Land of the giants #solodev #indiedev #gamedev #unity3d #shapes

Now with actual motion, dern you Bluesky and your GIF settings✊🔥 #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #unity3d #shapes #pylon

Being a solo dev means being a technical artist too, and it can be really satisfying 🎨 Making a lil' fx using logarithmic curves and perlin noise to create procedural incense smoke #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #unity3D #shapes

NOW we're cooking with vector art gas 🔥 #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #Unity3D #shapes

Wave Function-based background set is starting to really shape up now that I wrote a custom SVG importer and converter to 'Shapes' drawing data 🔥 #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #unity

Next step for Realm building: merge patterns. Different realms have to built in certain spatial groups in order to merge into larger, more powerful versions of themselves. 'Shapes' gives me a nice little "constellation" style display for that in the Former UI. #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #unity

Next step for the wave function background: some real architectural primitives. Much better foundation for building some good environment art. #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #unity

Having some fun with wave function collapse to generate procedural mountain polygons under the Realms #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #unity #shapes

#TactiCon Panel 2025 - Sustaining creativity within a franchise: making a sequel as fresh as the first one ⭐️ @fireflynick.bsky.social ⭐️ @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social ⭐️ Stephan Wirth ⭐️ @davidmcdonough.bsky.social Watch live now: store.steampowered.com/sale/Tactico...

I’ll be in the Sustaining Creativity panel on Friday to talk about my time on Civ and XCOM! #tacticon #gamedev #indiedev

The time is right for a new game design/dev bingo! Have you crossed off any of the below? #gamedev #indiedev 🎲✂️ #bingo #ttrpgdesign #ttrpgdev

This is hands-down one of the best books a game designer can read — for knowledge and insight, and for inspiration. With chapters including “Colonoscopies and Board Games” and “Quantum Tic-Tac-Toe,” you can’t go wrong. Time for a re-read! #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #gamedesign

First playtester approved! And he even found like a dozen bugs 😂 #indiedev #solodev #gamedev

One nail at a time ❤️A project can seem impossible when looking out across a huge space of to-do, but you get there. Every nail you drive is one closer to done. #indiedev #solodev #gamedev

WHOOOF READ THIS #gamedev

Even for everyday programmers there’s sometimes no substitute for getting the problem space on paper 📝 #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

A week ago was my last day at Otherside Entertainment. We did a lot of great things there, we had lofty ambitions and ideals, but in the end it wasn’t to be. Time for a good rest and then the next chapter!

How to Write a GDD Method 3: The Story! What does the game feel like? What's the player see, think, and imagine? The most potent way to illustrate the VISION of the game. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #gamedesign

How to Write a GDD Method 2: The Flatpack! What are all the pieces you need and what are the instructions to use them? #gamedev #gamedesign #indiedev #solodev

Everyone hates on UI development but I find it quite satisfying. It’s like making a clock with all the little components coming together to make something smooth and beautiful ❤️ #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

How to write a GDD, method 1: The Recipe What are the ingredients, steps, and expected result when served? #gamedevelopment #gamedesign #gamedesigntips

Announcing my next game!🤘 "Deedlee Doo! Carkour!"🔥 -A game where you do parkour with a car using explosions 🚗💥 -Everything in the game is made out of clay in real life🎨 -The sound effects and music are all mouth sounds👄 Wishlist it now on Steam, out on May 12th, 2025!🎸

Be careful about telling players what to care about #gamedev #indiedev #gamedesigntips #gamedesign

Can you fudge the numbers? Should you? #gamedesign #gamedev

What makes a choice false or shallow? #gamedesign #gamedev #gamedesigntips

Two ways to see core design, just keep your promises #gamedesign #gamedev

"You Fell Off the Edge" would make a great theme for a game jam

What's good design = what's right for the experience #gamedesign #gamedesigntips #gamedevelopment

It can be amazing! #gdc #gdc2025 #gamedevelopment

Not for everyone! Maybe buy the Vault and make a game instead #gdc #gdc2025 #gamedevelopment

Make Bad Games to learn how to make good ones #gamedesign #gamedesigntips

Designers are composers, players are musicians, together they create beauty #gamedesign #gamedev

Wisdom from Sid Meier #gamedesign #gamedesigntips #gamedevelopment

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First of a new thing making shorts on game design for game designers

Looking through the source code of the Command & Conquer games that EA just released github.com/electronicarts. Some fun stuff in the comments.

I love creating games with a flat-shaded art style as it gives space for the player's brain to fill in the blanks.

Hey so cool news for the thousands of people who were hype for our Mongolian courier rider game a few months ago: we're doing a giveaway for 10 Early Access Steam Keys! To participate: 1. Follow our pre-page on kickstarter (click 'notify me on launch') 2. Like and Retweet this post

Monster Train 2 announced - a roguelike deckbuilder, coming to consoles + PC, with a Steam demo live today. (Support it by wishlisting on Steam)

Dawnfolk reached 10,000 copies sold this morning! 🎉Thank you all for the amazing support! #indiedev

Spent the evening watching Egyptology documentaries with my dad and discovered work (mid 1800s) of Scottish artist David Roberts. Wow.

Poetry Foundation not fucking around with today's poem of the day www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89897/...

*loading a pistol and reopening netscape navigator* net's haunted

Satisfactory was made by someone who read ‘The Lorax’ and said “I need to be the Onceler”

Quote with a title screen that is iconic to you.

BE is ten years old this year, RT ten years next year. Still hurts to remember the reception, still proud of it ❤️

I have a joke about game development, but production of said joke started under different management and has since been scrapped because an xls scared the new ones.