On September 17, I'll be giving my latest talk: “Open Sourcing Your Tech Stack – How I saved $5000 and Still Made A Game.” We'll be exploring FOSS alternatives to all the software you & your business use to bring your ideas to life. Follow @indiegamebusiness.bsky.social to catch the stream!

Who else will I be seeing at Godotcon Boston? Looks like I'll have about a week straight of conventions in early May. Better come up with some panels.

Indie game developers talk a lot about how discoverability is an issue, and it absolutely is.

But looking at this graph, I have to wonder... is that REALLY the biggest issue, or is the (lack of) curiosity of the average gamer the issue?

I played 73 games this year. The median is 4.

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I never thought I'd see the day. 🥹

Does anyone else remember when anime in games had, I dunno, variety? #thegameawards

Drunk Harrison Ford making a cameo appearance at the game awards was ALSO not on my 2024 bingo sheet... but in hindsight in coulda been. #thegameawards

Oh so it's gonna be THAT kind of a night huh. #thegameawards

I swear to god one of ya'll better click Download Demo.

Test post please ignore

I've been playing Math Rabbit with my niece lately, and I gotta say the reward loop is exactly what gamedevs should strive for.

Play a game, get a ticket, spend it on whatever you want.

Her eyes LIGHT UP any time we can visit the prize stand, and there's no gacha, no fanfare, no particle effects!

What's your game engine of choice?
I've been a Clickteam Fusion 2.5+ user for over a decade, but a year ago I switched to Godot upcoming projects.
Still I made stuff happen in that engine that to this day nobody else has dared.

Post a gaming picture that gives you video game anxiety.

A ship that's neither Star Wars nor Star Trek.

Tomorrow marks 15 years as an indie dev.
If I have one piece of advice, it's that all advice is bullshit.
Do with that as you will.
#indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #indie

Whatever the guess, be sure to add a couple zeros on the end.

Every time I let some time lapse between playing my old game, and then I come back to it, I rediscover just a little bit of magic from it. Getting this particular Achievement was a doozy, but a FAIR doozy, and I had a ton of fun playing on my Steam Deck.

Couldn't have timed this unlock better.

IDK if it's a death sentence to be critical of Godot on here, but this is one thing that kinda pisses me off.

Everywhere else in the code, these kinds of properties are called with a .

In Tweens, it's a :

I don't mind calling a tweened property as a string but consistency, please.

Alright I'll play.