Thanks for hosting this #TurnBasedThursday! Sharing a few moments with the people in my city-builder: camera follow, daily routines, inspect menus, and some more expressive hover feedback for towns and characters. Plus, naturally, capes and brooches. #gamedev #indiedev #TurnBasedThursday

HA! YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS IT? NO! It's #TurnBasedThursday again! Devs! Share your turn-based games in the replies! Gifs, videos, screenshots ahoy! Turn-based fans! Support your favorite turn-based games and SHARE THE LOVE! GO! GO! GO! #gamedev #indiedev

Early river dev clips—simulating flow with water “pucks” carrying volume downstream. I’m dangerously close to calling them Wahxels 🌊 #gamedev #indiedev #unity

Gave the town NPCs robe layers for more color and motion, and now the close-up ones have way more presence than I expected. Built on top of my instanced billboard setup, so it still stays efficient. Turns out capes help. #gamedev #indiedev #unity #screenshotsaturday

Working on layering billboard clothing over NPCs for super-efficient crowds. Mostly for performance. Partly for capes. #gamedev #indiedev #unity #Shaders

One of my favorite things in development is breaking LOD settings just enough to reveal a whole second society. Near people: work the farms Far people: visit the well, saunter through the plaza, phase through walls #gamedev #indiedev #citybuilder #simulation

Putting it together 🧩 From an Old Master’s maps → into a living title screen. This is a "collage animation" of how I made the current title screen. #gamedev #indiedev #GameArt #ArtHistory

Trying to make the world push back a bit 🌍 Not just building—but reacting: droughts ☀️ floods 🌧️ wandering groups 🎪 Some of this is still literally “Option A / Option B” right now #gamedev #indiedev

🐘 Took down the Steam page for Roundfoot today 🐘 Not gone—just walking a longer road. It shaped how I think about worldbuilding and systems— and it still echoes in what I’m building now. #gamedev #indiedev #unity #worldbuilding #TrailerTuesday

Working on the “Route” system — a core mechanic for linking towns, resources, and territory. Early playtests: confusion 😅 Now: starting to click. A lot of it comes down to better signifiers. #indiedev #gamedev #citybuilder #4X #GameDesign

Smarter combat AI. Enemies now push for high ground — and it shows. But smarter AI is exposing new problems: when both sides are jockeying for position, things can turn into awkward “leapfrog” situations. Now it’s a design question. #gamedev #indiedev #CombatDesign #TurnBasedTactics #GameDesign

Playtested the game this weekend — such a welcoming, creative space. The most valuable thing for me at this stage: feedback, feedback, feedback. I think it’s time to integrate a tutorial — or at least some subtle “nudge” tips to help steer player actions. #indiedev #citybuilder #screenshotsunday

The artist behind my title screen was born in 1480 — Matrakçı Nasuh. Trying out a parallax collage built from his work. #gamedev #ArtHistory #citybuilder #indiedev

*my wife saying literally anything about the graphics in my game* "..." *me, every time* I’M NOT TRYING TO MAKE TINY GLADE …it wouldn’t scale anyway 😤 #gamedevlife #solodev #indiedev

Working on menus. Gold & Food use drill-downs. Others come from diegetic world elements. Trying to visually connect the UI to the source object. Will start with simple lines and iterate from there. If it's janky, iterate! #indiedev #gamedev #4X #Unity #simulationgame #uiux #gamedesign

Just posted a major development update. 🌾 Farming inspired by ancient field layouts 👣 Villager occupations and economy ⚔️ Combat improvements 🎮 Playtest feedback Devlog on Steam ↓ store.steampowered.com/news/app/344... #indiedev #gamedev #citybuilder #simulation #4X #indiegame #madewithunity

From empty coastline to a bustling town. Zoning districts in blueprint mode in my upcoming 4X city-builder. 🌴🛖🌐🛖🌴 Wishlist on Steam if you'd like to see more! #WishlistWednesday #indiedev #citybuilder #4X #gamedev #simulation #Unity

Blueprint mode for my seaside tropical town. First step: bananas. Next step: conquer the world. #gamedev #citybuilder #simulationgame #worldbuilding #unity3d #indiegame #strategygame

Another "turns go by" post. There is a lot more to the gameplay, but sometimes I just like to watch the people grow their village! 🛖⚒️🌿🛖 #CityBuilder #4XGame #Simulation #BronzeAge #HistoricalFiction #WorldBuilding #StrategyGames #GameDev

I've been playing around with the climate slider some more. Last climate post for now I swear. Next we teach our people to fish. #indiegame #strategygames #simulator #unitydev #proceduralgeneration #worldbuildinggame #turnbasedstrategy #devlog #gamedev

Another climate/terrain post, kinda like these settings better. #ProceduralGeneration #gamedev #Simulation #WorldBuilding #unity3d #indiedev

Working on a whole wet season / dry season thing. The goal: weather that actually matters for farming... and war. 🌧️☀️🌾🏹 #indiedev #gamedev #citybuilder #4X #simulationgame #Unity #madewithunity #worldbuilding

There is beauty in chaos -- a living village. Debug mode reveals: 🏠 arcs to homes ⚒️ arcs to work 🟡 path plans 🎨 occupation markers Under the hood, hundreds of people are planning where to go, what to do, and how to get there. #Unity #GameDev #Simulation #CityBuilder #IndieDev

🌿I'm still working a lot on how the farming economy works, which ultimately means a menu for each field. A lot of this data will be hidden or rephrased. 🙈 How did ancient peoples manage without farming popups?! #ScreenshotSaturday #Farming #Simulation #GameDev #IndieGames

Four more city-states from last night’s playtest. 🏛️ The most valuable moment in game development is watching someone play your game. You see the blind spots. You see what they notice. You see the story they create without you. That’s the magic. ✨ #gamedev #4X #procgen #citybuilder #indiegames

We are honored to be this week's official #TurnBasedThursday host on Bsky! 🖥️Are you an #IndieDev? Reply with your stellar turn-based game! 🎸Are you a turn-based game fan? Then 💬comment, ❤️like and 🔁share all the great games inside this thread! Don't forget to add the hashtag & tag other devs!

