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I've got a nice procedurally generated map in my #Godot #Roguelike #Deckbuilder, complete with a directed acyclic graph, traversal, music, and sound effects. nullband.games/posts/2026-0...

Two weeks of heads-down work on my #Godot #roguelike #deckbuilder have resulted in automated CI Steam deployments, @fmodstudio.bsky.social reactive music and SFX, @yarnspinner.dev dialogs, and more. Playtesting through Discord coming soon! nullband.games/posts/2026-0...

I just sponsored @yarnspinner.dev on @github.com in anticipation of the upcoming GDScript release! Go sponsor your open source dependencies!

This week, I've added a new evade mechanic, sticky controller targeting, multiple opponents, and a scalable data foundation. Also, a fix for a sneaky CI issue for silent GUT failures. I'm getting closer to a vertical slice! #godot #roguelike #deckbuilder nullband.games/posts/2026-0...

I come bearing SENSITIVE INFORMATION including our past #SteamNextFest numbers Share if you appreciate graphs #gamedev #indiedev

I've been adding controller navigation to my #godot #roguelike #deckbuilder and been learning about layer-based focus. Must not get too distracted by #SteamNextFest ... nullband.games/posts/contro...

Any journalists/streamers want a key for the full game, HMU. Trying to think of people to contact, but having trouble / I'm shy.

if you see this, post a monster

I made some great progress this week on my #Godot #roguelike #deckbuilder, but I realized a mechanic I spent a lot of time on didn't work... re-evaluation and iteration are good! nullband.games/posts/playab...

someone posted a broken fridge on reddit, so I #dnb #drumandbass remixed it

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die was fantastic. What a wonderful, terrible energy with the impact of Black Mirror meets Everything Everywhere All at Once meets La jetée. Also, confetti. Thank you, @thelittletheatre.bsky.social !

Almost found it.

I'm really excited; I now have a playable #Godot #roguelike #cardbattler, with the frontend coordinating with the backend, which handles adjudication and state management! Learn more about how I did it, & join the Discord if you'd like to playtest in the coming weeks - nullband.games/posts/connec...

Here's my soundtrack to the latter half of Costco Fahrenheit: When Saving Hostages Goes Wrong. Enjoy!

Making some UI progress on my #Godot #roguelike deckbuilder, hooking up the backend engine with a frontend... It's coming together! Next step, finishing with the main game loop!

Here's the soundtrack for the sequence I scored in Costco Fahrenheit: The Costco Killer soylent green montage.

The new Costco Fahrenheit: The Costco Killer #animated video by ToadBuger is out, and it's amazing! I composed the music during the montage. It's an honor to be part of it.

In my latest #Godot #indiegaming #roguelike #deckbuilder update, I've made great progress with the core gameplay loop and have modeled multiple battles from start to finish. Next up: a wireframe UI to gather player feedback!

Thinking about the ophtalmologist in Japan who told me "your eyes are made to look until the end of the forest and hunt deer with bow and arrows, but you suffer because you have to sit in front of screens looking at things up close all day" How many of us are just not adapted to what we do

The piss tank on the ISS is now 69% full.

This lovely creature @wgawest.bsky.social emerges in a couple minutes, don't short that 80% positive outlook baby!

I bring you Horsey Game store.steampowered.com/app/3602570/...

This week, I've been working on implementing a #Godot state machine and the core gameplay loop of my upcoming #roguelike #deckbuilder to get to a prototype for gameplay feedback. Bonus GitHub Action definitions for GUT unit tests and static analysis!

🟡WINNIE'S HOLE is OUT NOW on Steam🟡 A weird new dark comedy roguelike from the creators of Ring of Pain! 🦠Play as a virus in the body and mind of Winnie 👁️Explore cellular worlds 💪Mutate and evolve for combo-driven combat 🐰Meet new friends and foes Buy now: store.steampowered.com/app/2319730/...

Do you like roguelikes, puzzles, disturbingly cute woodland creatures helping each other, and tetrinominos? Winnie's Hole Early Access, from the brilliant minds behind Ring of Pain @twicedifferent.bsky.social , out 2026-01-26 on Steam!

Timeline cleanse. Spot the #cozy #cat in the fort my kids made.

Finished is better than terrible #oldknees

Richard's a great local artist, always happy to support!

A Few Good Men With Big Naturals

I've released Skirmish on #itchio, a #Godot prototype #freegame card game I was working on in the early stages of the business. Skirmish very much informed how I'm approaching the project I'm currently working on. This is my first "official" release!

In this week's update, I wrote about my experience working on a #Godot prototype card game as I was setting up my business.

My GDD for my #godot #roguelike #deckbuilder is complete enough that I can talk about it coherently, leading to great discussions through ROC Game Dev and others. Going to be working on wireframes and physical prototyping this week!

Garlic scallion sesame gochugaru chili oil.

I've entered pre-production on my first commercial #Godot roguelike game, starting with a GDD (Game Design Document). I'm roughly halfway through it, and I'm going to be building out the system mechanics & goals next.

My first "official" post as an indie video game studio. I'm using @godotengine.org #godot as an engine. I humbly request a follow if you're curious about either the business of gaming and updates on the roguelike deckbuilder I'll be working on.

As part of my gaming startup, I'm winding down my other projects and focusing on just the one. Today, I consolidated my music work into a single page. There are redirects from the previous domains, but Gandi doesn't offer SSL redirects without a paid certificate. I may self-host them with nginx.

I just completed "Laboratories" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/7 with #GDscript #Godot and holy crap, that was hard. Part 1 was OK, but the Directed Acyclic Graph part and the caching? Wow. Learned about RefCounted and a lot more.

For the past couple of months, I've been working on formally setting up my business, Null Band Games, an indie game studio. The website's now up, and I've consolidated the previous posts here.

you will be visited by three spirits

I just completed "Trash Compactor" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/6 in #Godot #GDScript - nothing like data sets with semantically meaningful spaces and having to compensate for trimmed lines. Not the most efficient, but it works, SHIPIT!

I just completed "Cafeteria" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/5 using #GDscript #Godot, and holy heck, was it an exercise in optimization! I failed to brute-force my way to a solution on this one. Passed 1 on the first try, took two tries for the challenge.

I just completed "Printing Department" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/4 using #Godot #GDScript - a combination of a sparse grid and ordinal computations with Vector2i and (practically) Minesweeper logic. I cleaned up my project file structure a bit as well.

I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3 - continuing my trend of using TDD, resulting in two gold stars with #Godot #GDScript. Had to use some step-through debugging for tuning the range. GDScript array indexes work differently from JS & PHP.

I just completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/2 using @godotengine.org #Godot GDScript - Test-Driven Development (TDD) helped me get both gold stars on the first try! Way better than Day 1. I made a proper repo out of it & linted as well.

I just completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/1 with GDscript #Godot. Scratched my head a few times, then pulled out the unit tests.

this is "bullet shark" by hazel, age 8, posted with permission (and by her explicit request) "it took me a little while to work on it" "bullet sharks destroy every kind of sharks and they also also destroy umm orca whales also"