#Onwords dev blog Playing with my new level editor, which allows for more interesting shapes and challenges. Each doorway will attach to a new level, so who knows where you will end up...🤔 #indiedev #gamedev

Love our new Quill plushie! www.makeship.com/products/qui... #vrgaming

#Onwords dev blog 🕚 Very overdue for a post! Another ✨ UI overhaul, and new mechanics coming online. This is a puzzle room prototype, where you pick up letters as you put them down! This way you can strategize for your next word, and unlock doors with word locks. 📖🔒 #indiedev #gamedev

#Onwords dev log 🔠🐧 Experimenting with "fog of word", where the collectibles aren't revealed to you until you discover them through making words. #gamedev #indiedev

Joining the #ColorQuill painting party 🖌️🎨 Featuring Quill from @polyarcgames.com and drawn in @vermillionvr.bsky.social

#Onwords dev log 🔠🐧 Now you have little islands to go to that give you coins, instead of just going straight to the exit. What will the coins give you? 🤔 #indiedev #gamedev

So excited for this one!!! There are now Moss templates in the VR painting studio app Vermillion. I am about half way done with a masterpiece that I will share later, but it scratched an itch at a time where I am unable to paint IRL for a little while.

YouTube Speedrunner Becomes Full-Blown Fascist In Record Time

Now the interminable wait for #GDC2025 to post the videos of all the sessions I couldn’t see

Facts #gdc

Good start to Thursday! Also, how is it already Thursday? #gdc

GDC needs a nap lounge

Me trying the seesaw pirate ship one 🏴‍☠️⛵️ It was a real thigh workout! #gdc

Some highlights from some of the wacky and fun controllers at alt.ctrl #gdc The samurai one was cool, you just partially unsheath to kill enemies along the line. All were really inventive

More #gdc things I don’t have room in my suitcase to buy… so time to buy another suitcase

Found some cool books in the #GDC store.

@duplighosts.bsky.social Lovely talk, thank you!

Great #GDC talk from this morning, World Building from Weird to Mainstream. Micronotes: What’s weird about your world? What’s the smallest version of it? Create identity through contrast Dig into your weird, show its heart What would you show if shame was off the table? Find the nostalgia

The cat spanking game definitely got everyone’s attention at last night’s Day of the Devs. #gdc

Am I staying in San Fran.. or Tokyo?

#Onwords dev log 🔠🐧 Been working UX and progression. Now you can level up and earn "challenges" which give you a set of letters to make a word with, giving you a score bonus if you do. Also added more UI to clearly show the word you are making, and a list of your bonuses. #indiedev #gamedev

Bugs beware! 🐛🔨 We are looking for a Senior QA Analyst to help ensure our games are polished and player-ready. Learn more: www.polyarcgames.com/jobs/senior-... #gamejobs #gamedevjobs #gamedev #virtualreality

✨OMG - OKAY, IT'S HAPPENING!✨ Introducing the Quill x @makeship.bsky.social plushie. ✨🌈🧸🥳 Now's your chance to bring Quill home! Pre-Order Now and Become an Early Bird! 💚Early birds receive ✅ Exclusive Discord role = BTS access + voting rights ✅ First 200 pre-orders = gift Moss OST (Steam)

#Onwords dev log 🔠🐧 ...and here's a design comp of what kinds of upgrades I will be testing in my next build, along with some different design options. The idea is some 'upgrades' will cost points to acquire, allowing you to make a bet on your next word(s). #indiedev #gamedev

#Onwords dev log 🔠🐧 Been working hard on the game design! Here's my current ugly version of level upgrades. You can unlock/upgrade what are regexs based on phonemes (groups of letters that make phonics), which gives you a bonus if they are present in your word. #indiedev #gamedev

#Onwords dev log 🔠🐧 Just playing with cloud colors and trying some new cube art. May go back to my original "Skywords" concept after getting some great feedback last night. #indiedev #gamedev

Completely refactored my unit state machine and it is SO much better organized now. Much easier for me to modify and debug states as well as add new ones. Also helped me fixed a few lingering bugs that were hard to pinpoint solutions for. #gamedev #godot #turnbased #tactics

#Onwords dev log 🔠🐧 This weekend I'm trying to iterate on the concept and look Left: where I started over a year ago, very Tunic / Zelda. Right: New version, more modern and clean, abstracted #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev

#onwords dev log 🔠🐧 More UX improvements! Now showing valid locations for letters that is context-aware. I think this will help people understand where they can go next, and the rules around "snaking" your words. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev

