I have build a browser based #strategy game that should remind you those slow games like Tribal Wars and Travian. But then space themed! You start with one star system and grow into a mighty empire. It's called Old Light. Sounds interesting? #gamedev #indiegame #pbbg #oldlight #empire #space

Old Light is a free browser strategy game set across a galaxy. You claim a system and grow an empire while your borders spread out. No download, no pay-to-win. oldlight.io #strategygame #browsergame #scifi

Moving all my offensive fleet to prepare for an campaign on my neighbouring empire. #spacegame #gaming #empire #oldlight #indiegame #gamedev

All time high active player count in the last 24 hours! #gamedev #indiegame #pbbg #celebrate

A technical post on how I am hosting Old Light on Railway dev.to/arjen_/deplo... #gamedev #indiegame #pbbg #buildinpublic

I've been building a strategy game called Old Light for a while now. Here are some fun insights. A thread #gamedev #indiedev #buildinpublic

32 active players in the last 24 hours! I am beyond excited about the fact that people are actually playing my game. Thanks all! #gamedev #indiegame #pbbg #buildinpublic

1.5m probes have already been launched in #OldLight That's insane! #gamedev #indiegames #pbbg

They're beating me at my own game! #gamedev #indiegame #pbbg #buildinpublic

404 - battles not found #gamedev

You take over a galaxy a few minutes at a time. I built Old Light for people who want something slow to poke at between tasks instead of a game that eats your whole evening. oldlight.io #idlegames #incrementalgames #indiegames #strategygame

Having your vanguard destroyed in Old Light is always such a big oof. Expensive ship and takes long to build. Protect it well if you're sending it somewhere! 141 vanguard destroyed in the last 7 days #gamedev #indiegame #buildinpublic #pbbg #oldlight #games

New in Old Light - Message your neighbours! While slowly getting closer to the alliance feature, I have now finally added a way to contact your neighbours. What is an MMO without the ability to talk to each other. Team up and fight a common enemy or backstab your neighbour #gamedev #indiegames

Fighting on 3 fronts is always a wise choice, right? oldlight.io #oldlight #indiedev #mmo

"The best defense is a good offense" is probably what this guy is thinking

Today is knocking every previous day out of the park when it comes to visitors to Old Light! And the day isn't even over yet.

Gained over 10 new players in my game today! May not sound like a lot to you, but going from 20 to 30 in a day is crazy! 50% increase.

There is a huge fleet already scattered throughout the galaxy. Love to see my game grow! #gamedev #indiegames #pbbg #buildinpublic

Just a start for a surprisingly addicting system. Looking to see how the game play changes, especially with eventual alliances or border consequences, etc.

90 players have tried my game! Not everyone stuck around, because it's clearly not for everyone. But I am grateful people gave it a chance. Right now we're averaging a 22 daily active users. Join us! bsky.app/profile/arje... #gamedev #indiegame #browsergame #pbbg #buildinpublic

Few days ago I updated how empires are shown in the game and the map. Here is the official announcement post about it: oldlight.io/blog/empire-... #gamedev #indiegame #pbbg #buildinpublic

The browser strategy games I grew up on are mostly still online. I logged into one recently and felt nothing. The game was fine. The thing that made it matter had quietly been sold off. #gamedev #strategygames

When things break during development you get the weirdest things sometimes! #gamedev #indiegames #buildinpublic

If you ever played Tribal Wars you'll feel right at home in Old Light. An browser based strategy game where you conquer your way to becoming a galaxy wide empire! #gamedev #indiegame #pbbg #buildinpublic #idlegames #spacegames #empirebuilder

If you like games like Tribal Wars or OGame, you might wanna check out what I made It's a browser based space #strategy game. Start with one small star system, upgrade it and conquer your neighbours. All this in a shared galaxy with many other players Coming soon: Alliances #gamedev #indegames

Old Light update: the NPCs got a brain transplant. Some NPCs are a bit more offensive, other defensive. They actively move fleet to where they're important. And will actively send reinforcements if you attack them. Smarter neighbours tougher galaxy. oldlight.io #gamedev #indiegame #buildinpublic

Later today I will be dropping a new NPC update. But before that you can try out oldlight.io! It's a browser based empire building. Browser games similar to it would be OGame, Tribal Wars, and Travian. Screenshot is the current galaxy map. It grows as players join! #gamedev #indegames #pbbg

