CheeseOnCheese
@cheeseoncheese.bsky.social
game developer, making weird things in the indie space https://linktr.ee/tomyancey
We released a new podcast episode on the run-based magic of Oregon Trail and how it may have led to other design ideas we see today. Give it a listen if you're into this classic game and/or typhoid fever www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fba...
Oregon Trail, Keep Driving, 80 Days, Organ Trail (One More Run ep05)
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Check out our juicy new splash screen for WyrmWorm. How'd we do? ✅interactive ✅responsive ✅accessible The playtest is LIVE on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/4806590/... #godot #indiedev #wyrmworm #gamedev
Check out my video about coming up with clean UX patterns for a puzzle game #indiedev #ux #puzzle #godot www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCT6...
Developing a UX strategy for our puzzle game
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The public playtest for WyrmWorm is live! To celebrate I tried my best to make a shortform video. Is this good? bad? Help me get better! youtube.com/shorts/328I4... And try out the playtest on steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4806590/... #godot #indiegame #puzzle
WyrmWorm is a puzzle game about branching serpents, the playtest is live! #puzzle #godot #indiegame
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The public playtest for our first steam game is now live! We're trying to gather feedback on whether this is good enough for a demo. If you enjoy challenging and colorful puzzle games, give WyrmWorm a try! #godot #indiedev #puzzle store.steampowered.com/app/4806590/...
Here's a silly game I made in 2 days for the 2026 GMTK Game Jam. You're a slob who's supposed to be watching over a missile silo. The countdown has started, and you gotta clean it up for the rocket the only way you know how: with firepower! #godot #indiegames cheeseoncheese.itch.io/unscheduled-...
Unscheduled Maintenance by CheeseOnCheese
Uh oh, doomsday is here! Better tidy up before something bad happens!
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We released another episode of One More Run! on Semiwork's wacky twin stick boss-hunting bullet hell Voidigo Check it out #voidigo youtu.be/YHGZC0tX3Tg
Voidigo (One More Run! ep03)
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My friend and I just launched a Steam page for our first real indie game. If you like puzzle games, consider wishlisting! bit.ly/4gATOfR
WyrmWorm on Steam
WyrmWorm is a head-scratching, line-drawing puzzler where branching serpents wind their way across the grid, restoring life to a faded world. Wiggle through challenging puzzles and clever mechanics, f...
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In July 2025, I left my job to focus on game dev. Since then: - clocked ~1,000 hours across 7 different game prototypes - learned a hell of a lot - found a bunch of game dev friends - made $0, but had the time of my life In 2026, I hope to keep growing and release some cool projects #indiegamedev
I needed a break this weekend, so I cooked up a little incremental game prototype where you build a data center, ruin the world, and doom humanity with AGI #godot #indiegamedev
Just finished up this prototype for Beach Chummers: a game about feeding trash to seagulls, so you can have a nice day at the beach! It's free and you can play it in your browser cheeseoncheese.itch.io/beach-chummers #godot #indiegamedev #pixelart
Beach Chummers: Calm before the Swarm by CheeseOnCheese
When tourists crowd every inch of paradise, a lone townie must harness raw seagull power to reclaim what was once his.
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In Boxes update 4 is now up on itch! 2 more cat varieties have shown up wanting boxes of their own bringing with them 8 new puzzles to solve. Full update info over at: elladisenchanted.itch.io/in-boxes/dev... And play the game here: elladisenchanted.itch.io/in-boxes #gamedev #indiedev #solodev
✨ I just published a brand-new post! It’s about the notorious SVG <path> element. With its compact Regex-style syntax, <path> can be super intimidating. But they’re also *incredibly* powerful, letting us draw (and animate!) curved lines. You can read it here, and I’ll share more info in thread. 🧵
An Interactive Guide to SVG Paths • Josh W. Comeau
SVG gives us many different primitives to work with, but by far the most powerful is the <path> element. Unfortunately, it’s also the most inscrutable, with its compact Regex-style syntax. In this tut...
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Missed a weekly update, oops! www.tumblr.com/tomyancey/79... #gamedev #logicpuzzles
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Weekly update - I missed one! · I forgot to update last week, and I'm trying to be more consistent, so here goes TWO weeks ago, after taking a quick break from game jam burnout, I…
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Try my GMTK2025 game jam submission Hotwire Hospital here: itch.io/jam/gmtk-202... #GMTKjam #godot #gamedev
Rate Hotwire Hospital by CheeseOnCheese for GMTK Game Jam 2025
Repair some stupid robots by LOOPing their tubes and circuits. Please don't make a mess.
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Writeup on Hotwire Hospital - my first ever game jam submission! This one was for the 2025 GMTK game jam, which asked developers to complete a game in only 4 days! #GMTK #gamedev #godot #gamejam #indiegame www.tumblr.com/tomyancey/79...
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · GMTK 2025, and my first game jam submission! · Last week I participated in the 2025 Game Maker's Toolkit game jam - a 4 day event where the game community is asked to make a comp…
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My weekly update - last week involved building out a feature, then throwing most of it away! www.tumblr.com/tomyancey/79...
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Weekly Update: Make something, throw it away · Last week, I was focused on getting ready for scaling up some puzzle creation and ensuring that users have a reliable game to come ba…
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Revisiting a game prototype for a disgusting ant simulator. #screenshotsaturday #godot #indiedev #pixelart
Experimenting with some shader-like effects on the <canvas/> context. What was in those brownies? #gamedev #JavaScript #css
I have once again attempted to blog. Here's an update of how my first week of being a solo dev went, with a lot of under-the-hood changes for ZebraTables! www.tumblr.com/tomyancey/78...
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Weekly update: Quality of Life · Last week was my.. first week going full-time on independent game development. I clocked 37 hours of dev time, which is a small achievement for me…
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A new, free blogpost/tutorial on svgs just dropped from @joshwcomeau.com. His stuff is always a delight and worth a look, as there's always knobs and animation for a toybox-like experience! www.joshwcomeau.com/svg/friendly...
A Friendly Introduction to SVG • Josh W. Comeau
SVGs are one of the most remarkable technologies we have access to on the web. They’re first-class citizens, fully addressable with CSS and JavaScript. In this tutorial, I’ll cover all of the most imp...
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Working on a logbook concept for my logic puzzle game, ZebraTables. This can give players additional context for clues they are unfamiliar with. Did you know that it ain't a corndog if it ain't on a stick?
I finally hooked up a CI/CD pipeline for a personal project. I can push iterative changes to GitHub pages thyancey.github.io/zebratables/, or use GitHub releases to push baked builds to my AWS hosted zebratables.com!
ZebraTables
A puzzle of clues and crime in the animal kingdom
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