The advice to build something small instead of your dream game for your first project it great, it’s just that building something you’re not excited about is haaarrrrddd

Wild how so many people are enthusiastic about building a technology specifically designed to send you to the poor house

Got sidetracked and spent a day reworking trees in Calyros. Now I have unlimited procedurally generated and animated trees! I want to work on the foliage a bit more, but it's pretty good, I think! Any suggestions? #godot #indiedev #solodev #gamedev

The only feature JetBrains has added for a while that I’ve really loved is the many islands theme in EAP. They released the version without the theme 😢

Any game devs had this feeling? Theres probably a name for it in German. My games not good, it’s not finished, it’s not even remotely like the final product, but it “feels” like what it’s supposed to for the first time. What’s that called? #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #godot

Added doors to Calyros, animated and everything! Okay, the animation is pretty terrible, but it's a good start given that the objects themselves are all procedurally generated #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #godot

For game devs who don’t/didn’t know how to code, what are/were your biggest hurdles? I came to gamedev from software dev so took writing code for granted but I realise game devs come from lots of disciplines. Curious to know about peoples experiences? #gamedev #software #coding

Here’s the latest calyros devlog! #gamedev #godot #solodev #indiedev

Calyros now has walls, doors, windows and floors - all procedurally generated. I like procedurally generating stuff in this way, because after building it once, I can can unlimited buildings of different sizes and shapes forever. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

Been a while since I posted a proper update about Calyros - but I’ve just uploaded a devlog #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

Any game devs that live stream their development? Whats your experience been? Does it slow you down? Does it work for building an audience? #gamedev #gamedesign

Game dev is allowing yourself to not fit the mould vis a vis regular posts, dev logs, YouTube updates and not feeling guilty about that Your mileage may - and likely will - vary And that’s cool #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

This month in 🎮 game dev: Features aren’t always worth putting in a public devlog Been working on under-the-hood map gen stuff that nobody will care about and that’s fine. Skipped a dev log or two #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

Haven't been speaking much about game dev because I've been labouring over some functionality that's hard to talk about because I don't know how to go about it Finally got to the point where I understand how this guy's mind works #solodev #indiedev

Game devs who are using Godot specifically, what’s on your Godot feature wish list? #godot #gamedev #indiedev

I’m an unpublished, unproven and amateur game dev, but I’d suggest that giving yourself breaks and forgiving yourself when you get “stuck” is the route to producing a good, fun and decent game as an indie dev #gamedev #Godot #solodev

Been a little while since I posted here - wanted to take a little break from game dev last week to reset - but here's part 8 of my DevLog Got some even cooler stuff I've been working on coming down the pipeline #godot #gamedev #solodev #rpg

Game developers, how’d you come up with the name for your game? #gamedev

In this devlog, I talk about adding trees, procedurally generated rocks, terrain and a day-night cycles into my game with some pretty pictures! I'm a solo dev creating a multiplayer RPG set in an Ancient Greek style world. Nice to get to do a bit of game art stuff done #gamedev #godot #indiedev

If you didn’t catch my dev log last week, you can check it out here I’m a solo dev creating a multiplayer RPG New post with some exciting stuff coming on Friday! #gamedev #godot #solodev

Capsule takes their first steps! Officially a toddler game 👶🎮 Nice piece of game programming! Client tells the server where it wants to go and server calculates the path finding. It's a bit jittery, definitely some work to do to smooth it out, but it's very cool :D #gamedev #godot #rpg #solodev

A question for all my #ADHD gamers out there - what good representations are there for ADHD in games? Leslie Knope always springs to mind when I think about characters in TV, just wondering about games?

(Game devs please share) Are there any game publishers on Bluesky? What do you look for when trying to find a new project to team up with? #gamedev #publishing #gamepub

Part 6 of the dev log for my multiplayer RPG game "Calyros" is now up! If you're seeing *me* for the first time, I'm a solo dev who decided to say "fuck it" to conventional wisdom and make a multiplayer RPG game set in a vaguely Ancient Greek world! Join me! #gamedev #godot #indiedev

So, I - and my multiplayer RPG, Calyros - are on itch now. Here’s the link. You can also see the dev log there instead of going to my blog, if you prefer #devlog #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #godot

Won £1 on a £1 scratch, my luck is starting to turn

Added game lighting, procedural rocks, terrain shader and placeholder lollypop trees added, and suddenly it looks a bit like a game And yes, it's synced between game clients #godot #gamedev #indiedev

