Cold. Windy. Rainy. Going to light a fire and stay in my pajamas all day. Remote work is a beautiful thing.
🕹️ A friend and I recently started working on a freeware game called Merchants of Mie and it’s been a lot of fun. However, this is my first time working on a turn-based tabletop style video game. So, I’m probably making every mistake imaginable.
“Introduce yourself with five TV shows” 📺:
📺 I’ve watched a lot of tv shows in my life, but Chuck will always be in my top 5 of all time. So, if you haven’t seen it, do your eyeballs a favor!
Commercial #gamedev pays the bills and allows me to contribute to an industry I love, but freeware gamedev corrects the soul and reminds me of the joys of making games.
I feel like more devs making freeware games leads to a happier industry.
“Introduce yourself with five video games” 🕹️ This was surprisingly hard:
My curiosity got the best of me, and I finally joined Mastodon (game dev server). But I have no idea what I’m doing. So, if anyone has any tips for getting started, I’ll gladly take any advice I can get.
Relaxation goals
SM companies make it so easy to distribute content. But, relying on Twitter and SM platforms to distribute our content will always be risky.
Own your content! Post to your own site first and then syndicate content out to other platforms. Stay independent on the web.
Today I started playing around with AI art generation with #dalle2
Here’s a colorful graffiti painting of a corgi.
Game design tip: The simplest way to make an interesting game is to give it unusual design constraints.
We @HomeTeamGameDev just released our 100th game! This was a fun project to contribute to. gamkedo.itch.io/springfie… #gamedev
She’s had a long day.
Rediscovering the joy of doodling in MS Paint 🎨 #pixelart
This week in hobby #gamedev I added some new building and ship models to @HomeTeamGameDev Time Cannon. Fleshing out the environment has been a ton of fun. #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
I had a lot of fun using MagicaVoxel for the first time to create some building assets for @HomeTeamGameDev Time Cannon led by @ChrisDeLeon #gamedev
The #gamedev possibilities with Unreal 5 are truly outstanding. I’ll finally be able to render my text adventure games with .TTF fonts instead of Bit-mapped and with relatively no performance drops. The future is here. #UE5 #indiedev #interactivefiction #narrativedesign
It doesn’t matter how old you are, this is still hands down the single best way to spend a Saturday morning.
PSA: To all the #gamedev peeps out there starting to work from home for the first time, remember to take the weekend to step away from work. Rest, recover and get some sun. It goes a long way. Happy friday all! #indiedev #pico8 #pixelart
I just released a tiny retro game called “The Soul Key”. It’s a short game with multiple endings and a corgi! Check it out.
Even while on a dungeon crawling adventure, there’s always enough time to pet a corgi. #gamedev #pico8 #bitsy #indiedev #pixelart
Playing around some more with #bitsy #gamedev. The constraints are actually quite a lot of fun to work with. The #pico8 color palette is also usually my goto. #indiedev #pixelart #1bit
Behold! My game design masterpiece. #gamedev #Bitsy #pixelart #indiedev
Thanks a bunch for the recommendation @magspinner. Coin Dasher it is! #godot #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart
