Hello everyone, I just made this starter pack for game devs who refuse to use generative AI. In any capacity at all, including for ideas or placeholders or code or inspiration or whatever excuses people have. No AI use, period. Let me know if you want added. go.bsky.app/6DRdowf

Goodness gracious, this is FUCKING ADORABLE :D

Ah damn it, I reposted the repost - well can't hurt to do it twice, haha^^

Once again: Hell yeah!

Bus gamedev time: implemented weighted loot drops, fuck yeah! Also have a but where loot runs away from you (intended), butepassds through walls on the way (not intended). #gamedev #indiedev #cursed_existence

This weekend's gamedev progress: Enemies now drop items! Maybe I should make them stackable next, so I can use that system for money^^ I hope to get my brain back to the gamefeel in fights soon, because that's close to the most important thing, I'd say^^ #indiedev #gamedev #cursed_existence

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Psychonauts developer Double Fine Productions has filed to unionise with support from the Communications Workers of America (CWA) www.gamesindustry.biz/double-fine-...

Working on gamefeel and wanted a quick way to hold an animation at a specific frame... This is, if you didn't already guess, a failed attempt. #gamedev #indiedev #cursed_existence

People, making your own tools is rad AF :D

No gamedev at all this week, due to life and work being overwhelming - no energy left in the evenings. The weekend has a few train rides in store for me, so hoping for a bit of quality dev time :) I don't even remember where I left off... #indiedev #gamedev

Today's progress: -Added lock-on feature -Removed lock-on feature because it feels wrong I might opt for a small correction towards the closest enemy when attacking, to make things a little smoother though. But no extra keybinding for that. #indiedev #gamedev #cursed_existence

LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT Forbidden Solitaire is out now! We are immensely proud to release this awesome game made by two veteran indie studios and we hope you really like it. Steam: tinyurl.com/ywj43ptj GOG: tinyurl.com/2s3sv45j Itch: tinyurl.com/3k4bjt8m Please share, many thanks! #indiedev #FakeOS

git commit -am "don't sneeze while dead" #indiedev #gamedev #cursed_existence

@bsky.app @moderation.bsky.app you need to do better. Game dev community, we need to call out bsky for silencing a fellow game dev. And while you're at it..Wishlist Dreams on a Pillow!! store.steampowered.com/app/4438850/...

Fuck you Bluesky. I just wanted to have another look at the video I was writing alt-text for, and YOU DELETE MY ALT TEXT?I? Fuck you.

#screenshotsaturday #indiegamedev #platformer #adventure #fantasy #oc #pixelart Welp, its still got a bunch of flaws, but i think the demo for #blood&flames is ready to be played. It should be about 30min to 1 hour. Don't hesitate to talk about your experience. blackblooms.itch.io/blood-flames...

While the Bluesky-world appeared to have come to a halt yesterday, we quietly passed the 10,000 user milestone on our @eurosky.social PDS.

Also donate ffs if you use it

It's amazing to see the promise of atproto come to life! Sharing this for a little more reach :)

Ooooh, I love that! Tools I use for my indie game: IDE: VIM + Terminal Art: Blender, Krita and Inkscape Project Management: I don't ;-; Website Coding: not yet, but VIM once it comes down to it

Fixed a bug yesterday where the player would move incredibly slowly upon spawning in some levels. Turns out I had accidentally duplicated some spawn points, making two player characters spawn *inside* each other. I seem to produce more bugs than actual code some days. #indiedev #gamedev

I got inspired

Man, that's pretty messed up. 😭 Anyone else have any other cursed code? I want to see them. #gamedev

One problem with bragging about how much you vibecode instead of doing your job, is that when stuff breaks people will know exactly why the thing broke. The other problem is that because you can't do your fucking job anymore, you have no idea why it broke.

