Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #gamedev, aggregated by home.social.
Just in case you missed it, SUPER SCORE is released in Early Access! There's a 10% discount lasting to 29 October! Go get it!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4531430/SUPER_SCORE/
#SuperScore #SteamGames #Game #GameDev #PCGames #fps #godotengine #Godot #pcgaming #IndieGames
Try the demo of Little Sheep Valley, a cozy Mediterranean ranch-builder where you raise and cuddle sheep, decorate, expand, and shape your farm base.
Play the demo: https://playtester.io/little-sheep-valley-cozy-ranch-builder
Paraxima is an online co-op demo for 1–3 players where Field Agents and Operators investigate Static outbreaks, piece together evidence, identify the Entity, and seal it.
Play the demo: https://playtester.io/paraxima
Try the Cobble Climber demo, a tough action climbing challenge where every hold has a countdown, and hesitation raises the water, pushing you to move smart.
Play the demo: https://playtester.io/cobble-climber
‘If hits are unexpected, datasets aren’t gonna get you there’ — Take-Two Interactive and Sony Bosses Say That AI Cannot Replace Human Creativity
Play the Beyond The Plastic Wall demo: explore a sprawling pixel-art ruin, repair intricate machines, and solve mechanical puzzles through a story of connection.
Play the demo: https://playtester.io/beyond-the-plastic-wall
AI game clones are making indie developers afraid to show their work
image c/o arstechnica.com#ai #clone #gameDev #indie #videoGamesSince its earliest days, the video game industry has been built on developers creating clones of competing games, with varying levels of originality and varying levels of enforcement from game platforms. Now, though, AI coding tools are making that cloning process so efficient that many developers are getting extremely cautious about sharing their early work too widely.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/10/ai-game-clones-are-making-indie-developers-afraid-to-show-their-work/
We warp value noise with curl noise to make it more interesting, in my latest #GodotEngine #gamedev tutorial:
https://catlikecoding.com/godot/procedural-gpu-patterns/10-curled-noise/
Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG videogame "AVE VIRIATE"! ⚒️🤖⚔️
Got to clean up the Task code a little during the weekend, but it still needs some testing! Then I get to automate spritesheet creation!
Come join me!
www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory
RE: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@hardpenguin13/117443941219327190
Give this demo a try during Steam Next Fest 🤙
#gaming #videogames #indiegames #gamedev #indiedev #unity3d #SteamNextFest #steamdeck #steammachine #linuxgaming
For each option I prototyped in Unreal engine and Blender there were 9 iterations of pure 2D line art, to go faster.
#lineart #DigitalArt #gamedev #drawing #sketch #MastoArt #clipstudiopaint
Here's some work I did for the backgrounds pre-production on 2XKO (fighting game).
The assets are all inked on separate layers in clip studio paint, then individually re-projected onto 2.5D cards and geometry in blender. This allowed to test that the parallax was fun before comitting to painting and modelling a whole level.
#gamedev #fightinggame #artprocess #b3d #blender #clipstudiopaint #MastoArt
10 000 вентилей NAND в реальном времени: как устроен симулятор в нашей игре на Rust
Мы — маленькая инди-студия anywaymachines, делаем игру NAND² — головоломку, где из одного вентиля NAND собираешь всё остальное: NOT, сумматор, регистры, АЛУ, процессор с подмножеством RISC-V, а дальше пишешь для своего процессора программы на ассемблере, вплоть до 3D-шутера в духе Wolfenstein. Игра ещё в разработке, по плану около 200 уровней в шести эпохах: реле, транзисторы, микросхемы, микропроцессоры, скорость, система. Выросла игра из любви к Turing Complete и курсу nand2tetris: оба проекта когда-то показали нам, как интересно собирать компьютер с нуля своими руками. Нам захотелось пройти этот путь ещё ближе к настоящему железу: собрать процессор с реальной системой команд в стиле RISC-V и дойти до запущенной на нём программы, от вентиля до картинки на экране.
https://habr.com/ru/articles/1096664/
#gamedev #nand #rust #raycasting #riscv #wgpu #egui #симуляция_логики
My first ever App Store event 🥳
Would be huge if Apple featured it for Halloween 🎃👻
I don't have my hopes up though 😅
#IndieDev #AppStore #Halloween #GameDev #Apple #IndieGame #iOSDev #SoloDev
My name finally makes sense!
