I'm hosting my very own (and FREE) game design class! It's going to be run over the month of November, and will teach the basics of how to make a game from nothing but an engine! Sign up here! - forms.gle/CXcJMN2SoK8a... #gamedev #class

I would HIGHLY recommend any devs make a powerpoint about their projects. It's just fun ngl, and helps me with visuals at very least. Not my GDD, but my little baby nonetheless 🤧 #gamedev

Genuine question for my fellow devs: at the indie size, is it really worth it to make a separate account for a specific game instead of sharing progress on your own account? I’m debating if I should do that for my next project since it’s bigger #gamedev

Game developers fear for the future of games with LGBTQ themes, which is leading some to pursue alternate (and way cooler) forms of distribution

Testing out a lot of different color palettes while I'm going through changing the visuals. Let me know what your favorite is (might have to click on the image to see it all T-T) #gamedev #pixelart

HELLO GAME DEVELOPERS if i want to have a really small amount of data stored on the internet that my game can ask for information about and push information to, what are my options? it'd be really nice if i didn't have to set up a server somewhere or anything

Punch Punch PUNCH!!! is a 2D fighter focused on stamina management that I'm currently developing. I'm now focusing on expanding the scope, which is why you see characters going outside of the ring a lot: I literally expanded the ring, just not the art alongside it. #gamedev youtu.be/Rln6SQnLnF8

Ngl since I've already made the game for Monkey Jam, I don't know exactly what to post about it, BUT I do have a story that can go along with it! Here's my personal journey as an artist, told via game jams! #gamedev #monkeyjam2025

I forgot to mention I took part in this year's #MonkeyJam2025! It came out really well, and I'll probably share some finer details from the jam in the following days! #gamejam story-nerd-studios.itch.io/cdawgva

Working on some new particle effects, sweat comes off if you have stamina, but if you're out of stamina, there's blood instead! What do you think of the effects? Too hard to notice right now? #gamedev

New logo for Punch Punch Punch! I'll have some gameplay to show off pretty soon, but it feels great to almost be done with the combat and being able to focus on more cosmetic stuff for a bit! #gamedev #logo

NEXT WAVE IS OFFICIALLY OUT! If you'd like to see some upcoming indie games, be sure to check it out in this showcase brought to you by Story Nerd Studios! #gamedev #indiegame youtu.be/jmUDmLRWDkc

Starting August 1st, Story Nerd Studios invites you all to partake in Artistic Autumn, the yearly month-long art challenge where every day is a new prompt! Use #artisticautumn to be entered into the awards, a show that will be coming out after the event is over! #art #drawing #music #gamedev #genre

Next Wave editing is complete, and the show is set to come out on August 1st at 3pm EST! Big thanks to @callmeclever.bsky.social for guidance on the production, and I can't wait for you guys to see the games we have to present! #gamedev

Next Wave sneak peek! Coming August 1st! #gamedev #pixelart

Last week to submit your game for the showcase! It can be for any game that released this year or is releasing this year or the next, AND it's completely free! #gamedev

Next Wave is at about 1/5th of capacity and still accepting entries! More info found in the form! #gamedev

If anyone wants to help out with the show, shoot us a DM! Mostly looking for video editors to help with the trailer segments in case it ends up being too much for one person. If you want to help out in a different way, we have an official Patreon! patreon.com/thestorynerdstudios #gamedev

While we have a lot of things currently in the works, it is going to take a bit to have new things to show. There are some announcements that will be happening closer to Next Wave, but outside of that, I really want to force myself to keep quiet about other things until they take more shape.

You don't have to submit games that have massive scope! Any scale of project is welcome, from one month to ten+ years! Also if you've been developing a game for ten+ years, I'm so sorry 😭🙏 #gamedev

Introducing a new yearly showcase made for indie games around the world, Story Nerd Studios is more than excited to announce Next Wave! LINK TO SUBMIT - forms.gle/m9Vwihn1dU4H... LINK TO NEXT WAVE SERVER - discord.gg/3HSj2tYC5v #gamedev #showcase #indie #pixelart #animation

This is the account that will host any rants I have about game development, pixel art outside of games, and things like that, and this account will focus solely on projects made by us, like Next Wave and our games!

