FLAUNT IT

I've still got more art to include to flesh out this scene a bit more but here's a little peak at the upgrade menu for my next game. I'm pretty happy with the vibe it gives right now

#gamedev #indiedev

One of the most important ongoing tasks for any dev 👍

I need to turn down the movement speed of these triangle fellas, but it gave me a weird zen moment with the music I was listening to, like I was controlling some kind of flat 2D Katamari.

Thats a groovy wizard, love it.

Looking through the nominees for the Game Awards and it really feels like Clair Obscur is gonna sweep it. Deservedly so tbh, it was a phenominal game and I can't wait to see what Sandfall do next.

Aw yeah, thats the good stuff

This is the kind of innovation I like to see.

The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6 YouTube video by People Make Games

I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.

That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.

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I played this a bit over the last couple days, it's good. I'll be keeping an eye on the steam release. Interested to see how other factions play out

It's Clippy!

When in doubt, fall back on ol' reliable.

Steams new Personal Calendar feature is actually pretty cool. Already checking it out reminded me of some cool indie stuff that's sitting on my wishlist forgotten about, but now I'm reminded of them again.

Been a while since I've posted anything, whoopsie. I've been focusing more on contributing to an open source project where I mostly focus on writing code so I feel like I've not had anything interesting to show for a while. Maybe I need to get back onto doing some gamejams

Very much dislike how Itch has had to go along with payment processors wanting to ban certain depictions in media.

It's always used to target porn at first but all it takes is some puritanical Christian to deem LGBTQ+ content as smut because of their narrow views on identity.

I hate big corps, man

Turning a toy into a cyberdeck YouTube video by Attoparsec

I have a fondness for interesting cyberdecks and this one, made from a childrens toy and changes programs by inserting punchcards is just so great.
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While everyone else is playing #DonkeyKongBananza I'm in the mines working on my next web game. Maybe it's about monkeys riding minecarts, maybe it's not, who knows.

This looks sick, wishlisting this for sure

Let's do some starter packs again. I have FIVE packs of solo devs on my profile.

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Please check if you're on one and don't make me do it before asking.

#indiegamedev

Hey, another month, another round of mass layoffs in the video game industry. The execs continue to get wealthier, while the labour people put into these projects become worthless as they just get cancelled over and over.

The AAA industry is bleeding out. Long Live Indies.

Video Game Preservation is important for any and all of us that love this hobby.
The #stopkillinggames group has been doing great recently, but we only have until the end of the month to get the last push done.
Help out, and go sign it if you want to see an improvement in the industry.

Theres been a lot of talk in the kast 24 hours about StopKillingGames again.

I'm of the opinion we need to stop focusing on it's number 1 hater, as satisfying as it is to watch a narcissists ego crumble.

Anyway, go support SKG. Games preservation is a big deal to all of us www.stopkillinggames.com

Like, I'm kinda hoping I'm just too deep in the reeds, and once I add in some of the other features that actually represent the challenge the game represents rather than just this test bench, that it'll start to feel better.

Been sorting out more on my next physics based game and I'm reaching a point where I'm not sure if my initial idea would actually be all that fun.
I've got more to add in yet before I think it's actually looks like my vision, but I gotta be prepared to admit it might not be good.

#gamedev #indiedev

Fellow indie game devs, there is now an accessibility feature wizard when making your store page on Steam. Players can now filter by accessibility features, so make sure you go edit your store page and do the wizard!

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Man, there's so much cool stuff shown off at #stateofplay

Pragmata
Romeo is a Deadman
Silent Hill F
FFTactics Remaster
Cairn
Nioh 3
Thief VR!
Sea of Remnants
Sword of the Sea
007 First Light
Marvel Tokon

Sony really knocked this out of the park. These all look Incredible

Here's a quick attempt to create a model based on my own kitchen.
It's just so weird. The tech can be used to make some really high quality stuff with the right equipment, but at a basic level things are odd. There are weird gaps and wobbly lines.
It's exactly the vibe I want for my next game.

Trying to learn and test out some Photogrammetry for my next game. I feel it's always had a bit of a weird "uncanny valley" vibe to it, where you can tell 3D models are created from images, but placing the textures on just seems different.

It's both grounded in reality, and alien at the same time.

When Discord used an in-window popup to promote their Aprils Fools game, my immediate reaction was "Oh, that's totally gonna be used for ads".

Now they're outright adding in ads to the shop, to give away their virtual currency.
I give it 3-6 months before you start seeing "Daily Quest" popups.

Clef's Quest by NeonBlades When the music fades, only the voice remains.

Check it out here if you'd like to give it a shot, but do bear in mind as a gamejam game, it is a bit short and may be buggy :)

gorp900.itch.io/clefs-quest