I had an issue with some weird background stutter, and after spending way too much time fussing with FPS, refresh rates and vsync, I realised an ill-advised return statement made Charlotte stop for exactly one frame each time she entered a tile. So at least that's fixed! #Godot #gamedev #indiedev

This might be more power than I can safely be trusted with. >_>

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Nick Drage@sonofsuntzu.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Simpler than that. www.apple.com/newsroom/sea... Remember, with great power comes great responsibility ... for the next fifteen minutes or so anyway ;)

Bluesky, will you do me a solid and share your favorite medieval art with me? It can be fully finished paintings or rude marginalia in an illuminated manuscript, I'm not picky, I'm just interested in getting a general survey of what modern people like.

Great keynote by @jubalbarca.bsky.social in Coding Medieval Worlds 6 😊 James took us through how he developed an interest in the field and reflected on different medievalisms using several examples including Hades. Rats were featured and the greyness with which the medieval world is often portrayed.

Work on The Many Sins of House Ocampo continues, little by little, scene by scene. It is now 1915, middle of who knows where, and MR MIRAGE is about to give a performance you'll never forget. Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, step right up and wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/4102890/

I think we, as a planetary civilisation, need to come together and decide once and for all what the shortcut for multi-line commenting should be so I don't have to remember which editors use Cmd+K, which ones use Cmd+/, and which ones use something third entirely. #coding #indiedev #gamedev #VSCode

Folks, it's once again the first Friday of the month, i.e. "Frecommendation Friday" (I think that name's locked in by now), where I recommend a game that I like and I think you should play. Today that game is #Starsector by @amosolov.bsky.social, @dgbaumgart.bsky.social et al. 1/4 #indiegames

Quick update on Enoch 👀 Yes, the game is still in development (solo dev + no current funding = it takes time 😅) but good news: new key art, new logo, and the game is now simply called Enoch. I’d love to hear your thoughts ❤️ 👉 Link to the full Steam post in the comments

This one's specifically for the medievalists: Our new chapter intro vignettes with marginal decorations inspired by the Bodleian Roman d'Alexander (MS. Bodl. 264). Please enjoy the little birds! (Font & text still WIP) 🎨: @boaillustration.bsky.social #MedievalMonday #marginalia #gamedev #indiedev

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We're extending the deadline for places for CODING MEDIEVAL WORLDS 6, a free workshop and discussion forum for historians and game developers taking place on February 21-22! You now have until Jan 25th to ask to join :) #Medieval #GameDev #IndieDev #Gaming #History

I'm starting off the new year on a high note by realising that I probably have to rebuild my entire dialogue architecture so it's possible to save and load in the middle of dialogues. 🫠 (I mean, I guess I don't *have* to, but some of these dialogues are… *very long*.) #gamedev #indiedev #godot

I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice: www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1... I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.

Folks, it's the first Friday of the month, which means it's "Frecommendation Friday" (still working on the name), when I recommend a game I played recently and I think you should as well. Today we have the adventure game "Verne: The Shape of Fantasy" by @gametopia.bsky.social 1/2 #indiegames

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Become Jules Verne and adventure into the dangers that hide in Hemera, a fantastic parallel world built from his own imagination. Explore, solve puzzles and unlock the most coveted secret of the might...

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Happy Public Domain Day, everyone! The works of Thomas Mann enter (or was already in) the public domain in most of the world today, so if you've always wanted to make a #VisualNovel based on the Buddenbrooks, now you can! (And if you have, please do, that sounds amazing.) #PublicDomainDay #gamedev

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I know we're all super excited about The Many Sins of House Ocampo, but also, the supporter pack for If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is on sale RIGHT NOW, so why not treat yourself (and us!) to a little pre-Christmas cheer? 🚂🍾

Folks, it's the first Friday of the month, which is also… "Frecommendation Friday"…? (idk, I'll work on the name), when I recommend a game I played recently and I think you should as well. Today we have the police procedural Casebook 1899 – The Leipzig Murders by @homonarransstudio.bsky.social 1/2

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Play as a sharp-witted detective in late 19th-century Leipzig, Germany, in this retro pixel-art point & click adventure. Search for clues, question suspects, and piece together evidence on your de...

