I'm obsessed with the idea behind Jay Dragon's Seven-Part Pact, which is described as "gm-full" rather than "gm-less". It involves seven wizards, each responsible for their own domain, meeting to hold council with their own personal grimoire. Everyone is a gm, everyone has their own rules to sling.
I mourned this game for years after it fizzled out. Honestly feels totally out of place that it's manifesting at this particular moment. The fact that it's back from the dead and actually getting released is objective evidence that we're not living in the VERY darkest timeline.
Godot feels like what it is: an engine made in 2025 by people who know how small to mid size games are actually put together.
This is an amazingly succinct analysis of what I’ve noticed as an indie/artist that tried to make a commercial product.
“Passively consuming frictionless media” is so on point.
We’ve lost our ability to be in dialog with media and instead demand instant satisfaction for our niche needs.
Hooray!
The video of my #GodotCon workshop, Narrative Design for the Solo Developer, was just posted on the official @godotengine.org YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Cs...
I just watched the first 10min and you can tell I'm having a really good time. Thanks to everyone who attended!
Cordyceps #pixelart #papadosio
Super excited about releasing my cozy game MakeRoom on August 7th! I've put a lot of work in and It'll launch with over 1,000 objects, an object creator and Steam Workshop support ✨
Normally it’s annoying in a sequel when you have to get all your skills back but Death Stranding 2 makes sense because losing your gains because you had a kid is the most relatable middle aged guy shit on earth.
Here we go: #GodotEngine 4.5 is ready for wider testing with its first beta snapshot! 🤖 🧪
As usual, it's feature-packed so we wrote a wordy blog post showcasing the main highlights in this new version.
Please report any issue you encounter while testing on GitHub!
godotengine.org/article/dev-...
#BookSky
Ditto!
The Onion is always on it, but I don't usually feel PERSONALLY called out by them
screenshot of despelote's steam page noting 174 reviews, with a Very Positive rating
🤸🏾♂️ despelote is almost at 200 Steam reviews!
your indie dev reminder that Steam reviews REALLY help other players find the game 👍🏾
Bundle of Joy is OUT NOW!
🎉 🎉 🎉
I can't believe it. I don't really know what to say. What a day.
Please go check it out on #Steam and @itch.io
store.steampowered.com/app/3138370/...
essaygames.itch.io/bundle-of-joy
#indiegames #godot
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one thing I respect about medieval beekeepers is their total commitment to looking like Doctor Who villains
Videos from GodotCon Boston should be up soon, it was a goodie 😁
An enamel pin depicting the Godot CharacterBody2D Node. The Character is fleeing those that would do him harm.
A stunning golden commemorative pin depicting the Godot robot in his glory. The robot is contemplative.
Not to flex, but did you see the supporter one?? And the Node ones? I'm partial to the CharacterBody2D myself #godotcon
Gonna share this one last time, because I'm real proud of the work we've done.
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maybe?
Ah ok. Long ways to go for that, still no excuse for not finding that last room then haha
Oh no... Why are we waiting for a patch? I've been playing on PS5, does this mean I have a valid excuse for not beating it?
Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he's going out to buy an envelope: "Oh, she says, well, you're not a poor man. You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And see some great looking babies. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And I'll ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is — we're here on Earth to fart around And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And it's like we're not supposed to dance at all anymore."
Kurt Vonnegut man
xkcd stick figure-style comic of a person sitting at a desk with an error (triangle with an exclamation point inside) coming from the laptop screen. text reads: April 1st (observed): New push notification! open xkcd.com to view.
PUSH NOTIFICATIONS
Happy Belated April Fool's Day!
xkcd.com/3074/
Introducing BOSTON GAMEDEV WEEK - May 5-11! 🥳
Traveling to Boston for PAX East? Join us early for a week full of developer-focused events including meetups, roundtable chats, GodotCon, indies demo night and more!
Full schedule at gamedev.boston
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev
A classic British tea break in full swing — a pink-rimmed mug proudly bearing "The CoLab" styled like a floppy disk sits beside a plate with a couple of chocolate-topped biccies, ready for dunking. A laptop glows softly in the background, but it’s clearly time for a proper cuppa.
The CoLab has officially launched! 🎊
We’re a new indie publisher focused on doing things differently - supporting devs, championing creativity, and building a kinder industry. 💖
Let’s change games for the better! 👾
🌐 www.thecolabgames.com/news/new-ind...
#IndieGames #GameDev #TheCoLab
I think @alexwinter.com posted about it the same day I bought my GodotCon pass, so my brain automatically jumped to "Oh wow, I guess this thing is a bigger deal than I thought! I didn't know he was in games."
A yellow bumper sticker with plain black text that reads: "Honk if you'd rather be watching the 1999 cinematic masterpiece, "The Mummy" starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz.
Yep
This game is juiced to the gills, you have got to check it out
⭐ Comes out in a month! ⭐
It's reeeally good. I had to take break though. I was coercing it to run on Linux and it kept crashing my whole computer. I should probably make a bug report but I honestly I can't imagine they've got time for Linux right now. Hopefully they're pumping out more items!!
