"I used Claude to make.." -> "I asked Antopic to make me a.." "Using ChatGPT I did ..." -> "I asked openAi to.." You're not a maker. You're not even a user you're just a client.
Etienne Pouvreau
@smolware.dev
🌐 www.smolware.dev itch : https://smolware.itch.io/ Volition: I know there's not much to say, but if nothing helps, just remember that you've made it this far, and it's just a bit farther now. Let's finish this.
If you've entered/are entering GMTK Jam leave your games in the comments! Going to play as many as I can after work once the rating period opens :)
Not Jam@not-jam.itch.io · 2w agoThe Count Gets Down Whilst The Count Counts Down because I am very good at titles Chiptune rhythm game for #GMTKJam2026 not-jam.itch.io/the-count-ge...
stop saying “this looks like it was made by AI” or “was this written by chatgpt?!” when you don’t like something. devaluing human effort like that sucks. I don’t care if it’s bad cgi or a formulaic script. if it’s made by a human you show it some fucking respect and just say it’s dogshit.
"In a burning world we need to hold ourselves and each other to a higher standard. “Useful” is far, far from being good enough." https://tante.cc/2026/07/15/useful-is-not-sufficient/
"Useful" is not sufficient
So Linus Torvalds, head of the Linux kernel development, put his foot down on the Linux Kernel development mailing list when someone was bringing up criticism of LLMs: “Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects, and if somebody has issueswith that, they can do the open-source thing and fork it. Or just walk away. […]
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I found some old drawings of mine I had saved on Pinterest. Now you get to look at them too, yay. (sorry)
New Seal of Solitomb trailer! 🎉 Really happy with how it turned out. Sadly in 30fps here - if you want to see it in all its glory, the Steam page has you covered 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/3377230/... Might as well wishlist while you're there! 😉 #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev
Previously, I posted about how Yoshi's Island bosses are shaped dynamically from cones. It turns out there is a way to see this in-game. If the cartridge is pulled out during a boss battle (PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS), the boss will revert back into its true cone form.
Woops ! kind of forgot that I had a discount setup on steam 🤷 Well there's 3 days left if you'd like to support a smol dev ! #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #steam store.steampowered.com/app/3906680/...
Save 30% on Sweepminer on Steam
A collection of 7 bite-sized Minesweeper-inspired games. Relax, click around, and enjoy some lighthearted spins on a classic.
store.steampowered.com
Woops ! kind of forgot that I had a discount setup on steam 🤷 Well there's 3 days left if you'd like to support a smol dev ! #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #steam store.steampowered.com/app/3906680/...
Save 30% on Sweepminer on Steam
A collection of 7 bite-sized Minesweeper-inspired games. Relax, click around, and enjoy some lighthearted spins on a classic.
store.steampowered.com
I'm re-writing my engine's renderer and accidentally made this. #gamedev
I'm re-writing my engine's renderer and accidentally made this. #gamedev
All my games are 35% off for the itchio summer sale. or $6.50 for all 3 of them. itch.io/s/188086/sum...
Summer Sale 2026 by Werxzy
A bundle by Werxzy, $6.50 for SokoCode, Infinimoes, Can of Words
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These damn pixelers are up to something, I'm telling ya... @franekk.bsky.social @noionart.bsky.social
I haven't made a game in far too long, so I just picked the most simple, dumbest idea I had. Lets see where that goes! #gamedev
simple experiment about generating an alien text. Step 1: glyphs #procgen
simple experiment about generating an alien text. Step 1: glyphs #procgen
💥 Soulbound Re-Cursed is out now on #pico8! 🏛 Explore an ancient temple! 💎 Get the space-warping gem! 🧠 Solve mind-bending puzzles! 🐍 Mind the snakes! Play now for free on punkcake.itch.io/soulbound !!
As a test, I remade my game (snake + rope =) Snope with my custom language, in my engine. It seems decently stable at this point... it's time I start making games again ! #gamedev
I really want to make writing more of a habit. I had this idea for explaining 0 based index in programming in non technical terms. smolware.dev/smolblog/pos...
zero_index
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New logo and trailer for Klifur! Wishlist on Steam now! Coming very soon! 😎😎😎🧗♀️🧗♂️🎉
As a test, I remade my game (snake + rope =) Snope with my custom language, in my engine. It seems decently stable at this point... it's time I start making games again ! #gamedev
Okay this was much harder than I expected and I had to change a few categories (I don't play multiplayer games..). Also a few of these could have filled most of the grid by themselves ^^ bsky.app/profile/joni...
Joni Korpi@jonikorpi.com · 4mo agohad a good cackle making some of these choices (grids.fun/t/about-me-v...)
Just found this sick website - tools.rmv.fyi Lots of completely free tools - no logins, no registration, no data collection, just good ol' indie web! the way things were and can still be!! One of them is a colourblindness sim as shown in the video, why not test out a pic of your game?
Let's go!! I'm so happy! Can't wait to show this lovely game to the world! #gamedev #interfaceX26 #fakeOS
Falling Leaves Studio ◆ WISHLIST MyDear.exe 😽💻@fallingleavesfr.bsky.social · 4mo agoWE'RE SO EXCITED! We will be part of the #interfaceX26 festival that showcases games taking place in #fakeos ! The festival will start on the 27th, pin that in your calendar! Love on you! Wishlist here => store.steampowered.com/app/4255640/...