Was about to answer to this in agreement, but I'll repost instead because it speaks to my soul ;-; (Unfortunately)

Just solved a bug that crashed my game for all of last week. Couldn't track the fucker down until now. If you deep copy a lua table, make sure you don't rely on pointer-like behaviour of object references in there... Anyways, sleeping well tonight, am satisfied. #indiedev #gamedev

I also wanna hear about the cheats people put in their games :D

A genre that needs a lot more entries :D God damn, good multiplayer would've elevated Noita even higher than in already was, so this is very welcome :D

I truly hope in a future where the reference platform for gaming is Linux... ... and I try and contribute with my tiny game engine, which is a multiplatform Linux-first project. #gamedev #indiedev #gamingonlinux

How about a old school Turn based Roguelike, with hand crafted pixel art and casual gameplay? Try Theralite - out now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3445690/... #indiedev #pixelart #godot #roguelike #rpg #mining

Bus coding time is often the most productive time! (Hell knows why) Started implementing object persistence today - so things don't just reset when you come back to an area. Currently I only save monsters and discard humans, but we're slowly getting there :D #indiedev #gamedev #cursed_existence

Starting Disco Elysium is the first time in a while I was overwhelmed with its systems when starting a new game - I'm damn glad I didn't quit tho, it's a banger! (Once I've had a basic grasp on reality, since damn there's a lotta history to be learned first, but THE WORLD IS SO COOL)

I remember when he made the most ambitious game of all time, Spore. Everyone let me know about it. Also, until I saw this, I had no idea what he looked like. I had just assumed the dude from Link's Awakening and the SNES Sim City was an accurate depiction.

May I introduce? The wrongwurm. I was refactoring and may have mixed up the lindwurm body sprites with those for the rain worm... I'm sorry it had to see the light of day at all, poor creature. #indiedev #indiegame #cursed_existencce

it's quite simple. phone is fake computer

I miss when computers were still deterministic.

More item-related curses: - items skitter away from you every two seconds - drop inventory items on being hit (Except that sometimes you drop _all_ your items on being hit, which, while hilarious, is a bug^^) #cursed_existence #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

4/4: What’s the best 7/10 game you’ve ever played? At this moment mine is definitely my own game. Let’s hear yours.

Yesterday I finished the curse that makes all items explode, and contemplated making all curse descriptions rhyme, almost as if I wasn't already completely outclassed by this project^^ #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

I always wondered if the mods on larger subs like this get paid. Because imagine wiping the ass of mega corps for free.

Using AI for your art references not only gives you a skewed & inaccurate view of the world, it also puts resource providers like myself & all these awesome people out of work! Using REAL photo references is what levels up your art AND supports the stock/resource community! ❤️💪

I wish I could do gamedev on the bus, but I had to run to make it on time and I think I might puke if I have to look at my laptop for a second. Blergh. I did make a terrible terrible approximation of a skeleton and a giant rain worm yesterday tho, so that was productive :D #indiedev

Trying to make a debug feature to take control of any entity, but didn't think that not every entity should be controllable. Became a snake's ass. #indiedev #gamedev

Directory Dungeon is OUT NOW! ⚔️📁💀 If you like dungeon crawlers and file explorers, then this is for you! 📂❤️ It's available on Itch and Steam for a very nice $1.30! Itch: juhrjuhr.itch.io/directory-du... Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3333010/ #indiegames #indiedev #roguelike

Sharing for #WhatAGameDevLooksLike :) There’s a ton of awesome people in this starter pack!

Wheeeeee :D I guess the Lindwurm won't be quite _that_ long, but messing with this is much more fun than I'd imagined^^ Pretty happy with how this turned out, and now I kinda want to make more of these snake-y enemies... #indiedev #gamedev #cursed_existence

It's international women's day if only there was a starter back of amazing Black & Femne Developers to support ✨✨✨ go.bsky.app/88aYGTF

Just had a friend tell make a joke about whether I'm modeling a Lindwurm or a "Regenwurm" for my game, and now I kinda want to just have an enormous rain worm as a non-hostile entity... Just chillin' in the forest minding their own business... #gamedev #cursed_existence #indiedev

💖 Rizz Dungeon: Skeleton Key to My Heart's demo is now LIVE!!! 🗝️⚔️ Fighting is hard, right? Let your party do it for you! Romance Monster Girls and traverse the Dungeon! Hopefully they'll all get along... #gamedev #indiedev #godot 👇 Check out the demo TODAY! 👇