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Bret Hudson

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29 • He/They • AuDHD ✏️ Code/edu/tutorials @write.games. Used to run indieFunction.com. ↗️ Developer Success @clerk.com Opinions are mine – feel free to make them your own PFP @knitetgantt.bsky.social

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Bret Hudson @brethudson.com · 2d

While the mouse idea is cute, I had an idea within the last day of Ludum Dare around the theme "Collection"

Y'know in Skyrim, where you can only carry so much weight?

What if... you started with too many items and had to shed them throughout your run?

Bret Hudson @brethudson.com · 4d

Was kind of quiet yesterday, but here's a new screenshot featuring some of the textures I've added, as well as two robovacs cornering the player

Bret Hudson @brethudson.com · 6d

One of the big things I'm picking up during this whole process is how many rough edges still exist in my engine. Lots of ergonomic updates will be coming in post-jam

Bret Hudson @brethudson.com · 6d

This afternoon has devolved into a good amount of refactoring & adding attributes to guns.

Projectiles now spawn from the edge of the barrel (the black dot) rather than the player's position

Bret Hudson @brethudson.com · 6d

Y'all like throwing rocks at mouse traps?

No? Me neither. They're pretty slow

Bret Hudson @brethudson.com · 6d

A game idea is starting to come together! (well, beyond "I want to make a roguelite")

A cyan mouse is situated between four mousetraps, each in a diagonal direction

Bret Hudson @brethudson.com · 6d

It's lunchtime and I haven't posted an update today. Oops!

Here's what's new:
- HUD
- Invincibility powerup
- Enemy drops
- Gun stats (bullets have a spread radius)
- A bug fix in my game engine when you accidentally remove an entity twice 🤦

After lunch I'm going to continue my work on the shotgun

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Bret Hudson @brethudson.com · 6d

Room bounds & walls! I also got some sound effects hooked up, as well as flashing characters white when they've been hit.

I think that's it for today, time to sleep!!

Bret Hudson @brethudson.com · 7d

We have items to pick up! The blue one is a speed-up powerup and the red one replenishes health.

Rudimentary camera following has also been added

Bret Hudson @brethudson.com · 7d

Weapon/bullet types added, gonna take a break for dinner

Happy with the progress so far 😄

Bret Hudson @brethudson.com · 7d

Added cooldown for both the enemies and the player :)

Bret Hudson @brethudson.com · 7d

Bullet hell mode: enabled

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Bret Hudson @brethudson.com · 7d

Aaaaand here's some enemies with health :)

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Bret Hudson @brethudson.com · 7d

Got some basic movement + shooting, now let's add some enemies!

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · 7d

The Theme for Ludum Dare 58 is ...

Collector

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Bret Hudson @brethudson.com · 7d

I do love the timing for Ludum Dare (3p) & Advent of Code (9p) when on the west coast! I've got alllll afternoon to code up the foundation of the game.

My plan
- Friday: Foundation, get all systems in place
- Saturday: Tweak numbers, add content, refine
- Sunday: Bugfixes/polish

Bret Hudson @brethudson.com · 7d

After my doc appointment yesterday & some calls, Megabonk kind of consumed my evening

To prep for Ludum Dare, I added vitest to my repo & added a tag to mark where the repo was before the jam starts

github.com/BretHudson/d...

GitHub - BretHudson/devtober-2025

Contribute to BretHudson/devtober-2025 development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Bret Hudson @brethudson.com · 8d

Doing some Research™ playing Megabonk & can't believe I'm in the top 99.9% of players! Wow!!

Game over screen in Megabonk, showing I am in the top 99.9% of players

Bret Hudson @brethudson.com · 9d

I'm planning on making a roguelite, something along the lines of Nuclear Throne or AK-xolotl. Nothing super concrete yet though!

I'm going to officially start working on the game itself on Friday, when Ludum Dare starts, to see if I can get an MVP done within 48 hours.

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Bret Hudson @brethudson.com · 9d

What's #Devtober, you ask?

It's a month-long game making jam, where the goal is not to make the biggest thing, but to make small, incremental steps every day towards releasing something at the end of the month :)

Learn more & sign at up itch.io/jam/devtober...

Devtober 2025

A game jam from 2025-09-30 to 2025-10-31 hosted by Ellian. Hello, and welcome to Devtober 2025! What is Devtober It's pretty simple - i t's a personal challenge where the focus is finding your own pac...

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Bret Hudson @brethudson.com · 9d

I'm participating in #Devtober this year!

For the first day, I did some planning, set up my dev environment, and created gamedevmountain.com as a home for all the different parts of the project.

Featured below is a lil' something I threw together with createPattern()

A grid of light blue lines on a blue background

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Bob Webb @bobwebb.bsky.social · 9d

Indies, there's a lot of beloved franchises out there that are just aching for indie reboots. While the IP is under copyrights the ideas are not; there's no reason we can't have an indie takes on The Sims, Dragon Age, and Mass Effect. The gameplay, the settings, the themes are all free to pick up.

Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social · 9d

The Sims Was a Safe Haven For Millions. Now It Belongs to People Who Hate Them. - Slate

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This Video Game Was a Safe Haven for Millions. Now It Belongs to People Who Hate Them.

The Sims helped me—and countless other queer players—see ourselves. The new owners could erase that legacy.

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Bret Hudson @brethudson.com · 9d

Omg I didn't scroll up 🤦 my bad

Bret Hudson @brethudson.com · 9d

I love what I'm hearing, mind giving an example of what flavor you're thinking?

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1000xRESIST | Available Now @sunsetvisitor.studio · 10d

We’re also hiring for 3D Artist Generalists!

💠 80k CAD salary
💠 Hybrid/remote work (relocation support available)
💠 Health benefits plan
💠 4-day work week
💠 4 weeks annual paid vacation, unlimited sick/personal days

Job listing ⬇️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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