Do you want to learn how to come up with, design, flesh out, and populate cities for video games? Interested in a #gamedev focused game urbanism course? Join me then next Wednesday (Mar. 4) in my *Designing Cities for Video Games* course. Here: www.d6learning.com/course/gamec...

Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday ! We are knee deep in project documentation this week, so I'm posting some older screenshots, here is some of the scenery from our upcoming prehistoric strategic simulation. #gemedev Wishlist to support the project! store.steampowered.com/app/2447370/...

#TurnBasedThursday 👣🌾🏛️ This fast-forward shows a new settlement growing organically in Tenants of the Shade — townspeople routines, crops, city growth, and roads all emerging from simulation systems. The 4X builder I’ve dreamt of making for years ✨ #indiedev #simulation #Unity3D #citybuilder

We're officially hosting this week's #TurnBasedThursday, alchemists! 🕹️ #IndieDev #GameDev, it's your time to shine! Reply and show us your game 🎮 Calling all turn-based game fans! Like, retweet, and comment on all great games! Don't forget to use the hashtags and tag other devs! ☝

🌾 People work the fields and gather at the well. A patrol crosses the ridge. Paths slowly wear into the earth. 🐑 Nothing here is scripted. 🎮 Tenants of the Shade — a Bronze Age 4X builder. 🏺 Wishlist on Steam ↓ store.steampowered.com/app/3446780/... #indiedev #citybuilder #simulation #gamedev

Stress testing my NPC nav system WAY back when it was still V1. Thousands of agents navigating, planning, and trying not to collapse the CPU 😅 I’m on V4 now — but honestly this phase still looks cool. #Unity #GameDev #NavMesh #Simulation #CityBuilder

A village becomes a town. A tribe becomes a community. What will the wilds hold in store for our burgeoning civilization? #ScreenshotSaturday #IndieDev #GameDev #ProcGen #CityBuilder

Another real-world particle effect. Brown sugar. Maybe it's just me but this kind of stuff gets me thinking "how would I make that? ...efficiently" #GameDev #IndieDev #VFX #Shaders #FoundInNature #TechArt

ignore me, testing out how a gif with transparency looks on bsky

Behind the scenes of occupations/economy dev. #GameDev #IndieDev #CityBuilder #Simulation #StrategyGame #Unity3D #ProcGen

Another map by Matrakçı Nasuh, Bosnian-Ottoman Janissary and intellectual. Even from top down perspective, Nasuh's #Art drew elements like trees, bridges and buildings from a side-on view. Early sprite billboarding? 🤔 #CityBuilder #Worldbuilding #ArtHistory #IndieDev #GameDev

I’m continually impressed by the visual effects hiding in the most mundane places. This is my kitchen sink. The bubbles, the film, the edge behavior—imagine the computation! #GameDev #IndieDev #VFX #Shaders #RealTimeVFX #FoundInNature #TechArt

Fake volumetric smoke using a camera-facing mesh deformed in world space, with an Unlit shader and no particles or SubUVs. Directional lighting faked with a dot product between a normalized direction and a normal map #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine

Thanks for hosting Char. Here's our little 90's inspired jrpg. store.steampowered.com/app/2672020/...

Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday, @alphachar.bsky.social! Quasimorph is a #turnbased extraction #roguelike. Unforgiving combat, your own spacecraft, and mysterious dark threat to all life. One of our older systems expects a big update! From changes to old powers to many new ones!

I am so honoured to officially host this week's #TurnBasedThursday on Bluesky! 🗣 INDIE DEVS! Show off your turn-based games in this thread with the hashtag! PLAYERS! Come on in & 💬comment, ❤️like, 🔁repost & ✨wishlist all the great games in the thread!

Excellent early-game starting town 🍎 Apples = easy early food → faster growth 🔁 Looped patrols = steady defense bonus 🏰 Hilltop first fort = boosted early protection #SoloDev #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames

16th century map of Erzincan by Matrakçı Nasuh Working on my #CityBuilder game this #Art is very inspiring. #GameDev #ArtHistory #Worldbuilding #IndieDev

Working on the “make farming field” mechanic 🌾 #ScreenshotSaturday #GameDev

Big thanks! ❤️ Feudums hit 3k Steam followers (even more here) organically! I hope this reflects years of the ongoing open alpha & community-first approach. Seeing players enjoy long-format, large-scale 4X multiplayer is amazing. Here’s to more emergent stories! 🎮 #indiegames #screenshotsaturday

Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday Badger Punch Games! We are Wardum. bsky.app/profile/play...

Folk Emerging, the stone age nomadic 4X, just got a big update in preparation for a demo announcement coming very soon! cheers @badgerpunch.com for hosting #TurnBasedThursday :)

Thanks for hosting. Just launched the new trailer for our little jrpg so super appreciate this. bsky.app/profile/mana...

We are thrilled to officially host this week’s #TurnBasedThursday! 🎉 🛠️ #GameDev / #IndieDev - drop your turn-based games below and use the hashtag! 🎮 Fans - like, RT, and discover your next obsession in the replies 👇 RPGs, tactics, strategy, all welcome!