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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Dear indie game devs I'm still not where I want to be, maybe I'll never will Job searching is alienating, thanks to AI I'm coming near the moment where my choice will determine my next months and years, for the worst Still want to make games, one way or another #indiedev #solodev #brokedev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Dear indie game devs I'm writing you from some desolate lands where I must talk to some costly probabilistic creature to find a job Hoping to come back soon, but I don't know when Currently stuck in #deverance mode with not much time left Before the void #indiedev #solodev #brokedev #bobArctor

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The first part of the joke is "PS6" The second part is "2027" The punchline being the price, whatever it may be #solodev #brokedev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

On seeing the faintest sign of hope and still waiting to have good reasons to believe in it #solodev #brokedev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

When your fondest video game memories are featured in the "25 old game gems that nobody knows" #solodev #brokedev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Hot take: If you don't want to put an instruction manual for you tech device, whatever it may be, and instead, you put a minuscule piece of paper, barely readable, with strange "universal" icons, I'd rather have you put a nfc tag in the device itself so i can scan it & get the online pdf #brokedev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Thinking about the biggest game I want to make that will need, not only to write a plethora of dialogues, research notes & notes about research leads Good thing: by design, it no a monolith but a saga Strong, distinct, multiple paths for each story arcs/angles 2027? #indiedev #solodev #brokedev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Having seen the season finale for "Silo", I think it depict the accurate scenario AI doomers think of Minus the whole "saving people" plan Maybe a "Black Mirror" level of uneasiness related to the precision of it, even "adapted" to AI At least the shareholders will be happy #brokedev #silo #ai

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

For the time being, consider the main reason for my silence here to be because I'll be in full #deverance mode, up until I find a job I know you don't like this stuff, I don't either If you want to know why I don't have really a choice, here's a long post on itchi.io #indiedev #solodev #brokedev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Somewhere, someone is using AI to generate new Black Mirror episodes using "news" like this

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm thinking about some next game (2027?) design A way to distillate the overall story and lore elements pseudo randomly In a rogue like shell, devoid (mostly) of action gameplay, but instead based upon choices & decisions Replayability with a focused purpose #indiedev #solodev #brokedev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I may have find a solution for one of my future game (2027?) It involve mazes centric game design, because that's more or less my trademark, but I'll talk about the details later Because it's still experimental and hard to describe I hope It'll work #indiedev #solodev #brokedev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

What I'll need to do to get a job will push me to Bob Arctor levels of cognitive dissonance, tech wise Still don't like AI I just hope I won't finish like him In the end, I could go back to making the games I want 🫠 #indiedev #solodev #brokedev #deverance

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

So, I got a game that could be released this year, if I'm lucky It's ok, I "just" need to find a job Easier said that done, but still #indiedev #solodev #brokedev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Well I did got some answers, not the one I was looking for tho But I got insight about what I should do next Let's hope #indiedev #solodev #brokedev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I don't really like having to ask for a specific and important question on discord Like, maybe, if you put a contact mail for questions, one could hope for an answer sooner than later It's been nearly 2 weeks and it's time sensitive 😐 #indiedev #solodev #brokedev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This weekend, I'll make a long post on itch.io about what's going for me: The game(s) I made, the ones I want to make and my professional situation There too much to say, and I don't want to spam it here #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #brokedev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Sudden & sad familial imperative Thus, hiatus It can't be helped I guess I can continue writing in the interim But I guess I will be less present for some times, maybe #indiedev #solodev #brokedev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Sometimes, I have to remind to myself that the whole point of a visual novel is not to have "that much" interaction/gameplay And to all my purists here, calm down, drop the gun, I'm only a visitor in these lands But I might stay a bit longer, we'll see #indiedev #solodev #brokedev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I think I'm done writing the script (fountain format) for the prologue It's not that long, but I don't think it should be I'll have to put it in the json format I use for the game, but it should be fine Still need to tackle the visual style for the characters tho #indiedev #solodev #brokedev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

So, the real question is: Can I make a game in less than 2 months? Depends on the genre, obviously, but some can be "easier" than other I guess we'll see #indiedev #solodev #brokedev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Nearing the end of a notebook, with various scenes in various chronologies I also did started what would be a prologue of some sort. I guess I'll be rewriting dialogues until the release Tomorrow I'll start writing scenes from the notebook Need some sleep tho #indiedev #solodev #brokedev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

While I'm trying to write, the thing I can't shake is If a character can be good or bad, do good or bad things, for good or bad reasons, and if these 3 things align perfectly, it's the worst jackpot possible What do you mean, "Prince GoodHeart want to fight evil from the kingdom" will he succeed?

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

"Evil AI CEO here! Even with the massive lobbying we did, the state sized Titan datacenter project we had, won't get public approval for quite some time That why we'll first push for the precursor Cuckoo project, where we put small datacenters inside houses and residential buildings " #solodev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The good joke of the past few days, that I got a fancy new keyboard (low profile, 66% thingy) that I do like quite much, but I'm still writing chunks of my story on paper, with a fountain pen low tech is no tech? I still have some code to do for the game tho #indiedev #solodev #brokedev #playdate

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

With the grim future of gaming hardware prices, I feel more and more that I'll be playing my backlog, indie games, and all the old games I couldn't find time to play from the previous generations (like mother 3) My only exception may be a FromSoft, perhaps #solodev #brokedev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Pretty sure some politician are thinking about a dumb solution

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

"Evil Game Designer here We did have ads on the artificially long loading screens, but as physical media are to be gone, we must find a more organic way for it That why our new parent company, the CEO & I, think the pause menu will do just fine Find some free space by next week " #indiedev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Something something, in the near future, Sony mysteriously announcing "Bloodborne: Accursed Knowledge" for ps6 (80$) as soon as the console sales slow down Rumours were true, it was secretly developed years ago, not by FromSoft, only to be released at the "right moment" #solodev #brokedev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

It seems I have only 2 modes for writing Idle/Procrastination?/Deep-reflexion-please-wait or Write in speedrun mode until my fingers/wrist hurt #indiedev #solodev #brokedev

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Void Viridian | Puro Dunjon セドゥーラの約束 @voidviridian.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The Dark Souls saga was dry as fuck, and to some extent, Bloodborne/Elden Ring sprinkle some sequences to "explain" the "main" story Like, reluctantly And the more I (try to) write for my games, the more I think I won't explain some things And I feel fine with that #indiedev #solodev #brokedev

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