Have any other Aussies had any luck verifying they're an adult on Bluesky yet? I just keep getting "something's gone wrong" whichever method I use.

Bandai Namco Singapore to become Nintendo Studios Singapore in shares acquisition www.vooks.net/bandai...

Last week I got to demo Bumper Bout at @supanovaexpo.bsky.social in Brisbane. I was so humbled and delighted to see so many people have so much fun with my little game. I am forever grateful for opportunities like this, it rally hammers home why I do this and what to aim for. #Indiedev #ganedev

www.youtube.com/shorts/8hyhg... At Supernova on Sunday I asked some indie devs to give me their elevator pitches @dungeonpizza.bsky.social @abandonedsheep.com @rockalot.bsky.social @jettwilliams.name

Bumper Bout will be at Supanova Brisbane this weekend! Swing by and have a play of the new (hopefully) totally stable build! Big thanks to eSports Queensland for making this happen. Can't wait to see it in front of everyone, cya there! ✨ #IndieDev #GameDev #SupanovaBrisbane #QueenslandGames

Deadlines are such a double edge sword. It's great to have these checkpoints to work towards and they encourage you to bust a move as they draw closer, but I am enjoying myself so much its frustrating to rush it! I wish I had this drive all the time. Somewhat suspect ADHDi but could also be lazy idk

"Woa this game's the best! I'm so glad I WISHLISTED it on Steam!" 🔜 store.steampowered.com/app/3938260/... #indiedev #gamedev #gameart

I've spent the last few days fixing bugs. About to add a large new feature. Maybe I can procrastinate with some effects work.

Why you gotta look art me like that

The game I'm making, Bumper Bout, is finally up on Steam! 🎉 Local versus pinball in the style of Puyo Puyo Tetris! Pick characters and stages. PLEASE WISHLIST!!! It goes such a long way! Thank you!!! #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #pinball #partygame #unity store.steampowered.com/app/3938260/...

Cool Kyoto breeze, a cool drink, and lots of monkey smash time. ❤️

Harry Hotter amirite fellazzzzz Anyway I want to share more of my process so here you can see the sketch I made being used as a blueprint for a witch with a little ghost cat I'm making. Very early stage here but like maybe I should have been a makeup artist? on fleek. Boy next time I promise.

I was forced to make a trailer! youtu.be/2sEVW-mM4os?... #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #indiegame #unity

Threw away the cowboy design I had and am most of the way done with a new updated look for her. Really liking the contrast with Nova but haven't figured out a name yet... #indiedev #gamedev #gameart

Time to get some work done! My brain:

A lot of big milestones coming up and then it's non-stop until Bumper Bout's 1.0 in October. So full steam ahead cramming as much as I can in before then. Working on assets for the High Seas level tonight. ☠️🌊🪙

Bumper Bout is is on display at BPAC 2025. Terrifying and enlightening to have the best (literally the number one player in the world) pinball players see what I'm cooking up. Humbled by the positive reception so far. Such a great bunch!

Who's job is it to make the fake games seen in monitor ads? I need to get in touch, they left out some hexagons.

Thanks for such a beautiful day @qldgamesfestival.bsky.social Check out some of these amazing games from the show ⤵️ @rockalot.bsky.social Bumper Bout @louis-van-dyke.bsky.social Pizza Dungeon @abandonedsheep.com Schrödinger's Cat Burglar @playmomento.com Oh wait, that's us

Lucky enough to show Bumper Bout to the public at the Queensland Games Festival today. So thrilled to see that people enjoyed it, enough to get second place at the people's choice award even! So iveelmed with people's kindness, thanks to everyone who cm dropped by. Time to sleep. #indiegame

One day I'll learn how to spell hirararchy.

What ball game am I making again?

Ready to hit space stuff with giant pinballs?

shits fire

Thank you The OC Complete Score Season 1 for getting me through tonight. I owe you my life.

I'm porting to it I swear that's the main reason. 👀

For the last hour my random set of songs from my liked playlist on youtube music has perfectly matched the emotional journey trying to solve a programming issue. Carried me through desperate to despair to hope to partytime success without missing a beat. Is it reading my mind? Am I being watched? 👀

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When you're really busy and have a lot on your plate, the trick is to spend that valuable time remaking assets you already made. 🤔💡 Vector versions of the raster hearts i painted previously - for scalability. Also the shading bothered me.

I have never been so sold so fast. Take it all 💸

Here's the new concept for the gameplay UI. I went through a few iterations. Some were cleaner, others had a better flow of information but this one had punch so here we are. #UI #gamedev #indiedev

When it's time to lock in.

My desk is a certified bomb site, it's been a very long day *but* I got AI CPU players working so ✨yatta✨ we take those W's.

I think I like this one more.

Had the honor of being a part of Camp Squiggly this year, and as a part of it I made this game! 💰 🔦 💎 🪙 👑

The desire for indie devs to make farming simulators is so powerful I made a carrot in Blender for no reason just now.

I recently decided to include characters in Bumper Bout similar to how Puyo Puyo Tetris does. I've designed 9 playfield themes and each has it's own character inspired by it. I spent about 6 hours tonight on the first one! Say hi! 🚀 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #characterdesign

This is gonna be one helluva mystery tournament game, looks hype af

Hey Bluesky! I'm Rocco from Brisbane Australia - I'm making Bumper Bout, a local multiplayer competitive pinball game for PC and Switch. 🎮 My next milestone is vertical slice in July and I have a Steam page coming up soon. Thanks in advance for your support! ✨ #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #unity

1500 for a creative pitch to receive a government grant for Bumper Bout, 3:30am, and I'm just seeing all the budget plan etc required. Strength when needed, sleep when not.

I have been fairly unproductive over the last two months, between the holidays, the flu and contract work I haven't given myself much time for Bumper Bout. I've devised a plan to get me back on track with some more achievable bite sized goals. I want to be more active here as well. Lets do our best!

I hope I remember how to anything

Finally finished everything the first Spider-Man has to offer. Insomniac are brilliant, and I'm so excited to start Miles Morals in the new year. Hopefully done on time for the sequel's PC release later this year. 🕸️

I really enjoyed the Game Awards but disappointed Helldivers 2 wasn't nominated for GotY simply because we didn't get to hear that incredible theme song played by the game awards orchestra. DA DA DA DAAAAAA, BAAA BAAAAA 💪

I think it's really cool to start simple and block out like this before getting too bogged down in details. I did a similar thing recently when thinking about a Mario cross Zelda idea, considering proportions and rigging mostly:

This is true power