Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 21hJust enjoy it without overanalyzing everything. That’s the plan. 000
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 21hAnyway, I shouldn’t worry, overthink it, or try to aim for the market and monetization. Let’s make things that are genuinely fun and that we enjoy. It’s a hobby, and we have a lot more tools now—and a lot more possibilities, too. 100
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 21h) or I can get it to release in a few months, in a better shape than I could manage on my own. Who’ll play it, and how and where—that’s a whole separate, much bigger problem. 100
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 21hBut then again, why not? My lovely mini-RPG concept will either never get made at all (how long would it take—years of evenings spent working on it by hand? 100
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 21hOr rather, for the moment, I can turn all my “dream projects” into something playable. They probably won’t make money (they’re just too niche) in the traditional sense, and there’ll clearly be some kind of battle over using AI in development. 100
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 21hIt’s that long-forgotten joy of creating something (okay, I still get to do that at work, too). At the same time, it’s not entirely clear which direction to take as an indie developer now. 100
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 21hComing up with a feature and designing it, thinking through the player experience, turning it over in my head and looking for problems, putting together a prototype and testing it—all that stuff. And it’s wonderful. 100
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 21hBut yesterday I caught myself getting back into game design after 10+ years of programming. 100
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 21hAnd Claude can handle 95% of the development. What used to take months can now take days, or even hours. On the one hand, that’s unbelievably cool. On the other, it raises so many questions about my place in life that it feels a little surreal. 100
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 21hI know how to work with it, and I can — but something like a Japanese flashcard app or a text-heavy idle settlement sim set in a wasteland would work beautifully with modern web tech: fast, polished, convenient, and easy to expand. 100
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 21hIt’s a real dilemma. For most of my ideas, concepts, and projects, I don’t actually need Unreal Engine, much as I love it. #Gamedev #UnrealEngine #Indie #Tycoon #Synthetica 183
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Fixed character AI in Project Apocalypse! Project Apocalypse — wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1156500/… #Gamedev #Indie 1143
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Escorting the large trade convoy! Gameplay prototype. #Gamedev #Prototype 0113
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I’ve spent the past week fine-tuning my Shorts factory, where I can cut videos and get them ready to publish. 000
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 04/10/2026As I mentioned, it’s hard to release anything or develop consistently while I’m this overloaded, but I can still improve my marketing tools and learn how to use them. #Gamedev #Prototype #WastelandCourier #PostApocalypse #Freelancer 183
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Making the interface a little less cluttered and trimming down the list of activities (some will now unlock during the first week instead of being available right away). #Gamedev #Indie #WastelandSurvival #LifeSimulator #Postapocalypse 182
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It’s so great when you can quickly get a dynamic, visual result. So far, this is the best prototype I’ve made in years. #Gamedev #Prototype #WastelandCourier #PostApocalypse #Freelancer 093
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026” That’s what I want to focus on and experiment with more now. 000
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026With development moving faster and my capabilities growing by leaps and bounds, my main question is no longer “How do I make this? ” but “How do I get this across to players? 100
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sure, I still need to go through and edit these little clips, so that’s probably the bottleneck for now. But it’ll happen. 100
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And still, I can’t manage to post daily updates yet. I don’t understand why. I finally have content, and a full-fledged system for working with it efficiently. #Gamedev #Prototype #WastelandCourier #PostApocalypse #Freelancer 172
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Prototyping Freelancer-inspired Hovercar Simulator #Gamedev #Prototype 072
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 30/09/2026With modern tech, the pace is SLIGHTLY different :D 000
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What a time to be alive. You can take old concept docs and prototype them in no time. I worked on this concept over five years ago, and in a week I managed to put together a hovercar with cubes and basic trading. #Gamedev #Prototype #WastelandCourier #PostApocalypse #Freelancer 194
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 30/09/2026With modern tech, the pace is SLIGHTLY different :D 000
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What a time to be alive. You can take old concept docs and prototype them in no time. I worked on this concept over five years ago, and in a week I managed to put together a hovercar with cubes and basic trading. #Gamedev #Prototype #WastelandCourier #PostApocalypse #Freelancer 173
