today was a day of silly experiments - fairy wings and fireballs (I imagine these would be very late game powerups) - most experiments with posterize effects - some line-of-sight based cell darkening. probably too extreme but was still fun to play around with,

This thumbnail came out so good. I look like a character from Minder. Like Alan Ford crossed with Sean Lock. You faaackin’ liability. I’ll ‘ave your guts for garters.

Started Deathloop. Very enjoyable. I don’t think I have played a single player FPS that funky since Timesplitters.

The three types of game dev job listings

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwuP... dev stream going live in 15, for 2 hours (ish). Working on some menu/scoring system things.

Confused about right wing hypocrisy? Reading the below post will protect your brain from years of angrily searching for answers or thinking you can debate real good out of this:

When I was a kid my mother’s karate instructor told me astronauts never dance after they'd been to space because being up there sucked all the juice out of their bones. Even a slowie at a cousin's wedding & their legs would crumble to dust. When I discovered this wasn’t true I set his car on fire.

This is intriguing but I still think AAA is predominantly about financial scale and it is not (in some rare cases) inherently in conflict with being indie. CDPR is an indie studio which makes AAA games in terms of financial scale.

I love this analytical take on video game categorization from Antoine Mayerowitz and Julie Belzanne: hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o... Instead of trying to vibe-intuit the definition of an "indie" game, the authors analyzed the data from the perspective of game size and credits length

People really love to play 10 paragraphs of email tennis to deliberate on whether or not to give you an hour’s worth of work.

this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

Any games lawyers wanna do an interview about what the Nintendo summoning patent means in practice?

Hey cool art kids. Does anyone have any other references for the “Memphis Jr” art style in videogames?

A close friend once told me I’m an “honorary trans man” because I *wear Hawaiian shirts and listen to Cave Town* … I’m not really sure I understand that particular knot of cultural meaning, but I’ll take it as a compliment

Writing video game dialogue and choices, new article out now, link below! Also taking more applicants for my game writing Dialogue class starting in a few weeks -- www.gregbuchanangames.com/courses . It's designed for aspiring/experienced folks alike, including a unique practice tool I created >

We are now 4 episodes deep in the Game Developers’ Library podcast. EP 04 is on Schreier’s Blood, Sweat, and Pixels. We ask, who is this book for, what can it teach a game dev, and what (if anything) does it potentially misrepresent. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

It is time for fairies who can juggle goats and other things #dirtworld

Making some Italian scotch eggs

*Skeksis voice*: “Portal Fantasy” is when there’s an annoying kid whose there as an audience surrogate and to insult your ability to suspend disbelief

I should probably start work on my game’s inventory book menu (translation: looking at structs again and screaming like that Munch guy)

Steve Jobs started a CEO veneration cult and now a trainload of thieves are cosplaying philosophers while groping the public’s pockets.

Hey 🤗 I'm looking for people who are interested in streaming/creating content of small #indiegame demos. We're searching for #twitch or #youtube #streamers who are really into a specific niche of games and like to try out new, weird things. Reposts are welcome!

Someone I know keeps calling me without checking by text first. I have known him for 20 years but I feel a bit like going Banshees of Inisherin on him over this.

don't talk to me or my son ever again

Someone needs to organise a SummonJam. I just organised a jam last month so I am exempt (but I will jam!)

Abysm today: Watched another #feedbackquest streamer play the game and ended up tweaking the timing of some story elements along with the level restart hotkey tip. Released a new version of the demo: renons.itch.io/abysm/devlog... #gamedev #hobbydev #indiedev #indiegame #indiequesting #bevy

It feels surreal to wake up every day in a given week, and feel like my work is only things I’ve personally committed to doing. I never realised how important that kind of freedom could be to me because, well.

The sort of people who are interested in an AI cartoon film are the same sort people who think putting a z as the s on a plural is how to be down with the youth in 2025 - says it all really

Flatwhite in hand, broken code in the other. Starting soon on Twitch, come say G'day: www.twitch.tv/smitner

Today was a good stream (cw: weird mouth noises and body horror)

It is dev stream day today. Please come hang out if you wish. I will be yelling at GameMaker www.youtube.com/live/0DPsRiY...

Can't believe they put the British Museum in Silksong

In Boxes Update 3 brings 3 new puzzles, a new cat and few bug fixes. elladisenchanted.itch.io/in-boxes #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

this week's video is gonna be a banger

it's pronounced "neesh" mate

I get a few emails every week or so from someone who wants a job editing videos or making thumbnails. Their portfolio is never relevant though?

I've tried turning this all the way up but my clothes look the same?

Would you still love me if I were a historically accurate carrot

I’m celebrating the slow death of video length limitations on all platforms by uploading 2 minute videos. Please enjoy this important educational song about media literacy.

There are two types of metroidvania fans, people aged under 35, and people who play anything and then think “I would rather be playing SoTN “

Im seeing a lot of 2 extremes here so ill just say that team cherry is an exceptional case and most devs will not make enough money to live from it. But making a game is still a worthy endeavor that will enrich your life and help you meet great people. You might just have to also work a day job.

on what it means to for a baby to “successfully” play with a loaded gun, and why naming a planet Gooble Gibby feels like we’re getting better at making this whole Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator thing

my career goal is to be the Rick Rubin of indie games (derogatory)

@toomuchtomato.bsky.social hey! can you DM me ? I normally send discord invites out to some of the featured devs but I messed up the documents for it this week.

I simply parry the railgun. ATOMIC LANCE. #gamedev #indiegame

Today @indiegameclinic.bsky.social streamed playing Abysm and I feel he got exactly what I was going for from it, with some useful advice to boot, thanks! Watch it at youtu.be/85o73FrCJE4?..., then watch the other games as well, they all looked really good. #gamedev #gamedesign #indiedev #bevy

Get in kids we are driving real fast while listening to Seventeen by Sharon Van Etten and having a good old cry

If you send me a bug report on a game I’ve made because you’re using this device, I will make it my personal mission to hunt you down and ensure you cannot inflict your corruption on anyone else

This month's IGC Patreon newsletter is out. You can read it for free, you lucky devil. www.patreon.com/posts/138011...