"We have #Saros at home."

Also, yes: #cats clearly deserve special-case handling.

Cleared out a lot of technical debt: Removed circular dependencies, made #helios compile cleanly under the more demanding #Clang compiler (#MSVC, thanks for letting my first baby steps slide), and cleaned up a fair bit of mess. #helios is now on #macOS 🍎 #indiedev #indiegames #gameengine

You could bind your (gameplay) systems to the various states of a state machine - once the game is in state "paused", do not process specific systems in the game loop. Makes it easy to consider those systems that should still be running (e.g. ui, input).

New #devlog is up! 📖 Taking a step back to reflect on the engine architecture and the road from #OOP to #ECS. Some lessons learned, some trade-offs, and where things are headed next: garagecraft.games/devlog/2026-... #enginedev #gameengine #indiedev #indiegames

On #helios’ way toward an #ECS-driven infrastructure, I’m rewriting resource management, abstracting it into a TypedHandleWorld - a handle-oriented, domain-specific registry that simplifies access to resources otherwise scattered across the system(s). #gameengine #enginedev #indiedev #indiegames

helios is currently rendering ~10.000 objects in the #gameloop at stable 60 fps (w/o inst.). Lets crank those rookie numbers up and make sure the render resources are managed more cache friendly, render commands batched and queues optimally sorted. #gamedev #helios #enginedev #indiegames #indiedev

finished my project assignment on the exploratory dev of an #ECS-based #gameengine. Now it’s time to refactor the remaining tech debt into more idiomatic ECS. Out with the old (SceneGraph), in with the new! (flat list of components sharing relationships) #helios #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Here’s the latest edition of my weekly game culture newsletter. Feel free to read, share, and join the conversation! //cc @gamesmarket.global

Dat Dithering though ❤️

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As I’m closing in on milestone_6 of #helios, I’m adding high scores and player lives as components and systems in my #ecs #gameengine - come join me! twitch.tv/garagecraft_... #twitch #streamer #gamedev #enginedev #indiegames #indiedev

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#helios now supports #GameState management and menu rendering. Next up: Implementing menu commands! #gamedev #enginedev #indiedev #indiegames

Migrated helios' architecture to an #ECS-based setup, and reworked the #gameloop to allow much finer-grained control over when events become visible and when commands are applied. 📖 garagecraft.games/devlog/2026-... #devlog #helios #indiedev #indiegames #dod

ECS refactor drop in #helios 🔧 Value-type GameObject handles, tag-based filtering, centralized component registration, plus new unit tests. #gamedev #cpp #ecs #indiedev #gameengine #indiegames #enginedev

My fellow Weavers & Chaos Weavers, This February, we finally wrap up filming "Louise Blackwick vs. the Algorithm" - a funny, tongue-in-cheek Youtube show where I meet versions of myself from parallel realities. Editing & post-production will behind shortly. 🎥 Hope you'll tune in when it's out! 🥰❤️

Now that collision detection and SpawnPlans are in place, I’m moving on to 2D UI integration - score display and menus next. Let’s go! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #helios #twitch #streamer twitch.tv/garagecraft_...

✅ Collision Detection - working ✅ Spawn Scheduling - implemented Next: Span queues & support for more Spawn logic. Let's go! 🔧 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #gameengine #helios

Grinding on Spawn Plans/Scheduling for #helios. Optimizing entity lifecycle management, batching logic, and temporal distribution patterns. Getting the system tight so we can scale spawns without tanking performance. 🔧⚙️ twitch.tv/garagecraft_... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #twitch #streamer

Team #helios sends its regards from the other side of collision behavior hell! ✌️

back to #helios. tackling collision system and despawn logic. laying groundwork for everything that comes next 🎮 #enginedev #cpp #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #twitch #streamer www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...

Over the holidays I’ve been busy refining #helios to enable player interactions with game objects: Controlling, spawning and – the holy grail of every game - Collisions💥 I ended up with this draft for a deterministic game loop: garagecraft.games/devlog/2026-... #gamedev #indiegames #indiedev #cpp

#Collisiondetection has always been the holy grail of #gamedev for me. As the author of my own #gameengine #helios, I’m starting my implementation based on spatial partitioning. 👾 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #twitch #streamer #happynewyear www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...

Wrapping up the year with GameObject pooling and a SpawnSystem based on conditions and strategies. On to collision detection! 🕹️ 👾 #helios #gameengine #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #cpp #programming

Onwards - tackling enemy pooling + a proper spawn system next. Less churn, smoother waves, more time for the fun stuff. 💥🤖 #helios #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev #twitch #streamer www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...

🎮 #helios v0.3.0-milestone3 is out! Component-based architecture, physics systems, level bounds and a proper twin-stick shooter demo with projectile pooling are now in place. 🚀 P.S.: The gang of four was right! garagecraft.games/devlog/2025/... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

🎄 Merry Christmas and happy holidays! ✨ May your days be cozy, creative and full of great (indie) games, books 📖 and whatever you love to do around this time of year! 🕹️ May your evenings be spent in good company with the people you love. ❤️ #Christmas #HappyHolidays #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

On Christmas night while all seems still, 🎄 I’m hunting bugs with coder’s will. 😤 In #helios’ components, line by line, 🎮 till systems click and stars align. 🌟 Merry Christmas y'all! #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #cpp #gamedev #witch #streamer www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...

