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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 10/09/2026

New #devlog is up! While I'm spending most of my time on research and writing, there's little time left for implementing new game ideas - but that doesn't mean the underlying core can't benefit from all that theory: garagecraft.games/devlog/2026-... #ecs #database #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev

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ECS as a Relational Model | garagecraft.games

In my Master’s thesis I investigate how partitioning entities and their components affects parallelization and concurrency in ECS systems.

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 30/08/2026

They are the same picture! 👀 I've been improving the #helios dev experience by implementing a compile-time dependency resolver for game-specific systems and managers. Goodbye to the UpdateContext, supreme ruler of #infrastructure and omniscient know-it-all! #indiegames #indiedev 👾

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Thorsten Suckow-Homberg @thorsten.suckow-homberg.de · 18/08/2026

The process of #annealing, known from various crafts, has an interesting parallel in #softwaredevelopment: Repeatedly working and refining a prototype until the refactored system eventually settles into a stable, production-ready form. #craftsmanship #dev #engineering #programming

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 15/08/2026

#GameWorld in #helios has come a long way. On my journey towards a system scheduler supporting conflict-free concurrency, the #EcsWorld now serves as the underlying #ECS, providing domain-specific partitions & #GameWorld acts as a container for runtime resources and engine-level state information.

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Rudolf Thomas INDERST (he|him) @gamestudies.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Ich freue mich auf die Hauptstadt im September! Eine kurze Geschichte der #GameStudies - MoMo Berlin - Philosophischer Arbeitskreis www.momo-berlin.de/veranstaltun...

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 01/08/2026

On todays menu: Particle partitioning with ParticleEmitter and integration into the EngineWorld. 👾 Happy Saturday y'all, may your code be bug free and your frame times low. 🚀 #helios #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev #enginedev

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Thorsten Suckow-Homberg @thorsten.suckow-homberg.de · 29/07/2026

A rendering demo showcasing parallel #ECS execution in #helios. Systems in a domain-partitioned world run concurrently, record render commands (non-/instanced), then flush their command buffers. The RenderManager batches and processes the commands. #enginedev #gameengine #indiedev #indiegames

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 27/07/2026

👾 You have only 3 lives. An unforgiving collision system. And no sound at all. Because in space, no one can hear you scream... (we call this "immersive"). Download helios ascending now! 🎮 garagecraft.games/helios-ascen... #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev #ecs #enginedev

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Thorsten Suckow-Homberg @thorsten.suckow-homberg.de · 16/07/2026

Conway's Game of Life running on #helios #ECS engine with 22,500 entities. Every cell is an entity, updated in real time. Fun stress test for iteration throughput, cache locality, and deterministic updates, and part of my MCSc #thesis project. #gamedev #cpp #ecs #gameoflife #gameengine

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Thorsten Suckow-Homberg @thorsten.suckow-homberg.de · 05/06/2026

I remember how fascinated I was by #Doom's bsp-based visibility system... For #helios I opted on non-hierarchical #AABB #culling #algorithm (Miettinen), testing against every scene member and switching MaterialHandles to highlight culled and visible objects. On to #BSP now! #gamedev #indiegames

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Thorsten Suckow-Homberg @thorsten.suckow-homberg.de · 24/05/2026

Building on the foundation established with #helios, I’ve refactored the project into self-contained modules. helios::ecs now forms the base #ECS system for everything entity-related - w/ most inheritance based impls thrown overboard in favor of concepts. #gamedev #enginedev #indiegames

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Thorsten Suckow-Homberg @thorsten.suckow-homberg.de · 01/05/2026

"We have #Saros at home."

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 23/04/2026

Also, yes: #cats clearly deserve special-case handling.

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Thorsten Suckow-Homberg @thorsten.suckow-homberg.de · 20/04/2026

Cleared out a lot of technical debt: Removed circular dependencies, made #helios compile cleanly under the more demanding #Clang compiler (#MSVC, thanks for letting my first baby steps slide), and cleaned up a fair bit of mess. #helios is now on #macOS 🍎 #indiedev #indiegames #gameengine

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 20/04/2026

You could bind your (gameplay) systems to the various states of a state machine - once the game is in state "paused", do not process specific systems in the game loop. Makes it easy to consider those systems that should still be running (e.g. ui, input).

