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Jambuckett
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🎮 RPG / Simulator Games Streamer
😂 Meme Page Creator (25k)
👍Freelance Marketer
🧑‍💻 Indie Game Dev
December 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
December 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Reviewing my Main Menu art: Tik Tok Nuclear

Ok this was a rush job lol, but I think the explosion looks cool

What do you think?

#gamedev #gameart #mainmenuscreen
December 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
So the game has to be built from the ground up with the nemesis system in mind

Which limits a lot of possibilities

How far can you push close quarters combat? can you make it interesting with different traits?

This is why we haven't seen the nemesis system since

#wbgames
December 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
To add to this, many game enemies will behave differently based on their weapons already

Shotguns: close and aggressive
Machine gun: pinning you down

The basics of the system are already there with some simple behaviour changes for enemies

#enemyai #gamedesigndoc
December 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A version of this system can work for randomly generated gangs with a theme and trait, but it's just not the same

It does change the way you deal with them, but you don't get that personal nemesis

#gamesystems #gamedevanalysis
December 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Your poison / fire / explosive bullets don't mean anything if you can't hit me

It's the up close and personal factor that makes each enemy encounter unique and memorable

Long range combat ruins that

So the game has to be close quarters, which limits genres

#gamedesign
December 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The nemesis system only works with hand-to-hand, close quarters combat games

Enemies are unique because of their traits and abiltiies

But if we use guns then I'll just shoot them from far away... taking away the personal factor

#nemesissystem #gameenemies
December 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Why didn't we see the Nemesis System in other games?

One of the most innovative systems in modern gaming, yet we only see it in 1 series...

I think I have the answer, and it's not what you think

1. It only works for hand-to-hand
2. It only works in certain games

#gamedev
December 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I NEED SOME DEVELOPER WISDOM

So I have this simple enough game where you do an action to get points and have to avoid security

But it feels too easy… how do I increase difficulty?

#gamedev #gamedeveloper #IndieGameDev #videogamedesigner #gamefeedback #reviewmygame
December 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Changed the fail screen to be a pop up

Everything's localised to characters, so is all reusable across levels

Should be easy to smash out a few levels over christmas

#indiegame #pcgaming #indiegamedev #gamedev
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Always takes you by surprise 😅

#hospomeme #hospitality #chefmeme #servermeme #restaurantlife
December 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
December 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The first level of Vape Masters is now complete

Might release as a demo now, or build the fight mode and release then, not too sure yet

#gamedev #indiegame #pcgaming #games #gaming
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
December 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Reviewing my Main Menu art: The Final Wave

Probably one of my best works, the wave looks decent enough, and the feeling of dream (combined with epicness) is still there

What do you think?

#gamedev #gameart #mainmenuscreen
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Want to make your game jam characters more interesting?

You don’t need deep backstories or complex motivations

All you need is:

1 strong trait
and
1 point of friction that challenges it

Here’s an example using Thor

#gamedev #gamejam #indiegamedev
December 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
TOOK ME 3 DAYS TO WORK THIS OUT

I had the layers wrong on the detect area...

This was a painful few days 😅

#pcgaming #gamedevupdate #gamedev #indiegame
December 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Some people call this time “relaxing” 😅

#hospomeme #hospitality #chefmeme #servermeme #restaurantlife
December 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This means that each social media post has the potential to be seen by millions of people / potential customers

Each post is a lottery ticket

The game has changed, and platforms like Tik Tok / Twitter are the prime examples of this

Here's how to take advantage

#marketing
December 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Social Media Marketing is a lot of quantity over quality

I know that's not common advice, so let me explain

Social media has changed in the last decade to now give you content

Your feed is random things, not what you're friends have posted

#socialmediamarketing #smm
December 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Want to make your game jam characters more interesting?

You don’t need deep backstories or complex motivations

All you need is:

1 strong trait
and
1 point of friction that challenges it

Here’s an example using Scarlett Witch

#gamedev #gamejam #indiegamedev
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
One thing I love about YouTube

Scheduling posts sends the file to YouTube first, and then YouTube handles the upload

So it mostly happens in the background

Meta could take notes 😅

#youtuber #youtube #contentcreater #shorts
December 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
We've all done this... and all drank a little too much from it 😅

#hospitalitymeme #cheflife #serverlife #restaurantlife
December 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM