Another patch out this week thanks to some great community suggestions - v0.11.15 is now live on Steam and @itch.io Steam : store.steampowered.com/app/3144340 Itch: kennymakesgames.itch.io/pin Discord: discord.com/invite/DpUGd... #indiegames #pinball #steam #roguelike

It's been waaay longer than I'd have liked since my last update, however I'm back with a new demo update, alongside some release date news for Cult of PiN. steamcommunity.com/app/3144340/... #gamedev #pinball #roguelike #indiedev

New screenshots going up on Steam, with a new trailer to follow in a week or so, shortly followed by release date announcement. Big fun scary times ahead. #pinball #solodev #indiedev #roguelike #steamdeck

Simple command to check the number of commits on the main branch of your project in git terminal: git rev-list --count HEAD Utterly useless, yet wierdly interesting stat. 1026 commits after 18 months of work. Would love to know what other #solodev folk are at? #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev

Table 3 coming along nicely. Tbh after months of pretty much exclusively programming it feels great to be making pretty-looking weird stuff again. #indiegames #indiegamedev #pinball

After 316 reviews on @itch.io, I got what I believe is my first 1-star. Proud to have made it this far but if you're going to do this please, PLEASE god leave some kind of feedback - without it I have absolutely no idea what to improve to make it a 2+ Star game🤷‍♂️ #indiegamedev #gamedev #solodev

Following on from yesterday's day of polish, here's some beauty shots of Tables 1, 2 and 3. Table 3 is still very WIP but getting there, and soon will be moving onto move onto the final table! I'm so.. damn.. close!! #indiegames #gamedev #pinball

Working on the second table boss this #ScreenshotSaturday - adding infra for spell-like abilities for the bosses since - as hard as they are - they were all still a *bit* samey. Polishing the visuals. Feedback welcome! #gamedev #indeigames #pinball

I'm embracing the upper-management side of being a #solodev by using barely-legible red pen to criticise the work I did in the past while giving future-me a load of extra work that really I don't have bandwidth for. All while using the word 'bandwidth' - nailed it. #indiedev #gamedev #pinball

Not an in-game grab for #ScreenshotSaturday, instead a WIP of the revised playfield art for the third table. I swear this will all make sense when I can show off the whole damn thing. Almost there. #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #pinball

I keep updating the game and forgetting to post here (or anywhere really) but this time I'm all over it - Boss Timers, Ritual progression and other fun stuff in v0.10.0 #gamedev #indiedev #pinball #roguelike store.steampowered.com/news/app/314...

Oops, Discord link expired, thanks @albanoid.bsky.social for the heads up! New (permanent) link is here: discord.gg/DpUGdJ3Uf9 #indiegaming #indiegames #pinball

Not something I've got much experience in so it's likely an utter shambles, but after a number of requests I've finally setup a Discord server for CoP - not sure it'll ever have more than 10 members but if you feel like being one of them: discord.gg/DHK2SPes #indiegames #indiegamedev #indiegaming

This gave me all the feels right here - and exactly why I want to just keep making games forever! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #indiegames

Ok, finally got the Demo update over the line. Check out the giant tentacle-related changes in v0.9.21 here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/314... #indiegames #gamedev #steam #pinball

Planned on having a major update out yesterday, however I found a nasty bug in testing that needs addressed ASAP. However, with work today and going to see Offspring tonight, ‘ASAP’ is now tomorrow at the earliest. Will post once it’s done. #gamedev #gaming #indiegamedev #indiedev

Arigatō you random, probably poorly-translated Japanese review! #gamedev #indiegames #pinball #gaming

This just started showing on the SteamDB page, not sure what it means but it’s numbers, and big numbers are good right? Right? #indiedev #gamedev #Steam #indiegames

As a fully grown adult, being at #420 on #Steam popular demos should not have brought me this much joy. #indiegames #gamedev #gaming

I nearly peed myself recently when a couple of YouTubers with 10k+ subscribers played the demo, but near enough imploded when I saw that Maxims with his 270k followers gave it a spin, claiming “Pinball has been brought into the 21st Century” holy sh… #indiegames #gaming youtu.be/Us4fiKA1Vcs?...

Work and life have both been equally intense, so I’ve not had much time to work on CoP this last two weeks, however still aiming for an update in the next fortnight. New lights, spinners and general tactile-goodness upcoming #indiedev #gamedev

Cult of PiN v0.9.6 is up on @itch.io and #Steam if anyone has nothing better to do this weekend. Physics, curses, bumpers and scores all got a revamp this week. Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3144340 Itch: kennymakesgames.itch.io/pin #indiegames #demos #pinball #gamedev

Reworking the curse feature for this weeks #ScreeenshotSaturday, making them much more horrible, but at least now you get to pick which horrible thing happens. These also now replace the Blessing reward for the respective Act. Sorry but hey, it was too easy right? Right? #indiedev #gamedev #pinball

TIL the original Defender Of The Crown wasn’t programmed, it was computographed

New UI, Rituals, Glyphs and more are all crammed into the latest major update for Cult of PiN - check out v0.9.1 for all the changes (including a first pass at Mac and Linux support) or read the DevLog here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/314... #IndieGames #Pinball #Gamedev #IndieDev