#wip #animation #gamedev #NES #OC
カットインのカメラワークを作成中。
こうしたいという流れは想定しているので、作りやすいように改良しながら進めています。
https://note.com/okakasuspect/n/nb14800b7a7bb?app_launch=false
And... this is our new entry for the Ludum Dare! It's called 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗸𝘀, and it's a game where you dig relics from an ancient past and listen to other archeologists sharing their guess about their usage 🧐
https://pikario.itch.io/old-specks
We are very happy with the result, it's a well scoped entry, no rush at the end ☺️
I'm proud to share Outpost60, submitted just in time in LudumDare 60 !
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/60/outpost-60
It is an achievement to reduce the focus and manage to deliver something usable in 72 hours. I hope you'll have as much fun as I had making it !
#ldjam #gamedev
Your chances of being headbutted by an evil robot dog RIGHT NOW might be low, but it's never zero.
Don't be afraid of bravely running away.
Play the MEANWHILE IN SECTOR 80 demo now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2660180?utm_source=mas
#videogame #gaming #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #indiedevelopment #rustlang
#gamedev question: If I have many sound effects, from many different sources, and of different qualities, is there a way to unify them so they feel like if they could all come from 8bit or 16bit console?
Is this what bitcrusher VSTs are for or should I look for a different kind of effect?
Advice working on Audacity and freely-available VST plugins is preferred, but I primarily need to know what to do before I start wondering how to do it.
Featuring realistic details, sounds and lights, the Original XBOX is back – and this time, it's yours to build.
Available now: amzn.to/4quvIq3
#Games #RetroGaming #Mattel #Xbox #OGXbox #OriginalXbox #Nostalgia #Y2K #Collectibles #Puzzles #Art #GameDev #GamingSky #PromoSky
Venture into dungeons, solve puzzles, and save Hyrule from darkness in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time!
Pre-order now: amzn.to/3TLjJIT
#Games #RetroGaming #Nintendo #Switch2 #TLoZ #Zelda #Link #OoT #Art #TV #GameDev #GamingSky #PromoSky
AI Cloning Threatens To End Public Playtests for Video Games
https://kotaku.com/revamp-public-playtest-cancelled-digital-sun-claude-ai-clones-2000747558
My game is in Steam's Next Fest!
Erotica | Story-Rich | Branching Paths | Monstergirls | Zero AI
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4960970
The free demo is SFW, so grab the uncensor patch:
https://minolione.itch.io/mgto-demo-uncensor-patch
Learn about the game:
https://showcase.minolione.com
https://reviews.minolione.com
We're in Steam Next Fest with our new games Boltz and SUMOO! 🔩🔢
We would be very happy if you support us by playing our demos between Oct 19 - Oct 26 and adding it to your wishlist 👇
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4852840
https://store.steampowered.com/app/5108270
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #logic #minimal #puzzle #puzzlegame #madewithunity
A new version of heXon is available through itch! The main addition is the fact it can now also be played on Android devices. Starting tomorrow, pilots will be wearing Halloween hats until the end of the month.
https://luckeyproductions.itch.io/hexon
This is not the first Android game we have released. Over the weekend, we deployed Flappy Urho. It is gratis for all platforms and can be enjoyed with up to four players, even on mobile.
https://luckeyproductions.itch.io/flappyurho
Please consider supporting our projects by leaving a rating on itch.
#android #foss #floss #libre #linux #games #gaming #gamedev #libregaming #freegame #twinstick #arcade #halloween
Fellow Fediverse gamers. Could you help me out? I have been purely within Fediverse only for quite some time now and I'd love to tell more people about my nostalgia driven mmorpg and get feedback about my super early alpha build @frax
Would appreciate any tips at all 🙏🏻
Employees at 'Samson' developer Liquid Swords reportedly pushed for bankruptcy after going unpaid for two months →
https://outrungaming.com/samson-studio-liquid-swords-files-for-bankruptcy-fires-27-employees/
#gamingnews #gaming #news #money #jobs #tech #gamedev #indiegames
The Wait for Godot just got a little shorter... Godot 4.8 Beta has shipped!
