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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 12/09/2026

Last few days of vacations already! It was cool to lay low and relax for a few weeks, but stay tune for more Neo Bananas content in the following weeks as I'm preparing my Steam Next Fest demo! I aim to publish it early October. #godot #indiedev #steamnextfest

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 08/09/2026

What's the point of people leaking and spoiling everything there will be in the Nintendo Direct ahead of time? It ruins the joy of watching for everyone. It's like if I go to your home on December 23rd and tell your kids exactly what they will unwrap for Christmas in 2 days. It kills the magic.

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 06/09/2026

At what point did we start normalizing listening to your phone on speakers in public places with the volume bursting? What happened to headphones? Why don't people feel bad for disturbing others nearby? Nobody want to listen to your tiktoks or your phone calls, come on!

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 02/09/2026

So relatable 😆 Hey, even though it feels like nobody will buy this piece of shit, at least I can say I made a fully handcrafted game with no AI slop in it, that's a win in my book!

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Lucy Knisley @lucyknisley.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I made a little template for use by cool small businesses! Enjoy!

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 31/08/2026

My time at #Gamescom made me realize how saturated the game industry became. Seeing thousands of great games side by side and knowing that many of them won't make a profit, it's heartbreaking. That's why I want to make smaller byte-size games to lower the risk and experiment with more genres.

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 28/08/2026

Just finished my week at #Gamescom I played up to 50-60 indie games over the last 3 days. Everybody were so fun to talk to (and extremely passionate). From student projects to mid-budget indies, there's something for everyone! Here are my 5 favorite games from the event (no order):

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 24/08/2026

Game Announcement 🚨 In Neo Bananas, You're tasked to destroy 8 bananas in an open level. Use your skills and powers to find them all as fast as you can. Inspired by Target practice (Smash Bros), it's a heavy speedrun game with splits, leaderboards, and more! #godot #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart

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Eternal Skies TCG RPG @eternalskies.neocities.org · 21/08/2026

Indie game dev tip: Do stupid/silly stuff. Players love stupid stuff.

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 18/08/2026

Don't know if it has been officially shared somewhere, but if you're going to Gamescom next week, I found out there's a Godot meetup on Thursday! I'm super excited to talk to fellow #godot developers! 💙 luma.com/s4s0hjke?tk=...

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Godot Meetup @ gamescom · Luma

Location: Outdoor Area in the Boulevard outside Hall 10.2 (Indie Arena) A gathering for Godot (and Godot curious) developers and community to meet and hangout.…

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 11/08/2026

I'm looking at all the #gamescom after-hour events. Lots of invite-only and bigger companies organizing stuff, what about smaller meetups, smaller network events, spontaneous get-together's? Any that I should be aware of? Anyone interested in a Godot meetup?

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 10/08/2026

I'm in a perpetual state of "the game I'm making isn't good enough to show yet" So I'm sorry to the 7 people actually interested by what I'm making, my brain decided it's not ready 🤷‍♂️

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Shipmates @shipmates.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Extremely proud of the work we did on the ports of @househouse.com ’s latest title: Big Walk! An incredible adventure to share with your friends. Go check it out! 🤩

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 02/08/2026

On one hand, the title seems condescending. Indies shouldn't aim for GOTY status to be taken seriously. The article, on the other hand, was very interesting. I agree 100% that games should be more creative and focused instead of safe all-around. Be wild, be risky and be yourself.

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 01/08/2026

If I'd run my own social media, I'd enforce a rule where you can only post once every week. You have to save your most important thought for that specific post. Nobody would want that, people are wired to share 47 useless thoughts every hour, but I think it would make a more interesting feed.

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 31/07/2026

Pretty happy with my results for the #GMTK 2026. "Enjoyment" was the category that was the most important when making the game and finishing #273 out of 10,600 games means a lot! Also a huge thank you to ZerolagGaming for the fire OST!

Ranking of Digigrader for the GMTK jam 2026

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 26/07/2026

Some early entries from the #GMTKJam look like games that have been in development for years. How?!! I'm genuinely impressed by how much some developers / studios perform in 4 days. It's mind blowing.

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 26/07/2026

My entry for the #GMTK gamejam! vidvadgames.itch.io/digigrader Deck-building arcade shoot 'em up where you fire a hand of bullets. When your hand is empty, you apply unique card effects to each bullets and resume fighting! A mix between a StS x Gradius!

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The Digigrader by vidvadgames

Deck-building Shmup!

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 25/07/2026

My takeaway so far for the #GMTK jam is that 4 days is too short for me. My concept has potentiel, but I would need 2-3 extra days to add content, visuals and polish It's a deck-building shoot 'em up where you fire your 10 bullets from higher damage to lower. You upgrade / add effects between hands

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 25/07/2026

I think I'm too old for 4-day gamejams 🫠 #GMTK2026

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 03/07/2026

Crazy to me that kids won't ever experience the joy of unwrapping a video game at Christmas anymore. Your mom wouldn't let you play yet, but you opened the box, read the booklet, imagine yourself playing. Then, you put the cart in the SNES and the full game boots up right away. What a feeling!

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 01/07/2026

When I hear "the gaming industry sucks", 99% of the time people refer to AAA studios and multi-billion dollar companies. Meanwhile, there's a huge ecosystem of indie developers and alternative platforms to play games on. You can still directly encourage the devs & artists.

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 30/06/2026

Nightmares As a kid : a fantastical beast is chasing me into the abyss. As an adult : I'm late to a class, I forgot my notes, my bag, my clothes and people are laughing at me. I haven't had a class in 15 years.

