Planet's dyin'. ⓘ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘈valanche. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳

This is finally good enough to share more openly, here's "Rogue Agent: Trinity", our entry for @roguetemple.bsky.social's fortnight (with a bit of post-jam development). A turn-based traditional #roguelike heavily inspired by The Matrix. Check it out at slash.itch.io/matrix-rogue...

Does anyone know of good writing about picking names for things like games, books, bands, albums and so on? I don't mean as in “what will sell", since that's mostly snake oil, but as in "the art”. What truly makes a good name and how do you design one?

another ~hour to finish gameplay - reach depth 200 for $$$ - survive on snacks - collect coins I really like this game. It was good practice to get something that feels good in a couple hours. After this, a good polish pass w/ art, sounds could do lots #GameDev #IndieDev #Roguelike #LudumDare

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omg the talk/speaker lineup for Roguelike Celebration (@roguelike.club) 2025 looks sooo good: www.roguelike.club/event2025.html So obviously one of the most vital events in videogames right now, I really hope I can make the time to attend this year.

small thing i made while trying to use @mrmotarius.bsky.social charset

getting closer to interesting decisions... kill kobolds for XP (blue), or kick them into the pit for coins (yellow) - the shop will focus on temporary buffs/tradeoffs compared to level-ups #GameDev #IndieDev #Roguelike

OOF - so I might try to ludum dare (never done) and I need to prep my prototyping. I can't give everything to the jam so I'm going to practice a 1-2 hr gameplay prototype for the previous jam theme Depths. #GameDev #IndieDev #LudumDare will keep yall posted

I mayhaps hooked my ps2 w/ hdmi to one of my office monitors and mayhaps have spent 20 mins getting bullied by bullfango in #MonsterHunter while checking teams messages

after a week-ish of reading and setting up a zettelkasten, I added some coins to nuzcraft's kicking kobolds #GameDev #IndieDev #Roguelike ..sry..the coins are at the END of the gif...

started making a #FallingBlockJam game but I've run out of time and energy, so please enjoy this little window into what could have been!

Gonna start working on a zettelkasten for gamedev. I play and read and learn but I have trouble getting it all put together when doing game design and programming #GameDev #Zettelkasten

New #Blog on my #GameDev project! open.substack.com/pub/nuzcraft... Kick some Kobold butt! #IndieDev #Roguelike

I have a patreon, with my health right now I haven't been able to work as much and as fast as I could otherwise or sometimes at all so it updates pretty slowly. But if you want to support me I would appreciate that very much. www.patreon.com/c/turnip_juice

RECLAIMER a tactical roguelike drewww.itch.io/reclaimer Use your dash to pause time and establish the perfect attack, pushing enemies into walls to conserve ammo. Escape with as much loot as you can! @roguetemple.bsky.social #14drl #gamedev

@dgrey.bsky.social curious your thoughts on traditional roguelike enemy design both in terms of mechanics and systems. Designing for an ascii game vs tiles is probably very different and I’m guessing the first roguelikes had different enemy design principles than what you’d see today

the OGRE: my entry to roguetemple's Fortnight game jam. Play as a 2x2 ogre and toss things around. Made with prismrl.github.io/prism/, the roguelike game engine I work on, using @v3x3d.bsky.social's lovely medieval series. fingoltin.itch.io/the-ogre

This one was also made with prismrl.github.io/prism/ :) it's fun

Yooo! I wrote on my blog about my game! Coming to my website first and substack eventually. nuzcraft.com/blog/2025091... #GameDev #IndieDev #Roguelike #Love2D

#GodotEngine 4.5 has finally arrived! 🎉 With this new release, we made meticulous efforts in order to amplify what is possible to do with our engine, guided by our goal of making gaming and game development for everyone! godotengine.org/releases/4.5/

Nuzcraft's Kicking Kobolds v0.03 is out! New tiles, customizable controls and colors + ASCII mode nuzcraft.itch.io/kicking-kobo... #GameDev #IndieDev #Roguelike #MajorRelease #Love2D

I passed 200 downloads of diabaig this morning. Absolutely blown away by the level of excitement about my little terminal game, it has exceeded all expectations I had. Had so much great feedback that it has been just such a joy to read #roguelikedev #indiegamedev #ascii conornally.itch.io/diabaig

Nuzcraft's Kicking Kobolds v0.03 is out! New tiles, customizable controls and colors + ASCII mode nuzcraft.itch.io/kicking-kobo... #GameDev #IndieDev #Roguelike #MajorRelease #Love2D

