Australia/Queensland, massive gut punch honestly. Filling out one of those things and supplying everything is so much work, and I thought we'd made a solid pitch.
I crunched out a trailer whilst rife with covid for it. Sigh. 😔
That's so cooool.
Spend months applying to a government games grant, get no response at all.
Full pitch, deck, marketing, demo, the lot, didn't even get a rejection email.
Great way to waste time we couldn't afford, to not even get feedback.
We deserved at least a 'no thanks'.
only self published b4, from what i gather tho its like:
- Polished Demo
- Deck/Market Analysis/Plan/Other Investment
- Marketing Plan and Expectations of them
- Legal stuff like copyright/trademarks etc..
And then maybe you don't get completely screwed over?
it's scary af honestly..
i feel like there should be a lot more time spent remixing proven stuff, it's safer and easier to achieve and gives insight to where innovation could happen.
Like Stardew took harvest but looser/deeper systems and mixed collectathon. its led to a tonne of mods/hybrids and innovation as a result.
new season/arc. I heard the writers are fed up and the finale is yet another cliffhanger that doesn't move the plot forward at all.
will be a bunch of needless deaths/firings/studios set afire to try and maintain interest, and more of 'the same old' as ratings continue to plummet.
Just registered our first trademark!™
not as difficult or expensive as expected.
™feel so official and legally protected now!™
™REMINDER™ fellow game™ devs:
trademark™ yo stuff™. feels good™.
5⭐™
#NoneOfThisPostIsActuallyTrademarked™
How are small indies meant to publish and meet new EU regs without doxxing themselves?
Apple doesnt let you distinguish between business address and legal point of contact for public, demanding both be my personal street address and not a PO Box.
wtaf? 🙃
#gameDev #Apple
Before Apple takes developers money they should provide a platform and service that's actually worth the cost instead of being the literal WORST.
Shitty back end, shitty documentation, shitty support and the absolute audacity to demand money for it.
#FuckApple #gameDev
Net Bookings:
'hey bro you totally gonna buy lots of my stuff?'😅
"OH FOR SURE BRO! Not right now tho right?"😜
'no in the future.. maybe.. but for definite.. kinda..'😅
"OH FOR SURE BRO, definite maybe!"🥰
'IM WORTH THAT NOW EVERYONE!'📈🤷🚀💯🙏
EU Regulators: 😬
Paying for the apple developer program is painful, their back end and systems are broken shit, and their support is non-existent.
Just put in a ticket, get told 24hrs and buckle in for weeks.
So worth $150, 'think different' my ass. Legit worst platform to dev for, fuck apple.
I feel like there is that kind of fear whenever a big thing like this happens, but what I often see and hope to see more is people diversifying their diet and just not investing in THESE types of games.
I sure wish Cairn had options outside default rage bait mode/turning everything off.
Exploration/learning are severely punished by default, and seems super artificial/tacked on.
Would love a middle ground instead only being able to disable entirely.
so Meta fired the people making the metaverse, I bet the AI techlads will be wishing they could do that next 'very soon'.
instead they'll beg for bail outs because they accidentally speculated their way into mountains of useless data centers.
meanwhile I just want a ram upgrade this lifetime..😢
really love this, really cool style, that linework is sick. 😻
- Embrace your own weird
- Take perspective breaks
- Put your phone in another room
- Foster an inquisitive mind
- Learn from your mistakes
Block in for a 3d asset being created, shows a grey boxed market stall with a cat standing behind it for scale/reference.
was super bored from documentation/on-boarding scripting for last couple weeks, so spent last bit of today blocking in a market stall I've been wanting to do.
#gameDev #indieDev #Blender
Constantly lament when games would ask where to save. Remember when that was standard?
Then we made it 'easier' by making it a giant mess and assuming the user is an idiot.
Dev pov: people asking for support on how to find/move their saves is maybe the biggest request.
portrait of Sam surrounded by 4 platformer game mockups made for the 2026 Voight Planner and 4 screenshots from the first 4 development sprints for the rebuild of Moonshell Island
#artvsartist for 2025: 💜
Started with a big #pixelart commission project followed by 6 months of #gamedev as I learned #gamemaker programming and rebuilt 60% of demo systems for #Moonshell_Island. A challenging but satisfying year of growth for me. 💪🦀
Whoa it's that super festive super cheery super loud and emotionally draining season again!
😅..why not throw on some headphones and have a couple of clucks to yourself?🐣
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#indieGame #gameDev #Christmas #HappyHolidays #chickens
I am not surprised the developer who demanded maps, a known vital point of accessibility for people (like myself), would ruin their immersion.
Using scraped stolen data?
That's cool.
Making your game accessible to large groups of people?
Nah.
Im surprised anyone is surprised honestly.
'..the productivity is through the roof NO NO DON'T LOOK JUST TRUST ME WTF!!!'
After several weeks of hard work:
🔥 New demo of The Shadowed Rune
📽️ New trailer
🔫 New playable character: Veld, the Arcane Hunter
🎆 Major graphic update & improved lighting
🗓️ Save the date: December 4
#TheShadowedRune #IndieGames #Roguelike #SoloDev
honestly making games is super hard on its own, and making content cost dev time spesh if you are indie workin on bootstrap and sweat.
always be postin. and repostin imo.
if you get anything but love from other creatives/devs they might just be jerks/and can always mute. 😄
🌲 - It is tough for horses to maneuver though dense forest!
🏃 - I added a little speed adjustment when for all unit's is running though rough terrain such as includes tiles such as mountains and water.
#GodotEngine #IndieDev #IndieGames #GameDev #SRPG
haven't really done this, but am gonna start. Saw other creatives discuss and one young sticker artist I follow humbled me into not being as precious.
They repost constantly, and ya know what I love it, cos their work is awes.
Diff time zones, diff peeps, diff marketing budgets etc..
I say let rip.
the assets are implemented in unity, also made some fence; that tiling texture was a massive pain in the ass but worth it. now for a decoration pass on the city!
😻yo wishlist our game!
store.steampowered.com/app/2103110/...
#wishlistWednesday #indieDev #gameDev #Unity3D #Blender #MadeWithUnity
I take it you then line the AI up just right so that the first footfall can sync, then use root motion?
Guess you could repeat on each cycle and add variation/resync?
Am I dumb?
oh aye one of them long nosed ones. very unique but still #catGang on technicality of having a scritchable belly.
my cats bellowing demands it's supper time, but goodmornin also.
example of adding detail using shells/decals.
this is instead of unique textures/materials, because all our assets share instanced material libraries.
this means it can work with our customisation system, and is super performant.
#gameDev #indieDev #Blender
