Small Town Game Dev
@smalltowngamedev.bsky.social
Hi!
I'm an Indie Game Developer from the Midwest with a passion for game design and the process of game creation. Follow my blog about learning game design through play here!
https://www.smalltowngamedev.com/blog
I'm an Indie Game Developer from the Midwest with a passion for game design and the process of game creation. Follow my blog about learning game design through play here!
https://www.smalltowngamedev.com/blog
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Hi guys!
I am looking for animation work at the moment. I have a year of experience working as an animator and rigger on various indie game projects as well as classical training in cinematics/feature animation.
If you could use an animator, shoot me a message!
#gamedev #indiedevs
I am looking for animation work at the moment. I have a year of experience working as an animator and rigger on various indie game projects as well as classical training in cinematics/feature animation.
If you could use an animator, shoot me a message!
#gamedev #indiedevs
Knights of Guinevere is everything I could have hoped for after years of being a massive Dana Terrace and more. It's the kind of art that keeps me inspired to create and try to make things that matter.
September 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Knights of Guinevere is everything I could have hoped for after years of being a massive Dana Terrace and more. It's the kind of art that keeps me inspired to create and try to make things that matter.
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'it has no soul' is not really the problem, because it sort of has all the souls in it. the trouble is that they're blended into a homogenous paste. and when you do that, you end up removing any potential for depth. pressing all piano keys at once isn't a melody.
aftermath.site/ai-video-gam...
aftermath.site/ai-video-gam...
April 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
'it has no soul' is not really the problem, because it sort of has all the souls in it. the trouble is that they're blended into a homogenous paste. and when you do that, you end up removing any potential for depth. pressing all piano keys at once isn't a melody.
aftermath.site/ai-video-gam...
aftermath.site/ai-video-gam...
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Happy Saturday!
Time for Saturday @ Second Half #7 — Maximum Payne. We're sharing some wicked dual-wielding shooter gameplay and a sneak peak at an upcoming level concept.
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
secondhalf.games/news/2025-02...
Time for Saturday @ Second Half #7 — Maximum Payne. We're sharing some wicked dual-wielding shooter gameplay and a sneak peak at an upcoming level concept.
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
secondhalf.games/news/2025-02...
Saturday @ Second Half #7 — Maximum Payne - Second Half Games
Controls revamp and killer concepts
secondhalf.games
February 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Happy Saturday!
Time for Saturday @ Second Half #7 — Maximum Payne. We're sharing some wicked dual-wielding shooter gameplay and a sneak peak at an upcoming level concept.
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
secondhalf.games/news/2025-02...
Time for Saturday @ Second Half #7 — Maximum Payne. We're sharing some wicked dual-wielding shooter gameplay and a sneak peak at an upcoming level concept.
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
secondhalf.games/news/2025-02...
Tyson-coded characters
February 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Tyson-coded characters
Very excited to share the first round of concept art for my upcoming project Midwest Gothic.
Stranded in a strange land, a minor league baseball player must delve into the darkest depths of a country on the verge of collapse, uncovering lost histories along the way. #indiedev #gamedev
Stranded in a strange land, a minor league baseball player must delve into the darkest depths of a country on the verge of collapse, uncovering lost histories along the way. #indiedev #gamedev
February 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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The Video Game History Foundation's library has launched in early access - a freely available archive of video game history research materials.
(Read more: Video Game History Foundation)
(Read more: Video Game History Foundation)
January 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Video Game History Foundation's library has launched in early access - a freely available archive of video game history research materials.
(Read more: Video Game History Foundation)
(Read more: Video Game History Foundation)
If you loved BG3 and used it as a tentative bridge into the crpg genre, I cannot recommend Pillars of Eternity enough. It is not as polished as BG3 or as accessible but its world building and philosophy touch a bit of a deeper more heady place if that's what you are into.
#gamedev
#gamedev
January 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
If you loved BG3 and used it as a tentative bridge into the crpg genre, I cannot recommend Pillars of Eternity enough. It is not as polished as BG3 or as accessible but its world building and philosophy touch a bit of a deeper more heady place if that's what you are into.
#gamedev
#gamedev
Replaying Pillars of Eternity in preparation for Avowed and God damn....
If you don't vibe with Eder we cannot be friends.
If you don't vibe with Eder we cannot be friends.
January 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Replaying Pillars of Eternity in preparation for Avowed and God damn....
