lot of negativity towards AI lately, but consider : are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No. *but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no. *but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no. maybe you're not being negative *enough*

You should follow us if you like peaceful settlement builders inspired by classics like good old Anno, Caesar 3 and / or the Settlers series ✨ #screenshotsaturday #retrogaming #indiegame

✨ Want to be part of making the biggest open repository of Godot recipes, tutorials and resources? Check out thegodotbarn.com or join our Discord server where hundreds of other Godot devs are ready to help! ⬇️ discord.gg/fJqsyBktbN #godot #gamedev #indiegamedev #godotengine #gaming #development

🎉The Health & Security update is live! ❤Doctors, medicine and wildflowers keep your folks healthy 🛡️Guards and walls keep raiders away 📊More graphs and statistics 📜Improved quests ✨Tons of fixes Read more: store.steampowered.com/news/app/228... #gaming #indiegame #retrogaming #retro

How will your settlement grow with the new Health & Security update? With tons of additions and improvements we're really excited to see how you'll build your new settlements ✨ Coming soon!

Nice beach-front property available. Close proximity to wheat fields. DM for details.

In Folklands, your folks go about their lives in-between their tasks. Why is this lonely woman sitting on the beach, heart-broken? Nobody knows. #indiegamedev #retrogaming #godot

I've made a small entry @thegodotbarn.com about it : thegodotbarn.com/contribution... I've not explained the algorithm tho ... perhaps i should.

Something isn't quite right with this thief animation but I just can't put my finger on it #godot #blender #indiegamedev #screenshotsaturday

Slow-paced settlement builders like Caesar 3 and the classic Anno and Settlers games are some of our biggest inspirations. Amazing games you could play and enjoy in your own pace ✨ What was your favorite memory with these classics?

I love reading @pcgamer.com it's such quality journalism and easy to read

#thatfeeling when one of your players who stuck with you for months while you worked on fixing the game for them....tells you it finally works ✨ 🥲 #indiegamedev #steam #retrogaming #godot

in the next update, you'll be able to see where and how often your various resources are distributed around your settlement #godot #indiegamedev #rts #retrogaming

where do you want to go today? #godot #indiegamedev

Larian Studios swearing off Gen AI after the recent backlash 🤔

Just found out my wife might be losing her job, so I'm desperately searching for work. Contract, full-time, freelance, whatever. Press, PR, consulting, anything. I have 16 years of editorial experience and have been writing about games for 13. Reviews, news, previews, guides, etc. RTs appreciated.

Sometimes you have to take a step back and just realize how much your game can improve if you just keep working on it. These shots are two years apart. Keep at it. #indiedev #IndieGameDev #indiegaming #gamedeveloper #godot

If you're playing around with #gamedev in #godot these days, remember to check out our #tutorial section! For instance, we have a whole section of contributed @godotsteam.com articles - thegodotbarn.com/tutorials?ta... All free and open source ✨

Our top contributor @casualgaragecoder.com is at it again. Can't wait to see it! Also, remember that anyone can contribute #godot code to the barn - it's all free #opensource content ✨

You can easily do 80-90% of contemporary gamedev on Linux. It's not perfect, but that 10x less time having to deal with Windows.

Who needs AI when we had stuff like this? I’ll take photoshop edits over the slop any day

If you like classic settlement builders like the Settlers, Anno series and/or the Caesar/Pharaoh games, join our Discord: discord.gg/NE42UkhkpF

This is what tranquility looks like ✨

Answering the age old question: "How does one roll a cube on its sides" - @kelvinvanhoorn.com posts the #godot solution in his snippet thegodotbarn.com/contribution... Check it out for your daily dose of cube side-rolling bliss ✨

Just Olaf freaking out watching his friends working around the settlement, you can see it in his eyes #printing #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #settlers

Here is a small terrain generator/renderer in few lines of #gdscript and #glsl in #godot. The generation part is the most basic one. The vertex shader is just a bit more complex, but not that heavy. If needed, I can provide some explanation in a more in depth post. thegodotbarn.com/contribution...

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✨Finally, it's here!✨ We've worked so hard to get this update ready for release and now the Education & Research Update is available for everyone to enjoy! 🎉 store.steampowered.com/news/app/228... #gaming #indiegamedev #indiegaming

Did we mention the Education & Research update launches tomorrow? And that you can play it alone or with your friends? And that we've posted another teaser with screenshots? 👇 store.steampowered.com/news/app/228... #godot #indiegamedev #gaming

The Education & Research update launches Sept 10th! Check out a little teaser here: 🔥 steamcommunity.com/games/228289... #indiegamedev #gaming #godot #godotengine

Excellent #multiplayer test for the new update tonight! Found and fixed a couple of minor bugs, but this update is almost ready! #IndieGameDev #godot #godotengine

Our new update "Education & is Research" is almost finished ✨ Can't wait to share it with everyone. #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

In the next update, we've added a much requested economy overview 📊🪙 inspired by #openttd #gamedev #indiegame #indie #settlers #godot

can we interest you in some shoe soles in these trying times? #gaming #indiegamedev #godotengine #godot

yo dawg we heard you like graphs so we put some graphs in your graphs so you can graph while you graph #indiegamedev #godot #godotengine #statistics #earlyaccess

Sometimes you just need a gif of an inspiring farmer man to get your creative juices flowing. what's your go-to for getting inspired when you're brainstorming #gamedev ideas? #godot #indiegamedev

What goes into making an animation in the game? How do we go from idea to in-game animations? A thread, using our new farmer model as example 🧵 #godot #gamedev #indiegamedev #animation #blender

Devlog #17 is out: Animations! store.steampowered.com/news/app/228... #godot #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #indiedev #indie

We can't wait for you to all try out the upcoming update! Going from 1 male + female animated character to unique looks per profession has been a major undertaking - but it really brings the settlement to life ✨ Here is another look at some of the new characters ⬇️ #godot #indiegamedev #red

✨ we listen and we don't judge ✨ #screenshotsaturday

Just everyday folks living their everyday lives and, of course, Günther trying to set the village on fire again #godot #gamedev #indiegame #indiegamedev

Added a much requested feature: a small outline to help visualize which building is being selected ✨ #indiegamedev #godot #ui

it ain't much but it's honest work #indiegamedev #godot #animation

A game that has pretty overbearing micro transactions that I’m totally fine with is Fall Guys because if you want to spend 13 dollars to look like Iron Man as you get caught on the same fan 50 times in a row you go for it

me when open source

JetBrains becomes Godot Foundation platinum sponsor thegodotbarn.com/contribution...

Need help figuring out how to map twin stick controller input in #godot ? Check out this recipe by @casualgaragecoder.com ⬇️ thegodotbarn.com/contribution... #gamedev #input #gamepad #indiegamedev

Check out the #godot usage ✨

Remember to order your tickets for the upcoming GodotFest later this year if you haven't already! Exciting talks, great venue and a chance to meet tons of other devs ✨ godotfest.com