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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Watched Luca for the 100th time with my son, are there any cozy games out there that share the same vibe? Fishing, pasta eating and sea monsters haha #cozygames #gaming #disney

Image of the two main characters in the film Luca standing the the town

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

It took a long time compared to the other 3 (baby, new job, having to move due to flood lol) but I finally beat Final Fantasy IV! Was a great seeing the change in story telling from the entries before. Currently my favorite of the 4 so far! Now onto Final Fantasy V #gaming #jrpg #snes

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I owe Howard Shore a big thanks, the amount of times I listen to the LOTR soundtrack while working has become countless.

"You bow to no one." scene at the end of The Lord of the Rings

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

After 3 weeks since my apartment was flooded and we had to move the family out. I’ve officially moved into my little townhouse. Now to spend the day setting up my office space. Everything’s coming up Milhouse!

Milhouse wearing flood pants while the floor is flooded.

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I totally thought the packaging for this frozen ramen was AI generated and a Lego man pattern was randomly in the carrots. Turns out, no it was all real. My mistake, I wasn’t familiar with your game. lol It’s a miso butter I believe? #ramen

Box of frozen ramen with Lego man shaped miso butter

The frozen ramen in metal pot heating up

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Recently, I did a quick playthrough of Earthbound to completion. Still holds up great, outside of maybe the worst item inventory management controls lol. I've never played Mother 3 ... so what's the recommended way of playing it? #videogames #nintendo

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

This little weirdo is finally on the move! Maybe I'll work on a Godot project later tonight in celebration. Hopefully it arrives soon 🤖

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

How did they never make a Middle-earth / Lord of the Rings CRPG game with the infinity engine?? #gaming

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

One of my goto playthroughs during the holiday break is Final Fantasy X. Not really sure why, just a nostalgic and cozy play for me over the years. What's your game you dust off each year if you're able to? #games #gaming #gamesky

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

For work, I was given the task of playing and beating Link's Awakening. Finished it in roughly 2 days, was a little strange playing through a Zelda game during work hours haha. I really enjoyed my time with the game, very charming with a bit of a somber ending. Majora's is still my favorite tho!

screenshot image from the switch version of link's awakening with the chain chomp

Link, Marin and a bunch of animals in a grassy area

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Finally finished my playthrough of Final Fantasy 3! The job system was pretty cool, would love to replay sometime with a different team makeup. Probably my favourite of the first 3. But now it’s time to start FF4! Been looking forward to this! First of the SNES ones! #gaming #jrpg #snes

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Make sure to talk to the people important to you while you still can, you never know when they'll be gone. Advice you hear often but don't think much about till it's too late Welp, after a little hiatus, I'll be back to posting some game dev related stuff Till then here's a cool album I inherited

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Finished reading Jurassic Park for the first time. Great book, Ian Malcolm's rants near the end feels super relevant today in its messaging. With the rise of vibe coding, gen-AI, etc, untrained skills and power sold like a Saturday night special. Sadly, we don't at least get dinosaurs. #booksky

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

It has begun! On to starting my Final Fantasy III journey. Not really sure what to expect, this one I’ve heard nothing about (other than sharing the name Final Fantasy III NA version aka VI) lol Was able to track down the retconned names, I think? #gamesky #rpg #games #finalfantasy

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Finished my playthrough of Final Fantasy II. I actually enjoyed it, even though it was a little rough at times lol. So many dungeon dead ends, and while the password system was a nice add, it was sort of under utilized. Wish they added more to it lol still a fun play #games #rpgs #finalfantasy

Screen shot from ff2, the end boss standing before the players party

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

My favourite flower! I have a potted one I’ve been keeping alive on my deck 😊

A pitted hibiscus plant either 2 flowers blooming big

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Happy #ScreenshotSaturday ! I’ve been updating which assets to use for my game’s environment. I think it’s beginning to actually look pretty good! Next up to work on adding something to attack, be attacked by lol #UnrealEngine #Gamedev #IndieDev #Games #IndieGames

Screen shot of my unreal engine survival game. A placeholder character standing in a lush forest

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

🔥Hot take: Final Fantasy II isn't a bad game. ❗ I've been playing the Pixel Remaster version (which has a few QOL improvements) and I've been having a great time! It suffers from trying to do too many new things at once (progression, password system) but think it's cool they tried new things 😀

Screenshot of the battle screen in the pixel remaster of Final Fantasy II

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Just beat Final Fantasy I for the first time ever! I’ve played it a bunch on and off in the past but never actually to completion. (And to platinum trophy as well lol) Was really fun for what it was and now into Final Fantasy II, a game I’ve never touched! 😅 #gamesky #rpg #games

Starting screenshot of final fantasy 1 pixel remastered

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

What got you started on the path towards making games my game dev friends? For me it was StarEdit / StarCraft Campaign Editor. The Trigger system was just complex enough to do whatever I needed without it becoming overwhelming for my 10 year old mind. 😅

Screenshot of StarEdit in action, a map / level editor for StarCraft

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Working on a crafting system in my Unreal Project and looking for some inspiration / examples ... What game has your favorite Crafting system? 😀 Do you have a preference for knowing the recipe, learning them, or it all being a mystery until you attempt it?? #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

Recipe food system in Tears of a Kingdom

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

🥵It's super hot outside so another game dev day working on my Unreal Project Added Ragdolling on death! (or debug key pressed) Now my character at least can enjoy the nice blue waters on this scorcher JUMP ON IN! 😅 #indiegame #gamedev #UnrealEngine

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

How many of you remember the Tonka PC games? My brother and I used to played the hell out of them when we were kids. Specially Tonka construction. I’ve been looking for abandonware games from my childhood to pass onto my son, they seem to still have all their charm!

