NullSweat
@nullsweat.bsky.social
Australian, aspiring indie developer. Just starting out, got a long way to go. He/Him
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Fantasy RPG setting where cooking works the way it does in crafting-based video games, like if you assemble a sandwich just right it can let you shoot fire from your eyes and shit, so cooking is a tightly regulated art. You can get thrown in a dungeon for marinating without a license.
December 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Fantasy RPG setting where cooking works the way it does in crafting-based video games, like if you assemble a sandwich just right it can let you shoot fire from your eyes and shit, so cooking is a tightly regulated art. You can get thrown in a dungeon for marinating without a license.
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Fully open world Fire Emblem, but you still have to select tiles to get around
December 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Fully open world Fire Emblem, but you still have to select tiles to get around
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Transistor and Bastion are on sale for $4 and $3 respectively. Please play these games if you have not.
December 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Transistor and Bastion are on sale for $4 and $3 respectively. Please play these games if you have not.
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Did you know Aftermath has a free membership tier? Ever since our recent move we've added the 'Free' option, which gets you both of our weekly newsletters, and also lets you read six stories a month (non-members can only read three).
You can signup here:
aftermath.site/signup/
You can signup here:
aftermath.site/signup/
December 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Did you know Aftermath has a free membership tier? Ever since our recent move we've added the 'Free' option, which gets you both of our weekly newsletters, and also lets you read six stories a month (non-members can only read three).
You can signup here:
aftermath.site/signup/
You can signup here:
aftermath.site/signup/
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Hey #indiedev / #gamedev pals , reminder that you can download all of my sound libraries for free off my Bandcamp or Itch, donations are accepted but not required!
Hundreds of High Quality Wav, Ogg, and Mp3 professionally produced and recorded -
theturtlebox.itch.io
turtlebox.bandcamp.com
Hundreds of High Quality Wav, Ogg, and Mp3 professionally produced and recorded -
theturtlebox.itch.io
turtlebox.bandcamp.com
theturtlebox.itch.io
October 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Hey #indiedev / #gamedev pals , reminder that you can download all of my sound libraries for free off my Bandcamp or Itch, donations are accepted but not required!
Hundreds of High Quality Wav, Ogg, and Mp3 professionally produced and recorded -
theturtlebox.itch.io
turtlebox.bandcamp.com
Hundreds of High Quality Wav, Ogg, and Mp3 professionally produced and recorded -
theturtlebox.itch.io
turtlebox.bandcamp.com
I have no idea about sports but apparently the game's really something
December 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I have no idea about sports but apparently the game's really something
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![(Showing the tcrf.net page for Ivy the Kiwi? (Wii).)
Test Models
"Ivy the Kiwi contains four test models within its data. Three are cubes (test_box_100cm_green, test_box_100cm_red, and test_box_point_x), and one is a sphere (test_sphere_50cm).
[...]"
[https://tcrf.net/File:Kiwi_test_cube.png]
"IT'S A CUBE!"
[https://tcrf.net/File:Kiwi_test_sphere.png]
"IT'S A SPHERE!"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3mrjblg7toe5op6fnac2bivg/bafkreigik7ta347trc6dav3jji7orfkfmnwimnjcvdallxvo7hev2dojey@jpeg)
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New* article!
A history of Ocarina of Time's development, with a specific focus on the new game design problems presented by 3D, and how they solved them.
*I wrote this a few years ago for a magazine. I figure it's been long enough, so on my blog now!
Edited by @paigeedits.bsky.social!
#Zelda
A history of Ocarina of Time's development, with a specific focus on the new game design problems presented by 3D, and how they solved them.
*I wrote this a few years ago for a magazine. I figure it's been long enough, so on my blog now!
Edited by @paigeedits.bsky.social!
#Zelda
The Seminal Third-Person Adventure - The Nameless Quality
“The masterpiece that people will still be talking about ten years down the road.”– Gamespot review for Ocarina of Time, 1998 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was a towering achievement, a game th...
namelessquality.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
New* article!
A history of Ocarina of Time's development, with a specific focus on the new game design problems presented by 3D, and how they solved them.
*I wrote this a few years ago for a magazine. I figure it's been long enough, so on my blog now!
Edited by @paigeedits.bsky.social!
#Zelda
A history of Ocarina of Time's development, with a specific focus on the new game design problems presented by 3D, and how they solved them.
*I wrote this a few years ago for a magazine. I figure it's been long enough, so on my blog now!
Edited by @paigeedits.bsky.social!
