Lo de "Madrid in game" me da penita por la chavalada que vaya allí con pretensiones reales de hacer juegos y se encuentre a estos empresarios y esta cara de la industria. Aunque siendo una iniciativa de ciudadanos y ahora del pp, lo raro sería esperar algo mejor... Triste ver el panorama local.

BTW I'm open to any topic you will like me to cover in future devlogs. I always hope that sharing stuff helps others in their gamedev journey, and it's not always clear what people find more confusing, difficult, or fascinating about any part of the process.

Publishers when game developers ask for funding and actual resources being put into advertising the game instead of just retaining publishing rights and more than half the revenue for doing nothing.

Pues nada, ya que llego el verano...

@realgdt.bsky.social found the perfect guy to play humanoids with animal legs in all your movies.

Gatos ❤️

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Cuantos medios van a enviar a alguien para cubrir esto? Teniendo en cuenta que algunos solo tienen que caminar una manzana para llegar... Yo digo que entre cero y ninguno.

Creo que voy a hacerme una pizza casera, que me la merezco 😋

#Gamedev can be demoralizing when you only focus on the finish line and keep looking at how far away it is. Never forget to celebrate your small victories and enjoy the process. This weekend, I'm going to celebrate how far my Playdate prototype has come since my early tests.

I'm more or less halfway done with all the prototype work I wanted to test. This board is a work in progress, so tasks are constantly being added, deleted, or shuffled around. Hopefully, it will give people an idea of how much work is required to get a game project up and running.

Today I'll be adding footsteps 👣 to my Playdate prototype. It doesn't have any sound effects yet and I think this is a good place to start, since they're a major contributor to game feel.

Veniros a España que aquí no hace falta pagar por el software para hacer juegos.

The fact that parts of the industry are reporting record profits while so many developers feel exhausted, uncertain, and disposable only makes the disconnect feel even greater.

Si alguna vez habéis pensado en lo guay que sería trabajar conmigo esta es vuestra oportunidad, que tengo huecos más que de sobra para aceptar encargos, proyectos y lo que surja (que implique una transferencia de euros a mi cuenta) 🤸 (escritura, guion, corrección, diseño narrativo, redes, etc)

I realized that I haven't shared some updates to the renderer for my Playdate prototype. Here's the masked texture support so I can have windows and railings. Also now I can add hidden doors. And finally, the latest update to the swimming controls and the creepy office with the cleaned up textures.

This gif is too big to post in itch, so I'll share it here. A walk around of what's now my oldest sandbox level 😄 Next devlog may cover game feel and the character controller. From the start I knew that finding simple controls and making player movement feel fun on the Playdate would be essential.

Another change in the environment around my artwork, which is somehow still holding on after russia’s latest massive terrorist attack on Kyiv. As the world keeps caring less and less, genocidal freaks are now openly threatening to destroy our capital.

some of my favourite chara designs from the past few years. I'm currently open to work, so hmu if you need character/creature design for your project. reposts are always greatly appreciated!

Cómo mola y que bien se ve Spider Noir. En HDR, la iluminación y los planos son una gozada.

Here's my new Playdate prototype's devlog post, this time focused on the trials and tribulations of creating my own 3D software renderer... because why not? saffroncr.itch.io/katavatis/de...

Can we please stop with the streamers and influencers cameos in videogames and movies? Can't publishers just pay them to promote the thing? Do we really need to suffer their "acting"?

Cutout Village will be featured in the Best Indie Games Summer Showcase on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. Don’t miss it, and remember that the demo is already available on Steam. store.steampowered.com/app/3907910/... #BIGSummerShowcase #indiegames

I was going to call this devlog "Spaceland" but I wasn't sure how many people would understand the reference, so I went with a more standard title. Tomorrow I'll release the next devlog!