Rocks (and soon trees, plants, grass etc) in my game Calyros are all procedurally generated. Here are some examples! Still some work to do but what do you think? #indiedev #solodev #godot

I forgot to post it here the other day but... I thought it was time I finally introduced my game 🎮 I'm a solo dev working on a multiplayer RPG set in an original, Ancient Greek-inspired world. It's very early days, but if you want to come along for the ride, check out my dev log #gamedev #godot

🎮 Game developers of Bluesky, I have a question 🙋‍♂️ How do you grow the audience for your games? I’d like to start building a little community in the coming months, and just wondering how all you lovely folk have achieved that? For context, in a solo game developer. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

🎮 Can Godot do multiplayer? Absolutely! Completing the basics of networking for my multiplayer RPG feels very good, even if it doesn't look like much yet Getting to work rolling in all the visuals I've created #gamedev #solodev #rpg #godot

Thinking of writing a post about how to do networking in Godot for those who are interested in writing multiplayer functionality for their game. Any takers? It’s not crazy complex and I’ve just finished it in my own game dev, so it’s still fresh in my mind #godot #gamedev #solodev 🎮

🎮 🎇 My game dev New Year’s resolution - especially as a solo dev - is to do project proper management. I love the puzzle solving aspect of game dev, so I get distracted from making the stuff that counts I’m gonna use the 80:20 rule to prioritise tasks #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

No devlog update today (because Christmas) but I’m back on the tools now and hoping to have something to talk about next week #gamedev #devlog 🎮

Merry christmas, all! If you’re an obsessive game dev like me, take this time to let new ideas stir, have a proper rest and spend time with your family. We can get back to neglecting them in January. Drink and make merry 🍺 🎅 #gamedev #solodev 🎮

Game devs of Bluesky! Just curious, what weird things have you found inspiring when making your games? I ask, because a walk I went on recently got me thinking about trees and how I might procedurally generate them #godot #gamedev #solodev

Forgot to call my niece back last night I live to torment her with shit like this

Ask and ye shall receive... Genuinely blown away by the response to this post. Feels really awesome to have people care about what I'm working on. The game dev community here is rad <3 Off to the pub now 🎮 #godot #gamedev #solodev #devlog

Do people wanna know how I made rivers in Godot for my next game dev update? It was kinda interesting to me, but I don’t wanna be dull. 🎮 #godot #gamedev #solodev

Looks like BTC price is coming down now. Only a slight tick, mind. I’ve had a theory for a while now that the next big crypto crash will start a big financial meltdown. 1/11

Finally got the socket server up and running for my multiplayer game 🎮 It took 3 rewrites and will probably need another, it’s janky and the time keeping is squiffy but it’s all mine Game dev can be super rewarding when you make a break through #godot #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

New devlog coming (hopefully) this Friday If you didn’t catch my last one where I mess around with textures and shading in godot, it’s here: #gamedev #godot #devlog

Hey, #godot game devs How would you approach making (3d) characters where you can adjust and tweak body dimensions?

It's Friday night so as promised here's my #devlog update for my mutliplayer RPG - only a couple of hours late It's a little update on what I learnt about shaders and texturing this week and feels like a real step in the right direction Right now though, it's bed time 🌝 #gamedev #godot #rpg

Like all social media, Bluesky will have its issues, but there are two amazing things I see here that I haven’t seen online since 2015 at least; - Passionate, tight-knit communities with real (mostly) supportive people - People saying “I posted this thing and people saw it and engaged with it” ♥️

If you didn’t catch part 2 of my #devlog last week, you can read it here - new post out tomorrow! It ended up being a deep dive into how I’m generating tile-based terrain in #godot 🤓🗻 If you’re curious, have a little read? #gamedev blog.sammakescode.com/posts/1920c7...

When I started making a multiplayer game, I knew I’d have to develop my own tools, but I didn’t realise how involved that’d be. Lesson learned I guess. New #devlog coming tomorrow! #gamedev #godot

Me: Hmm... I need to update PHP > brew install php Me: Wait... no... Brew: Yeah, we've updated literally every. Enjoy.

Woken up by the smoke alarms last night at 2am We haven’t lived here long, so only then did I learn there are 5 interconnected smoke alarms and they’re pretty hard to reach standing on a chair Upstairs has a leak, it dripped into the smoke alarm and mixed with electricity - apparently that’s bad

90% of my gamedev journey so far has been inventing tools I didn’t know already existed There was a time I could google “how to do thing x in software y” and it’d give me a million blog posts Now, “here’s 3 irrelevant Reddit posts and some places you can buy stuff” The fuck happened?