My app is being considered for App Store promotion! 🥳 Who do y’all recommend for short notice indie dev promo artwork? 👀👂
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My game Jack Dragon and the Stone of Peace is included in this Game Industry Hardship Fund bundle. You get that and 100+ other really cool games (like Skatebird, Cook Serve Delicious, A Short Hike, Arranger, Eldritch and loads of other good stuff) for just $10 USD. That's a BARGAIN!!! Cheap as chips! AND you get to help game workers who need it. Amazeballs!
https://itch.io/b/3802/game-industry-hardship-fund
#unions #GameWorkers #CWA #UVW #gamingnews #gaming #gamesale #indiedev #indiegames
Edited 102d ago
Finally fixed one annoying issue: tree trunks now don't wiggle & soft-deform under wind (left), instead they just tilt a bit (right) as a solid object, like solid objects do, y'know. Had to refactor my 3D model loading a bit to support this.
Hello! I'm an illustrator and have recently started exploring the world of game vis dev! Would love to have recommendations of cool blogs and channels about visdev, specially see ppl animating sprites and crafting 2d sidescroller worlds! I'm fascinated by that! #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev
Crowfi v0.24 is now available on the App Store!
What’s New:
- Added VoiceOver support for better accessibility.
- Minor UI tweaks bug fixes.
Released a new version of my *ten-year-old* to-do app side project. Integrates with the new iOS 27 AppIntents reminders schema for better Siri integration. And has a new app icon :)
And it’s currently FREE to celebrate iOS 27 release day!!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/super-to-dos/id1195333305
#ios #iosdev #wwdc #swiftui #ios27 #ipados #swiftlang #indiedev #xcode
Proud to announce a landing page for my game Frax: Rupture! Subscribe to updates 🎮️
🦨introducing Fox Stamps, a nonogram game that aims to be approachable to new players and long time fans alike! Solve puzzles and turn them into stamps for your collection!
Demo coming Sept. 7th 2026, so please wishlist it below:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4802530/Fox_Stamps/
Appstead is now available on the App Store.
I built it because I got tired of digging through Connect screens just to see how all my apps were doing.
I wanted one native place on my iPhone and iPad to see what’s earning, growing, changing, or needs attention.
After months of building and TestFlight feedback, it’s finally here.
To everyone who tested it, reported bugs, and shared ideas: thank you. You helped get Appstead here.
I am scared ... I had a bunch of edge cases in my head and had figured out solutions for these.
But I keep finding new edge cases, and honestly, I have currently no idea how to resolve this one.
Does anyone’s paid app have a command line tool associated with it (eg for use on CI)? If so, do you do anything to check licensing on the command line tool, or do you just hope your users stay honest?
Because human-authored side projects are still important to learn new things…
https://testflight.apple.com/join/vAgVxrw7
#testflight #ios #iosdev #wwdc #swiftui #buildinpublic #ios27 #ipados #swiftlang #beta #indiedev #xcode #mastodon
I'm working on McKinley, a Mac app for making SF Symbols, launching soon around the end of August!
Do your vector editing within McKinley, or import SVGs from any source. Make variable symbol weights by setting line widths or adjusting geometries. Preview in-app, including animation, and export straight to an asset catalog.
To be informed on release, join our mailing list: https://double-thrice.eo.page/h9jv5
Video demo: https://youtu.be/enZ5A_bTdfg
App Store review rejections, feature creep, marketing struggles, and subscription pricing anxiety.
Indie Simulator captures the entire indie app developer journey in a fun (and painfully relatable) browser game.
https://go.peterfriese.dev/fun-indie-simulator?s=social&t=ext
A Future Identity: Away With The Flat
In between of things, while the project is going slowly, I've been thinking about refreshing the look of the samerion.com website, along with giving the project a whole new logo.
https://samerion.com/journal/2026-08
#Samerion #Gamedev #Indiedev #Blog #Design #FlatDesign #Logo
#Godot has been around for 12 years now, but I think I've only become really aware of it and learned about specific games made in it relatively recently.
I've been wondering, which were the first "full size" commercial Godot games that got mainstream attention by people not involved in or following indie game development, and when was that?
Big news! 🎉
Earshot Podcasts was officially approved by Apple and launched on Wednesday!
I've been a little quiet because #ACB2026 has kept me busy, but I wanted to take a moment to say thank you to everyone who tested early versions of the app. Your feedback, bug reports, and ideas helped make this launch possible.
If you haven't checked it out yet, I'd love for you to give it a try and let me know what you think.
Download Earshot Podcasts:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earshot-podcasts/id6770760602
Thank you again to everyone who helped get us here. This is just the beginning.
ICYMI, Crowfi v0.25 is now available on the App Store!
What’s New:
- Post Editor: Long-press the text box and use the menu to paste images from your clipboard.
- Profile: Use the top-right @ button on a user's profile to initiate a public or private mention.
- Minor UI tweaks and bug fixes.
#BuildInPublic #IndieDev #Mastodon
Bulletin 3.0 is here, my biggest update yet!
• Smart Summaries of whole articles and categories, with tappable citations
• On-device translation with Apple's Translation framework
• Weaved mode mixes your sources instead of one publisher at a time
• Rebuilt iPad and Mac apps with native sidebars
• Improved App Intents support
Attention designers and developers!
I just released my second Mac app: SF Balloons! 🎈
Think of it as the emoji picker, but for SF Symbols. Super handy if you use them a lot in Figma, Sketch or Xcode and don’t want to keep switching apps.
It’s free, so get it here 👇
https://apps.apple.com/app/sf-balloons/id6801875207
#IndieDev #BuildInPublic
Introducing the icon for McKinley, made by the wonderful @Iconfactory via their “indie special" deal!
https://iconfactory.com/indie-icon-deal/
McKinley is releasing on 7th September: https://mckinleysymbols.com
