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Nicola Dau

@nicoladau

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Indie Game Developer from Italy. ๐Ÿ—ก Working on @studiocarota.bsky.socialโ€ฌ ๐Ÿจ I fucking love Gelato. ๐Ÿ’ป Website: https://nicoladau.com

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Horror birds watching game set in the Italian alps ๐Ÿฆ

Starting to get to a good polish state, we'll be able to share more soon

#IndieGame #HorrorGame #Birdwatching #GameDev #Horror #Godot

17.11.2025 12:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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i have finally played PEAK

12.11.2025 22:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@larianstudios.com games remind me how easy problem solving actually is

09.10.2025 16:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Vote for Loan Shark at DevGAMM and Cagliuso will fix the game industry for you. But remember: every pact has a price. ๐ŸŽฃโœจ

devgamm.fillout.com/community-vo...

1 vote/email - Ends Oct 5. Thanks @devgamm.bsky.social!

#IndieGame #HorrorGame #Thalassophobia #GameDev #Horror #Godot #DevGAMM

05.09.2025 09:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our psychological horror game comes out this friday! Curator reviews are starting to come in (letsfuckingo)

#godot #gamedev #indie #horrorgame #indiehorror

04.08.2025 08:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

mom i did an interbrewww

31.07.2025 10:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ivrea's amazing layering

29.07.2025 12:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Upsides and Downsides in Indie Game Development Indie game development can be seen as a two-phase journey: first, you hunt for an outlier โ€” a game thatโ€™s unique enough to break through the noise. Then, if it hits, the challenge shifts โ€” yoโ€ฆ

My thoughts on the two phases of indie game dev:
First, chase the outlier โ€” build weird, move fast.
Then, flip the switch โ€” polish, stabilize, reduce risk.
The danger? Overburdening yourself too early, or ignoring the cracks when itโ€™s time to grow up.

nicolaluigidau.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/u...

28.07.2025 13:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Upsides and Downsides in Indie Game Development Indie game development can be seen as a two-phase journey: first, you hunt for an outlier โ€” a game thatโ€™s unique enough to break through the noise. Then, if it hits, the challenge shifts โ€” yoโ€ฆ

nicolaluigidau.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/u...

28.07.2025 13:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If we look at this bird too insistently, it will freeze our computers for 5 seconds then disappear.

#godot #gamedev #indie #horrorgame #indiehorror #birdwatching #prototype #jojo #jotarokujo #JoJosBizarreAdventure #HiroikoAraki #StardustCrusaders

21.07.2025 16:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The fish now moves his mouth when talking! A small but satisfying improvement :p

#godot #gamedev #indie #horrorgame #indiehorror

21.07.2025 17:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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SHIATH protoype, about 3 months ago, no post process, no nothing, just cubes and a shotgun (that you couldn't aim)! #SHIATH #indiegames #indiehorror #indiedev #unrealengine #protoype

19.07.2025 11:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Saw some cool Olivetti machines

16.07.2025 16:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The demo had an interesting impact on our Wishlists!

16.07.2025 16:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our thalassophobia indie horror game in 8 seconds!

#godot #gamedev #indie #horrorgame #indiehorror

15.07.2025 07:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How our psychological horror indie game evolved from day 1 to completion!

#godot #gamedev #indie #horrorgame #indiehorror

11.07.2025 15:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Keep an eye on this!

10.07.2025 14:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Loan Shark (Demo) on Steam The loan shark is coming for you. Catch enough fish to repay your debt before it is too late. Go fish.

The demo for our psychological fishing horror game is out!

Try and wishlist it! Eh eh.

store.steampowered.com/app/3826130/...

#godot #gamedev #indie #horrorgame #indiehorror

23.06.2025 16:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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a man is crying while looking at a cellphone ALT: a man is crying while looking at a cellphone
19.06.2025 19:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Only happy thoughts onboard.

#godot #gamedev #indiedev #horrorgame #indiehorror

19.06.2025 11:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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So cool to see Loan Shark in the popular upcoming page in the Fishing Fest!

Participating is helping a lot with wishlists, we'll share some numbers once the festival ends.

#godot #gamedev #indie #horrorgame #indiehorror #steam

18.06.2025 17:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

here's a 3-second trailer for our indie game where you--

@blargis.bsky.social

13.06.2025 16:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Forgot to disable jumping in our horror fishing game so we had to make this edit.

#godot #gamedev #indie #horrorgame #indiehorror

13.06.2025 09:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 38 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ciro di Loan Shark sta ancora festeggiando lo #scudetto del #napoli

10.06.2025 10:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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He's here to collect.

#godot #gamedev #indie #horrorgame #indiehorror

10.06.2025 10:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Unconventional bait might attract undesired attention.

#godot #gamedev #indie #horrorgame #indiehorror

09.06.2025 11:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 31 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#PitchYaGame
Loan Shark is a psychological horror fishing game about trying to repay an impossibly huge debt, with the help of a magical talking fish. Pile up enough money before it's too late.

Hopelessness, debt, and beer. The Loan Shark is coming.

#godot #gamedev #indie #horrorgame #indiehorror

06.06.2025 12:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 40 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Hey #PitchYaGame!

โ€œRoses Shoot Red, Violets Shoot Blueโ€ is a twin-stick shooter where:
- right stick shoots red bullets,
- left stick shoots blue bullets

And you need to match them with the enemy colors before time expires!

Demo available here:

studiopinkaro.itch.io/roses-shoot-...

06.06.2025 15:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Check out our game on #PitchYaGame! A short horror game about debt, hopelesness and talassophobia!

06.06.2025 17:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Something Horrible Is About to Happen (SHIATH) is an upcoming short horror game where things go terribly southโ€”because of your own actions!
#PitchYaGame

06.06.2025 13:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0