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Tom Wor ✅

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Capitalisms sad panda. Captain of nuclear submarine KillerChestWorkout, living at the bottom of the Atlantic with his cook Ed and sea lion lady Dolores. 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.social/@tomwor, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20h

Think I got to integrate Blockbench 5 into my workflow, could look great with my current voxel stuff, adding a bit more fidelity. Video by @GameFromScratch #gamedev #voxel #indiedev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyYk5QOWeXg

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Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

RE: https://mastodon.social/@worgames/115315169131767298

#hotfixsaturday #gamedev

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Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

Yesterday I've played around with a couple of different ideas for track generation in Super Space Arcade, but I realized what a big gamble it is to make these architectural changes to a released game. Perhaps better left for a sequel. Still enough other areas to polish. #gamedev #indiedev

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Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13d

Lesson learned (again): When getting a pooled object in Unity, set the position and rotation *before* setting it active. The lifecycle methods and the physics engine might otherwise interfere, even when it looks like you have a clear path in your code from A to B. #unity #gamdev

Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21d

In early Summer 🌞, the game should be ready with a beta/demo for players to try out. Collecting feedback and fixing bugs. Enter the summer Steam Next fest. Connect to press and influencers.

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Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21d

Right now I think of starting in autumn 🍂, going into the winter ❄️ strong with prototyping sprints, having a vertical slice ready in late january and presenting it to the public.

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Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21d

After my debut game "Super Space Arcade" took way to long to release, I've been thinking to do what most gamedevs recommend, to make small games, and fast(-ish). I'm planning for a seasonal release cycle. #gamedev

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Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21d

So I have an object pool with a maximum of objects to keep available. If I request more objects from the pool then are available, I just instantiate them regularly and on return to the pool I destroy them. Is this a good pattern? #gamedev

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Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27d

"How to get ahead of 83.5% of indie Steam devs in 2025" Totally not clickbait. #gamedev #indiedev
https://tomwor.com/how-to-get-ahead-of-indie-steam-devs-in-2025/

How to get ahead of 83.5% of indie Steam devs in 2025

Totally not clickbait.

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Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 3

I've been using Handbrake to compress my videos for a while and always struggled to do 540p video for socials small enough. Now there seems to be a (new?) preset that compresses my video to about HALF the size it used to. Where have you been all my life?

Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 3

Despite the Steam Deck unverified status, "Super Space Arcade" runs great on the #SteamDeck and has been thoroughly tested on it. The game was built with handheld gaming in mind.

Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 3

While reviews from strangers can be quite a gut punch, I guess they are also the most honest ones. I got my homework. #gamedev

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Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 2

Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1442050/Super_Space_Arcade/?beta=0

Save 10% on Super Space Arcade on Steam

A short loveletter to simpler times, as I remember them.

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Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 2

That leaves me humbly asking for your support for my work. The game is available on Steam and Itch
https://worgames.com/games/super-space-arcade

Super Space Arcade

Keep calm and shoot stuff

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Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 2

Thanks to everyone who provided feedback and encouragement over the years. And also to the people nudging me to finally get it done. Because without you it might have not happened after all.
Thanks to my wonderful family for supporting me and pulling me away from the screen.

Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 2

There is still so much stuff I want to add to the game, but finishing is a skill too and I'm very happy to finally have had the courage to let this out. Expect some updates in the future, because I'm far from wrapping this up.

Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 1

I'm releasing "Super Space Arcade" tomorrow! I made everything myself, except the music. So if you want to hurt my feelings, just say you like the music best! 💔 🤜 😵
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1442050/Super_Space_Arcade/?beta=0

Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 1

Bad wifi at the office. No problem, got an unlimited data 4G cellphone plan. Tether. Connect.
Cloudflare: "Sorry, you have been blocked" #ipblock

Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 30

#steam really beats my Library and Store assets to mush with it's compression. Have to fight back with Curves, High-Pass filter and Saturation increase. The exported images look like shit, but when mangled by the comp algorithm they look fine again. 🤷‍♂️ #gamedev

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Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 29

Releasing my indie game a day before #silksong would be absolute madness - so I'm releasing mine two days before.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1442050/Super_Space_Arcade/ #gamedev #indiedev

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Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 29

Doing #gamedev part-time, while having kids and trying to stay healthy.

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Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 27

Had the #laravel debug bar enabled on Worgames live site. Say one thing about Tom, say he's a professional.

Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 4

As a #unity old-timer, I often miss when Unity introduces new functionality, like the ObjectPool class that seems to around for years now. Totally missed this one. Good bye homemade solution, I guess. 🤷‍♂️ #gamedev

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Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 23

Rewatching #ds9 on Netflix recently. So much soul. Damn, they really don't make things like old #startrek anymore.

Tom Wor ✅ @tomwor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 22

The demo of my #indiegame "Super Space Arcade" is available on #steam. Download and tell me what you hate about it.
Be brutal. Make it sting.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1442050/Super_Space_Arcade/

Super Space Arcade on Steam

Jump over obstacles, blow up aliens and collect power-ups at break-neck speed in this voxel arcade shooter.

store.steampowered.com

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