Microsoft broke PlayStation controllers on Win 11 in a recently update. This upset me because Upfall does some fun things with them... Now, however, I'm happy to say that my usual understated neon has been reinstated in an update! 👉 store.steampowered.com/news/app/357... #GameDev #IndieDev #Free

Microsoft broke PlayStation controllers on Win 11 in a recently update. This upset me because Upfall does some fun things with them... Now, however, I'm happy to say that my usual understated neon has been reinstated in an update! 👉 store.steampowered.com/news/app/357... #GameDev #IndieDev #Free

today I shall be mostly drawing messy watery things ✨

OH! So I wasn't imagining it a few weeks back, Microsoft really did fuck up PS4/5 controllers in an update and Rewired had to update to *checks notes* not use Windows Gaming Input because it was misreporting *checks notes* their main competitors controllers. Ahmmmmmmmmmmm.

Welp without thinking I just said "aww no I crushed my big baps" very audibly in my local supermarket... which I'm pretty sure means I need to move now. How is your morning going?

Something worth noting: Rockstar is leaning HEAVILY on the excuse that the unionising employees were "leaking private company information" They want people to assume this means game info or assets. But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to: 'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"

I'm joining this protest outside Rockstar North in Edinburgh today and if you're nearby, we'd really appreciate your support. After what happened with my colleagues under Leslie Benzies (of former Rockstar "fame"), and now this, we really need to fix this industry! (also come meet me! 😉)

Yahoo! I have no mouth but I must a-scream

For SOLAS 128 neither delta or fixed time steps worked because of dodginess with floating point arithmetic or alt tabbing desyncing things from the music which broke EVERYTHING. I ended up tying everything to the PCM sample values of the backing track instead which was mad and worked really well 🤣

There are very, very few moments when I feel like a genuinely functioning adult with my shit together. Going to a supermarket with a voucher that gives me money off when I spend over £20 and getting *just over £20* on my first try? Mmf, that's as good as it gets.

As it is the spoooookiest day of the year, why not give my decidedly creepy, highly rated platformer a go? It's free, it'll definitely try to kill you, and it's probably at least slightly haunted? Plus you get to unlock things! store.steampowered.com/app/3570280/... #IndieGame #FreeGame #GameDev

thinking about potato house this halloween

I can't stop thinking about the ROG Ally pitch meet: - Hey guys! What if we did a competitor to the Steam Deck!? - Isn't that pretty niche and even then it's only selling that many because it's tied directly to the biggest store for PC games? - Sure but we'll make it better! It'll run Windows 11!!!

The gaming news has been full of big companies being complete idiots this week, so how about you ignore them and instead listen to some amazing developers talking passionately about games and design instead?

Time to update my slide deck with the latest example, it seems...

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

Fuck me, I'm so tired of this. I've been told MY ENTIRE LIFE that video games are dying, always by executives misinterpreting statistics and/or people with the attention spans of particularly dumb goldfish. You want to make money from games? Empower your staff to make some fucking games. That's it.

We just released the demo for Sea of Rifts, our systems-driven naval roguelike RPG! Take the helm as Captain, assemble a motley crew, and engage in tense, ship-to-ship combat as you explore a shattered reality. RimWorld meets Sunless Sea, with a dash of Dredge thrown in ⛵🐙 youtu.be/qh2nfllI8fg?...

Hooray, Wolftown is released! store.steampowered.com/app/3948350/... best social deduction game released in the last 5 mins imo

Folks! I’m looking for an illustrator to do some in-game artwork for an unannounced project on a contract basis in November. Feel free to shoot me a DM with your portfolio if you’re interested! Must be based in the UK, and absolutely no AI 🌟

Okay, right, look... I now have some questions about this smoothie...

Lol, fuck off GDC you absolute ghouls. If you cared about developers you'd not host it in a country where developers are at risk of extraordinary rendition, you'd have paid speakers and staff better throughout your history, and you'd not gatekeep talks and dev knowledge in a online fucking vault.

I assume this absolutely beautiful artefact is where you keep your most hearty of screams!

I was lucky enough to play an early version of this, and boy it's a-real good!

Wait, I could have got funding for my weekend plans? Well fuck.

