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Luke Herbert

@lukeherbert.bsky.social

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I try making games, I'm not very good at it. You can find all my creations at https://dungeon.itch.io/ I run @mechjam.com DJ sometimes on @radiodyfi.bsky.social I also like film, art, music and other cool stuff

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Luke Herbert @lukeherbert.bsky.social · 3d

Super happy with the progress I’m making on my #GBStudio entry for #CosmicHorrorsJam!

#GameDev #IndieGameDev #Lovecraft #CosmicHorror #WeirdTales #Horror

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Luke Herbert @lukeherbert.bsky.social · 5d

Here we go! Beginning work on my #CosmicHorrorsJam entry, this year I’ll be harnessing the power of #GBStudio.

#GameDev #IndieGameDev

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Luke Herbert @lukeherbert.bsky.social · Aug 20

Beautiful. Now I can be terrible at Velgress on Switch 2 as well!

#UFO50

Luke Herbert @lukeherbert.bsky.social · Aug 7

Finally visited the world famous #Stonehenge today. Been wanting to go here all my life so it was awesome to finally do it!

Luke Herbert @lukeherbert.bsky.social · Aug 2

I posted this on the Itch #gamejam community board about the increasing game jam spam submission epidemic. I'm curious to hear other game jam hosts and participants thoughts on how they deal with these spam submissions.

itch.io/t/5155708/th...

The Game Jam Spam Epidemic - Game Jams

I hope this board is the right place for this, I know it's more of an open topic but it is related to game jams. I am an independent host of many game jams, over the years I have seen my fair share of

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MechJam (Cosmic Horrors Jam IV) @mechjam.com · Jul 24

This year's OPTIONAL secondary themes are:
👣 Footsteps
🦚 Showing Off
🚂 Locomotive
🪤 Bait
🛏️ Time to Relax
🐜 Insects!
🎯 Right on Target
♻️ Reuse, Recycle

Remember these are OPTIONAL the only core theme for your entry is mech / mecha.

#MechJam

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MechJam (Cosmic Horrors Jam IV) @mechjam.com · Jul 24

MechJam VI starts right now! You have two weeks from this point to make a mech / mecha video game or physical game.

Don't forget to share your work in progress with the #MechJam hashtag.

#GameJam #GameDev #IndieGameDev #Mechs #Mecha

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MechJam (Cosmic Horrors Jam IV) @mechjam.com · May 27

MechJam is back - MechJam VI begins July 24th! Join now on @itch.io at: itch.io/jam/mechjam6 Let's get making some mech games!

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#MechJam #GameJam #GameDev #IndieGameDev #Jams

MechJam VI

A game jam from 2025-07-24 to 2025-08-14 hosted by dungeon. See last year's entries in the video above MechJam VI is a game jam for creating video games or physical games featuring or based around mec...

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Luke Herbert @lukeherbert.bsky.social · Apr 9

Did my first radio show in quite a while today on @radiodyfi.bsky.social. If you want to give it a listen then I'm very happy to say that you can find it here: www.mixcloud.com/radiodyfi/wi...

Wild Signals (09/04/25)

www.mixcloud.com

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Luke Herbert @lukeherbert.bsky.social · Mar 30

Here's the original line art I scanned before I added colour.

Luke Herbert @lukeherbert.bsky.social · Mar 30

I used to draw quite a lot of Dwarf Fortress inspired art. I've been playing it a lot lately so decided to draw some of the people of my fort Dorenzanor.

#DwarfFortress

Drawing of five Dwarf Fortress characters, four dwarves and one goblin. They are labelled below Athel, Minkot, Nil, Monom and Azstrog.

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Luke Herbert @lukeherbert.bsky.social · Feb 22

Look out below!

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#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev

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Luke Herbert @lukeherbert.bsky.social · Feb 20

Approaching the orb...

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#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev

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Luke Herbert @lukeherbert.bsky.social · Feb 18

Activating the module

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#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev

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Luke Herbert @lukeherbert.bsky.social · Feb 17

Nice to see Bluesky's image compression is just as bad as the last place like this

Luke Herbert @lukeherbert.bsky.social · Feb 17

It's only February and I'm already drawing mechs again...

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#gamedev #indiedev #mechs #mech #nespalette

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Luke Herbert @lukeherbert.bsky.social · Feb 17

Press release from E3 1997 in another reality

Blurry image of two manta ray like creatures under water from a fictional video game

Blurry image of a manta ray like creature swimming from a fictional video game

Luke Herbert @lukeherbert.bsky.social · Feb 17

I created this for the latest "Not a Game Jam" fragments from a manual to a game that doesn't exist. Quite a lot of work went into this and I'm surprised I achieved it all in only a few hours. dungeon.itch.io/isadov-clear...

#notagamejam #design #32bit #gamedev #indiedev

Isadov: Clearest Blue (

Not a real game

dungeon.itch.io

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Luke Herbert @lukeherbert.bsky.social · Feb 13

Also did another episode of my show on @radiodyfi.bsky.social yesterday, give it a listen if you want: www.mixcloud.com/radiodyfi/wi...

Wild Signals (12/02/25)

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Luke Herbert @lukeherbert.bsky.social · Feb 13

I'll still keep everyone updated but I have finally got around to creating a proper MechJam account on Bluesky you can find it at @mechjam.com

Luke Herbert @lukeherbert.bsky.social · Feb 11

There's only 29 days to go until #Kaijujam 3 officially starts! If you are interested in joining you can find all the details on the jam's Itch page: itch.io/jam/kaijujam3

#gamejam #gamedev #jam #jams #indiedev #indiegamedev #kaiju #godzilla #gamera

A rough drawing of a horned kaiju

Text: Kaijujam 3
29 Days to Go!
Begins March 13th

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Luke Herbert @lukeherbert.bsky.social · Jan 11

The time is here and the kaiju are back! After a year's break Kaijujam officially returns. The third Kaijujam kicks off on the 13th of March 2025, sign up for the jam is now available.

Join Now at Itch io: itch.io/jam/kaijujam3

#Kaijujam #GameJam #GameDev #IndieGameDev

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