Super Pinball Adventure is *heavily* discounted (70%!) for the Steam spring sale. 👇 Check it out👇 store.steampowered.com/app/3684910/... #indiegame #steam #pinball #videogames

Currently working on making Actually Good solitaire card games for mobile. This means I am working on must-have features such as: cards that wiggle excitedly when they are about to move. #solitaire #indiedev #indiegame

FLY2K just passed 500 wishlists hours before release! It might not be a lot when compared to the apparent 10,000 needed to ba a "commercial success", but its something i built from nothing and 500 people decided they wanted to come along for the ride. Thank you all so so much❤️ 🦋 #indiedev

One step closer to a playable core loop - now able to spit out the processed material I'm using inherited scenes for the materials and I'm wondering if I will later regret that. #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Added the ability to eject vacuumed up stuff 🫧💨 (The sound effects are living proof you don't need AI to generate placeholders!) #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Underwater cleaning bot continues their hard work Currently working on the core loop - removing all the 'dirt' from each section of the map, compacting down the materials and using those to create better cleaning tools! #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Racing game took a hard pivot. Underwater trash cleanup. Wow, environmental statement! In this video below I'm working on the vacuum mechanic. aaand finally saying a (perhaps not so fond) farewell🫡 to Unity and embracing the new world order of Godot 🤖 #godot #indiedev #gamedev

Added the required-by-arcade-racing-law finish line cutscene (also noticed this bug just now where you come first after losing?!) #indiedev #gamedev

Mysteries of Old Tokyo, my debut game, is in Steam Next Fest, starting right now! It's a detective adventure puzzler set in Tokyo, with reams of historical research. Add to your wishlist! Try the demo! #indiegames #steam #demos

Best one I’ve heard is good promotion is telling others about your game so you stop annoying your partner with your excitement about it

Doing some camera work + boosting this evening Not sure I'm happy with the golden bubbles - maybe the classic "hoop" or arrows on the track? #indiedev #gamedev

I have been using Unity now for *YEARS* and still every time I setup some collision or trigger volumes, spend a lot of time tripping over myself debugging why on earth it doesn't work the first go. #gamedev #indiedev #unity

Added some rudimentary engine sounds. Not super happy with it yet, but the doppler effect is pretty neat I'll need to spend some time in front of Logic Pro to work it out myself rather than this random synth snippet I found online. #indiedev #gamedev #sounddesign

Made a neat "end of race" follow cam. One of the fun things is dynamically swapping out the player controls for the enemy AI controller once you cross the finish line. It reminds me like in Mario Kart when suddenly your character is bad at racing lol #indiedev #gamedev

Getting closer to an aesthetic and overall design goals ... I think "F-Zero but underwater" has a real VIBE to it and so much potential for cool environments #indiedev #gamedev

Sounds like my Samsung monitor which * has a solar powered remote (I live in the sub-arctic) which is required to exit the home screen * which the monitor INSISTS I visit after it does some random flickering * which happens a few times a day until I unplug it and plug it back in again

Kinda mesmerising watching these folks race by themselves What about a game where you spectate races 🤣 #indiedev #gamedev

Been working on some rudimentary enemy AI for whatever this is. Getting into some really heavy code now ... #indiedev #gamedev

Hey neat, I won this game jam ✨ itch.io/jam/prizes-w... #gamedev #indiedev

I think this prototype might be the thing I latch onto, it's got both key qualities of fun to develop and REALLY fun to play #indiedev #gamedev

Got the springy mag-lev thing working and this is actually so much fun #indiedev #gamedev

Gravity, who needs it #indiedev #gamedev

Replacing the fancy wave / buoyancy system with a raycast spring method Now testing the bounciness by spawning some companion spheres #indiedev #gamedev

Picking up a (very) early prototype on an F-Zero type race concept. There's a fancy buoyancy / wave simulation under the hood keeping the "car" from touching the ground so when it touches other cars, objects etc. it should behave more like a hover car ✨ #indiedev #gamedev

I made a thing for a game jam. It's a 90's adventure-game-inspired point and click where you scan the airwaves looking for survivors in a post-apocalyptic world. Fun twist at the end. Doesn't take long to finish ✌️ tombasche.itch.io/pinpoint #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev

Fallout 3 and Tron Legacy have the exact same plot

Woltin omistajista tuli miljonäärejä, mutta kenen kustannuksella? ”Tämä on nykypäivän orjuutta”

The progress so far for this game jam entry. It's been a fun lesson in sound design, mood-setting and conveying information through the environment. #indiedev #gamedev

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Don't Gossip #indiedev #gamedev

Got a nice mood going. Chopin always adds some frivolity #indiedev #gamedev

Entered a game jam last minute The theme is Wasteland / Radio Communications. This is a couple hours of ideation, setup and blocking out a scene. Let's see what the weekend brings. #indiedev #gamedev

As an expat I found it fascinating attempting to explain Jan 26. to locals here (Finland). They wish me "Happy Australia Day" and when I say oh we don't really say that or celebrate it in our house there is such a look of genuine confusion.

Now you can undo every single track you've placed because you've made a terrible mistake and need to try a different path May or may not be a metaphor for life choices #indiedev #gamedev

Working on the gameplay loop... get it LOOP #indiedev #gamedev

My game is on sale - 60% off 👀 (probably costs less than a cup of coffee depending on where you live!) store.steampowered.com/app/3684910/... #indiegames #pinball

Kinda neat follow camera going on now, which uses the track spline as a dolly. I had this idea where you have to keep the train from going too fast around corners otherwise it'll topple - perhaps that's the next blob of dev time! #indiedev #gamedev

Added some speed controls to the tiny train! Now you can zip along as fast or as slow as you want. Fun fact: had to write my own Spline animation component since the Unity provided one suuuuuuuucks #indiedev #gamedev

Added something you can actually do in the world, but no idea if I like the idea of limited tracks and having to rely on RNG to stock up 🤔 Overall vibe is "whimsical exploration" - I'd love to hear ideas. #indiedev #gamedev #gamedesign

Threading the needle #indiedev #gamedev

Lovely orbiting camera control and track collision detection implemented 🚂 Now to start physically prototyping the gameplay loop... #indiedev #gamedev

A workable camera setup with some magic deocclusion happening ✨ (in reality just some simple stencil buffer stuff) Next step is fixing the automatic track follow from being so jerky #indiedev #gamedev

witchcraft #indiedev #gamedev

First pass of a super janky camera auto-follower Recording snippets like these really help visualise early issues as you get to see the problems repeated over and over again while you type out a bluesky post #indiedev #gamedev

If generative AI was truly a useful, accurate and a generation-defining revolutionary technology Discord wouldn't have to do a survey to ask you "should we adopt this technology", "would you use this" or "what ethical concerns do you have about it" Yikes

There is something ugly about the wishlist-chasing mentality I see among indies Goodhart’s Law - “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure” I don’t know how to explain it but it just kinda rubs me the wrong way when devs obsess over the numbers #indiedev #gamedev

I've been experimenting with baked lighting and setting up a nice interior map to explore via the medium of train tracks #indiedev #gamedev

We now have some neat snapping and unsnapping when connecting pieces 🔧 It's not much, but it's progress ✨ #indiedev #gamedev

It rabbit #digitalart #krita