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 21/06/2026

My next indie game started development 6 months ago as a mass appeal hommage to Smash's Break the Target mini game. For the last few weeks I redesigned most of it and turned it into an ultra niche speedrun-oriented combo-based precise platformer that will probably appeal to only 3 other people 🤷

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 15/06/2026

Is this becoming the Steam Slop Fest? I'm scrolling through the demos right now with the random exploration algorithm and this is depressing.

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Christophe is making Prerolled! @qaqelol.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The demo for #Prerolled is out on Steam!!!! It's a silly game where you overcharge clients selling dice boxes (and they love it)! It's very chill, satisfying and rewarding! store.steampowered.com/app/4476380/... #GameDev #IndieDev #VideoGame #Demo #GodotEngine

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 11/05/2026

I've been working on a new project for a few months. It might be time to start sharing some stuff. Here's a sneak peak at a background for a level #pixelart #godot

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Shipmates @shipmates.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

3 years of sailing the gamedev seas! A massive thanks to our crew and the studios trusting us to bring their projects safely to port. We’re setting sail for Year 4 with even more epic projects in the works!

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 31/03/2026

No video games need hyper-realistic graphics

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 16/03/2026

I hope a bunch of indie devs look at this as a cautionary tale. Nobody wants slop content.

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 11/03/2026

I feel like more and more games rely solely on systemic design to challenge the player, "here's a dozen mechanics that you need to understand to have fun and win" I still enjoy (and miss) the traditional "Start at point A, go to point B" kinda game, with the level design itself being the challenge.

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 09/03/2026

A nice little community of Godot game developers from Quebec 💙

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 06/03/2026

4 years ago I brainstormed a parody game about a guy wrecking a shopping mall by screaming at people and causing chaos. I won a gamejam, did 3 different prototypes, had a Steam page but eventually I canceled the game. Yesterday I saw a similar game blow up online. Moral: never overthink anything.

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 25/02/2026

I tried like 8 demos from the Steam Next Fest (many of which have hundreds/thousands of concurrent players at the moment) and only 1 of them so far is running well on the Steam Deck 😑

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 21/02/2026

Phil Spencer's legacy is difficult to define but to me, he inherited of a Xbox boat that was deeply sinking, put it back afloat, just to watch it sink again.

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 19/02/2026

Let's say (speculatively) we would want to organize a Godotfest in Montreal, who would be interested in attending or helping with the organization? #godot #godotfest #indiedev

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 17/02/2026

The Video Game Crash 2.0 Coming soon™️

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 16/02/2026

It's the Quebec Games Celebration on Steam!!! Goliath Depot is there for a 3rd year in a row, this time with a 75% discount. store.steampowered.com/app/2479030/ Any other #Godot games in the event? Post it in the replies 👇

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 07/02/2026

Why can't AI be powered by yachts, private planes, caviar, or any other things that would actually affect billionaires?

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 28/01/2026

Hey #Godot users, is there a way to change the default zoom level in the 2D scene editor? My game is 256x144, so 25% is so tiny, so I need to zoom manually or do "F"+"4" every time I open anything, it's pretty annoying 🤔

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 04/01/2026

In 2026, I want to focus more on my strengths as an #indiedev, and less on leveling up my weaknesses. I'd say my 3 strengths are: 🔥 I'm a fast coder / system programmer 🔥 Player mechanics 🔥 Game juice What are yours? #indiegame #solodev #godot

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 04/01/2026

What I learned from storytelling is that the antagonist's plan revolves entirely around turning the population against each other to distract them while he seizes control. Usually, the protagonist sees it and finds a way to rally everyone against the corruption. And they lived happily ever after!

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 21/12/2025

Wanna support a solo dev who didn't use GenAI to make a game? Goliath Depot is 80% off for the Winter Sales on Steam It's 1.39$ USD, like I'm pretty much giving it for free at this point. 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/2479030

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 18/12/2025

Today mark the 2nd anniversary of Goliath Depot 🎉 Made as a small love letter to early 80s arcade games, I'm still amazed to see how many people played it on Steam and Switch. For those who didn't, enjoy this 80% discount on Steam, the lowest price ever! store.steampowered.com/app/2479030/...

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Save 80% on Goliath Depot on Steam

Goliath Depot is a door-slamming 2D arcade game taken straight from the early 80's. Close all doors, kick the enemies and speedrun your way through 40 unique levels. Are you good enough to lift the cu...

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 13/12/2025

My experience so far playing Metroid Prime 4 I do enjoy the game a lot though, but man, I hate when games backseat. If I wanted backseating, I would livestream it on Twitch.

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 09/12/2025

Is it me or the “brand new studio from industry veterans” doesn’t mean anything anymore? New studio proceeds to hype up a revolutionary super ambitious project and then deliver a subpar game because they didn’t get the millions they were asking for.

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 23/11/2025

I'm looking at old gamejams I did back in 2021 when Iwas young, naive and with no gamedev experience. I can't believe I was able to do these games, part-time, in 7-10 days. I probably have 5x more skills now and I can't even make a gameplay loop in a month. Proof that everything is psychological.

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Vidvad @vidvad.games · 20/11/2025

I realized recently that I think I lost my fun making games the day I started following marketing advices. Like marketing is important, but it kills every idea I have because there’s always a reason why it’s not marketable. It’s bumming me out.

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Foolbox @foolbox.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

5 months after the jam that brought SCOPECREEP to life, I'm proud to say the Steam Page as now launched! If you like incremental games, make sure to wishlist it! s.team/a/3595710 Also, it would mean the world to me if you spread the word! #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #incremental #scopecreep

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