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Tiny solo dev trying to create a horror game.

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William Davis @willdavis.bsky.social · 48m
So here's the deal. On Friday I will be checking my wishlist numbers for the 2nd to last time this year. I would really love to be at 1000 by then. For your consideration, our ocean power fantasy mermaid fashion looter. Lots of things being worked on right now and this takes time. 🦈 #indiegames
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Age of the Deep is a mermaid fashion looter rpg. Explore the beautiful, and terrifying, mysteries of the ocean surrounding the islands, fight off pirates that threaten the inhabitants, dive deep to un...
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Chappu @chappuvt.bsky.social · 5h
One quite reliable way I've found to keep my brain working on the same game is to make some soundtracks early on. The main theme for Glaton Ghost Club is now 2 years old and it still motivates me to keep going. I think I've never shared it so here you go #gamedev #vgm #horrorgame #solodev #indiedev
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Betty - play 🌌AstraX🌌 please @neutronio.games · 1h
it's ski(bi)dding time sadly no real drifting yet🤔 soon ™ #gamedev #lowpoly
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2dchaos - WISHLIST NECHROMIA!!! @2dchaos.bsky.social · 1h
Battle system with temp art for #nechromia!
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PAUL CONWAY @doomcube.bsky.social · 2h
I'm delighted that we can finally talk about our partnership with @lostincult.co.uk to bring @blakemanorgame.bsky.social to physical on PS5 and Switch 2. We had a lot of fun designed the new covers. Pre-Order here: www.lostincult.co.uk/shop/p/blake...
The EDITIONS bundles includes an essay and dev interview booklet, poster and sticker, 4 art cards, Director’s authenticity card and a variant game cover as well as a copy of the game on PS5.
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Chappu @chappuvt.bsky.social · 5h
One quite reliable way I've found to keep my brain working on the same game is to make some soundtracks early on. The main theme for Glaton Ghost Club is now 2 years old and it still motivates me to keep going. I think I've never shared it so here you go #gamedev #vgm #horrorgame #solodev #indiedev
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Delaney King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Quick games design lesson: Consider your spaces in terms of points of interaction. (Think consoles, NPCS to talk, item storage or pickups). Here I have three POI placed in a convoluted space. Lets see how a player interacts with them...
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Chappu @chappuvt.bsky.social · 9h
I'm incredibly appreciative of the support I get here but 95% of people that know me irl don't expect me to get anything done. Most of my friends have never seen the game or even know that I make music. I can't handle any more people talking about what I could have achieved like I was dead.
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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 27/09/2026
for fucking REAL. the depth of trauma for those undiagnosed with ADHD is real. not just the way we feel like we're constantly failing (because everyone is telling us we are) but not understanding WHY because we have no context to understand other people aren't struggling with the things we are.
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2dchaos - WISHLIST NECHROMIA!!! @2dchaos.bsky.social · 20h
The little fuckers now shoot projectiles! XD
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Matt | DEMO OUT TODAY! @pmrd.net · 14h
DEMO IS OUT RIGHT NOW!!!! darkroomsgame.com #gamedev #indiegame #darkrooms #demo
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aproxm @handle.invalid · 12h
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Babu @babuhihi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A Dream About the Queen of the Autumn Forest #timebomb #arcane #fantasy
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🔮🐰Velvette Lazuli「ベル」 @withvelvette.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
✨ NEW ✨ MODEL ✨ DEBUT ✨ So excited to share with you all that I will be debuting my new model TOMORROW at 19:00 CEST / 1:00 PM EDT! If you missed my 1.0 Debut in April, please don't miss it! It will be so much fun 💖💕 💙 + 🔁 appreciated! (Won't show anything but the ears until tomorrow!! ݁ ˖Ი𐑼⋆)
Vel's room in the background with the words "NEW MODEL DEBUT" largely displayed in front. The small shadow of some ears can be seen peeking out from behind Vel's desk.
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Matt | DEMO OUT TODAY! @pmrd.net · 29/09/2026
I love coming up with knockoff brands lol #gamedev #indiegame #darkrooms
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Chappu @chappuvt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you set up enough parameters you lose the ability to determine if it's backpack, BackPack, back pack, Back Pack, pack back, pay back or back pain. #gamedev
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Chappu @chappuvt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I realized just how many of you lovely inspirational people aren't included in my horror pack yet again so I think it's time to make another one. I would like to make a solo dev starter pack (again no AI) and I think I still need 7 people to start one. Anyone want to be in there?
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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey folks, I had a big thread about AI and art that really popped off, and now I have some attention, so why don't I make a little thread of upcoming indie games I'm looking forward to that have neat artstyles? And a lot of these games will have demos to check out, so maybe give them a try?
