Jason from Dragon Dropper

It would be awesome if money fell out every time I crashed a game engine. I would be so rich! I mean, that's basically my primary skill. #gamedev #indiedev #programming

Experimenting with VGA renders of Toward The Ice scenes just for fun. #gamedev #rpg #vga

Finding Old Gamedev Books On Archive.org YouTube video by Jason Champion (Gamedev)

I posted a video about some of the vintage gamedev books that can be found on The Internet Archive. Thanks to @alienmax.bsky.social for mentioning it as a place that had interesting treasures a while back. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDE9... #gamedev #books #gamedevbooks

Results From the February 2026 Steam Next Fest YouTube video by Jason Champion (Game Developer)

I posted a video detailing how Steam Next Fest went for Toward The Ice with a comparison to the one for Navigating The Labyrinth this time last year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJcb... #gamedev #nextfest #steam

Creating a Steam Developer or Publisher Page YouTube video by Jason Champion (Game Developer)

I posted a video about how to create a developer or publisher page on Steam and why you would want to. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_bI... #gamedev #steam #indiedev

That is one serious leveling up. An overnight success decades in the making. :D

Nice, congratulations! Curious - what was your previous high for a game?

Toward The Ice on Steam Toward The Ice is a classic first-person party-based dungeon crawler RPG with grid-based movement and turn-based combat. Venture into the frozen north and help a fair princess rescue her idiot brother...

I'm thrilled to see that new people are discovering and playing Toward The Ice this week in #SteamNextFest store.steampowered.com/app/2878110/... #gaming #solodev

I'm certain they want another creator-goldrush money press platform like Roblox or Fortnite. My guess is either moving Minecraft in that direction or coming up with (or more likely buying) another infinite money glitch game-as-a-platform.

Cyclopean II: The Dreamlands on Steam Cyclopean II: The Dreamlands takes you into the dark fantasy setting described in H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath and other stories of his Dream Cycle.

Steam Next Fest is Live! I am streaming the game on Steam right now :) I am also terrible at it.
#NextFest #LiveStreaming #CRPG

store.steampowered.com/app/3998510/...

Toward The Ice on Steam Toward The Ice is a classic first-person party-based dungeon crawler RPG with grid-based movement and turn-based combat. Venture into the frozen north and help a fair princess rescue her idiot brother...

Toward The Ice is in the Steam Next Fest. Go ahead and give the demo a try! store.steampowered.com/app/2878110/... #games #gaming #pcgaming #rpg #steam

Toward The Ice on Steam Toward The Ice is a classic first-person party-based dungeon crawler RPG with grid-based movement and turn-based combat. Venture into the frozen north and help a fair princess rescue her idiot brother...

Well, the latest Toward The Ice has been uploaded and I'm as ready as I'll ever be for Steam Next Fest. I hope people like it. store.steampowered.com/app/2878110/... #gamedev #steam #pcgaming

Explorers vs. Fanatics in Indie Game Development YouTube video by Jason Champion (Game Developer)

I just posted a video about explorers vs fanatics in game development - a comparison of exploring genres vs focusing on one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNH-... #gamedev #indiedev #gamegenre

Into The Inferno - Game Updated - Steam News Includes UI improvements and bug fixes.

I released an update to Into The Inferno with the same changes and new features that were just added to Navigating The Labyrinth. store.steampowered.com/news/app/246... #rpg #dungeoncrawler #gaming

Working for other people is an exhaustion-by-frustration thing. OK, I got all my work done in 20 hours and there's nothing more to do, but those other 20 hours I have to be there and look busy but can't actually do anything useful with the time. Pays the same but I can my life slipping away. Ick.

Some days I work 12 hours. Others 6. Energy ebbs and flows. If you follow it, and give space for rest, there won't be burnout. That's my experience. I put in about 60 hours a week, but I'm a solo dev and having that much time without distraction is a gift, something I've rarely had, happy to use it.

The Sunday Guardian headline: Big Tech Loses $1.3 Trillion in 2026 as AI Spending Fears Trigger Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia Stock Plunge—What’s Happening? Follow-up says: Big Tech loses $1.3 trillion in 2026 as AI spending fears hit Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Apple and Alphabet. Investors demand profit visibility. TSMC, Samsung, Walmart gain. The article is written by Prakriti Parul and was last updated yesterday morning.

genAI is dying repost to make it die faster

This inspired me to check whether Redshirts was available in Spanish in Uruguay... it's a bit pricey (as are all books here), but it's available. I first read it in English, but now I have to re-read it in Spanish. :D

Navigating The Labyrinth - Game Updated - Steam News This update fixes some important bugs, adds a portrait browser, and improves the bestiary.

I released an update to Navigating The Labyrinth that brings in a portrait browser, bug fixes, and a bunch of quality-of-life improvements. store.steampowered.com/news/app/264... #rpg #drpg #pcgaming

Absolutely.

Platform risk makes me so tired. Always the same - something becomes super useful until enough people depend on it, then the hammer comes down and the cycle begins again somewhere else.

Captchas are too hard now. It's like they're just for proving that you ARE a robot. #captcha

The Post Game Launch Blues YouTube video by Jason Champion (Game Developer)

I posted a video about the post-game-launch blues, which was a surprising thing that hit me when I released a game I had been working on for a while. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1eN... #gamedev #indiedev #launchday

Current state of my laptop stickers #gamedev #uruguay #laptopstickers

Today is my birthday 🎂🎈🎉

32 years old, omg I'm feeling ooold.
It would be a really great and appreciated gift if you share and support my work 🥺♥️

I wish you a wonderful Saturday ✨

#art #dndart

I'll second (third) Kingdom Rush. Made in Uruguay, where I live.

One of the things I would do if I had infinite money is buy LinkedIn and turn it off. That platform is actively making the world worse. #linkedin #onecandream

Small Games Are Not The (Whole) Answer YouTube video by Jason Champion (Game Developer)

I posted a video about why small games are not the answer for indie developers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJOm... #gamedev #indiedev #smallgames

I'm working on a portrait browser for Toward The Ice because there are far too many portraits to cycle through just using the arrows. #gamedev #rpg #partybasedrpg

The world needs more punk EVERYTHING right now.