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Take a grid, for each line add 1 to all points on a randomly picked side of that line, paint points black if the result equals 0 to 1 mod 4, and you get a hitomezashi pattern. But what if we do this for an arbitrary pattern of curves instead of a grid? #hitomezashi #mathart #generativeart

Late pledges for Phantom Division are now available. #boardgames www.hiveinteractive.net/projects/pha...

Really getting shit done, these days! 😎🤓 Highscores are a WRAP! Interface code was just a couple of If-statements, and preventing the Highscore Display Routine deleting ui-Elements, thus greeting you back to a full black Menu Screen. #ruinsOfCalaworm #gameDev #roguelike #kalawaum

Summer Rain — experimented with using electric guitar as part of this moody composition. Missing summer… #composer #dtm

This video showcases #Archrebel’s Utility Arm upgrade for droids. Besides letting them open doors, it can also pick up items; the video also shows how to choose which one to take when multiple items are present in the same tile. #gamedev #IndieGameDev

Redid the dice as 32x32, for cleaner display. Now might as well put them to use ... In #ruinsOfCalaworms there's these "Resolve Rolls" for various stuff, and this is exactly what the game is doing behind the curtain: it's rolling! Only now with visuals, for that extra dopamine kick.😋🎲🥳 #gameDev

Lotsa progress! Now, Highscores: they're an already finished ingame module (including stats and screenshot), but needs interface code for general display. Reduced maxEntries to 10, cuz chances are high that ur the only one leaving ur name in there, so no need to bloat this. #ruinsOfCalaworm #gameDev

Dice ❤️👀🎲 I'm still sick in bed with my laptop, so this was actually a really calming, meditative, healing and strangely enjoyable pastime. Also good therapy for my OCD, where I have to accept, that in #pixelArt sometimes you gotta make compromises and can't arrange everything symmetrical. #gameDev

Some Null Pointer crashes gave me a scare - bugs were always there, but only now with the Menu taking up shape, they became apparent. Flags weren't properly cleared, thus menuDisplay tried to access inGame routines. Not the kind of vertical progress I wanted, but it's still #gameDev progress.🥹

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This is, hands down, the most beautiful and inspiring video on the topic of (Solo) #gameDev I have ever seen! Been following Tim until he disappeared from the scene, and now I couldn't be happier to learn that he's back. He really does provide the most humble, based #gameDev advice out there! 💙

#ruinsOfCalaworm is an AAAA game. An Ancient Atari Affair.

Made good progress: - Some edge case crash fixes caused by menu transitions and corrupted/missing user data. - Added a Secret. - New: Quick Start option, which on restart (if you have an active save) will skip logo and menu, and drop you right into the game. #ruinsOfCalaworm #gameDev #roguelike

Caught a nasty cold. 🤧At home, in bed, drinking ginger tea and alchemic potions. Silver lining here is, that I am not terminally ill, and able to get some #gameDev time in between naps. Just now caught another bug, causing Spiders to weave webs each time you re-enter a region.🕸️🕷️ #ruinsOfCalaworm

Barely any vertical progress today, cuz I found a bug in procGen, which I had to prioritize. Was nothing serious, but definetely sth. you would notice. But got the Wisteria-situation resolved, and revisited some Tutorials, rewording them for more clarity + playtesting. #ruinsOfCalaworm #gameDev

The Fifa peace prize looks rotting hands clawing away at an Earth stripped of its oceans and it couldn't be more fitting.

It's amazing what kind of problems your brain is able to solve, while your body is out cold. You go to bed with an unsolved issue, and you wake up with the most elegant solution. 😴🤯🤓 We need a term for this: • REM-Refactoring • Pillow Patching • Dormant Debugging #coding #gameDev #programming

Currently fixing a major exploit, allowing players to completely skip encounters with Wisteria Widdershin. Figured out how to repair it, but had to draw a new shader animation, and now I'm stuck with implementation logic. Gotta sleep over that, a.k.a. "apply a Pillow Patch". #ruinsOfCalaworm

As the number of people grows, that are patiently waiting for #ruinsOfCalaworm, and I've repeatedly stated that I'm close to wrapping things up, I want to be more transparent with my progress. If you have supported me until now, I owe you this. 🥹💙 Henceforth expect more updates! #roguelike #kalawaum

Discover a single-axis Pacman challenge, designed for quick, addictive sessions. 🕹️ https://beep8.org #IndieDev #SoloDev #GameDev #IndieGames #IndieLove

Calling it a night. I didn't get to finish everything I set out to work on today, because had to revisit some code dealing with Wisteria Widdershin - and one does not simply ignore the decree of the High Priestess of Leng! 🥹 #ruinsOfCalaworm Cu tomorrow, dear fellow #gameDev people.🥱

These days I spend the majority of time in menu procedures, coding ui behavior. The actual gameplay I consider DONE, so now I downright dread revisiting the core loop, lol.😅 Navigating gameplay code feels like I'm the guy from "Memento", taking a shot at a "Choose your own Adventure" novel. #gameDev

Sharing a fresh piece of pixel art I just completed. Let me know what you think and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. Let me know your impressions in the comments. #SoloDev #IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGameDev #PixelArt #IndieGame

