...Holy shit. I don't think that could have possibly gone any better. (faints)

Playtest no.7 today 🙌🏻

Dad game.

Monday morning, let's make some indie games 🎉

After a single vote, these are my best 10 video games of all time. 1️⃣ Another World 2️⃣ Ico 3️⃣ Silent Hill 2 4️⃣ The Secret of Monkey Island 5️⃣ Metroid Prime 6️⃣ Shadow of the Colossus 7️⃣ Ace Attorney 8️⃣ Tomb Raider 9️⃣ A Short Hike 🔟 Inside

Today @alphachromeyayo.com put the finishing touches to the soundtrack for our next (currently top secret) indie game. Almost 45 minutes of magnificent music and I am SUPER FUCKING CHUFFED™. It's been a dream collaboration so if you're looking for a composer, you know where to find him.

The SGDA doing great work. Really proud to have mentored a couple of teams in the inaugural Games Accelerator.

Primo inspo for some cool soundtrack biz I'm working on today

Today's task was called 'implement dynamic Columbo-ing'.

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How it feels when there’s a new @polygontreehouse.bsky.social project

📢 TIME FOR A NEW PINNED POST! I'm Alex, indie dev & co-founder at multi-award winning micro indie studio @polygontreehouse.bsky.social. Prior to that, I spent over 14 years working at PlayStation. I'm busy working on our THIRD indie game, which is currently top secret...

The profile pic || the indiedev

I was chatting today about how I build my indie game characters out of smoothed cubes.

Some tonal touching points for the player character in our next indie game.

...I'll be of course posting updates here, but you can also sign up to the Polygon Treehouse mailing list if you fancy.

The skill of knowing when something is 'good enough' and moving on to another area is a *vital* skill/sense to develop.

Three back-to-back playtests and my emotions...

Pack your bags! 🏝️✨ Physical editions of Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island are officially here and ready for their journey to your doorstep! 📦 Missed out? You can still secure your copy before we set sail. ⛵️ 👉 Pre-order here: https://bit.ly/Mythwrecked

I cut my first reveal trailer previs for 'Project 3' today and got quite excited.

Would you be able to guess which god this guy is from the game Mythwrecked Ambrosia Island?  Preorder here 👉 https://bit.ly/mythwrecked

...I used the same technique to create Mythwrecked's Cerberus.

I'm a big fan of 'building to the camera' in our indie games.

Video games are art.

Second set of 'Project 3' playtests booked in for next week 🙌🏻

When creating a game's UI you have a whole bunch of levers to pull to communicate the game state and changes to it, not just colour:- - Shape - Motion - Haptics - Audio - Colour

One thing I love about being a micro indie is that my work days are really varied. Any day could consist of:- - Game design - Story - Character art - Environment art - Tech art - UI - User testing - Animation - Bizdev - Sound design I'm sure I'm probably missing a few 🙃

Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island is releasing on 2 April 2026!  Featuring: Explore the island to solve its mysteries 🏝️ Earn the friendship of amnesic gods to unlock their memories 🤝 Heartwarming story perfect for casual play ☕ Yes, you can pet Cerberus 🐶🐶🐶 Preorder here 👉 https://bit.ly/mythwrecked

Turns out hanging out with a load of lovely game industry people is good for the soul.

I'll be mooching around Games Talks Live tomorrow night in Dundee. I'm a friendly potato-based creature so feel free to come say hello and chat indie games.

Look mom, I'm on Kotaku.

ICYMI, I'm deeeeeelighted to be the composer for the next @polygontreehouse.bsky.social game 😍 And it's gonna be VERY VERY COOL

...you can go snag a copy below if you like 🙌🏻

There is something magical about seeing the physical version of our indie game for the first time. Thanks for the photo @redartgames.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉

We're looking at full VO for our next indie game, but for our last two titles we used an VO emote system to give human emotion, voiced by actors, but at a budget that was viable for us.

This is what a placeholder asset looks like.

The Steam Spring Sale is live and there are a ton of games to sift through. These are the games that I think are the top of the line! youtu.be/KmI1isQmS3w

I am a very happy (and relieved) indie dev.

First playtest tomorrow. I'm simultaneously super excited and petrified.

I'm a 6 (which I consider a resounding success, and might be the optimum ranking for me).

Some days you get to create giant monsters or magic floating castles...others it's a blocked toilet.

📢 SPREAD THE WORD... The immaculate @alphachromeyayo.com is the composer for our next indie game 🎉🎉🎉

🔥🔥 HOT NEWS! 🔥🔥 I’m a *huge* fan of awesome indie game studio @polygontreehouse.bsky.social (Röki, Mythwrecked) And now… we’ve got something very, very cool brewing together 👀⤵️

Reference vs Art

Realism in games? I'll keep my stylised art direction thanks.

Another game is coming this April; Mythwrecked Ambrosia Island is coming on 2 April 2026! 👀 You’re shipwrecked on a lost, mythical island. As backpacker Alex, you must befriend the forgotten gods of Greek mythology and restore their memories. Preorder here 👇 https://bit.ly/mythwrecked

Oh! This week we wrapped the soundtrack for Project 3. 40 minutes of awesome. Safe to say I'm super chuffed with it.

The simple pleasures of a greybox cat.

🏹🏹🏹 Mythmatch is OUT NOW on Steam! 🏹🏹🏹 AND there's a 20% launch discount! 🐐 Merge the items 💪 Unite the people 🏠 Make a home And it's Steam Deck Verified!! store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...