I really want to get portrait/vertical mode setup for CoP so that: a) it works on vpins b) I can make YouTube shorts c) I can keep ignoring the all the rubbish things I don’t want to do #gamedev #indiedev #pinball

Are there any really good, demonstrably successful examples of a #solodev doing their own marketing that anyone can point me towards? I’ve accepted that I don’t have the slightest clue what I’m doing and need to learn, quickly. #gamedev #indiedev #marketing

The only good think about obsessively refreshing the Wishlist view is that you get to catch moments like this. Thank you x4000 to you each of these wonderful people! #gamedev #steam #indiegamedev #indiedev #solodev

For #ScreenshotSaturday, here's a WIP grab of one of the 8 new rituals I've been working on. In my head, this makes a sound like 'zjweee-thwit-bkoowww', but my head is also a really wierd place to be these days. #solodev #indiegamedev #indeidev #gamedev

40k+ players since the demo went live on @itch.io and #Steam. That is absolutely insane to me, thank you all I wrote a devlog saying pretty much this, alongside the roadmap to launch for CoP, and you can read it here: kennymakesgames.itch.io/pin/devlog/1... #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev #solodev

Cult of PiN (@kennymakesgames.bsky.social) "Cult of PiN is a roguelike Pinball game requiring sharp reflexes and strategic combos." Play / download demo on itch.io - Windows, Browser: warpdoor.com/2025/08/31/c...

An absolute honour to be on this list thank you @pantaloon.io !

Just another reminder to all #IndieGameDevs all over the world that our showcase: It's free to submit It's free to participate if selected It's online - No travel costs It has awards It has a Steam event Submit your #indiegames indiex.online/submitgame/

Learning everything about the game through the tutorial, damaging bumpers, activating rituals, nudging the tables, buying glyphs at the shop, battling the table boss, going through the acts and losing everything in Cult of Pin by @kennymakesgames.bsky.social youtu.be/qvNUQMrhhuM

Thanks for playing the demo @itch.io! You can check out this cheeky vid of Cult of PiN from their official YouTube channel. what an honour 🙇‍♂️ #gamedev #solodev #indiedev www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI9E...

New Demo update v0.8.109 is up with blockers that reset when you start a new ball, menu navigation from keyboard, rebalanced blessings and more. Have a peek! Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3144340/... Itch: kennymakesgames.itch.io/pin #indiegames #pinball #indiedev #gamedev

Love stumbling across this stream from #overworldvods, feedback is always great but actually seeing someone play is just pure gold. If anyone else has a vid or plans to make one, please let me know! #indiegames #streamer #gamedev #gaming #indiedev youtu.be/iF2UpB8xhsI?...

The new trailer for Cult of PiN is now live! Flip, nudge, build and smash your way across 4 uniqe tables - launching Q1 2026 on #Itch, #Steam, #Xbox and #Switch. Wishlist now: store.steampowered.com/app/3144340/... #gaming #indiegames #steam #indiedev #gamedev youtu.be/4y7xVXdM0Ik

Making a new trailer for CoP and this is literally all I can think of. #solodev #indiedev #gamedev

It's the last day of Tiny Teams 2025! 😭 Make sure you get all your wishlisting done by 6pm BST so you don't miss out on discovering these ABSOLUTE GEMS!

Capsule art rework finally done... ish. I change my mind on this every few weeks but hopefully it will keep me happy for a bit longer this time. Steam and Itch both updated, feel free to check them out in situ: store.steampowered.com/app/3144340 kennymakesgames.itch.io/pin #indiegame #gamedev

With the new upate out, I'm heading back to the capsule art. Progress pt 4. 100% only doing this so that if anyone points at the final outcome and mentions AI I can calmly and rationally not explode into pieces.

v0.8.94 is up on all platforms with fixes for stuck balls. That's not something you write everyday. #indiegamedev #indiegames #stuckballs

Logo rework WIP part 3. #steamart #indiegames #gaming

Need a short break from bugs, so continuing with the logo/capsule rework. Tunes on, head down, chill time. Sketch progress so far: #gamedev #gameart #indiegames #steam #art

Alongside the new update, and as if being a part of #TinyTeams2025 and #GIGF25 wasn't enough excitement for one week, Cult of PiN is now also a featured game on @itch.io. This whole week has just been a complete out of body experience tbh, somebody pinch me. #solodev #gamdev #indiegames

The new CoP demo is up on @itch.io with a brand new feature: Blessings! Powerful bonuses you can select after each act. Rituals have also been reworked to help smash that last bumper + other new stuff. Play on web or PC over at kennymakesgames.itch.io/pin #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #gaming

Been putting this off for way toolong but with the final touches added to the massive update (should be out later today), I can turn to the sub-par capsule art which has been annoying me for ages. A rough sketch of some tentacle goodness to start with, will post updates soon! #solodev #indiegamedev

Absolutely wild seeing my game on the big screen at @glasgowindiegamesfest.org, it blew my 7yo daughters mind and made me proud as punch. Well done to the event team for putting on a great show and thanks for having us! #indiegames #gamedev

Thrilled to share my schedule as an official creator for #tinyteams2025! Each day is outlined in thread. What games are you excited for? What did I miss? Hope to see you in chat, Monday-Wednesday Aug 11-13, 5 pm ET. @tinyteamsfest.bsky.social so excited! #indiegames #streamer #schedule #twitch