walk is out now on steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4563880/... hope you like it <3

Only minor accessibility updates to the dice game this week: a subtle grid to help see where the dice are on the board, even when using the isometric view, and aiming arrows to accompany the trajectory arcs, for easier aiming.

The 2026 Godot Community Poll is here: Takes about ten minutes to complete, and it's one of the more direct ways to influence where things head next. We want to hear from you! 📝 godotengine.org/article/godo...

Never thought I'd be into mobile games again, but I got this game from F-Droid a few weeks ago and I've been playing it more than any other single-player game in weeks. You get 8 tries to guess a number between 1 and 100, and the game tells you if you're over or under. f-droid.org/en/packages/...

I know it's just me getting old, but I don't get the RGB lights in PC parts. To me, they're like the overly juiced-up UIs in games - fun to look at for 20 seconds, and just distracting after that. Bring back the beige! And degaussing, for an actually satisfying button interaction, with a purpose....

Here's the setup I'm trying to make work to get back to PC gaming, IMGA award for scale. I forgot the display is broken, so that's something I have to buy. I don't really have space for the PC other than on the table. A horizontal PC case might solve the space issue, or some magical display mount...

Decided not to buy the Steam Machine. Or actually, just forgot about the e-mail and the 3-day purchase period :'--) What a fine way to make decisions.

Progress on the random generated levels (now spawns multiplier zones and holes, too). Also made the slippery blocks look nicer. I know the ice blocks kind of look like the bombs should shatter them now, but I'll let that ...slide.

My partner asked what happened with this project so I booted it up again this morning. I really like it, I just don't know what to do with it. I feel like maybe it needs to be a collaborative work. (shout out to @polyducks.bsky.social for their lovely vases!) #screenshotsaturday

If you've ever looked at a popular, simple game and thought "I could have made that!", what you probably mean is "I could replicate parts of this". What you can do is put effort into your own projects, use whatever motivates you, and get stuff done.

 1. Make games
 2. Release them
 3. ? 4. PROFIT

Spent hours this week making levels for the game and none felt better than the default square shape, so I started working on simple, random generated levels instead. It can only add pegs and ice blocks at the moment but it feels fun so I think I'll go with this approach. #ScreenshotSaturday #SoloDev

It's Friday, and a time for celebration 👯👯👯 #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #godot

Every "Steam Machine but for $200 less" video on Youtube: "We're not going to as small as the Steam Machine but we can get pretty close". And then you look at the specs and the thing is 4,9 times the size of the SM... A mini itx build still looks interesting, but the local prices aren't too good.

Yesss, got Android SDK set up on my blursed sawed-off Steam Deck running Win 11.

One other constant in my games is a pride flag easter egg. Turret vs Turret (ottoojala.itch.io/turret-vs-tu...) got bad reviews on the AppStore thanks to it, and someone on Itch was upset for seeing a rainbow-colored air freshener in Autopeli (ottoojala.itch.io/autopeli). Obviously worth it, still.

If you're feeling generous and want to support me in making more freeware games, you can do so by buying me one or more of these digital coffees: ko-fi.com/ottoojala I will continue to thank you in some fun way in all my future freeware games, as I am truly grateful for every donation I receive ❤️

Remember the internet before Google, before algorithmic feeds, before monolithic social media corralled us onto the same handful of apps? When small, *personal websites* and webrings linking them together reigned supreme? Time to bring it back.

I don't have Android SDK set up yet so here's how the game runs on my old cheap Nokia tablet using the HTML5 version ... #ScreenshotSaturday

The officially supported mini PC for this OS has gone up in price quite a lot since I last checked, and SD cards, too. Still, if you're into the idea of games on physical media, Kazeta is probably worth checking out. At least it is inspiring: kazeta.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j7r...

Trying to focus on the nice parts of having to switch phones: I can now use Godot anywhere :---) I went with a Pixel 10a and GrapheneOS. Except for one authentication app (Danske ID), everything works so far, including banking (Danske Bank) and NFC payments (MobilePay).

Got to figure out a replacement for the 13 Mini sooner rather than later it seems. I don't mind spending some money on things I enjoy, but a new phone? Maybe it time to go dumb phone again. This looks kind of nice (but is sold out and pricey): www.punkt.ch/products/mp0...

Made all wind-based shaders respond smoothly to wind speed changes instead of snapping suddenly. When I first made these, I wasn't planning any live changes in wind conditions. Now I'm adding occasional gusty winds to add to the immersiveness of the world. 🍃 #GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev

Steam Sale HIDDEN GEMS thread! Cheap games with under 100 reviews.

Making changes to the game just before you go to sleep, and then opening the project for the first time the next day, is best. Yesterday's me thought it was a good idea to slap the title at your face.

