The Iron Village 1.2 launch has gone pretty smoothly! Just in time to switch work to a... project OY? It's Dev Diary #60! lunarchippy.games/2025/09/26/d... #IronVillage #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #godot #devdiary

This is your must read of the day. "The neurogeneticist Stanley Nelson once said, 'If you had 100 kids with autism, you could have 100 different genetic causes.' Researchers increasingly believe the search for a cause of a singular 'autism' is misguided. There are autisms, rather than just autism."

Watch the "Dev Overview" video trailer, thank me later. store.steampowered.com/app/1281040/...

Sometimes it's wild looking back at the UK and seeing that some things are *more* privatized there. Like apart from healthcare (which is a *huge* caveat), Littleton has municipal water and power*, the trains are either MBTA or Amtrak, the buses are all state-owned, and the mail is USPS.

Just a silly thing for today. #pixelart #ドット絵

As per usual, there's a quick update the day after a major release: lunarchippy.games/2025/09/19/d... Also, the Google Play update is delayed - apparently my privacy policy needs to literally say "Privacy Policy" at the top, and this hasn't been enforced until right now. 🙃 #IronVillage #gamedev

As of 2 hours ago, it's up! Iron Village 1.2 is out on Steam and Itch. (Google Play to follow once they approve the new build.) Release Notes: lunarchippy.games/2025/09/18/d... #IronVillage #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiedev

So I scheduled a 25% off sale to coincide with the Iron Village 1.2 release, I'm getting everything ready before switching the default branch over to 1.2.01, and... turns out I set the sale to start tomorrow. Oops. If you're going to buy Iron Village, please wait until tomorrow. 🙃 #IronVIllage

A quick preview of what's coming in Iron Village 1.2: youtu.be/wEo-6wNlaaI #IronVillage #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiedev

Tomorrow - the long distance train arrives at Iron Village 1.2 at 13:00 EDT (17:00 UTC)! (Yes, I meant to post this >2 hours earlier. Oops.) #IronVillage #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiedev

New list of gamedevs to support just dropped. store.steampowered.com/curator/4577...

"What about a trebuchet," is a valid question and we're glad you asked. Unfortunately, trebuchets are also not designed for safe sleep.

Trump: everyone in the US died from drugs last week Reporter: [nods] Trump: so we must murder on the high seas Reporter: [nods] Trump: I caught Trix rabbit once Reporter: [nods] Trump: the cock on that bunny Reporter: [nods] Trump: bigger than you think Headline: Trump Policy Seeks To Save Lives

What can indie devs learn from Silksong's success?:

We just got an apology email for the previous email! Like damn, it's so meaningful to know I wasn't alone in my reaction.

This is also why they think that Bluesky is “celebrating his murder.” Because we’re pointing out that he was a bad person, and they’re incapable of comprehending that that is not the same thing as advocating for murder, because when they call someone a bad person that’s what they’re doing

So the Steam community forums don't actually give you notifications of posts (or if they do, it's not by default), so it looks like I've missed a handful of questions from players for several months... ooops 🙃 #gamedev

Michelle Wu was only marginally popular as Boston mayor. Then Trump made her a target & she fought back. Wu went from a 47% approval rating (May 2024) to beating her top opponent so badly (72%-23%) that he gave up outright after the preliminary election. Stand up to Trump & voters will reward you.

Massachusetts flags should not be lowered for Charlie Kirk. He was not an elected representative of the people. He was racist, sexist, homophobic, and did not support Massachusetts values of equal justice and freedom. #mapoli www.masslive.com/news/2025/09...

Wtf, now there's an email from the school district about the Charlie Kirk shooting?! And literally nothing about the actual school shooting that took place the same day? This is just so offensive.

Enough.

Thinking about the family of Representative Melissa Hortman & her husband who were assassinated at the hands of a radical MAGA shooter in June. Melissa was doing such important work for the state of Minnesota & this country-we grieve her loss & demand strict gun reform legislation.

So uh, yeah that's a lot of villagers. (For context, there used to be a population cap of 120, but it'll be adjustable in 1.2.) #IronVillage #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #pixelart

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on the shooting of Charlie Kirk: "Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."

For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country… Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year. And America shrugged and moved on.

Charlie KIrk believed that empathy was a "new concept" that shouldn't exist, so anyone who expresses condolences for him is being VERY disrespectful to his beliefs right now. please keep him out of your thoughts as he begins his transition into worm food. thank you

So uh, yeah that's a lot of villagers. (For context, there used to be a population cap of 120, but it'll be adjustable in 1.2.) #IronVillage #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #pixelart

Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican' Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping. Here, he tells us his story.

Such a powerful video from @boston.gov and @streets.boston.gov about the impact of e-bikes (and the city's e-bike voucher program). Just look at the joy these bikes have brought to Steven and Muriel Leonard!

More true than I realized when I made it.

UK petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73... AUSTRALIAN petition: www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/... CANADIAN petition: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Windows, Charts, Spreadsheets, and... LinkedIn? It's Dev Diary #57! lunarchippy.games/2025/09/05/d... #IronVillage #devdiary #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #godot #opentowork

The culture of working in tech these days is being constantly worried about being overworked or unemployed. Take care of yourselves. We are replaceable cogs to our employers but irreplaceable to our family and friends.

Heads up massholes - the issue with pharmacies and the new covid shot has been sorted out, and those of you without a medical condition on the list don't have to lie to get it either!

So it's a pretty minor feature, but I'm really glad I managed to squeeze this in for Iron Village 1.2: Full Town Screenshots. Now you can press a button and spit out an image containing all of your town! More details about 1.2 in the next dev diary. #IronVillage #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev

*Toys* are a luxury?! Just obscene cruelty to kids (not to mention their parents).

what if the UK had a major political party that appealed to people who didn't love pogroms

People saying Trump is dying or possibly dead, but I for one would urge caution, because it is quite possible a second healtbar will appear as he enters his second phase and a gargantuan centipede will burst forth from his torso, so be careful of his new sweep attacks and toxic buildup from bites.

the first dem to look right in the camera and say "i'm glad the fucker's dead" is going to win

Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.

Finally put together a dev diary, this time about the ***Iron Village Cinematic Universe*** lunarchippy.games/2025/08/27/d... #IronVillage #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #worldbuilding

ngl I kind of think Sam Altman should be tried criminally? is that … feasible?

an appropriate response to your product killing a child after months of psychological manipulation and torture is to take the product off the market before it kills again and the fact that this isn’t universally accepted right now is incredibly frightening

This is the kind of case where the jury sends notes like "may our award include the public tarring and feathering of Sam Altman?" And in a sane world, this product gets pulled until the obvious and massive safety flaws can be rectified.

I've definitely reposted this before, but another repost can't hurt

The "using AI to generate concept art early in the process to quickly iterate ideas" thing is so absurd to me because like. You don't know what concept art is. You don't know what concept art *does*.