Screenshot from Tenebris Somnia showing a creepy guy with head candles bathed in shadowScreenshot from Hymm to the Eyeless God, showing a party based RPG with a top down view of a path through some woods, and it appears as if one of the insect like player characters is casting a spell.Screenshot from Mandrake showing an isometric view of the interior of a building, a character called Nessa's portrait is on the left side and says "Thanks for coming to Pevenny with me Morgan. I'd have hated doing that alone."Screenshot from Hark The Ghoul, there's a gaslight street lamp in a dark alleyway, on a crate sits a big wheel of cheese, underneath the lamp is a small rat like guy who might be cheesed to meet us.
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Chappu @chappuvt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Shout Out to Caleb for making this incredible game. If you want creative boss battles awesome animations and support a developer who jumped to the rescue and implemented an accessibility feature because I had trouble with reviving two days after release, Slash Out is your thing. #indiegame #gamedev
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Chappu @chappuvt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
And maybe you noticed I said five girls but there's only four in the picture. So here's the wip of the last girl and then the friend group will finally be complete. It only took what? 300 years? That's solo dev for you baby. #gamedev
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Chappu @chappuvt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My goal for October is to get my shit together and finish all main character model textures, meshes and rigs so I can animate and put them in the engine. Good news: you'll be playing as all five of them, not just Makena🎉 bad news: I have to make all five of them work😭 #gamedev #horrorgame #solodev
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Betty - play 🌌AstraX🌌 please @neutronio.games · 28/09/2026
choose your fighter #gamedev
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Dave Capdevielle @cadaverdave.com · 27/09/2026
With October less than a week away, here’s a classic Toys “R” Us commercial that’s guaranteed to raise your Halloween spirits!
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Chappu @chappuvt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I realized just how many of you lovely inspirational people aren't included in my horror pack yet again so I think it's time to make another one. I would like to make a solo dev starter pack (again no AI) and I think I still need 7 people to start one. Anyone want to be in there?
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Whelm 🐧Out now on Steam @lessergames.com · 28/09/2026
13.8 billion years ago vs now. Never give up. #gamedev #indiegame
The big bangThe little penguin
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FrostHound @frosthound.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
These are the revolvers I use to power my computer. They use a series of interconnected hamster wheels to generate electricity! #gamedev
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Chappu @chappuvt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's almost spooky month so time to share my starter pack of amazing horror #gamedev s who don't use AI. If you want to be added it would be awesome if you told me a bit about the cool #horrorgame you're working on✨ Also if I'm following you but you're not in this pack pls leave a comment as well♥️
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AttaKat @attakat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Shoutout to the tunnel vision game dev gives you. Made a whole checkout system where the NPC brings their items up, I scan it, give them their money, and they leave. Real proud of it. Then I got asked when they give me money. I was paying them to buy things from the store. I'm so good at this.
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Chappu @chappuvt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As I'm back in engine I now have to face the horrors of never leaving orthographic view when modelling characters. Fear not the fisheye though. I'm currently reworking (still wip) Makena to look closer to her orthtographic design at around 50mm focal length and I thought I'd share #gamedev #blender
Text: Orthographic (heading on the left side), Perspective (heading on the right side)

There are four images in a grid shown here.
Upper row of images are titled before and numbered 1 and 2.
Lower row of images are titled after and numbered 3 and 4

Text below reads:
1. Copy the file containing your character.
2. Open the old file in orthographic view.
3. Set your new file to perspective view.
4. Try to make it look close to your reference (the orthographic view in the old file)
5. Import character into engine and be happy that there's no need to cry anymore.

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Four images of one of my stylized main characters for my horror game. It's a black teenage girl with locs tied up into a mini pony tail and some lose ones framing her face. You can see that I am trying to make image 4 (perspective view in my new file) look closer to image 1 (orthographic view in my old reference file).
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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hey folks, I can now announce that for my first sponsorship ever, I will be doing a sponsored stream on the 8th of October for Silver Pines, an upcoming Survival Horror Metroidvania. I was impressed with the demo, so I'm especially proud that this will be the first sponsor I've accepted.
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Silver Pines on Steam
Silver Pines is a survival horror metroidvania set in small town America. Fight nightmarish terrors and solve puzzles, while carefully managing your scarce resources as you uncover the mysteries that ...
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Synist @synist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Decided to figure out a detail in my project that I'm going to be using a lot. There's also a bit of an update on my progress with Synist so far. Go check it out! www.patreon.com/Synist/posts...