Animating a new enemy while I wait for demo page approval. #gamedev #pixelart #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #godot #TheUniverseOfDeath

I'm giving another federated social media thing thing a try. If you're on Matrix and have any cool rooms to link to (gamedev related or not), please do. Or if you want an excuse to try Matrix out, you can also join this room I just made to see if it works: matrix.to#/%23ottoojal...

I started late for the @juniperdev.bsky.social jam, but still submitted something. I'm getting better with scope and people expectations it seems. So check goddonut.itch.io/rocky-rocket if you're into physics platformer involving jetpack, wiggling, and leaderboards #godotEngine #gameJam #soloDev

Got this in the mail yesterday. I can afford it, and I've been looking to upgrade my 10yo gaming PC. I already once decided not to buy a new PC as the prices didn't make sense, but here I am, still considering this.. If you've got links to good, similar builds (small, quiet, runs SteamOS), do share.

#ScreenshotSaturday and some progress with Dice Hands. You can now change the board rotation speed (or make it completely static), and there's new level to play. I'm keeping the levels flat for easier aiming, but maybe there's going to stuff like flippers or slippery surfaces or something. #SoloDev

I've been using Godot for almost 3 years now - it's what got me back to gamedev, and I'm happy to see it having grown so much that I feel it doesn't really need the evangelism anymore. That's also my excuse to mention it less. People passionate about it are ...quite a lot at times, on social media.

Want to play with 50 friends? Now you can! The new Rakete local co-op mode supports unlimited* players. Get it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3814090/... *The number of players is limited by the number of buttons you have available.

Here's a slightly modified version, now with clicky keys, too... Not sure yet about the layout of all the stuff, and I think this now feels a bit like some old Bond movie's nuclear bomb, or something that would fit KITT's dashboard... Kind of fun, but quite different than I had in mind originally.

My nephew is one of the Pioneers (=first playtesters) of Reforj, and posting content he's made in the game, mostly public transit vehicles in Tampere. Here's his newest model, the upcoming 47 meters long tram, longest in the Nordics: www.youtube.com/watch?v=artm...

If you have a web version or a video of your game and would like to check if something specific in it is a potential migraine trigger, reply with a link and I'll give it a go %-) Migraine triggers are personal, but it might be worth a shot... #GameDev

Just experimenting. Something like this would add lots of visual clutter, and a proper GUI might end up looking nicer. Still the LEDs and the 7-segment displays fit the retro theme and would make this feel more physical. Maybe worth a couple of iterations to see if I could make them fit the scene...

The Quake II remaster looks just fantastic! #Quake #QuakeII #FPS

Feels like a very different game as I finally got to working on the turn-based mode.

I'm happy to see the good old "my gaming console is better than your gaming console" discourse is alive and well :--)

Updated to Tahoe and in addition to disabling the Aero features I decided to give Taskbar a fresh try, and it's ...really good now? Despite having used a Mac for years, the Dock never made sense to me - it takes lots of screen space and doesn't tell you what windows you have open lawand.io/taskbar/

Is it acceptable to drop the article in video game tutorials, like "press button to jump" instead of "press the button to jump"? I like my English clumsy anyway, so I haven't really thought about it much...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTlE... OMG. I made this 15 years ago. Didn't remember it being both as good and as bad as this :--) The swf file is still on Kongregate, but I couldn't get it to work with Ruffle.

I went to the countryside and did a little game jam last weekend. Finally got around to make a proper game out of all the oscilloscope stuff I got figured out years ago. This is snek, two player versus, one button per player. Eat the other players tail to win.

Still WIP, but made some progress with the ready-up phase. When readying up, the hands also gesture the player number if the button is kept pressed. #ScreenshotSaturday

Games with a dedicated credits button in the main menu 😙👌💦

I was browsing for new small phones to replace my iPhone 13 Mini and found none that I liked. Titan 2 Elite (www.unihertz.com/products/tit...) perhaps, but it's still Android and Android is getting worse day by day. Mecha Comet (mecha.so) also looks kind of interesting, with the LTE addon...

The second LoRa radio came in the mail today. I'm getting messages sent from about 300m away - Heltec V3 at home and Wio Tracker L1 with me. Obstructed line of sight and using stock antennas. I can still put the node at home to a higher position, and maybe I should get better antennas? #Meshtastic

So, I see a lot of people out there reaching for chromatic aberration when they need a quick and dirty CRT/NTSC/Composite vibe on their games/videos, and I wanted to offer some advice: The color bleed you're looking for isn't CA (left), it's chroma blur (right). 1/6

Unlocked a new way to spend infinite time working on game projects: adding little pixel art animations here and there. Rotating mug next to the Ko-Fi supporter? Totally unneccessary. The finger gun cursor, though, pretty fun?

Low-effort logo :'--) Pretty much just Times New Roman in bold, still it has that Win 3.1 feel to it, I think, which suits this just fine, and the elevator music, too. Like in all of my games, I'm also thanking my Ko-Fi supporters somewhere in the game - in this, it could be in the menu background.