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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The commander has a new map. Full region, real roads, real obstacles, and live data on every town. Will it be enough to combat the outbreak? #indiegame #solodev #gamedev #zombiegame

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Early start. Feedback from my devlog flagged that players couldn't tell I was controlling units. Added a path arrow. Simple fix, big difference. Does this read clearly to you? #indiegame #solodev #gamedev

A top-down tactical map showing a zombie outbreak in its early stages. Two army units are visible with a dotted path arrow indicating movement orders. An orders log in the bottom left reads "Secure Reed Bluff, move a unit to the city within the hour." The infection rate is 20% with one active horde on the map.

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Really grateful for the feedback coming out of my latest devlog. Hearing people discuss strategy, information flow, and decision-making under pressure has genuinely helped shape the direction of the game. A lot of work, but absolutely worth it. #indiegame #solodev #gamedev

A helicopter trying to fly with zombies clinging on, and jumping towards it.

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Sometimes the best thing you can do for your game is step away from it. Loch shore, pine trees, and a bike. How do you step away from the screen? #indiegame #solodev #gamedev

A mountain bike parked on a sandy shoreline beside a Scottish loch. Pine trees frame the left of the image, rolling hills visible across the water under a blue sky with scattered clouds.

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Sometimes a week of work produces this. A log. A timer. Simple on screen, significant under the hood. That's solo dev. That's the iceberg problem. #indiegame #solodev #gamedev

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Most plans fail in the first hour. Your job isn't a perfect plan. Your job is to still be standing when it falls apart. That's the commander fantasy at the centre of my zombie RTS. #indiegame #solodev #gamedev

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Most zombie games put you on the ground. My zombie RTS puts you in the operations centre. 72 hours. Can you do better than every army in every zombie movie you've watched? Full devlog drops Tuesday. #indiegame #solodev #gamedev #zombie #ZombieRTS #zombiegame

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Thinking about Steam capsule design early. Clean, simple — just the soldier on yellow. No title treatment yet. Is this the kind of image that stops the scroll on a storefront? #indiegame #solodev #gamedev #zombie #ZombieRTS #zombiegame

Illustrated, black and white soldier on a biohazard yellow background.

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Good dev day ✔️ Brain dump complete ✔️ Now it’s just me, a quiet path, and some well-earned downtime. 🌳🎮 #indiegame #gamedev #solodev

A small road going through a tunnel of trees in the summertime

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Building a zombie RTS where you're the commander, not the soldier. I went NORAD style —easier to build solo and fits the fantasy. Does it sell the concept or get in the way? #indiegame #solodev #zombiegame

A tactical display showing a zombie outbreak in crisis. 21 active hordes in red spread across the map, 37% infection rate, one army unit remaining. Cities are losing population. The situation is deteriorating.

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Place your units on a city and civilians flock to you for protection. A horde shows up — they scatter. Horde gone — they return. Nobody told them to do this. It emerged from the rules. The game is starting to feel alive. 🎮 #gamedev #indiegame #solodev #zombie #zombies #zombiegame

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Didn't program this. It just happened. Refugees cluster around army units for protection. When a horde appears they scatter. When it's gone, they return. Simple rules. Emergent behaviour. This is what I'm building toward. #gamedev #indiegame #solodev

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Shipped procedural map generation this week. Every game is a different theatre. 🗺️ Zones, roads, rivers, crossing points — all generated, all affecting gameplay. No two containment scenarios are the same. #ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev #indiegame #solodev

#screen of zombie outbreak prototype game where urban centres, urban density zones, roads, rivers and crossing points are procedurally generated. An Army Unit engages a horde in an urban city called Price Landing. The map is littered with hordes attacking refugees. All units are represented as discs.

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Ending the day with a walk 🚶‍♂️ As a solo game dev, I wrapped up a big chunk of refactoring today. It’s the kind of work that rarely gets seen, but it was essential to make prototyping at scale actually possible. Not flashy—but foundational. #solodev #indiegame #gamedev

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Hordes don't chase randomly. They follow noise. Move and you attract attention. Fight and you attract everything. #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #godot #RTS

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

6am start. Blinds open, coffee on the desk, nobody else awake yet. Spent the first hour refactoring a component architecture. Nobody asks for this work. Nobody sees it. The game just gets harder to break. #indiedev #gamedev #godot

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

In every zombie movie, the army shows up. And the army fails. Working on a prototype. A zombie outbreak RTS on a NORAD-style tactical display. You're the commander, not the soldier. Can you do better than the army? #indiedev #gamedev #godot

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

I spent the last year making games I wanted. Time for a reset! Going back to the drawing board to build simple prototypes people might actually enjoy. First up: a casual space mining concept. Just experimenting for now! 🚀 #GameDev #IndieDev #ScreenShotSaturday

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Mountain biking in the highlands. Good for the heart, mind and creative juices. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #solodev

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Struggled for months to come up with a good idea for my second game. A few days in the Highlands with the family and boom, I've come up with probably my best idea yet. Collecting my thoughts now but pretty happy. Fresh air is good for the mind. #solodev #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

In Braemar for two weeks. Fortunate to have a family cottage here. Every year we spend at least two weeks in the Highlands. This place recharges the batteries and gets the creative juices flowing. That's my boy. I can only dream of having long curly locks. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Motivation has been pretty difficult of late. However, when your son makes you a #fathersday card based on the game you have on #steam, it kind of helps. #fathersday #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #spacerockarmageddon - store.steampowered.com/app/2658560/...

