watching the feed from my all-sky camera, it looks like a perpetual random height map generator.

Ahoy! Rise of Piracy is NOW Available on STEAM in Early Access! We've surpassed my wildest expectations already & I do hope you enjoy playing the game I look forward to bringing the game to v1.0 with your feedback Thank you all! John #newreleases #steamgame #gaming #indiedev

When you encounter an old comment. Some things never change.

Happy St. Valentines Day. Here, have a Heart... nebula. #astrophotography #astronomy

This seems too perfect, I don't know if I can trust it! I haven't seen two consecutive hours of perfect observing conditions in months! It's been nothing but the rain for weeks on end. #astrophotography

It's now. That time is now

Introducing the Games From Ireland Steam Event, a week-long digital showcase. Running on Steam during St Patrick’s Day 2026, 13th March - 20th March, this is an Imirt-led initiative, developed in collaboration with Irish developers and studios worldwide. www.imirt.ie/news/2026/2/...

Officially a non-indie video game professional outsider

Been thinking of going to Spain to see the total solar eclipse in august. Iceland would be better, but there is practically nowhere left to stay near it. Knowing myself I'll likely get too indecisive, leave it too late to book anything and then miss it

We played EYES OF HELLFIRE last night for Slop Squad and this game is CREEPY!!! 😬😬😬 @blumhousegames.com has a DOPE game here!

Just heard Nextlander describe TR-49 as Roottrees+Cryptonomicon, and I could not run to buy it fast enough. I'm so easily swayed.

rain, rain, rain...

hey guys... tonight i programmed a game that throws FUCK YOUs at ICE. i have no other comments except you gain 50 points per FU at ICE

She’s alive! My second solo game is out now. You'll like my narrative adventure game if you like: - Weird things made by creative people - Meeting cats, frogs & dogs - Puzzles so easy you could make them yourself - Lamenting the games industry unaminh.itch.io/another-day-... #gamedev #indiegames

My cousin is just getting into game dev and has put up the steam page for his first game that he has worked on entirely by himself for the last year or so. Give it a wishlist and support a new Irish dev! ☘️ store.steampowered.com/app/4326520/...

My cousin is just getting into game dev and has put up the steam page for his first game that he has worked on entirely by himself for the last year or so. Give it a wishlist and support a new Irish dev! ☘️ store.steampowered.com/app/4326520/...

Decided to try out getting a print on aluminium of one of my astro shots. I like it, but it's a tad pricey so not something I get regularly.

'scope is increasingly looking like an improvised "device". And the dew heater ring in the flat panel cover got a teeny bit too toasty last night. Need to dial that down a bit, and reprint it in ASA instead of PLA.

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI. Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Lmfao I'm so glad someone pointed this post out to me because when that came up in the game it fucking BROKE me 😂 #EyesOfHellfire #IndieGame #VSky #Horror

Making games is a LOT easier than getting eyeballs on them, lemme tell ya! Speaking of... our weird bird deckbuilder has a great new free playtest build out: 🦜 Daily flights! 🦩 Tutorial! 🦚 2 playstyles! 🦆 So… many… birds!!! Join us! Or tell a friend! store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...

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Hi! I'm Úna-Minh Kavanagh, an Irish, award-winning, writer & #gamedev 💚 Author: Anseo, DIY #Gaeilge 1&2, Lonely Planet ☘️ Managed Irish translations: Among Us, VVVVVV, Axyz, Crowded. Followed & More 🎮 Prev. Lead Producer: EyesofHellfire 🔗 Portfolio: unaminhkavanagh.com 👾 Solo games: unaminh.itch.io

Also realised one of my deep sky targets is far enough away from the moon that it was worth getting some time on it. Never get tired of seeing telescope tracking in timelapse youtu.be/HMv5Vu5Mphs

Decided to try reshooting the moon last night, this time in LRGB. Muuuch better. #astrophotography

The other project I've been working on, apart from the telescope auto flat panel cover, has been an all-sky camera. Got it correctly working last night. Not many stars to see due to the full moon. youtu.be/bipvInlUQ1c

Me: Finally! After weeks of cloud, a clear night to do some deep sky imag.... Full Moon: NOOOOPE! So I guess I'll trying capturing the moon for the first time instead.

in an investigative mood

well here she is! my very first solo game and all about Ireland's best deli choice: the Chicken Fillet Roll. free to play in browser. LMK what roll you decide to make & if you get the feels or a laugh, even better. this is a roll-driven game. made lovingly in Twine unaminh.itch.io/chicken-fill...

pls bless my 2026.

here's a compilation of some of the best bits from our in-house playtesting over the past year or so with #EyesofHellfire - lots of fond memories and laughs 😊 youtu.be/NyMzT0cPipg?... #gamedev #indiegames #ireland

In my chicken fillet roll game, you can choose to add an unreasonable amount of ingredients to your roll and considering I haven't set up the variables for that pricing, I think it's actually quite reasonable 😅

It's alive! Now to get the flat panel to work, as the original creator of this driver/board, Dark Sky Geek, didn't make it as a dimmable light but just an on/off spectral calibrator.

My desk is just a mess of various incomplete electronics projects. I'll eventually finish one... someday

We pushed an update yesterday to #EyesOfHellfire that added player held candelabras to the game. These were slightly annoying to deal with, involving a little render magic and some brute force dumbness... mini 🧵 store.steampowered.com/news/app/172...

Our team is small but mighty. Cannot express how proud I am. Our new major update for #EyesofHellfire is live. Terror for Two includes a focus on two-player mode as well as a slew of quality-of-life changes. Come discover Dublin's Hellfire Club. store.steampowered.com/news/app/172... #indiegames

when Steam thinks the editor is the game

I also captured some of the Horsehead and Flame nebulae on friday, but the data is pretty trash. I don't have the best view of it, it's pretty close to rooftops not to mention wires and a tree. Maybe 3 hrs on it after throwing out the worst frames, so just did a speed run (over)processing

The Elephant Trunk Nebula IC 1396 I captured just Ha and SII on first night, due to moon being a bit too bright for OIII. Had to wait ten days to capture some OIII (blue) on Friday, the single night it'd been clear since. telescopius.com/pictures/vie... #astrophotography

The Darkside Detective is currently free on Epic! Tell your friends and enemies! store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-...

noticed a stray lowercase P in our game just as i was about to get teleported. i take LQA very seriously 😂

The Cygnus Wall of the North American Nebula NGC 7000 in SHO, captured last night #astrophotograhpy

Lovely to see Eyes of Hellfire nominated for Best Art Direction in the Horror Game Awards. Next step is a public vote so please give us a helping hand: www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...

It's coming right for us!! Haven't had much luck in processing LRGB images yet, but I shall keep trying.

@doomcube.bsky.social Blake Manor talked about on this weeks Nextlander podcast (former Giant Bomb dudes)

For the past year I've been building up an astrophotography rig. Clear nights are few and far between here, but I managed to get a full session in last night for the first time and had a first go a processing the images. This is the Pacman Nebula (NGC 281), in the Hubble palette.

I'm off for 2 weeks, so time to replace one spooky Irish house with another

Ahhh! Wanna support indie #Irish games, made in #Ireland, set in Ireland with an Irish voice cast and made by a small team? Please consider voting for our game #EyesofHellfire in Polygon's best of here!! www.polygon.com/best-horror-... #gamedev

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