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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 37m

One problem with AI #gamedev well articulated by @indiegameclinic.bsky.social : “Being able to work faster than your skill level is bad for game design, regardless of whether you have good ideas or not” www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cbo...

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The Hidden Cost of Vibe-Coding Games [Stream Highlight]

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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca · 23/09/2026

Pompeii is a UNESCO world heritage site not because it was remarkable in its prime, but because it survived to our era untouched: one moment, preserved for all time. But future generations won't know what OUR world was like unless we do the same. This is why we MUST bury Toronto with a volcano

Picture of the streets of Pompeii, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompei_-_panoramio_(26).jpg. Taken by Tanya Dedyukhina, used under CC

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This September, as a tactical rpg nut, I am: [ ] playing Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. [ ] playing Zero Company. [x] recreating the cast of Twin Peaks in XCom2

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

PLEASE STOP MAKING UGLY GENERIC GODOT UI! This ends now. I made a (quick) crash course on setting up modular Godot UI. It covers theming, behaviour, layout and UI composition. #godotengine #godot #gamedev #indiedev #ux www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIQG...

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Godot UI, theming and layout: Getting started with modular UI

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Neat breakdown of damage reduction math in RPGs: youtube.com/shorts/IzHAj... A lot of games with multiple units and less "progression" choose to use a simpler approach (see Starcraft, Fire Emblem, XCom) -- probably because you're likely to have SOME unit who can do damage. #gamedev #gamedesign

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The Simple Math Hiding in Your Favorite Games

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

i really like this frog he's from www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUoA... and he's armed

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Autoloads are a huge convenience in #Godot -- but as games get bigger, they can become a huge mess. Allow me to sketch out an alternative, where scope hierarchical, transitionable contexts www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkjO... #gamedev #indiedev #coding

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Replacing autoloads with scoped contexts for scalable Godot architecture

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Coding with AI isn't useless, but if you lean on AI as you learn to code, you won't develop the muscle to solve the hard problems AI can't solve. also it's fun to learn #programming #gamedev #indiedev www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzS7...

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Should I use AI while learning how to code games?

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Section 1.1 of my Tactics course is out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVuM... Come to learn how to build a tactics rpg like Fire Emblem! Stay if you want to explore interesting concepts in #Godot game architecture. #gamedev #indiedev #fireemblem #srpg

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3D Tactics RPG, Section 1: Context, Structure & Main Menu (Intro)

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Some good stills in my next video.

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

New Zelda remake looks fine, but I have almost no desire to replay Ocarina. The real fun was the wonder as a kid figuring stuff out. It's never occurred to me to play through again after knowing how it works. I'd probably get it for a kid I wanted to introduce to the genre though, I guess.

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Link Spinning Cucco in Zelda Ocarina of Time

ALT: Link Spinning Cucco in Zelda Ocarina of Time

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Let's build a Tactics RPG in Godot! Want to make something in the vein of #FireEmblem or #XCom? Intro just dropped, course content will begin to appear on September 16. See you soon, commanders. #godot #gamedev #indiedev www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_E1...

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Let's Build a 3D Tactics RPG in Godot 4: Series Intro

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Looking to dampen your feet in the deep, muddy waters of #coding and #gamedev? Free mini-course that takes you from 0 #Godot and coding knowledge through learning how to code, to releasing a game. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIcP... Let me know if you make anything cool with it. #indiedev

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Code-First Godot: Learn GDScript; Make a Game; Release It.

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Small Gray Games @smallgraygames.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

One of the most satisfying things in game dev (and all programming) is when you're adding a new feature and it ends up being easy because you designed something to be flexible a long time ago even though you didn't have a particular reason to at the time.

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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Thought I'd do a quick thread of a few things that I got up to this year. First: I wrote a weird manifesto about game design, making games for fun and love, and why no-one is going to pay you to do that. This remains one of the silliest/most rewarding things I've ever done.

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Stein Makes Games @steinmakesgames.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Daily reminder that GDscript supports the Sumerian clay table alphabet, Akkadian cuneiform of ancient Mesopotamia. This is perfectly valid code you can write in your game:

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Tuily @tuily.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Back to basics with GDScript and the super cool tutorial by @hoveringskull.bsky.social tuily.itch.io/monkey-snake #gamedev #godot #aseprite #indiedev

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Monkey Snake by Tuily

Snake game... but with a monkey

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Anyone have favourite software for making YouTube thumbnails? My workflow is generally around filtering and compositing existing owned images and laying out text. I've been using Krita and it's FINE but the UX really sucks. Photoshop is good, but really dislike a sub model. #youtube #opensource #art

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Kenney @kenney.nl · 27/07/2026

Similarly, in Kenney Jam about 55% of all entries were made using @godotengine.org!

