​Hard to focus on code today with this constant low hum coming through the ceiling. been going nonstop since tuesday #solodev #thehum

​Went outside to get some air and escape that weird constant humming in my apartment. Ended up testing my unit squash and stretch animations irl instead ​ #indiedev #love2d #gamedev

As promised, here is the water shader breakdown for Realmlet. Started out with tiles from SciGho's Water+ pack on itch.io (same artist as Grass+, which I recolored to match my palette), but a post-processing shader makes the water way more hypnotic. #gamedev #indiedev #love2d #lua #shaders

Been trying to sketch UI frames for a week and nothing looks right. Guess I'll stick to a minimalist look. Well, not stick-figure minimalist XD. Code doesn't judge my drawing skills. Shaders & math do the heavy lifting. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #love2d

​Stepped away from Lua runtime errors to check out a local Star Wars expo. ​Refreshing to see genuine handmade armor after spending the week stuck in 2D grid coordinates. Also pretty sure that reception droid handles pathfinding better than my game’s AI. ​Back to the desk tonight 🤖☕

Still thinking about this take. Imagine looking at a hand-crafted tactical AI loop and thinking: "needs more API calls and token latency". The obsession with automating the literal joy of building things will never make sense to me. ☕🎮 #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #love2d

Wired up a visualizer for the influence map to see why the bot was playing so flat. Turns out the AI was reading parts of the terrain through the player's fog-of-war filter, so it had zero clear read on the board. But that wasn't all 👇 #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #love2d #GameAI

Open-heart surgery on my AI today. Split into sequential roles: Census, Strategist, Treasurer, then Tactician moves units one at a time. Currently hunting down which one is quietly ruining the gameplay. 🩸🔧 #gamedev #indiedev #tactics #algorithms

Taking "racking my brain" a bit too literally... 🧠🔧 Debugging an AI regression today. Somewhere between tweaking unit logic and polishing mechanics, my tactical AI decided to shed half its brain cells. Time to dive back into the code mines. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #tactics #gamedevlife

It's not a bug, it's a treat! Happy Halloween!!! 🎃 ​ #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #Halloween #gamedevlife

Finally, my fog of war doesn’t look like a 1998 Excel spreadsheet! 💥 Built a 2-pass GLSL fog in LÖVE2D: • Pass 1: low-freq Simplex noise distortion • Pass 2: delayed tile-sweep wave on unit arrival Real-time math over popping tiles! #gamedev #indiedev #shaders #love2d

True immersion is mandatory when working on GLSL fog shaders. 🥽💨 ​If you're not breathing through a snorkel in a fogged-up room, can you even trust your fragment math? ​Back to polishing the fog rendering in LÖVE2D. 💻 ​ #gamedev #indiedev #shaders #gamedevlife

12 hours deep into Fog of War logic in LÖVE2D 🤿 Core math works, but rendering definitely needs a coat of paint. Before I make it look pretty, here’s a neat mechanic people don't always think about: fog memory 🧠👇 #gamedev #indiedev #love2d #solodev

​"I need a 10GB engine editor to move a 16x16 sprite." ​No, you need 200 lines of Lua and some self-respect. ​Prove me wrong or drop your 2D build size in the replies. I dare you. 🦆👇 ​#gamedev #indiedev #love2d #lua

LÖVE2D magic in action: instant hot-reloading ⚡ Since my entire game state sits in one clean table, I can tweak balance & fix bugs on the fly while Realmlet is running. No compile delays, no crashes, just raw code & instant iteration! #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #love2d #lua #animation

Engine hierarchy defined: 1. LÖVE2D = God Almighty 2. Godot = The lovable cousin 3. Unity & Unreal = Floor decoration Stop over-engineering your 2D indie games. KISSes to your heavy engines. 😘 Where does your engine sit right now? 👇 #gamedev #indiedev #love2d #solodev #godotengine #gameengine

How many minutes a day do you spend watching compile bars? 💀 Why drive a Ferrari for a city commute? I chose LÖVE2D for zero bloat & pure speed. No endless compiling: Batch Runner right-click "Run", boom! instant launch & hot-reload. ⚡ #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #love2d #lua

Behind the memes, there’s an actual game. 🎮 First look at Realmlet (Tactical/4X, LÖVE2D). Bot vs Bot stress-testing pathfinding while I sip cold coffee. ☕ In a Tactical/4X, what matters more: winning individual battles, or overall strategy? #gamedev #indiedev #love2d #lua #pixelart

You’re my rubber duck now, bitches!!! The Dave’s Devlog is officially live! 🎮 #gamedev #indiedev #love2d #lua #TheDavesDevlog #studiolife

Something stupid is compiling. Day 0. Stay tuned. 🎮 #gamedev #indiedev #love2d #lua #TheDavesDevlog