Very cool revamp of the tutorial project for prism! prismrl.github.io/prism/

graphical tiles are in! I need to fix some references to keep the ascii display as it was, but this is the last major hurdle before v0.03. Let me know if you like keeping the hero as an @ sign. Tiles by @mrmotarius.bsky.social #GameDev #IndieDev #Roguelike #Love2D

in addition to support for control preference, I added support for color preferences. Here are some bad examples of a potential green-mode and light-mode #GameDev #Roguelike #IndieDev #Love2D #KickingKobolds

added support for font + scaling preferences. most fonts look bad at 1.5x scaling but sometimes you need that if 12px is too small and 24 is too big. Next is some font mapping so we can get some new glyph rendering #GameDev #IndieDev #Roguelike #KickingKobolds

Some of the #roguelike entries being developed for the fortnight! itch.io/jam/roguetem...

added support for font + scaling preferences. most fonts look bad at 1.5x scaling but sometimes you need that if 12px is too small and 24 is too big. Next is some font mapping so we can get some new glyph rendering #GameDev #IndieDev #Roguelike #KickingKobolds

‘Pocket Dimension’ A bite-sized traditional ascii-roguelike you can play during a coffee break or the other "unskippable side quests" of our present age! Made in my spare time over two weeks as a personal challenge

Announcing: ‘Pocket Dimension’! A bite-sized traditional ascii-roguelike you can play during a coffee break or the other "unskippable side quests" of our present age! Made in my spare time over two weeks as a personal challenge Free to download on Itch (linked in the comments)

in addition to support for control preference, I added support for color preferences. Here are some bad examples of a potential green-mode and light-mode #GameDev #Roguelike #IndieDev #Love2D #KickingKobolds

experimenting with a new font. It's 8x16 instead of square. I think it looks nice in the new colors. I need more time to tinker. I might end up combining a set of tiles with a font I like to get the best of everything. #GameDev #IndieDev #Roguelike #Love2D

Release day! Here is Diabaig, a traditional #ascii #roguelike. conornally.itch.io/diabaig Descend through #procedural floors facing increasing adversity and creatures to defeat the dragon at the bottom. Make your way back out with only the resources you find along the way. #indiedev #opensource

#ScreenshotSaturday
 Still working on this physics-based game with awkward controls and juicy farts.

 #Godot #SoloDev

Updated color palette, screenshake, and support for more variation across the same tiles. Prepping for v0.03. #IndieDev #GameDev #Roguelike

Check out the new version of Nuzcraft's Kicking Kobolds! There's a cool leveling system & some new kobolds to kick. nuzcraft.itch.io/kicking-kobo... #GameDev #IndieDev #MajorUpdate #Roguelike #DevLog

Check out the new version of Nuzcraft's Kicking Kobolds! There's a cool leveling system & some new kobolds to kick. nuzcraft.itch.io/kicking-kobo... #GameDev #IndieDev #MajorUpdate #Roguelike #DevLog

Level Up! Nuzcraft’s Kicking Kobolds v0.02 is out! Collect XP and use skill points to keep kickin’! nuzcraft.itch.io/kicking-kobo... I hope to write up a devlog in the next day or so. #GameDev #IndieDev #MajorUpdate #Roguelike

not flashy but adding AOE to stomping can be powerful. The nearby kobolds get obliterated by the stomp-wave #GameDev #IndieDev #Roguelike

GameDev MEGA Bundle ⚡️ 32 Items ⚡️ 90% OFF !! Get here > itch.io/b/3202 Now includes a 5000 Retro SFX pack and SpriteMancer by @codemanu.bsky.social DRM FREE & UP to 4 Steam Keys. 32 items: Games, Tools, SFX, Textures... #GameAssets #Gamedev #Indiedev

not flashy but adding AOE to stomping can be powerful. The nearby kobolds get obliterated by the stomp-wave #GameDev #IndieDev #Roguelike

I wrote a bit on recent progress on Delve and what I'm working on and decided to use the devlog feature on itch.io instead of making like a 20-tweet thread :P danarama.itch.io/delve/devlog...

The Roguelike Celebration Preview Event is this Sunday at 3PM PST, with special guests: UFO50's @perryjon.bsky.social talking game design @ezra-szanton.itch.io talking synergy in deckbuilders @apepers.bsky.social talking design for suspense And come explore our MUD's dazzling, delightful circus!

Accidentally stayed up all night building a simple free tool which automatically generates lightweight landing pages for your game. It even automatically grabs social links from your website, and stays up-to-date. Will release it into beta this week if there’s interest!

targeting is hard. WALL KICK upgrade is up and running + targeting mode to choose which wall to kick down. This seems powerful. #GameDev #IndieDev #Roguelike #Love2D

targeting is hard. WALL KICK upgrade is up and running + targeting mode to choose which wall to kick down. This seems powerful. #GameDev #IndieDev #Roguelike #Love2D

Coming back to Cult of the Lamb after a while and it’s simply delightful. Unlocking brewing and sin has been very fun. I also realized that I missed collecting a bunch of offerings and made a quick 800 gold by just grabbing them