This one has been long in the making, we've done a huge interview with @sorenjohnson.bsky.social of #civ4 and @mohawkgames.bsky.social fame, and two of his codevelopers @dalekent.bsky.social and @thesolver.bsky.social about tveir #4X game #oldworld ! spillhistorie.no/2026/04/22/b...

You might have noticed I've been quiet for the last month. Apologies, I have been really busy making a push on Imperialist, the historical 4X strategy game where you lead a European nation from 1500-1950. Big News! Imperialist is now feature complete! #Imperialist #Godot #IndieDev #GameDev #4X

In the most recent playtest of my 4X strategy game Imperialist, players highlighted that the tech screen was basically unusable. So I fixed it! Check out this video taking you through the new Research Screen and Tech Tree! www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5Ka... #Imperialist #Godot #IndieDev #GameDev #4X

I am back at it for 2026! I hope everyone had a great holiday season and New Year. Here's to an awesome 2026! #Imperialist #Godot #IndieDev #GameDev #4X

Happy holidays & New Year all! Head over to the Imperialist discord: discord.gg/8VpQPuCRKZ, you can find a Xmas present of an Alpha build of Imperialist in the current-build channel! If you do try it out, I would love your feedback! See you in 2026! #Imperialist #Godot #IndieDev #GameDev #4X

Since moving into Alpha last week, a full code review of Imperialist is underway, to put the code of the game into a good place for moving forward. It might not look like much but every meg of RAM saved, every FPS drop minimised, is a bonus for players! #Imperialist #Godot #IndieDev #GameDev #4X

Imperialist! - the historical 4X strategy game where you lead a European nation from 1500-1950, has officially entered Alpha! 2026 is going to be a BIG year for Imperialist! Stay tuned for many updates as we progress towards an Early Access release! #Imperialist #Godot #IndieDev #GameDev #4X

Meet the Merchant, who buys tribal tiles. Improve them for your profit. Builders can "Industrialise" a city, for every 4 of a resource it collects, the city will produce a free processed commodity. And with that, Imperialist is now game feature complete! #Imperialist #Godot #IndieDev #GameDev #4X

When recreating the Empire the sun never set on you ... invade Poland in 1505AD of course! Tactical combat is now fully integrated into Imperialist, the 4X strategy game about Colonisation, Industrialisation, and becoming the world's first Super Power! #Imperialist #Godot #IndieDev #GameDev #4X

First steps towards a whole new combat world..... A long way to go though. #ScreenshotSaturday #Imperialist #Godot #IndieDev #GameDev #4X

National Identity in the 4X strategy game Imperialist is important! I've started to add national identity throughout the entire game. Nations now have names! Currently showing on tile tooltip when hovering over their cities, and on the diplomacy screen. #Imperialist #Godot #IndieDev #GameDev #4X

What is Imperialist, my 4X TBS strategy game all about? I'm glad you asked! Check out this video where I explain what Imperialist is about, explain the main parts of the game, then walk you through 10 turns of the game. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V7U... #Imperialist #Godot #IndieDev #GameDev #4X

I've just posted a video showing v19 build of Imperialist! An historical 4X game, where you lead a major European nation from 1500-1950AD, through colonisation and industrialisation, to become the World's first Superpower! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFQm... #Imperialist #Godot #IndieDev #GameDev #4X

This last week I implemented my first ever GOAP AI! Yah me! As a first pass I'm happy where the AI is at. AI ensures food production, prospects, improves resources, allocates workers to factories, moves armies, and captures neighbouring provinces. #Imperialist #Godot #IndieDev #GameDev #4X

Lots of map generator improvements, provinces, and UI improvements. #Imperialist #Godot #Indiedev #Gamedev #4x

Capturing the neighbours! (Very basic combat resolution ATM) #Imperialist #Godot #IndieDev #4x

Take a first look at Imperialist! This is a very early development stage of the new 4x strategy game I'm working on. In this video I take you through the tutorial. youtu.be/PhdcpiLLFs4?... #Imperialist #godot #indiedev #4x

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Another week on Redcoat Chess. A very basic AI with limited knowledge of Napoleonic era tactics! Also added, a basic Help system, and some sounds so the game isn't so empty. #ScreenshotSaturday #GameDev #Godot4.3 #RedcoatChess

Another week working on my turn-based tactical combat game, Redcoat Chess! Lots of refinement on the game loop, and as mentioned last week, the capture-the-flag style victory. Here you see a battle unfolding, with victory to the blue player. Generals next. #RedcoatChess #ScreenshotSaturday #Godot4.3