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 12/04/2026

On #helios’ way toward an #ECS-driven infrastructure, I’m rewriting resource management, abstracting it into a TypedHandleWorld - a handle-oriented, domain-specific registry that simplifies access to resources otherwise scattered across the system(s). #gameengine #enginedev #indiedev #indiegames

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Thorsten Suckow-Homberg @thorsten.suckow-homberg.de · 05/04/2026

helios is currently rendering ~10.000 objects in the #gameloop at stable 60 fps (w/o inst.). Lets crank those rookie numbers up and make sure the render resources are managed more cache friendly, render commands batched and queues optimally sorted. #gamedev #helios #enginedev #indiegames #indiedev

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 03/04/2026

finished my project assignment on the exploratory dev of an #ECS-based #gameengine. Now it’s time to refactor the remaining tech debt into more idiomatic ECS. Out with the old (SceneGraph), in with the new! (flat list of components sharing relationships) #helios #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

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Rudolf Thomas INDERST (he|him) @gamestudies.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Ich suche Stimmen aus der Spielkultur! Wenn ihr spannende Projekte habt, Video-Essays macht oder in der Game-Kultur aktiv seid, freue ich mich, von euch zu hören. Ich leite das Spielkultur-Ressort beim TITEL Kulturmagazin und möchte eure Arbeit gern vorstellen. Bitte meldet euch bei mir!

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 21/02/2026

As I’m closing in on milestone_6 of #helios, I’m adding high scores and player lives as components and systems in my #ecs #gameengine - come join me! twitch.tv/garagecraft_... #twitch #streamer #gamedev #enginedev #indiegames #indiedev

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Rudolf Thomas INDERST (he|him) @gamestudies.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

F R I S C H ERSCHIENEN Inderst, Rudolf/ Tobias Klös: Spielerfolg ungleich Spielforschungserfolg? Vom stagnierenden Zustand der deutschsprachigen Digital Game Studies. S. 131–148. In: ...

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 14/02/2026

#helios now supports #GameState management and menu rendering. Next up: Implementing menu commands! #gamedev #enginedev #indiedev #indiegames

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 09/02/2026

ECS refactor drop in #helios 🔧 Value-type GameObject handles, tag-based filtering, centralized component registration, plus new unit tests. #gamedev #cpp #ecs #indiedev #gameengine #indiegames #enginedev

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Louise Blackwick @louiseblackwick.com · 04/02/2026

My fellow Weavers & Chaos Weavers, This February, we finally wrap up filming "Louise Blackwick vs. the Algorithm" - a funny, tongue-in-cheek Youtube show where I meet versions of myself from parallel realities. Editing & post-production will behind shortly. 🎥 Hope you'll tune in when it's out! 🥰❤️

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 31/01/2026

Now that collision detection and SpawnPlans are in place, I’m moving on to 2D UI integration - score display and menus next. Let’s go! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #helios #twitch #streamer twitch.tv/garagecraft_...

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 25/01/2026

✅ Collision Detection - working ✅ Spawn Scheduling - implemented Next: Span queues & support for more Spawn logic. Let's go! 🔧 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #gameengine #helios

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 17/01/2026

Grinding on Spawn Plans/Scheduling for #helios. Optimizing entity lifecycle management, batching logic, and temporal distribution patterns. Getting the system tight so we can scale spawns without tanking performance. 🔧⚙️ twitch.tv/garagecraft_... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #twitch #streamer

GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 10/01/2026

Team #helios sends its regards from the other side of collision behavior hell! ✌️

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 10/01/2026

back to #helios. tackling collision system and despawn logic. laying groundwork for everything that comes next 🎮 #enginedev #cpp #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #twitch #streamer www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...

GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 05/01/2026

Over the holidays I’ve been busy refining #helios to enable player interactions with game objects: Controlling, spawning and – the holy grail of every game - Collisions💥 I ended up with this draft for a deterministic game loop: garagecraft.games/devlog/2026-... #gamedev #indiegames #indiedev #cpp

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helios - A High-Level Overview of the Game Loop Architecture | garagecraft.games

A deep dive into the architectural separation of concerns in helios. This post outlines how deterministic world mutations are handled via bare-metal Commands and Managers, while decoupled communicatio...

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 01/01/2026

#Collisiondetection has always been the holy grail of #gamedev for me. As the author of my own #gameengine #helios, I’m starting my implementation based on spatial partitioning. 👾 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #twitch #streamer #happynewyear www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...

GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 31/12/2025

Wrapping up the year with GameObject pooling and a SpawnSystem based on conditions and strategies. On to collision detection! 🕹️ 👾 #helios #gameengine #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #cpp #programming

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 27/12/2025

Onwards - tackling enemy pooling + a proper spawn system next. Less churn, smoother waves, more time for the fun stuff. 💥🤖 #helios #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev #twitch #streamer www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...

GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 25/12/2025

🎮 #helios v0.3.0-milestone3 is out! Component-based architecture, physics systems, level bounds and a proper twin-stick shooter demo with projectile pooling are now in place. 🚀 P.S.: The gang of four was right! garagecraft.games/devlog/2025/... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 25/12/2025

🎄 Merry Christmas and happy holidays! ✨ May your days be cozy, creative and full of great (indie) games, books 📖 and whatever you love to do around this time of year! 🕹️ May your evenings be spent in good company with the people you love. ❤️ #Christmas #HappyHolidays #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 24/12/2025

On Christmas night while all seems still, 🎄 I’m hunting bugs with coder’s will. 😤 In #helios’ components, line by line, 🎮 till systems click and stars align. 🌟 Merry Christmas y'all! #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #cpp #gamedev #witch #streamer www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...

GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 23/12/2025

’Twas the night before xmas🎄, and all through the scene, no object was moving, no thrust to be seen. 👀 So I forged a MovementSystem - smooth, responsive, elegant - and wrapped the world in bounds - with a BoundsBehaviorComponent. 🎮 www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_... #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev

GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 20/12/2025

On the 20th day of #Christmas, 🔔 checking off my list, ✅ #helios gave to me: Twenty components in the mist, ☃️ and a spaceship demo I can't resist! 🚀✨ #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #gameengine #solodev #twitch #streamer www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...

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Louise Blackwick @louiseblackwick.com · 19/12/2025

2025 has been an unbelievable year for my writing. I'd like to thank everyone who's given my dark & twisted fantasy & sci-fi stories a chance with a #Winter #Bookfest! 🟦25% off on all my eBooks & 🟩50% off on all eBook bundles, until 11 Jan. 2026 on www.louiseblackwick.com/books Happy Holidays! 💙📚

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Badger Punch Games @badgerpunch.com · 16/12/2025

Born on the Amiga, reborn for Steam! ⚔️ Roguecraft mixes classic turn-based dungeon crawling with chunky pixels and retro attitude. Coming to Steam in 2026, and your wishlist can help shape its journey!😊 🎯 thalamus.link/roguecraft #teaseYaGame #indiegame #gamedev #steam

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 16/12/2025

Milestone 2 for the C++ game framework #helios just landed 🚀 ✅ Scene graph camera refactor ✅ GameObject + command buffer input flow ✅ ImGui dev widgets (FPS, gamepad, logs, camera) ✅ Gamepad-driven spaceship demo 🎮 👉 garagecraft.games/devlog/2025/... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

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Milestone 2: Scene Graph, Gamepad Widgets, and a Flying Spaceship | garagecraft.games

helios v0.1.0-milestone2 brings scene graph camera integration, gamepad customization, ImGui dev tools, and an interactive spaceship demo

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Louise Blackwick @louiseblackwick.com · 16/12/2025

My first attempt at building a Darkthing* - an eldritch voidspawn from the #VivianAmberville universe.💙📚 Just a skeleton, for now. His disturbing flesh will soon follow!😄 *Darkthings dwell in the Abyss, in the backrooms of reality, beyond the Dark Door (the door between Life & Death in the series)

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 13/12/2025

#helios milestone_2 changes and improvements: ✨ ImGui Debug Overlay (Log, FPS, Settings) 🎮 Real-time Gamepad & Camera Widgets 🎥 Refactored Camera System (Scene Graph integration) ⏱️ Frame Pacing & Stats Next up: Physics & Gameplay! 🕹️ #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 13/12/2025

Love seeing what indie devs are putting out there. The creativity in this community is unmatched!

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Nicole Marie T @musicvsartstuff.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

🎹 #8bit #chiptune in the style of FM #MasterSystem, for your #indiegames or other projects 🎶 www.pond5.com/royalty-free... #ym2413 #pond5 #royaltyfree #bgm #vgm #gamedevs #indiedevs #music

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GarageCraft Games @garagecraft.games · 05/12/2025

🎄✨ #helios and I, back on #Twitch we're streaming, Grid fields we're building, pixels gleaming, Bugs getting fixed while the season's still bright 🎮 - Live coding magic under #christmas lights! ✨ #gamedev #streamer #indiedev #indiegames www.twitch.tv/garagecraft_...