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Dare Looks
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a.k.a. Marig • 37 • he/they • aro/ace • game developer. professional lynx.

🌐 http://darelooks.dev
🎮 Get 'Stack Prootocol' on Steam: https://s.team/a/3937000
🎮 Get 'Pawperty Damage' on Steam: https://s.team/a/2154650
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Dare Looks @darelooks.dev · Dec 4
Stack Prootocol is out NOW! 🎉

Puzzle and bounce your way through 40+ levels, to help little Meep get RAM and repair a broken toaster!

Get the game on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3937000/...

#indiedev #gamedev #godot #lowpoly
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Sampling way too many gradients and passing the colors into a custom sky shader, haha
January 11, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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What a mess to set up, but at least it gives me a lot of visual control!
January 11, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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Times flies.

I've been polishing the game's day-night-cycle!
#screenshotsaturday #godot
January 10, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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eldritchsinner.bsky.social
Working on dat panda character controller got an aiming mode AND a silly run animation.

#godot
January 10, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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thank you :D
January 10, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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High-speed reeds!
January 10, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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Times flies.

I've been polishing the game's day-night-cycle!
#screenshotsaturday #godot
January 10, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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eosfoxx.bsky.social
sending away the first order of my shop! Finally! Hoooray!
ko-fi.com/eosfoxx/shop
check it out :D there might be a perfect valentines gift for a foxy friend
Visit EosFoxx's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
ko-fi.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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Thank youuu
January 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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Thanks :D
January 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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THANK YOU!!
January 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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It occurred to me recently, and I have been letting everyone around me know, haha
January 9, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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💜
January 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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Danke, danke! ^^
January 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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Thank you :D
January 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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Thank you!!
January 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Thanks! :D
January 9, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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Thank youu 💜
January 9, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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My favorite flower? Marigold. 🌼
Because I am Marig, and I am old.

Birthday time. 🎉
January 9, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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hard-drive.net
For No Reason in Particular Here’s a Bunch of Games Where You Kill Nazis
For No Reason in Particular Here's a Bunch of Games Where You Kill Nazis - Hard Drive
The Nazis are the most despicable scum to ever walk the face of the earth. Thankfully they were defeated in World War... Get the full story
hard-drive.net
January 9, 2026 at 5:07 AM
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ramiismail.com
"No fucking AI assets" - a reminder that many good publishers that will disqualify any prototype with genAI placeholders, and that using it is at your own peril. Hooded Horse happens to be one of the best publishers out there at the moment, so this is a big one.

kotaku.com/hooded-horse...
This Publisher Is Banning AI Because Of Ethics: 'It's Cancerous'
Hooded Horse won't work with developers that use gen AI
kotaku.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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pavlovforgoths.com
the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best. It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence lies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't. By magicmosshka, yesterday's
January 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM
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pentadact.com
I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice:

www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...

I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
A timeline visually representing the advice from my post, emphasising how dramatically and reliably having more time, with a testable build, converts to your game being better and your studio being safer.
January 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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Thank youuu! 💜
January 9, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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Better late than never: Here's my yearly tradition of making a compilation of WIP videos and projects I've worked on, over the course of last year!

Mostly COYL and Stack Prootocol—my first full year of Godot!
#gamedev #indiedev #godot
January 8, 2026 at 7:35 PM