Netflix Animation Studios are now funding Blender development #OpenSource #Netflix #Blender #GameDev

Tim is 100% correct, and I'm grateful for him saying it.

Not done yet, but I haven't been posting much lately (cold/flu season hit us hard this year & been focused on #gamedev #indiedev over socials stuff). This one I'm thinking is too big and will probably need to redo it, but also here's a look at my #NoAI bashed together "reference" image 😂 #pixelart

Microslop indeed 😂🤦 Any #indiedev people still working off this slop OS, I work 100% in #Linux & am happy to help out anyone interested in moving off big tech products in general for #gamedev My Discord server is linked in my bio or just @ me with questions 🙂

Submissions for the Six One Indie Showcase 2026 are now open through February 20th! Everything you need to know can be found in the submission form. As always, there are zero fees and no paid or commercial slots available. We can’t wait to see what you’re working on! ➡️ www.sixoneindie.com/showcase

Rust 1.93.0 is out #rust #rustlang #programming releases.rs/docs/1.93.0/

I've gotten this question from a lot of #GameDev: "How can I, a game developer, make use of ATProto in my games?" So I wrote an article to address my work in a way that makes more sense for game developers, especially those that don't know (or care) about ATProto.

I just released version 0.5 of Avian, an ECS-driven physics engine for @bevy.org. This is the first update under our new release process, where we publish Bevy version updates separately from feature releases. As always, an announcement post can be found here: joonaa.dev/blog/11/avia...

Ugh, having a day here... game was building & running on my laptop yesterday so committed the code - great. Pulled the changes to my PC and it does not build with 1 error. So did a clean and re-build, now there are 2 errors - neither of which make sense 🤦 Oh #gamedev #indiedev ....

It is time to eradicate AI from all educational environments. Find another way. Maybe teach kids about AI like when we learned about drugs in middle school. “The risks of AI outweigh the benefits” - new report about AI in elementary schools.

You don't need to pay Apple or start a new subscription to unleash your creativity. We asked creatives what free software they use to get the job done and here are their picks. kde.org/for/creators/ A graphical thread 🧵 ▶️ #creativity #design #audio #editing #art

Got up for a coffee refill & this is what I come back to Getting a strong "I think we need to talk about your performance lately" vibe 😅 #indiedev #gamedev #solodev

At last, #GodotEngine 4.6 arrives at the Release Candidate stage! A new editor theme, inverse kinematics, standalone library support, and more await in this production-ready build 🚀 Help us get it over the finish line with one final round of testing: godotengine.org/article/rele...

GOG plan to look a bit closer at Linux through 2026 #GOG #Linux #Gaming #PCGaming

Alright, at a point where I have some new-ish stuff to show (still WIP though): supply management UI! Not the most exciting thing but needed. And finally getting some visuals in for "upgrade" class items, like a backpack (which I'm told looks like wood 😅 - may need to fix) #indiegamedev #pixelart

Bevy 0.18 is out now! It features Atmosphere Occlusion and PBR Shading, Generalized Atmospheric Scattering Media, Solari features, PBR Fixes, Font Variations, Automatic Directional Navigation, Fullscreen Materials, Cargo Feature Collections, Camera Controllers, and more! bevy.org/news/bevy-0-...

Been quiet on socials lately - between Christmas, the kids bringing home every variation of the flu plus gamedev I've had my hands full 😪 Will have some new stuff to share soon though, been working at a lot of UI views so not super exciting but important for the game

Valve amended the Steam survey for December 2025 - Linux actually hit another all-time high #Steam #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

It's fascinating to see the changes in one company's logo over the years.

And back on Fedora again; CachyOS was an adventure but I have game dev to do. I went into more detail about how my distro hopping went on Discord but I think the lesson here is: a good OS should be boring.

Been working a lot on under-the-hood stuff lately (gamepads fully work now!), but started on improving the party supply management view for Heat Retreat! Very early stage work in progress still but can show the side by side changes so far for #screenshotsaturday #indiegamedev #bevy #pixelart

Ended up going CachyOS in the end, partly due to the Fedora installer constantly crashing out 🙄 Re-ran my un-scientific benchmark under the same test conditions but running the correct, optimized, up to date kernel & I still get worse #rustlang build times for #bevy than I did with Fedora

As the search for my next #linux distro to try out continues, I started a *very* un-scientific test using liveUSB's compiling #rustlang #bevy and was surprised to find that Fedora outperformed CachyOS (average 3m 20s vs 3m 50s) Really want to try something new (to me) but Fedora keeps beckoning 😆

Don't have any fun pictures/videos to show for my latest progress on Heat Retreat since it's a lot of under the hood stuff, but I've finally got gamepads working (all of them)! And fixed up more of the settings menu items (localization switching, changing colours etc) 🎉 #indiedev #gamedev #bevy

Dev containers are now in Zed Preview 🎉 Open a project with a `devcontainer.json` and Zed will offer to spin it up. This lands in Stable on 1/7/26. It's a V1, with more coming in 2026 🎆 Try it today: zed.dev/releases/pre...