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Angel Eyes (and Current Progress) | Synist
This is probably the weirdest bit of worldbuilding that I've done, and I absolutely love it. I made this for a couple of reasons. The first
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stevie (she/her) @stevieraedrawn.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
It's only been 32 saturdays since I last shared any WIPs....... #projectdatamind #screenshotsaturday #solodev #indiedev #indiehorror #UE5
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Michael_Game_Developer @poeticprogrammer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Updated my Steam Page gifs! Look how shiny they are 😁 #gamedev
A screenshot of the new gifs on the Steam Page for Five Arcade
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Chappu @chappuvt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's almost spooky month so time to share my starter pack of amazing horror #gamedev s who don't use AI. If you want to be added it would be awesome if you told me a bit about the cool #horrorgame you're working on✨ Also if I'm following you but you're not in this pack pls leave a comment as well♥️
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Miles Games (Moxxie) @milesgames.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
On top of this, one of the changes I'm making is the option to disable screen effects, and static effects for better view and performance While the game won't look as pretty with these turned off, I wanted to be considerate to the people playing on lower end / unsupported devices #yougame #devlog
Effects onEffects off
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Chappu @chappuvt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Day 6 of faking lighting inside the material editor. I can have way too much fog in a very natural color now if I want to and I made my first adjustable light actor you can place in the level. My custom shadows also work with this but I forgot to record again😭 #gamedev #ue5
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Busted Atlas | Proto Trigger @bustedatlas.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Added ship & skin unlocks to my game! Also, the light from the menu happened to give the display model a perfect bit of rim lighting. 👌 #godot #indiegame #shmup #indiedev #gamedev
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Romain Macré - Wishlist Alexus 2040 on Steam @romainmacre.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
No much to show, making the final changes for the demo (will be out next month). Showing a ship design made with the in-game editor. I'm pretty pleased with it, could have been in the game (very sped up). Wishlist Alexus 2040, if you dare. Thank you. #screenshotsaturday #shmup #indiedev
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Grant 𓆏 @froggy-loops.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Woah I got some new followers! Well you came at the right time. Magicland Chapter 1 will fully release next month! Here's a reveal of the new title animation in the meantime. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #pixelart
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Chappu @chappuvt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Day 6 of faking lighting inside the material editor. I can have way too much fog in a very natural color now if I want to and I made my first adjustable light actor you can place in the level. My custom shadows also work with this but I forgot to record again😭 #gamedev #ue5
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FrostHound @frosthound.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Been awhile! Have some un-textured weapons. Playing around with a 2D muzzle flash asset pack, I think I can make these look real good with some extra work. #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #gaming #blender #ue5 #unrealengine
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Chappu @chappuvt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Day...5? of building my lighting entirely inside the material editor. First wonky test of my custom flashlight. Needs a ton of work but it's proof enough for me that this could work in the final game. #UE5 #horrorgame #solodev #indiedev
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Chappu @chappuvt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Also I think my Unreal Engine is not Unreal Engining.
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Chappu @chappuvt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Day...5? of building my lighting entirely inside the material editor. First wonky test of my custom flashlight. Needs a ton of work but it's proof enough for me that this could work in the final game. #UE5 #horrorgame #solodev #indiedev
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Chappu @chappuvt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Why is everything gamedev so incredibly interesting😭 I blame Acerola personally for my scope creep problems and not at all my lack of ability to stay away from taking a deep dive into absolutely everything I come across.
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Froyok (Léna Piquet) @froyok.fr · 18/04/2026
Some folks asked to see my motion blur in movement, so here it is, slowed down 3 times (90fps to 30.fps). You can see a bit the curving effect. :D
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Yo, yo, Hopscorch! 🪀🐰🔥 @hopscor.ch · 23/09/2026
Y'all didn't tell me I only posted this on Game Jolt lol The second track might be a too intense for fishing's first phase, but it WILL play once you reel in a significant fish. Well... fish or otherwise... :) More on that another time. (🎵 ) #pixelart #gamedev #godot
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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There is nothing wrong with free tools. Using Audcaity for sound work? go for it. MS Paint for art? more power to you. Don't let people shame you for using a free tool. If it does what you want then who cares.
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Terrible Lizards Game @terriblelzrds.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ENTER DALTON’S IF YOU DARE The demo for Terrible Lizards is now available, giving you an early entrance to this roadside attraction that holds a secret or two. With two parts to the demo, there is plenty to dig into, so… Download the demo here: store.steampowered.com/app/5244130
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Chappu @chappuvt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Love how uneventful this clip looks if you don't know what's going on under the hood. Wow I made light in Unreal Engine 5 so interesting✨ Anyways, material based lights and shadows are now both working even when overlapping. Next up is a cone-shaped material to emulate a flashlight #gamedev #ue5
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