It's jam packed with new features and improvements, but you're not going to use it in production... right? RIGHT?!?!
https://gamefromscratch.com/godot-4-8-beta1-released/ #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine
Goreticulture is in #SteamNextFest! Grow a gory garden as you clean up the Reactor level in the demo, and leave a review when you’re done! I try to update daily with player feedback 💖
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3943110/Goreticulture/
#indiegames #GodotEngine #gamedev
The AI State of Play: AI Laws and Game Development
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-ai-state-of-play-ai-laws-and-game-development
#gamedev #videogames #indiegames #gaming #gamingnews #genai #ai
Xbox Business Manager Says Devs Not Using AI Shouldn’t "be in the business of being a business" – Because He "vibe coded a bad but improvable game in 2 days"
Paradox Tower Demo is in the Steam Next Fest! Play it, Share it, Stream it, Love it, Whatever it. #indiegames #NextFest #gamedev https://store.steampowered.com/app/4142360/
no, I don't want to tell how you much time I spent making the omnilight projection texture
Resizing your KAPLAY game can be nightmare.
Luckily bean can help us out 🫘 Learn how to make your KAPLAY game responsive 👇🏻
https://remarkablegames.org/posts/kaplay-responsive-options/
Testing different approaches for the new ABS model in Vehicle Physics Pro. The differences are small because, in this setup, a locked wheel loses only 10% of its grip.
The new ABS model keeps the wheel's slip ratio as close as possible to the peak slip ratio during braking.
#Unity #Physics #Simulator #TireSimulation #Engineering #VPPDev #MadeWithUnity #GameDev #GamePhysics #Simracing #Motorsport
New #YouTube Upload!
Quake: Dawn of the Machine - Part 5
#MothTuber #VTuber #Furry #Moth #GameDev #LGBTQIA #Quake #DawnOfTheMachine
With the development window over, here's the list of entries for the Halloween Gamejam is here! You can find links to each game in here, enjoy!
#gamedev #indiegames #halloween
Steam Next Fest starts today, and my game Fakutori is taking part!
🧊 Combine blocks to discover new elements
🏭 Place machines to automate production
✨ Discover the Legendary Blocks
💬 Chat with the wakas!
Perfect time to try the demo!
store.steampowered.com/app/3618770/...
#gamedev #indiegame
Fakutori | Announcement Traile...
Hey hey,
me: shall I make a puzzler without buttons and doors?
also me: ... nah ...
Карточный бой, который сервер может переиграть: детерминированный движок браузерной MMO на TypeScript
Мы делаем «Зархолд» — браузерную MMORPG, в которой любой бой, от первого кобольда до рейдового босса, — это пошаговая карточная дуэль. Клиент написан на React и PixiJS 8, сервер — на Fastify и PostgreSQL, а между ними лежит пакет shared с движком боя на TypeScript. Один и тот же код движка работает в браузере игрока и на сервере. В статье расскажем, как мы устроили движок, чтобы сервер мог переиграть бой ход в ход, как включали серверную проверку, не задев честных игроков, и на каких граблях учились. Код — настоящий, из репозитория, местами сокращён.
https://habr.com/ru/articles/1096208/
#mmorpg #gamedev #серверная_валидация #детерминизм #typescript #античит #карточная_игра #mulberry32
One gust of wind and you're off the rope. 🌬️
Today's game on Artificial Games is Tightrope, a small game made by AI. Everyone in the world plays the same game on one shared leaderboard.
The record to beat is 302. Whoever holds the best score at midnight UTC is crowned World Champion.
The pivot
I spent the last months building a local multi-agent CLI code generator - planner → coder → tester → executor → reviewer, running on open models via Ollama. It closed the loop: it wrote code, ran it, tested it, and fixed it.
It worked. And that's exactly the problem: it solved a problem I don't have. Writing code for files on disk is a solved niche - I was competing with every other code-gen tool for a user who already has one.
What I actually do all day is 3D. So the project became something else: an AI assistant that lives inside Blender and holds real tools for working with models, not just a text box that emits code.
What works right now
The add-on is called Game Asset Assistant, targets Blender 4.2+, and ships as a proper extension zip.
