#pylonauts is working on #SteamDeck again! #indiedev #indiegame #GodotEngine #SciFiFri #Robots #solodev

This weeks focus is on prompts and dialogue. Not that all my bugs are fixed🤣but providing this exposition is key to making #pylonauts truly playable. It was working in the old #GodotEngine 3.5 build so should be relatively quick to port to #Godot4. #indiegame #indiedev #scifi

Happy #scififri - let's talk #scifigames! I recently played #deadspace and #somerville - both excellent in different ways. But even amongst classics like #Elite and granddaddy of them all #spaceinvaders my all-time fav is 90's classic #AnotherWorld. How about you?

The countdown begins. Just 10 days until my new game Shorticulture gets shown to the public for the first time at NGF25. Hope to see you there!

Balancing the opening area of my demo. Simple but interesting. Introduce key concepts without overwhelming. And set the scene for the story at the same time. It's a fine art. And one which I am still learning...

8 days and counting to NGF25. Getting happier with the circuit patterns. #shorticulture #godot #indiegame

One week to go until #norwichgamesfestival. My print order arrived today. The flyers are looking pretty good. Unfortunately the poster went horribly wrong😟Hopefully the replacement will be here in time 🤞#shorticulture #indigame #indiedev #ngf25

Working on adding some new plant species to #Shorticulture ahead of #NGF (6 days and counting). Looking to my own garden for inspiration I saw some new throngs getting ready to unfurl on this fern tree. Definitely going to use that idea.#indiegame #indiedev #ngf25

4 days to #NGF25 and counting. Sp1k-E's scanner often comes in handy. Sometimes there is more going on than you can see on the surface. #indiegame #shorticulture #GodotEngine #NorwichGamesFestival

3 day to go until #norwichgamesfestival. I have been intending to add a menu screen for some time. Now it's finally there. #indiedev #indiegame #godotengine #shorticulture

2 days until #norwichgamesfestival!! I am refining the "pruning" mechanic where plants can be trimmed to reduce their energy output. It's all about balance. #inidedev #indiegame #shorticulture #godotengine

I will be at #norwichgamesfestival tomorrow!! One more day of frantic hacking - err, I mean polishing and refinement, to go. I am quite pleased with the way #shorticulture is coming together. But as always, there is more to do than time to do it in. #indiegame #indiedev #GODOT

I've been coding like a lunatic!! Years of real-time mission critical C++ has made me a pretty disciplined - most of the time. But in the rush to get a something playable for #NGF25 I reached for the gaffer tape a lot!! Time for some clean-up and refactoring. #indiedev #indiegame

Happy #wishlistwednesday everyone! Please checkout my upcoming game #shorticulture. Any if you want to show your support, a follow or a wishlist goes a long way! Thanks for watching! #indiegame #indiedev #godot #shorticulture

Sp1k-E has an upgrade to their scanner. Now it locks onto the closest track and follows it. This makes it much easier to see what happens with circuits below the surface. #inidedev #indiegame #shorticulture

My protagonist Sp1k-E speaks in a series of bleeps, blurps and burbles. Their intentions are (hopefully) made clear by a series of pictograms displayed in speech bubbles. I have been working on making these clearer and a little nice looking. #indiedev #indiegame #shorticulture

In the run-up to #norwichgamesfestival I found some bugs that were only on the #steamdeck. Best way to debug them? Run the #godotengine on the deck. It makes a great little dev machine in desktop mode. #indiedev #indiegame #shorticulture.

This is divisive I know (happy to have the debate) but I use AI as visualisation tool. The will be no AI generated content in game. It just allows me to iterate ideas quickly before designing assets. #indiedev #solodev #midjourney