Gato Inary Games

When a project feels stuck, I usually do not need more inspiration. I need a new perspective. Very often the idea is still alive. I am just looking at it from the wrong angle. #creativity #productivity #gamedev #indiedev

I prefer creative stability over sudden productivity spikes. Bursts feel exciting, but steady rhythm is what keeps long projects alive and makes creative work sustainable. #creativity #productivity #gamedev #indiedev

Blockouts help me think more clearly than beautiful references. References inspire. Blockouts reveal structure. They show scale, flow, and what the project actually needs before everything gets too polished to question. #gamedev #indiedev #blockout #gamedesign

What helps me stay interested in long projects? Small steps. Variety. Structure. A reason that still feels meaningful. And room to breathe when progress is quiet. That is usually what keeps me going. #gamedev #indiedev #creativeprocess #focus

Starting a new Amazon book about solo #gamedev. First step is not code. First step is structure. I am building the book as a block based outline so the project feels like a journey, not a pile of notes. Title: DiBrain: Step by Step. Solo Develing #indiedev #solodev

Summer update: I’m lowering our studio posting frequency to 1 post a week, plus occasional updates. Vacation season, Dibrain book in progress, two more books queued, and game updates to catch up on. #gamedev #indiedev #productivity

What do I dream about when #games start paying the bills? Less #socialmedia work, a #personalassistant, better #gamedev tools, and more time to create. Not luxury, just more focus, less friction, and better support for the work itself. #indiegame #productivity #indiedev

Coming back to #development after a short break is always a little weird. You were still busy, still thinking, still #working on other #important things, and yet after a week, some of the #project context feels slightly blurred. For me, the answer is warm-up first, output second.

I keep every CV and cover letter I receive. Candidates are usually polite. Employers, much less so. That is why I also keep a list of employers, based on tone, clarity, deadlines and respect. #gamedev #indiedev #hiring #recruitment #cv #coverletter #hr #communication #teamculture

#Kototoro is becoming a cross-platform world. Mobile game on Google Play. Companion book on Amazon. Next stop, a deeper Steam experience. One world, different forms, same identity. #indiedev #crossplatform #indiegame #worldbuilding #mobilegames #Steam #indieauthor #gamebook

Would you read a book about building a game alone if it was written as a real creative journey, not a technical manual? I am thinking about - #DiBrain. My memoirs already showed that readers enjoy honest fragments, so maybe game making can work the same way. #writing #author

Started with the core, now the real question is how to turn a naked prototype into a proper game team. Who do you bring in first, art, sound, UI, or whoever fills the biggest gap? #indiedev #teambuilding #gameprototype #artdirection #sounddesign #musicforgames #projectmanagement

Game projects do not die from lack of ideas. They die from endless discussion that never becomes a decision. Who on your team is allowed to close the topic and say, “we are building this now”? #gamedev #indiedev #production #projectmanagement #leadership #scopecreep #smallstudio

I keep talking to people directly, honestly, as myself. Results are still small. Maybe people want a real human voice, but they react faster to whatever is sharper, trendier and easier to consume. Real person or hype wave? #marketing #socialmedia #contentstrategy #communication

Players feel problems correctly. Solve them wrong 90% of the time. "Remove traps" = bad pattern clarity. "Too slow" = missing feedback. Watch behaviour, translate feelings to root causes. Funniest player feedback that was brilliant + completely wrong? #gamedev #gamedesign

Game feel is why a button press feels good. Responsive input, clean animation, strong sound, clear feedback, the right weight. What is the smallest change that made your game feel much better? #gamedev #gamedesign #gamefeel #indiedev #sounddesign #animation #playerexperience

Good classification keeps business from turning into chaos. Projects, analytics, tasks, docs, all need clear categories. Build from real use, keep it simple, and make it easy to actually use. #businesssystems #analytics #projectmanagement #classification #workflow #smallbusiness

Modular design = small core, clear modules, clean interfaces, controlled dependencies. It keeps games and apps readable, testable and scalable as they grow. #gamedev #softwarearchitecture #modulardesign #indiedev #gamearchitecture #cleancode #appdevelopment

DiBrain needs a sound world that feels like dystopia, medicine, dark psychology and childhood memory at once. Cold electronics? Ambient? Industrial? Fragile melodies? What would you choose? #gamedev #indiedev #sounddesign #gameaudio #indiegames #DiBrain

If nanotechnology could rebuild the body, I would start with the brain. A true library of reliable knowledge sounds better than AI, which still lies with confidence. But would endless life actually be a gift, or just a very long form of exhaustion? #nanotechnology #philosophy #AI