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Bret Hudson

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30 • He/They • AuDHD ✏️ Code/edu/tutorials @write.games. 🎙️ Used to run indieFunction.com. Opinions are mine – feel free to make them your own PFP @knitetgantt.bsky.social

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Far too niche to be asking the same price as a Switch 2

However, I do want to make a game for it 👀 Hopefully someone will post a DIY version in the coming months

19.02.2026 23:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Lerp laugh love

19.02.2026 20:40 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Introducing FragCoord: My ultimate shader editing tool!

13.02.2026 02:20 👍 288 🔁 84 💬 11 📌 8
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Sandy Duncan, 1960 - 2026 A celebration of the life of Alexander Charles Duncan, husband, father and friend.

For those who knew Sandy Duncan (@lordoftheyoyo.bsky.social), you can leave condolence messages for the family here.

His Funeral details have also been released, and it will be streamed for those unable to attend.

sandyduncan.muchloved.com

12.02.2026 09:01 👍 14 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0

Alternatively, if anyone knows of any repos/examples lying around the web (that have a license that allows me to use them non-commercially), that'd work too!!

11.02.2026 23:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hey y'all! I've got a request for all the game devs out there 👀

Is there anyone using TexturePacker, Asesprite, or other tools to create texture atlases that would be willing to share their files with me? I'm having a hard time finding examples to test my importer

#gamedev #indiegames

11.02.2026 23:56 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

Ready... for what?!

11.02.2026 15:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ditto. I grew up in MN & lived/traveled all over the US, have not seen any of these before. I vaguely remember a friend saying something about a "Food Mommy" store years ago, but I assumed it was a one-off store somewhere

07.02.2026 11:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Any Seattleites wanna team up this weekend for GGJ? Looking for a team

I bring programming, tool development, and an insatiable desire to juice everything up!!

27.01.2026 18:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I would definitely open a bug report, that sounds like somebody plugged the wrong variable into the feature

27.01.2026 07:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Is THAT what Sublime did?? I could never figure out what was going on

27.01.2026 07:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Sketchbook pages from last night (I did not sleep) I guess some of these don't really qualify as sketches, given I worked on them quite long, esp the 3rd pic.

24.01.2026 16:38 👍 51 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0

I’m conducting a 30 year experiment to see what happens if you never get a good night’s sleep

24.01.2026 01:11 👍 1398 🔁 247 💬 33 📌 4
Tens of thousands of demonstrators filling the streets with signs and banners

Tens of thousands of demonstrators filling the streets with signs and banners

Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.

23.01.2026 20:18 👍 14710 🔁 4352 💬 240 📌 356

This is insane. Insane that it's happening. Insane that these good folks need to do it in the first place. And insane that no one in power is helping them one iota.

21.01.2026 21:07 👍 3181 🔁 871 💬 26 📌 9

The myth, the legend, the tale lost to time...

19.01.2026 06:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Micro plastic free?

18.01.2026 09:47 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Would love to speak to any regular international GDC attendees who are skipping this year's show (or were going to attend and have now cancelled) due to the current political climate. DMs here or luke@aftermath.site, thank you!

17.01.2026 00:43 👍 530 🔁 242 💬 5 📌 1

Ditto! Remembering the time before smart phones but having them emerge in middle school feels like we got a Millennial childhood and a Gen Z teenagehood

Love that "micro-generations" are now a thing

15.01.2026 23:47 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Incredible we are still featured on itch
(play RUIN Ch.0)

15.01.2026 23:06 👍 16 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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"How did you spend your time off of work?"

If you're lucky enough to have a chunk of time when you don't need a job, you want to make it count.

Come learn how three Recuse Center alums chose to spend their time off.

How to Make Your Time Off Count: luma.com/zfhxstgy

15.01.2026 17:40 👍 6 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

My latest micro-memoir piece is out now with @fiveminutelit.bsky.social!

07.01.2026 16:28 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

08.01.2026 18:35 👍 14744 🔁 10273 💬 102 📌 101
A timeline visually representing the advice from my post, emphasising how dramatically and reliably having more time, with a testable build, converts to your game being better and your studio being safer.

A timeline visually representing the advice from my post, emphasising how dramatically and reliably having more time, with a testable build, converts to your game being better and your studio being safer.

I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice:

www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...

I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.

08.01.2026 18:02 👍 1845 🔁 577 💬 51 📌 65
10,000 Game Assets logo on a sky background with various high res sprites showcased including dice, gems, characters, chess pieces and more.

10,000 Game Assets logo on a sky background with various high res sprites showcased including dice, gems, characters, chess pieces and more.

ICYMI we have a pack of 10,000 game dev assets including pixel art, high res art and sound effects. Representing a variety of genres including platformer, RPG, puzzle, adventure and more. 50% off until December 31st! ci.itch.io/all-game-ass... #gamedev

19.12.2025 19:43 👍 24 🔁 17 💬 0 📌 1

So tempting!! 👀

29.12.2025 00:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
TYPECAST - Demo by Gutter Arcade An insane bullet hell where you type to shoot.

I've just released the TYPECAST demo... two years after the initial game released!

Here's the catch. It's not really a demo. It's the whole ass game for FREE but without leaderboards. If you want to compete upon the altar of pain then you gotta give me $4.99

gutter-arcade.itch.io/typecast

26.12.2025 21:07 👍 54 🔁 23 💬 5 📌 3

This is where articles explain the concepts of the engine (and maybe how you'd implement a crude version yourself) really shine. I personally want to think "...dang, I wish my engine had that"

25.12.2025 13:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

For me, I think the perfect combo would be an engine that has interesting APIs/paradigms that piques my curiosity, and a low stakes game jam/excuse to try it out

25.12.2025 13:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0