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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I have a severe case of 'Good Enough' My wife warned me about it after i 'good enough''d the dishes. Years of gamedev thought me to do just enough, never perfect. #indigame #gamedev

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

What sucks? Giving up on good ideas because they would take months to develop Later Some reviewer will say "they should have added x" as if it was a toggle #gamedev #indiegames

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Only about 100 people will play my game. I know coop 2d roguelike platformer is not a good sell. Am i crazy for spending 3000+ hours developing it? Is anyone in the same boat ? #indiegames #gamedev

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Developing multiplayer games is like playing a constant game of 'spot the difference.' Can you?

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Right now, i don't want to develop games. I want games that develop me. You know any such games? #videogames

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We all have seen so much ai generated text & images. We have been trained to detect it. Don't even try to sneak even one sprite in your games. #gamedev

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

DLSS 5 situation shows us how out of touch companies are from the gamer sentiment. they though this is a good thing! #gamedev

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

What I draw never looks good to me, yet people around me seem to like it. The music I make sounds good to my ears, but wife and kids say cut the noise. Can anyone explain this? #gamedev #art #music

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

There are two types of game releases: 1. We are bored (or out of money), lets release 2. We don't have anything more to put in the game (without hurting the experience), lets release #indiegames #gamedev

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

It is so sad to see indie games using AI generated assets. Those indies chase money instead of passion. #indiegames #gamedev #ai

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I feel that we are being pushed to creating more abstract art in order to distinguish ourselves from AI generated crap. #gamedev #indiegames #ai

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

I was too lazy to do anything creative. Now, i am too lazy to do anything non-creative. #gamedev #indiegames

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

I call piece "Log Art" Only coders with an art background can accomplish it. #indiegames #art

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

I have 2 hours of free time. My options: 1. Add a new powerup to my game 2. Replace the toilet seat adulting sucks #gamedev #indiegames

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Godot is 200mb or so, does not require any internet connection, opens instantly and does not get in the way of you creating awesome games. Perfect Software #gamedev #indiegames #godot

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Video games peaked in the year 1999. There are good games in the 2000s but we lost something when ps2 is released. Industry became too commercialized. #indiegames

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

PayPal has entered its final phase of evilness. Holding gamedevs' money for months, just because they develop mature games. #indiegames #gamedev

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Math Invaders! a prototype to test if math can be fun. it can be, but game needs more juice github.com/mikbal54/mat... #indiegames #gamedev

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

recent youtube drama is the kind i like. it is technical, analytical and significant in nature. drama: "why view counts are reduced by %30?" #youtube

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Developers be on alert! If you click this; you will win wisdom but will lose time #gamedev #indiegames

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

You need hills and valleys. You cant be exited all the time, you need to be bored to feel the exitement. Remember this while designing your games. Good games are the ones with shiny fillers. Think of the walk/talk parts of RDR2 #gamedev

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

It is nice to think pirates respected Silksong and bought it. Reality is diffrent. Silksong tops all torrent websites lists already.

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

i sold 1 copy of my game, on the release day of Silksong. all you devs worried about nothing. #indiegames #gamedev

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Everytime i get sleepy, i get an itch to compose music. Does your personality change when sleepy too? #indiegamez #music #daw

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

am i getting old or i have a dopamine addiction? current i am incapable of liking a thing. i know you have the same doubt #indiegames

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Most people did not realize we moved on from money based economy to an attention based economy. We are not transitioning, transition was completed with covid. Fellow game developers, instead of trying to earn money, try to each some attention. #indiegames #gamedev #economy

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

npm is invented because people stopped using c++ compilers. developers need their coffee breaks #programming

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

indices. wrong. this is a wrong word. it doesn't look like plural of index. certainly loses the coolness of the word index. we must find an alternative asap. always bugs me out. #indiegames #programming

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Sometimes I just want to chill with a rhythm game. But every rhythm game goes so hard that I end up more stressed than relaxed. Maybe what I actually want is just Tetris… with some lo-fi beats. #indiegames

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Let me share my favorite game with you i am yet to the see the endgame content. no spoilers pls #indiegames #gamedev

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Anything can be a hobby that you can spend 1000 hours in. Thankfully our world has infinite in depth. I am a expert hobbyist in smells. Love em What is yours? #indiegames

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Humanity is getting dumber, By ease and endless slumber. Life’s too smooth, too convenient, Maybe it is me being impatient #poem

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

I figured it out. If it bounces it is nice. Valid for both virtual & real #indiegames #deep

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Very suprised Silksong is releasing on gamepass. Must be a very fat check

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mikbal - Wishlist Buff Climbers & Buy Rogue Bricks @arcadenest-games.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

is this also you? 2 projects in maintainance mode 3 projects in active development 20 projects occupying your dreams 0 projects generating money #indiegames #gamedev

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