A handmade fathers day card based on a steam game

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Last week, I used the pomodoro technique to achieve ten hours of focused work. It isn’t a lot but the game moved leaps and bounds. Time and progress are loosely correlated. #indiedev #gamedev

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

This is Dr Lorraine Collins, she got a mention in my last game, however since then, I’ve developed her story and she’ll have a recurring role in the dystopian, techno-feudalist future that my games are set in. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev

ID card of a fictional character from a game.

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

This report demonstrates how I do #indiedev / #gamedev whilst working fulltime as a #softdev. It's not sexy but it moves the needle forward every day. I try to do at least one focused #pomodoro session a day. There were a couple of non-days but consistency is hard.

a chart of hours spent in January on game project

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Needed time away from the editor yesterday. Spent the evening watching my son do his skiing lessons. I tell him that you have to keep turning up to be good at anything. He hates when I say it, but he listens, and one day he’ll preach it. #indiegamedeveloper #indiegame #gamedev #solodev

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Not getting outside as much as I ought to these days. Decided today was the day to fix that problem. Felt better for it too. Sometimes you have to close the editor and get some fresh air. #devgoesoutside #indiegamedeveloper #solodev #gamedev #aberdeenshirewalks

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

For my first game, I wanted to create a quick Asteroids clone that would teach me the basics of #Godot and #Steam distribution. But my nine year old son convinced me to add some bosses. I asked him to design those bosses. These are his drawings and my interpretations. #indiegame #gamedev #solodev

Bugeyes. A character from the game Space Rock Armageddon

Red Erik. A character from the game Space Rock Armageddon

Xenorock. A character from the game Space Rock Armageddon

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

I really like #godot Tweens. I need to warp enemies onto the screen and Tweens do the job. I love that you can quickly animate a node's attributes with very little code. So simple. Of course, now that I know about them, will I overuse Tweens? Most likely. #indiegamedeveloper #solodev #indiegame

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

The sun came out today and it doesn’t come out for long in January, so went for a walk around the castle grounds. A perfect break from the project. #devgoesoutside #scottishcastle #aberdeenshire #indiegamedeveloper #solodev #indiedev

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Woke up to this. I guess its better than sideways rain, which has been the norm recently.

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

#indiegamedeveloper update. Got my little #Terrahawks cube on the screen and shooting green alien shit. The player can’t be damaged yet but it's easier to test when you can’t die. Thinking about adding another NPC and then doing some refactoring because it needs it. #solodev #indiegame

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Finally got some decent weather so went for a walk around the castle. Unfortunately, it's not my castle. It belongs to someone else. If it was mine, I’d have an epic #indiegamedeveloper studio inside for my #solodev work. #devgoesoutside #scottishcastle #aberdeenshire

A picture of a Scottish castle in Aberdeenshire.

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Three starter ship ideas for my next steam game. As a #solodev, on an #indiegamedeveloper journey, I create my own art. I’m thinking the middle ship will be the one I choose for the starter ship. Maybe, I’ll let the player choose. Maybe not, I don’t want to add feature creep at this early stage. 😨

An image of three starter ship ideas for my next Steam game.

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

#indiegamedeveloper art time. I need a simple NPC. This is it. The younger members of Bluesky will be thinking Geometry Dash, the older, particularly older Brits, might be thinking Terrahawks. It might be a #Terrahawks cube but it definitely isn’t Pluto. Terrahawks Reference Achievement completed.

Picture of an NPC that looks a lot like a Terrahawk cube

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Finished work until January. Time to be an #indiegamedeveloper. New week, new project, productive morning. Want to get as much as possible done between now and January the 6th. The project is a sequel to my last game and I'm using #godot for anyone that cares.

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Last month, I took my son down to the Game On exhibition in Edinburgh and gave him the opportunity to game the eighties way. He loved it. Vibrant colours and 8 bit sounds filling the hall. They definitely need to bring back the arcade.

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Initial art of planets for my next game. Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. I created these quite a while ago. They'll probably be updated as the game progresses. But for now, they'll do. #indiegamedeveloper

Image contains the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars in a flat art style.

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David makes games - Solo game developer @reiddavi.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I bought a standing desk because I was spending too much time sitting on my arse. I’ve kept it in the standing position since I bought it three weeks ago. The first day I used it, I had to go to bed at 9pm. I was so tired. #indiegamedeveloper

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