Been pretty happy making a game in @rust-lang.org, but lately I've had frustrating debugging experiences with it in VS Code: breakpoints randomly stop working and when they do, it shows garbage values for local variables. Really trips you up when you can't be sure if it's the code or the tools.

Working on a better system for creating rocky terrain in Tiny Climber. It's starting to yield some interesting results, and I feel like I'm only starting to learn how to design for it.

A fellow game dev just released their demo. 🔥 Go check it out if you’re up for some quirky pinball madness!

Been experimenting with lighting in Tiny Climber. Somehow the shadows also call for more visual variety and richness. 🤔 This might be the completely wrong thing to focus on right now, but I probably can't help it! 😅

I've been working on a level editor for Tiny Climber to allow doing some more complex level design. I made do pretty far with just a PNG file where different colors represented different level blocks, but stuff like levers and moving platforms can't be represented like that.

⚠️ Looking for feedback on my Steam page: Things I could improve Things that suck Things that work! #indiegamedev #pinball #gamemarketing store.steampowered.com/app/3684910/...

I'm turning Tiny Climber into some kind of mix between a precision platformer and metroidvania. I added some new elements like moving platforms and unlockables. This decision probably extended the development time by at least a year. 😬 jouko.itch.io/tiny-climber...

I've put all my heart and soul into this experience. I'm happy, nervous, and relieved to release my work finally. You can now purchase Without a Dawn on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3145620/... Thank you for all the support! 💚💛 #indiegame #visualnovel #gamedev #steam

This looks so very, very cool.

Spent the last week implementing a bloom filter to my game. Would've taken 5 minutes with Unity or some other sensible game dev stack rather than the fully custom Rust stack that I have. But I enjoyed every minute making it! 😁

This was a productive game dev weekend: recorded footstep and ladder climbing sounds, composed a new background music and managed to tidy up the code too! jouko.itch.io/tiny-climber

Lately been adding some eye and ear candy to Tiny Climber. This scenery now opens up to you when you reach the peak of the mountain. Still don't know how the game should end. 🤔 jouko.itch.io/tiny-climber

I've had parts of this written down for a while - but I thought it was about time to document the detailed version of what happened during Balatro development localthunk.com/blog/balatro...

I've started a public discord server for Helsinki-based indie (and aspiring!) game devs discord.gg/XU7GVEfe #helsinki #gamedev #indie

Working on a boost mechanic for my game. Feels pretty nice already, but needs more juice!

I remember how long time ago, liking or reposting on social media felt like a good and harmless thing to do. Then social media turned into a weird shit show and I became cynical about it and stopped engaging entirely.

This little incremental game feels quite fun! Having not played incremental games before, I was confused at first, but then it sucked me in. barribob.itch.io/tower-wizard

If you want those itch.io views - start working on a horror game tobaschco.itch.io/cheval

A friend of mine writes a blog about his game dev journey: tombasche.github.io/posts I don’t know why, but I just find these interesting to read. Hoping to find more blogs like that.

Just listened to this great interview with @dan-adelman.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj6q... Among other things, he talks about the difficulty of marketing a game like @animalwell.bsky.social which really requires people to play it to fully appreciate it.

My game was just fine and then I updated Nvidia drivers 😢🤢

I made a few little improvements to the jump in Tiny Climber: the height now varies depending on how long you keep the button pressed and there's a little head wobble to make it feel bouncier. 😊 jouko.itch.io/tiny-climber...

Tiny Climber now saves your progress automatically! There are also a few new challenges in the level and a couple of other improvements too: jouko.itch.io/tiny-climber... Still a lot to do it seems before I can call this complete! 😅

Bot accounts with fake AI-generated games are pretending to be genuine #gamedev / #indiedev accounts. Possibly for scam or spam purposes. I made a list to block them all. Share! bsky.app/profile/did:...

Hey you 17 people who follow me! Maybe you mistook me for someone else or maybe you accidentally clicked follow; doesn't matter, I love you anyway. ❤️ I'm making a game called Tiny Climber and I joined Bluesky to find other gamers and game devs. I'll probably start sharing some dev updates here.