@nicmakin.bsky.social
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Four player multiplayer Snake coming soon to Positron. Compete against friends in splitscreen. #ScreenshotSaturday #Steam #Snake steam.positrongame.com/screenshotsa...
November 9, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Four player multiplayer Snake coming soon to Positron. Compete against friends in splitscreen. #ScreenshotSaturday #Steam #Snake steam.positrongame.com/screenshotsa...
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Check out my game @positrongame.com on Steam. Busy working on some updates bringing new game modes, local splitscreen, and network multiplayer too! #GameDev #IndieDev #ScreenshotSaturday #IndieGameDev #SoloDev
November 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Check out my game @positrongame.com on Steam. Busy working on some updates bringing new game modes, local splitscreen, and network multiplayer too! #GameDev #IndieDev #ScreenshotSaturday #IndieGameDev #SoloDev
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I didn't even get a single reply to this. I'm literally offering to buy a copy of your game, play it, and review it.
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGameDev #Steam
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGameDev #Steam
I managed to sell off my Hyperbeast M4A1-S for £40 with the recent CS2 happenings.
Any struggling #IndieDev out there with a game on Steam that I should check out (and review)? :-).
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #SoloDev #Steam
Any struggling #IndieDev out there with a game on Steam that I should check out (and review)? :-).
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #SoloDev #Steam
November 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I didn't even get a single reply to this. I'm literally offering to buy a copy of your game, play it, and review it.
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGameDev #Steam
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGameDev #Steam
If Xbox 360 turns 20.... then so does my first two game releases. That feels too long ago
Next month, the Xbox 360 turns 20.
Now that you're probably feeling old and depressed, we're sorry to tell you that there is no BRB UK Podcast this week.
Now that you're probably feeling old and depressed, we're sorry to tell you that there is no BRB UK Podcast this week.
a close up of an xbox 360 controller with the words uh oh below it
ALT: a close up of an xbox 360 controller with the words uh oh below it
media.tenor.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
If Xbox 360 turns 20.... then so does my first two game releases. That feels too long ago
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For gamers who aren't in game dev, you should know that we are in one of the worst periods in game dev history in terms of industry stability and the reason you're not seeing that play out through products is because the average development window of games is 3-7 years so it hasn't reached you yet.
October 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
For gamers who aren't in game dev, you should know that we are in one of the worst periods in game dev history in terms of industry stability and the reason you're not seeing that play out through products is because the average development window of games is 3-7 years so it hasn't reached you yet.
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My most popular cartoon by a long chalk is also oddly niche, in that it mostly appeals to a generation who remember the song it refers to and enjoy the nostalgia for their youth. I can draw one for you if you like.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
October 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
My most popular cartoon by a long chalk is also oddly niche, in that it mostly appeals to a generation who remember the song it refers to and enjoy the nostalgia for their youth. I can draw one for you if you like.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
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Bear with me, I anticipate your disagreement. There is a clear pattern to the advice given to those who want to press back against rising racism. What it boils down to is that if you point out that racism is often being dressed up as “legitimate concerns” you will alienate people. /1
September 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Bear with me, I anticipate your disagreement. There is a clear pattern to the advice given to those who want to press back against rising racism. What it boils down to is that if you point out that racism is often being dressed up as “legitimate concerns” you will alienate people. /1
The Direct was to announce a new F-Zero right?.... Right??? Did they shadowdrop a GX/AX bundle?
September 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Direct was to announce a new F-Zero right?.... Right??? Did they shadowdrop a GX/AX bundle?
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Neil Goodman, lead dev at Nerial, said of the workshop:
“Andrew is friendly and helpful to work with, good at gently steering us back toward best practice, but also pragmatic about giving us the maximum value from our time - as a small team who are also working on every other part of the game.”
“Andrew is friendly and helpful to work with, good at gently steering us back toward best practice, but also pragmatic about giving us the maximum value from our time - as a small team who are also working on every other part of the game.”
Game devs!
- want to make big changes closer to launch?
- scared of a buggy launch that might impact discoverability?
- like QA to do more exploratory testing, not repetitive checklists?
Join my virtual workshop on 1st Oct to learn about pragmatic test automation!
andrewfray.dev/workshops.html
- want to make big changes closer to launch?
- scared of a buggy launch that might impact discoverability?
- like QA to do more exploratory testing, not repetitive checklists?
Join my virtual workshop on 1st Oct to learn about pragmatic test automation!
andrewfray.dev/workshops.html
Andrew Fray Automation Workshops
Learn about test automation in game development from one of the leading experts in the field
andrewfray.dev
September 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Neil Goodman, lead dev at Nerial, said of the workshop:
“Andrew is friendly and helpful to work with, good at gently steering us back toward best practice, but also pragmatic about giving us the maximum value from our time - as a small team who are also working on every other part of the game.”
“Andrew is friendly and helpful to work with, good at gently steering us back toward best practice, but also pragmatic about giving us the maximum value from our time - as a small team who are also working on every other part of the game.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fNB...
Watched this and thought it'd upset me
It didn't!
There's a few things I disagree on regarding how it plays, and from a dev point of view so many challenges we overcame to release what was released
Could talk for an age on this... plenty of fair points in the vid
Watched this and thought it'd upset me
It didn't!
There's a few things I disagree on regarding how it plays, and from a dev point of view so many challenges we overcame to release what was released
Could talk for an age on this... plenty of fair points in the vid
Perfect Dark’s Infamous “Prequel”
YouTube video by Raycevick
www.youtube.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fNB...
Watched this and thought it'd upset me
It didn't!
There's a few things I disagree on regarding how it plays, and from a dev point of view so many challenges we overcame to release what was released
Could talk for an age on this... plenty of fair points in the vid
Watched this and thought it'd upset me
It didn't!
There's a few things I disagree on regarding how it plays, and from a dev point of view so many challenges we overcame to release what was released
Could talk for an age on this... plenty of fair points in the vid
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Xbox 360 Avatars Editor music, the complete collection.
0:00 to 9:56 NXE 2008 Dashboard Update.
9:57 to 19:53 Kinect 2010 Dashboard Update.
Lots of marimba!
youtu.be/M87b0yeB6Dw
0:00 to 9:56 NXE 2008 Dashboard Update.
9:57 to 19:53 Kinect 2010 Dashboard Update.
Lots of marimba!
youtu.be/M87b0yeB6Dw
Xbox 360 Avatars Complete Music Collection
YouTube video by SteveBurkeMusic
youtu.be
August 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Xbox 360 Avatars Editor music, the complete collection.
0:00 to 9:56 NXE 2008 Dashboard Update.
9:57 to 19:53 Kinect 2010 Dashboard Update.
Lots of marimba!
youtu.be/M87b0yeB6Dw
0:00 to 9:56 NXE 2008 Dashboard Update.
9:57 to 19:53 Kinect 2010 Dashboard Update.
Lots of marimba!
youtu.be/M87b0yeB6Dw
Honestly the perfect license for a belt scroller beat em up.
August 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Honestly the perfect license for a belt scroller beat em up.
August 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Hidden Folks is this week's ✨ Free Game ✨ on the Epic Games Store!
It's a beautiful & silly game I'm very proud of! You search for hidden folks in hand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes.
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/hidd...
For Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS (!!) (in the EU).
It's a beautiful & silly game I'm very proud of! You search for hidden folks in hand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes.
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/hidd...
For Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS (!!) (in the EU).
August 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Hidden Folks is this week's ✨ Free Game ✨ on the Epic Games Store!
It's a beautiful & silly game I'm very proud of! You search for hidden folks in hand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes.
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/hidd...
For Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS (!!) (in the EU).
It's a beautiful & silly game I'm very proud of! You search for hidden folks in hand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes.
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/hidd...
For Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS (!!) (in the EU).
Though it's been a while, still proud of my ten years at Rare. Got to work with some amazing people and learned an awful lot about how to make videogames.
Here's hoping they stick around for another 40.
Here's hoping they stick around for another 40.
40 years of @rare.co.uk.
From devoted Rare gamers to single-series stalwarts, we want to show our appreciation for anyone who's visited even just one of our worlds. For keeping an assorted ragtag of creatives working magic in the Midlands, only two words will do: THANK YOU 💙💛
From devoted Rare gamers to single-series stalwarts, we want to show our appreciation for anyone who's visited even just one of our worlds. For keeping an assorted ragtag of creatives working magic in the Midlands, only two words will do: THANK YOU 💙💛
August 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Though it's been a while, still proud of my ten years at Rare. Got to work with some amazing people and learned an awful lot about how to make videogames.
