I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice: www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1... I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.

According to the National Archives, this is the very first image of Santa Claus to appear in Japan in 1900. His name name was too foreign sounding so the author called him 三太九郎 (さんたくろう) dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1168287/...

Word-game designers worldwide celebrate the birth of the crossword puzzle today, invented on 21st Dec 1913 by one Arthur Wynne. #gamedev

I printed some D20 baubles for my D&D group last week - uploading the models to share if anyone's got a 3D printer and in need of a last minute gift for a TTRPG friend!🎄 makerworld.com/en/models/21... #dnd #d&d #ttrpg #3dprint

I keep Caves of Qud open at all times. It's the perfect 20-second break when I need to look away from the IDE—the best cure for IDE fatigue. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nG-... #gamedev #cavesofqud #coq

Had a long list of things I wanted to improve in the game and couldn’t decide. Then this morning, staring at the build, a thought hit me: What does the game want? Not what players want or what devs want, but what the game itself is asking for. Feels like the answer might be hiding there #gamedev

Nothing makes you feel older quite like returning players describing the game as “nostalgic“ 😆 #gamedev

I pushed out a new season update for BattleTabs yesterday - a weight off my shoulders! I love seasonal content in live service games, but it definitely adds a certain amount of stress for devs. Glad it's shipped & the community seems to like it so far! battletabs.com/blog/2025/11... #gamedev

Closing in on 6m #gamedev

My latest deep dive into a closed game/studio examines the fall of Phoenix Labs and Dauntless, and the three lessons the team learned from the experience. I hope you get something out of the story. 80.lv/articles/les...

Nostalgia overdrive 🔥

Between reconnecting with peers, giving a talk on our journey with BattleTabs, and enjoying Kölsch, some reflections from Gamescom 2025: thebrandonwu.substack.com/p/passion-pe... #gamedev

I've been printing custom D&D miniatures for a campaign I was DMing. Pretty new to 3D printing but decided to share the models! You can find them here: makerworld.com/en/@thebrand... #3dprinting #dnd #miniature #D&D #ttrpg

Fandom drives creation #gamedev

Weapons in games peaked with fire flower #gaming #gamedev

Fans, what do I do without them ❤️ (from our discord community discord.com/channels/770...) #gamedev #fanart #battletabs

Polaroid's knocked this one out of the park #polaroid #creativeadvert

Update on my pixel art guide for beginners: Transferred all the information from Tumblr to a Google Doc, so anyone who doesn't have a Tumblr account can now read through the whole thing! I also updated quite a bit of information too. I hope it will help somebody! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The post also contains the Steam store assets if you want some reference or use as template. Awesome project! #gamedev

I’d like to make a chess game with permadeath #gamedev

To a T is what we all need right now. #gamedev

Behind the Scenes: Check out Keita Takahashi's adorable To a T storyboard sketches

Apple has its first-ever internal studio after acquiring Sneaky Sasquatch dev RAC7

"...love letter to retro adventure games " — I am here for the 2.5D transitioning to low-poly 3D. Gorgeoous ✨✨ #gamedev #indiegame #gameart

Moebius-style Rendering in Godot, from an indie game that's aimed to be a mix between Attack on Titan and Gundam. SIgn me up! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F9C... #godot #madeingodot #gamedev #shader

🍞 The world can certainly use more fun like this right now 😻

'It was really wearing people down:' The funding challenges that followed 'runaway success' Another Crab's Treasure

I wasn’t joking #vr #gamedev #virtualreality

Trying to find my way back to making things — being the "business" person in a creative organisation often requires you to surpress your desire to create. I am trying to find a balance. My rant: youtu.be/kZu3Xen84lY #gamedev

And I found it @human.computer #gamedev

The creator of Papers, Please wants developers to make weirder, more personal games

Time to relive my youth #rct #applearcade #classicgaming

"There was no sober solution to that problem" is my sentence of the day #designthinking #product

That's it, I am going VR #gamedev

Now wondering if I know of a game that respects my time #gamedev

This thing rocks. I one-shoted making a Meetup clone (anyone else tired of the ads and non-stop monetisation on Meetup?!). Going from a prompt to a working web app deployed with database in a few minutes... Great stuff! 👏👏👏 - upbeat-starfish-358.convex.app #codingagent #vibecoding

FREE INDIE GAME EXPOSURE KLAXXON! I love that I get to show off indie games to the 1000s families who visit our huge Family Gaming Zone at ComicCon London & PAX East Boston. Please share for indies. Tell us about your (or other people's) game we might include! www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9ZG...

CLINE can now use the active browser instance. Is it becoming the only agent I’ll ever need??!

👏👏👏 great pacing, classic gameplay, and a dash of silliness makes it a fantastic experience to enjoy with friends

Testing @augmentcode.com this afternoon, and so far it seems to be better at understanding issues and thinking through them. Still early days but I am liking it. It's UI is also much more organised and easy to understand what's going on. Pros to the team! #codingagent #agenticIDE

Microsoft's Muse AI model for generating video based on user input (for games) now has a tech demo based on Quake II you can try. (link: copilot.microsoft.com/wham) Here's my #letsplay video (2x speed). Quick notes in thread: #genai #gamedev #museai

We should roll initiatives in work meetings to decide who to talk first #ttrpg #d20 #dnd

Genuinely very impressed!

Play and Games key to children’s healthcare. www.cam.ac.uk/research/new... #gamedev #nhs

Surprised, and yet, not surprised. #sega #gamedev

The joy of watching Nintendo Switch 2 reveal and game trailers with your kids 🥰 #gamingdad

If you liked the idea of Claude Code but want to try a free, Gemini powered version, check out Gemini Code (by an ex-Googler who made NotebookLM) blossom-tarsier-434.notion.site/Gemini-Code-... #claudecode #gemini

Testing out Gemini-2.0-flash-exp-image-generation for a logo and... 😅 #gemini

Small games, big creativity! 🚀

Image => Depth Map => Model. Gotta give this a try! (Not image-to-3D AI model) #gamedev #blender youtube.com/watch?v=j9hy...