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Murray Smith

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Indie game dev. Wishlist Terra Factoria on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3760980/Terra_Factoria/

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Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · Jul 7

📢EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

Terra Factoria now has a STEAM PAGE

Please wishlist the game to help me out, it means a lot 🙏

store.steampowered.com/app/3760980/...

Terra Factoria on Steam

A Relaxing Automation Roguelike with city-builder elements. Build a satisfying chain of resource production to get rich and expand your city. Use your money to purchase relics that bend the rules in y...

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Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · 1d

New Short! Check it!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt7v...

This playtester BROKE my indie game #gamedev

YouTube video by Murray

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Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · 2d

New video is up on my channel about roguelike deckbuilders!

Check it out!

youtu.be/h8Zjsjbysaw

What makes these ROGUELIKE DECKBUILDERS special?

YouTube video by Murray

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Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · 7d

I've gotten so much mileage from this one animation in my game

I use the same system for displaying and animating cards in multiple places in my game, which made it easy to set up a deck view screen like this:

Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · 9d

New long form video on my channel!

This one is about how games affect your posture as you play.

Check it out!

youtu.be/sImolaLmOBE

Video games that will fix your posture

YouTube video by Murray

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Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · 14d

New short form about a game design problem I fixed with my game, Terra Factoria

Check it out!

youtube.com/shorts/0A1Kw...

I made another BIG MISTAKE with my indie game

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Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · 17d

New video up on my youtube channel!

In this one I discuss the myths surrounding solo game dev.

Check it out!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i2V...

The Myth of the Solo Game Developer

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Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · 21d

How is it that I've gone like 4 years using jetbrains before discovering that you can bring up a copy/paste history????

my life is changed

Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · 22d

I'm starting to feel like developing a turn-based game is about building a framework to edit your game in a text file 📄

I've got all of the rules for each of the buildings in my game in a scriptable object, which helps for iterating quickly and balancing ⚖️

Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · 23d

whoops wrong screenshot, the error is actually the underlined here

Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · 23d

I'm beginning to think that I shouldn't program at 2am anymore.

I tend to make these kind of aliasing errors when I do

Anyone else?

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Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · 24d

New video on my channel! This one is about getting started as a developer and scoping your first project.

What do you think?

youtu.be/34JZRAUqOCQ

Learn THIS if you want to make games

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Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · 27d

Working on short form content that doesn't feel shallow is tough!

This is what I settled on to post on my short form pages, what do you think?

youtube.com/shorts/DwvwF...

My indie game had a HUGE problem

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Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · 29d

One thing I struggle with as a dev is prototyping features without making them look pretty. ✨

I get so caught up in making icons and animations before I've tested if the feature is fun.

Is this normal?

Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · Sep 9

Working on a new iteration of the game that adds a little more complexity to the card system.

Now each card has a mana cost 🌪️🔥🌊🌱

Play mana cards (earth, water, fire, and air) in order to play resource cards on your tiles!

Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · Aug 6

Trying something new for my hex grid roguelike deckbuilder:

🌽Resources are now cards
🃏Play cards on tiles to make better cards
💰Sell your cards at the end of the round to get rich

What do you think?

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Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · Jul 12

Working on spicing up the UI for Terra Factoria

Can anyone spot the gamecube era inspiration?

Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · Jul 12

Thank you for the feature😊

Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · Jul 12

It was a huge honor to have Terra Factoria selected as a winner in the Rising Tide Challenge 🌊

Wishlist on steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3760980/...

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Blue Ocean Games @blueoceangames.bsky.social · Jul 12

🌊 RISING TIDE WINNERS SPOTLIGHT🌊

Terra Factoria

A relaxing automation roguelike with city-builder elements. Build a satisfying chain of resource production to get rich and expand your city.

Congratulations to @murrdoggames.bsky.social!

#RisingTideChallenge

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Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thank you! Thanks for hosting :)

Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · Jul 9

Happy #TrailerTuesday! 📽️

In Terra Factoria, place your farms wisely, as they get adjacency bonuses for being near grass tiles!

Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · Jul 9

Happy #TrailerTuesday! 📽️

In Terra Factoria, place your farms wisely, as they get adjacency bonuses for being near grass tiles!

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Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · Jul 9

Happy #TrailerTuesday! 📽️

In Terra Factoria, place your farms wisely, as they get adjacency bonuses for being near grass tiles!

Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · Jul 7

📢EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

Terra Factoria now has a STEAM PAGE

Please wishlist the game to help me out, it means a lot 🙏

store.steampowered.com/app/3760980/...

Terra Factoria on Steam

store.steampowered.com

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Murray Smith @murrdoggames.bsky.social · May 27

Messing around with music and SFX

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