Currently storyboarding the intermission segments of the show! I'll show some short clips of progress as I get there, but most of it will be hidden until the show! Then I'll probably breakdown everything that went into Next Wave #gamedev

Friendly reminder, since I don't think I ever officially stated it outside of the form itself, but this event is 100% FREE to join! Outside of some info we need about your game, there is absolutely nothing we need from you to get into this event! No follows, no Steam keys, none of that! #gamedev

In case you want the link to the announcement on YouTube: youtu.be/3tPZzsxpiNo?... #gamedev

Introducing a new yearly showcase made for indie games around the world, Story Nerd Studios is more than excited to announce Next Wave! LINK TO SUBMIT - forms.gle/m9Vwihn1dU4H... LINK TO NEXT WAVE SERVER - discord.gg/3HSj2tYC5v #gamedev #showcase #indie #pixelart #animation

This might come this year, after the other event I'm announcing tomorrow, but I'd change it to two weeks, and there'd be a new prompt every three days (total of four by the end, so you have days to truly bring everything together) #gamedev

Got something strong enough to run bigger games now, so my Godot journey is gonna start this summer 🗣️🙏🏿

Thinking of starting a bi-weekly podcast, audio only, where I bring on a creator from any field (mostly game dev probably) and we talk about their craft and such. Wouldn’t do this till AFTER the Nintendo Direct project, but I think it could be fun? Hour long episodes, would you listen? #gamedev

Oh yeah, no idea when exactly this will enter production, but I’ve got a pretty solid plan and pitch for this now, gotta finish Spriit’s Arcade first though

Question: if I make a single-player game, and later decide to add multiplayer as a bonus mode, is that substantially harder than just making it multiplayer from the start? Like is that am extra year of development, or would it only take a few months? #gamedev

more people need to give themselves the opportunity to be a jack of all trades when it comes to gamedev. go on and learn the music software to make the music. learn to code (even if poorly). do the art and animation yourself. you’ll get it to work! it’s liberating to see how much you can accomplish.

My solo developed game FIENDRISE officially launches next week, on Thursday, April 17, 2025! ⚔️ #indiegamedev

For any small YouTubers reading this: don't use AI to make a thumbnail, that shit looks ugly as beans. Learn how to make one yourself (it's really not hard) or pay someone good to make one for you. It will look infinitely better!

I think after Spriit's Arcade, I'm going to make the jump to Godot. I've been putting it off for a while, namely because my laptop can't run anything with a third dimension very well, but by then, I should have enough extra saved up for a decent PC that can handle everything I'd want to do.

NOOOO GAMEMAKER, YOU WERE MEANT TO BE THE CHOSEN ONE

One of these days, make my words, I’m going to make a dating sim with a challenge beyond picking the right word choices 🗣️🙏🏿 I dunno when, but it will happen 🗿

Despite everything, I've still been working on BWAG, and I'm focusing on the visuals right now, with this plush defect that makes him follow your cursor. There'll be other subtle differences with the defects, so you'll have to play around and pay attention #gamedev

Next hypothetical, what if I did a shorter more relaxed show right after this big one that was specifically catered for devs? It’d have developer interviews, upcoming dev tools, and showcase asset creators and the like. Yay or nay? #gamedev

I lied, April Fools, Imma try to put it together this summer, already started production, so hopefully all goes well! If you're a developer who'd like to join, planning on opening submissions at the end of May, all you need is a trailer! (and other information but mostly the trailer) #gamedev

Might be good to share this again 🥱

Why is Pinterest so overrun with AI slop? It’s really frustrating when I want to compile references for a project and all I can see is AI, AI, AI, ad, and more AI. Could they at least add a toggle or something?

BWAG Update: These are the hiding spots for the evil little Beans that Bean defects can be found in. Of course different defects will have different poses/animations/skins, but the locations themselves probably won't change. #gamedev

I kinda wanna make a dating mechanic in Spriit's Arcade. Not sure how it would fit, since it is a horror game first and foremost, but I think it could be really fun to do. Also next BWAG update should be coming soon, development has slowed down since my dad has been in and out of the hospital ☹️

Welp, Unity is making the choice to start implementing more generative AI features into it's engine, and all I can say is this will be yet another W for Godot. I fail to understand how companies can see the massive outcry against AI generated content and features- 1/2 #gamedev #unity

Looking into vtubing rn, any VTubers, VTube artists, or riggers, that don’t mind me picking their brain for hyper specific questions, let me know 🙏🏿

Are starter packs still a thing? Boost these packs or indie devs will cease to exist before GTA 6 comes out!! PART 1 of COOL PACK!! 😎 go.bsky.app/BA4PbSG PART 2 of COOL PACK SEQUEL! 😎2️⃣ go.bsky.app/3beEGft Go follow all these cool people so we might reach some people to Part 3 #indiegamedev

I think I'm going to put this off until either the fall or just next year entirely. I'm not gonna have a lot of time to properly set things up over the spring like I had planned, so I might do something smaller instead!

I can definitively say that there will be a pet function in Spriit’s Arcade 🗿🙏🏿

BWAG Update: Added in the plush, as well as the accept or reject button. Of course, there are no variants of the plush to reject, nor any other reaction after accepting or rejecting them, but I really like how it all looks right now! Hopefully I can make the whole game eerie though #gamedev