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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

In game youcan now go to sleep and advance to the next morning. Its not pretty yet, but it works! #gamedev #indiedev

Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Have done some initial main menu UI. It will probably get a bit of an update. Sketching UI ideas for the main game. #gamedesign #gameui #gamedev

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

PSA: Remember to make backups of your game! Saving is not enough! Learned this the hard way. My main scene got completely wiped. Thankfully I still have all my scripts so the game rebuild begins. #gamedev #indiedev #fml

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Hey, look I can buy an asset to do the thing! Buys. Half-hearted attempt to read the documentation. Gets confused. I'm just going to go make it from scratch instead. #gamedevlife #indiedev

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I've got some preliminary trailer audio and its sounding good. Very excited! #gamedev #gamemusic

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Am I motivated to work on my game tonight? No...but I'm going to do it anyway. Minimum of 15 minutes. Let see how long I actually spend working on it. #indiedev #gamedevlife

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Particles are fun. The basic particle looks kinda like Navi. Now I have learn how to make actual particle textures, but in the meantime I'm tempted to change the hit sound to "Hey Listen!" #gamedev #games

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

My pine trees have wind!!! After trying lots of, mostly complicated, ways to add wind to these trees, it turns out some times the simplest solutions are the best. Woo wind!!! #indiedev #gamedev

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Goal for this month is to polish all the trail maintenance activities in the game. Hopefully I have a side by side comparison to show soon! #gamedev #goals #gamefeel

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Trail at twilight. Working on night time lighting. It's not totally there yet, but I'm making progress. #indiedev #lighting #cozyhorror

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Field Journal is up and working. Clues are up and working. Now if only they would work together!!! It's okay though, making progress. #indiedev #solodev

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Ranger needs a place to sleep when they aren't out cleaning up the campgrounds and trails. #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I will not give in to scope creep. I will not give in to scope creep. I will not give in to scope creep...Yup, I'll just keep telling myself that. #indiedev

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Still have to get this campsite cleaned up, even if it is raining... #rain #unity3d #indiedev #gamedev

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

What secrets lie in the woods... Working on new areas of the map and changing up the weather for a mysterious foggy look. #gamedev #wildernessmystery #nature #unity3d

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

This is what I have been working on for a main menu. What do you think? #indiedev #gameart #nature

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

And now everything is working again. I can pretend that I know what I'm doing!!! Either way sounds are now working for interactions and now I get to have fun deciding which audio effects to use! :) #indiegamedev #solodev

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

The goal for this week is to get a working Main Menu screen, get a better handle on capsules for Steam, and I will be beginning work on a new area of the game. Look out for upcoming screenshots! #indiedev #gamedev

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

This is the beginning of the in-game map for Trail Work. I took a screenshot from above in Unity and then drew over it. Blue is water, and red is the trails. Also, it takes 35 minutes real time to walk the outside loop of trails. I'll just keep telling myself its not that big... #indiedev #gamedev

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Didn't really want to work on my game tonight. Made myself sit down and do it anyway. Now the first sounds of the game have been set up and there are more to follow. I am back to being motivated again! #gamedev #indiegame

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Been working on terrain. Spent 35 minutes just walking around it, and even without trees and rocks and stuff, its really starting to feel like a wilderness. #indiedev

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. FINAL DAY!!! #GameChallenge #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev Day 20! - Firewatch. A narrative mystery set in the wilderness. Trail Work has a similar premise, and was heavily inspired by this game.

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. #GameChallenge #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev Day 19 - Darkest Dungeon. Back to the Pit!!! One day to go. The twentieth game is especially influential on the game I am making. Any guesses what it will be?

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. #GameChallenge #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev Day 18 - Donkey Kong 64. That Jack in the Box took me forever to beat.

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. #GameChallenge #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev Day 17 - Valheim. I can play this game just for the lighting.

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. #GameChallenge #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev Day 16 - Daisy Quest and Daisy's Castle. Little me spent a lot of time searching for the Daisy the Dragon.

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. #GameChallenge #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev Day 15 - GoldenEye 007. I used to know where every single spawn point was in multiplayer. And that is why we didn't play with proximity mines.

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Lot of work done today. Updated UI. I went with option 3! Now to start adding some juice. Will need sound for it and the log needs to actually break up and fade away, not just disappear. Maybe some screen shake, particles or axe animation? What do you think it needs next? #gamedev #indiegame

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. #GameChallenge #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev Day 14 - Minecraft. I started playing this before there was an ending. . . And now I want to start a new world.

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. #GameChallenge #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev Day 13 - Left 4 Dead. Pills here!

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. #GameChallenge #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev Day 12 - The Oregon Trail. I died from dysentery so many times.

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. #GameChallenge #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev Day 11 - Fallout III. This game had amazing environmental design that really made the world come alive and remain memorable even years later.

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

#FollowFriday Working on UI design for my game. Here are some concepts that I have come up with. Option 1 would be a stylized leather patch look, while 2 and 3 are more minimalist in nature. Which one is your favorite? #indiedev #gamedev

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. #GameChallenge #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev Halfway through, Day 10! - Pharoah & Cleopatra. I found this game in the bargain bin for $1, and I have played through it now many many times.

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. #GameChallenge #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev Day 9 - Pokemon Yellow. Bulbasaur is my favorite pokemon, but Pikachu was my first starter. Who was yours?

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. #GameChallenge #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev Day 8 - Tomb Raider (2013). How to reboot a series the right way. Loved this game.

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. #GameChallenge #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev Day 7 - Treasure Mountain. I can hear the music just looking at the screenshot.

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. #GameChallenge #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev Day 6 - Fable. I spent a lot of time in this game just running around and loving it, instead of attempting to actually finish the main story plot.

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Welp, no internet. I can post through my phone but there will be no screenshot for Saturday today. Instead I will tell you that the starting campground of Trail Work is getting more and more fallen trees, overgrown bushes and a lot of trash. Going to need a lot of maintenance. #GameDev #IndieDev

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. #GameChallenge #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev Day 5 - Stardew Valley. As an indie dev, how could I not be inspired by this game. Its also my go to to relax game.

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. #GameChallenge #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev Day 4 - Diablo II. "You've got quite a treasure there in that Horodric Cube."

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. #GameChallenge #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev Day 3 - Portal. Can I trade my cake to get my companion cube back?

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. #GameChallenge #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev Day 2 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Song of Storms still slaps.

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Challenge to chose 20 games that influenced me in 20 days? Challenge accepted! Day 1 - Has to be Myst. This game was my first video game, and even playing it as a young kid, when that first screen loaded, I knew it was something special. @cyan.com #GameChallenge #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Starting to put in some trees in my Trail Work game. That one right there is definitely going to need someone to clear it off the trail. #screenshotsaturday, #gamedev

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Wild Compass Games @wildcompassgames.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Just some inspiration from the mood board for my game Trail Work. #gamedevelopment Image by Sergio Cerrato - Italia from Pixabay

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