What exactly makes games fun?? In my latest monthly video, I explore the Philosophy, Psychology, and Physiology of "fun" in #gamedev! youtube.com/watch?v=aGFY...

good is out on steam and itch! store.steampowered.com/app/3165530/... zzox.itch.io/good

This month's video reached 100k views already! ❤️ I never received this much attention on a YouTube video before. I'm so happy people love the concept & editing!

A tree won't say a single word for most of its life. But at the verrrry end, it will die-a-log.

People who love reading should be known as textphiles.

🎉 HaxeJam 2025: Summer Jam is in 18 days! Guests @ninjamuffin99.newgrounds.com, @squidly.newgrounds.com, and @zanzlanz.com will be playing all games on the Haxe Discord VC 💛 If you are interested in joining, please join on the itch page below. Ty!! itch.io/jam/haxejam-... #gamejam #haxe #indiedev

I coded 100 games in 20 years! 🎉 New video out now, part of a new #gamedev series: youtube.com/watch?v=Z9xF...

Hi! I'm posting monthly videos about GameDev! First episode is next weeeeeek! :D Subscribe on YouTube so you don't miss this journey ^^

Watch out, it's the tree snake!

This actually scared me!! I was working on physics simulation, and I coded nothing to move yet... it just started wiggling on its own #glursday #glitchthursday #gamedev

I made a tiny game last night! ⚔️ But there's something VERY weird about how it was made. I'll reveal it in August! #gamedev

If I could be just ONE thing, it would be a game developer who also makes music and art and custom tools to make more of all of that and shows off these things in fun videos with animations and sound design and

Wait..! why would the Cancel button not be in the same place as the Update button when you press it? why would the Uninstall button swap there instead?¿⸮ that's it, I'm revoking Google's #UIUX privileges for the day

Curious how even after it's built, it's still called a "building."

Last night I had the sudden irreversible urge to make a blank Sudoku solver (in Haxe). I tried to make this in Flash when I was a kid, and ended up deleting it because it would just crash. Redemption! Y'ever solve a blank Sudoku? Look at it go! :)

My 2025 video just about sums up my #gamedev life these days! Please enjoy! 🍋 www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCNk...

Happy 2025 #gamedev! I have a tradition where I post about what I did the past year. Here it is: zanzlanz.com/n/101 I brought back "Mine Blocks 2", got a new apartment & computer, and learned new Blender skills. It was a great year, and 2025 will be even better! Wishing you all the very BEST! ❤️

My music "Hexagon and On" was used in this #GeometryDash level ("Hexagonestestestest" by Enlightenment)! It's a sweet tribute to Super Hexagon, but by golly my eyes are still spinning! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jg-... #chiptune (My own time to beat is: 1h6m25s, 168 deaths)

My GitHub summary, over-analyzed! Reply-post your charts, #gamedev programmers! Just use postspark.app/github-contr...

I created a flash drive! It was fun making silly decals! All these assets will surely make sense together, right? :D #b3d

🧵1/3 - Here's my way to make a fence in #Blender! (I'm making an intro for the "Grumbler" video) 1. Add 3 simple Bezier points 2. Add vertical, horizontal, and diagonal array modifiers 3. Add 5 more Bezier points for the top part 4. Then do everything else!

When someone plays your game better than you or does something amazing with your game.. that's when they become the motivation, inspiration, and reason to #gamedev My target audience is myself, but my favorite part is when people turn my games into their creative outlet ❤️ ft. @strufel.bsky.social

This month I'm making a chiptune instrument! Well, I started this in 2017 and am finally wrapping it up: - It started in my own music making app (Dubnia) - I later made it an actual plugin with JUCE - I've now REMADE it as a legit VST3 with its own UI! It's my favorite #chiptune sound ever!

This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for the 𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚔 𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚢! Without it, would I ever finish a project? (Says the same guy who's still working on games from 13 years ago 🦃)

This is greatest vibe I coded in a gif 🌅 Everything in this scene is reflective, and all the light comes from the sky color. (This is a voxel raytracer I made in Flash in 2016 haha) #creativecoding #vaporwave

Yikes, Bluesky heavily compresses audio?! Meaning: it makes it as loud as possible D: I intentionally made the background music very quiet on my last post (-20db), and now it's blaring lol Good thing to know!

I hid an entire mini-game in the main menu 🐔 I'm revealing it for the first time here! What's YOUR biggest easter egg, #gamedev? Come on, show us, don't be a chicken! ;)

Any #gamedev here also put *themselves* as an Easter Egg in their game? I asked what my livestream viewers wanted me to be doing in this secret room, and they agreed on "meowing"... alright (Game is "Alternate Reality Boss Fight": zanz.net/g/ARBF)

Throwback to when I made a music video with my own WebGL game 'engine'! :D MIDI channels trigger each of the elements on time. I learned how to code mirrors, anti-aliased shaders, and even portals. Super fun project, one of my favorites! Full video: youtu.be/CJK30mzQ0-w #indiedev #haxe

I've been really wanting to get back to NEW #gamedev. I've built up so much creative energy while porting 13 of my games from Flash to #Haxe the past 7 years. But gradually I'll be on new content, and dev will get super fun again :D Until then, most of my recent effort looks like this haha:

I see everyone's teleporting to Bluesky! Welcome! I'm a #gamedev. One of my projects is this dream-world imagined by @gflkpik.bsky.social (pixel artist!) and myself 🌌 #screenshotsaturday

Admit it, some #gamedev glitches are awesome. Show me your best #gamebugs! Show me what's #interestingbutwrong! Here are some from my recent coordinates refactor:

@ozone.birb.house Game developer here, checkin' in! o7

I made a second 2D Minecraft game! It has a pleasant atmosphere, and runs in the browser :D Give the trailer a watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da2Q... #gamedev #minecraft #webgl #haxe

Woo, directional lighting! ☀ #gamedev For games like this, I've always wanted the sun to light up caves at different angles throughout the day. <3 (The thing on the left is the light buffer for debugging)

When you sleep, the camera finds bluesky! #gamedev I just finished remaking my sandbox game for HTML5! I'll post the release video very soon ⛏

I'm bringing back some games! I'm releasing an audio tool! I'm adding texture packs and stuff! Come on down and watch my 10th annual #gamedev projects video :D 🍕 www.youtube.com/watch?v=syol...

I finally released a multiplayer browser game! #gamedev You spawn in a 2D Minecraft world, and have 8 minutes to craft the 10 items before your friends do! ⛏ It's the "Scavenger Hunt" minigame in Mine Blocks :) Check out the trailer! youtu.be/fnR7djDnkyo

Pixel art fox and dog! 🦊🐶 They are playable skins I just made for my game. #gamedev You'll just have to imagine how floppy the ears are in the run cycle :)

I took a short break from gamedev to create a silly music video! Happy Halloweeeen! Celebrating 1mil views on my previous remix! \o/

Hi @gamedevlist.bsky.social! I love creating web games! I particularly enjoy procedural generation and UI. Game dev is so fulfilling and rewarding. Programming feels empowering and infinite. Creating art is like bringing something to life. And producing music is a soul-driving, magical endeavor. ❤

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