personally i think it's bad that a lot of indie devs seem to have realized that gambling mechanics are addicting and make games based solely around them
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gamedev, filmmaker, socialist 🫶 co-founder & creative director @mossrock.studio living in NYC & working on Point Cloud! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3673430/POINT_CLOUD/ https://poke-bd.itch.io/point-cloud https://poke.place
AAA considers competition an unfair disadvantage
Kotaku@kotaku.com · 2w agoActivision's head of marketing says Modern Warfare 4 has a "Call of Duty tax" to contend with. "There's obviously a lot of fandom around indie games and excitement around new games popping up ... https://kotaku.com/activisions-head-marketer-says-modern-warfare-4-faces-a-call-of-duty-tax-2000746337
the "agentic" vision of computing is a spam world where everyone has their own personal army of spam bots working 24/7 on their behalf choking everything with spam to try and get one over on the next guy. and that's just not something that can really... exist, long term?
one of these days I'm just gonna make an entire UI system from scratch and launch uGUI into the sun
i wish you could entirely disable parts of the unity editor that you aren't using (ie built-in audio)
been a long time but im back for #screenshotsaturday!! added this new scanline explosion effect that fits the aesthetic way better :) #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
funny how once high refresh-rate displays became commonplace, the “human eye can’t see over 30 fps” people suddenly vanished
(reposting to correct the date on the poster) NEW BOSHI PLAYTESTING EVENT wed 10/7 : ) submit your WIP games by wed 9/30 or come playtest other devs' games! (more info and google form on our website boshis.place/events/26-10... )
#gamescom2026 is wrapped up! Thanks to everyone who came by our booth and tried out the game 💚 Especially thanks to our booth mates and new friends @williwawgames.bsky.social @vaniagames.bsky.social and Stobi Games for welcoming us in and ensuring everything ran smoothly :) See y’all at PAX East!!
Our first day of #gamescom2026 was a great success!! We are so unbelievably tired, but the people love POINT CLOUD :) If you’re here this weekend, come visit us in hall 10.2, booth E-063! www.gamescom.global/en/product/p...
We are officially bringing POINT CLOUD to #Gamescom2026! FUN FACT: Only 43 games at the convention are tagged “Sci-Fi” (including us) 🤯 Come visit us at Hall 10.2 E-063 if you’re around!! 💚 www.gamescom.global/en/product/point-cloud #indiedev #gamedev #gamescom
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POINT CLOUD is starting to get more official 😳 our artist Willow absolutely COOKED on the company logo and steam art!!!
Moss Rock Studio@mossrock.studio · 3mo agoHelloooo Bluesky! We are Moss Rock Studio, a worker-owned indie game studio founded in New England. Our team of 4 is currently working on our first title, POINT CLOUD! Check it out on Steam, or see our website in our link in bio! store.steampowered.com/app/3673430/... #gamedev #indiegame
what they dont tell you about being a solo game maker is there will always be at least one part of the process you are physically incapable of doing and if its one of the important parts you will simply go sisyphus mode forever
Funny how two+ years in and we're not hearing about all the massive success stories AI must be responsible for by now
The Spook Who Sat by the Ring Doorbell@hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5mo ago“A Pizza Hut franchisee claims the chain’s AI-powered delivery system, meant to optimize orders and speed up deliveries, instead backfired and cost it more than $100 million.”
Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind. It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty. Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face. Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
point cloud is undergoing architecture collapse... my inexperience is really catching up with me 😩