Stein Makes Games - Wishlist Dig Dig Boom
@steinmakesgames.bsky.social
Game developer working on mining roguelike Dig Dig Boom. #indiedev Stein Makes Games - using #godot!
⭐Wishlist my game: s.team/a/2026040
🥇"Game of the Year" 2023 at StartNTNU Norwegian Game Awards
🔗Links: https://linktr.ee/steinmakesgames
⭐Wishlist my game: s.team/a/2026040
🥇"Game of the Year" 2023 at StartNTNU Norwegian Game Awards
🔗Links: https://linktr.ee/steinmakesgames
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I'm making a puzzly mining game! In Dig Dig Boom you dig and blast your way through procedurally generated caves in search of treasure - but time only moves when you do! Wishlist on Steam!
#indiegames #gaming #gamedev #godot
#indiegames #gaming #gamedev #godot
First week of 2026, #Steam had 230 game releases.
Media analyst @thejenna.bsky.social combed through all of them to figure out how the #pcgaming landscape looks like at the start of this year:
> ~35% of all new Steam games declared they used AI.
> Among X-rated games, AI usage is up to >80%
Media analyst @thejenna.bsky.social combed through all of them to figure out how the #pcgaming landscape looks like at the start of this year:
> ~35% of all new Steam games declared they used AI.
> Among X-rated games, AI usage is up to >80%
January 17, 2026 at 3:03 PM
First week of 2026, #Steam had 230 game releases.
Media analyst @thejenna.bsky.social combed through all of them to figure out how the #pcgaming landscape looks like at the start of this year:
> ~35% of all new Steam games declared they used AI.
> Among X-rated games, AI usage is up to >80%
Media analyst @thejenna.bsky.social combed through all of them to figure out how the #pcgaming landscape looks like at the start of this year:
> ~35% of all new Steam games declared they used AI.
> Among X-rated games, AI usage is up to >80%
> Me wondering why I can't fetch a specific node path
> The sneaky unintentional Umlaut:
> The sneaky unintentional Umlaut:
January 17, 2026 at 11:47 AM
> Me wondering why I can't fetch a specific node path
> The sneaky unintentional Umlaut:
> The sneaky unintentional Umlaut:
Great feedback happening at the Dig Dig Boom discord
January 16, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Great feedback happening at the Dig Dig Boom discord
After 10 years of development, the game being cancelled, then resurrected, @hytale.bsky.social CEO says there's 2.8 million active players on day 1.
If #Hytale was on Steam it'd be the second highest concurrent player count of all time! (3.2M record) First day est. to have made >60 million USD.
If #Hytale was on Steam it'd be the second highest concurrent player count of all time! (3.2M record) First day est. to have made >60 million USD.
January 15, 2026 at 12:19 AM
After 10 years of development, the game being cancelled, then resurrected, @hytale.bsky.social CEO says there's 2.8 million active players on day 1.
If #Hytale was on Steam it'd be the second highest concurrent player count of all time! (3.2M record) First day est. to have made >60 million USD.
If #Hytale was on Steam it'd be the second highest concurrent player count of all time! (3.2M record) First day est. to have made >60 million USD.
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In the span of weeks, I've gone from someone who has never used Godot, to struggling to "get" Godot, to really liking Godot, to having taught aspiring gamedevs the basics of Godot, to strongly believing Godot's workflow & structure might be the best approach to developing games for many purposes.
January 14, 2026 at 2:06 AM
In the span of weeks, I've gone from someone who has never used Godot, to struggling to "get" Godot, to really liking Godot, to having taught aspiring gamedevs the basics of Godot, to strongly believing Godot's workflow & structure might be the best approach to developing games for many purposes.
I sure hope it does!
January 14, 2026 at 10:50 AM
I sure hope it does!
In most mining games, incl my own so far, digging/explosions make terrain simply disappear. Though in real mining / tunnelling, much of the challenge is to get the loose rubble out of the way, so I tried turning that into a game mechanic! Thoughts?:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR3E...
#indiedev #gamedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR3E...
#indiedev #gamedev
Digging Rubble
YouTube video by Stein Makes Games
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January 13, 2026 at 8:27 PM
In most mining games, incl my own so far, digging/explosions make terrain simply disappear. Though in real mining / tunnelling, much of the challenge is to get the loose rubble out of the way, so I tried turning that into a game mechanic! Thoughts?:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR3E...
#indiedev #gamedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR3E...
#indiedev #gamedev
Rock Bolt added: To stabilize otherwise falling blocks.