Here's hoping they stick around for another 40.
Here's hoping they stick around for another 40.
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"So from an executive perspective, lighting comically large piles of money on fire trying to teach graphics cards how to read is, surprisingly, the logical play."
- fascinating read, would recommend.
- fascinating read, would recommend.
August 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"So from an executive perspective, lighting comically large piles of money on fire trying to teach graphics cards how to read is, surprisingly, the logical play."
- fascinating read, would recommend.
- fascinating read, would recommend.
Seeing that a (traditional) arcade lightgun game being made is so exciting. As much as the fixed-gun/turret games are _fine_ [they feel more carnival-game than arcade-game to me], this... a "proper" held gun game... is awesome
My wish is to one day be part of a dev team making this kind of game
My wish is to one day be part of a dev team making this kind of game
Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot is a new version of Resident Evil 2 made specifically for arcades, and an early version of it is already playable at Namco Funscape in the UK.
Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot Gameplay - RE2 Remake Arcade Light-Gun Shooter
bit.ly
July 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Seeing that a (traditional) arcade lightgun game being made is so exciting. As much as the fixed-gun/turret games are _fine_ [they feel more carnival-game than arcade-game to me], this... a "proper" held gun game... is awesome
My wish is to one day be part of a dev team making this kind of game
My wish is to one day be part of a dev team making this kind of game
Have time on my hands (not much I hope) so I'm poking around with Godot Engine. I don't expect to make anything, but fancied a looksee. Wonder how long until I feel I can prototype something quickly.
July 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Have time on my hands (not much I hope) so I'm poking around with Godot Engine. I don't expect to make anything, but fancied a looksee. Wonder how long until I feel I can prototype something quickly.
Aye, but what about a new Viva Piñata game, can someone make that please. We need that lovely calm* game back in our lives.
(* if you ignore all the violence and sex that game had)
(* if you ignore all the violence and sex that game had)
Rumour: Multiple Studios Interested In Making New Banjo-Kazooie Game.
Rumour: Multiple Studios Interested In Making New Banjo-Kazooie Game
"I heard more recently the pitches are being listened to"
www.purexbox.com
July 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Aye, but what about a new Viva Piñata game, can someone make that please. We need that lovely calm* game back in our lives.
(* if you ignore all the violence and sex that game had)
(* if you ignore all the violence and sex that game had)
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Report: Xbox Execs Were 'Blown Away' By Cancelled ZeniMax Game Earlier This Year.
Report: Xbox Execs Were 'Blown Away' By Cancelled ZeniMax Game Earlier This Year
"Employees were stunned to see it get caught up"
www.purexbox.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Report: Xbox Execs Were 'Blown Away' By Cancelled ZeniMax Game Earlier This Year.
I'd have loved to have worked on the Perfect Dark Reboot. Even the pre-viz/trailer looked cool IMO.
Someone should really create a low-fi spiritual successor to Perfect Dark and GoldenEye (heck, even parts of PDZ). We don't have enough spy-em-ups.
Someone should really create a low-fi spiritual successor to Perfect Dark and GoldenEye (heck, even parts of PDZ). We don't have enough spy-em-ups.
July 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I'd have loved to have worked on the Perfect Dark Reboot. Even the pre-viz/trailer looked cool IMO.
Someone should really create a low-fi spiritual successor to Perfect Dark and GoldenEye (heck, even parts of PDZ). We don't have enough spy-em-ups.
Someone should really create a low-fi spiritual successor to Perfect Dark and GoldenEye (heck, even parts of PDZ). We don't have enough spy-em-ups.
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The middle is going to be destroyed, can’t even think of a publisher right now they can reach out to
The quality of the team and game makes no difference. I hope people can internalize that - it’s not you
My heart goes out to everyone in this place or even with this fear hanging over their heads
The quality of the team and game makes no difference. I hope people can internalize that - it’s not you
My heart goes out to everyone in this place or even with this fear hanging over their heads
July 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The middle is going to be destroyed, can’t even think of a publisher right now they can reach out to
The quality of the team and game makes no difference. I hope people can internalize that - it’s not you
My heart goes out to everyone in this place or even with this fear hanging over their heads
The quality of the team and game makes no difference. I hope people can internalize that - it’s not you
My heart goes out to everyone in this place or even with this fear hanging over their heads
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