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Game Maker's Toolkit @gamemakerstoolkit.com · 27/07/2026

Well, it finally happened! After 9 years of Unity dominance, Godot was the most used game engine for GMTK Game Jam 2026 submissions. 🤖 Godot - 47% 🎮 Unity - 34% 🛠️GameMaker - 5% 🚀 Unreal Engine - 3% ✨ Other - 11%

Pie chart showing game engines used to create 10,511 GMTK Game Jam games in 2026. Godot has the largest slice with 47%. Then Unity with 34%. Other with 11%. Game Maker with 5%. And Unreal Engine with 3%.

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Bored waiting for me to make more architecture vids? Check out this dig into the #SlayTheSpire2 #godot code from Howdy ツ! Haven't watched it all but so far so good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml6T... #gamedev #indiedev

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What CLEAN CODE Looks Like: Slay the Spire 2 Source Code Deep Dive

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"Okay, feeling good, let's open up godot, I'm sure I organized and labeled my new projects so I can find them again because I'm a sensible gamedev and not a weird slob" Godot: #gamedev #godot #indiedev

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Gross ai generated art ads showing up on the gamedev reddits (this was on r/godot) that pretend to be part of the conversation they're in with statements that can vaguely pass as responses to common posts in the space. Fuck these slop machines. #godot #gamedev #indiedev #ai

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

All right, #KenneyJam update 11: It's all wrapped up and I've had lunch and touched grass. Play my cool game here, it's about raising a dragon and building a wizard tower/economy itch.io/jam/kenney-j... #gamedev #indiedev #gamejam #indiegame #simtower #machikoro #tamagotchi

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Rate Dragonscale Tower: Better Parenting Through Continuous Home Improvement by Hovering Skull for Kenney Jam 2026

A Kenney Jam 2026 submission

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Okay, #KenneyJam update 10 or something: submitted! Done. Dusted. Will share a link soon

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

game jamming for #KenneyJam update 9: We have a main menu! We have a title!

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

#KenneyJam update 8: I made a shitty tutorial but it's full of ugly placeholder so gonna have to do it again. #gamedev #indiedev #gamejam #godot

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

#KenneyJam update 7: I've built out MOST of the mechanics of the game, as well as about 20ish wizardly ROOMS. Now I gotta tutorialize this and work on UI and polish... then sound and music

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Update 6 for #KenneyJam. Stepped away for lunch and to do some prioritization. 24 hours ish to go! #gamejam #gamedev #indiedev

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Update for #KenneyJam number 5: Frantically typing into wizard google: "My dragon, I got her as an egg but now she is very large; how to take care of" #gamejam #gamedev #indiedev #fantasy #petcare

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Update 4 for #KenneyJam building up this WIZARD TOWER. it's gonna be like SimTower, but good.

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Update 3 for #KenneyJam A wizard needs a cozy tower, and also a room for his growing dragon I think this game is going to be SimTower + MachiKoro + Tamagotchi (but also way less Japanese than those 3 things) #gamedev #indiedev #gamejam

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Update 2 for #KenneyJam An ISLAND fit for a GREAT WIZARD

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Update 1 for #KenneyJam I've got an idea. It's about scaling up a wizardly economy to keep feeding a dragon (which has scales) so that he scales up. Camera pans and extracted the entire kenney 1 bit package into 3d tiles so I can do something ungodly with parallax. Humble beginnings #gamedev

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

theme isnt even released but I've pretty much got this jam alllll plannned out #indiedev #gamedev #gamejam

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Cleaning up my desk to do KenneyJam! I'll be posting oblique references to my process as we go. Who else is jammming this weekend? #gamedev #indiedev #kenneyjam #gamejam www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0_6...

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A game jam where you're not allowed to make your own assets? (Let's do Kenney Jam 2026!)

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Code-First Godot! Learning to code? Do you like learning with little challenges? New video for you that will take you from typing your first print statement to releasing a very simple game on itch.io -- all in GDScript code www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIcP... #godot #gamedev #indiedev #tutorial

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Code-First Godot: Learn GDScript; Make a Game; Release It.

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

A game jam where you're NOT ALLOWED to make your own assets? Check it out. Great place to get started Coming up this month! #gamejam #gamedev #indiedev #godot www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0_6...

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A game jam where you're not allowed to make your own assets? (Let's do Kenney Jam 2026!)

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

How to time responses to your animations in Godot ... including new tween-awaiting from Godot 4.7 www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW5k... #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Timing Godot Animations with Signals and other asynchronous matters (Godot 4.7)

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Wow, just learned that many of my fans (henceforth known as "Skullheads") are really into juicers and blenders? Are we taking "adding juice" to games too literally? Are we using the wrong kind of Blender? If Vitamix sponsors me I will make confusing a juice video. #gamedev #indiedev #youtube

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Titanium Court is the funniest game of the year. And it's tremendously vibey. Play it or perish. #indiegame #roguelike #indiedev #pixelart

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Hovering Skull @hoveringskull.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

You know what you can make with Godot custom resources? DIALOGUE TREES CUSTOMIZABLE ABILITIES MORE THINGS ALSO hell yeah #gamedev #tutorial #godot www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc5R...

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Let's Build a Whole Game World with Godot Custom Resources

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