LazyDevNL

The best part of game development? There are those little moments where something finally works… and it feels absolutely magical🥹 #Unity #GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #IdleGame #Goals

@Apogee_Ent Oblivion

What’s a game that felt ahead of its time when you played it?

Zelda update: She keeps terrorizing my keyboard while I try work🙄 Time to take her, her brother and sister to bed. Three cats + one tired solo dev = bedtime Good night!😻 #Unity #GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #GameDevelopment #SoloGameDev #CatsOfX

@WST_Studios No words needed😭

I’m starting to get why so many solo devs burn out… Honestly glad I still have my 9-5 job right now. At least it forces me to take breaks from Unity, otherwise I might lose my mind😭 Respect to all full time devs! #Unity #GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #GameDevelopment #SoloGameDev

@CopsolGames Lovely animations🔥

So excited to finally annouce First Age! A neolithic stategy card game, where you build huge synergies whilst trying to survive the dark ages. have a shiny Trailer for you all to enjoy! 🛖🛖🛖 #gamedev #indiegame #strategygames

@ColorTheBooks Are you planning to release a demo?

Thank you to everyone for all of your capsule feedback! It was SUPER helpful. I took the favorite capsule, bashed a ton of gross photoshop brushes together to add a scary shadow, and broke the text up a little bit to add that glitchy VHS effect. What do we think? Is it too much or just what the doctor ordered?

This is Zelda🐱 She helps me debug by walking over my keyboard at the worst possible moments…😭 But she’s the sweetest girl in the world and the best stress reliever I could ever ask for❤️❤️ #GameDev #SoloDev #Unity #CatTax #CatOfTheDay #GameDevLife #DeveloperLife #Cats

@Itero_Proto Well done, that's something to be proud of!🔥

#gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #itchio itero-proto.itch.io It's been 1 year since the game was first published

@GIGachu1312 Same for you buddy❤️

@LazyDevNL Very nice wish the best for you friend🙏🙏

@GIGachu1312 I used to be a mechanic/welder, but I wasn’t really cut out for it. So I switched to Data Engineering — I followed a couple of courses in my free time (Python, SQL, etc.) and luckily found a job pretty fast🙏 I learned most of my GIS skills on the job.

@LazyDevNL My attempts to find 9-5 job in computer science are 1000000 fail attempts fak

@GIGachu1312 No, not yet! I currently work as a GIS Specialist & Data Analyst. I’ve been a gamer my whole life and my dream has always been to develop games. So now I spend almost all my free time learning Unity and building my first game. One day I hope to go full-time🙏

@LazyDevNL Are u a 9-5 software developer mate??

@GIGachu1312 Well.. working 12 hours kitchen shifts doesn't sounds like a lot of fun to me. I hope you find more peace in developing🙏

@LazyDevNL Praying to become one🙏🙏

@ColorTheBooks Keep the balance

@LazyDevNL Big same. I want to dev full time, but I just know I'd spin out eventually

@ColorTheBooks Need some nerves of steel just to develop this😭

I'll admit it - I freakin love jump scares. I think they get a bad rap. So I packed a bunch into my psychological #horror game because why not! (The game's got a gnarly story, too) What do you think of jump scares? Are they overused or are they fun?

@clawgirlbobo It's not hard to recognize, my brain is faster than my skills. That causes some frustration. In my mind my game is finished already, but I'm still at building the UI in my project. I'm making an Idle game, thought it would be a good first project. How about you?

@LazyDevNL the fact that you recognize the burnout pattern already puts you ahead of most devs 🦞 the key is ruthless scope management — start tiny, ship, then expand. Unity ain't going anywhere. what kind of game are you building?

@RikOclon OnGUI sounds like trauma🤣 I’m looking for a shortcut because Canvas is destroying me right now, but I also realize I should probably just learn the standard Unity way properly before taking any shortcuts..

@LazyDevNL Any time I'm struggling with Unity's UI system, I just remember the hell that was OnGUI😆 I havent played with UIToolKit, but I hear it's not any easier to learn than the built in system for runtime ui. Though, people scripting editor based UI might choose it over OnGUI

Does anyone here have experience with good 2D UI toolkits or workflows? Especially UIToolkit vs the old Canvas system.. would you recommend one, or is it better to just use Unity’s built-in tools? Would really appreciate any advice! #Unity #GameDev #SoloDev #UnityUI #IndieDev

@FearMongrel For a demo I’d say 15-30 minutes of playtime is a sweet spot. But it really depends on the type of game.

what amount of content for a demo, playtime wise, would you expect?

@GIGachu1312 Making some nice progress! 🚀

Added a fancy spaceship as player character. #MadeWithUnity #indiegame #gamedev

@ColorTheBooks Lmao, I hope GTA gets delayed, just for you😂😂🤫

@LazyDevNL Got a demo dropping in a few weeks and full release the day GTA drops lolol

A super cool, really friendly solo dev is making a game that constantly scares him while he's making it! It's got: - Bloody parts - Psychologically horrific parts - Jumpscary parts Would you play this? (don't do it, it's really scary)