I had to reluctantly admit that “number go up, make fun noise when go up” is actually important for game feel so I added damage numbers.
Problem is that because there are just so many enemies, spawning a chip for every enemy looks messy to me.
Video has three different options - which one looks the least wrong?
1 - Every number, every enemy, every hit
2 - Only big numbers
3 - Only 50% of numbers, randomly
#solodev #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #indiegame #godot #ttmz #thatstoomanyzombies
I can't help it 🤷♂️
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #solodev
#TheGate for #Amiga
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New progress report available on:
Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/posts/2026-update-run-150902733
Itch.io
https://allanon71.itch.io/the-gate/devlog/1386105/2026-update-run-baby-run
On Patreon there are smoother videos ;)
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#indiedev #solodev #retrodev #retrogame #pixelart
Project #introduction
Introducing DITS — a Developer Issue Tracking System built exclusively for solo developers. 🛠️
Tired of Jira-shaped tools designed for teams of 50? Every feature in those tools assumes collaboration — approvals, assignments, team dashboards — and you pay the complexity tax even when you're the only user. DITS strips all of that away.
What makes it different:
→ Zero-friction capture — create issues from the web app, CLI, IDE, or mobile with minimal keystrokes
→ Keyboard-first design — every action has a shortcut, with a Command Palette (Cmd/Ctrl+K) as the primary interface
→ Sub-100ms interactions — optimized for flow state, not loading spinners
→ Deep Git integration — auto-creates branches from issues, links PRs and commits bidirectionally, closes issues on merge
→ Smart Views — Inbox, Today, Upcoming, and Logbook keep your work organized without manual effort
→ Projects vs. Areas — a first-class distinction between finite work (ship v2.0) and ongoing responsibilities (maintenance, learning)
→ Your data, your rules — full export and portability, always
Tech stack: TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL, Redis, GraphQL (primary) + REST, with native desktop and mobile apps planned.
Currently in early Phase 1 — building out the core foundation. More updates as things take shape.
The project is not #openSource, but in the future, when it's more developed, It probably will be.
#progromming #devtools #issuetracker #buildinpublic #indiedev #typescript #react #solodev
#frogger on #godot is finally live on itch! Can you get to 20000 points?! What a fun learning experience! All visual assets were hand drawn in #krita, and all audio was recorded in #ableton by me. Play it on itch here:
I began the day making a short video showing the game play of 8-bitBot; nothing fancy, but for once in a while,I tried using a video editor: https://youtube.com/shorts/EzmhWW52O_I?feature=share
In my game, there's a mysterious city in the forest with nut houses 👀🌰
ARTMESS: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4334670/ARTMESS/
Hallelujah. it's getting correctly rotated. Some internal matrix pointer juggling was messed up due to how the scene rendering to the texture works
Long story short: RLGL.state.currentMatrix not pointing to the right matrix.
Lots of fun figuring all that out.
#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #raylib
This week for #XenithAwakening I worked out some concept ideas for the Jet Blazer battles within the game. The idea would give the illusion of moving really fast, while also ensuring the player has time to fight.
#indiedev #solodev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday
This is The Sword Game.
Our community member Cenullum shared progress on their Minecraft clone, now featuring hundreds of NPCs walking on voxel terrain:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyyhRDkf_7I
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #minecraftclone #solodev #indiegames #voxel
So I've been working with opengl and x11 and I complained about how opengl doesn't flip row order. Most people just tell whichever library they use to flip when they open the file.
I wrote a cute little flip loop instead. Isn't it just adorable.
Since last Monday I am trying to upload 1 short video per day about my gamedev progress. I just looked it up and it turns out that yesterday was day 214 since I began working on 8-bitBot. Let's see how far I get with these videos 🙂
https://youtube.com/shorts/v4tzNmWB7zw?feature=share
#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #raylib
RE: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@Elanis/116028439113734499
#7 Zoom on important parts
A mistake I did initially was to record 1080p fullscreen GIFs or screenshots and put them in the long description.
Zoom on the important stuff or reduce the window size, it's easier to see detail when the image is 700ish px wide! :)
A kind family member donated their Steam Deck to my cause. In total, it took less than two hours to get a build running on it, and maybe another two to make some optimisations to get to 50+ fps.
I am seriously impressed with Godot’s export pipeline, that seemed almost too easy.
And it also forced me to finally make an in-game menu to quit the game, so that’s a bonus. 😝
#godotengine #godot #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #ttmz #thatstoomanyzombies
#TheGate for #Amiga
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Oh! Look! An add-on for Kal's gun!
I'm using #PyDPainter for all my gfx needs!