Hoy le tocaba pasar la ITV a mi Vanvi, así que he aprovechado el resto de la mañana para darme una vuelta con ella. Llevaba unos días un poco de bajón y ha sido cogerla y sacarme la sonrisa ❤️

si piensas muy fuerte parece una ardilla alien tragándose un plátano.

I just wrote the draft of the next devlog, about the 3D software renderer. I tried to keep it short, but there's so much to talk about... it ended up being a bit long 😅 Now I wonder if I went too technical, or not enough. I'll listen closely to the feedback on this one to decide on future devlogs.

Uno de los grandes daños que los fachas hacen siempre es el adueñarse de un término, símbolo o concepto que existía mucho antes que su 💩 Terminan por echar al resto que no quiere verse asociado con semejante basura.

I was looking into my old screenshots to get some for my next devlog and found this quick test I did with a Zak McKracken screenshot 😀

Toda, I've been creating the "read file" UI for my Playdate prototype. This is a proof of concept to test font sizes, paragraph length, and the overall feel on a real device. Just because your UI is simple doesn't mean it shouldn't offer a good user experience.

Making a game is a rollercoaster of emotions. After testing all my gameplay ideas, I had a strong concept of a game with an overall plot, but no initial hook for the player. I started to worry. I've been meditating and thinking, and finally I've found a good hook. I'm feeling optimistic again.

I need this as a 90s FMV game. With lots of death/game over scenes.

I was going through some game design talks and found one from an Ubisoft dev. He talks about one question they like to ask in interviews. After I originally watched that talk, I got asked that same question in an interview from another ex Ubisoft employee...

The two stages of game development.

The amount of work and research that went into this is astonishing. The story of Digital Pictures is fascinating, and it mirrors that of many companies from the 90s that caught a glimpse of big success only to die suddenly while chasing the dream of what they truly believed was the next big thing.

GENTES DE SEVILLA: Este es el primer post de este tipo que escribo en redes, pero es que me han tocao a MI MADRE, A LA PAQUI, y no me hace gracia. Alguien ha entrado en el porche de su casa en Sevilla Este y ha robado su querido triciclo, que es super reconocible. ¡Difundid y avisad si lo veis! 🔍

Looks like the topic for the next devlog has been decided 🤓

Every time I see a game designer recommend or teach using the book of lenses, my soul dies a little.

Gaslighters of the Coast.

✂️ The day is finally here! We’ve just launched the Cutout Village demo on Steam ✂️ Our new crafting game with city-builder mechanics is finally in your hands, and we can’t wait for you to try it and tell us what you think. 👇 (THREAD) #indiegames #cozygames #indiedev

Me puse la serie de FROM y tengo muchas preguntas, quién mantiene el tendido eléctrico? Y las cañerías y el agua corriente? Tienen los monstruos una central eléctrica en el bosque y la mantienen de noche? Cuando se atasca los WCs quien repara las cañerías y desagües? El papel higiénico? Maquillaje?

Zero Parades is yours. She lives! We did it 😭👁️🕵🏻‍♀️💜📀 Congrats to all my colleagues. We put a lot of love and effort to bring ZP to you. Hope you enjoy it!

I have enough cards with ideas for the Playdate prototype. This was the last one. Next week, I'll start creating a playable prototype of an early section of the game. With that I'll do some playtesting and see if I actually have a game worth doing, or not 😅

I finally finished fixing all the textures for the Playdate prototype. It's been a lot of work, but now they all look good in-game, readability was an issue, specially in dark areas.

Let's see if I can finish the texture work today... ✍️🤪

I've created some icons to display on the 4D warp pads. That way, once you learn how to navigate the fourth dimension, looking at these icons will help you know what will happen before you use the warp pad. Right now they won't make much sense alone, you'll have to play the game to understand them 🙂

Testing the power suit's voice using old text-to-speech synthesis (no genAI), plus some post-processing effects. It will be the only voice in the game. Just a monotone, synthetic voice, deepening the sense of isolation.

This is how it feels to read the news nowadays...