If it were to show Eyes of Hellfire, there's a chance it might end up showing some Guild demo art as we repurposed an existing app id and it shows the original demo assets in some instances when previewing links. Very annoying.
I need to fix the focus on the allsky camera. Stars need to be sharper. I have to print a pulley to fit around the lens to allow it to auto-focus, but I've been procrastinating even my procrastination
A moonless clear night! Yay! Should finally have some decent imaging time, despite the fog rolling in to say hello for some of it.
The ISS passes through at around 20:30
Different horrors for every kind of player.
The Steam Spring Sale is here. Grab Blumhouse Games titles from March 19-26 - including our newest release, Crisol: Theater of Idols, for 15% off.
https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/blumhousegames
Found an old card from a camera.
It just has some photos of typical game devs doing typical game dev things...
Here's a work in progress video of the technique in action. vimeo.com/1175098049
☘️HAPPY PADDY'S DAY EVERYONE🍀
I decided to make a video celebrating Irish games and discussing the importance of game funding both back home & abroad.
Check out @imirt.bsky.social's Games For Ireland 2026 Steam Festival: tinyurl.com/gamesireland
Watch my video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mtP...
Not me starting to work thinking yesterday was a bank holiday for Paddy's day and today was just a normal day.
Not working on mondays usually saves me from doing this!
Live now to play Eyes of Hellfire with @mothmanie.bsky.social!
This is part of the Irish Games Sale on Steam, as presented and supported by @imirt.bsky.social
The Steam page for the sale is here store.steampowered.com/sale/Gamesfr...
Join the stream and watch us get spooked here twitch.tv/dinmaker
We're proud to unveil the trailer for our Games From Ireland Steam Event, which goes live at 5pm tomorrow!
youtu.be/SGwrAGL_h80
#GamesFromIreland #Imirt #IrishGames
Friends, chumps, wizards-of-ill-repute: today we launched our DEMO for Sparrow Warfare!
If you are into deckbuilders and somehow not already 110% consumed with Slay The Spire 2, give us a whirl over the weekend!
store.steampowered.com/app/4396770/...
#indiedev #indiegamedev #deckbuilder #demo
We’re delighted to reveal the Irish Games art-piece we commissioned from acclaimed Irish artist and game developer @denmanrooke.com, showcasing some of the incredible games and characters from across Irish games, alongside touchpoints of Irish culture.
www.imirt.ie/news/2026/3/...
Screenshot of the best deckbuilder to ever grace this planet. In this demo, you can experience the core loop of the game. First, you can expect a tutorial. Then you can play with two different characters for the first half of the regular game, along with the “Daily Flight”: a brand new challenge every single day with a global leaderboard. Hours of playtime await you, and we hope you enjoy every single minute! Sparrow Warfare is a synergy-rich deckbuilder where you make wild combinations of tiles to free birds and battle against the fiendish Storyteller and his minions. In addition, daily flight mode offers endless replayability with different challenging modifiers and global leaderboards. Features: 🃏Deckbuilding: 150+ wildtiles to discover and infinite game-breaking combos to find ♾️ Endless Replayability: progressive difficulty, daily flights & challenging modifiers 🔥 Multiple Playstyles: suit your personal taste, whether you prefer aggression or cunning 🐦🔥 Big Bird Action: 100+ birds to free, each one featuring real bird sounds 🤺 Meta-Strategy: experiment with synergies & build new approaches run after run The full game of Sparrow Warfare will include all four different Ways (Fire, Song, Water, and Ghost), the full progression mode up to Level 12 for all four Ways, and Steam achievements. We plan to have full localisation for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, Spanish, and Russian in the full game. Sparrow Warfare is developed by just two veteran game developers (Martin Pichlmair & Charlene Putney) who share all of the work between them, but it wouldn’t be as good without the amazing assistance of our loyal playtesters: we love you guys! We truly hope you enjoy our demo. Please wishlist and follow Sparrow Warfare to keep informed about development and help us get the word out there. Fly free little sparrows! Martin & Char
And just like that, we've released our first public demo for Sparrow Warfare. From here on out we're building in the open. And you can be a part of that!
👀
A photo of dark grey clouds
watching the feed from my all-sky camera, it looks like a perpetual random height map generator.
Ahoy!
Rise of Piracy is NOW Available on STEAM in Early Access!
We've surpassed my wildest expectations already & I do hope you enjoy playing the game
I look forward to bringing the game to v1.0 with your feedback
Thank you all!
John
#newreleases #steamgame #gaming #indiedev
A code comment that reads "I really don't like this, but too brain-dead to come up with a better solution... - Owen"
When you encounter an old comment. Some things never change.
This is a mosaic, essentially two areas stitched together. I wanted it to be more (the left side is chopped off), but since I started this in early January I never had to opportunity to complete it. I only captured the last of the data last night.
An astronomy photo of the Heart nebula, in the SHO 'Hubble' palette
Happy St. Valentines Day.
Here, have a Heart... nebula.
#astrophotography #astronomy
Weather prediction for a full night of perfect astronomy observing conditions
This seems too perfect, I don't know if I can trust it!
I haven't seen two consecutive hours of perfect observing conditions in months! It's been nothing but the rain for weeks on end.
#astrophotography
A thumbnail from a PBS video titled "That time it trained for 2 million years"
It's now. That time is now
Introducing the Games From Ireland Steam Event, a week-long digital showcase.
Running on Steam during St Patrick’s Day 2026, 13th March - 20th March, this is an Imirt-led initiative, developed in collaboration with Irish developers and studios worldwide.
www.imirt.ie/news/2026/2/...
Officially a non-indie video game professional outsider
of course I'm complementing it for myself by thinking about bringing telescope gear, which I don't really want to fly with. So am looking at getting the ferry from Rosslare to Bilbao. then drive to somewhere nearer the centre of the path of totality.
Too many decision points to make by brain go NAH
Cool! Where are you going?
Been thinking of going to Spain to see the total solar eclipse in august. Iceland would be better, but there is practically nowhere left to stay near it.
Knowing myself I'll likely get too indecisive, leave it too late to book anything and then miss it
We played EYES OF HELLFIRE last night for Slop Squad and this game is CREEPY!!! 😬😬😬
@blumhousegames.com has a DOPE game here!
Just heard Nextlander describe TR-49 as Roottrees+Cryptonomicon, and I could not run to buy it fast enough. I'm so easily swayed.
rain, rain, rain...
hey guys... tonight i programmed a game that throws FUCK YOUs at ICE. i have no other comments except you gain 50 points per FU at ICE
