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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Almost 5 months later (haha), I finally wrote down my postmortem on this tiny game jam thing! It ended up evolving into something a little bit more personal than I thought it would. I hope it's a good read regardless. :) #gamedev

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What Gamedev Looks Like Under Burnout

A devlog for a very small game made during a hard time

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

I made a tiny minimal puzzle game in a few hours for a game jam with the theme "5 seconds". Will do a postmortem on this one once I've got the energy for it. For now, have fun! :) albertalberto.itch.io/55555

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55555 by Albertalberto

A puzzle that can be solved in 5 seconds

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I feel like I've been too "in my head" recently in terms of game ideas, so I've been trying to get more into making silly prototypes to test them in practice. Here's a small mouse controller to throw and juggle some balls (and knives :o) #gamedev #indiedev

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

The list is now public! 75+ games developed in less than a year by solo/small teams, ranging from massive hits to niche middle-earning games I bet you don't know about :) If you know of any more that may fit, feel free to share! albertalberto.notion.site/The-Steam-Mi... #gamedev #indiedev

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The Steam Middle Games Database | Notion

Small games released by small teams in little time with various degrees of success!

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

I'm making a list of Steam releases made by tiny teams in little time. Share your story! I'm especially looking for ones that aren't super popular, but still managed to find a niche and stay profitable (what some would call "middle games"). Know any that would fit the bill? #gamedev #indiedev

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Last week I released "Bola Brawl", a “survivors”-style game where you swing a bola to attack! It was made for "La Gameja" game jam, as a team of 3. One of my main contributions was the stackable upgrades system. #godot node-based architecture made the job easy, and I want to talk about it!! (1/7)

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Arnau Martínez @armartdev.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I've kept myself busy this month! I entered two game jams, both of which with @albertalberto.bsky.social and one of 'em with @vitvit.bsky.social and one more friend! Both of them are in my amartdev.itch.io, Roundabout to Hell and Bola Brawl! (I am exhausted, send help)

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I should be more active here but I'm really lost in terms of how to approach my activity here. A lot of the time it feels like talking to no one, just putting my work out there. I'm still updating my blog but I'm too self-conscious about spamming here every week hhh

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

A last-minute random encounter with @wayfarergames.bsky.social lead to me handling most of the level design/content for his latest game jam game - 5n3k! My highscore with 0 deaths is currently around 170k... Can you beat it? >:) wayfarergames.itch.io/5n3k #gamedev

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5n3k by WayfarerGames, Albertalberto

A totally normal snake game, nothing to see here.

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Over the past few days I've grown more and more convinced that pivoting from the bracelets game was a great idea. The re-made game jam QUARTER CUT is now in an actually playable state :o I'm committed to keeping the scope of this project extreeeeemely small, but still aiming for a November release!

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Super late blog post in which I explain the new direction for my plan to release a game on Steam. In the end, I've decided my target game will be a remake of an old game jam entry. But why? And what does that entail? open.substack.com/pub/albertal...

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I am Once Again Terrified of Scope so I'm Remaking a Jam Game

Something Something Tres Cuartos

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Score popups! These are completely detatched from the main game logic, and driven through the Scriptable Object Architecture. Thought I'd turn my latest progress blog post into a tutorial on how this was implemented into my game! #gamedev open.substack.com/pub/albertal...

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I've been hard at work mocking up the visual style for the cozy bracelet-building score-chasing roguelike (wow) I'm working on solo. No UI to be seen yet though. (Although there's some empty space conveniently in the middle of the ring...) This also marks my first #screenshotsaturday :D #gamedev

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Finally got the ball rolling (heh) and after a couple failed attempts, implemented conditionals effects! This, coupled with the event-action architecture for passive effects, starts allowing for some more complex behaviors - Like this ball that rolls forward whenever the previour charm triggers :)

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Wait I'm actually making a game now I should participate in screenshot saturday lmao. I guess that's a deadline to get a proposal of the game's visuals done for next week 👀

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Basic game systems done, an idea set in place, a semblance of an attempt at an art style, a marketing plan kinda there... aaaaand it's Sunday again, which means new progress blog! #gamedev open.substack.com/pub/albertal...