(Also testing new gameplay mechanic of dug dirt leaving rubble you need to clear)
(Also testing new gameplay mechanic of dug dirt leaving rubble you need to clear)
January 13, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Rock Bolt added: To stabilize otherwise falling blocks.
(Also testing new gameplay mechanic of dug dirt leaving rubble you need to clear)
(Also testing new gameplay mechanic of dug dirt leaving rubble you need to clear)
I was reading some technical explanation and just discovered the world's most ambiguous label layout:
January 12, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I was reading some technical explanation and just discovered the world's most ambiguous label layout:
> Mining game ⛏️
> You encounter a shiny thing in rock.
How would you guess you'd collect it, from no context?
🅰️ Hit rock to destroy it. Once that is complete you can collect the shiny thing.
🅱️ Hit rock to collect shiny thing without breaking the rock. Continue hitting to break the rock.
> You encounter a shiny thing in rock.
How would you guess you'd collect it, from no context?
🅰️ Hit rock to destroy it. Once that is complete you can collect the shiny thing.
🅱️ Hit rock to collect shiny thing without breaking the rock. Continue hitting to break the rock.
January 12, 2026 at 3:29 PM
> Mining game ⛏️
> You encounter a shiny thing in rock.
How would you guess you'd collect it, from no context?
🅰️ Hit rock to destroy it. Once that is complete you can collect the shiny thing.
🅱️ Hit rock to collect shiny thing without breaking the rock. Continue hitting to break the rock.
> You encounter a shiny thing in rock.
How would you guess you'd collect it, from no context?
🅰️ Hit rock to destroy it. Once that is complete you can collect the shiny thing.
🅱️ Hit rock to collect shiny thing without breaking the rock. Continue hitting to break the rock.
Oops, accidentally put my files in an infinite folder
January 9, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Oops, accidentally put my files in an infinite folder
yes
January 9, 2026 at 10:22 AM
yes
> Friend recommends game
> Play game
> Next time I meet him, he's wearing an orange jacket. It's at this point I realize he also has the exact same haircut and glasses as one of the main characters of the game.
> He is equally surprised by me pointing it out
> Accidental cosplay?
> Play game
> Next time I meet him, he's wearing an orange jacket. It's at this point I realize he also has the exact same haircut and glasses as one of the main characters of the game.
> He is equally surprised by me pointing it out
> Accidental cosplay?
January 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
> Friend recommends game
> Play game
> Next time I meet him, he's wearing an orange jacket. It's at this point I realize he also has the exact same haircut and glasses as one of the main characters of the game.
> He is equally surprised by me pointing it out
> Accidental cosplay?
> Play game
> Next time I meet him, he's wearing an orange jacket. It's at this point I realize he also has the exact same haircut and glasses as one of the main characters of the game.
> He is equally surprised by me pointing it out
> Accidental cosplay?
ye
January 8, 2026 at 4:15 PM
ye
The simplicity of my confined level-based proc-gen is fighting the urge to experiment with making the entire game a chunk-loaded Terraria-like contineous world
January 8, 2026 at 7:34 AM
The simplicity of my confined level-based proc-gen is fighting the urge to experiment with making the entire game a chunk-loaded Terraria-like contineous world
I haven't promoted Bsky biggest Godot Feed since last year:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
January 7, 2026 at 9:31 AM
I haven't promoted Bsky biggest Godot Feed since last year:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Also, comparing AI to Mickey Mouse's Fantasia is very ironic:
January 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Also, comparing AI to Mickey Mouse's Fantasia is very ironic:
Just got a phone push notification because the admin of #gamedev group @everyone-pinged 93.000 people to tell them "AI Slop" is a hateful phrase not protected by "freedom of speech" ...
January 6, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Just got a phone push notification because the admin of #gamedev group @everyone-pinged 93.000 people to tell them "AI Slop" is a hateful phrase not protected by "freedom of speech" ...
PSA: LibreOffice is a free and opensource alternative to "Microsoft 365 Copilot App", formerly known as "Microsoft Office"
www.libreoffice.org
www.libreoffice.org
January 6, 2026 at 1:35 PM
PSA: LibreOffice is a free and opensource alternative to "Microsoft 365 Copilot App", formerly known as "Microsoft Office"
www.libreoffice.org
www.libreoffice.org
When your game has very loyal fans:
January 5, 2026 at 9:22 PM
When your game has very loyal fans:
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I've overhauled my puzzle level generation so a level is now "grown" like cell tissue in a triangle tessellation. New elements can be inserted anywhere, and the whole level deforms to make room. This makes it easier to control topology and create paths that loops around areas.
#ProcGen #GameDev
#ProcGen #GameDev
January 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM