A BLIZZARD RAGES. Lone survivor, you are STRANDED upon a FRIGID CORPSE-PLANET. THEY seek your warmth, sucking Soul from the shadows. AND TONIGHT, THE WIND IS YOUR CLOSEST SEMBLANCE OF A FRIEND. WISHLIST THERMOCLINE NOW! #IndieHorror #PixelHorror #PsychologicalHorror #IndieDev

HELL YEAH, this garbage game is finally released! play it, it's TRASH - in all the best ways!

Be sure to check out this cool collab in the cool free rhythm game for cool people, with some new music remixed from a game that might also be cool :)

Indie dev in a nutshell #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiedev

There is nothing more satisfying than getting your kid to school on time I know, basic parenting task, but listen: My kid is in pre-k. She is in PM class. MORNING CLASS is insanely early for her. We were out last night at 10pm/530am to pick up/take my wife to work. SO YES, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

that’s what I’ve been saaaayying maaan

The cousins have reunited on Dragon Quest II! This game has such a unique vibe. Extremely charming. The second overworld song is one of the best songs in the series.

I also want to take some time to talk about rmn. I know people have been missing it, some frustrated, but I'm going to be real: That place was nothing short of miraculous for many rm devs, nothing I've seen has ever come close. Keeping it alive as long as they did was amazing work.

My friend @bennymakesgames.bsky.social has taken over the reigns of bringing rmn back to life! Benny is a talent, as many of you know from his podcast: RPG Maker Cola and several of his contributions in the RM community, including working with me several times. I wish him the best of luck!

I'm going to really start trying to post devlogs on itch way more often. (though I wish it was rmn instead, rip) Here's my first one, just a loose description of what I'm doing with Kissed By A Star. I will eventually go into more detail of the intense dev cycle. zds.itch.io/kissed-by-a-...

Ignoring things such as luck and whatnot, the huge elephant holding back my success as a dev is graphic quality. I've vastly improved in my dev journey, but it's still nothing 'amazing'. As I get better, people grow pickier. With that said, I am okay with this and accept it. It's just reality.

Dragon Quest 1 remake started like: hey, this is way easier than the other versions I've played, but still a lot of fun now it's utterly beating the hell out of me left and right lmao, I just tried like 20+ times on a boss

One of my favorite moments in Dragon Quest 1 is when you enter the first encounter. It does the most morbidly intense battle music like ever and it's just the slime.

literally me earlier tonight: im tired as fuck from deving for almost 4 hours. holy shit dragon quest comes out in ten minutes!!! I EARNED THIS i fucking love this game

gamedev

Starmen

my laptop just randomly stopped turning on after immense fear and waves of despair, I managed to get it working by taking battery out and holding power button battery back in and everything seemingly fine i only didnt back up my game for two days but my god i did a lot lol so im crazy relieved

Pretty soon we'll be interviewing the great #RPGMaker developer zDS. If you haven't played his games, you've been missing out. Anybody have questions for him?

i've been a chauffer for my mother in law from norway the past 10 days, so ive barely had time to dev but now that ive braved the wild jungle that is driving to and from o'hare aiport, im ready to get back to moving pixels and doing a million variations of Show Picture

nvm he won me over im going to make him a champion

lol i might spite use him

bluesky feels like im in a quiet and comfortable air conditioned place away from it all i dont have to worry about putting on a show or anything, i can just be like 'i have no idea what im doing' and everyone is kinda like 'same'

hey, giving semi release date in trailer before the game is done surely won't bite me *late october already*

🗑️⚠️Attention Dumplings!⚠️🗑️ Kingdoms of the Dump launches November 18th on Steam! Join Dustin Binsley on his quest to save the Lands of Fill and rescue the trashpicked King! Wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/2159270/... Coming 11/18/25 for PC, Mac and Linux #screenshotsaturday

Extremely busy this week and next. Nothing to say really, other than AI can go fuck itself.

HEY I recognize that top left game!

Seeing game devs take a "the customer is always right" approach to feedback is so sad because like I get it from a PR perspective, but... 1) The customer is always wrong 2) Your customers are gamers, so they're twice as wrong

Yooka Replayee has significantly improved the original and it has been a total joy playing. I think they found their sweet spot.

Real. One of THE most freeing bits of writing advice I ever got was, "you should be unafraid to alienate some people from your work. Trying to please everyone makes for boring storytelling, and that's worse than poorly-executed storytelling.

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

This morning I was doing some parallax mapping. Went well! As I put it in game, I grimly realized I did it on wrong width. I had to re-adjust and connect so much cutoff pieces Miraculously, I finished without tossing laptop into the lake. Then I realized I had 7 minutes to get kid ready for school.

My Final Fantasy Tactics crew are desperately searching walls in darkness for staircases, often succumbing to madness and killing one another.

DAMN what an aesthetic, graphically and musically

Showing off a guest NPC in my game. The party will "train" under them after doing a request. Will also change your stats after leveling and reward the player with skills! Made after: @parttimeexp.bsky.social #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #rpgmaker #retro #pixelart #RPG #LegendoftheSceleris

I've been battling a song for a few days. One that has been haunting me for years, constantly obsessing about it. After a rough start, I'm almost done. Just as I was adding the last 12 seconds or so, I realize I'm almost late for work and now that last bit unfinished is agony.

RPG maker stans when they have to play an RPG

i try not to be a controversial poster but im on season 14 of simpsons rewatch and im still gut laughing every episode lenny giving sideshow bob advice on how to kill bart destroyed me

Ten years ago this week, we first journeyed across a broken story with an unlikely hero, a hapless demon lord, and a firebrand princess. Together, they retold a tale for the ages. Happy 10 years to Brave Hero Yuusha! (art by @theflyingdustman.bsky.social !)

oh no, everyday i don't post i lost bluesky power I'M WEAK bluefacts.app/profile/zds6...

RIP Kaleb Horton kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/

"Pappa, no angry! " was told to me as I battled the Nightmare King Grimm in Hollow Knight. Despite the lack of support from my 4 year old daughter, I won.

WOW, i stopped using tylenol and suddenly rpg maker disappeared

its one of those days will im kicking myself for the modern setting i have some hard maps left to make, but the finish line is approaching on that front at least

I think it's becoming clear that if you like indie creators, you're going to need to support them any way you can. And that doesn't mean money, just spreading worth of mouth can be powerful as well.

Kingdoms of the Dump releases November on Steam! wishlist now to help us out for launch store.steampowered.com/app/2159270/...

The vibe I get from Murasaki Forest and its music in Mother 3 HUGELY inspired my game. Shogo Sakai is a legend and needs even more credit. youtu.be/W_kFogr_Ak4?...

It's a strange time to be an indie game dev, like we are on the cusp of a new way to go about it all The old ways are almost entirely dead. I feel like we are collectively growing weary of the modern norms I hope we can separate ourselves from that vortex and exist in a calmer and quieter space