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Bleeding Cool @bleedingcool.com · 4d

Check out the latest trailer for the new sci-fo RTS title Fleetbreakers as the game will have a free demo available during Steam Next Fest. #indiedev #indiegame

Check out the latest trailer for the new sci-fo RTS title Fleetbreakers as the game will have a free demo available during Steam Next Fest

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Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · 5d

We have a NEW TRAILER and PLAYTEST/DEMO for FLEETBREAKERS. @ign.com posted the trailer www.ign.com/videos/fleet....

Give it a look. Give us a wishlist😀

#strategygame #RTS #indiedev #indiegames @lastkeep.com

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Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · 16d

Had a REALLY good day cranking out content and bugfixes. Fixed 18 items. Several of the "how did we not see this giant issue?" variety.

Unfortunately we also played the game, which generated another 21 bugs and tasks.

-3 net today. Doh.
#indiedev #indiegames @lastkeep.com #roguelite #strategygame

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Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · 18d

Nice!

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Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · 18d

Welp. This was a LONG day of data wrangling to completely replace all our unit enhancements (rolled buffs on each squadron instance). This was after 4 days of building techs and relics😂

I'm am officially gassed on buffs for this week.
@lastkeep.com #indiedev #indiegame #strategy #roguelite

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Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · 26d

So many little numbers to fit in such a small space. Still trying to get it all in 😆. Rollover (not shown) does make it a lot more parseable obv. @lastkeep.com #indiedev #indiegame #roguelite #strategygame

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Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · Sep 10

Q: Why is that Scout ship not buffed by +20 like the text says?
...2 hours later...
A: Because I let us try a "new way" when I should have just said no. My fault 100%.

Now rebuilding all health data in @lastkeep.com ahead of key milestone. What can go wrong?

#indiedev #roguelite #strategygame

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Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · Sep 5

Slogging through giant text pass on our game @lastkeep.com. There is a LOT. More than I want, but still not as much as we need.
I am certainly no fulltime text-person😀Doing it in bursts but it's still a bear. How do you all approach these kinds of tasks?
#indiedev #roguelite #strategygame

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Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · Sep 4

Worse when it does it after stepping in the middle of a debug

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Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · Sep 4

I'm not the *most* hardcore Alien fan, but I dig the lore expansion. It's been refreshing to have some other aliens carry the load a bit from the xenomorph. Cyborg stuff has been great, as well.

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Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · Sep 1

Demoed @lastkeep.com at the SIX demo day. 10 hours on my feet hits different than 28 years ago when we did it for Age of Empires at Ensemble's first E3.
But we learned a lot about how our game today. How it appeals to folks and how it doesn't. Improvements to make!
#indiedev #strategygame #roguelite

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Fleetbreakers Game @lastkeep.com · Aug 29

We got a chance to hang out with the great folks from @seattleoba.org last night in Seattle. Thanks to everyone who stopped by. If you're in town this weekend, swing by our table at SIX on Sunday @seattleindies.bsky.social.

#six2025 #indiegames

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Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · Aug 28

We've been pushing hard the last couple of weeks for some live demos of @lastkeep.com at six.seattleindies.org/about/ this weekend.
I won't lie, my in-person demo skills are probably a bit rusty 😅
#indiedev #strategygame #roguelite

About Seattle Indies Expo

Seattle Indies Expo is a free, yearly, one-day exhibition of the Pacific Northwest’s up and coming indie video games. What better way to escape the crowds of PAX than with the coolest of indie games?

six.seattleindies.org

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Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · Aug 21

Always cool to meet new folks on here!

Capybloom | Indie Dev @capybloom.bsky.social · Aug 20

One thing I adore about Bluesky is meeting folks making amazing games. Shoutout:

@dcpottinger.bsky.social - Fleetbreakers (space RTS)
@dexterz.bsky.social - Earth Alliance (space RTS👀)
@rpanich.bsky.social - Diablo-style Universe of Death

V inspired by this community

#gamedev #indiedev #RTS #RPG

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Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thanks for the shoutout🙏

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Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · Aug 20

Happy to help in a tiny way.

LMK if you need any playtesting!

Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · Aug 20

Hah. It's always nice to hear from folks who enjoy the old games. AOM is my fav game we made for sure. Nice job on the videos!!!

I did an AMA a few weeks ago with some old nostalgia bits mixed in there: www.reddit.com/r/RealTimeSt...

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Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · Aug 19

Been there. Got all worked up about needing some grand procedural placement algo on my side project last night. After an hour, I realized that I could just invert the order of the requirements. Removed all the needless complexity I was manufacturing.

Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · Aug 19

Nothing quite like spending hours rigging up new UI (new code, data, refactoring old code to pump the new calls, etc.) and then having it compile first time. Awesome😀
NARRATOR: It was, in fact, not awesome. Many extra hours were required for it to actually work.
#indiedev #indiegames @lastkeep.com

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Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · Aug 13

Finally changed some XML parsing on @lastkeep.com today. Relics are comprised of techs, but refs were by name to tech instances in other XML file. Gross, but we put up with it forever. Now the techs can be inlined. So much nicer to have the data in one spot. Easier to edit. Less bugs. #indiegames

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Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · Aug 12

Woot. Worked. #indiegames 😆

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Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · Aug 12

Been chasing this bug on @lastkeep.com for several days. AI units intermittently attack. Can't repro locally. I think I found my uninitialized variable (doh). Testing fix now. Shouldn't have taken this long to find, but some optimization make it trickier to find. Nevertheless, fingers crossed.

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Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · Jul 30

I'm doing a reddit AMA later today. Drop by for excellent questions and mediocre answers 😀 #indiedev #ageofempires #roguelite #strategygame @lastkeep.com www.reddit.com/r/RealTimeSt...

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Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · Jul 18

Been on a bit of a break posting various updates on @lastkeep.com Will probably get back to that soon. We've been cranking away on feedback from the demo.

Fired up the side project recently. Kinda effing around with a complete restart to fix/redo some large things. That's going to be a lot of work

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Dave Pottinger @dcpottinger.bsky.social · Jul 14

Rough week at work last week. Weekend was a nice break. Got some todos done around the house. Superman was better than we expected. Dinner with son and his GF. Had the first good ice cream in Seattle (Husky Deli).

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