Finally started the process of setting up a steam developer account. Turns out it's mostly tax bullshit.

You can turn into a Vampire even during the current content of the game, so I had to make Vampire versions of most events. To test them, I had to make a playable Vampire character. Didn't think there'd be an unlockable character before the demo but here we are 🤣 #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #ドット絵

Come join the final Sugar Shatter playtest this Saturday (June 6th)! It'll be a nice way to get a quick preview of the full game while helping me load test the online multiplayer :D #gamedev #indiegame #gaming Signup on the Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/4275860/...

We’re Joining Wholesome Direct 2026! 💖 And..  👀 we’ll be revealing some new information about our release date! So be sure to tune in this Saturday, June 6, starting at: 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM CEST 🗓️ #wholesomegames #wholesomedirect #wishlistwednesday #cozygames #indiegame

Everything I wanted to get done for the #SpectralExpress alpha playtest demo is done! ...And then I realized I didn't put in buttons with links to all our socials. This is gonna take one more day to put in 🤦 #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #GameMaker #TeamSunforge

Whaaaaaaat you guys are awesome, look at that 999! 🎉 To celebrate, let’s do a nature-themed art share 🙌🏼 Post yours below and tag some people to join in if you want 🪴🤗 #pixelart #natureart #indieartist #gameart

Enough redrawing for now! 😅 About time to get back to #gamedev! Currently redesigning the events for when you're seen as a creature of the Night. Don't yet have a playable character that is of the Night, but Rebecca can turn into Vampire mid run 🙃 NPCs will notice 💀 #indiedev #pixelart #ドット絵

Finally redid the capsule art for Sugar Shatter! Really happy with how it turned out, even though it took me 30 hours... #gamedev #indiegame

Happy Pride month, everybody!!

We also have a youtube channel where we occasionally post stuff! Most of the time, it's even good quality recordings! (I fucked up the quality settings for this latest one, lol) #GameDev #IndieDev #SpectralExpress #TeamSunforge #IndieGame #GameMaker www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV8O...

Ah and of course, happy Pride, everyone!

Just wanted to show off the dialogue system and some tutorial stuff in full action! Oh and of course, introducing the Engineer, who'll handle all the tutorializing. He's a fun guy! #TeamSunforge #SpectralExpress #IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev #GameMaker

I am so close to finishing the #SpectralExpress demo that I can taste it. It's literally only missing like, two textures and the demo ending sequence. I'll do my best to hammer it out tomorrow! #GameDev #IndieDev #GameMaker #IndieGame #TeamSunforge

We're gearing up for a public release of the alpha playtest for #SpectralExpress, and I am like 99% sure we'll be able to get it out by the end of May. I am really excited to finally push this thing out there! #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #TeamSunforge #GameMaker

here have a video on LTS 2026 and all that entails youtu.be/HWbph_xyP2g

📢 Join us for a big ol' GameMaker Update blog as we detail what's coming in 2026 and beyond! LTS updates, GMRT languages, source available, upcoming extensions, GM CLI, and a whole new dimension... 👀 🔗 gamemaker.io/en/blog/upda...

Good Luck with your Partner Push, @simplysnaps.bsky.social ! and enjoy the #linkle roal-goal yuri 💚

Development of #SpectralExpress is going fantastic, why do you ask? #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame #GameMaker

Don't think I've mentioned why there's a small hiatus in #SpectralExpress updates, but we've been packing for the move to our new house tomorrow. Not a lot of #GameDev time, haha. Will be back with more news in a couple days, once we figure out our internet at the new place!

Yeah, that is a good point, it certainly too fast paced. It fits the tempo of how I play the game when testing it, but it way too fast for anyone who actually is trying to read what is going on in the game 🤣 I will add more serious dark tracks 🫠 Meanwhile, dropping the tempo seems to work 😅

I regret to inform you that it is that time of year again. #GameMaker youtu.be/GI0M12c73iY

LOOPEDAL!! A DJ puzzle game about mixing and matching the sounds and colors your instruments make to keep the crowd raving!

Iona showing off the lilypad spell to the fishes! #madewithunity #indiegame #gamedev #cozygames

I just want to go back to how happy I am with my mountain generation in Spectral Express. For procedurally generated peaks and ranges, I think these look really good! #GameDev #IndieDev #GameMaker #TeamSunForge #SpectralExpress

I've been fascinated by 3D in Game Maker for a few years now but haven't had any specific ideas for using it until recently. I spent a few days prototyping just to see if I'm capable of executing on the idea and it seems like I probably am! Anyway back to the platformer #indiedev #gamedev

Been a hot minute since I posted here; took me about two weeks to recover from that jam we did, haha. Anyway, #gamedev people, what'd I miss, how's your projects going?

