Well it's official, I'm on YouTube! Be gentle...
It's mostly an accountability tool for myself to keep on the project, but hopefully it might have some wisdom for others too.
youtu.be/Pkhcgei2Dkk
Nice article on the 'team size' controversy. I lean towards, true solo-dev being a myth (at least very rare) in modern dev.
Between contracting other creatives to fill skill gaps, asset packs and use of tools/plugins. There's more hands involved than you think.
www.gamesradar.com/games/it-was...
Second day of voting my game trailer has had 118 views! Hopefully at least some of those have also voted for it as well 😀
If you haven't seen it yet, check out the trailer here:
youtu.be/NQRrC_RJ2LA
If you want to get involved and do some voting, head here:
blueoceangames.com?referrer=1ad...
This first-of-its-kind competition uses a gamer-verified voting system:
✅ Connect your Steam account to prove you’re a real gamer
⚔️ Vote 1-on-1 in head-to-head trailer matchups (Elo-style)
💸 Winning teams get fast tracked for up to $300K in funding
💥 Voters also win cash prizes and swag
How to vote?
1️⃣ Create an account
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3️⃣ Vote 1-on-1 in head-to-head trailer matchups (Elo-style)
Thanks a ton for your support! 💙
We took part in the Rising Tide Challenge by Blue Ocean Games! 🌊
Voting is now open — you can support us by casting your vote!
➡️ blueoceangames.com/challenge/vo...
Voting is open until June 17th
Check out the trailer for my prototype game I submitted to the @blueoceangames.bsky.social #risingtide trailer jam. #devdad #indiedev #indiegame
youtu.be/NQRrC_RJ2LA
Between juggling a 3 year old, 1 year old #devdad and full time job #indiedev I managed to submit my game prototype to the @blueoceangames.bsky.social #RisingTide Trailer Jam. If you want to check out the submission and vote check my referral link. #indiegame #dev blueoceangames.com?referrer=1ad...
This looks great! It's amazing how powerful Godot is now.
Absolutely, I haven't told my wife yet, but I'm thinking full family game studio, me, my son, my daughter and my wife 😄 just got to teach my 3 yr old Unity and maybe the 8 month old could do some crayon art 😄
Been trying to learn standard chess, but this looks a lot more fun!
RPG Chess♟️: Black pawn is once again eager to show off the newest ability added to the game⚡️ #gamedev
8 months after my son's birth, I have finally opened Unity again!! And WOW are the new Multiplayer tools amazing! I have a multiplayer project up and running in minutes! Can't wait to get started! (My son is now awake again so that's for another night :D) #indie #indiedev #gamedev #dadding #daddev
Since a lot of gamedevs are coming across to Bluesky, here's a reminder that my sound effect tool ChipTone is good! And free! And runs right in the browser!
sfbgames.itch.io/chiptone
I'll take one 😃
Green for me please 😃
