Gary White - GameDev
@invidious.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 Solo Irish game dev. I am slowly making an existential horror first-person game about traveling underground and dehumanising yourself. I have unreasonably strong opinions on games and film.
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"I would be able to learn the alien language in Arrival" is the kind of conceited I am.
January 20, 2026 at 11:00 PM
"I would be able to learn the alien language in Arrival" is the kind of conceited I am.
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a lovely snippet from our latest episode which shows the importance of developers sharing their creative process.
Without @obsidianent.bsky.social showing their work via devlogs, we may never have gotten the beautiful isometric world of Disco Elysium.
Without @obsidianent.bsky.social showing their work via devlogs, we may never have gotten the beautiful isometric world of Disco Elysium.
December 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
a lovely snippet from our latest episode which shows the importance of developers sharing their creative process.
Without @obsidianent.bsky.social showing their work via devlogs, we may never have gotten the beautiful isometric world of Disco Elysium.
Without @obsidianent.bsky.social showing their work via devlogs, we may never have gotten the beautiful isometric world of Disco Elysium.
That duck on the track past the counter is masterful low-key comedy.
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
That duck on the track past the counter is masterful low-key comedy.
"This time is different" I feverishly tell myself as I yet again contemplate starting a new, smaller game. "Quick six month dev process" I continue to lie.
November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"This time is different" I feverishly tell myself as I yet again contemplate starting a new, smaller game. "Quick six month dev process" I continue to lie.
I'm not sure how the Bluesky algorithm works but I'm gonna need it to stop showing me "AI artists" because I have never clicked the mute button faster.
November 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I'm not sure how the Bluesky algorithm works but I'm gonna need it to stop showing me "AI artists" because I have never clicked the mute button faster.
Sorry if I haven't been doing any updates on my game lately. Rest assured, in the background I'm not doing much either.
October 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Sorry if I haven't been doing any updates on my game lately. Rest assured, in the background I'm not doing much either.
Did you also have a crush on Matt Damon's character in Titan AE or were you normal?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0lg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0lg...
October 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Did you also have a crush on Matt Damon's character in Titan AE or were you normal?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0lg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0lg...
Edge browser update. Corporations are cramming AI into places it has no business being with such frenetic energy it's like they need it to breathe. Like they're actually going to run out of air if they don't find a new place to stick it, with all the usefulness of a banana glued to a car.
September 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Edge browser update. Corporations are cramming AI into places it has no business being with such frenetic energy it's like they need it to breathe. Like they're actually going to run out of air if they don't find a new place to stick it, with all the usefulness of a banana glued to a car.
Oh, no, I couldn't possibly join you for that. I need to stay at home and ruminate on the things I'm worried about.
July 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Oh, no, I couldn't possibly join you for that. I need to stay at home and ruminate on the things I'm worried about.
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The new Katanaut gameplay trailer went up on @ign.com! Huge thanks to @piratepr.com for the support, and @splintersa.bsky.social for the music!!
More cosmic horror, more cursed weapons, more reasons to lose sleep⚔️👽
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=JeFQ...
#indiegame #gamedev
More cosmic horror, more cursed weapons, more reasons to lose sleep⚔️👽
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=JeFQ...
#indiegame #gamedev
Katanaut - Official Gameplay Trailer
YouTube video by GameTrailers
youtube.com
June 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The new Katanaut gameplay trailer went up on @ign.com! Huge thanks to @piratepr.com for the support, and @splintersa.bsky.social for the music!!
More cosmic horror, more cursed weapons, more reasons to lose sleep⚔️👽
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=JeFQ...
#indiegame #gamedev
More cosmic horror, more cursed weapons, more reasons to lose sleep⚔️👽
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=JeFQ...
