Game engines being named things like "Unreal" and "Unity" is a gift that produces so many incredible phrases. "3+ years' experience with unreal materials" what is this, an SCP Foundation job listing?

hi #ScreenshotSaturday! this is "an unplayable game?!", a quick 15 minute experience about accessibility and playability in games. its FREE, + I'm pushing for 50 reviews on steam (9 more to go)! its a platformer with a very unique control scheme. and no ai! link below⬇️ #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

hi #ScreenshotSaturday! this is "an unplayable game?!", a quick 15 minute experience about accessibility and playability in games. its FREE, + I'm pushing for 50 reviews on steam (9 more to go)! its a platformer with a very unique control scheme. and no ai! link below⬇️ #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

NPC = non player crow (in our indie game) 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛ #Gamedev #indiegame #gaming #crows #crow #gamedevelopement #indiedev

hazbin season 2 was pretty good imo. it def lives and dies by how much you like vox, but he's such a good character that he easily carried the whole season for me

oh shit i should do screenshot Saturday today

Wow 💔

fantastic asset for your games! +saving this for later so i can use it in my next one

Otto's Basketball Game (@ottoojala.com) "A one-button basketball game. Press a button to shoot hoops. That's the whole game :--)" Free - Browser: warpdoor.com/2025/11/22/o...

when my last few mcdonalds monopoly free items expire tomorrow

The US is so stupid, I don’t even know of anywhere remotely near me where I could go look at a single portcullis

game design 101

you cannot be on here abbreviating a person's name to MTG, you know that already means something else

Fascism works fast but the Internet works faster

my steam replay this year is going to be sparse with all the time I've spent making games, I haven't had much time to PLAY games this year

This game is an amazing way to learn about gaming accessibility…through gamification, what can be more perfect? Help this game find its way to more players by playing it (it’s very short!) and leaving a review!

Otto's Basketball Game's v0.9 is now playable on Itchio! Help me get this to a v1.0 by giving it a try and leaving a comment here on Bsky (reply or dm) or on Itch! ottoojala.itch.io/ottos-basket... I made hours' worth of last minute changes, so hopefully I didn't totally break it :--) #gamedev

>>>NEW VIDEO<<< In an extra long conclusion to our Marvel Zombies review, let's discuss why I think Marvel has BANNED Zombie Spider-Man! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLIF...

re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"

forgive me for the quick promo, but my first FREE game is almost at 50 reviews on steam, only 10 more to go! as a reward, i'm planning on setting up a 50% off discount code for my patreon when the game hits 50 reviews. more info below, but EVERY REVIEW helps! #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegame

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forgive me for the quick promo, but my first FREE game is almost at 50 reviews on steam, only 10 more to go! as a reward, i'm planning on setting up a 50% off discount code for my patreon when the game hits 50 reviews. more info below, but EVERY REVIEW helps! #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegame

Ughhh i tried to use blender a decade ago and the experience is why I'm only making games in 2D

i get to run more dnd this weekend! will my friends finally get out of wave echo cave? or will they spend another night in a damp dark mine??? its anyone's game at this point

psst, no one is struggling with this - we are trying to create singular things that resonate with a huge audience or resonate hugely with a specific audience. We "struggle" with how tech and VC funding has broken almost every creative economy we have. So thanks but no thanks

Demonschool: Is OUT. It's out. Finally it is out. We hope you enjoy it. store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/... store.playstation.com/en-us/concep... www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

People using Chrome may want to know about this. To disable the new default AI mode. Type chrome://flags in your address bar. Search for AI mode in the search box below and disable the three options displayed.

shoutout to jauwn, just found out he retired from youtube. good for him!! but I loved his stuff and I'll miss his style he made a ton of fantastic videos, i think I like ALL of them. if you're bored and want to bask in the failure of crypto games (and some great retro game reviews too), here you go

did a Minecraft video really make *the king in yellow* normiecore its so much worse than in the past too. kids just parrot weird hallucinated lore from Google ai with 100% confidence, so you KNOW they're not actually making an effort to consume the source material

awesome #gamedev day today! still working through all the things i need for a settings menu, but as of now, audio and video settings (and controls!) are completely done. all thats left are some simple toggles it took a bit, but now I've got an industry standard settings menu. and i made it myself!!

Fellow solo game devs. How are you managing your projects? I use trello, is everyone else using some form of a kanban system?

Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk. please donate if you can! fund.blender.org

Honestly, games being overpriced has been the best thing for me. I've been focusing mostly on old 2000s-era games, and I've been having a wonderful time. I've also been focusing on my backlog of games I haven't touched yet, and it's a blast.

morning #gamedev ai thoughts do you think AI voices are ruining young kids' perception of good voice acting? like, when young gamers hear that awful "cheese slicer" line from the finals, do they even clock it as having really weird delivery? is this tech hurting our future VA's?

I gotta use that as a reply more often look how simple it can be 😇

branching off the thread to say that it's also REALLY good for making the game feel polished. stuff like a frame rate limiter helps save laptop battery, and without it my game would devour hours of battery life running at 1 billion fps

making a settings menu seems like it would be super boring work, but honestly I'm loving it learning about vsync and refresh rates and framerate limits is somehow INCREDIBLY interesting to me, and figuring out how to make it all work together is so satisfying #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

hey! fuck ai! here's my ai-free game, gen ai wasn't used at all during development. its heartfelt and all about empathy and accessibility and making games for everyone. it's free, and only 5-15 minutes long! you can play it during your lunch break, even!! #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #solodev

siiiiiiiiiggggghhhhhhh. it feels like every game I enjoy has to have a"CEO tries to get people to stop being mean about ai" moment, and I'm so sick of it this makes me feel yucky for playing helldivers. back to deep rock i guess, with season 7 soon it's a good time to switch over at least

"No one is angry about games not containing gen AI" is such a hell of a good point. It is incredibly off-putting to many customers, an absolute deal-breaker, yet there is no flip side to that, no consumer base clamouring for it, no demand. They can only try to wear people down into accepting it.

took a break from #gamedev on my second game this weekend, I was just so tired from all the technical engine work. but now, I'm back to it! really excited to get the settings done and begin work on the main menu. might not seem ""exciting"" but its necessary and really helps the game feel complete!

So, maybe a few compromises: additional keys (1,2,3 and 4) to toggle some settings (as hinted by the post-it note), and maybe a log in the upper right corner to keep track of what's happening. I'm planning to release a "0.9" version this week, so you too can finally try this out :--)

oh boy I've got the BEST new branding ideas for my upcoming game. like, so good it totally reframes the entire POINT of the game. very excited to start implementing them!!!

Finding the exact way to lay out your art work station so you aren't in agony feels like a puzzle designed by the cenobites in hellraiser

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Aesthetic Leakage.

ah, I'd love to submit "an unplayable game?!" to stuff like this, but if you know the game, you know that any gameplay footage would either 1.) totally ruin the twist 2.) completely misrepresent the game and make it look like a generic platformer if youve played it... any ideas? #gamedev #solodev

my dispatch review from steam: definitely not the most dynamic / branching movie-game out there, but it does make you feel like your choices matter on the first playthrough, and thats what matters.