The Shifting Apparatus 🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️:drgn::neocat:🐺May 3
If ya ever make a horror game, please make sure to make screws unscrewed using knives, keycards, or anything flat that fits into the screwhead. Screwdrives aren't lying around everywhere.

#horror, #videogames, #games, #horrorGame, #horrorgames, #gamedev, #gamedevtips, #gamedevSuggestion
BirgittMar 19

Ich freue mich gerade total über ein Profi-Feedback für mein Game.

Aber da ich allein dran arbeite, fühl ich mich auch ein bissl überfordert. Hat vielleicht jemand Tipps, wie man mit Twine eine Visual Novel ein bisschen interaktiver und „actionreicher“ gestalten kann?

„Eddie´s Journey“ soll ja ein kleines Game werden, das gern gespielt wird 😊

#Twine #GameDev #IndieDev #WIP #Neurodivergenz #GamedevTips #AuDHD

AmirDec 17
Most beginners think tools make good games.
They don’t.
Clear mechanics and readable visuals do.
#GameDesign #IndieDev #GameDevelopment #ClearMechanics #ReadableVisuals #GameDevTips #IndieGameDev
N-gated Hacker NewsNov 22, 2025
How to pretend you're a game developer: memorize #Vulkan #buzzwords, slap together a "game engine" in 3 months, and brag about it online. 😂 But hey, at least there's code on GitHub, for those who love deciphering spaghetti! 🍝🔧
https://edw.is/learning-vulkan/ #gameDevTips #indieGame #spaghettiCode #GitHubProjects #HackerNews #ngated
How I learned Vulkan and wrote a small game engine with it

The personal website of Elias Daler about programming, technology and videogames

Colin MacleodOct 11, 2025

If you want to improve Unity performance, you can export Profiler data and feed it into an AI. It can spot bottlenecks fast.
Mine flagged behavior trees iterating every tick for every unit: obvious in hindsight, but the AI caught it right away.

#Unity #GameDevTips #Indiedev #ProfilerNotProphet

Show threadTab CreationsSep 6, 2025
Start small! Your first project shouldn't be a 500-page tome. A one-page RPG, a small adventure or a focused micro-game is a fantastic way to learn the ropes and, most importantly, actually finish something. (3/9) #OnePageRPG #TTRPGdesign #GameDevTips #RPGdesign
Show threadTab CreationsSep 6, 2025
Don't be afraid to kill your darlings. That clever mechanic you spent a week on might just not work in practice. If it's clunky, confusing or slows down play, it likely should be cut. Be ruthless for the good of the overall design. (7/9) #TTRPGdesign #GameDevTips #IndieRPG #Design
Tokiko StudioAug 20, 2025

A small Godot tip if you want to have nodes (ex: debug button) that only exists when the game runs in the editor (ex: by pressing F5), use:
✅ OS.has_feature("editor")

❌ Engine .is_editor_hint()
Is for "@ tool" scripts inside editor.

#godotengine #indiedev #gamedevtips

Page of Moths 🦋Nov 25, 2024

Facial animation with drivers in Blender! Same technique as https://web.archive.org/web/20240616021616/benjones.us/twilight-princess-eyes-breakdown/

The "control panel" is just custom bone shapes.

#gamedev #retrographics #retro3d #n64graphics #indiedev #indiegamedev #gamedevtip #gamedevtips #photosim

United Ghouls StudioJun 10, 2024
New devs, gather 'round! The UGS devil has some A+ visual storytelling advice: 1. Visuals are your language! 2. Show, Don't Tell: Actions speak louder! 3. Details paint a picture: A broken clock hints at urgency! 4. Less is more: Keep things clear! #GameDevTips #IndieDevHelp #VisualNarrative