#indiegame #gamedev
Anyone have strong opinions on genre for games? Should I pick one or two or can I get away with a swirl? I think first-person existential horror/puzzle/platformer might be too much at once. #gamedev
June 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Anyone have strong opinions on genre for games? Should I pick one or two or can I get away with a swirl? I think first-person existential horror/puzzle/platformer might be too much at once. #gamedev
Feverishly day-dreaming about my next game while trying to finish the last 30% of my current one.
June 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Feverishly day-dreaming about my next game while trying to finish the last 30% of my current one.
Oh no, The Masquerade curse has taken another victim.
Report: Still Wakes the Deep developer The Chinese Room is making layoffs
Report: Still Wakes the Deep developer The Chinese Room is making layoffs
Testimonials from a number of former employees indicate the Sumo Group subsidiary is downsizing.
www.gamedeveloper.com
June 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Oh no, The Masquerade curse has taken another victim.
Aggressively refactoring my old code: Why is this even here? I'm deleting all of this. What an idiot.
Moments later when everything's broken: I may have underestimated you, past-Gary...
Moments later when everything's broken: I may have underestimated you, past-Gary...
June 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Aggressively refactoring my old code: Why is this even here? I'm deleting all of this. What an idiot.
Moments later when everything's broken: I may have underestimated you, past-Gary...
Moments later when everything's broken: I may have underestimated you, past-Gary...
My janky but effective audio occlusion system. Very few out-of-the-box tools for things like this. Google Resonance just does binary occlusion and Steam Audio does full (expensive) acoustic simulation. Where's the option for people who want something just good enough?
#gamedev #indiedev #unity3d
#gamedev #indiedev #unity3d
June 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I love how the ship is bascially the Rocinante. Like how the Ebon Hawk was basically the Millennium Falcon.
We are excited to announce The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, a new sci-fi action RPG based on The Expanse. Become a captain of the most advanced ship in the universe, gather a crew, and challenge one of the most powerful enemies humankind has ever faced. Watch the trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIQi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIQi...
June 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I love how the ship is bascially the Rocinante. Like how the Ebon Hawk was basically the Millennium Falcon.
Resisting the urge to go back to ChatGPT and explain how I solved my C# issue.
June 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Resisting the urge to go back to ChatGPT and explain how I solved my C# issue.
Apparently "AI gen imagery is bad" is a controversial stance on r/solodevelopment and that is not a sad discovery I expected to face today.
May 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Apparently "AI gen imagery is bad" is a controversial stance on r/solodevelopment and that is not a sad discovery I expected to face today.
You ever get that feeling where you solve a bug or finish a new system you didn't think you'd be able to and you just want to cry in relief and do an instant git push to make sure you don't somehow go back in time and lose it?
May 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
You ever get that feeling where you solve a bug or finish a new system you didn't think you'd be able to and you just want to cry in relief and do an instant git push to make sure you don't somehow go back in time and lose it?
April 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I really underestimated how confusing and complex light-baking would be. Combine that with a custom shader and trying to make sure everything is compatible has been a journey.
March 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I really underestimated how confusing and complex light-baking would be. Combine that with a custom shader and trying to make sure everything is compatible has been a journey.
December 12, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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It's a must-watch for everyone. Especially for those who, like me, still feel like being "bedroom coders" and are happy with that. 😁
#gamedev #indiedev #bedroomcoder
#gamedev #indiedev #bedroomcoder
RollerCoaster Tycoon was the last of its kind.
YouTube video by Ahoy
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2024 at 11:41 PM
It's a must-watch for everyone. Especially for those who, like me, still feel like being "bedroom coders" and are happy with that. 😁
#gamedev #indiedev #bedroomcoder
#gamedev #indiedev #bedroomcoder
I just want an RPG where I can say something like "You have defied the Skull Throne for the last time!" - is that so much to ask?
Tyranny was the closest we came.
Tyranny was the closest we came.
December 3, 2024 at 5:36 PM
I just want an RPG where I can say something like "You have defied the Skull Throne for the last time!" - is that so much to ask?
Tyranny was the closest we came.
Tyranny was the closest we came.