Continued work on my Redcoat Chess turn-based tactical combat game. I have a complete game loop! Woohoo! Units battle it out, with their own unique abilities. This next week I at least want to have the "capture the flag" component finished. #ScreenshotSaturday #Godot4.3 #RedcoatChess

I've finished my first video game, a lifelong dream! OK, it's a simple timed word reading game for my elder son, but I'm proud of it 😀 I've got some design kinks to iron out before making it public (I suck at UI design). I'll open source it once it's cleaned up. #gamedev

I know full well I'm going to end up in the Egyptian sha-en-ammu. Cities Skylines 2 recently increased their recommended hardware quite a bit. There's lots of posts asking if all manner of PC Configs will run the game. So I did a shout out to my Gen Xers....

Was at Pax Aus today. Awesome day! Lots of fantastic games on show being made locally here in Melbourne. Really proud of my fellow Melbournians. Met the amazing Meena Shamaly who put together the sound track for Old World. #gamedev #indiegames

Some simple math ...... Up at 5am and hitting bed at 11:30pm yesterday; + Up at 3am today for company meeting (that's US midday for those playing at home) = 3:27pm dead. Gah, I hope I make it through the day! #gamedev #indiegames

It's Melbourne International Games Week! Heading to GCAP. Hands up if you're going? #gamedev #indiegames

Feeling a bit burnt after a few weeks of intensity getting ready for Old World Pharaohs of the Nile release next week. But it's a long weekend and Melbourne International Games Week next week so hoping that helps with revival. 😁 #gamedev #indiegames

Woohoo! I can finally show off what I've been working on for the last year. 🥳 Pharaohs of the Nile is the new DLC for Old World. Old World is a turn-based 4X strategy game from Mohawk Games & Hooded Horse. #gamedev #indiegames www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU_d... store.steampowered.com/app/2587410/...

Don't you hate it when you're busting to say something, but have to wait another 24 hours before being able to say it? #gamedev #indiegames

Time for an intro post! I'm Josh, a game designer focused on systemic narrative design and currently working on the historical 4X game Old World at Mohawk Games. Before that I was an intern on Alien: Isolation and co-founded micro indie studio Three Knots. I write about design at openfells.com/blog/

Back for another week.

I love strategy games. You'll come to hear this a lot, but Imperialism II is my fav game EVA! The best part of Imp2 is Industrialising your nation. Your job was to grow industry, and ensure logistics to supply those industry's inputs, and then sell their outputs. Your thoughts? #gamedev

Reskeet with a banger picture of your cat

My uber is here.

I'm into strategy games. Imperialism, Civilization, Old World, and Factorio. Yes, Factorio is a strategy game. That game involves lots of planning, and thinking, how to design efficient, productive factories. I'm going to talk about what parts of strategy games I really enjoy. Strap in! #gamedev

I continue to reduce and isolate Unity specific code in my game. Probably should have done it this uncoupled in the first place. 🤣 #gamedev #indiegames

1 day you can write hours of flawless code, making a huge jump in functionality and features. The next day you can write 1 line of code, break half your game, and when you revert the code half your game is still broken. Ahh..... #gamedev

that's litteraly not a game without it

For all #Unity3D #GameDevs #GameDevNews, The APPLovin CEO posted a heartfelt letter to JR. If even their COMPETITOR says things like this instead of staying silent.... That speaks volumes! www.applovin.com/blog/my-view...

Okay, I'm a little late for screenshot Saturday but here we go anyways. Very early look at a game I've started working on. #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

I got cold a few minutes ago so I went and stood in a corner to keep warm. How did I do it? Well... most corners are 90 degrees! OHOHOHO! <83 … That was acute joke. Not the least bit obtuse. I’m not protracting the gag at all. I had to find the right angle to tell it. 🤪🤪🤪🤪

because of that whole TikTok/meme thing, I asked my husband how often he thinks of the Roman Empire and he just stared at me and said “never?” and then a few minutes later said “if I’m gonna think about like, an ancient civilization, it’s gonna be Egypt.” And I said “exactly!” and we high fived.

Yes, I know I shouldn't reading them, but it worries me when I see steam forum posts to boycott Unity games till developers move those games off it. All this does is hurt game devs, not Unity. Devs need support to decide how they will move forward, not more damage. #gamedev

I really want to #gamedev this weekend, but instead I know I will be the personal Uber for my kids. Wouldn't have it any other way though. 🙂

Gin and floof. #weekend