Mastodawn

I've a new post, and it's about game dev, looks like I was bitten again by the indiedev mosquito, and I've a simple prototype, and a learning from it. Maybe you want to know about it, in this case, this is the link for the reading.

https://jeferson.me/blog/2026/05/29/a-prototype-a-day

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A prototype a day, [...]

What can you learn from a prototype? Can a prototype generate something meaningfull for a game? Or they are just wasteful energy? This is the dicussion and leanings from this weekend.

Random Chaotic Peace May 10

Here is an image of the game I'm working on in LibreOffice Impress. It's a true or false. The image used for the start menu is from Photo by GR Stocks on Unsplash and and I plan to use Google Gemini for the slides. I hope everyone likes. I'm having a lot of fun making it. #AIvideogame #AIGameDev #BeginnerGameDev #IndieGameDev #LearningCoding #GameDeveloper #IndieDeveloper #GameDevJourney #GameDevBeginner #CodingForGames #LearnGameDev #GameProgramming #GameDesign #IndieGames

Berlin Mini Jam Apr 14

We had a great MiniJam in March at SAE! Thanks to everyone who participated and thanks to the SAE for hosting🙌
We hope to see you all next Jam in May ❤️

#gamedevelopment #gamecommunity #art #gameart #programming #gameprogramming

HowToPhil (Phillip R)Apr 8

"30 tips to make your game more fun to play"

#games #game #gameProgramming #Tips

http://www.petesqbsite.com/sections/tutorials/zines/qbcm/11-30tips.html

QB Cult Magazine - Vol. 2 Iss. 2

रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)Apr 5

“The Gold Standard Of Optimization: A Look Under The Hood Of RollerCoaster Tycoon”, Lars Thießen (https://larstofus.com/2026/03/22/the-gold-standard-of-optimization-a-look-under-the-hood-of-rollercoaster-tycoon/).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47480886

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The gold standard of optimization: A look under the hood of RollerCoaster Tycoon

Due to some lucky circumstances, I recently had the chance to appear in one of the biggest German gaming podcasts, Stay Forever, to talk about the technology of RollerCoaster Tycoon (1999). It was …

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Badjano Entertainment Mar 4

#MeshNodes
Soon...

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Luminous Dice Feb 25

First version of my movement system 👀
Still early, but I’m focusing on making it feel responsive and smooth.

Getting the “feel” right is harder than expected 😅

Any thoughts?

#gamedev #indiedev #devlog #gameprototype #gameprogramming #indiegames

Paolo Amoroso Feb 9

The experience of Alan Henning @jalanhenning with coding a game in BASIC by applying the lessons from his past as a professional programmer.

https://troypress.com/coding-for-fun-using-lessons-from-work

#basic #GameProgramming #programming

Coding for Fun Using Lessons from Work

With free time being precious, I tried to apply lessons from my past as a professional programmer to speed development of my BASIC game, Cycladic League. Sometimes I succeeded, sometimes I didn’t.…

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Arto Koistinen Feb 4

So I ended up not doing traditional collision checking at all, but relying on flocking to keep the units from colliding and it's actually working pretty nicely!

(re: working on a simple RTS game with C and SDL3)

#gamedev #sdl #sdl3 #gameprogramming