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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 13/11/2025

I keep hearing the advice to not make your dream project as a first game... but how do you stay motivated when you're not working on what you're truly passionate about? #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 12/08/2025

Torn on some use of #AI for #gamedev... I don't like AI. But I haven't made progress on anything in several weeks because my own malfunctioning brain is getting in my way. Using AI let me start a functionality script and iterate on it until it did what I needed. But I still don't like AI. 🫤

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Levi V. B. @levivbaudio.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

The resonance cascade, but with homemade sounds. This redesign was tricky - and it's funny how the rubber ball sound didn't need much modification. What do you think about the result? The gameplay footage is from Black Mesa. #sounddesign #halflife #blackmesa #gameaudio #gamedev #foley #indiedev

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Chromatic Dream @chromaticdream.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Just make it exist first, you can make it good later (maybe) #indiegames #TasteOfHeaven

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 01/04/2025

I just found out that yesterday was the International Transgender Day of Visibility... I had no idea! So to all the #trans #gamedev (and non-gamedevs too!) folks out there... KEEP BEING AWESOME!

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 23/03/2025

My #gamedev motivation has been more or less dead, so I've been tinkering with something fangame-y for now. May or may not ever see light of day. Got some stuff together, but I dunno what engine to pick. Godot is what I want to work with for myself. Unity/Unreal could give me experience. Thoughts?

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Tris @trisresists.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

💥 New Zealand knows what’s up!!

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 05/02/2025

Participating in the Bigmode game jam has me rethinking how I'm doing my project. I learned so much. Definitely pretty burned out though. And yes, it's broken. I'll make a new upload for a fixed version in the future. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev catballgames.itch.io/charge-cube-...

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Charge Cube - Bigmode Jam 2025 Entry by CatballGames

Control a tiny cube set with the tast of restoring power!

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 27/01/2025

There. Have done the #DeleteFacebook. Their new rules allow for calling me property, and calling friends and family I have mentally ill. It's bullshit. Fuck Facebook.

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 15/01/2025

My #gamedev focus is lost for the time being... Think I'll need to find a side project to poke for a while so I can come at my main one with fresh eyes again. Yay for #adhd I guess.

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KatOtis! @kat-otis.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Here I am...

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 30/12/2024

I left my game to run for a half hour or so and then went and picked up all my xp bubbles... I think I did an oops and didn't dispose of them correctly. So many orphan nodes... #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 29/12/2024

Had a nice and much-needed rest over Christmas, then spent the last couple of days making some awesome progress! There's now two styles of enemies: ones that track you and ones that streak across the screen. Also, ground clutter that is chosen on map generation. #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #solodev

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 14/12/2024

Hi #ScreenshotSaturday ! It's been a very slow week for personal reasons, so here's a scene of a shiny new tripping hazard. Watch your step! #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 08/12/2024

Well, PC hardware upgrade is done. Not much of an upgrade, as the primary goal was to replace the ailing motherboard. However, computer does seem to be a bit snappier, so that's nice.

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Abyssal Mice @abyssalmice.com · 08/12/2024

Post about the music you like listening to while working on your project. We find Hollow Knight's soundtrack to be really fitting! #gamedev 🎮 #indiedev 🕹️ #indiegamedev 👾

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 08/12/2024

Well, not too much done this week, but those happen. Had other stuff going on. But, as it is indeed #ScreenshotSaturday I will show off my fixed landscape. No quick video this time, but my landscape doesn't look caught in a hurricane AND my generation is improved. Cool stuff! 😀

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 05/12/2024

I think github copilot has a sense of humour today. It suggested this - utterly unhelpful, but it's okay. I feel that, too. Oh, well. No more autocomplete silliness in a few days. Can't really justify the cost after the trial. var key = "0_0" #gamedev

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 05/12/2024

I'm legitimately floored at how much of my #gamedev stuff just plain works under #linux. To say nothing of the games I play actually working. I'm really glad I made the jump. I was pretty worried about the landing, tbh.

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 05/12/2024

Uhhhhh oops. The ground is NOT supposed to do that. I should have known this would happen but it hasn't been a full-brain-cells kind of day. XD #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 04/12/2024

I went from "cool, that works, but I hate HOW it works" to "wow that doesn't work at all wtf" and I just don't even know. XD

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 04/12/2024

You ever just wonder if you've been sleep-coding? I swear this stuff worked yesterday, I haven't touched it, I was just double-checking the current state to keep working from. Agh! #gamedev

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 02/12/2024

Yay a new CPU/motherboard soon! This motherboard is falling apart (almost literally - bluetooth doesn't work and the USB ports can be sketchy, and the M.2 slot might be questionable). It's not much of an upgrade but I'm okay with that. I just want it stable.

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 01/12/2024

First steps. Some stuff isn't quite where I had it in Game Maker, while some stuff is better. First screenshot I've shared, too, but I *just* missed #ScreenshotSaturday. :P #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

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Falinere | Interactive RPG Creator @falinere.com · 01/12/2024

Just game dev things I guess... x_x

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 01/12/2024

Having my Nintendo Switch on is causing my TV to restart. I have no idea why, and it's never done this before. T_T

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 30/11/2024

Wow. Hostinger does NOT let me alter my DNS settings unless I have a hosting plan. I wish I hadn't just renewed or I'd switch away in a moment. Too broke for crap, dammit. I wanted to use my domain for my handle here. :<

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 25/11/2024

Why are some #linux things so irritatingly obtuse and others simply just work?

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 25/11/2024

Can't believe it... I'm almost there. I've almost gotten my project back to where it was when I was using GameMaker. Soon I'll be comfortable sharing updates. :D

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 25/11/2024

Time to #gamedev on a new OS? That's right, I finally kicked Windows to the curb. That relentlessly-pushed Recall "feature" is extremely off-putting and creepy. #windows #microsoft #recall #noai

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 24/11/2024

Microsoft is really going to push this Recall thing, eh? Considering taking a break from dev and poking at Linux for a few days... This was going to happen anyway because I have hardware that needs replacing and I don't feel like paying for Windows again. This just makes me want to bail sooner.

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 21/11/2024

Ugh. Migraine day, but I'm going to try to get some #gamedev done anyway. Maybe soon I will have some stuff done worth sharing!

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 20/11/2024

Random things I've learned watching classic Doctor Who: "Superfood" and "unalive" were terms that existed in the 80s. Go figure.

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 19/11/2024

Not feeling overly #gamedev motivated today, but I'm working at it anyway. Got physics added to my currently-barebones project, resolved why doing so made it jittery, and am now working on collisions causing damage. Going good all things considered.

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 18/11/2024

The Animal Crossing: New Horizons soundtrack has 407 tracks. 12 hours and 12 minutes. That's crazy! ...but great as chill music to dev to.

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taarna23 - Catball Games @catballgames.com · 06/11/2024

Heading out for Brighter Shores (the game, duh). Anyone else playing? I suck at making friends. I was going to say in games, but uh... no, that statement stands on its own. Oh dear.

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