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Ethan Lundregan

@lundregan.bsky.social

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Hey I'm Ethan, a hobbyist game developer and professional web developer. Wishlist Chessemble: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3841900?utm_source=bluesky

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · Aug 15

Demo is now available

Feel free to try out the game, Love to hear everyone's feedback

DEMO: store.steampowered.com/app/3914020/...

#gamedev #godot #indiegame #indiedev #indie #chess

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 2d

A Dwarf, Tyrant and Pegasus walk into a bar...

#indiegame #steamnextfest

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 3d

I'm sure you have better ideas of how to utilize the bonking dwarf?

#indiegame

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 3d

Chessemble will be in the Steam Next Fest

Chess but craft your own formation with new pieces, what if chess was unhinged?

New pieces in demo for SNF:
- Chaining queen
- Bonking dwarf

Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3841900/...

#indiegame #SteamNextFest #WishlistWednesday #gamedev #godot

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 5d

My own, cloud pricing is a bit steep... at least for me

Threw it onto a fairly cheap digital ocean droplet. Only big thing is can't be cheapest since needs some additional ram otherwise server goes down after like 16 hrs of running

Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 5d

I originally used it for my chess multiplayer, and it was pretty straightforward to setup/use/extend

I have since moved away but that's because I went to p2p and steam matching for evergreen and not running a server

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 5d

Nakama is pretty easy to setup and work with 😊

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 7d

They might be CC0 but everyone gets logged and will always be credited

#gamedev #indiegame

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 8d

The Tyrant, as nimble as a queen but will chain close units down preventing them from moving/capturing...

Perhaps it is a little overpowered...

#gamedev #inidegame #indie #chessvariant

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 9d

Might be adding something a little OP 🫢

Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 12d

Yaknow sometimes stats for small creatives can be disheartening

But if you look at it as percentages it can seem a lot more hopeful,
an extra 5 Wishlist's for a game with 50...

well 5 isn't that many but it is an increase of 10% which is pretty huge!

#gamedev

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 12d

I'm cooked if I don't go first

#indiegame #indiedev

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 13d

Did I do it right, is this the build to rule all builds?

#indiegame

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 14d

Got labelled spam again on X, right after complaining about how the algorithm works o.O

Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 15d

Someone said I should've add a burn effect to piece under dragon fire

Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 15d

How many hats does a game developer wear?

Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 15d

There's a few games being highlighted on NextUpGames, why not check them out.

nextupgames.com

If you want to you can upvote the ones you like the look of

#indie #indiegames #gamedev

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 16d

Can you spot when the demo released?

Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 16d

Good luck for Nextfest!!

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 16d

That's a fair strategy

I went through a rollercoaster of thinking my GPU was borked and would have to buy a new one. Once I got it working again losing the work didn't seem so bad then.

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 16d

What would you like to see next in Chessemble?

- New pieces
- Controller support
- Linux support
- More achievements
- Piece rework
- More/less forge points
- Tornaments

If you had any other suggestions, let me know below

#indiegame #indiegames #gamedev #chess #indie

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 16d

Quick Rundown of the changes in 0.13

Maybe I am improving at this video thing, let me know

youtu.be/97nXGkqIUe0

#gamedev #devlog #indie #indiegame

3 New Pieces - Chessemble 0.13

YouTube video by Lundregan

youtu.be

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 16d

En passant was also added 200-500 years ago

Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 17d

All it takes is almost losing your footage from a crash to start praying to god

Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 17d

When chess gets it's first patch in over 2000 years...

#chess #indie #indiegame #gamedev

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 18d

Thanks dude!
The first 10/100 of everything is usually always a struggle tbf