Dieuwt

Only two more weeks!
I've finished the final cutscene!
I can no longer do anything!

Aaaaahhhhhhh!!!

Okay, I've sent 110 people keys for Nothing Beyond This Point. Feels like a lot but apparently it's not even that many... Please let me know if yours doesn't work, I can easily replace it.

Let's hope something comes out of this!

Nothing Beyond This Point - Release has moved up! - Steam News Hi everyone! I'll keep it short. A LOT of Metroidvanias are releasing on March 31st/April 1st (Nemo, Grime 2, Tombwater, Legacy of Kain...), and I don't want my little game to be in that chaotic clust...

Update: the game has moved to release a week earlier, on March 24-25th instead. Read why (don't worry, it's not long): store.steampowered.com/news/app/332...

Not a roguelike, it's a Metroidvania! Thanks for the compliment either way.

Nothing Beyond This Point - Release Trailer YouTube video by Dieuwt

The final release trailer! www.youtube.com/watch?v=19Di... #gametrailers #gamedev #metroidvania

And you're not streaming it?!

Broke: all your games share a theme, style, world, etc
Woke: all your games share a character
Bespoke: all your games share a character, who is/was the final boss of the first game, but now is just completely unrelated and just There

made a... Fire Drill. #gamedev #metroidvania

Dear AI-bros: I'd rather have no engagement on my posts, than engagement from you.

so NBTP is done (go wishlist it etc), but I just... don't want to market it. It's a great game, I just don't like marketing.

I'll just send the emails to the youtubers/streamers in February/March and probably call it there.

Due to a surge in AI-generated content, I feel the need to mention that everything in Nothing Beyond This Point is human-made (by me) and I would never use generative AI to make assets, code, videos, or text. #antiai #gamedev #afterimagefromslaythespireisgoodthoughandcanstay

concept:

the final boss music is now adequately loud.

the final boss music is not LOUD enough!!!

hi welcome new followers from the Realms slack! I still play Minecraft sometimes, I'm just like you.

also consider following me on tumblr! I'm kidding, don't do that.

Nothing Beyond This Point - Progress update, and release date! - Steam News April 1st! No, it's not a joke, this is serious business people.

Nothing Beyond This Point will release April 1st, 2026! No, it's not a joke, it's real I swear. Read all about it: store.steampowered.com/news/app/332... #gamedev #metroidvania

roguelikes are a lot like gacha games if you really think about it.

I just have a hardcoded list of strings, that are the save variable names. Loop over 'em, put them and their values in a file, donezo.

By the way, what’s a AA? Instead of fuzzy labels like 'indie' and 'AA', we propose a new data-driven system to classify video games based on their actual production scope. This new framework reveals the real economic and crea...

You might be interested in this article: hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...

Basically, you can define "categories" of indie pretty well using length of credits and game size.

i did not watch the game awards. for i do not care

father @ son... (from game #1 Full Gear to game #2 Nothing Beyond This Point)

Okay, look, *listen* #gamedev #music

Spoke to a number of devs about how, in the face of CEOs claiming gen-AI is the future, their declaration of being genAI free is making waves.

ah gotcha. Yeah if prompted for a full game / dev build I'd definitely send it, but personally I'm hesitant sending it out point blank. Can imagine it's maddening if you email a dev asking and they're like "lmao no"

Wait, hold on. What's the difference between a demo and a dev build? Is a dev build just as much of the game as possible, with maybe some added "tools" (quicksave/load, add currency, etc) for testing?

I keep adding more stuff. can't stop myself.

Nothing Beyond This Point: Gameplay Trailer YouTube video by Dieuwt

New trailer for Nothing Beyond This Point! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIOt... #gamedev #metroidvania #steam

I'm running out of bugs to find. only stupid things like "this particle is slightly off" or "this text slightly overlaps". Ugh. I need external testers

i messed up