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Project "Bracelets" - How I'm Actually Starting my Game

A Design Direction, a Technical Prototype, and LOTS of Questions to Answer

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

GIVE ME ANY OBJECT, and I'll sketch/mock up how it'd look as a bracelet charm for my game! I'm currently figuring out the artstyle of my game, and also need to practice my art skills :x Anything goes - Something meaningful, a meme, or anything out of your own projects! #gamedev #art

A vector-art image of a white bracelet with a few charms: A blue ball, a football, a smiley pin, a yellow flower, a volcano, and a dice. A red and yellow ball are on the side.

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Gamedev status: I'm really relating to that one "nobody told me when you make a videogame you have to make the whole thing" post.

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Putting the systems I've implemented today to the test: Dice with unique animations and sprite swapping! Even comes with a lil confetti burst when you roll a 6 :P #gamedev

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

A programmer art before and after. It's still very much placeholder and open to changes, but it helps better communicate the vibe of the game from early screenshots at least! #gamedev

Old version, showing beads as colored hexagons textually showing the effect each charm has.

The "after" version. Charms/beads are now covered in a bold black outline. There's some white squares on the side.

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

We won best jury vote and best public vote! Pretty sweet 🎉

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I am simultaneously so excited to share this progress update and, at the same time, it feels weird to share after the last post. This truly is the #gamedev journey: plan stuff to scrap it and go with an entirely different plan. open.substack.com/pub/albertal...

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My Game Had an Identity Crisis so I'm Scrapping it and Making a Balatro Clone

A retrospective on this month's progress - and a HUGE pivot in game direction

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Well, the idea for the Steam game has taken... Quite a drasting metamorphosis, in the pursuit of a realistic scope. Help I accidentally turned my real-time survival ant colony sim sandbox into a turn-based logistics optimization roguelike

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

New Gameja (Game Jam) entry! Destined to Bee, an arcade-y fight-y game about defending your place in the hive, as the prophecy foretold. And if you don't follow the prophecy... You die. Programmed a bunch, and assisted with design and animation. Enjoy! albertalberto.itch.io/destined-to-...

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Destined to Bee by Albertalberto, Adri_0211, Arnau Martínez, notH4D3S, cakeruu

Follow the prophecy... Or DIE!!!

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Amidst Game Jam progress (Coming along well 🐝), I finished writing a post on the various ideas I've got for the Steam project. There's concepts for a survival, colony sim, horror, and a... Meta-humor first-person adventure. Check it out! open.substack.com/pub/albertal...

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I Have Ideas. What is THE Idea?

Brainstorming, Sorting and Filtering through Concepts for my Debut Steam Project.

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I think I figured out what game I'll be developing as my "Steam release" project. I'm so excited to see where this goes! 🐜 On the other hand, a new weekend-long Gameja (game jam) starts today, and I'm already in with a group of 5 other people. So I know what I'll be doing the next couple of days 👀👀

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I am SO unbelieveably self-conscious about my art skills. I know my color theory and composition and general fundamentals right, and I've done some decent-looking stuff with in-game level editors, photobashing, and basic graphic design. But the INSTANT I start "drawing" I have 0 idea where to start

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

I've finished the setup for the Steamworks account and created a page for the game (that still doesn't even have a name yet). Feels like a pretty significant personal gamedev journey step! The third post of my blog is all about this process! open.substack.com/pub/albertal...

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The Odyssey Of Setting Up a Steamworks Account

It took a while. Mostly waiting. But I got there.

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

I've set up a section on my gamedev Substack as a journal of what I go through while making the Steam game. My older posts are still accessible, but it's tidier now. If you'd be interested in following along, it's free to subscribe with your email :) albertalberto.substack.com/s/project-st...

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Project Steam Release | Albert's GameDev Diary | Albertalberto | Substack

A journal of my journey and insights on my mission to develop and publish a game from scratch on Steam during 2025. Click to read Albert's GameDev Diary, by Albertalberto, a Substack publication. Laun...

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

I had no idea paying for the Steamworks Submission Fee gave you Steam Points. That's really funny to me for some reason. Guess I'll go grab some badges or something idk sure!

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

New year's gamedev resolution: Develop and release a game on Steam. From scratch. How hard could it be? This will be a learning experience. I will be documenting it on my Substack, and likely become more active over here on Bluesky with smaller updates too :) open.substack.com/pub/albertal...