It's been slow going backing up everything I need off the laptop (it's been a few years since its last wipe), plus busy with Christmas-y stuff. But almost ready...if I can make up my mind on the next #linux distro for #rustlang #bevy #gamedev

New #rustlang release & my automated updates for building Rust & #bevy apps using Steam's Linux SDK are picking up on them before me! Seeing those emails notifying me of new images being pushed to quay.io/repository/c... gives me those warm & fuzzy feelings 😆

Thanks to my amazing wife I have a new phone that I immediately switched over to GrapheneOS, and am now 99% de-Googled 🎉 Appreciate all the work that goes into the OS @grapheneos.org - aiming to one day be a contributor when my financial situation is a bit more stable 😅

New Aseprite v1.3.16 & v1.3.17-beta1 available right now! // Featuring @eremapixel.bsky.social 🎨

New Aseprite release yesterday (v1.3.16), so I've tested & updated my OCI builder for anyone wanting to simplify compiling it for #linux #pixelart (would've had it done sooner but was on solo dad duty all day - need to set up some automation for this too) github.com/coast-wide-s...

Local bookstores are also happy to order in a specific book if it's not on the shelf, and I personally prefer hearing about good books from a human over a Bezos-enrichening algorithm. Also saves you shipping/markup if you don't live in a major city & get hit with the "rural" destination fees

Starting to get that itch - I think it may be time for a #linux distro hop! Fedora has been good, but looking to try something different. Which to try next though... decisions decisions 🤔 Ubuntu is dead to me & been burned by Manjaro a few times... been hearing good stuff about CachyOS

Just discovered a feature in duckduckgo to block sites from search results! I am so fed up with #AIslop articles polluting search results that I'm now outright blocking entire domain names when I see this crap. "Share feedback" also has an option specifically to report AI generated search results

Taking a slight departure from posting about gamedev stuff to share some #mushroom #fungi pictures from recent autumn adventures; the stuff that I get my ideas & art direction inspiration from when working on Heat Retreat

Just wrapped up testing of my OCI builder for #rustlang #bevy on the new #Steam #linux SDK v4 and it's working great for Heat Retreat. For anyone wanting to use it it's available and if there's a particular dependency needed feel free to open a PR or issue on GitHub (links in replies) #indiegamedev

Forgot to post this before but borrwed a #SteamDeck for some testing recently. Found lots of bugs (mostly gamepad/input stuff that I'm actively working on), but Heat Retreat was looking pretty good on handheld (runtime v3 here) #gamedev #indiedev #gaming #LinuxGaming #Steam #SteamOS #bevy #rustlang

My low tech #gamedev #indiedev bug tracker I can see it at a glance, it's there guilting me all the time, quick to add new items/rearrange topics and it's satisfying crossing stuff off 😆

Gamepad support is maddening - stripped out my old code for it, re-did it in the most basic way possible... and it's working...but...ended up breaking a ton of other stuff in nonsensical ways 🤦 #gamedev #indiedev

Before getting back to work on proper gamepad support for Heat Retreat, took a moment to update my builder image to use the new Steam v4 SDK for #linux that I use to build #bevy #rustlang Not live on my quay.io repository yet pending more testing but code's up on GitHub: github.com/coast-wide-s...

Today marks 1 month exactly but Heat Retreat's shopping rework is complete* 🎉 Couple things I'll circle back to (eg, station wagon art I'm not super happy with) but it's all functional! Time to get back on that gamepad support.... #gamedev #indiedev #gaming #bevy #linux #pixelart

Plasma is going all Wayland After nearly three decades of KDE desktop environments running on X11, the future KDE Plasma 6.8 release (due early 2027) will be Wayland-exclusive. Read the FAQ below to find out what this means for you and the future of KDE: blogs.kde.org/2025/11/26/g...

A lot of code work since the last update, but got a lot of the edge cases covered now. Finished up replacing the placeholder textures too, and worked at fixing up the fuel & water assets (tried a different approach with the water, still not 100% happy with it) #indiegamedev #pixelart #bevy

The GAMES FROM VANCOUVER 🍁 Steam sale goes live Nov 21-30 with over 50 discounted games! We've partnered with @bbigames.bsky.social to present a digital showcase of talent from Greater Vancouver. Mark your calendar to snag a great deal and discover hits you might not have known were made here!

What a day for internet services, first Cloudflare, now GitHub 😆 But I'm going to capitalize on the situation to remind everyone: Heat Retreat (and all games I plan to make) are DRM free & don't require cloud connections. You buy it, you play it, online or offline. And no gen AI either 🎉

Getting closer to "done" for Heat Retreat's shop rework, starting to dial in the UX & replacing debug text with proper localized stuff. Did the fuel/water assets yesterday but not happy with them, going to work at a few other assets then circle back to those two #indiegamedev #pixelart #bevy

It is time for the annual State of Rust Survey! 📝✨️️ Whether you've just begun using Rust, are an experienced Rust user, stopped using Rust, or might use Rust in the future, we'd like to hear from you! 🦀 Available in ten languages and open until December 17th: blog.rust-lang.org/2025/11/17/l...

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Couple more WIP shots of Heat Retreat's shopping UI rework for #screenshotsaturday (it's still Saturday for me 😆). Still got more to do on it but pretty happy with how it's coming along - think it's safe to start working on replacing the placeholder textures #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #bevy

I haven't been using the #solodev tag lately and super excited to announce: I'm only _mostly_ solo now! Officially working with @rommygnacia.bsky.social 🎉 She's tackling audio & has made some amazing music for Heat Retreat, can't wait to start sharing more soon* (that's a #gamedev #indiedev soon 😅)