If you don't vibe with Eder we cannot be friends.
If you don't vibe with Eder we cannot be friends.
Hi guys!
I am looking for animation work at the moment. I have a year of experience working as an animator and rigger on various indie game projects as well as classical training in cinematics/feature animation.
If you could use an animator, shoot me a message!
#gamedev #indiedevs
I am looking for animation work at the moment. I have a year of experience working as an animator and rigger on various indie game projects as well as classical training in cinematics/feature animation.
If you could use an animator, shoot me a message!
#gamedev #indiedevs
January 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Hi guys!
I am looking for animation work at the moment. I have a year of experience working as an animator and rigger on various indie game projects as well as classical training in cinematics/feature animation.
If you could use an animator, shoot me a message!
#gamedev #indiedevs
I am looking for animation work at the moment. I have a year of experience working as an animator and rigger on various indie game projects as well as classical training in cinematics/feature animation.
If you could use an animator, shoot me a message!
#gamedev #indiedevs
Some days there is so much suffering and sadness pouring out of every important news story that just being a human being with feelings and empathy begins to feel heavy.
Stay safe everyone. I don't know what else to say so I'll just say I hope you're safe. Whoever you are.
Stay safe everyone. I don't know what else to say so I'll just say I hope you're safe. Whoever you are.
January 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Some days there is so much suffering and sadness pouring out of every important news story that just being a human being with feelings and empathy begins to feel heavy.
Stay safe everyone. I don't know what else to say so I'll just say I hope you're safe. Whoever you are.
Stay safe everyone. I don't know what else to say so I'll just say I hope you're safe. Whoever you are.
I don't talk much about the more serious side of things here. But I'm currently up earlier than I wanted to be thinking about the downsides of AI and I think there's a sinister aspect to it that might not be focused on enough.
It isn't just financial exploitation, it's also resistance control.
It isn't just financial exploitation, it's also resistance control.
January 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I don't talk much about the more serious side of things here. But I'm currently up earlier than I wanted to be thinking about the downsides of AI and I think there's a sinister aspect to it that might not be focused on enough.
It isn't just financial exploitation, it's also resistance control.
It isn't just financial exploitation, it's also resistance control.
Just logged in and saw a lot of new followers so wanted to take this change to let everyone know what I'm about and what to expect.
Hi. I'm Tyson! I am a Game Developer from Iowa with a firm belief that amazing games can come from any part of the world.
1/ #indiedev
Hi. I'm Tyson! I am a Game Developer from Iowa with a firm belief that amazing games can come from any part of the world.
1/ #indiedev
January 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Just logged in and saw a lot of new followers so wanted to take this change to let everyone know what I'm about and what to expect.
Hi. I'm Tyson! I am a Game Developer from Iowa with a firm belief that amazing games can come from any part of the world.
1/ #indiedev
Hi. I'm Tyson! I am a Game Developer from Iowa with a firm belief that amazing games can come from any part of the world.
1/ #indiedev
If it makes anyone feel any better, I don't care what color you paint the ledges in your game.
December 30, 2024 at 6:24 PM
If it makes anyone feel any better, I don't care what color you paint the ledges in your game.
I don't think anything in my life influenced me to become a game developer as much as late December days spent playing the video games I waited all year for and then finally received for Christmas.
I owe so much to Games as a whole and to the wonderful people who helped me get into them.
I owe so much to Games as a whole and to the wonderful people who helped me get into them.
December 24, 2024 at 12:30 AM
I don't think anything in my life influenced me to become a game developer as much as late December days spent playing the video games I waited all year for and then finally received for Christmas.
I owe so much to Games as a whole and to the wonderful people who helped me get into them.
I owe so much to Games as a whole and to the wonderful people who helped me get into them.
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Christmas has arrived in Pinball Spire! Celebrate the holidays by playing as Santa for a limited time! 🎅❄️☃️
Check it out on Steam:
➡️ store.steampowered.com/app/2601940/...
(Pinball Spire is also 20% off for the Steam Winter Sale!)
#christmas #pinball #indiegame #gaming #steam #steamdeck
Check it out on Steam:
➡️ store.steampowered.com/app/2601940/...
(Pinball Spire is also 20% off for the Steam Winter Sale!)
