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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A small lesson from my August Progress Lands devlog: enemies all moving at once looked like a strange chess game. Staggering their movement already made it feel more natural. 51.gl/2026/08/24/r... #GameDev

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Why I Scrapped Death Automation’s Old Upgrade System Constant upgrades kept throwing off my building ratios. Here’s why I scrapped the old system and started rethinking progression around automation.

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Why I Scrapped Death Automation’s Old Upgrade System

Constant upgrades kept throwing off my building ratios. Here’s why I scrapped the old system and started rethinking progression around automation.

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I built WorkoutBunny around tiny, repeatable exercise habits. Quick rep logging, undo and reusable sets keep tracking out of the way. The bunny is the playful bit. The story behind it: 51.gl/2026/09/06/w... #IndieDev

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Speechlines 1.1: Transcribe from Finder and follow language changes Speechlines 1.1 adds a Finder Quick Action and automatic language switching for multilingual recordings. The update is awaiting Apple review.

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Speechlines 1.1: Transcribe from Finder and follow language changes

Speechlines 1.1 adds a Finder Quick Action and automatic language switching for multilingual recordings. The update is awaiting Apple review.

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

One thing I like about the Orchard in Color This 2.0: 20 fruit pictures give kids a recognizable starting point, but there’s still no “right” palette. Purple apples? Glitter pears? Absolutely. 🍎✨ apps.apple.com/app/id680738... #KidsApps #iOS

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A parent-facing feature I’m excited about in Color This 2.0: Apple Image Playground can help turn an idea into a new coloring page, while the child stays focused on the coloring side of the app. 🎨 apps.apple.com/app/id680738... #KidsApps #IndieDev

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

When I built Color This for my own family, I optimized for handoff friction instead of engagement metrics: no account setup, no ads, offline use, and a UI a child can get into quickly. A few notes on the thinking behind it: 51.gl/2026/09/13/c... #IndieDev #KidsApps

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I like screen time that leaves something behind. In Color This, kids aren't scrolling a feed — they're choosing colors, drawing, experimenting and turning one of 12 worlds into their own picture. 🎨 apps.apple.com/app/id680738... #KidsApps #iOSDev

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Color This started as a practical family project: could I make a creative iPhone/iPad app I'd actually be comfortable handing to a kid? That shaped the ad-free, offline, low-friction design from the start. 🎨 51.gl/2026/09/13/c... #IndieDev #KidsApps #iOSDev

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Photo import is a small feature with a big effect: it lets something a kid already knows from real life become part of the same drawing workflow as the built-in worlds. 📷🎨 apps.apple.com/app/id680738... #KidsApps #iOSDev #IndieDev

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New in Color This 2.0: Image Playground and the Orchard Color This 2.0 adds parent-led coloring-page creation with Apple Image Playground and a new Orchard world with 20 fruit pictures.

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New in Color This 2.0: Image Playground and the Orchard

Color This 2.0 adds parent-led coloring-page creation with Apple Image Playground and a new Orchard world with 20 fruit pictures.

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The 12 worlds in Color This aren't levels to finish. They're starting points: dinosaurs, scenes and shapes that kids can recolor, scribble over and turn into something completely different. 🎨 apps.apple.com/app/id680738... #KidsApps #IndieDev

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Photo import means Color This doesn't have to decide what matters to a kid. A favorite toy, a familiar place, a silly photo — bring it in and make it part of the creative session. 📷🎨 apps.apple.com/app/id680738... #KidsApps #iOSDev

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Coloring tools matter, but kids also need a little nonsense. Color This mixes simple pens with playful extras like glitter, so a dinosaur can absolutely end up sparkling. ✨🦕🎨 apps.apple.com/app/id680738... #KidsApps #iOSDev #IndieDev

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Photo import is one of my favorite parts of Color This. The built-in worlds are there when you want them, but familiar photos can become part of the creative session too. 📷🎨 apps.apple.com/app/id680738... #KidsApps #iOSDev #IndieDev

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

One thing I wanted Color This to avoid: needing a connection just to keep a kid occupied. It works offline, has no ads, and doesn't need an account. Useful at home — even more useful when traveling. ✈️🎨 apps.apple.com/app/id680738... #KidsApps #iOS #IndieDev

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A small design rule behind Color This: the kid should be painting, not managing an app. Big creative space, simple tools, very little UI ceremony — and no ads interrupting the flow. 🎨 apps.apple.com/app/id680738... #KidsApps #UX #IndieDev

