I'm donating 100% of the proceeds from my game sales this week to Cool Earth www.coolearth.org So if you're interested in playing a Short Indie Horror game set on a submarine but ALSO want to help the planet, go pick up The Oily Depths store.steampowered.com/app/3113030/... Its less than 3 bucks!

I just released the demo for my game Tower of Pestilence 🦇 All feedbacks welcome 🤗 The game is still in active development and should be ready for the summer !

"So what type of game are you making?" This 👇🏽 #gamedev #indiedev

🎉 [GAME LAUNCH!] 🎉 The Oily Depths is LIVE! If you'd like to play this undersea horror adventure go check it out on Steam! I am so proud of this game. Thank you to all my friends and everyone that has supported me on this journey! 😭 😭 😭 GO BUY IT RIGHT NOW! store.steampowered.com/app/3113030/...

Godot 4.6 is out! Oh man it's a big update with so many QoL features. I'm excited for time scaling in play mode and hover-drag can swap tabs. This will likely be the version that "Game 2" will be made in godotengine.org/releases/4.6/ Oh and The Oily Depths launches in 2 weeks!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I've been relatively quiet while working on The Oily Depths, but figured I'd share this, since it looks dope and the guy making it is REALLY good at making stuff. store.steampowered.com/app/4148350/...

I don't normally do film rants here. But "F1 The Movie" is the biggest PAINT BY NUMBERS sports movie of all time. No originality. Rough around the edges old timer comes back. Training montage of old-school vs new-school. Tensions rise between young upstart and old timer.

Great talk by Dorian (Doot) on making small games successfully! If you dont speak French, put on the Closed Captions, then go to settings and change the auto-translate language to English. It worked really well on this video!

Tired of manually matching collision to a mesh in #GodotEngine? Or constantly creating new nodes with the built-in collision generation feature? I made an addon that automatically syncs collision with meshes, with lots of neat features. Grab it here: github.com/CozyCubeGame... #gamedev #indiedev

How Tenjutsu actually plays

Tenjutsu devlog 1: an Action Scene which became a Game deepnight.net/blog/tenjuts... It’s been ages since my last blog post, so here’s some behind-the-scenes content! Starting with the origin story of Tenjutsu gameplay. And next time, I’ll dive into deeper, more advanced stuff 🤿

[FR] DOOT TINY GRANT 🧋💖💶 Pour aider à développer des petits jeux, nous avons créé Doot Tiny Grant! 5 personnes recevrons un don de 2000€ et un mentorat ⭐ Vous souhaitez candidater ? Toutes les informations sont en commentaires ! Candidatures ouvertes du 14 au 20 juillet.

Anti-Union CEO blames employees for layoffs seen at Microsoft. Absolutely disgusting engagement profiteering and bat-shit views from him in the comments. Oh and BIG suprise, he runs a Web3 company now... My god. It's like if all the worst things in the Games Industry got rolled into one person.

Demo is LIVE already! Go play, drown, suffocate, whatever!

physics based pogo stick platformer POGOPPL is out on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/1640220/...

Today I played the demo for The Oily Depths. You pilot, operate, and maintain an oil-drilling submarine for a mysterious corporation. You must meet your quota but beware something is lurking below... * Developed by Ryan R. Burns @burnsdesigns.bsky.social #indiegame www.youtube.com/watch?v=30o2...

🎉 [DEMO LAUNCH!] 🎉 The Oily Depths demo is out now! If you'd like to play 'Day 1' of this undersea psychological horror adventure go check it out on Steam! I may be biased, but it's friggen awesome-sauce! Download and Wishlist here! store.steampowered.com/app/3113030/...

It's #TrailerTuesday! Show me your indie games!

Sorry it took me so long, y'all. I feel disappointed in myself I kept it even this long.

UPCOMING BETA (for the demo...) My newsletter subscribers will be able to test the demo for The Oily Depths starting next week. If you want to join in, sign up here... ryanrburns.com

I hired an artist. It paid off. This game looks so bad ass, I often forget I'm the one making it.

15 more seconds of my indie game #indiegame #gamedev WISHLIST: store.steampowered.com/app/3241560/...

Godot 4.4 has reached the Release Candidate stage! All features are in, critical regressions fixed, and it’s ready for production use. We still need your help testing, so give it a try (remember to make backups!) and let us know if you find any issues 🚀 godotengine.org/article/rele...

The Oily Depth Patch Notes: 11/02/2025 New Feature: Pee

Making the end-of-demo screen. Is it too subtle?

Milestone Reached: 1k Wishlists! Thanks for all your support on The Oily Depths. This is a huge deal and is so motivating. Thank you so much 😭😭😭😭😭

I installed Balatro, Slay the Spire, Dicey Dungeon, and Slice & Dice on my phone. I will not get anything done until 2028.

Fascinating read on Gameplay Loops and their danger. While I don't fully agree with the premise of the article, it does make a great case for questioning 'padding' and meaning.

honey wake up godot minimal theme 2.0 just dropped!

If you are a horror game dev and you want to use my platform to share your game trailer, just send me a DM and I’ll help you out. No need to wait for a showcase, no bullshit exclusivity rules, no payment, no keys, nothing. I just want more people to see your game 🤙

Me: I should go indie! Indie Dev:

I finished my SaveLoad system in a day. Does it work? No. Living the dream.

Hi folks, it's a #HorrorFriday once again!👻 If you are a horror game developer, composer, artist, or you dabble in horror in any shape or form, share your projects under this thread so we can see and support you. I'll also reskeet for signal boost! 🎃 Pinned on my profile for easy access.

I posted the last version of this too hastily. I wasn't satisfied with the art so I added more yeast. Now I think I'm done with it.

new Michael Brough game announced - i loved 868 HACK and am excited to see him build upon it www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

This is SO freaking cool!

THAT is NICE.

Time for another 100% illegal #GodotEngine tip😈 You know how smart people tell you to not have UI in your trailers unless absolutely necessary? What if your game is really hard to play without UI? Move the entire HUD onto a separate transparent window so OBS doesn't record it! Play the game!

Welp, @pataloon.bsky.social's game, THRESHOLD, comes out soon! And it is on popular upcoming!!! Congrats!

I'm bringing back the piss filter!

Hi, I've been an indie dev for 20 years and shipped 15 games. Here's a GDC talk I did in 2016 that was quite popular. It was about indie sustainability and I'm still here, so that's good :-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmwb...

I think I'll start posting here too. This is FUMES, fast-paced retro-inspired car combat game I'm currently working on. How do you like it? 😏

I LOVED these Bottle Gnomes. The art, the old card style, everything. It's also interesting to compare cards of this era to cards printed today.

If you're an indie horror game developer and you need consultation on marketing, reach, pitch review, or simply gameplay feedback, I'm one DM away. It's for free and entirely confidential. No questions asked. I just want your game to be successful. Hit me up.

The atmosphere of my game

Feels SO good to see the words "Most Anticipated" and then see my game below. It's happening! It's finally happening! 😭😭😭😭

Im now 11 months in on my 3 month project... How is your schedule looking?

Just finished House of Leaves last night. I'm not sure I GET it...

I believe the exodus has improved my mental health. It's just nicer here!