Otto’s on a shopping spree 🛍️👒 100% support. no judgement. #ScreenshotSaturday #indiegame #indiedev #cozygame #cozygames #gamedev

The boys! #gamedev

Cooked up a new miniboss based on Cannoli - this is the first draft of the in-game portrait :D The game was sort of lacking a more mysterious character, so hoping this one will fill that niche! Still trying to figure out the name for it though haha #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #characterart

We just submitted our #gm48 #GameJam entry! Come check it out at gm48.net/game-jams/eq... special thanks to purplesky, who did the sound and music for us! #IndieDev #GameDev #GameMaker

We just submitted our #gm48 #GameJam entry! Come check it out at gm48.net/game-jams/eq... special thanks to purplesky, who did the sound and music for us! #IndieDev #GameDev #GameMaker

Starting our day 2 #GameDev livestream for #gm48, a #Gamemaker #GameJam that lasts 48 hours! Come hang out with us on www.twitch.tv/team_sunforge :)

We just finished our day 1 #GameDev livestream for #gm48, a #Gamemaker #Gamejam that lasts 48 hours! We'll be back at it tomorrow on www.twitch.tv/team_sunforge :) Here's some footage!

We're live with a #GameDev livestream for #gm48, a #Gamemaker #Gamejam that lasts 48 hours! Come hang out with us at www.twitch.tv/team_sunforge

It's #gm48 time! I'm thinking of doing a #GameDev livestream for this. Anyway, happy jamming all!

Been busy applying for all kinds of game festivals. Does this trailer make you excited for my game? Anything I should change up? #WholesomeGames #gamedev #IndieGame #IndieDev #MadeWithUnity #CozyGaming

Day 3 of trying to improve my game's combat system! It lacks impact for now but sound and visual FX will go a long way. #gamedev #IndieGame #IndieDev #PixelArt #Horror #Godot

Writing more Lore for the Journal showed that there are far too many Undead in the cases so far😅 So many, that I finally needed to build a scrollbar. Was surprisingly complicated to make the handle scale, move, and adjust the text in a pixel perfect fashion 🫠 #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart #ドット絵

Some days you don't really get anything super showcase worthy out of your #GameDev progress, but that doesn't mean no progress was had! I spent the day tweaking particle and menu button placement stuff now that all the final assets for those are in.

A sneak peek at the second boss for my brick breaker fighting game! The sprites are still first pass, but the fight mechanics are getting there! Don't forget to check out and wishlist Sugar Shatter: s.team/a/4275860/ #wishlistwednesday #gamedev #indiegame

binbun3 shared a breakdown of their stunning portal VFX built in Godot, with the base effect now available to download for free. 🌀 See more: jettelly.com/blog/binbun3... #GodotEngine #indiedev #gamedev #VFX

Made this cheeky video stating my stance on AI for my game. To be clear #DinoCleanup does not and will not use generative AI in any step of the development process. I love making art and making my spaghetti code by hand thank you very much 😤 #noai #gamedev #indiegame #solodev #wholesomegames

Many wished for a higher-res #font so I drew a 10px one 🥰 It does pain me that it's 2x pixel density when compared to everything, but... How does it look to everyone else? 🫠 It'll probably either be the default, or an option. #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #ドット絵

I'm getting closer to a solid prototype of the intended gameplay, it will be based on positioning and moving enemies with knockback in order to carefully proc elements and charge up powerful spells. youtu.be/VXLKzmplXh4 #gamedev #IndieGame #IndieDev #PixelArt #Horror #Godot

Here's some more footage of our new 3D particle system! I am super happy with how it's turning out youtu.be/8SN8gf0joEE #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGameDev #IndieGame #Indie #IndieGaming #GameMaker #TeamSunforge #SpectralExpress

We're a part of the Women's Day Steam event this week with Trackastrophe! Check the event for some amazing games made by women-led teams: store.steampowered.com/sale/womensd... (also try our demo and wishlist the game while you're at it 😉) #indiegames #Steam

eyo #GameMaker #GameDev people, who all doing #gm48 this weekend?

Underwater cleaning bot continues their hard work Currently working on the core loop - removing all the 'dirt' from each section of the map, compacting down the materials and using those to create better cleaning tools! #indiedev #gamedev #godot

We've achieved liftoff! It'll all look a bit more put together once I have the proper assets in 😂 but until then, only one particle task left: a predictive path! #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGameDev #IndieGame #Indie #IndieGaming #GameMaker #TeamSunforge #SpectralExpress

#gamedev folk, how do you test your game? I'm partial to the "run every time you make a small tweak to see if it works" school of "test driven development" 😂