#Zelda
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SURPRISE! My friends and I made a cozy idler, and you can play it RIGHT NOW! Our submission for #ComfyJam Autumn is Knittin' Critters - four grannies knitting blankies for everyone on the planet!
🦊 jlansing.itch.io/knittin-crit... 🧶
#indiegame #cozy #itchio #idler #gamedev
🦊 jlansing.itch.io/knittin-crit... 🧶
#indiegame #cozy #itchio #idler #gamedev
November 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
SURPRISE! My friends and I made a cozy idler, and you can play it RIGHT NOW! Our submission for #ComfyJam Autumn is Knittin' Critters - four grannies knitting blankies for everyone on the planet!
🦊 jlansing.itch.io/knittin-crit... 🧶
#indiegame #cozy #itchio #idler #gamedev
🦊 jlansing.itch.io/knittin-crit... 🧶
#indiegame #cozy #itchio #idler #gamedev
Dang, Baba Is You gets hard fast, huh?
November 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Dang, Baba Is You gets hard fast, huh?
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me: hows it going
sheetz cashier guy: just sitting here thinkin about d&d
me: cool
scg: trying to make an artillery mage
me: is that like a wizard with a gun
scg: ha ha. no. you summon explosions
me: that sounds useful
scg: id love to be able to do that. just once
me: ha ha
scg: *far off look* yeah
sheetz cashier guy: just sitting here thinkin about d&d
me: cool
scg: trying to make an artillery mage
me: is that like a wizard with a gun
scg: ha ha. no. you summon explosions
me: that sounds useful
scg: id love to be able to do that. just once
me: ha ha
scg: *far off look* yeah
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 AM
me: hows it going
sheetz cashier guy: just sitting here thinkin about d&d
me: cool
scg: trying to make an artillery mage
me: is that like a wizard with a gun
scg: ha ha. no. you summon explosions
me: that sounds useful
scg: id love to be able to do that. just once
me: ha ha
scg: *far off look* yeah
sheetz cashier guy: just sitting here thinkin about d&d
me: cool
scg: trying to make an artillery mage
me: is that like a wizard with a gun
scg: ha ha. no. you summon explosions
me: that sounds useful
scg: id love to be able to do that. just once
me: ha ha
scg: *far off look* yeah
@scalzi.com Finally picked up my copy of The Shattering Peace, and what an ending to the very first page. Wow! Looking forward to the rest.
November 6, 2025 at 3:57 AM
@scalzi.com Finally picked up my copy of The Shattering Peace, and what an ending to the very first page. Wow! Looking forward to the rest.
I'm too disorganised to actually run a game of #dnd but I keep thinking about an evil campaign where the party is trying to rebuild an old necromancer's castle, and having to deal with nosey heroes and opposing cultists while trying to persuade the local villagers to join their cause.
November 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I'm too disorganised to actually run a game of #dnd but I keep thinking about an evil campaign where the party is trying to rebuild an old necromancer's castle, and having to deal with nosey heroes and opposing cultists while trying to persuade the local villagers to join their cause.
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A while back I was trying to find how to make rope physics WITHOUT a physics engine.
Was surprisingly difficult to find at the time.
So for anyone searching for the same in future:
You're after "Verlet integration" or "Verlet Rope" ❤️
Great tutorial: toqoz.fyi/game-rope.html
#gamedev #indiedev
Was surprisingly difficult to find at the time.
So for anyone searching for the same in future:
You're after "Verlet integration" or "Verlet Rope" ❤️
Great tutorial: toqoz.fyi/game-rope.html
#gamedev #indiedev
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 AM
A while back I was trying to find how to make rope physics WITHOUT a physics engine.
Was surprisingly difficult to find at the time.
So for anyone searching for the same in future:
You're after "Verlet integration" or "Verlet Rope" ❤️
Great tutorial: toqoz.fyi/game-rope.html
#gamedev #indiedev
Was surprisingly difficult to find at the time.
So for anyone searching for the same in future:
You're after "Verlet integration" or "Verlet Rope" ❤️
Great tutorial: toqoz.fyi/game-rope.html
#gamedev #indiedev
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EA says it will retain creative control following Saudi sale, but like, come on
aftermath.site/ea-saudi-ara...
aftermath.site/ea-saudi-ara...
November 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
EA says it will retain creative control following Saudi sale, but like, come on
aftermath.site/ea-saudi-ara...
aftermath.site/ea-saudi-ara...
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It will cost you $0 to RT my work ✨ (but it might change my life 🥺)
April 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
It will cost you $0 to RT my work ✨ (but it might change my life 🥺)
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it's here, everyone!!
