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Having a time messing around with blackholes this week #screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev #indiegames

mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 26/09/2026

The #screenshotsaturday I have some ship sockets and afterburners for various boosting / travel modes. #godot #gamedev #indiegames

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 19/09/2026

This week has been all about playing with the light, made myself a little test scene to play with some of the various star types and different nebula / volumetric fog effects #screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev #indiegames

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 12/09/2026

Been working on some explosion! Explosions of all kinds, asteroids, ships, stations. #screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev #indiegames

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 29/08/2026

Playing around with #blender and google's GNM head generator and exports to #godot to be able to control the faces from there, very much work in progress but it's fun to play with! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegames

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 22/08/2026

Working on some space anomalies, collectibles, wormholes #screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev #indiegames

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 08/08/2026

Working on some procedural generation of some asteroids, blasting them into chunks of minerals. #godot #gamedev #indiegames #screenshotsaturday

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 25/07/2026

Working on getting the moon and Mars's topology, and day / night cycles sorted. Some bonus planets and cloud system rework included #godot #gamedev #indiegame #ScreenshotSaturday

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 18/07/2026

Working on some more star science / spectroscopy and a few galaxy map improvements. Now able to do pathfinding through 10M systems efficiently #screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev #indiegames

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 04/07/2026

Ever want to do Star Science? Some manual spectroscopy calibrations! Playing around with discovering various stars type compositions. #screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev #indiegames

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 20/06/2026

#screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev #indiegames Working on being able to land on my space stations, seeing some npc traffic and interacting with some placeholder npcs, all very WIP and messy. Bonus bugs of getting asked to drop my cargo from pirates while running around on the station.

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 13/06/2026

#screenshotsaturday ! Was working on some procgen space station docking area's this week, still very much WIP. #godot #gamedev #indiegames

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 06/06/2026

Working on a dynamic news system, super WIP that will pull a summary of the events that have happened in the various sectors and exploration / discoveries / trade routes / pirate activity. #godot #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #indiegames

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 30/05/2026

Doing some space science, also added some clouds to the planets, #screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev #indiegames

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 23/05/2026

How to measure gravity on random planets, obviously kicking a ball around. #godot #gamedev #indiegames #screenshotsaturday

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 16/05/2026

Giving factions their capital systems, planets, cities and working on the local and galaxy map this week. Very much work in progress #godot #gamedev #indiegames #screenshotsaturday

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 09/05/2026

Playing around with the planet's atmosphere and the sunlight, #godot #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegames

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 02/05/2026

Working on my local map / 3d galaxy map to show various filters and factions. #screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev #indiegames

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 25/04/2026

Doing a bit of laser mining on my planetary rings #screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev #indiegames

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 18/04/2026

Working on a dedicated server / multiplayer infra, godot's multiplayer functionality is pretty impressive so far. Can wait to see how much extra work will be involved when playing over the actual internet rather than LAN/localhost. #godot #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #solodev

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 11/04/2026

flyin around a planet in my little space wheelchair #godot #indiegame #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 04/04/2026

doing a first pass at some chunk/lod for procedural planets. Still very much work in progress, but it's a start. #screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev #indiegames

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 28/03/2026

#screenshotsaturday #godot #gamdev #indiegame working on some procedural planet generation / moons / satellites.

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 14/03/2026

Testing out a wireframe view / grid for my galaxy map, to help pick the regions to navigate to, work in progress. #godot #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #solodev

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 07/03/2026

Prototyping some laser mining, with drones to retrieve the ore chunks. #screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev #indiegame

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 28/02/2026

playing around with the shader skybox parameters while jumping from system to system #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #solodev #indiegame

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 14/02/2026

Working on some planet / atmosphere generation for my little toy space flight sim, it's super basic at the moment, but it's the first procedural generated planet I've made so far :) #screenshotsaturday #godot #indiegame #gamedev

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 07/02/2026

Working on the combat systems now to have the enemies be able to track the player and fire at it. #screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 31/01/2026

More space flight shenanigans, working on asteroid fields, and better movement / vector tracking without flight assist on. #screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev #indiegame #solodev

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 24/01/2026

Now for something completely different, mucking around with #godot to use my Joystick / Throttle I dug out from many years ago. #screenshotsaturday

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 17/01/2026

Showing off the interaction between the skill tree abilities and the job / stats system, based on the color combinations, there are 250+ jobs / stats to unlock and mess around with. #screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev #solodev #indiegame

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 25/12/2025

Happy holidays and merry Christmas from Atiya and I. #dog #pom

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 13/12/2025

More mini-games! This time a Sudoku / solver / generator. I loving how easy #godot makes prototyping everything. #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 06/12/2025

Adding some extra mini-games for bonus rewards along the path. #screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev #indiegame #solodev

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 29/11/2025

Working a prize wheel, not all entries are prizes though. #screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev #indiegame

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 22/11/2025

Solitaire being one of the most competitive games out there obviously needs a stats screen and some graphed metrics. #godot #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 15/11/2025

Secret solitaire game, inspired by Zachtronics added to the main menu of my game, it was my fathers birthday earlier this week and he loves solitaire but all the Android versions are ad laden hellscapes. #godot #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 25/10/2025

work-in-progress on some shaders for my red abilities bleed and bite #screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev #shaders #indiegame

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 18/10/2025

Working on some more shaders for some pink abilities this time. #screenshotsaturday #godot #shader #gamedev #indiegame

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 11/10/2025

Adding a mechanism to preview board/grid effects when mousing over the abilities. #screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev #indiegame

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mcgillij @mcgillij.dev · 04/10/2025

Working more shaders for abilities, this time for Pindrop, grants some shields and damage, but now has a neat vfx. #screenshotsaturday #shader #godot #gamedev #indiegames

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