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Mark my words: I will release a game on Steam this 2025

A new year's resolution, as well as an update on this blog

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Second blog post is here! A little about my first time using Godot in an actual game project, our entry to the GMTK Game Jam 2024 (ranked #1047 overall). I still have much to learn, but it feels like I managed relatively well for being the first time :) albertalberto.substack.com/p/improvisin...

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Improvising an Audio System in Godot

How I handled the audio implementation for our GMTK Game Jam 2024 entry, a Snake game with a very long name

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 31/08/2024

I have finished writing my first blog post - A postmortem/development timeline of my unexpected solo game jam entry from the start of this month. I want to try committing to doing this for a year, to get a little out there and see where this may lead :) open.substack.com/pub/albertal...

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How I Built a Game for a Week-Long Jam (Solo, in 4 Days)

A postmortem and timeline retelling of my solo entry to the game jam La Gameja 2024, 'QUARTER CUT'.

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 29/08/2024

Our game ended up being ranked #1047! Not stellar, barely missing the top 1k, but still super happy for being our first GMTK jam and our first full Godot game :)

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 20/08/2024

Another game jam submission already!? This time one built with a team, and first time finishing a project in Godot! It's Snake, but... yeah. I think everyone in the team managed to put a part of themselves onto this project, which makes me happy. #GMTK2024 albertalberto.itch.io/radioactive-...

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SNAKE but now it's a story of survival and motherhood in a post-apocalyptic world by Albertalberto, samuraychik, Arnau Martínez, meowdead

Just what the title says. Play in your browser

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

I ended up winning favourite public vote and best theme adequation on the game jam! In the meantime, I made a QOL update fixing some UI issues and adding a small options menu. And now that voting time is over, I can publish the update! I'm really tempted to expand on the game further, this is fun.

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

First time joining the GMTK game jam, alongside a team made of a few great friends. I trust we'll make something cool out of the concepts we have so far, can't wait to see where it goes! 🍎

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 11/08/2024

QUARTER CUT A simple game about cutting shapes in a 1/4 to 3/4 proportion. How high can your score go? Pretty special occassion: it's my first fully solo game release! For "La Gameja 2024" game jam and made in 4 days (not a week) It's very minimal, and quite fun I think. I hope you like it :)

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 01/05/2024

I randomly decided to update the YOMI Hustle ninja buddy to include outline support (And some other small things). Now you can get the base colors closer to whatever your skin is in-game :) Check it out here! albertalberto.itch.io/yomi-ninja-d...

White-colored YOMI Hustle ninja buddy with black outline on white background

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 03/03/2024

I added a tutorial window because some people were opening the buddy without reading how to interact with it and then got stuck not knowing how to close it. This should mitigate the issue a little, at least :)

A window with the title "Ninja Buddy Tutorial". A red Ninja stickman is dashing through the front of the window. The window reads:
Thank you for adopting a Ninja buddy!

If you want to interact with them, wait until they're on the ground. They won't move on the ground near your cursor.

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 02/03/2024

Now YOU can have your own YOMI Hustle Ninja buddy! This has been publicly released as an app on itch, including better performance and support for changing color. You can download it here: albertalberto.itch.io/yomi-ninja-d...

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Arnau Martínez @armartdev.bsky.social · 24/02/2024

A friend prompted me to make an Ultrakill meme

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 15/01/2024

Just finished a game for a game jam! @armartdev.bsky.social did the art and I handled most of the programming and music. The theme was "Nothing ventured, nothing gained", so you venture into a mine in search of riches. Play it here: amartdev.itch.io/mine

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MINE! by Arnau Martínez, Albertalberto

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 06/01/2024

2 weeks ago, shortly after Geometry Dash 2.2 came out, I built a very small platformer level to showcase a rudimentary implementation of "normal map" fake lighting using the new Area-based triggers. It's called "A Very Normal Map". ID: 97753196 (Can't upload videos so here's a couple images)

Lighting showcase 1, mainly focused on the solid base tiles as well as the background tiles.

Lighting showcase 2, mostly focused on the floaating blue blocks and chains.

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Albertalberto @albertalberto.bsky.social · 06/01/2024

To whomever it may concern: I would like to start sharing things I do over here some more, maybe even some things I like. I don't know how bluesky works much yet, but I'll figure it out.

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