Albadron ._.

I've done something neat for #screenshotsaturday. I tried to record the essence of the gameplay of my idle-strategy #indiegame in a timelapse. This is one of the end-game builds you may choose. Plz like, react as this is my first time doing video editing 👉👈 #indiedev #gamedev

@ninza_game me reading this rn and thinking: where would i find bamboo grass here in my climate ._.

We have an event in Japan called Tanabata on July 7th. People write their wishes on strips of paper and hang them on sasa bamboo (bamboo grass), and it's said those wishes might come true. I was thinking, "Oh right, Tanabata is tomorrow. Maybe I should write a wish."

@ninza_game oh thanks:) it is smooth because it runs locally lol :) but i found out that it can be smooth online if i do some networking hacks

@RussianNotation I like it! 🍣 I can't really explain why, but there's something about how smooth and fluid it feels that makes me think, "Yeah... this definitely took a lot of work." 😂

my idle strategy is in polishing balancing phase and that's tough so I took some time to do a side story: to learn a netcode in #unity and make a small game. No graphic though.. This is my 1 day progress #indiedev #gamedev

I dunno about you but I always start games as these circle-square-triangle prototypes... Sometimes I do a graphical mockup but mechanical prototyping with just the shapes is soo much better

I will say that I really had a theory that grid based is more strategic in nature, as it is rigid and positional, but when i did it it looked like in the context of my game that is... an exception? And it is way more natural to just place buildings freely

Sometimes, when you do #gamedev you think: "hmm.. what if.. grid😏" then you think: "Hmm.. what if.. isometry🤨" then you hack for 3 hours, understand that it looks and plays like GARBAGE so you throw it away. Then you think: "I will post in on Twitter" #indiedev #indiegame

@ninza_game I was planning to post an itch demo of mine till april the 1st 👀🙃

I just realized it's already July... and I actually screamed. The original plan was to release the game in July.🫠💫

@ninza_game the guy that is really intriguing in these posts is that flying fish wanderin around all the characters:) Someone needed to address this elephant in the room

Day 128 of game dev Meet the third party member: Father Elijah. Without him, this whole party would go completely off the rails! He's the one who keeps everyone in line. No wonder he has a stomachache every day. lol #indiedev

Idk but sometimes I feel crazy doing gamedev :)

This is something I always laugh about -- the icons for blob's velocity upgrades in my idle-strategy #indiegame. I tried to make a "never skip a leg-day" jokes out of them 🙃 (Btw they(blobs) have names. The central one is Karl & the right one is Bobby) #gamedev #indiedev

@yolwoocle_ Oh, pikuniku! Yeee there is something from it here :)

Thinking about my next game... Pikuniku vibes? 🤔

@cluosion @notch so true, being the student for the last 4 years I may for sure say that there was this transition about a year ago when the professors started to say "well you ALL use ai now, so you just do your assignments faster", hence more wierd tasks without emphasis on understanding...😞

@notch Good luck finding one in the future, lots of new programmers are losing out on the practice phases of programming due to ai assisted programming being pushed by companies and by extension pushed by universities.

Looking for someone who is a better programmer than I to come work with me and think about code and shit. Apparently they don't exist? Been trying to hire one for forever. Maybe I'm just the best programmer there is? I guess I DO beat Tyler on many zachlike scoreboards...

@hopeslicergd For me taking a break helps too, but then I just forget important stuff._. though return my motivation and ability to think as a player about whether I see in the game

Solo game dev reality #3: I think working on a game for months slowly desensitizes you. You stop seeing the game through a player's eyes and start seeing it as a giant to do list. I've found that taking a break and playing the games that inspired me helps, but I'm curious what everyone else does. How do you get that player perspective back?

@hopeslicergd That is really true. I try not to trust myself ans do in-person playtests with 2-3 new player then do some dev for 1-3 weeks to solve the main problems from the playtests. This actually prioritizes my todos and make me think about real problems with a game..

@ninza_game someday he will successfully get to the top of this slippery slope ;)

Day 126 of game dev Take 2 Ugh... #indiedev

@AmberwindGames played it for about an hour on itch (in april/may?) Though the genre is not really my thing I appreciated the care with which the game is made. The ui is insanely well crafted and there are all these subtle animations and detais on interactions. Really well done

THIS IS OUR INDIE GAME. WE MADE IT FOR YOU!

@orgunbertan Yea, I was surprised about half a year ago that you can just upload your game and get netural traffic.. This platform is really something that is still associated with indie today

Itch.io feels special. Weird and experimental games can still reach people without any pressure. I love indie spirit.

It looks like at some point in life all the gamedevs should make a frog game 🐸. (mine is in a prototyping stage for a while, but now I dont do it :/)

@TheGamerHotspot This is my main last week result. The tutorial section. Next up is a playtest but before it some bugfixing & balancing to stabilize the play x.com/i/status/20713…

🎮 It’s #ShowMeSunday time! Indie devs, show me, what you are working on? and maybe a sneak peek of your project below! Spread some love for #indiegames! 🚀 #gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegamedev #indiegame #gamedevelopment #dev

Lots of stuff is happening but the next week I'm finishing my internship & have a little gap to do more #gamedev. For now I'll show what I've done before a playtest (a little rough version of a tutorial). This'll be both a tutorial & a starting menu later. #indiedev #indiegame