Just one more person on this planet having a good time in the #ruinsOfCalaworm besides me, is all it that it takes to keep me glued to this project. I am going to deliver the best product what is in my power and skills. That's a promise. 🤞🫶 New demo build will drop as soon as this thing goes gold.🥇

Well played, Tom.😂😎

soloDevs, I grant u permission to be as fucking weird as you can be with ur designs.❤️Me, I am not competing with GTA 6. Not even with SILKSONG! But if ur vision is strong, and u got the discipline & understand ur tools, eventually you WILL find your wee little audience. Build for them! #gameDev

Implementing a new feature be like: Day 1: Hack away, check that it (kinda) works, drop. Day 2: Refactor, fix bugs, polish. Turns out, double-binding controls is fine, as long as they don't conflict (e.g. seperate game modes). So, no more warning, just a friendly FYI: #gameDev #ruinsOfCalaworm

Just three days left to vote for Indie of the Year at IndieDB! If you like, you could consider voting for my game, Cyclopean: The Great Abyss! #IndieDB #IndieoftheYear #CRPG #Lovecraft #Cats #Ghouls #Ghasts #Gugs #Dreamlands www.indiedb.com/games/cyclop...

At long last the bitch has been vanquished: custom Key Bindings are a WRAP! Truth be told, I had coded myself into a corner, and went off the deep end for over a month. Today, tho, in a 20h+ crunch I emerged victorious ... and it's beautiful (the code probably not, but who cares).🥹 #ruinsOfCalaworm

I have between 5 and 10 games before reaching retirement age, and given that I'm an indie I'm going to make damn sure that if I'm going into the hamster wheel for it, each one of them is something I care about.

Würfeln gegen den Tod! Das Roguelike Dice of Kalma startet am 14. November für PC & Mobile. Sammle 200+ Totenköpfe und manipuliere die Würfel. Wir sehen uns in der Unterwelt! #DiceOfKalma #Roguelike #IndieGame

Lots of things to consider, when coding a custom keyboardMapping system ... here's one aspect of #gameDev I did NOT underestimate; I knew it would suck. 😅 ✅ Added an option to restore default bindings. ✅ keyboardMapping-File now encoded (no more manually hacking) #ruinsOfCalaworm

Finally started tackling custom keyBinding. Coding this sucks soooooo bad. 😭But I've cleared the first hurdle: ✅Retrieve current inputMaps ✅Display ✅Browsing Tabs I abused the heck out of my messageDisplay-function, poor thing is a hot mess now. But it works. 🥹 #gameDev #ruinsOfCalaworm

Watched KPOP DEMON HUNTERS 5x already, once even in a theatre. One might get the impression, that I thought it was an okay movie ...🤔 Favorite track is probably "Takedown" (Twice Cover).

Did you know, that BALDURS GATE started out as a completely different genre? If you build an anagram with the letters, you get ALGEBRA STUD: a DatingSim with Math Minigames.

Sorry for slow progress, but slow progress is still progress. It's true endgame now, toDo-List has shrunken to a mere fistful of bullet points. 🥹 - Wrote Intro Story - GameSettings are a wrap (and saved in config.ini) - Unlocked Lore Pages can be browsed from the Menu #ruinsOfCalaworm #gameDev

It's hard.

PixelArt practice — I’d love tips to improve. Made with beep8’s low resolution and color limits. #PixelArt #beep8 #IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame #MinimalArt

sounds wild, I know 😲

Please believe in me, folks! ❤️ Menu is getting a bit more done every day. #ruinsOfCalaworm #roguelike #gameDev "Recurrent thematic blurbs" may be set to either "Reset on New World Seed", "Reset on New Game" or "Never Reset". With 3rd option they will only show up once, then never bother you again.

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Just activated the Steam store page for Cyclopean II: The Dreamlands! #CRPG #Lovecraft #GameDev store.steampowered.com/app/3998510/...

Things left to do, so #ruinsOfCalaworm can go gold: - Difficulty sliders - m/f archetype selection - Name input - Display Credits (in menu) - Display Highscores (in menu) - Option screen (custom keybindings) - Write & display Intro Story - 2 more maps ❤️ for your ongoing support and patience.❤️

No work on #ruinsOfCalaworm this weekend, I am currently attending a movie festival, meeting friends, and filling up my batteries.🎥🍿🎬😍 Will resume on monday!

Menu is slowly coming together. Lotsa sketchy tricks to gaslight my engine into doing stuff as intended ...😅👀 There's no Roguelite-style progression, but all Story- and Lore notes you find are persistent achievements, and now you can also browse them in the Main Menu: #ruinsOfCalaworm #gameDev

Reading DOOM GUY by @johnromero.bsky.social - the part, where he describes John Carmack's work ethics, solving problems as a means to an end, boy, can I relate! ❤️ Some years back I wrote my own A*-algorithm, just cuz I wanted to get behind the logic and the math. Crazy Eureka-moment! Great read!

The dungeons of Thysiastery will be spawning at #TokyoGameShow Steam event! Wishlist now on Steam: shorturl.at/IM4jS Join our Discord server: discord.gg/HBg347hWhq #pixelart #ドット絵 #gamedev #turnbased #indiegame #trailertuesday #TGS2025

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behold.. chimkin with a sword took a while but for this new project i took the chance to rework the perspective on the playable character from top view to this one that i like more! #godot #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #furry