In the last month the INCREDIBLE INNOVATIONS from the geniuses at Microsoft have made Windows think my PS5 controller is a fucking keyboard whenever it connects. Before turning it off and then getting confused it can't see a keyboard any more. So, you know. I might not trust them?

Why do I suddenly want a smooch from a large lady? (An excellent performance from The GGs at Game Talks Live last night!)

Why do I suddenly want a smooch from a large lady? (An excellent performance from The GGs at Game Talks Live last night!)

It's Ada Lovelace Day! She was the first person ever to publish a computer program, before we had transistors or thermionic valves and, in fact, before the first computer! To celebrate, Hexahedra is currently 50% off in the #AdaLovelaceDay Steam sale. store.steampowered.com/app/1248420/...

Toot toot! You can now wishlist our forthcoming point-and-click parody of Les Miserables here! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4090610 #adventuregame #pointandclick #indiedev #gamedev

We should be asking this c o n s t a n t l y.

"We've updated asset requirements"

The CRT7 Demo has also been patched to get rid of the Fun Time Unity Security Vulnerability™. Now the only computer wot should be doing weird things is the one in the game (and also maybe the super secret post-demo one too shhh don't tell anyone) 👉 store.steampowered.com/app/2096780/...

In totally unrelated news, this week I've started updating most of my games to patch out the Fun Time Unity Security Vulnerability™. Upfall is patched, free, and only 7 reviews away from the coveted 'Very Position' boundary, if you'd like to help out ❤️🖤🤍 👉 store.steampowered.com/app/3570280/...

In totally unrelated news, this week I've started updating most of my games to patch out the Fun Time Unity Security Vulnerability™. Upfall is patched, free, and only 7 reviews away from the coveted 'Very Position' boundary, if you'd like to help out ❤️🖤🤍 👉 store.steampowered.com/app/3570280/...

Oh HEY! It's that thing that literally everyone with any knowledge of tech said for flipping years that would happen with the Online Safety Act because it was exceptionally fucking obviously going to happen... Only, you know, even faster that usual wheeeeeee www.404media.co/the-discord-...

This is grim & dangerous over reach. This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent. Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.

Solidarity to all the other devs who are looking at their emails and just sighing this weekend ✊

tofu dog

I was trying to introduce students to Unity this week and it's so awful to demo. Every year it's getting noticeably shitter and more hostile. From Unity Hub trying to trick your project in the cloud for ad reasons, to opening in admin and then screaming at you, to template projects shipping broken.

My indie puzzle game is going for 40% off in the Steam sale!

Scottish Wildcat Vector Study #art #vectors #illustration #graphics #fediart #cat

Just a quick check in with Labour at their Party Conference... Oh the five biggest petitions ever are all from since they took power The Digital ID one is already the second biggest and hasn't slowed down. Four of them are from the last few months. Two are calling for an election Going well then?

We just released the demo for our debut indie game PUZZLE PARASITE, a sci-fi puzzle adventure where you explore an alien world with physics-driven puzzles… and a cricket bat. Can be played solo or in co-op. Head over to to steam and play the demo: store.steampowered.com/app/3965930/...

It truly is incredible watching Labour flail around without any direction, leadership, or ideals. It's so nakedly pathetic and desperate. Of fucking course digital IDs won't "fix immigration". It can, however, easily worsen the digital divide, put everyone's data at risk, and alienate more voters 🤦

I had a lot of fun writing this piece about The House of Tesla for @thinkygames.com ! Check it out 👇

GDC has always *always* been discriminatory. On geographic, race, gender, and socio-economic class at the very least. It's always given me the ick because it's relied on the myth that people in the industry need and want to go to avoid admitting the value it's taking from those who do go.

GDC has always been ass, and GDC now trying to further impose control outside moscone to strangle out side events is a sure sign that it's not going to get better. If you're a dev, this sheet is free and will have a higher impact than paying money to go to sf docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Hey yous. Upfall is just 9 reviews away from changing its Positive rating to Very Positive! If you'd be up for helping us get there that'd be lovely 🫧 It's totally free, has loads of things to unlock, and is good for zoning out to 🫧 store.steampowered.com/app/3570280/... #IndieGame #Free #GameDev