We're essentially releasing The Grant Grover Anthology on the shareware model: one full episode for free, two more if you buy. Couldn't resist this little homage to DooM, though we probably won't use it as it doesn't really fit the tone of the game 🤓 #gamedev #indiedev

We're essentially releasing The Grant Grover Anthology on the shareware model: one full episode for free, two more if you buy. Couldn't resist this little homage to DooM, though we probably won't use it as it doesn't really fit the tone of the game 🤓 #gamedev #indiedev

Where do you keep your spares of these little doohickeys? Maybe I keep them in the same place and just forgot?

Have I found it? Is making a settings menu the most tedious task in #gamedev? 😴🤯

I honestly don't remember wanting to do anything other than computing - my dad was in that field so we had computers around the house, and in the 80s that was semi-remarkable. My path into actual jobs was not ideal, I often think I should've skipped uni since I was already self taught and inspired

It's still going to need some tweaking (lighting and texturing on the cinema in particular), but I'm enjoying building out this launcher for The Grant Grover Anthology. #gamedev #indiedev #godot

It's still going to need some tweaking (lighting and texturing on the cinema in particular), but I'm enjoying building out this launcher for The Grant Grover Anthology. #gamedev #indiedev #godot

Continuing with the lighting pass on all the scenes in The Echo Runs Deep. This scene has a few different angles which added some additional challenges, but I think it's actually come out the best so far! #gamedev #indiedev #godot s.team/a/4144960

Working on the lighting and camera for the next scene. This one is a simpler scene, but was maybe harder to light in a way that fits the noir atmosphere. #gamedev #indiedev #godot

Starting a lighting pass on The Echo Runs Deep, which will be the case we include in our demo. I feel like I've made a good improvement to this scene? Always hard to tell when I've been looking at it for this long. #gamedev #indiedev #godot

The Steam page for my first real game release is up! This is hugely exciting for me, I'm working hard to get a demo out by the end of the year, really hoping to get into the Detective Fest in January 🕵️ #gamedev #indiedev #godot store.steampowered.com/app/4144960/...

The Steam page for my first real game release is up! This is hugely exciting for me, I'm working hard to get a demo out by the end of the year, really hoping to get into the Detective Fest in January 🕵️ #gamedev #indiedev #godot store.steampowered.com/app/4144960/...

I think our jam game Lan Party '97 from last year's AdvXJam must have hit a popular page on Itch this week, we got a huge spike in plays and visits!

Frustrated with myself for hitting a problem I didn't have the brain space for and bouncing off it into uselessness, rather than pivoting to a different task. I don't know how I used to motivate myself for days in end, my attention span is broken. 😫 #gamedev #indiedev

Anybody else having tons of false positives for Spam on Gmail lately? I'm so tired of Google products degrading into uselessness.

Evacuation at PAX? I guess that's a sign to chill on the water with a beer. 🍺 (I hope it's a false alarm and nobody got hurt)

Anybody who is in town for PAX or Fringe, I can highly recommend Ben McCarthy's show Alakazam - laughed my ass off last night, brilliant comedy and mime work 😂🪄 www.melbournefringe.com.au/whats-on/eve...

It's great to be collaborating on this project, @aubreyjones.bsky.social is fleshing out our cyberpunk world and I'm looking forward to adding some cinematic flourishes to support the drama. Thinking of starting an old fashioned blog since I don't have the time for video 😄

If you can't side with the world's most extraordinary people against the western world's most bloodthirsty genocidal colony, you could not be more lost.

This feels like a misunderstanding... 😂

I wish Silksong tallied how many times you've attempted each boss. Got to be close to 50 on Last Judge. I'm determined to beat them tonight!

The Echo Runs Deep came 122nd overall in the #brackeys game jam, out of 2,302 entries - top 6%! We're very happy with that result, and we're looking forward to doing more games in the Grant Grover universe 🕵️ bslinger.itch.io/the-echo-run...

A couple of the very kind reviews we've received for our #brackeys jam game The Echo Runs Deep 🕵️🫆🙏 bslinger.itch.io/the-echo-run... #gamedev #gamejam #indiedev

What execs are going to take away from Silksong: More layoffs! Smaller teams! Make Metroidvanias!! What they should take away instead: Devs working on a game they're passionate about with no interference from execs and the time they need to get it done without shareholder pressure

Our game for the #brackeys jam is getting a great response - it feels really good to have created something that resonates with people. The extended ending was unlocked for the first time today, as enough people had revealed parts of the final memory! #gamedev bslinger.itch.io/the-echo-run...

