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Sometimes I think about quitting my day job and keeping making games full time until my savings run out, just to see how far I could go. See if the dream of becoming an actual developer would get any more tangible

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 11/10/2026

Now that you mention it, the plot actually involves a fire, so there's the excuse I needed!

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 11/10/2026

This red sky is too ominous for what I'm aiming for with this scene, but I kinda like it. Maybe I'll make up an excuse to use it during another scene #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #blender #b3d #godot #wip #digitalart

3D scene showing the facade of a church, surrounded by trees, during a blood-red sunset.

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 03/10/2026

Drawing freehand with the mouse is impossible, so I decided to finally learn how to work with vector graphics. It's way more versatile than I thought! #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #blender #b3d #wip #screenshotsaturday

Low-poly 3D model of a golden cherub statuette, rendered in Blender's viewport.

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 27/09/2026

Always had trouble making decent-looking trees, but I think I'm getting there #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #blender #b3d #lowpoly #godot #wip

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Apex Mango - WISHLIST 🍎💀 ~FRUITBEARER~ 🍎💀 @apexmangostudio.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

FINALLY!!! 😍 Fruitbearer is OUT NOW! Please go give some love and write a review on steam. For small indie devs like us it helps us a lot 😭💖 Our first attempt to make this into a full time career🥹 Hope you enjoy! 🥰💖 store.steampowered.com/app/4300180/... #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #art

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 13/09/2026

Quick tour to show what I managed to make so far (and yes, I plan on changing the generic Blender brick texture... eventually...) #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #wip #godot #blender #b3d #screenshotsaturday

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 06/09/2026

Saying "x is such a y move" is such an AI agent move

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 06/09/2026

Now that generic_church.blend is done, I've started to make the lore-related objects, like these stained glass windows #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #blender #b3d #wip #screenshotsaturday

3D render showing five church windows, each with a different pattern.

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 05/09/2026

I love how Blender accepts any shortcut you can think of. For example, did you know that if you press the minus key (the one not on the numpad) while hovering over one of the transform values, it will multiply the value by -1? I just found it randomly! #blender #b3d #3d #3dmodeling

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 27/08/2026

I've been writing loose snippets of lore for my game in the notes app (mostly during my day job), and now I'm piecing it all together like

Scene from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, in which a paranoid Charlie explains his investigation of Pepe Silvia.

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 23/08/2026

Really wanted to finish texturing the main building in time for #screenshotsaturday, but looks like that won't be happening, so here's a #wip version #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #blender #b3d

Blender viewport showing the low-poly 3D model of a church with very basic textures applied.

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 19/08/2026

I hate making textures until I start making textures, then I remember I actually love making textures

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 15/08/2026

Is it worth it to burn tokens generating replies to random people without a direct way to monetize it? I've always wondered about this.

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 15/08/2026

All the puzzles of my game planned out. It doesn't seem like much, but I already know I'll spend the next few months implementing everything #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #wip #screenshotsaturday

Screenshot of a flowchart with most of the text boxes blurred.

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 13/08/2026

The bulk of the research I'm doing for my game is basically googling "17th century [thing]" and seeing if the [thing] I had in mind matches the overall vibe of the results #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

Screenshot of Google Search history with multiple 17th century things searched, like "17th century pew", "17th century pipe organ" and "17th century door".

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 08/08/2026

I never get tired of just walking around something I created, even at an early stage like this #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #godot #blender #b3d #wip #screenshotsaturday

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 06/08/2026

Pirating big games (or never playing them) is just the objectively right thing to do at this point

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 30/07/2026

Thank you for the reassuring words!

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 30/07/2026

I am now realizing the main gimmick of my new game will be a nightmare to implement, but we'll make it through

"Stressed girl drawing with crayons" meme

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 20/07/2026

Had surgery last week and couldn't work, but at least I had plenty of time to think about my next project. It's gonna be a short "escape the room" game set in a 17th-century church #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #horror

3D model of church doors covered in growths resembling arteries. At the center, the working title of the game: "Penetralia"

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 10/07/2026

Spent most of my day off making this 3D model of the sea roach from SpongeBob #blender #b3d #3dart #digitalart #fanart #cartoon #animation

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 02/07/2026

"THE SHINING UNLICENSED RACING GAME" IS OUT! Available to play on browser and download for Windows, Linux and Android! whtvrwrks.itch.io/tsurg #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegame #godot #gamerelease #freetoplay #browsergame #html5games #pcgaming #androidgames #linuxgaming

"The Shining Unlicensed Racing Game" Play for free! https://whtvrwrks.itch.io/tsurg

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 30/06/2026

That one will be coming later today

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 29/06/2026

I've been obsessed with Desencanto from the Blasphemous 2 DLC soundtrack. It's just too beautiful www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWBL...

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Desencanto

YouTube video by Carlos Viola - Topic

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 28/06/2026

I tried to run my game on a Linux virtual machine, but Danny didn't like it and decided to skedaddle #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #godot #wip #linuxgaming #theshining

Screenshot from the Linux VM with the game window open, showing the famous trike from "The Shining" unoccupied (a.k.a. the player character's mesh didn't load).

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 27/06/2026

Making all the graphic elements of your game from scratch takes a lot of time, but for someone who's still learning art it's a good way to practice #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #blender #b3d #wip #screenshotsaturday

Graphic elements representing the joystick and keyboard controls for the game.

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 20/06/2026

The game is almost ready, now I'm working on the not-so-exciting stuff like menus and input mapping #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #godot #wip #theshining #screenshotsaturday

A screen prompting the player to choose a game mode: "Overlook Hotel - Racing", "Overlook Hotel - Free Roam" and "New mode - coming soon!"

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 14/06/2026

This week was ROUGH. Had some IRL stuff that took my mind off of gamedev. But now I'm back! Managed to make an alt version of the on-screen controller today #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #godot #wip #theshining #screenshotsaturday

Screenshot of my game showing the on-screen controls: on the left side, a steering bar, a button labeled RESET POS and a button labeled PAUSE. On the right side, three buttons, labeled GO!, BRAKE and REVERSE.

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Apex Mango - WISHLIST 🍎💀 ~FRUITBEARER~ 🍎💀 @apexmangostudio.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Hey everyone, We are looking for creators to stream Fruitbearer's Demo! Next week during #NextFest (with a demo update) is ideal, but we welcome anyone to stream our game on Twitch/YouTube whenever they like! 🫶 Check out the demo here: store.steampowered.com/app/4415560/... #indiedev #gamedev

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 08/06/2026

Spent the better part of the afternoon trying to make this on-screen controller for mobile devices. It's still pretty bad, but at least it works! #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #godot #wip #theshining

Screenshot from my game, showing the joystick on the right and three buttons on the left, labeled "brake", "reset" and "pause".

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Feresloid @feresloid99.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

On this 27th of May, it was my 2nd anniversary with Blender!!! ♡ I really adore Blender more than I can describe, and I'm so infinitely thankful for so many things in so many ways in this 2nd year with it! And I plan to keep going for the rest of my life! ♡ #blender #b3d #3Dart #art

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 30/05/2026

What's the color of the carpet shown in the video you're commenting on?

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 30/05/2026

Damn, you actually got me. Not capitalizing your sentences helps selling the illusion. It's not only sly—it's conniving!

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 30/05/2026

There's a small chance for the player to fall out of bounds in my game. Instead of fixing the collisions, I decided to handle it like this #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #godot #wip #screenshotsaturday #theshining #backrooms

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Whatever Works @whtvrwrks.io · 28/05/2026

Whose idea it was to put games in the same machines that we use for work? That's terrible for productivity!

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