as i get older it's become WAY easier to make me cry, which means ABOUT HALF OF THE MID-LATE GAME POKOPIA JOURNAL LOGS LEAVE ME QUIETLY SOBBING while i continue to build little gardens and plazas and the pokémon frolic around me

busy morning on kickstarter for me >:) I just backed CONTINUE: A Defiant, New Videogames Magazine on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

love this game, it's an honour and a privilege to support the team! I just backed Dungeons and Dining Tables - Action RPG / Cosy Sim! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dnd...

i should be doing admin stuff but i'm TIRED so let's do something EASY like MAKE A BIG CHEF CAT SLEEP ON STREAM twitch.tv/louis_vd #gamedev #indiedev

short stream today, let's recap on how TGX went and fix a few bits and pieces with the build C: twitch.tv/louis_vd #gamedev #indiedev

WOOOOO!! the Isle of Lost Bees - a game I've been making with my friends for a month, now has a demo available on itch! triplebeegames.itch.io/the-isle-of-...

flying out tomorrow aaaa we'd better ship this build lol: twitch.tv/louis_vd #gamedev #indiedev

oh yeah this is coming along 📖🪶 let's keeping working away on the TGX build: twitch.tv/louis_vd #gamedev #indiedev

TGX is THIS WEEKEND! we gotta get into the build and start pulling this stuff together lmao. i promise the stream will be chill though: twitch.tv/louis_vd #gamedev #indiedev

making games on a rainy day 😌 twitch.tv/louis_vd #gamedev #indiedev

we made it through the grant application gauntlet 💀 so i can get back to #gamedev! but DONT think for EVEN A SECOND im gonna be working hard lmao. today we chill and recuperate 😎 🔴live now: twitch.tv/louis_vd

moon moon moon 👆

I'm feeling like a weekend stream! let's head back to the pizza mines - we're demoing at #TGX in melbourne soon, so I'd like to get some changes in before then. watch me maek gaem -> twitch.tv/louis_vd #gamedev #indiedev

final day to get the Cyber Buglets demo done aaaaaa watch me work: twitch.tv/louis_vd #gamedev #indiedev

Cyber Buglets time, this is the part where we BREAK THE GAME watch me take a (metaphorical) hammer to it live on stream: twitch.tv/louis_vd concept art by @99devilz.bsky.social ! #gamedev #indiedev

happy next fest to all those who celebrate! may your games find one million wishlists 🙏✨

back to buglets! 🌐🐠🫧 𖦹°‧⭐️ let's see if we can get fish world in: twitch.tv/louis_vd #gamedev #indiedev

Key Fairy is officially released! Buy it, lest ye be slain! store.steampowered.com/app/2878580/...

look at all the amazing games in the replies!!! 😍

live now working on the sleepy time UI 😴 twitch.tv/louis_vd #gamedev #indiedev

Save the date - www.queenslandgamesfestival.com

firing up Dungeon Pizza again to work on the day/night system where Boss crawls up to the attic to sleep in his little cat bed 😻 come hang out: twitch.tv/louis_vd #gamedev #indiedev

You are never going to believe what @lollie.me and I got to do this past week. For @griffinmcelroy.bsky.social's Trial by Fieri series we had the privilege of putting the man himself into Majora's Mask.

final day of mad rush!! we're demoing the game at an event TONIGHT cheer me on: twitch.tv/louis_vd #gamedev #indiedev

indie dev night is TOMORROW we gotta go fast! watch me dev: twitch.tv/louis_vd #gamedev #indiedev

going live rn to add CHARACTER CREATION to our single player Y2K dead MMO AS FAST AS POSSIBLE click it -> twitch.tv/louis_vd #gamedev #indiedev concept art by @99devilz.bsky.social

love this concept for an event, definitely check out the other games participating!

yo new Go Live feature on bsky??? click my profile or something??? tell me if it works lol (Cyber Buglets gamedev stream, let's go) #gamedev #indiedev

streaming some Dungeon Pizza this morning! come help me get stuck into work: twitch.tv/louis_vd #gamedev #indiedev

return of the gamedev stream! my goal is to be CONSISTENT and RELAXED with this in 2026 ☆⋆｡ 🌐🐠🫧 𖦹°‧⭐️ come say hello: twitch.tv/louis_vd #gamedev #indiedev

experimenting with something... ☆⋆｡ 🌐🐠🫧 𖦹°‧⭐️

Here's our indie game in #15seconds! 🍕 store.steampowered.com/app/3834910/...

it's my LAST DAY at the SQ games residency AND I AM SO SAD ABOUT IT 😭 this year has been truly wonderful - i've had the space and support to do all kinds of work i've dreamed of but never thought I'd be able to do for myself. and it's gone so much better than I imagined it could!!!

Oh snap, catch us in the Steam event associated with TOMORROW'S FROSTY MINI!!!! Tune in to see tons of sick new trailers and announcements from our friends!!! @frostygamesfest.com #gamedev #steamnews #indiesgames

love this moment in earthbound, idk why it was so memorable to me

The Frosty Mini showcase of games made in Australia and Aotearoa NZ is happening NEXT WEEK! ☀️🍦 Here's some handy timezone info to help you tune in: 🇦🇺 8am AEDT and 5am AWST (10 Dec) 🇳🇿 10am NZDT (10 Dec) 🇯🇵 6am JST (10 Dec) 🇺🇸 1pm PT and 4pm ET (9 Dec) 🇬🇧 9pm GMT (9 Dec)

it's a damn shame this game got canned like a day before release..

neat, interesting that this happens AFTER Air Riders ships

every so often the team and i write cute little letters. you can receive them in your electronic mailbox if you so desire! this one is from @oscarno.bsky.social

i love that there's just tons of weird bits and bobs strewn throughout menus in this game. feels like exploring a demo disk. oh here's the hat shop. oh, music player. oh and here's a garage where i can lay out my machines and rotate them just so. no it doesn't do anything, it's just to look at.

real gamer™️ hours

this is what real video games look like

🍕 DUNGEON PIZZA 🍕 A comfort-food cooking game with a fantasy twist! 🔪 Tactile cooking minigames 🧙 Character-driven narrative 🍕 Evocative food art 💖 A warm, lived-in world that's lovingly illustrated Wishlist right here ✨ store.steampowered.com/app/3834910/... Thank you #pitchyagame!

i'm working the booth today and sunday, please come find me if you're here! 😁

we heard you like cooking games 👀

fish eyes II, print ad (1999) www.mobygames.com/game/54589/r...

due to the way i've constructed my echo chamber i'm getting none of the baseball tweets and all of the "what's baseball?" tweets

had a DELIGHTFUL meeting today where the whole team was just yapping and yarning about what the world of Dungeon Pizza is like; what happens of the surface, how does a dungeon impact the local economy, what kind of tax breaks there are for adventurers, etc

a few years ago numerous publishers told me they couldn't possibly invest more into making horse-focused games, it's just too niche, the audience just isn't big enough, there's just not enough people interested in sorry I can't hear you over the sound of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE WANTING THIS