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prj-cquads.bsky.social @prj-cquads.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The line only takes what is ahead of it. Turn the board mid-sweep and a lit group can end up behind: it used to go dark in one frame, which looked like a bug. Now the light runs back, and the group waits for the next pass. #indiedev #gamedev

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prj-cquads.bsky.social @prj-cquads.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A match peels the outer ring off every quad in the group, and what's underneath can match the neighbours. Here the line clears a stack and the chain runs three times on its own. Then the board widens, 3x3 to 5x3: the next stage of Endless. #indiedev #gamedev

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prj-cquads.bsky.social @prj-cquads.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Joker used to wear a star, and read as one more rune. Now its outer ring is every colour at once, an undecided colour. It lands, picks the group it touches, and the preview showed you which one before you dropped. #indiedev #gamedev

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prj-cquads.bsky.social @prj-cquads.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A penalty rune in ColorQuads now has teeth. Bonus runes are smooth, penalty runes serrated, and when the sweep line reaches one, it bites. Clear it, and it tells you what it cost. 0.6.2 is out. #indiedev #gamedev

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prj-cquads.bsky.social @prj-cquads.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Players said the match came late. It didn't: a group goes when the line has passed all of it, and nothing showed that. 0.6.1: the line lights every cell it crosses, and the group pops on the last one. #indiedev #gamedev

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prj-cquads.bsky.social @prj-cquads.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Joker matches any colour. The first version kept deciding which one after it landed: 86 of my 103 Jokers matched a colour the game had never shown me. Now it decides once, when it lands, and its ring turns that colour. The preview is a promise. #indiedev #gamedev

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prj-cquads.bsky.social @prj-cquads.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

PRJ-CQUADS 0.6.0 is up, and Endless is playable. One run, no objective. Every few passes of the line something changes: a colour, deeper quads, a bigger board, the runes, the Joker. Nine stages, and the last one tells you it is the last. That is the demo; the game grows past it. #indiedev #gamedev

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prj-cquads.bsky.social @prj-cquads.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Most falling-block games let you rotate the piece. Mine is a stack of concentric rings, so there's nothing to rotate. Push past the edge of the row and the whole board turns 90 degrees instead. What was the side is now the bottom. Four drop sides, one grid.

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prj-cquads.bsky.social @prj-cquads.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The order of the quads is fixed. You never choose which one you play. What you do choose is which of its rings faces out — the only say you get over the piece itself, as opposed to where it lands. A quad you can't use is usually a quad you haven't turned yet.

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prj-cquads.bsky.social @prj-cquads.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Every quad is a stack of coloured rings, and only the outer one can match. Clear it and the quad doesn't leave, it loses a layer and comes back in the colour underneath. A match doesn't empty the board. It repaints it. #indiedev #gamedev

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prj-cquads.bsky.social @prj-cquads.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Before you commit a drop, the landing ghost has to answer two things. Would this match? And does it resolve now, or after the sweep line comes back around? My first version put both on transparency. It was invisible. This is what shipped: shape for one question, motion for the other.

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root @freshroots.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Hi, I made a steam page for my game, Soft Ruin. If it seems interesting, please consider giving it a wishlist. Thanks! store.steampowered.com/app/2882230/...

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prj-cquads.bsky.social @prj-cquads.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Same board, rotated. The line keeps the same speed, seconds per column, so what changes is the period. Short axis: sweeps often, keeps the board tidy. Long axis: sweeps rarely, lets big groups build while it fills up. Same button, opposite strategies.

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Playtester ↗ @playtester.io · 23/08/2026

Build a floating settlement to escape demon invasions, play cards to power defenses, and place buildings to gather resources in Chaos Islands, a deckbuilder tower defence indie game! Try the demo: playtester.io/chaos-islands #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

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prj-cquads.bsky.social @prj-cquads.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The sweep used to be a bar that filled up. Watching people play, they'd stop and wait for it instead of placing anything. It wasn't mistuned. It was the wrong object. It's a line now. It crosses the board and resolves matches as it passes. Its position is the countdown.

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prj-cquads.bsky.social @prj-cquads.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Testing "MatchMerge" After highlighting the "match zone" I try something : merging cell which will merge soon. (I will certainly remove the highlight then). #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #wip

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oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

updated build, link in the repost below swapped out wheel colliders for a custom raycast thing as a number of folks recommended. I think I like it, I can see how I can get the control I want. Pretty bouncy right now but fun to drive around also colors and an island and pretty

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prj-cquads.bsky.social @prj-cquads.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

here's a new pass to add some juiciness test it here: nikohog.itch.io/prj-cquads #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

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prj-cquads.bsky.social @prj-cquads.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Exploring visual directions for PRJ-CQUADS. Same game, different feels. Which one works for you? #indiedev #gamedev

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The Game Bakers @thegamebakers.com · 23/06/2026

To celebrate the milestones of your ascent, like catching your first fish, attach a keepsake to your backpack! What others can you discover on the mountain?

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Mythwright @mythwright.com · 23/06/2026

We are super excited to announce that we are publishing Fakutori! ✨Laid-back automation game 🌌Combine elements & collect them all! 🏗️Build sprawling production lines Watch the new trailer & wishlist mythwright.gg/Fakutori

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Tohu Bohu Games @tohubohu.games · 23/06/2026

We are Tohu Bohu, a coop studio owned by industry survivors making indie games. Hi! 🗺️ Our next game is Beware of the Cartographer!, a modern adventure game of cartography set in the 18th century. Have you tried our demo? 🧭 store.steampowered.com/app/3905500/...

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prj-cquads.bsky.social @prj-cquads.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This is where it is now. 10-level campaign, sweep timer, cascades. Still figuring out where it goes next.

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prj-cquads.bsky.social @prj-cquads.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

So drag & drop went out. Pieces now drop from an orbit around the grid. And then came grid rotation. Instead of navigating four sides, the grid rotates to bring a new side to the bottom. That one clicked immediately.

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prj-cquads.bsky.social @prj-cquads.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Next step: open grid, pieces placed from a queue via drag & drop. Added a sweep timer that resolves matches periodically. The rhythm started to feel right. But the first playtesters all said the same thing: it felt like managing an inventory, not playing a game.

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prj-cquads.bsky.social @prj-cquads.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

It started as a classic match-3. Full grid, click to select, click to swap. Mouse-driven, static. It worked, but something was missing.

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