Just finished hooking up the time meter (in the upper right corner) which, until now, has been purely decorative and totally non-functional. Now it will advance after a full round and will trigger the lighting changes. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #tactics #rpg #farmageddon

Moss: Book II dev log #4 🐭 📖 Worked with a great animator to tune these reactions to handing Quill a weapon. This shows a small change as we noticed that her turning the moment you opened the inventory would stop her movement and interrupt the gameplay @polyarcgames.com #vrdev #vr #gamedev

Played Clank!: Catacombs today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com app

#onwords dev log UX improvements, now better highlighting which existing letters will be captured as part of your new word upon selection. Also better logic around which way the arrow points. ...the penguin is always watching... 👀 #indiedev #gamedev

Taro Boba Milk Tea ✨ Just something a little sweet 💜 #dnd #dice #ttrpg

What an awesome journey! She lost 45 lbs walking and running in Skyrim and Resident Evil #vrgaming #virtualreality youtu.be/pCQQkrKXM0s?...

Good pot-smashing is really satisfying, but in VR it is 👨‍🍳💋. Love that my smashing exuberance occasionally backfires with a "sir, if we do happen to tread on a mine, what do we do?". Maybe if there was a *dis*-comfort mode it would toss me into the air appropriately #vrgaming

I will never tire of EvE combat in games 😂 (Asgard's Wrath II) #vrgaming

Word of the day: Cryptomnesia Cryptomnesia occurs when a forgotten memory returns without its being recognized as such by the subject, who believes it is something new and original. Referenced in the excellent Anatomy of a Breakthrough. www.goodreads.com/book/show/61...

#onwords dev log Trying something new! Your letters are no longer random, but come from a set that you start the game with. The ? tiles add a new random letter to your bag. Think deck-building game. Duplicates may be able to be turned into upgrades, or other ideas. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

8 months of development in 1 minute. Last year I started learning to code, and in April I started solo work on Farmageddon. It's been a ton of fun so far and I wanted to throw something together to look back on what I've done and have a small, celebratory moment. #gamedev #godot #pixelart #tactics

#onwords dev log Added some pop up numbers to show what score you will get if you submit the word as you go. Also updated the points awarded to include a geometric bonus for word length, so that is always incentivized. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

Moss: Book II dev log #3 🐭 📖 Another test around how to handle a large amount of items, with each petal opening into a sub-section of additional petals. @polyarcgames.com #vrdev #vr #gamedev

Given how often I lose the ability to scroll on random iOS apps these days, I assume this is the hot new mobile dev - Native Obj-C - Runtime Virtual machine for Java - Java translation layer - Runtime virtual machine for JavaScript - Emojiscript - ChatGPT hallucination

My horrible friend @sdierdorf.bsky.social is trying once again to financially ruin me, this time by thoughtfully curating a list of his favorite Bill Evan’s Trio vinyl. Posting this here so he can be properly shunned by the mob. www.tumblr.com/sdierdorf/77...

This holiday season, we're giving away copies of Moss and Moss: Book II in the Polyarc Discord! To enter: 1️⃣ Join the Polyarc Discord 2️⃣ Check out the #🎁moss-giveaway channel for the giveaway message and enter! Winners will be contacted via Discord DM by January 6th. #indiegame #gamedev #gaming 🎮

Finally back to #onwords! I've added multiple animals that need rescuing, and it feels like I'm finding some fun with it. The levels will be about adding tiles that give players interesting decisions about which paths to build, or where to go first. #gamedev #indiedev

A stressor you can break free of: Industry report: Identifies potential upcoming resource / mineral shortages. The News: “THERE WILL BE A SHORTAGE IN 5 YEARS.” Industry: Reacts to report’s identification of economic opportunity, increasing exploration and supply. No shortage ever appears.

Laura Fryer’s YouTube channel is really great and a reasoned voice of experience. Her take on Concord is worth a watch youtu.be/6IM11RtGLJ8?... #gamedev

Moss: Book II dev log #2 🐭 📖 As part of the inventory system I also adapted our 'magnetism' system from Moss 1 to work with Quill. This kept players from needing to reach, and felt a bit magical. We originally planned for far more keys, as seen here at the end. @polyarcgames.com #vrdev #vr #gamedev

There is an embarrassment of riches, when it comes to talented folks who work at Polyarc. Some of us are on Bluesky and so we put together a starter pack! go.bsky.app/Ebxh7Vm