Still working on an NPC update for my game. If you just joined or about to join, enjoy the easy NPCs a little bit longer Old Light is an MMO where your goal is to create an as large empire as you can. Fight your neighbours or tactically ignore them. #gamedev #indiegame #buildinpublic oldlight.io

P2W is the death for niche game genres. If it worked, there wouldn't be so many people recreating old favorites carving the p2w out (pr0game), or starting new projects like oldlight.io

About Pay to win in browser games: oldlight.io/blog/pay-to-... #gamedev #indiegames #buildinpublic #paytowin

We're at 20 active players now! Join and build your own empire in the same galaxy as us. oldlight.io #indiegame #gamedev #pbbg #buildinpublic

Currently looking into improving the NPCs brain. They are currently not very smart, and even appear stuck in some instances. No fleet for an empire with 10 star systems? That is not right. #buildinpublic #gamedev #indiegame

Slow galaxy with real rivals, check it whenever you get a minute. Old Light is a space strategy game that just runs in the background of your day. oldlight.io #idlegames #incrementalgames #indiegames #strategygame #gamedev

Old Light is a slow strategy game set across a galaxy. Start a build on your break, close the tab, come back later and your empire has kept running without you. Made for the gaps in a desk job. oldlight.io #idlegames #incrementalgames #indiegames #strategygame

Join the galaxy and create your own empire! A persistent browser game. Free and no sign up required. oldlight.io #gamedev #indiegames #pbbg #buildinpublic

Can't wait! So far oldlight is really scratching the itch left behind by the p2w shells a lot of the old browser empire builders have become.

Smoothed out a few smaller issues today. Shipped nothing large, but shipped non the less. Coming weak I will aim to add a few bigger things again to the game. Stay tuned. ---- Try out Old Light here: oldlight.io #gamedev #indiegame #browsergame #pbbg #buildinpublic

Wrote a little piece about Old Light oldlight.io/blog/old-lig... #gamedev #indiegames #buildinpublic

Today was a beautiful day to not be working on my game. So nothing new! Still plenty of room in the galaxy for new players to create their own empire. Interested in this? oldlight.io #gamedev #indiegame #devlog #pbbg #buildinpublic

Did a little write up on MakeWebGames forum about Old Light makewebgames.io/topic/43089-... #gamedev #indiegame #pbbg #buildinpublic

17 active players in the last 24 hours! It's not much, but it's a good start! #gamedev #indiegame #buildinpublic #pbbg

I've been building a browser strategy game in my spare time. You drop into a galaxy, claim stars, and watch your empire grow. No installs, no signup required, and it is free! It's called Old Light. The mechanics should remind you of games like Tribal Wars. #gamedev #indiegame #buildinpublic

New update for Old Light is now live! - NPCs are a little bit less aggressive now - Added an overview of players and all their captured systems - Rename your captures systems - Empire Banner + editor Not playing yet? It's free. No signup required. Plays in your browser! #gamedev #indiegame #pbbg

Every good empire needs its own distinct banner. Soon you'll be able to create your own on Old Light #empirebuilder #indiegame #gamedev #buildinpublic #oldlight

Still plenty of space for you to start your own empire in this galaxy! It's free and no sign up required to start playing! It's a strategical space empire builder straight in your browser. So no downloads! #indiegame #gamedev #buildinpublic #pbbg

Not much to show for today. Didn't have much time to work on my game, so worked on some minor optimalisations. If you haven't seen or joined the game yet. Now is your chance to join me and almost 20 (!!!) others in Old Light. An MMO 4X Strategy game right in your browser bsky.app/profile/arje...

Let's #PitchYaGame So here's mine: Old Light Start with one star system. Scout your neighbors, build fleets, ally or conquer your way across a persistent galaxy. If you played OGame or Tribal Wars back in the day, you know the feeling Free, no signup, runs in your browser: oldlight.io #indiegames

nice game. reminds me of neptune's pride!

Hey! If you haven't tried out my game, now is the best moment to do so. It's a game about becoming a galactic wide empire starting from one single star system. Gameplay can be compared to Tribal Wars. And theming is related to OGame. Thanks for giving it a chance! #gamedev #indiegame #pbbg

I tried to make a post on /r/pbbg a few times now for my game. But Reddit just doesn't let me do it. Reddit just keeps removing my post immediately after posting it. Without any feedback on why or what was wrong with it. Anyone with great ideas here? #pbbg #gamedev #indiegame #buildinpublic