’Twas the night before xmas🎄, and all through the scene, no object was moving, no thrust to be seen. 👀 So I forged a MovementSystem - smooth, responsive, elegant - and wrapped the world in bounds - with a BoundsBehaviorComponent. 🎮 www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_... #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev

On the 20th day of #Christmas, 🔔 checking off my list, ✅ #helios gave to me: Twenty components in the mist, ☃️ and a spaceship demo I can't resist! 🚀✨ #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #gameengine #solodev #twitch #streamer www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...

2025 has been an unbelievable year for my writing. I'd like to thank everyone who's given my dark & twisted fantasy & sci-fi stories a chance with a #Winter #Bookfest! 🟦25% off on all my eBooks & 🟩50% off on all eBook bundles, until 11 Jan. 2026 on www.louiseblackwick.com/books Happy Holidays! 💙📚

Born on the Amiga, reborn for Steam! ⚔️ Roguecraft mixes classic turn-based dungeon crawling with chunky pixels and retro attitude. Coming to Steam in 2026, and your wishlist can help shape its journey!😊 🎯 thalamus.link/roguecraft #teaseYaGame #indiegame #gamedev #steam

Milestone 2 for the C++ game framework #helios just landed 🚀 ✅ Scene graph camera refactor ✅ GameObject + command buffer input flow ✅ ImGui dev widgets (FPS, gamepad, logs, camera) ✅ Gamepad-driven spaceship demo 🎮 👉 garagecraft.games/devlog/2025/... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

My first attempt at building a Darkthing* - an eldritch voidspawn from the #VivianAmberville universe.💙📚 Just a skeleton, for now. His disturbing flesh will soon follow!😄 *Darkthings dwell in the Abyss, in the backrooms of reality, beyond the Dark Door (the door between Life & Death in the series)

#helios milestone_2 changes and improvements: ✨ ImGui Debug Overlay (Log, FPS, Settings) 🎮 Real-time Gamepad & Camera Widgets 🎥 Refactored Camera System (Scene Graph integration) ⏱️ Frame Pacing & Stats Next up: Physics & Gameplay! 🕹️ #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

Love seeing what indie devs are putting out there. The creativity in this community is unmatched!

🎹 #8bit #chiptune in the style of FM #MasterSystem, for your #indiegames or other projects 🎶 www.pond5.com/royalty-free... #ym2413 #pond5 #royaltyfree #bgm #vgm #gamedevs #indiedevs #music

🎄✨ #helios and I, back on #Twitch we're streaming, Grid fields we're building, pixels gleaming, Bugs getting fixed while the season's still bright 🎮 - Live coding magic under #christmas lights! ✨ #gamedev #streamer #indiedev #indiegames www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...

New devlog: #ImGui integration, frame pacing, and some breaking changes in #helios 🎮 Debug overlays are in! FPS widget, #gamepad visualization, log console. Also refactored the rendering setup with RenderPrototype for better resource sharing. #tooling #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

Never forget this: you are the core of your game You’re the reason this project even exists. #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev

Command-Pipeline architecture deep dive continues! Let's optimize those draw calls and make the GPU go brrrrr 🔥💻 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #RenderingEngine #helios #GameEngine #LiveCoding #TwitchDev #twitch #streamer 🔴 twitch.tv/garagecraft_...

there are two kinds of people in this world... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #programming

My IDE: "What if SPACESHIP isn't the answer?" Me: "It literally is" My IDE: "But what about SPACESHOP? SPACEHIP? SPACEHOP?" Me: *stares into the void* Sometimes the real #game dev is the autocomplete we encountered along the way. 🎮 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #helios #autocomplete

I'm diving back into work on helios/#111 - excited to make steady progress and bring support for tooling into the framework! #indiedev #indiegames #backseatcoding #streamer #twitch #gamedev #helios www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...

Comprehension over Convenience. Principles for maintaining quality and mastery in the age of AI. #AICraftsmanship #SoftwareDevelopment #Craftsmanship #ResponsibleAI #gamedev #indiegames ai-manifesto.software-craftsmanship.dev

#frametiming! Implementing a high-precision stopwatch class for #helios - because you can't optimize what you can't measure! Building everything from scratch w/ way too much enthusiasm for delta time calculations ⏱️ Nerd out with me: twitch.tv/garagecraft_games #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #opengl

#Manifesto for #AI -Augmented #Software #Craftsmanship - a 🧵 (1/5) With tools like #GitHub #Copilot, #Claude Code and #Gemini CLI, our work has changed massively. The models keep getting better - but with that, the question grows louder:

Streaming more #helios development on #Twitch! Building a #game #framework in C++23. Current boss fight: Camera system vs Scene Graph ownership 😅 Come hang out → twitch.tv/garagecraft_games #cpp #gamedev #livecoding #indiegames #indiedev #streamer #gameengine #streamer

Don't let your codebase become the logical equivalent of an asset flip ✋ Use #AI tools to handle the grind - but keep the ownership of your #architecture and #game loop. 🕹️ Principles for keeping the #craft in #gamedev: ai-manifesto.software-craftsmanship.dev #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #coding