finished silksong today with 100% completion. absolutely phenomenal what team cherry was able to cook. i do think the game needs some difficulty options, but if you can manage without them, theres such a wonderfully weird world waiting to be explored. one of my all time favorites without a doubt.

oh no Matt how good did you make the speedrun times!

gosh i know theres a lot of weird stuff happening in america right now but i just put in a little update to my game to add a lil star when you get a good speedrun time on a level 😈 #Godot #indiedev #GMTKJam

i didnt know how badly i needed this godot 4.5 feature oh my god

been spending like.. idk a couple weeks in a row on just menus and UI, and dont get me wrong it's satisfying seeing it slowly come together, but gosh it's not quite as exciting as building out new game mechanics and design. but hey, i think it looks pretty acceptable #godot #gamedev #indiedev

what do the buttons on the bowser phone do

sometimes when i write an email for work i have two things to say, so i write "[first thing] additionally, [second thing] thanks, matt" and the number of times that people ONLY answer [second thing] absolutely kills me oh my god

silksong, blue prince, and inscryption manage to pull off this absolutely mindblowing concept where the player simply does not understand the full scope of the game even after many hours of playing

small #gamedev or #ui question - is the symbol for the tab key (arrows left and right below) pretty universally recognizable? i really prefer the symbol over putting the key with the word "tab" on it but now im second-guessing how understandable it is.

decided im gonna be a silent protagonist from now on

silksong took several extremely talented developers and artists 7 YEARS to make dont try to copy it, dont be discouraged by its success, dont be afraid of its generously low price tag, just make your own (small) thing and be proud of it

i find myself wanting to revisit NPCs and towns in silksong just to check up on how everyone's doing after not being there for a while and the payoffs have been really surprising. keeping this vague but i was really impressed to return to a certain area and see a funeral in progress.

huh silksong really was worth the wait

hi im the guy at team cherry that names all the zones in hollow knight and silksong heres all the areas in hollow knight 3 beetle zone the underdirt funky forests quiettown lair of the big dog gloomshearth lair of the little dog the stinky nest as you can see still a work in progress

its friday so i think i deserve a little treat~ #gamedev #indie #godot

i know silksong is out today but i just pushed a pretty neat update to my game SongRunner (a GMTK 2025 Jam favorite!!) if you wanted to see a cute little music game teeheehee #Godot #GMTKJam #gamedev #indiedev @itch.io

was listening to a northernlion stream while testing something for my game and i feel like i discovered a new music genre #godot #gamedev #northernlion

i know silksong is out today but i just pushed a pretty neat update to my game SongRunner (a GMTK 2025 Jam favorite!!) if you wanted to see a cute little music game teeheehee #Godot #GMTKJam #gamedev #indiedev @itch.io

was listening to a northernlion stream while testing something for my game and i feel like i discovered a new music genre #godot #gamedev #northernlion

something that tangles me up not just in learning about game dev, but my hobbies in general, is the fear that im missing one important tool, tip, or workflow. sometimes i find myself watching absolute beginner tutorials waiting for a huge revelation that i somehow missed, but it never really happens

is it just me or does this cake vending machine give off big Bioshock vibes?

i made a video about my game jam submissions! including the most recent one for #GMTKJam which was featured as a "mark favorite" whatever that means. #Godot #GameJams #IndieDev www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIvo...

five day left till bug day

i made a video about my game jam submissions! including the most recent one for #GMTKJam which was featured as a "mark favorite" whatever that means. #Godot #GameJams #IndieDev www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIvo...

ok one more comparison for SongRunner. old on the left, new on the right. almost done updating stuff for this art pass then i might add a handful of new levels and push it to itch. currently still considering expanding this further and putting it on Steam 🤔🤔 #GMTKJam #IndieDev #Godot

another small comparison but i changed the goal flag from a low res flag sprite to a much more crisp music note and gave it some animation also all of the platforms are changed: instead of using a low res nine-patch square, theyre generated from Godot's _draw() functions which is EXTREMELY hot omg

not finished yet but im updating the player character of SongRunner and the before and after is 😭😭 the shape of the lil guy changes between play, record, pause, and stop depending on the situation. hes adorable. i love him. #GMTKjam #Godot #IndieDev

this is such a weird breath of fresh air compared to the rest of the video game industry. just make a good game and release it.

