Version 0.36.0 of DeadOS is now live! Added a new startup screen and tweaked existing screens to help beginners learn how the game works: store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

Version 0.35.2 of DeadOS is now live! Civilians now report dead bodies to the cops and will lead them to the dead (before they start getting up at least): store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

Version 0.35.1 of DeadOS is now live! Survivors and cops will now hesistate when confronted with their first zombie encounter for extra realism: store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

Version 0.35.0 of DeadOS is now live! Added new city visuals! store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

Version 0.34.5 of DeadOS is now live! Fixing AI continuity errors and reworking how civilians decide whether or not they need to panic: store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

This is one of the most blatant examples of union busting I have ever seen. Shame on you Rockstar. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...

Version 0.34.4 of DeadOS is now live! Units that say they are beheading units now actually behead units! Other bug fixes! store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

Version 0.34.3 of DeadOS is now live! Severed limbs now appear throughout the simulation: store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

Version 0.34.2 of DeadOS is now live! Legs, arms and heads can now be removed from zombies causing various debuffs such as crawling on the floor: store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

5 people are playing a game where they pick a number from 0-100 inclusive. The person who picks the 2nd highest number wins. If multiple players are tied for 2nd place those players still win. If everyone picks the same number they all lose. What is the best strategy in order to win?

Version 0.34.1 of DeadOS is now live! Improved cop quarantine system and fixed bugs. Also I was on a live stream giving some developer commentary :> store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

Version 0.34.0 of DeadOS is now live! Added the ability for zombies to lose limbs! store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

Was clothes shopping and noticed the latest genders have come out

Random bit of Monday Indie Advice when naming your game: Aim to have less than 5 syllables, preferrably 2 or 3. Any more than that and people won't remember the name of your game unless they really love it, and even then they'll abbreviate it.

Version 0.33.3 of DeadOS is now live! I've added a new modifier to restrict the amount of melee weapons survivors can use as they felt a little overpowered. Also bug fixes! store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

Interesting regarding AI and Kpop Demon Hunters 1/2

Version 0.33.2 of DeadOS is now live! Mainly a bug fix update this week. store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

ATTENTION BRITAIN! 🇬🇧 The UK now has a petition to STOP CENSORSHIP by MasterCard and VISA of legal products! This joins the Australian and Canadian petitions that are gaining momentum. Come on, let's get these signed! And spread the word! The UK petition: petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...

Version 0.33.1 of DeadOS is now live! I've added a 2nd scenario called Containment and have been adding new features to the Scenario system: store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

Version 0.33.0 of DeadOS is now live! Added the framework for custom scenarios to be added to the game! store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

Their memorials are history. Ours are political. Because as always, there are two sexualities - straight, and political. Two genders - male, and political. Two religions - Christian, and political. Two races - white, and political.

We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉 The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans. Deadline: September 28th More info 👇 grants.draknek.org

My brain is determined to have the wrong ideas at the wrong times. Right now I'm trying to write a save/load system and all my brain can think about is Will Smith dressed as a vampire singing "In West Transylvania born and raised in a coffin is where I spend most of my days..." Thanks brain.

Version 0.32.3 of DeadOS is now live! UI rearrangements for the Cop Overlay and the ability to hot-swap between automatic cop dispatch vs manual mid-sim! store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

It's time for a new kind of political party - one that belongs to you. Sign up at yourparty.uk.

Version 0.32.2 of DeadOS is now live! Added the ability for the user to create blockade zones for cops: store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

Random idea - Streets of Rage 99. Work with other players in small groups that get merged as people die until only one remains. Getting kills + participation earn upgrades that help you make it to the end.

Teaching AI literacy. (GenAI is wrong A LOT. And even though people tend to think it saves time, we now have randomized controlled trials that show situations where it takes *more* time even when participants self-report it's saving them time.)

I dislike the growing trend in games that attempt to force players into needing to make time for a game via time contraints. Games to me are something that people choose to play in their spare time, at their own pace.

Version 0.32.1 of DeadOS is now live! Added new tutorial segments and a new slider that allows users to set the % of cops that are manning police stations as part of the current Cop AI rework: store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

Just realised there will be a generation of people who have never encountered txt speech. Is this what it means to get old? c u l8r l0l

Been trying to isolate shadows in Unreal for NPR effects for a while so I'm pleased to finally get something decent today.

Version 0.32.0 of DeadOS is now live! Added the ability to turn off the Cop Dispatch AI so that players can try and deal with the outbreak themselves manually if they so wish: store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

Did you know I released a game on Steam back in 2017? It's 50% off in the Summer Sale: store.steampowered.com/app/499140/O...

Version 0.31.5 of DeadOS is now live! Added melee hit chance stats for the zombies and fixed a lot of bugs with the melee weapons update: store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

Version 0.31.4 of DeadOS is now live! Civilians now fight back against hostile military that are trying to purge them store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

In case you were wondering why it takes me so long to make video games, it's because my brain acts like this when I'm just trying to study some Japanese before work.

Even though I think I qualify pretty strongly for the "solo dev" category, we don't make games in a bubble. We all stand on the shoulders of each other's work. I invented some algorithms on someone else's game engine that uses APIs someone else made on a PC built using parts that others created.

My brain every time I see the Silent Hill F logo

Version 0.31.3 of DeadOS is now live! I've updated the manual control mode to take advantage of the new ability of civilians to arm themselves with melee weapons and barricade themselves in. store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

Version 0.31.2 of DeadOS is now live! Civilians can now arm themselves with melee weapons! store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

Being a newspaper columnist is the biggest grift going. You don’t have to be accurate, you don’t have to research, you don’t have to write well and you don’t even need to be consistent.

i don't think you should make independent video games with the hope of making a million dollars. or a hundred thousand dollars. or ten thousand dollars. or rent

Version 0.31.1 of DeadOS is now live! Just a little extra update that allows military helicopters to mow down zombies when the sim is a little too full: store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...