Grind grind. Got a pile of good systems built, so its time for something just for fun. I threw in an LED ship component that is activatable and emits a little light. Everything in progress right now is about connections and components wokring together, so its useful! Really! See? #gamedev #indiedev

Mini game dev anecdote time. Earlier in my game project I spent, in retrospect, far too much on a particular algorithm; something rendering related I would eventually not use. I knew at the time it wasn't important enough to spend so much time on, but it felt necessary. Later on,

Okay, my game project is going well, but it's time for a hard turn into a domain I've read about but have no direct experience with: Sound design. I don't suppose there are any game sound / fmod experts out here somewhere with some advice before I stumble on? #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #fmod

Tons of progress on our game ILU. A new blog video up yesterday, and here's a short version! Its maybe sillier, but hey, it shows the game and some neat new features. Feedback welcome! #indiedev #gamedev #solodev youtube.com/shorts/Xyb14...

ILU Project DevShort #3 - Messing with matter

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Ah, it's finally video posting time! I've been heads down for (... wow really?) more than 3 months? Focused on all the essential features needed for ILU. It's coming along! And adding stuff is getting faster as the system matures. Anyway, short update vid over on youtubes: youtu.be/ZU2_S8aoNUc

ILU Project DevBlog 3 - Progress! Ship Editing, Gathering, Materials, Lights!

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Sometimes you're busy devving, devving, then you make a tiny tiny incidental little change.. And then everything explodes? Well, here's an accidental explosion. #indiedev #gamedev The shaking of some of the pieces is related; just a temporary bug with accidentally crazy results. o7

Hiyo, I'm going to stream up some gamedev at www.twitch.tv/ventare. I have some new visuals and features to build in my bizarre game engine. Come and ask programming questions, or whatever you like. Oh, and I'm new to streaming, so you can help fix my setup too :p #gamedev #indiedev

Ventare - Twitch

Programmer, Game-Designer, Minecrafter, Dad. Builder of games and engines. Also I have a tendency to lecture on any topic that I know anything about, so ask at your own risk :)

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Having gone from side-project game-dev time to attempting-full-time-game-dev, I've noticed something interesting. The more immediate time pressure I have, the more productive I get. I don't mean long term time though, I mean, if I have to leave for the dentist in 20 minutes I'm laser focused, but...

Hiyo, just finished setting up my Twitch account to do some live coding, and I made a new screenie from the game, and I kinda liked it, so, yeah, here it is. Oh and if you wish, join me sometime. And ask all the code questions you want, I might be a lecturer at heart. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

Heyo! New short video for our game project, and a longer blog post about the project as a whole. Dev Video below, and bloggy bits at ilu.hashnode.dev/iterating-th.... Full vid at youtu.be/1OInqm7ZQIs I'm still new at this BlueSky/Social thing; feedback welcome :) #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

Stumbled across this article on HackerNews: www.noelberry.ca/posts/making.... It reminded me of all the reasons I'm building my own game with a custom engine. It's reassuring to know that you're not completely crazy for bucking the trend :)

Making Video Games in 2025 (without an engine)

Thoughts, tools, and libraries I use to make games

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Hello Bluesky! I'm Ventare, and I'm making a game! Its a sciency roguelite game about exploring, surviving, and evolving your ship. Think FTL meets Noita. Not too much to show yet, but here's our first dev blog vid to get a taste. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKHI... #gamedev #indiedev #indie

ILU Project DevBlog 1 - Showing what we have so far!

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