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We’re iterating on readability, information display, and little gameplay improvements here and there. The process never ends — and it’s a lot of fun. #Gamedev #Indie #WastelandSurvival #LifeSimulator #Postapocalypse 094
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 27/09/2026” But there’s no real rush, and figuring out the direction matters more. I’ll think about it. It’s a weird situation when the game is ready, but now I still have to figure out what to do with it :D 000
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Of course, that immediately takes the project from “it’s all ready, I could release it tomorrow” to “okay, I need at least a couple more months, and then it’ll be the new year, so let’s do it after the holidays. 100
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Okay, worst case, I lose $100 — not exactly the end of the world. But I’d get to experiment with Steam features I haven’t really explored yet: playtests, demos, doing more with traffic, bundles, the Workshop. 100
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Maybe someone will even drop by the Discord afterward, which would already be nice. The option that’s been nagging at me a little since yesterday: maybe I should go through the whole Steam process after all. 100
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The lazy option is to put it up for free on itch. It turned out pretty fun, you can play it in your browser, and there’s an hour or two of gameplay if you get hooked. 100
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 27/09/2026All that’s left is to sort out the soundtrack, and it feels like the easiest part of this new reality — making the game — is basically done. Now I’m trying to figure out what to do next. 100
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A great plan: iterate on every project a little at a time so you never actually release anything! ;-) I’ve cleaned up the last issues and bugs in Wasteland Life, an experimental text-based post-apocalyptic survival sim. #Gamedev #Indie #WastelandSurvivalSimulator #LifeSimulator #Postapocalypse 273
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Yesterday, I experimented with procedural level generation for Project Apocalypse, since I’m working on the Final Patch anyway. It’s turning out better than expected, but it’s not quite good enough yet, so I’ll keep iterating. 000
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It’s been a bit chaotic, with lots of questions about what I actually want to do next and how to make it work with the opportunities available. But things are moving. 100
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Long time no see! :D Most of my free time is still taken up with relocation logistics and getting the move organized. But for the past couple of days, I’ve been slowly finding some time for indie dev again. #Gamedev #UnrealEngine #Idle #ProjectApocalypse #Strategy #Indie 1113
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I hope to quickly finish it up, fix everything broken, and finally release the final patch for Project Apocalypse where everything is good for everyone :D 000
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 23/07/2026So far, it has taken about an hour, and it's roughly a third done. Clean, neat, predictable. 100
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Instead of endlessly debugging the code I wrote over 4+ years ago, it turned out to be easier to rebuild everything from scratch (with some cautious reuse of old parts). 100
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 23/07/2026We ran a QA pass on the main systems, identified bugs and inconveniences, and I've already fixed a large batch. However, about a third of the issues are related to various problems with navigation, target selection, combat, and more. 100
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 23/07/2026The most unexpected task I could come up with in indie game development is rebuilding the AI for the survivors in Project Apocalypse. #Gamedev #UnrealEngine #Idle #ProjectApocalypse #Strategy #Indie 2101
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 11/07/2026youtube.com/watch?v=k0XmSscc0OU&feature=youtu.be - a short timelapse of the bar area update. #Gamedev #UnrealEngine #Indie #Tycoon #Synthetica #ScreenshotSaturday #screenshotsaturday 063
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 11/07/2026After last weekend, I'm trying to take a breather and reduce the workload this week. I've slightly rearranged the bar area, and that's enough for now. #Gamedev #UnrealEngine #Indie #Tycoon #Synthetica #screenshotsaturday 0133
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 07/07/2026And now with level instances and a fresh concept, you can create very neat modular zones, wonderful. #Gamedev #UnrealEngine #Indie #Tycoon #Synthetica 0113
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 06/07/2026The wall dismantling is complete. Now the club is one large tidy space (but some areas will be locked). #Gamedev #UnrealEngine #Indie #Tycoon #Synthetica 092
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 05/07/2026All gameplay areas have been converted to Level Instance, making them easy to edit and configure. #Gamedev #UnrealEngine #Indie #Tycoon #Synthetica 0100
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 05/07/2026We are removing all the furniture from the club and starting the dismantling of the walls. #Gamedev #UnrealEngine #Indie #Tycoon #Synthetica 0121
Sargonius Games @sargonius.bsky.social · 05/07/2026It got a little better. #Gamedev #UnrealEngine #Indie #Tycoon #Synthetica #ScreenshotSaturday 0204