🌱 Bloomseed 🌱 is officially released!
Bloomseed is a free asset pack I created that contains game assets for RPGs and cozy farming sims :>
check it out if you're interested:
cocophany.itch.io/bloomseed
#pixelart #gamedev #Bloomseed
🌱 Bloomseed 🌱 is officially released!
Bloomseed is a free asset pack I created that contains game assets for RPGs and cozy farming sims :>
check it out if you're interested:
cocophany.itch.io/bloomseed
#pixelart #gamedev #Bloomseed
Bloomseed - Free Pixel Art Asset Pack - 16x16 Top-Down by Cocophany
A free asset pack for RPGs and cozy farming sims!
cocophany.itch.io
October 31, 2025 at 2:43 AM
it's here, everyone!!
🌱 Bloomseed 🌱 is officially released!
Bloomseed is a free asset pack I created that contains game assets for RPGs and cozy farming sims :>
check it out if you're interested:
cocophany.itch.io/bloomseed
#pixelart #gamedev #Bloomseed
🌱 Bloomseed 🌱 is officially released!
Bloomseed is a free asset pack I created that contains game assets for RPGs and cozy farming sims :>
check it out if you're interested:
cocophany.itch.io/bloomseed
#pixelart #gamedev #Bloomseed
My partner, after her second Pokemon battle: So wait, do I have to go through all of this tall grass?
Me: They want you to interact with the game's primary mechanic, yes
(She's enjoying beating trainers, though!)
Me: They want you to interact with the game's primary mechanic, yes
(She's enjoying beating trainers, though!)
October 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
My partner, after her second Pokemon battle: So wait, do I have to go through all of this tall grass?
Me: They want you to interact with the game's primary mechanic, yes
(She's enjoying beating trainers, though!)
Me: They want you to interact with the game's primary mechanic, yes
(She's enjoying beating trainers, though!)
Hmmmm
I'm gonna chronicle my steam backlog adventure here because I think that might be neat.
My goal: get through about 20-30 minutes of gameplay of all the 150ish unplayed games I have in my library, including some games I know I'll love, some I got on a whim, and some I do not remember buying at all.
My goal: get through about 20-30 minutes of gameplay of all the 150ish unplayed games I have in my library, including some games I know I'll love, some I got on a whim, and some I do not remember buying at all.
October 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Hmmmm
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I've seen RPGs with Holy/Dark damage types where high-tech weapons inflict Dark damage because they represent the subjugation of Nature to the will of Man or whatever, and I REALLY want to invert that reasoning. Getting punched by a robot does Holy damage because robots are free of Original Sin.
October 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I've seen RPGs with Holy/Dark damage types where high-tech weapons inflict Dark damage because they represent the subjugation of Nature to the will of Man or whatever, and I REALLY want to invert that reasoning. Getting punched by a robot does Holy damage because robots are free of Original Sin.
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wife graciously allowed the kids to "help" her frost cookies, and from the next room i heard my kid ask "am I doing a good job?" followed by my wife sighing wearily and saying "you are all doing a medium job"
October 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
wife graciously allowed the kids to "help" her frost cookies, and from the next room i heard my kid ask "am I doing a good job?" followed by my wife sighing wearily and saying "you are all doing a medium job"
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This is a fantastic article about writing in games, and the perils of making a player-centric world where the protagonist is permitted to solve every problem they encounter. Highlight recommended for anyone who wants to make their world more complex and real!
medium.com/@betterthema...
medium.com/@betterthema...
Forget Protagonists: Writing NPCs with Agency for 80 Days and Beyond
This is the text and (most of) the slides from my talk at the Game Narrative Summit at GDC 2016, the video of which is available to…
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October 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This is a fantastic article about writing in games, and the perils of making a player-centric world where the protagonist is permitted to solve every problem they encounter. Highlight recommended for anyone who wants to make their world more complex and real!
medium.com/@betterthema...
medium.com/@betterthema...
I keep seeing people post engagement bait and I'd love to do my own but what would I write?
Uhhhh tell me about an older game that you loved? I really enjoyed Landstalker on the Sega, that was a lot of fun.
Uhhhh tell me about an older game that you loved? I really enjoyed Landstalker on the Sega, that was a lot of fun.
October 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I keep seeing people post engagement bait and I'd love to do my own but what would I write?
Uhhhh tell me about an older game that you loved? I really enjoyed Landstalker on the Sega, that was a lot of fun.
Uhhhh tell me about an older game that you loved? I really enjoyed Landstalker on the Sega, that was a lot of fun.