New blog post: The degradation of our attention spans. It's a topic that's been on my mind for a while but it's a weird dump of thoughts, I wanted to get it done mostly for the same reason I've been thinking about it.

Hello everyone! Just wanted to let you know, in case you missed the end of stream last Friday: there will be no streams this week! I'll be back next Tuesday (Sep 30th) for more game development shenanigans! I hope you have a great week! Take care, and I'll see you then! 😊💚

Here's the progress I made this week on my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ Lots of tweaks and fixes this week! The most visually appealing was a simple shader I put together to recolor parts of characters like hair and clothes! #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

When it's time for the harvest but you absolutely just have to boogie.

Starting to think that I need to separate the distant forests layer from the terrain and use some funny brdf there to smooth out the transition Anyway, here's your #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev

Here's the progress I made this week on my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ Lots of tweaks and fixes this week! The most visually appealing was a simple shader I put together to recolor parts of characters like hair and clothes! #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ Fixes and tweaks to all sorts of things again! Let's get this done! 💪 Come join me! www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ With all the recent changes, time for some bug fixing! Come join me! www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ Need to make a few adjustments to code for performance reasons today! The introduction of entities, while needed, added new complexities! 🛠️ Come join me! www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ Godot 4.5 just released! I'll be taking a quick glance at the patch notes, then move on to fixing region rendering, among other things! 🛠️ Come join me! www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

Anyway, now that I have entities spawning I can at least make much more dramatic screenshots 😍 #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev

You awaken on a white shore, unsure what you’ve lost. Dark rites brought me, @ratcasket.itch.io , and @puppiesandanime.bsky.social together. Something stirs. More soon. #indiedev #gamedev #conceptart

The Blender Foundation annual report 2024 is out! Read about the supported activities, the people, and the long term mission and vision of the organization. www.blender.org/news/blender... #b3d

Hey everyone! I got sick yesterday and today it took a turn for the worse. As such, I won't be able to stream today (and possibly a few more days this week). I'll let you know once I'm good enough to stream again. Sorry about that! Hope you have a great day! I'll be back soon!

Here's the progress I made this week on my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ A lot of combat tweaks and fixes this week! Most noticeable change is the smooth movement & attack animations! Woodcutting animation is working overtime! #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

I made Tronsonas as a belated birthday gift & congratulations on a shipped title for @whatrobindoes.bsky.social who worked on the Catalyst character lineart with me 💖

GAME MUSIC COMPOSERS! 🎶 I'm in the market to bring someone onboard to help create several tracks for BOMBSHELL BLITZ! Battle music made of chiptunes / MIDI instrumentals is the main thing I'm after, so if that sounds like you please leave your demo reel in the comments! 👀

Here's the progress I made this week on my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ A lot of combat tweaks and fixes this week! Most noticeable change is the smooth movement & attack animations! Woodcutting animation is working overtime! #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

"MOOOM! The trees are turning into people again!"

For this #screenshotsaturday, here's an introduction and recap of Townseek, our cozy exploration and trading game! 🧭 Whether you're new to our hand-drawn world or a veteran explorer who has been waiting for the release, here's what you can expect from our game! 🦈

Hello #ScreenshotSaturday. Here's some screenshots from some more RoP #playtests :) #gamedev #indiedev #riseofpiracy

Here's Tiago Rodrigues, creator of the Constance game soundtrack, talking about the game and his work. 🖌️🎨 Feeling the Metroidvania fever? Check out the Constance demo and stream the first EP. Listen now: buff.ly/0orE4yc 🎮 @constancegame.bsky.social @tiagomcrodrigues.bsky.social

Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ Combat is now working, but needs a few tweaks! Going to try and adapt the new character animations I've done and also do smoother movement! Come join me! www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ More combat fixing! Hopefully it'll be finished today! 🤞 Come join me! www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

examples of hand and arm charges in heraldry

Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ More tweaks and fixes! Combat is not spawning entities besides characters, and that needs to be fixed! Also other things if I have the time! Come join me! www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

Announcing The Mailroom, an upcoming horror game job simulator where you work in the mailroom of a small regional office of Hell located in Modesto, California. youtu.be/whB8cXe5hmQ Please WISHLIST TODAY! #gamedev #indiedev #horrorgame #godot

Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ This week will be all about code fixes and quality of life upgrades! Come join me! www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

This is a very specific request, but we're trying to get our @whalesandgames.com presence on these platforms going because of game marketing or something. 😵‍💫 If you're on them, can you help us with a follow please? 🙏 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/whalesandgames 📽️ TikTok: tiktok.com/@whalesandga...

Back to work so this is back on stand-by but here are 2 work-in-progress pics from last week :)

Imagine building a fortress here 🔥 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

trying out an idea for a foliage treatment. it gets around the two color limit by using a different palette for front facing edges. lots of interactions here. there are two back edges, one for left corners and one for right corners, which become a scale pattern or 2u frieze (x).

Here's the progress I made this week on my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ Did new art for buildings this week! Still needs some tweaking (especially the roofs), but they now look closer to historical references! 🛖 #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

Here's the progress I made this week on my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ Did new art for buildings this week! Still needs some tweaking (especially the roofs), but they now look closer to historical references! 🛖 #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ More house art today! I'll hopefully finish creating the tileset and implement it in the game! 🛖 Come join me! www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ Continuing with the new home graphics, both walls and roof! Hopefully I'll be able to finish it today! 🛖 Come join me! www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

I finally finished my deep-dive article on DOGWALK, like I promised :D All about making a playable character in Godot with a choppy animation style! Plenty of visual examples & code snippets! Took quite a while to put together. studio.blender.org/blog/playabl... #b3d #godotengine #gamedev

it's fun coming up with enemies that dont explicitly attack you, but pose a challenge in other ways. these dudes are real annoying when combined with other tanks >:D #bombshellblitz #gamedev #madewithunity

Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ Time for more building art today! New homes are going to be a bit more round and feature rougher stone walls! 🛖 Come join me! www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

Do you have a gamedev blog with RSS active? comment with the link, I'll follow, let's spread a bit of love for good old blogging! mine's in bio if you want.

Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ Back to working on art again this week! Going to try to do thatched roofs for buildings today! 🛖 Come join me! www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ Reintroducing sounds to the game today! They've been muted for a long time! We'll see how they are after months of not being touched! 🔊 Come join me! www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ More entity refactoring today! Hopefully the last day! Let's go! Come join me! www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

😪💤 #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

Calling all pet owners and pets! 🐶 We're giving you the opportunity to have your pets appear in our game as critters! ✨ Dock over at our Discord, show us some photos of your pets, and we'll pick a handful to add into the game! 👇 discord.gg/whalesandgames

Just added a new system to inject different effects into my speech bubbles that will still be easy to localize. Do you all have nice trick and implementations you use? How do YOU do it? #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #incremental #storytelling #gamedesign #souls

Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ More code improvement! Paving the way for more stuff in the future! Come join me! www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ This week will be heavy in terms of coding! Going to work a bit on entities again! Maybe buildings too! Come join me! www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

Hey everyone! If you weren't at the end of the stream on Friday, I just want to let everyone know there will be no streams this week! I'll be back next week to keep on developing and streaming as usual! I hope you all have a great week! See you next Tuesday! 😊💚

Happy #ScreenshotSaturday! Still celebrating the launch of the Steam page last week but we're getting back to work 😤 Be careful when handling barrels. It's a videogame. Wishlist today! store.steampowered.com/app/3919080/... #indiegames #roguelikes #ultima