✨⭐ Announcement time! ⭐✨ I'm super excited to announce FORWARD THINKING SHOWCASE, a puzzle videogames event happening in January 2027, and applications are open! If you are a developer/publisher working on a puzzle or 'think-ahead' game, consider submitting it here: forms.gle/arXVRoxtYK6y...

Huge thanks to Jonny for having me on! Had such a good time! 🙏 (wish the audio quality on my end was a bit better, but hey it is what it is..)

Jonny@darthmalks.bsky.social · 2d ago

It was an honor to have @bergberggames.bsky.social on the podcast. I adore his games. Hearing about his design philosophy and outlook on life brightened my day, and I hope it does the same for you. Audio: indiegamegarden.transistor.fm/25 YouTube: youtu.be/FSGUiH3S-YY?...

🥳 - Created a solo project to submit to the #GMTK #GameJam. Overall pretty happy with it, was nice to slap something together that was not as intensive as Dyadem. 🔧 - Going to try add a few more tutorials before the timer is up! nathanieljones.itch.io/a-slight-ove... #indiedev

A Slight Overreaction by Nathaniel Jones

This isn't your "First World Problem". Build a laser to blow up planets for petty reasons!

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The first Star Spark playtest is live! This is my first Steam playtest, so I've limited signups for the time being just to see how things go for now🤞 Signup if you're interested, I'll grant access ASAP. I'm looking forward to your feedback ❤️🙇‍♂️ Steam page: s.team/a/3639950 #GameDev #IndieGame

Star Spark on Steam

Master combos, unleash powerful attacks, and survive dangerous encounters to win the Star Spark Tournament! Plan your moves and outwit your opponents in this roguelite, turn-based fighting game.

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I couldn't come up with short descriptions for some of my game settings, so I added this info box. Feels like a duct tape solution, and it needs some refinement, but it works unless I come up with something better.

With regards to that last repost, reviews can mean a lot to smaller developers, so I'm gonna put out a little call to action. Everyone following me? DO THIS NOW! I'm asking for replies so more folks pick this up, and continue it. Please take this graphic and ask your followers to do the same!

New UI for selecting the custom pieces in my chess game! #gamedev #godot #screenshotsaturday #steamdeck

New menu design concept! Before -> After What do you think? Any feedback?

Lage | Chesto: A chess-like adventure@bergberggames.bsky.social · 3w ago

I’m going to rework the “piece selection” menu for my custom chess piece game. I’m thinking of taking inspiration from this team menu in Pokemon. Thoughts? What’s the best party select UI in a game?

The game is out NOW! Go play it, and please consider giving us a steam review if you like it. It's the best way for the game to get visibility.

Thinky Games@thinkygames.com · 3w ago

We've been very excited for this Type Help remaster, and today is the day! Check out Megan's review of The Incident at Galley House from @eviltrout.com and William Rous 👇

I’m going to rework the “piece selection” menu for my custom chess piece game. I’m thinking of taking inspiration from this team menu in Pokemon. Thoughts? What’s the best party select UI in a game?

This just saved my ass! I was flipping a card inside a container, but on my laptop screen it was bugging out for one frame in the middle of the animation. Using "offset_transform_scale:x" instead of just "scale:x" solved it!

Adriaan@adriaan.games · 2mo ago

offset transforms are Godot 4.7's sexiest new UI feature!!! you can have your UI in a layout and animate it 'on top of' its layout transform. in the example vid, a bunch of tweens are applied on hover, but you can also animate using Animation player, do custom code, set things in the editor, etc

If you’re into puzzle 🧩 and forward thinking videogames, consider joining the NoClue💡 community on Discord. Whether you play the games 🎮, make the games 👨🏼‍💻 or make content about them 🎞️, there’s a corner for you! (yep, we have a lot of corners). 🎲♟️⚙️🗝️🚪🔍🕵️

Not entirely sure about this UX flow.. The flip animation feels ok, but the placement of the buttons is tricky. The Shy Ghost transforms into a Banshee, so there needs to be some way to navigate to the Banshee from the Shy Ghost, and then back. Any input or feedback is appreciated!

Only 11 hours remaining on this deal in the Steam Summer Sale! store.steampowered.com/app/2830480/...

Save 21% on Gentoo Rescue on Steam

A puzzler about sliding penguins and walruses. Pick up items to push, pull, bounce, swap, stop, steal, or explode. Uncover surprising twists hidden in a world of puzzles inside puzzles inside puzzles.

