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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 4h

4 DAYS TO LAUNCH🚀 Snap kana a Japanese basic character learning card game is playable within Nexus! Our Kickstarter launches in 4 days! Follow the pre-launch page and hit *Notify me on launch* 👇 tgame.dev/kickstarter #indiedev #gamedev #UE5 #UnrealEngine #Kickstarter #indiegames #gaming

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

5 DAYS TO LAUNCH🚀 Cards of Kanji a Japanese learning card game is playable within Nexus! Our Kickstarter launches in 5 days! Follow the pre-launch page and hit *Notify me on launch* 👇 tgame.dev/kickstarter #indiedev #gamedev #UE5 #UnrealEngine #Kickstarter #indiegames #gaming

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

6 DAYS TO LAUNCH🚀 War of Salvation an RTS game is playable within Nexus, where you can earn moeny in game! Our Kickstarter launches in 6 days! Follow the pre-launch page and hit *Notify me on launch* 👇 tgame.dev/kickstarter #indiedev #gamedev #UE5 #UnrealEngine #Kickstarter #indiegames #gaming

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

7 DAYS TO LAUNCH🚀 The Nexus is more than a single game. It’s a connected world bringing together our games. Our Kickstarter launches in 7 days! Follow the pre-launch page and hit *Notify me on launch* 👇 tgame.dev/kickstarter #indiedev #gamedev #UE5 #UnrealEngine #Kickstarter #indiegames #gaming

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

8 DAYS TO LAUNCH🚀 The Nexus is more than a single game. It’s a connected world bringing together our games. Our Kickstarter launches in 8 days! Follow the pre-launch page and hit *Notify me on launch* 👇 tgame.dev/kickstarter #indiedev #gamedev #UE5 #UnrealEngine #Kickstarter #indiegames #gaming

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

9 DAYS TO LAUNCH! 🚀 Our Kickstarter pre-launch page for The Nexus is officially active! Scan the QR code in the post or tap the link below to follow the campaign and get notified the moment we go live. 🔗 www.kickstarter.com/projects/tga... #gamedev #indiedev #Kickstarter #tgd #nexus

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Got multiple weapons firing and combined with Nexus. tgame.dev #indiegame #gamedev #nexus #tgd #unrealengine #ue5

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Our account creation and sign-up pages are now live, giving you an early look at the projects. 🔗 tgame.dev/login A big thank you to Dory for helping us out with the development. Dory is currently studying a Masters degree in Data Science and has been a great help. #gamedev #indiedev #tgd #gaming

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Added a first-person view for Nexus, but only had male hands, so spent a couple of hours re-texturing them for a female character. tgame.dev #gamedev #indiedev #nexus #ue5 #fps #hands

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

We have another Japanese learning game: Snap Kana! 🇯🇵🎴 Snap Kana helps you learn Hiragana and Katakana by challenging you to snap the matching characters as quickly as you can. tgame.dev/snap-kana-ga... 💬 Tell us in the comments: 1 Player or 2 Players? #gamedev #indiedev #kana #japanese #learn

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I was playing around with our 3D RTS game engine, and I was able to switch between the RTS and the first-person cameras. Hope you like 🤩 🎮 More details at tgame.dev #GameDev #IndieDev #raylib #r3d #c++ #gameengine #3d #rts #fps

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

One of my student developers has implemented Fog of War into the open-source TGXngine RTS game engine! github.com/total-game-d... Fully opaque unexplored areas with dynamic transparency revealing explored regions 🎮 tgame.dev #Game #IndieDev #GameEngine #Programming

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Thanks again for the feedback. I asked my wife, who is Japanese, and she agreed that it didn't make sense, so to be safe, I removed the character from the buttons.

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Much appreciation for your effort 🙏 and for the website too. I will have a look, but yes, it may be a Unicode problem 😥

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Tonight, I'm working on 3d version of our RTS game engine, written in C++ using the r3d library, an extension of Raylib! 🎮🕹️👾 The 3d version is a fork of our 2d RTS game engine, TGXngine; visit our GitHub website: github.com/total-game-d... #GameDev #IndieGames #raylib #r3d #C++ #gameengine #3d

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

If you want to play 🕹️🀄 tgame.dev/kanji/

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Add breakers and hints to Cards of Kanji, to help players and new learners of Kanji, me included 😅 #gamedev #indiedev #cardsofkanji #breakers #hints #kanji

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

All good; the other plays are based on the strokes of the Kanji. You can do singles, doubles, triples, quads and straights. It's like playing with regular cards, but with kanji characters. Check info as well 🙂

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I had a look and applied a fix, but I couldn't replicate what you were seeing, though. Let me know how it goes 😄

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I added breakers in tonight's release so you can counterplay with compound kanji, i.e. 長女. Thank you so much for the feedback 😄

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

漢字を学びたいと思っていました🈶でも、暗記カードでの勉強は自分には合いませんでした。妻のあゆみに聞きました。「漢字はどうやって覚えたの？」「毎日……12年間勉強したよ。」😅 12年は長いので、ゲームを作ることにしました！🎴 Cards of Kanji は、英単語と日本語の漢字を結び付けて学ぶゲームです🀄 🎮 tgame.dev/kanji/ #gamedev #漢字 #日本語学習

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I wanted to learn Kanji 🈶, but flashcards weren't for me. I asked my wife Ayumi: "How did you learn Kanji?" "Every day... for 12 years." 😅 I don't have 12 years, so I made a game! 🎴 Cards of Kanji connects English words with Japanese Kanji 🀄 🎮 tgame.dev/kanji/ #gamedev #Kanji #LearnJapanese