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I built Color This for the kind of use case I wanted at home: hand over an iPhone or iPad, let a kid create, and skip ads, accounts and online distractions. 🎨 apps.apple.com/app/id680738... #IndieDev #KidsApps #iOS

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Color This has 12 little worlds to explore — kids can scribble, experiment, add glitter and turn each scene into their own thing. 🎨✨ apps.apple.com/app/id680738... #KidsApps #IndieDev #iOS

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Color This Is Now on the App Store: Twelve Worlds to Make Your Own My kids coloring app is live: twelve worlds shaped by children's own colors, glitter, photo imports and plenty of room to draw freely.

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Color This Is Now on the App Store: Twelve Worlds to Make Your Own

My kids coloring app is live: twelve worlds shaped by children's own colors, glitter, photo imports and plenty of room to draw freely.

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Ad / product update: Color This, my calm kids coloring app for iPhone and iPad, has been submitted for Apple App Review. It’s ad-free, works offline and is already being used enthusiastically in early family testing. 🎨🦕 51.gl?p=344 #KidsApps #ColoringApp #iOS #IndieDev

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Color This Kids Coloring App Submitted for Apple Review Color This is a safe, ad-free kids coloring app for iPhone and iPad. It has now been submitted to Apple for App Review.

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Color This Kids Coloring App Submitted for Apple Review

Color This is a safe, ad-free kids coloring app for iPhone and iPad. It has now been submitted to Apple for App Review.

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I built WorkoutBunny for myself and used it to stay active for almost a year. Now it’s finally on the App Store 🐰💪 A simple, local-first workout tracker with quick logging and a bunny that… 51.gl/2026/09/06/workoutbunny-final…

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Apple removing ImageCreator is a step backwards. Replacing a programmatic image-generation API with a mandatory system sheet kills custom UX—especially for child-friendly and automated workflows. Better models, less developer control. developer.apple.com/news/?id=dz9... #apple #dev

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Deprecation of the ImageCreator class - Latest News - Apple Developer

As we continue to refine our approach to image generation, the ImageCreator class is being discontinued and will no longer work in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and visionOS 27 or later. When we introd...

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

When the safest way to survive is to stop playing and wait for your HP to recover... something’s wrong. Should I replace invisible encounters with enemies that roam the map? buymeacoffee.com/51gl/roaming-enemies-maybe #ProgressLands #IndieDev #GameDev

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Roaming Enemies... Maybe? — ProgressLands

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

First look at the Progress Lands world map renderer ... I like the sand and terrain transitions, but the water and cliffs still need work. Keep refining them, or add more details to hide the rough parts? buymeacoffee.com/51gl/first-m... #IndieDev #GameDev #ProgressLands

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First map piece — ProgressLands

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Character creator for Progress Lands is taking shape! Players can customize their character. Here’s a first look at the current version. What customization options would you like to see? #ProgressLands #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev #CharacterCreator buymeacoffee.com/51gl/character-creator-added

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Character Creator added — ProgressLands

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

New in Bloodlore Chronicles: Journal now shows the full last 24h of travel + combat in correct order, paged 10 at a time with dot navigation. Easier to catch up after a hunt. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #gaming #gamedesign

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Hunt smarter in Bloodlore Chronicles: if you're out of bait, the Hunt button now disables, no timer reset, no accidental hunts. Special-bait regions now tell you what you need. #BloodloreChronicles #GameDev #IndieGame

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Safari just got a huge upgrade for web developers. Apple released an official Safari MCP Server letting AI assistants inspect debug and interact with webpages through WebKit. This is going to make debugging so much nicer. webkit.org/blog/18136/i... #WebDev #AI #MCP #Safari #WebKit

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Introducing the Safari MCP server for web developers

In Safari Technology Preview 247, we’re introducing the Safari MCP server — a Model Context Protocol server for web developers that makes your web development and debugging workflow faster and more…

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Big UI update for the hunt screen! 👻 Catching a ghost now feels a bit more like... actually catching a ghost. 😄 Veteran players seem pretty split on it though. Is this an improvement, or do you prefer the classic results screen? Let me know! #gamedev #ui #GhostTrappersClassic

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Cleaned up the Bloodlore Chronicles game header a bit.Better labels for XP and rank, refreshed visuals, and a more consistent currency dropdown. Small UI polish, but it already feels way less noisy.#gamedev #indiedev #ui

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

New players shouldn’t need a vampire PhD to find bait.So the Bloodlore Chronicles shop dropdown now explains what each location contains directly underneath the name.Cleaner, clearer, still gothic. #gamedev #indiedev #UX

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O𝓷k𝓮I Jo🍭ヨ叔父さん @onkeljo.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Heute feiert #Quake von #idSoftware seinen 30sten #Geburtstag. Herzlichen Glückwunsch an dieser Stelle! 🎂🥳 Was macht das mit dir: Fühlst du dich jetzt nostalgisch, alt oder beides?