Chat where you work
Docked in the 3D Viewport sidebar (N → AI tab)
Also opens as a standalone floating window with Ctrl+Alt+A
Streamed responses, message history, stop/clear buttons
It knows your scene
Every request carries a compact snapshot injected into the system prompt:
Blender 4.2.0
Scene: Scene | fps=24 | units=METRIC | render=CYCLES
Objects: 12
One click from answer to action
When a reply contains a
python block, it appears in a box with two buttons:
Run code - executes it in the current scene on the main thread, captures print() output and tracebacks, and pushes both back into the chat. That closes the loop: the model writes, Blender executes, the model sees the error and fixes it.
To Text Editor - saves it as a text datablock for manual review.
Backends
Local (Ollama, e.g. qwen2.5-coder:7b) or any OpenAI-compatible API - switchable in preferences, no code changes.
The part that broke my brain: Blender forbids threads
Here's the non-obvious bit worth the whole post.
Blender's API docs say it plainly: Python threads that outlive the script cause hard-to-diagnose crashes in Blender's own drawing code. So the obvious approach - "spawn a thread, call the LLM API, update the UI when it returns" - is off the table.
The add-on therefore never blocks and never spawns a thread. Instead:
Blender (main thread) worker process network
┌────────────────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐
│ operator appends a │commands │ │
│ JSON line ─────────────┼────────→│ worker.py │──HTTP──→ Ollama / API
│ │ │ │
│ bpy.app.timers, │events │ │
│ every 0.1s, reads new │←────────┤ │
│ lines ─────────────────┤ └──────────────┘
└────────────────────────┘
Commands are just JSON objects appended to commands.jsonl.
Events (chunk, done, error) are appended to events.jsonl.
A bpy.app.timers callback pumps events every 0.1 s - and a timer is not a thread, it's a callback Blender invokes on the main thread between frames. That's the only legal way to do background work.
Side effect: the whole add-on ships without any third-party dependency, and the protocol already has room for tool-call requests in a later phase.
What's not there yet
Being honest about the gaps:
No structured tool-calling - the model emits a code block and we exec() it
No confirmation for destructive operations (the prompt asks the model to warn; that's a request, not a guarantee)
No undo grouping - one Ctrl+Z won't roll back a whole script
UV, rigging and texturing exist only as chat advice, not as one-click tools
Scene snapshot is blind to UV islands, texel density, weights and armature pose
Roadmap
Phase What Why first
0 Richer snapshot, undo-push, destructive-op confirmation Cheap, unlocks everything after
1 Tool-calling over the JSONL channel, executed on the main thread with a registry + JSON schemas The reliability jump: from "80 lines of text that may fail" to named calls
2 Texturing: PBR material presets, texture assignment, packing, bake helpers Stable API, high daily value
3 UV: quick unwrap/pack/texel-density, seam-by-angle, and a UV diagnostics report (overlaps, density) Most repetitive work; the report lets the model read the result and propose fixes
4 Auto-rig: metarig → Rigify, auto-weights, weight validation, export checks Hardest - errors are silent, so diagnostics matter more than generation
5 One-click pipelines: GBC Prep, Char Prep, PBR Bake, Game Export Combines 2–4 into buttons
6 Teach the model: tool catalog in the prompt, domain recipes, few-shot examples Ongoing, parallel
Integration with other Blender add-ons (delegating to UV packers, for example) is on the list - but the final roadmap is still open. I'd rather ship phases 0–3 and let real usage decide what phase 4 looks like.
The plan from here
Post progress as it lands. If you're working on AI × 3D pipelines, or you've wrapped a DCC tool for an LLM - I'd love to compare notes.
Repo link in the comments.
#blender #ai #python #gamedev #3d #showdev#agents #ai #python #tools #software #coding #development #engineering #inclusive #community
Blender forbids Python threads. So my AI add-on talks to itself through two JSON files
New free game: Turfbreak. Two crews fight over three zones in a rain-soaked night city. Chain 3, 5 or 7 eliminations for a Recon Drone, a Sentry or a Skyfall Strike, then watch the kill-cam. 3-minute matches, bots on both crews, no install. Real gameplay: #indiegames #browsergames #gamedev
https://cybermaxtools.com/games/turfbreak/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2026-10-17-1-game-launch-turfbreak
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