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Jagriff@jagriff.bsky.social · last mo.

Why 21%? The major patch last month included a super endgame challenge puzzle that is unlike the rest of the game. It connects each of the game's 21 worlds.

Do yourself a favor and go pick up @bergberggames.bsky.social’s wonderful puzzle game Stig. He made it with his partner, and I love how mechanics build on one another. Elegant, minimalist, and entertaining puzzle game. Couldn’t ask for a better coffee break experience!

A few days left of the summer sale if you want to pick up Stig at a discount! If you do, please leave a review it would mean the world 🙏 #ibdieagame #puzzlegame #summersale store.steampowered.com/app/2834830/...

Save 20% on Stig on Steam

A sokoban-style puzzle game about finding a path through colors.

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Finally got my custom scroll bar to work with controller!! Man there were so many stupid edge cases that took me days to solve, but I think it’s done 💪

What a banger episode! Who knew a trained voice actor would be nice to listen to?? Makes me want to try making a small game with voice acting at some point. So inspiring!

Jonny@darthmalks.bsky.social · last mo.

A very special episode for Indie Game Garden’s 20th! I had the honor of interviewing my favorite voice actor @yeoldshrimpeyes.bsky.social — he also works in games as a 3D artist. He’s also SUCH a joy to talk to! YouTube: youtu.be/5_vtpWSFAig?... Audio: indiegamegarden.transistor.fm

There was some interest in this so I put a version on itch. apiratehat.itch.io/simple-font-...

Simple Font Viewer by APirateHat

View your fonts!

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APirateHat🎨Portrait Painter🖌️ DEMO OUT NOW@apiratehat.bsky.social · last mo.

Been working on a simple font viewer in #godot on the side. Was unhappy with what I found when looking online, most of them seemed to be web-based. I just wanted a quick and easy way to look at several fonts at once.

It worked! 🎉 Shout out @pogobrick.bsky.social and @matchstick345.bsky.social for helping me!

Lage | Chesto: A chess-like adventure@bergberggames.bsky.social · last mo.

Making a custom scroll bar in #Godot turned out to be more difficult than I thought. Using a NinePatchRect will distort the horizontal bars in the center, and I can't get the arrow to stretch the way I want either. I think need to rethink my design, or make something custom..

Making a custom scroll bar in #Godot turned out to be more difficult than I thought. Using a NinePatchRect will distort the horizontal bars in the center, and I can't get the arrow to stretch the way I want either. I think need to rethink my design, or make something custom..

The new piece selection UI is starting to come together! Still some work to do, but it's getting there!

Couldn't figure out how to make this small rounded inset shadow for my UI buttons inside Godot, so I ended up using a texture. Happy with the results! Doing my best to keep the image project files nice and tidy so they're easy to update if I need to in the future.

ladies and gentlemen, I published the steam page for my current project, Prison Fighters, if you want you can wishlist already! 🌟 🌟 🌟 #gamedev #godotengine #indiegame #turnbased store.steampowered.com/app/3801070/...

Prison Fighters on Steam

Help a bunch of inmates trying to escape prison. Engage in turn based combat against the guards and prison cultists to make your way through the facility, and collect items to power your Prison Fighte...

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Hairic Lilred@hairic.bsky.social · last mo.

running animation for my game #indiegame #godotengine #gamedev

Tomorrow's stream is... well, not tomorrow 😄 It'll be at a new day and starting time (see image), because it's interview day where I'll chat with Idolon about Clover's Quadrants: ✖️ Clover's Quadrants (by @idolon.bsky.social) See you LIVE on YouTube❤️+💜Twitch #puzzlegame #indiegame #cloversquadrants

This week on Indie Game Garden, I speak with the outstanding Nigerian developer @theferfactor.bsky.social about his action delivery rogue-like TOSSDOWN (published by @playacclaim.bsky.social). YouTube: youtu.be/c86P2gAJHQM?... Audio: indiegamegarden.transistor.fm/19 Be there or be square!

19 - Fer of Tossdown

YouTube video by indie game garden

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Redesigning my chess game UI. Changing modal layouts, backgrounds, and colors to make it look less amateurish. This is my latest mockup! How do you like it? Any feedback?

if anyone needs a very experienced video editor, I've been making documentaries for over a decade and I could really use some more work to help make ends meet! my DMs are open, hit me up if you wanna make cool stuff together

Happy midsummer friends! 🌷🇸🇪

Changed my dialog box to use a RichTextLabel so I'm able to display proper button hints instead of just plain text. A small but nice change!