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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 · 23h

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

#indiegame

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

Nakama is pretty easy to setup and work with 😊

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 5d

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

#gamedev #indiegame

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 7d

Might be adding something a little OP 🫢

Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 10d

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 · 10d

I'm cooked if I don't go first

#indiegame #indiedev

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 11d

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

#indiegame

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 12d

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

Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 12d

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

Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 13d

How many hats does a game developer wear?

Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 13d

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 · 13d

Can you spot when the demo released?

Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 14d

Good luck for Nextfest!!

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 14d

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 · 14d

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 · 14d

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

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 14d

En passant was also added 200-500 years ago

Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 14d

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

Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 15d

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

#chess #indie #indiegame #gamedev

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Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 16d

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

Ethan Lundregan @lundregan.bsky.social · 16d

I have a feeling that the ability for AI to replace entire people, we will have a resurgence of 2000's YouTube where long unedited formats will feel much more authentic and relevant...

Or maybe it's too late and the next generations are already use to hyper edited new formats