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Caer Sanders @withcaer.com · 18/09/2026

I got early-access to @typesafeai.bsky.social's Jev model, and have had a bunch of fun with it: I hooked it up to my latest indie game to see how it navigates a virtual world. It never hallucinates choices or commands—and it's so fast, I had to slow down its decision making for the video! #gamedev

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Caer Sanders @withcaer.com · 13/09/2026

It’s finally happening. I’m entering my podcasting era. 👀

Picture of a white Shure MV7+ microphone mounted on a boom. In the background are a mixture of computer monitors, a crocheted creature, and indie game posters.

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Caer Sanders @withcaer.com · 14/05/2026

Another Ludum Dare, another accolades poster! "in:frequency" is my best-received title yet, placing 20th in Innovation, 84th in Audio, 102nd in Theme, and 333rd Overall (of 1,610 games). Coming soon: A behind-the-scenes post on how I created it, and what's next. #gamejam #gamedev #solodev #ldjam

Accolades poster for Ludum Dare 59 entry "in:frequency". It shows several of the placements of the game: 20th in Innovation, 84th in Audio, 102nd in Theme, and 333rd overall out of 1610 titles.

It features the text "attune to signa's digital topography and cast your signal, carving a path to the beacon through hills and valleys"

It features three accolade call-outs: "a mesmerizing and addictive world", "an innovative blend of sound and graphics", and "with caer's most fully-realized title yet"

It features a playful corner call out, too: "and $&!%ing confusing to play."

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Caer Sanders @withcaer.com · 21/04/2026

Play "in:frequency": caer.cc/app/ld59 I survived #LDJam 59! This was my 3rd jam, and my 3rd game ever--all using a Rust engine I've built from the ground up over the past year. Somehow, the final WASM was only 1.2MB... Read more at: ldjam.com/events/ludum... #gamejam #gamedev #solodev #rust #wasm

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Caer Sanders @withcaer.com · 20/04/2026

As day two of #ldjam draws to a close, I find myself reevaluating my decision to implement dynamic, traversable topographic contour maps in 2.5D. But I did do it. #gamedev #gamejam #rust #solodev #map

An isometric view of a work-in-progress game featuring a topographic contour map.

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Caer Sanders @withcaer.com · 19/04/2026

As the first full day of #ldjam 59 draws to a close, I've finished 90% of my game concept docs, and started working on the colors, maps, and terrain system for my signal-inspired game. 😎 #gamejam #gamedev #rust #solodev #affinity

A picture of a simple tile sprite containing a sphere of light, edited in Affinity.

A picture of a field of sprites rendered in an isometric perspective, with overlapping contour lines.

A picture of a color palette, rendered with the `aer` command-line tool.

A picture of a field of colored sprites and contour lines in an isometric perspective.

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Caer Sanders @withcaer.com · 17/04/2026

Who’s ready for this weekend’s Ludum Dare? I will once again be using my delightfully questionable and bespoke #rust engine, and dabbling with either multiplayer…or multiple platforms. #ldjam #gamejam #gamedev #solodev

A picture of the Panic! PlayDate showing the time as ten past nine on Friday, April 17th.

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Caer Sanders @withcaer.com · 01/01/2026

Last year, my resolution was 160x144--the same as the original Game Boy. In 2025, I created my first two games ever, using my own #rust engine (check out some of the code: github.com/caer/recollect)! This year, my #resolution is much larger: 1748x2480. What’s yours? #indie #gamedev #art #code

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Caer Sanders @withcaer.com · 03/11/2025

I found a #bug in my #zsa Voyager. I'm not sure how to patch it... 🤔 #keyboards #mechanicalkeyboards

A close-up view of a Ladybug embedded beneath a keycap on a ZSA Voyager keyboard.

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Caer Sanders @withcaer.com · 30/10/2025

The results for my #LDJam game are in: I ranked 60th in mood and 82nd in audio out of 1391 games. This was my first time composing music, my second time using my own #rust engine, and a huge leap from my last jam! You can try the game for yourself on the web: caer.cc/app/ld58 #indiedev #gamedev

Poster for Caer's Ludum Dare #58 game, titled "recollect".

The poster lists several of the games rankings: 60th in mood, 82nd in audio, 136th in innovation, and 397th overall out of 1,391 submitted games.

The poster contains a brief description of the game: "In a world without sound, guide recco and collect records of music from a civilization long since past."

The poster contains summary accolades from several of the Ludum Dare reviewers, including the following statements: "a rare and beautiful audio experience", "a moody abstraction of exploring the unknown", and "an atmospheric buildup akin to 'Outer Wilds'".

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Caer Sanders @withcaer.com · 07/10/2025

I made another (tiny) game with my custom #rust engine as part of the 72-hour Ludum Dare Game Jam! "re:collect: In a world without sound, play as Recco, and gather lost records of music from a civilization long since past." ldjam.com/events/ludum... #LDJam #indiedev #gamedev

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Caer Sanders @withcaer.com · 23/05/2025

It's been a bit, Bluesky! Last month, I made my first-ever game during @ludumdare.com #LD57: Layered. It's a puzzler inspired by deep neural networks' hidden layers, built using my own #rust engine based on #macroquad. Now I'm working on "finishing" it~ Read more and try it @ caer.cc/logs/ldjam-57/

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Caer Sanders @withcaer.com · 01/01/2025

Happy New year, Bluesky! My New Year's resolution is a crisp 160x144px. hbu? #nails #electronics #cryptography

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Caer Sanders @withcaer.com · 30/12/2024

I soldered my first header pins today! Thanks @adafruit.com for the lovely parts and tutorials that gave me the confidence to give this a go~ #making #opensource #electronics

Image of an Adafruit Monochrome 200x200px E-Paper display (model SSD1681) with freshly soldered header pins.

Image of an Adafruit Feather S3 w/ 2MB PSRAM with freshly soldered header pins.

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Caer Sanders @withcaer.com · 12/12/2024

Want to try an unstable Rust feature without installing an entire Nightly toolchain? Use `RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP=1 cargo` instead of `cargo +nightly`!* *This flag disables `rustc`'s stability guarantees. Sharks might eat your binary. But it sure is nifty! #rust #rustlang #code #programming #opensource

Image of a text editor showing two commands, both of which run the Rust Cargo test command with JSON output enabled. However, the first command required a dedicated nightly toolchain, whereas the second command uses the users' default toolchain, but with stability guarantees disabled.

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Caer Sanders @withcaer.com · 28/11/2024

I’m making a 2.5D game engine in Rust for fun, and got super confused when the isometric cube I drew didn’t look “right”. Today I learned: Most “Isometric” game art is actually drawn in a 2:1 “Dimetric” projection. (real artists: plz correct me if I’m wrong)

Picture showing the difference in the mathematical dimensions for isometric and dimetric drawings, highlighting that dimetric drawings can be designed such that a “floor” tile has a ratio of 2:1.

Picture showing an isometric cube overlapping a 2:1 dimetric cube, highlighting the width difference between the two projections.

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Caer Sanders @withcaer.com · 22/10/2024

Hi Bluesky! I'm Caer; I #code and I write about code. For my first post, here's my favorite #RustLang hack: Combine `#![doc]` with `include_str!()` in `lib.rs` to reuse a `README.md` as a crate's docs. ❤️ #rust #programming #opensource

Snippet of Rust code showing a module-level "doc" attribute using the "include_str!" macro to import a README.md as docs for a module.

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