New episode of Probably Designed is live! This week we have the first of a two-part conversation with @trampolinetales.com (dev/designer of Luck Be A Landlord and Maze Mice)and @newobject.bsky.social (dev/designer of Ballionaire). Blog/transcript version is here: my.playful.work/probably-des...

Excellent pod once again!

gun! #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #unity3d

logic for contextual ground to air / air to ground melee is in! previously you had to jump and then attack once you were in the air. amazing how much this small change gives KH energy🗝️ #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #unity3d

Finally just beat commander honglan and all I want is to try again to see if I can do it cleaner. What a great boss!

new camera and VFX on parries/ follow ups 🛡️⚔️#gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #unity3d

Heading into day 2 @playcrafting.bsky.social playNYC! / animeNYC Come say hi if your at the con <3

Tomorrow! Come say hi if you’re at the con!

Who else is hand modeling low poly levels? I've got cabin fever and wanna see what people have been up to.

5 days til playNYC! @playcrafting.bsky.social #gamedev #indiegame #indiegames

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev one week til @playcrafting.bsky.social playNYC

‼️Exhibitor Announcement‼️ green bullet @alexepton.bsky.social will be showcasing Ghost Eater at #PlayNYC2025 Ghost Eater is a hack-and-slash action adventure game with manga-inspired graphics. Explore a dense, interconnected, sci-fi world rendered in a distinct graphical style.

GhostEater is coming back to @playcrafting.bsky.social playNYC at animeNYC. August 22-24 at the javits center. We’re excited to show you all the new stuff we’ve been cooking! #gamedev #indieDev #indieGames

What a year it's been! After a year of hard work we can finally let you try Nice To Yeet You! #gamedev #indiegame #fightinggame #brawler #nicetoyeetyou #ntyy 1/2

yeeting dudes off the stage with a charged attack #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #unity3d

yeeting dudes off the stage with a charged attack #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #unity3d #screenshotsaturday

You can scan the environment and see more information/ clues on NPCs and other interactables #gamedev

I love platinum’s blog so much www.platinumgames.com/official-blo...

new shit cooking #gamedev

I made this for Ludojam II last month. it turned out ok i think! alexepton.itch.io/catatonic

tentacles from yesterday in action testing hitboxes #unity3d #madewithunity #gamedev #indiegames

Speedrun tentacle. I throw away the first approach. Splines is the way #blender3d 😂 #gamedev #indiegames

more 3d level Blockout. This time for a boss arena #unity3d #madewithunity #gamedev #indiegames

fixed a huge root motion bug this morning and now this boss is like 8000x harder😂 #unity3d #madewithunity #gamedev #indiegames

The verticality in dishonored/dishonored 2 is intoxicating

and now some blockout #leveldesign #gamedev #IndieDev #unity3d

More map making. Sketching then refining on paper before opening blender is so much faster than starting in 3d for me. What do you all use for 3d level design? #gamedev #leveldesign #unity3d

Drawing lots of maps this weekend as I start to block out a “horizontal slice” and map out all the quests etc…

Ballionaire++ gang 🎉

After my personal #gameDev retrospective, today I’d like to take a moment and shout out my games of the year (i.e. released or left beta / early access in 2024). Without further ado, prepare for 10 pieces of #indieDev greatness (in alphabetical order)! 🏆👇

I think an invisible wall stopped them from winning

@newobject.bsky.social ballionaire out today!!!! store.steampowered.com/app/2667120/...

Gonna run some limited playtest through the discord next month. if you're interested you can sign up here discord.gg/rNm3fgCW

haha this is so stupid i might roll w it #unity3d #madewithunity #gamedev #indiegames

putzing with some more original ways to present draft items #unity3d #madewithunity #gamedev #indiegames

Some random sketches from the last couple weeks. Trying to improve my confidence / line work

picoCAD is out on Steam today! 📐 Build tiny models! 🖼️ Texture with pixel art! 📽️ Export spinning gifs! (and OBJ/MTL) Get it 👉 bit.ly/picoCAD (15% off) #gamedev #pixelart #lowpoly #pico8

Holy shit Nioh(2). I stayed away from this for a long time because I find the art to have a sickening color disharmony to it. But OMG the combat feels AMAZING. Responsive but also with a nice deterministic weight to it. Wow!

Between this and adobes dog shit generative ai it is so unbelievably obvious to me the only actual product being sold by ai companies is the artistic labor they’re scraping and feeding into the models. Artists are literally the product and should be compensated as such

I added a new NPC faction and started testing faction battles today. lots of small adjustments need to be made but functionally it worked right away😅🎉 #unity3d #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #screenshotsaturday

You better make number go up

hey y'all! Are you like me, trying to do stuff without studying shit? You struggle to make things work and you blame yourself, the engine, God, or that kojima production rubber duck? Join the RTFM club. Why isn't working? RTFM It shouldn't behave this way! RTFM What am I doing wrong? RTFM #indiedev

Inspired by BG3 I added a toggle that shows which objects are interactable #unity3d #gamedev#indiedev #madewithunity #screenshotsaturday

We are now accepting self-nominations for TGAGWCAGA🏆 Are you an indie studio with an upcoming game or update but can't afford to attend a major showcase? Nominate yourself for ours and receive a custom award! Submissions close: December 2nd Enter: forms.gle/7FXwkecYK7hm... #NotTheGameAwards

yooooooo thanks for the 500 follows on blue sky! Mads says thanks in the only way she knows how.. by cutting sh*t! #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #unity3d

game design theorem

Huh Hoh..... My game releases in 2 days.

Here’s a longer clip of most recent combat gameplay. #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #indiegame