Say I just came up with something really cool that's a library and can be useful to folks. In pre-AI times, I'd slap a GPL on it and release it as an open repo.
Now, today, how can I make it available in a way that won't get instantly sucked into training data?
Secondly (and more importantly), how can I make sure people bring their questions to me, so the project can evolve? (As opposed to them asking LLMs to hallucinate/slopcode quick tweaks for them?)
One of my most popular little games, Dungeon Hero, is in the itch bundle for Ukranian hospitals.
The bundle is a 252-game bundle for only $8, containing scores of cool indie RPG's, adventures, VTT assets, etc.
If you like indie RPG's *at all* this bundle is a steal, with things like Mausritter, Cairn, a WildSea expansion, LordSworn, and many other tidbits.
I was recently confronted with examples of small teams/solo devs fighting with complexity and tech-debt coming from their frameworks and eating their precious time to build features, so I put down my thoughts. There are no absolutes in tech, there isn't a 'winner' library.
https://iamkonstantin.eu/blog/less-glue-more-product-why-elixir-shrinks-architectural-complexity
Unity have just released a controversial Unity Hub upgrade... You can no longer create non-Cloud projects!
We discuss what exactly this means and how you can work around it.
https://gamefromscratch.com/unity-now-forcing-cloud-projects/
Subtlety? What's that? Beats me; I don't do subtext! 🏳️🌈
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➡️ Ever wished Zelda II were (even more) gay?
Wishlist Enigma Heart!
https://www.hadrosaurus.net/enigma-heart/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2986980/Enigma_Heart/
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #IndieGames #IndieGaming #PixelArt #EnigmaHeart
🚀0 A.D. Alpha 28: "Boiorix" is here! 🔥 The first non-alpha release of our free, open-source RTS, named after a king of the Cimbri. Play on Windows, macOS and Linux no ads, no paywalls!
🔽 Download: https://play0ad.com/download/
#0AD #0ADGame #RTS #StrategyGames #OpenSource #FOSS #OpenSourceGame
#LinuxGaming #MacGaming #WindowsGaming #Gaming #VideoGames
#IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev #FreeSoftware #HistoricalGaming
Xogot - Godot for iPad - is now even better...
How is it better?
Free for Students, cheaper for everyone else and now a finally a full 7-day trial available to try!
https://gamefromscratch.com/xogot-godot-on-ipad-now-free-for-students/
Wow, I just noticed https://amore.computer (by @lucaslove) has "analytics" and it turns out, there are 37 people using my app Browski! I thought it was like 2 :D
Snakes, fireballs and congestion 🐍
#pixelart #indiedev #indiegame #snake
Oh check this out!
Blogatto - A Gleam framework for building static blogs with Lustre and Markdown
The kitties are beta testing all the sun spots on the patio. Outside coding season is officially open 😎
Defold 1.12.2 has been released!
✨ Control ParticleFX emitters in runtime
🖼️ Custom Editor UI now with images
⚡️ Faster Editor for large projects
🎮 3D playground sample
🧩 Custom vertex attribute data for models
🧵 Support for more than 8 vertex stream
🗂️ “New…” menu in Asset Browser
🔤 Distance field fonts noticeably sharper in Editor
🧷 Quality-of-life fixes and many, many more!
https://forum.defold.com/t/defold-1-12-2-has-been-released/82464
Featured: Tiny World by Dragosha
#MadeWithDefold #Defold #gameengine #gamedev #indiedev #lua
My little Tower Defense with some Idle Incremental gameplay modifications demo is now live! 🥳
ZacIsa: Idle Defense will feature 8 game maps, 1 game mode & several fun game weapons to try out.
Check it out on Steam Deck!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3279350/ZaciSa_Idle_Defense_Demo/
#indiedev #indiegame #demo #steamdeck #steam #towerdefense
🦊Blobun is on a "green celebration" sale, celebrating her being... green, yea. The sale is on from today (4/20) to the 26th! ... why's her eyes red? uh, she was playing virtual boy, yea
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3284270/Blobun/
https://itch.io/s/172936/green-celebration-sale
You've heard me nerd about Gleam lately and in addition to "this language is brilliant and easy to get into", I would like to add my latest experience:
"Gleam is the perfect ecosystem to be making an API or a web app or a static web site for your app".
I mean... even the server components are fun https://hexdocs.pm/lustre
Wishlist Enigma Heart! We've got:
- Sword lesbian
- Found family
- Giant ice woman who may or may not step on you
- Cow
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2986980/
#WishlistWednesday #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev #EnigmaHeart #PixelArt #Zelda #Zelda2
My first steam page ever is live!!
Its a game where you sell the results of silly dice to some quirky clients.
It's cozy, it's relaxing AND also a puzzle/roguelite/incremental game!
I would appreciate it SO MUCH if you added it to your wishlist!!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4475970/Prerolled/
#GameDev #VideoGame #Incremental #Puzzle #Dice #DnD #Godot #GodotEngine #Krita #Cute #Indie #IndieDev #Prerolled
Death by Scrolling on consoles! You read it here first.
Crowfi v0.23 is now available on the App Store, bringing the new “Lists” feature! #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #Mastodon
The games for the jam this year were unbelievably high quality, please give them a play and show support to the winners of Games for Blind Gamers 5!
Please meet Inlay - my very first #GleamLang package 🚀
It lets you embed urls for popular socials and content websites (e.g. if you include a link to a post in a Lustre component or a markdown static website, it becomes a cool looking widget)
Somehow, the whole knight-on-a-hobby-horse setup still wasn’t silly enough for me. So I added an apple on top – which you can have a gnome shoot off your head, Wilhelm Tell style.
Oh, and you can now stumble awkwardly too.
Neofeud 2 is a sci-fi adventure game where an ex-robo-marine and a rebel hacker struggle against an empire on its last legs. Neofeud 1 is also 70% off now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4611140/Neofeud_2/
Itch: https://silverspook.itch.io/neofeud2
#indiedev #visualnovel #indiegame #retrogame #NoAI #steamdeck #art #artist #Steam
Have you ever wondered "What if Zelda II, but gay"?
Check out Enigma Heart! We've got:
- Sword lesbian
- Found family
- Giant ice woman who may or may not step on you
- Cow
- And oh yeah -- A PLAYABLE DEMO, FINALLY!
Get it now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2986980/
#GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev #EnigmaHeart #PixelArt #Zelda #Zelda2
& (Fox Stamps Demo Sept. 7th)
