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I made a very detailed GDD for my first game. For my second, I kept it short and documented systems separately. Now when I see huge GDDs, I assume it’s early-stage thinking. How do you approach it? #gamedev

@GamerQueenDiana Nope, want to try again or should I tell you? Explore, Build, 7, Blood.... :)

@SwarmMeGame Resident Evil Village?

Describe your favorite game using only emojis and we’ll try to guess it. 🎮 Here is one of my favorite games in emojis: 🧟‍♂️🚪🗝️

@swarmoclock SwarmDevs or smth., as we both make swarm games :)

@SwarmMeGame That actually sounds great! What do we call our conglomerate?

Devs, quick tradeoff question: If you had to pick just one, what are you taking? 100 Steam sales 200 active Discord users 300 YouTube subscribers 400 X followers 500 wishlists Curious what people value most and why.

@swarmoclock I think we need to find 5-10 devs with small communities and dump them into big pile, higher chance on finding playtesters as a team rather than alone :)

@SwarmMeGame Oh, I missed discord :D. Maybe I’d pick that too, dunno yet, especially if a couple folks there stream/post

@swarmoclock I see, two is manageable, but you mostly just prototype while finishing main project, and when it's done then jump to the next game, or you develop 2 full games at the same time and just redirect your attention where it's most needed?

@SwarmMeGame 2 guys me included. We switch based on the priorities, but there’s always one main thing going on and urgent activities on the second game

Anyone here working on multiple games at once? How’s that been for you?

@swarmoclock How big is your team? And do you have devs working across multiple projects, or keep them more isolated per game?

@SwarmMeGame We are, the games are in different stages. I don’t have a great insight for you, except it’s nice to have multiple shots and learn fast. Our 1st game didn’t get attention fast — fine, we had the 2nd one prototyped, and we kept experimenting on the 1st one at the same time

@swarmoclock I would probably go with active discord users - always have trouble finding playtesters and from 200 active users 10% should be available to try new builds and give quality feedback :)

@SwarmMeGame I’d pick YT I think — I understand these are most committed compared to other platforms. And you can show these people your next games. Your take?

@sensational965 In my spare time I'm trying to find someone to play the games I make - the most fun is watching other play your game :)

Hey game devs, I want to know what do you do in your spare time for fun, To avoid burn out on your game development, how do you balance it? #gamedev #indiedev

@igdmag Swarm Me was inspired by Call Of Duty. Black Ops: Kino Der Toten late round experience where relying on weapons alone was not enough. So I added more traps, special items, bosses and turned it into minimalistic horde survival.

What game inspired you to create an Indie Game ? #indiegamedev #indiegame #gamedev

@callme_siya_ First thing my mind dropped on me was 'wow, cool airplane' cloud.

If you saw a dog, you're right-brained. If you saw a cat, you're left-brained.

@halenhargreevs From childhood: Elite, Laser Squad, Kings Bounty, Warlord, Sid Meiers Pirates! From teenage years: Dune 2, X-Com, Privateer, Civilization, Heroes of Might and Magic. From 30s: Risen, Two Worlds, Fallout, Elder Scrolls Oblivion, Venetica More to come :)

so ur a gamer.. name 5 games rn

@mnchies Still Elite:Dangerous probably, then 7 days to die, New World and ESO :)

be honest rn no judgement which game do you have the most hours in

@GreyNovGames It really comes down to expectations. A quick look at how many games even make $100 on Steam already puts things into perspective about the odds.

Now I understand why roughly 80% of developers who launch a game on Steam never release another game on Steam.

@IzJarvisGaming Thanks! How you feel about this kind of gathering/building/defending loop. Thinking of focusing on aerial enemy attacks since most tower defense games lean heavily on ground units.

@SwarmMeGame Clean 🔥

Mining finally feels satisfying. How does it look?

@BeanJuiceStudio As a hardcore RPG player I would max out Design to 10, the rest would have to battle through in hard mode :)

Question for all game devs. If you had 10 skill points, how would you spend them? Design: 0/10 Programming: 0/10 Marketing: 0/10 Business: 0/10

@sensational965 Swarm Me was inspired by the late-round experience of Kino der Toten from Call of Duty: Black Ops, where survival depends more on movement, positioning, and environmental traps rather than shooting alone. Only played from top down view and mechanical enemies instead of zombies.

Hey game devs, I want to know what inspired your game, Share its story? #gamedev #indiedev