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Today is Creator Day on @itch.io, and that means you can go and play my rather silly vaguely Sumerian/Assyrian #Twine management game KEEP SACRIFICING OR THE WORLD IS GOING TO END! … To be clear… it-it's a free game. >_> You could play it anytime you want to. But you can also play it today! ^_^;

KEEP SACRIFICING OR THE WORLD IS GOING TO END! by Stark Raving Sane Games

The gods are extremely angry! Can you, the king of a vaguely Sumerian/Akkadian city state, appease them?

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It’s so weird to me how the Bond people don’t seem to realise they’re basically running a superhero franchise. Bond is an archetype character, he doesn’t need a coherent dramatic arc. Just have him walk into a casino in Macau with zero explanation and start doing cool Bond stuff, it’ll be fine.

Willard Foxton@willardfoxton.bsky.social · 12mo ago

James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.” Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says: “You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream." radaronline.com/p/james-bond...

Yesterday we had a small issue with the site link, so... new pinned post 📌 The Steam page for The Many Sins of House Ocampo is now LIVE! 🔥 store.steampowered.com/app/4102890/... 🔥 Wishlist now, repost, spread the word! Support the independent game-making underground ✊🏻

The Steam page for The Many Sins of House Ocampo is now LIVE! ➡️https://store.steampowered.com/app/4102890/The_Many_Sins_of_House_Ocampo/⬅️ Wishlist, repost, tell your friends, tell the press! 📢

(taps mic) Is this thing on? (squealing feedback sounds) Steam page review passed! 🚨 Get ready to watch the first teaser and hit that wishlist button NEXT WEEK! And in the meantime... happy All Hallow's Eve, everyone 🎃

Okay, seriously, who is the one person who just started using #Steam on *Windows Server 2022*? >_>

The intersection between “murder mystery adventure game” and “19th century German history” is straight down the middle of my particular areas of interest, so I’m immensely looking forward to playing this! 🔍

Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders@homonarransstudio.bsky.social · last yr.

🗞️🗞️ANNOUNCEMENT!🗞️🗞️ Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders 🔴OUT NOW on Steam and GOG🔴 🇩🇪Explore 1899 Leipzig, Germany 🕵️‍♂️Quiz suspects. Draw conclusions 😮Get things wrong. Live with it. 👉👉 s.team/a/1841190

🗞️🗞️ANNOUNCEMENT!🗞️🗞️ Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders 🔴OUT NOW on Steam and GOG🔴 🇩🇪Explore 1899 Leipzig, Germany 🕵️‍♂️Quiz suspects. Draw conclusions 😮Get things wrong. Live with it. 👉👉 s.team/a/1841190

Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders@homonarransstudio.bsky.social · last yr.

📯📯📯ANNOUNCEMENT📯📯📯 Casebook 1899: The Leipzig Murders 🗓️ Launching Sep 4th 2025 🔍 Search clues and quiz suspects 🔀 Draw your own conclusions 🔪 Choices affect multiple endings ⛪️ Explore late 19thC pixel-art Leipzig 🇩🇪 Authentic German voicing Wishlist on Steam! 👉👉 s.team/a/1841190

I've written a UK parliamentary petition against payment processors using their near-monopoly power to dictate what legal content can and cannot be purchased. This is a worryingly fast-growing problem. Please sign it and share widely, UK friends! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

I might regret getting involved in this, but I’m literally begging itch.io to please talk to someone who is good at community management and crisis communication, because Posting Through It in the Replies is just about the worst way to go about this.

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A journalist not receiving a response from a company does not absolve them of accurately reporting. We provided her with detailed information about the status of pages yesterday and her/colleague responded by saying we lied. I do not know any reporter who works like this. bsky.app/profile/itch...

GAME, the German game industry trade association, released this *damn* good statement on the unjust NSFW game takedowns www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

New post! Ahead of tomorrow’s panel Andreas Kjeldsen (@verysrsgames.com) discusses forthcoming comedic narrative adventure The Knight & the Maiden, where players solve puzzles to unfold the story of a noblewoman’s quest (& her many gendered disguises): www.historicalgames.net/playing-with...

Sir Charlotte, la bonne chevalière: Playing with Gender in The Knight & the Maiden | Historical Games Network

A long time ago, in a world almost, but not quite, like our own… The city-state of Castamont, a centre of scholarship and commerce on the shores of the scenic Ousarine Bay, is buzzing with excitement!...

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