it should be against the law to announce a new game with a CG trailer and no gameplay

fun milestone for my game You Have To Climb Out on Steam: it recently hit 50 reviews, which means it displays "Very Positive" instead of "Positive" heck yeah #gamedev #indiegames store.steampowered.com/app/3026480/...

only two tomorrows remain

I left little critiques on lots of game trailers so here's a thread with the most common issues (and additional reading) 🧵 1. Don't put logos at the start. It's just dead air that could be gameplay, which is 100000000X more interesting. www.derek-lieu.com/blog/2021/3/...

now that ive had a moment to process being included in the #GMTKJam favorites: omgawkjhd i played so many amazing entries. smack the random submission button and you have a solid chance to stumble upon a secret little banger. sharing a few really good ones that i played that weren't in the video. ⬇️

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i don't usually do these but i was really disappointed at how boring my first five purchases were lmao. MW2 is STILL like my #4 most played game, i was deep into the sauce during high school. dead Island was the first time i realized full price games could be bad.

Merge Maestro has no right being this fun

ahhh feelin that existential dread today as i try to continue fleshing out some game dev but like oof it's tough out here 😔

i think i was really starting to get a feel for designing SongRunner for #GMTKJam when i got to this level. it forces the player to move right, then left, then right, which means they slowly build up their loop and the notes are naturally placed in spots that sound pretty cool. #Godot #GameDev

i think i was really starting to get a feel for designing SongRunner for #GMTKJam when i got to this level. it forces the player to move right, then left, then right, which means they slowly build up their loop and the notes are naturally placed in spots that sound pretty cool. #Godot #GameDev

i think something must be wrong with these results. these can't be correct. im just a little guy. aowdnaijkwndhwsbfe #GMTKJam #Godot

the #GMTKJam voting period is over, which means uploads are unlocked again yay!! I've pushed a small update with speedrun timers and other tweaks like coyote frames for now, I'm still figuring out what else i'd like to add to the project #Godot #IndieDev mattgoode.itch.io/songrunner

played Öoo from @namataka.bsky.social last night. absolutely incredible puzzle design. really loved the way the game teaches you something and then lets you figure out how and where to use it to progress. also some of the cutest little pixel art and music. store.steampowered.com/app/2721890/...

peep the new main menu with speedrun tracking 👀 going to update my #GMTKJam submission after the voting period with speedrunning timers and some other nice little tweaks #Godot #IndieDev

update on this - Mark (Game Maker's Toolkit) played my game on stream and complimented it and now i cant stop screaming and sweating💀

Only 3 days left until "Öoo" releases🥶 Don't worry. The bombs in this game are remote-controlled, so you can detonate them whenever you like. In the early stages of development, they were actually time bombs!

uh ohhhh i played all the most-rated games in the GMTK game jam and now i feel inadequate !!

fixed up the itch thumbnail for my #GMTKJam submission left: my brain with very little sleep and exhausted from coding/recording/testing for 18 hours straight right: same thing but with some stroke outlines and drop shadow

my submission to #GMTKJam is SongRunner! play notes using keys 1-8 to create platforms and make your way to the end! i made 11 levels for this, but since the jam ended i've been swimming in different ideas for this concept. mattgoode.itch.io/songrunner #Godot #GameJam #IndieDev

i realize i never actually tagged this with #GMTKJam oopsie

i'm playin through a bunch of games in a randomized queue of submissions to the GMTK 2025 Game Jam and puttin any diamonds in the rough right here!! theres just about 10,000 games in this thing. it would be so funny if Team Cherry submitted the entirety of Silksong as a joke.