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Announcing Pirate Code 2, an open-world, roguelite, turn-based pirate strategy game with a focus on tactical combat, exploration, and fleet customization! Wishlist it here: store.steampowered.com/app/1938190/Pi… Sign up for the demo here: circuithive.com #indiegame #IndieGameDev

@kianamosser Hexagons are by far the best shape!

As of today, I've decided to stop making pixel art using square pixels. What do you think of my new art style?

@kiriken16 Amazing! Does everyone in Japan do amazing art just for enjoyment? My feed seems to support this.

海外の人にポストを見てもらいやすくなったんですか？ 見て下さい私の切り絵！ 一枚の紙をカッターで切り抜いて作った全て繋がった作品です✨ #切り絵

@Ludo_AI Looks good. What’s the max image size it can animate?

A moving character tells you things a static mockup can't, from run cycle feel to idle tone and readability at game size! #IndieGameDev #GameDev #GameDesign #LudoAI #Prototyping

@PixelArtJourney Easy. A sword pointed in the viewer face.

Artists, what is something about perspective you still cant wrap your head around even though you tried? 🤔

@JuhaKiili I really like the idea of functional main menus. I hope we see more of this in the future.

The main menu background is already teaching you the game mechanics.

@minus981f The way the camera jerks back to center every time you stop moving actually makes me motion sick. I recommend you leave the camera where it’s at when you stop moving or at least let it slowly drift back. Look into nonlinear easing techniques.

Made this basic level transition with SceneLoader autoload pattern. Still very basic but very happy with how it turns out. #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine #2d #pixel #retro

@FangsAndForges @danceman I’m just enjoying looking at your UI design! It’s immensely detailed. Really adds to the game.

Tactics rule 21: Give 'em the biggest sword⚔️ #indiegame #turnbased #solodev

@GreatZaochen Looks nice. Will the empty space on the right side of each box hold a description? Are the white dashes placeholders for upgrade costs or names?

⚙️ Tech Tree Rework! Switched from vertical to horizontal — more space for info and icons, much clearer. Global tech tree: earn points each level to unlock units, upgrades, and new mechanics. Progress carries forward. #IndieGame #RTS #GameDev

@the08games Looks nice! Does the water around the base of the rocks animate?

New assets for our game. #pixelart #indiedev

@PixelArtJourney These look great!

I love drawing pixel art rocks #pixelart

@VoidmawGames @pr_pirate Great advice. Honestly surprised more games don’t have feedback forms built in.

Put a bug report form inside your game. Not on your website. Not on Discord. Inside the game. Ive gotten hundreds of reports since beta, and its saved me SO MUCH time in finding and squashing bugs. Players want to help you. Just make it easy for them.

@Chaosxsilencer Why did I watch this?

Never forget that Hideo Kojima put a 2 minute ladder in Metal Gear..

@DivinumGame The final result was absolutely worth it! Nicely done.

2D camera behavior for points of interest and level exits sound like an easy thing, but it's actually tricky to make it feel just right. #gamedev #indiedev #metroidvania #pixelart

@b_johannsen @factoriogame @SensmoreAI It took me way too long to realize you mixed Factorio with your actual business to make this video. Cool though.

When you realize, you have built real world @factoriogame with @SensmoreAI. People think we build some cute robots, but we actually build the whole thing.

@KatanaLarp Read every word. You basically just destroyed every argument claiming that skilled programmers are no longer needed. Well done.

@hnshah You started repeating yourself at the end, but the concept makes sense. Software for humans where AI helps is the past. Software for AI where humans watch and guide is the future.

@systematicls I’ve read a lot of these articles. This one was golden! And actually entertaining too!

@OdinLovis @fal Can I give it an existing image and get an animation? Can I give it a style guide image?

To celebrate nano-banana-2 launching on @fal , I built FalSprite, sprite sheet generator that turns a text prompt into game-ready animations. One fal.ai key powers the whole pipeline: → nano-banana-2 for image generation → BRIA for background removal → OpenRouter LLM for prompt rewriting ~$0.20 per generation. Try it live or fork it: 🔗 falsprite.vercel.app 🔗 github.com/lovisdotio/fal… Thanks @BlendiByl for the help on this 🙏

@StartupsWala @GeminiApp The time? 25:73 is not how we keep time…

@GeminiApp Something feels off. Can you spot it?

Nano Banana 2 is here. Our latest image model gives you the power of Pro at the speed of Flash. You can create images with real-world accuracy, add text in many languages, and bring your wildest ideas to life faster with vibrant lighting, richer textures and sharper details. 🧵

@EnoReyes I enjoyed that last line.