Ex Nihilo

Ex Nihilo is a non-linear, narrative driven indie adventure game coming to Steam in 2025. 👁️ Wishlist on Steam now! 🎮 store.steampowered.com/app/3072660/ More info ➡️ link in bio!

@J__mon Ye, but at least you do your best to spotlight them! 🙌 Let's enjoy it until we are all subsumed by AI slop 👋

@ExNihiloGame individuals, groups so close! life is fun but it sucks lol being out there is better than zero though!

A sad realization magnum opus, masterpiece, pièce de résistance, classics... They transcend, ripple and synergize. But they don't necessarily "connect"

Working on a new area! 👁️ Still dialing in the atmosphere, but the general direction is coming together! 新エリアのライティング検証中。👁️ 「Stable」から「Critical」へ。まだ調整が必要ですが、全体的な方向性は見えてきました！ ​#ExNihilo #IndieDev #UE5 #ゲーム制作 #indiedev

Making sure I stay hyped to work on my game. (Time to sleep 🙈) ​モチベーション維持のために待ち受け画面を変えました👁️　さて、寝よう👋 ​#exnihilo #indiedev #gamedev

#TIGS2026、行ってきます！ On my way to #tokyoindiegamesummit! What a beautiful day to have a curse!

@DreamIntoleance Walkin' ' round, lookin' good.

Wandering around #lowpoly #indiedev

@GameTikker Hi! I'm building a sci-fi horror walking sim where you have to squint to sneak past your enemies!

It's #ShowcaseThursday Devs #ShowYaGame in the comments & promote it! 🧡 LIKE ➡️ FOLLOW 🔁 REPOST Contact us to get featured on GameTikker.com & GoodIndie.Games #Indies #IndieGame #IndieDev #IndieGameDev #GameDev #Devs #SoloDev #Developer #ThrowbackThursday

@AzaGameStudio Love the setting! When's it out?

#indiedev #indiedevhour #gamedev #gamer #horror #horrorgames #indiegame CHASMTIDE - WIP - Underwater Lovecraftian Slow Dread Horror - Walk the seabed of an alien ocean in your diving suit while activating abandoned beacons azagamestudio.itch.io

@VidasSalavejus I definitely am guilty of not taking enough breaks and banging my head on the same problem over and over. Much respect for the crazy work ethic, btw. Wish I'd get more done in a week!

Gamedev tip: 1. You're tired or burned out 2. Take a break 3. Exactly 3 seconds later new game idea comes to mind 4. "I'd love to work on it" 5. Realise you have free will 6. Start working on that new idea 7. Get it done in a week 8. Come back to the other game well rested 9. "Oh yeah I wanted to take a break, well, I'm not tired anymore so I'll keep working" It's all in your head people. Anyway I got like 5 games coming up (Yes I know step 7 sounds crazy but I believe in you)

Spent the last few weeks making a stationary enemy feel threatening. I think the twitching does the trick. 👁️ ​Full devlog below for the mechanics! 🛰️ ​動かない敵をどう怖く見せるか。数週間試行錯誤して、この『目』に辿り着きました。詳細はデブログにて！ ​#ExNihilo #SoloDev #個人開発

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How do you hide from an enemy that hunts your sight? 👁️ ​Introducing the Beholder: a new threat that forces you to close your eyes to survive. ​新敵「ビホルダー」解説！生き残るコツは…「目を閉じる」こと。👁️ ▼Steam store.steampowered.com/app/3072660/Ex… ​#ExNihilo #IndieDev #Gamedev #個人開発

A sneak peek at the Beholder. 👁️ In Ex Nihilo, when things go Critical, nowhere is safe. Full dev update coming soon. ​ビホルダーをチラ見せ👁️ クリティカル状態では安全地帯は消滅します。解説動画を制作中、お楽しみに！ ​#ExNihilo #UE5 #ScreenshotSaturday #個人開発

@DontFretGame Love the setting, as well as your use of color for this selection of screenshots! Looking forward to checking it out :)

I hate that these days marketing is “My Game is inspired by( insert game here)”. How about this? You will be inspired by my upcoming indie horror game Don’t Fret 🙌 #dontfret #indie #horror

If you'd like to see more of the world, check out the Steam page below. Every wishlist helps a lot! 🛰️ ゲームの世界観をもっと詳しく知りたい方は、ぜひSteamページをご覧ください。ウィッシュリスト登録よろしくお願いします！👁️ Steam ▼ store.steampowered.com/app/3072660/Ex…

@devsanddorks @WishlistWedRT Thanks for hosting! 🙏 I’m building Ex Nihilo, a sci-fi horror walking sim, where the environment turns hostile when the timer runs out 👁️ Steam ▼ store.steampowered.com/app/3072660/Ex… #ExNihilo #IndieDev #WishlistWednesday

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Thank you for voting! Looks like everyone wants to see more enemy gameplay, so I'll make sure to cook something up 👁️ 投票ありがとうございました！ どうやら皆さん「敵の遊び」に興味津々のようです。映像を準備するので、お楽しみに！ 👁️ #ExNihilo #IndieDev #UE5 #個人開発 #SciFiHorror

@MjTheHunter Ah, that makes sense if you're still prototyping! Good luck on finding the right formula for your game :)

@ExNihiloGame I'm by no means saying we're just giving in to scope creep haha. We try to drill down to the core of the features, but sometimes it spirals a little out of control. I think that's the big thing about inde dev is being able to identify what to actually keep

I went into gamedev completely blind. I had a rough idea of the type of game I wanted to make and a general outline of the story. The more I work on it, the further I drift from genre specific elements. Having a unique mechanic doesn't necessarily make a good game. Differentiating your game doesn't come down to a spin on something existing. It's a multitude of things. Most of my time is spent thinking and working on things that impact the game as a whole. Story, visuals, mood etc. Mechanics will follow, and I'm hoping that what we're building becomes something people can get lost in.

@MjTheHunter I see! If this works for you guys, that's great. I personally find it risky, because it becomes tempting to keep adding stuff, equating to unforeseen amounts of additional dev time... Worst case, the project never reaches the finish line, and the people who want to play it 🥲

@ExNihiloGame I think it's just something inherint to gamedev. And we've definitely run into that as well. It's just important from time to time to zoom out and be realistic I think. We don't have a time frame as such right now