#christmas #pinball #indiegame #gaming #steam #steamdeck
December 19, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Christmas has arrived in Pinball Spire! Celebrate the holidays by playing as Santa for a limited time! 🎅❄️☃️
Check it out on Steam:
➡️ store.steampowered.com/app/2601940/...
(Pinball Spire is also 20% off for the Steam Winter Sale!)
#christmas #pinball #indiegame #gaming #steam #steamdeck
Check it out on Steam:
➡️ store.steampowered.com/app/2601940/...
(Pinball Spire is also 20% off for the Steam Winter Sale!)
#christmas #pinball #indiegame #gaming #steam #steamdeck
Chess might be the most brutally stressful game I've ever tried to learn. The ability to play well for 95 percent of a game, navigating really complex puzzles on a time limit while trying to read an opponent, and then cut your odds of winning from 80 to 5 percent with one bad move is nightmare fuel
December 17, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Chess might be the most brutally stressful game I've ever tried to learn. The ability to play well for 95 percent of a game, navigating really complex puzzles on a time limit while trying to read an opponent, and then cut your odds of winning from 80 to 5 percent with one bad move is nightmare fuel
The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order.
#10 Silent Hill 2
#gamechallenge #gamedev #games #FGC
#10 Silent Hill 2
#gamechallenge #gamedev #games #FGC
December 16, 2024 at 11:23 PM
The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order.
#10 Silent Hill 2
#gamechallenge #gamedev #games #FGC
#10 Silent Hill 2
#gamechallenge #gamedev #games #FGC
The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order.
#9 Street Fighter V
#gamechallenge #gamedev #games #FGC
#9 Street Fighter V
#gamechallenge #gamedev #games #FGC
December 14, 2024 at 2:20 PM
The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order.
#9 Street Fighter V
#gamechallenge #gamedev #games #FGC
#9 Street Fighter V
#gamechallenge #gamedev #games #FGC
I've been thinking a lot about AI and the new pitches companies who sell it try to give to creative types.
I think it's a dangerous path to go down, giving parts of your vision over to a computer you loosely control. So I wrote about it!
#gamedev #indieDev
www.smalltowngamedev.com/post/ai-a-di...
I think it's a dangerous path to go down, giving parts of your vision over to a computer you loosely control. So I wrote about it!
#gamedev #indieDev
www.smalltowngamedev.com/post/ai-a-di...
AI: A Disservice to Yourself
You are a better artist than a computer. I want to start this blog by stating that outright. I don't care where you are in terms of technical skill, I would rather sit down and play the game you are embarrassed of than a game that an AI Studio proudly shows its shareholders. If you dedicate yourself to the craft of game design you will eventually make something no AI can out do. The reason for that is very simple. AI is a "good enough" machine. Any human with a vision for how they want a game
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December 14, 2024 at 1:50 PM
I've been thinking a lot about AI and the new pitches companies who sell it try to give to creative types.
I think it's a dangerous path to go down, giving parts of your vision over to a computer you loosely control. So I wrote about it!
#gamedev #indieDev
www.smalltowngamedev.com/post/ai-a-di...
I think it's a dangerous path to go down, giving parts of your vision over to a computer you loosely control. So I wrote about it!
#gamedev #indieDev
www.smalltowngamedev.com/post/ai-a-di...
I will never understand any game developer who wants to use AI for large chunks of the design, art, or map making process. There are places it can speed things up with minimal downside but that's not it.
I can't imagine generating something that's KINDA like what I had in mind and calling it good
I can't imagine generating something that's KINDA like what I had in mind and calling it good
December 13, 2024 at 2:35 PM
I will never understand any game developer who wants to use AI for large chunks of the design, art, or map making process. There are places it can speed things up with minimal downside but that's not it.
I can't imagine generating something that's KINDA like what I had in mind and calling it good
I can't imagine generating something that's KINDA like what I had in mind and calling it good
Time for my yearly pro GameCube propaganda rant
it plays Metroid Prime
It plays Windwaker
It plays Animal Crossing
Shoot it, it still turns on. Boil it in oil? Snap the disc? You're still playing Harvest Moon the next day.
Your favorite console don't know nothing bout that
#gamecube #games
it plays Metroid Prime
It plays Windwaker
It plays Animal Crossing
Shoot it, it still turns on. Boil it in oil? Snap the disc? You're still playing Harvest Moon the next day.
Your favorite console don't know nothing bout that
#gamecube #games
December 13, 2024 at 2:38 AM