Any other Unreal Engine users go psycho mode and just memorize the location of each tab in blueprint instead of closing tabs?

Just a cheeky little shout-out to @hatsproductions.bsky.social; enjoy some Max Gentlemen and Pip Whipple 🎩

I hit the button ✅😭🐸 🚨BIG HOPS is OUT NOW🚨 Get it on Steam | Switch | PS5 for just $17.99 with our 10% launch discount! #indiegames #nintendoswitch #ps5

Windows 11 can suck my fat one. 🖕

Computer, Find All: "horny" Replace With: "swooning for a gooning."

I struggle a lot with motivation,I think primarily because this is the first time in my life I'm working in near isolation. Previously I had college, a studio job, a co-working space. But I tell you, watching AI content shit all over the place really gives me pride in my human work and pushes me on

All good games fyi

Quite pleased with this Animal Crossing starter home I just built to store extra wood and bodies and junk.

when i say ship a game i mean like a viking ship with a dead guy on it who is on fire

The part of game dev no one talks about is engineering a global pandemic to coincide with your launch, thus trapping potential customers in their homes all day in hopes that will drive sales. Worked pretty well for me back in Feb 2020. Why is no one talking about this?!

I realized I've passed the 3 year mark on my current project. So let's take a look at what running a small indie studio costs. Max Gentlemen Sexy Business cost ~$250k and took 2.5 years (+$100k & 1 year of updates.) For the current game Max Gentlemen Mystery Mansion, I originally budgeted $250k.

I've been cutting a lot of unethical companies out of my life and my wallet. Even when I don't have a comparable alternative, I'd rather adapt to life without them. The list grows longer every day and there's obviously a lot of unethical consumption under capitalism but perfection is not the goal.

Award shows are just advertising at best, circle-jerks at worst. Don't pay attention to them. Putting this out there so I look like a hypocrite in a decade or so when I accept the award for Sexiest Game Developer of the Year.

For my writing, I am an abuser of "..." I often have to reign it in to a "," and when no one is looking, I'll try to slip in a ";" I have no regard for grammar. For me, it's about attempting to pace the way you read the dialogue. I also hate that I'm reluctant to use "-" now because that's AIs thing

Game dev is fun. Spend weeks on a bespoke puzzle that is solvable in about a minute. Between design, art, code, hint system, UI etc. I'd say this one puzzle cost about $1200 to put in game (so far, haven't even audio'd/playtested/revised it yet.) Final game may have between 30-40 puzzles in it.

I turned 40 today! This is a milestone for me because when I was a teen I always said I never wanted to live past 40. My plan was to ride a motorcycle into an abandoned gas station and blow up real cool. Joke's on teen me, I don't even have a driver's license. I've thwarted his plan to kill me.

Wow. I've paper-prototyped two puzzles and I feel like a real design boy!

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My toxic game dev trait is that I don't think I really need to playtest.

Hot take: Indie games would be better if we had 10x money and time.

Attempting a change of scenery to help me make some big writing and design decisions now that chapter 1 of my current game is "complete."

I showed off a half hour demo of my next game at Chicago Indie Games Showcase (CIGS) and the response was purely positive. Gives me a sliver of hope that this game won't entirely bankrupt me. Also, encountered zero bugs! Wow!

Found a good use for some of the random heads I've collected.

Oh yea this is cool. Controller support was worth it.

Imagine my surprise to see @gamegrumps.bsky.social do a video for my first indie game Organ Trail (released 14 years ago!) It was a harrowing watch but I hope they get to make more... www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPvc... On sale on Steam! Get it while it's hot! store.steampowered.com/app/408300/O...

One Piece episode 1136 & 1137!!!

big news: TALL TRAILS is OUT NOW !! 🥾 an exploration game where EVERYTHING goes in the boot!! 🤠 you're a little golem on a quest to find his purpose 🚀 use items as fuel in your ROCKET BOOT to blast yourself through the air!! get it now Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/2393760/...

I often awaken with half-cooked game ideas fresh in my mind. So, might as well start a thread to keep track of them. 😎 Dream Design Dev Log 01: Impress My Grandpa "Friendslop" game where you start in grandpas house, take note of thing he likes, and then run around stores to collect gifts for him.

This could be us but you playin'

This is my dog. Please love him.

Wow! I was able to play my own game for and hour and a half before I encountered a bug. Feels like it's coming along!

I think people underestimate their ability to help support a game just by telling a friend about it. If I hear a designer talk about their game, I'm not usually convinced. If my friend Will tells me to check out a game, I'm looking. Your words, oftentimes, are just as powerful as your wallet.

I rent out an extra condo in my building to try and make some more stable income (what that game sales don't quite cut it.) I'm between tenants so right now my day job is gamedev and my night job is a carpenter/repairman and I'm pooped.

You're running out of time to be part of getting BIG HOPS to our funding goal. 77% funded and velocity is staying solid! www.kickstarter.com/projects/chr...

Wow. Organ Trail Complete Edition is 66% off?! I bet whomever made that game does not crumble to dust when they think about how they released that game over a decade ago. Also they are handsome. Anyway, buy it. store.steampowered.com/sub/81733/

Hello, yes. It's me. I'm the problem. Let's make a game where you find a dead body and there are 4 variables you can affect (so ~16 states) and you can approach each character with the evidence so all 8 of them need adaptive dialogue for each state you choose to reveal one at a time.

Fuck. I've awoken to the game dev's curse once again. (dreamed up an interesting game idea that I haven't the time to make.)

ok but for real if you want to make a really good indie (or AA) games the number one way is "be financially comfortable via other means" blue prince guy owned a popular website generating income, toby fox was a successful musician... frankly if we had a UBI youd get SO MANY GOOD GAMES

Seeing a game come together, after YEARS of temp assets and uncertainty, is really the best part.

As a point-and-click fan I always end up buying every wadjeteye game.

Fuck, I wish I had a manly job like "factory." Instead I work a femboy job, "computer." Shucks.

Hm. I've realized why the intro to my current "Dinner Party" style game has been so difficult to balance. Normal storytelling/game progression has you meeting one or two characters at a time and getting to know them (IE persona) but a game like this (or Danganronpa) has to introduce everyone at once

Public Service Announcement: This is the best salad.

I missed a TWRP / Ninja Sex Party show by no fault other than my own and I am BESIDE MYSELF with sadness. 💔

It's crazy that 12 Angry Men and The Trial take place in the same cinematic universe. (Disclaimer, this is a joke for olds only)

Making a game set in a Victorian Mansion is quite enviable work. If I could go back in time and tell 10 year old me that I'd be making a game with FIFTEEN kinds of tables in there, damn I'd be stoked for my future. I can't wait to see how many more tables we add. #LivingTheDream

I made my hunter in MoHo Buffy the vampire slayer and it was brought me much joy.

How the fuck do I write believable fictional villains in a world run by actual cartoon villains?

"Whomever first drew a cartoon wolf with giant knockers is likely the cause of all our society's downfalls, but also, the only way we can move forward." -Thomas Edison

I'm pinning all my hopes, dreams and mental well-being on the new Monster Hunter game being good. That's where I'm at. That's all I've got.