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Working on a new landing page for Ghost Trappers Classic to improve organic traffic and SEO. I’ve been studying a bunch of game websites and landing pages, trying to figure out what actually helps convert visitors into players. See the first draft here

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Released an update … minutes after users claim feature xyz is broken 😞 #lifeofadev #indiedev

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Just stumbled across a new coding-agent skill called “Ponytail”. The idea: act like a lazy senior dev. Reuse existing code, avoid reinventing the wheel, and write as little code as possible. Haven’t tried it yet, but I’m intrigued. Anyone tested it? #AI #Coding #LLM

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Small UX cleanup in Bloodlore: when exactly 3 trophies are hidden in Treasury, the overflow tile now stays on the first row as `+4`, and tapping it expands the full required list. Less visual clutter and smoother discovery. #gamedev #indiedev #buildinpublic

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Gotcha worth fixing: when defaults aren’t initialized, UIs can go blank and taps can be ignored, creating dead-ends. I’m treating these “small friction” cases as first-class cleanup so players aren’t blocked by avoidable interaction breaks. #gamedev #indiedev #uxdesign #buildinpublic

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

GhostTrappers had one relic feature marked done plus a fresh set of asks: setup actions, event flow, and economy clarity. I’ll share progress only when behavior is implemented and testable, not from planning docs. #gamedev #indiedev #buildinpublic

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Got a recurring lesson this morning: an ambiguous default state can feel like a bug. In Bloodlore I’m fixing those UX edge-cases first, because they’re quick wins and improve first-impression trust faster than adding one more feature. #indiedev #ux #gamedev #buildinpublic

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Bloodlore mobile shop polish is moving through a shared header pass: collapsed lore, compact grouped filters, scrollable chip cues, and stable quantity controls. One overflow bug became a reusable UI cleanup. #gamedev #UI #buildinpublic

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Bloodlore equipment polish: compact slot labels are always visible now, and rarity frames use the same sharper border style across Equipment, Missions and Grimoire. Tiny labels, less guessing. #gamedev #UX #buildinpublic

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Foodiy Quick Track now has a web-assisted fallback for counted foods. If local parsing cannot safely guess piece weight, an internal SearxNG/Ollama sidecar can research sources, filter risky snippets, and save the result as unverified. Food logging is messy. #foodtech #AI #buildinpublic

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Foodiy Assistant is becoming more than chat. It now has user-scoped context, open tracking tasks, macro-aware meal advice, 7/14/30-day trend answers, and confirm-before-track actions. Still keeping writes behind confirmation. #foodtech #AI #buildinpublic

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Foodiy localization fix: a recipe field is not "done" just because both de/en keys exist. If German contains English steps, or English contains German text, backfill can now repair it instead of skipping. Tempeh stays Tempeh. #foodtech #UX #buildinpublic

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Foodiy note for real-life dinner logging: The Assistant now handles messy German/English food logs like "I had 2 beers, steaks and half a baguette" as a Quick Track draft, not a generic shrug. Food tracking has to survive human wording. #foodtech #AI #buildinpublic

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Small Foodiy UX fix: selecting an Open Food Facts product and hitting + now waits for the backend ingredient link instead of silently doing nothing. Tiny race condition, very visible user trust problem. #foodtech #UX #buildinpublic

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Small indie-game ops question: GhostTrappers now has development -> PTS -> master with PTS images and prod tags. At what point did your side project need a real test gate instead of just "works on my machine"? #indiedev #gamedev #devops

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51GL @51gl.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Bloodlore fix is live on master: hunt + coffin cooldown timers now catch up from server timestamps when the tab is hidden or the window is minimized. Small UX bug, big trust issue. Timers should respect real time. #gamedev #indiedev #buildinpublic

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