Screenshot from Tonka construction, the snow plow section

Screenshot from Tonka construction, the gold mine section

Screenshot from Tonka construction, the vehicle repair section

Screenshot from Tonka construction, the level selection part

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Working on my weird little survivor game in Unreal today. It's been fun getting more experience using the tools that more or less come out of the box. My den / office with zero air flow is too warm and the water is way too inviting, it's not fair lol #indiegames #gamedev #indiedevs #unrealengine

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Only got 3 hours of sleep last night but surprisingly I have a bit of energy to work on one of my Godot projects... not going to question it lol Looking into some shader work and GridMaps! First time fiddling with 3D in Godot land.

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Some turn-based games I love ❤️

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Also joined the major distraction that is Mario Kart World lol The super close calls make up for getting Mario karted all the time Alright back to some game dev work.

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Question for my Godot game devs ⁉️ What are your must have plugins / assets? The ones you tend to add to your projects always. I’m still new to Godot land and looking for a few recommendations. At the moment the dialogue manager 3 is one of mine 😅 #gamedev #godot

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Started my own 30 day game jam Rules are to just work on whenever I can this month, when I’m not on baby duty or taking hundreds of pictures of him while he sleeps I’ll get about the same total hours in as a weekend long jam lol Let the sleep deprived new parent game jam begin Current mood board

Screenshot from the game Recettear a shop sim game where you haggle with the locals and adventurers

The main cast from delicious in dungeon eating together

The starting entrance of the church in diablo 1

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Question for yall. When starting a game with the option to choose the names for your characters (and other things) do you leave them as the defaults? Does it change if it’s the first play thru? Or different genres? (Stardew vs final fantasy)

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first 4 characters you know. openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac... Looks like my top 4 are: Jules, Iroh, Guinan, and Dr. Maguire. I’d enjoy hanging out with this group 😀

Guinan from Star Trek the next generation

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Regularly on baby duty while he naps super early in the mornin, I’ve had a good amount of time to play and finish some games! I’ve beaten both Blue Prince and Expedition 33 and both are great games in their own rights. I recommend both and try to go in blind. Hopefully 2025 has some more bangers.

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

The rumors from the 90s are true! The legendary Pokemon, Pikablu!

Pokemon fusion, merging Pikachu and Swablu together to make Pikablu

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

4 Nights worth at about 90min (6 hours total) each of working on my Vampire Survivor Clone. Been learning a bunch of stuff with Godot, so it's been helpful! 💜Follow: twitch.tv/superstuguy #screenshotsunday #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #indiegames #gamedevelopment #IndieGameDev #GodotEngine

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Happy #ScreenshotSaturday Night 3 of my Vampire Survivor clone Game Dev challenge! put another 90min of work in so we're at about 4.5 hours total Lots of learning and it's almost a game! 😅 #indiegame #indiegames #retro #retrogames #retrogaming #gaming #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

A little Game Dev challenge on last night's stream. I wanted to see how much of a Vampire Survivors clone I could make - and how quickly. At 90min mark so far, will continue with it on tonight's late night stream! Give a Follow and chat! 💜 twitch.tv/superstuguy #gamedev | #godot | #indiegamedev

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

This weekend, I hope to do a bunch of game dev work on Bound in Time. Since I'm an uncreative hack, I want to have a lot of nods to Time Travel in pop culture, both in the story and puzzles but mostly just for the fun of it. 💜 So what is your favorite examples of Time Travel ? 🕑 #gamedev #indiedev

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Having good Breaking news related to the game industry seems to be a much rarer thing nowadays.

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

So hot take, Die another day is a fun bond movie.

infamous image of bond on a snowboard/glider flying through the air

intro scene to the movie where bond is being traded for a war criminal

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

⁉️Productive Game Dev stream tonight ⁉️ My Earthbound inspired Time travel game's battle system is coming along and now it finally has a world to explore! If you want to watch me work on my JRPG follow me on Twitch 💜 www.twitch.tv/superstuguy 💜 #ScreenshotSaturday #ScreenshotSunday #godot #indiedev

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Happy #ScreenshotSaturday Been working on my battle system in Godot. ⚔️ Still super basic but it's functionally starting to take shape! I've been streaming all of the game development on Twitch. Come join us in chat! 💜 www.twitch.tv/superstuguy 💜 Please give a follow so I can hit affiliate 😅

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I felt nothing but I'm further away now People on my work Slack however sure did lol

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Did some fiddling with my jrpg, Bound in Time, during my last game dev stream. The battle screen section is coming along nicely! slowly getting a feel for Godot 😀 Also had played some Earthbound for inspiration lol.

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Stu @stuwallinger.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Great time yesterday playing / streaming early builds of games other game devs are working on! @regetaacellc.bsky.social 's Bofyne Unit: The Omega Contract! @huetity.bsky.social 's Circles and guns Play tests are always important and can be super fun! If you want me to play yours let me know! 💜

Screenshot of the battle system in Bofyne Unit, the boss is a large metal snake with a knife

Screenshot of Circles and guns, a bullet hell-like game where you're dodging circles and shooting them with our gun

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