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

🦖 Behind the scenes of our cutest game yet. Chabi Dino! Check out the BTS journey from the very first screenshot to today. A stylised 2D dinosaur adventure built for the web with PixiJS (no game engine). Play the early alpha: tgame.dev/chabi-dino/ #gamedev #indiedev #PixiJS #ChabiDino

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Thanks to all students and staff from RMIT who showcased their work at ACMI, Melbourne. Amazing Innovations and Creativity are going on! #gamedev #rmit #acmi #students #creativity #innovations

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Proud to tease Nexus, our upcoming gaming hub built on UE 5! Still in early development on the life sim, this teaser shows our vision: seamlessly connecting the hub to our web games to build a truly interconnected universe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPQk... #GameDev #IndieGames #UE5 #Gaming #LifeSim

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Nexus - Gaming Hub Teaser

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

We’ve officially relaunched the Total Game Development (TGD) website!🚀 Check out our RTS title, adventure side-scroller, educational card games and our fully custom, open-source C++ game engine (TGXngine). ➡️https://tgame.dev/ #webdev #js #gamedev #indie #rts #games #tgd #totalgamedevelopment

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

📢 TGXngine v0.1 is LIVE We’ve officially released the first public version of TGXngine our open source, cross-platform C++ RTS engine built for flexibility! github.com/total-game-d... #cplusplus #gamedev #opensource #rts #indiedev #gameengine #cpp #programming #gamedevelopment #TGD

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

2026 is here! 🎮 Thanks to our TGD community for supporting War of Salvation. New players & team members, welcome! Stay tuned for updates, a new naval map & more exciting projects! tgame.dev/wos-game/ #RTS #WoS #game #strategy #WarOfSalvation #IndieGameDev #GameDev #Indie #TGD #gaming

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

We will be showcasing our game “War of Salvation” at PAX! Find us at Stand 23. PAX 2025 dates: October 10, 11, & 12. See you then! #pax #paxaus #rts #gamedev #gameshowcase #paxmelbourne

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Last Thursday, the developer of "War of Salvation" featured on The Playtest Panel podcast, our first podcast appearance! Delved into the making of "War of Salvation", our RTS game. Thank you to The Playtest Panel. #gamedev #rts #indiegame #strategygame #youtube #stream #announcement #update

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Typically, I do 2d game dev from scratch. I had some spare time, so I opened a RayLib3d project from before, and did some 3d programming. It's only a start, but rendering, panning and model loading with textures are working. The yellow rabbit is for my wife! 😍😘 #gamedev #3d #raylib #graphics #c++

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Just finished up on the Vehicle Assembly Tunnel, replacing the factory for the flagship game - War of Salvation. #gamedev #game #vehicles #sprite #pixelart #pixel

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

The War of Salvation 2025 Teaser Trailer is live. 🎬 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGHF... 💬 Join the dev journey: discord.gg/uFwdFDePuE 🔗 More info: tgame.dev #WarOfSalvation #RTS #IndieDev #GameDev #tgameDev

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War of Salvation – Official Teaser Trailer (2025)

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

What if classic text-only games had voice acting? I’m using OCR + TTS to give Front Mission 3 (somewhat) real voices! 🗣️ 🕹️ PS1 game 🧠 AI speech 🎯 Goal: Voice retro RPGs like FFT, Parasite Eve 1 & 2, Xenogears #FrontMission3 #AIvoices #Retrogaming #OCR #TTS #PS1 #PSX

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Working on a side project: Cards of Kanji. It’s a card game to learn Japanese characters by playing. Feedback is always welcome. Ping if curious! 🀄️✨ #gamedev #indie #indiedev #game #cardgame #kanji

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Likewise, would love to stream that as well :D

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Havn't played TS seriously since '99, so looking forward to playing again, soon 😅😍

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

It's been a lot of fun to return to the game, and I'm looking forward to playing the Nod campaign soon.

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Just fixed multiplayer coordinate scaling so panning + orders now work at all resolutions 🖥️💻 across desktop, laptop, and remote server optimised at 60fps. Very happy with the recent progress! #gamedev #rts #netcode #multiplayer #scaling #panning #lockstep #WoS #WarofSalvation

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

🎮 Streaming Metal Gear Solid soon, welcome to join and hang out! www.twitch.tv/total_game_dev

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Metal Gear Solid Live Stream

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

GDI campaign in Command & Conquer. Check out my playthrough: 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=p15h... 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvUd... 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YVT... Streaming at @total_game_dev on Twitch. #CommandAndConquer #CNC #GDI #RetroGaming #RTS #Gaming #TotalGameDev

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Command and Conquer Tiberian Dawn Live Stream - GDI Campaign Finished!

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

🎮 Streaming Command and Conquer right now if you want to hang out! ✨ Playing some classic RTS while chatting about gamedev and design for my own RTS project. Feel free to drop in, ask questions, or just chill. 🔴 Live now: www.twitch.tv/total_game_dev

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Command & Conquer - GDI Campaign

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Making further progress on multiplayer: core buildings now added to the map, and a new map too! Next up, getting the sidebar buttons working in multiplayer. 🚀 #gamedev #indiedev #rts #lockstep #sync

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Total Game Development @tgame-dev.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Continuing my multiplayer dev journey: got complex group movement and combat working for infantry. Infantry units spread out correctly, following their paths, and engage enemies fluidly. Satisfying to see it all sync. #GameDev #gamedev #RTS #lockstep #sync #network

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