudumDare jam entry with time to spare for once.
Kept my project simple. Happy with the result. Can't ask for more than that.
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Takes about 1-2 minutes to play in your web browser.
#indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #ld59 #uiux #godot
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Ludum Dare entry is basically done. I have one or two more animations/screens that need to be created and implemented but they are simple, so I'm off to sleep!
Last few hours when I wake up and then submission time!
Looking forward to playing lots of cool games!
#LudumDare #LD59 #GameDev #Indie
Ludum Dare 59: Signal!
Didn't get things together in time for a solid entry last year.
This year I'm scoping better, keeping it minimal, and sticking to my strengths.
Gonna sleep, then back to wrapping things up.
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#ludumdare #ld59 #gamedev #indiedev #uiux #godot
Working on design patterns and clean code. A test project, but all my own Writing/UI/Sound/Music/Code. (BGs from Unsplash with some light Photoshop.)
The nice part is all of this work can directly flow into my Steam project. Including saving/loading!
#gamedev #indiedev #cleancode #uiux #godot
Been busy, but SO excited! Writing clean(er) code is so helpful and eye opening!
The dialogue is for me to chuckle at. The sounds are obviously...borrowed. 🤫
BG is from Unsplash and then run through a cutout filter.
Made in Godot.
#GameDev #IndieDev #Godot #ScreenshotSaturday #VN #CleanCode
So yesterday I decided to post an article detailing how Steam's Next Fest affected my horror visual novel's numbers and it quickly propelled my game to 33rd on IndieDB out of 72000+ games.
Give it a read! More soon!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #visualnovel #indiegamer #gamenews #gamemarketing
The haunting month is over, but uncanny office culture and AI takeover dread remain.
If you want a quick free demo that lets you explore both in a safe(?) environment, check it out:
store.steampowered.com/app/4093290/...
#indiegames #gamedev #indiedev #horrogame #visualnovel #wishlistwednesday
Continuing to develop my solo indie game and the demo is still live on Steam! Next steps are implementing feedback, refactoring code, and squashing bugs.
If you love uncomfortable horror, give it a play and let me know what you think!
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegames #indiedev #godot #icky
Happy #Halloween!
If you need some spooky low poly graveyard assets for your games, I have just the thing for you. Available on Fab for Unreal and Unity on the Asset Store #lowpoly
Fab: www.fab.com/listings/656...
UAS: assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/...
#indiedev #gamedev #UnrealEngine #Unity3D
My solo indie horror visual novel demo grabbed a decent amount of wishlists and claims from this week's Steam Next Fest.
Would love more feedback, so if you're a horror gamer or streamer who loves the creepy, give it a shot!
#indiegames #indiedev #nextfest #horrorgames #vn #uncanny #gamedev #weird
It's Next Fest week! 🎮
My demo is waiting in the Steam queue but I'm hoping it’ll go live soon! You only get one Next Fest, so every view and share helps a ton! ❤️
Thank you!
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#NextFest #gamedev #indiedev #visualnovel #godot #horrorgame #scifigame #creepy #vn
Got this trailer done last night for my dystopian indie horror game's demo.
Hoping that everything gets approved by Steam so it can still participate in Next Fest.
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #horrorgames #horrorvn #sundayscaries #severancefans #scifigames #visualnovels
Very strange. I'm waiting to hear back from SoundCloud but in the meantime I have set the old watermarked version back to public. I'll be switching it to that on the page as well, but you can find it here:
soundcloud.com/iamshadow64/...
Sorry about the confusion/issues.
Thank you for letting me know. I'll take a look. Usually there should be a playlist that has a digital watermark but I just checked and it's not there. Let me get back to you today. 👍
It's Thing Thursday! 🛠️🎮 (I'm making this up. But why not?)
Got most of the UI in and working for the Options menu. Just a couple more elements to do...but hey! I did The Thing!
Did you do The Thing today? What's your Thing? Whatcha do?
#gamedev #indiedev #gameui #uiartist #uidesign #thingthurs
Success! :D At least we both were blind to it! That does make me feel better.
@legonenen.bsky.social my sincerest apologies. 😬🙏
Uh I'm mortified to see that what I thought I posted as an exclamation was a question mark. I'm so sorry. I was actually very grateful and I hope it didn't seem like I was mocking you. Extremely sorry.
Thanks? 👍 I am thinking I may also add a toggle option to disable the animation another if people would rather the menus just appear/disappear but I may also have that for a QoL update after release.
Working on the pause menu for my horror game. I hate when you open a menu by mistake and have to wait for the animation to finish, so here you can reverse it instantly. Godot helped make that easy.
store.steampowered.com/app/3818140/...
#indiegames #horrordev #horrorvn #ui #gamedev #godotengine
You can't hang VHS tapes up in the air like this and not expect me to want to kickflip through it for an achievement.
Ah yes. The legend of the heavenly VHS. I remember this.
TFW your game about manipulation and passive aggression mirrors that messaging in its menu system.
But at least the music is meditative. 🎧
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#gamedev #indiedev #creepy #severancefans #portal #scifigames #scifihorror #horror #horrorgames #blackandwhite #vngames
I'm pretty vocal in my skepticism of wishlists or relying on their conversion. But today marks 1 month of my game being on Steam to wishlist and I just crossed my first 100!
I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning
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#gamedev #indiedev #horrorgame #vn #visualnovel
For #ScreenshotSaturday here's how I'm using music and sound design to play with anxiety:
I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning
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This little game is starting to find its audience!
#gamedev #indiedev #horrorgame #visualnovel #severancefans #creepygame #anxiety
It is incredibly helpful. Have you dipped into the joy of how easily you can display text and make it animate with no add-ons/extensions?
Maybe, but I'm pretty sure taurune is just the same thing as pirune, but twice as bad. 🤷♂️
Just don't play pirune. I hear it goes on forever in a big dumb circle.
A screenshot from a black-and-white visual novel video game. The image shows a close-up of a smiling man in a suit, surrounded by unnervingly cheerful coworkers in patterned office clothing. The characters’ exaggerated expressions and tight framing create a surreal, claustrophobic tone. A dialogue box at the bottom reads: “COWORKER 5: Did you have any cake yet?”
I know gamers were sooo mad at Portal for not getting any cake.
So my scifi corporate office horror VN solves that in the first five minutes.
If you're hungry, come eat.
store.steampowered.com/app/3818140/...
Available for Wishlist
#gamedev #horrordev #visualnovel #severancefans #portal