We released "The Echo Runs Deep" this week as part of the @brackeys.com jam! It's a cyberpunk noir visual novel with a unique collaborative feature - once enough people have played, a new memory and an extended ending is revealed. bslinger.itch.io/the-echo-run... #gamedev #gamejam

I'm halfway through editing the script for my @brackeys.com jam game after some incredibly helpful feedback from @aubreyjones.bsky.social - two days left and lots to do, but it's mostly polish at this point. Excited to finish and play some of the other games! #gamejam #gamedev

Any game writers out there willing to take a look at my jam game and do a punch-up/editing pass, or give critique? I'm happy with how far I've taken it, but I'm also well aware of my limitations, so would be great to get an opinion from somebody more experienced. #gamedev #gamejam #indiedev

Finished the 1st rough draft for the game I'm working on for the @brackeys.com jam with @trevhscott.bsky.social - and we have a name! The game is called The Echo Runs Deep, and is a noir visual novel set in Neo Naarm. Not a lot to show visually yet, but here's the first scene: #gamedev #gamejam

Working on dialogue for the @brackeys.com game jam - I love coming up with characters and narrative, but boy do I find it a slog to actually write the dialogue. It's very satisfying once I have it all down, but when I'm feeling off and my words aren't coming to me it's so demoralizing😵‍💫 #gamejam

I'm doing the @brackeys.com Game Jam this week with @trevhscott.bsky.social - I'm excited for our idea! We're going to build off of our Grant Grover character but make it more visual novel style, with some meta-elements since I've been playing with websockets. Can't wait to get started! #gamejam

My kids were home sick today and I discovered this great environmental storytelling on our driveway. If it turns out to be a zombie virus the survivors will know what happened here.

My kids were home sick today and I discovered this great environmental storytelling on our driveway. If it turns out to be a zombie virus the survivors will know what happened here.

Working on a collaborative puzzle box idea - having fun playing with physics and shaders I'm Godot for this little intro scene. Glitches galore that I will eventually have to fix, but I'm happy with where it's going! #gamedev #indiedev

Decided to drop my pizza vs pasta game - I couldn't find the fun and didn't have a good end goal. Frustrating, but as usual I learned things so not a total waste. Starting on a new project with a persistent multiplayer aspect, got Godot hooked up to some websockets which is fun! #gamedev #indiedev

Anas Al Sharif had these words to publish if he was martyred which he was tonight as Israel starts the invasion of Gaza City

Recognition of Palestine should have happened decades ago and is a fundamental right that the Australian Government has denied for too long. Now we need action: Australia must sanction Israel & end the two-way arms trade. Recognition won’t feed starving kids or stop the bombs.

I realized I'd overscoped so I'm paring down the colour palette and gameplay complexity of my game. I'm going to keep it as a straightforward arcade experience and remove the upgrade and building elements. There will still be powerups though, like this sauce cannon! #gamedev #indiedev #saucecannon

I want to do the GMTK Jam but I think I'd have a max of maybe 10 hours to work across the 4 days. My first idea was a Pay It Forward simulator where you try to pull off the Tim Robinson ITYSL drive thru scam 😂 Maybe if I can think of a really simple idea I'll still try 🤔 #gamedev #gamejam

Added a background, I'm not sure my main elements quite pop enough now though, what do you think? #badatart #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

Steering behaviours are working well enough that I could move on to some other things. Added today: - XP pickups - new weapon (Farfalle/Bowtie launcher) - explosions! (better effects TBD) #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

Struggling to get my steering behaviours to work the way I want - the trigonometry always breaks my brain a bit 🤯 I had it working OK but then decided I needed a throttle and steering model rather than a velocity aligned model, and now nothing works 😥 #gamedev #indiedev

Adding some juice to the game - I may need to tweak these sauce explosions a little. 🍕💥 #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

I'm so glad we went backwards on vital climate targets and made the internet useless so we could *checks notes* Make one rich company richer.

🔥 The Drifter is OUT NOW! 🔥 Solve your own murder in our fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride. 15% off for launch! Steam 🤜 store.steampowered.com/app/1170570/... GoG 🤜 www.gog.com/en/game/the_... It's been a long road working on this one- so exciting to finally get it in people's hands!

I've spent hours fiddling and tweaking the movement of my pizza enemies just to realize I need to implement a proper steering behaviours suite again. I'm not complaining, I've been smitten with the emergent properties of steering behaviours for decades, love me some boids!

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

We’re such gormless rubes, Australians aren’t noticing the creeping fascism simply because it’s the Labor Party, both state and federal, rolling out most of it

Unequivocally this is the trajectory here. If you don't want to leave a fascist shithole behind for your kids, start noticing and taking it more seriously. Please.