I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice:
https://www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-15-years-of-indie-dev-in-4-bits-of-advice/
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
TACTICAL BREACH WIZARDS IS OUT!
Sorry for yelling but it took ages to make
Turn-based tactics game about Navy Seers and Traffic Warlocks from the devs of Gunpoint and Heat Signature
Grab it now for a discount and a lil extra gift! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/Tactical_Breach_Wizards/
Boosts much appreciated!
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.
Feels weird to news here, but we just released a demo for the game I've been working on for 6.5 years, so news I must:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/Tactical_Breach_Wizards/
Boosts appreciated!
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.
5 yrs ago, I threw out the term Information Games for Outer Wilds, Obra Dinn, Her Story, etc.
The genre's evolved since, and my old definition was flimsy, so I went back to it to drill down into the best trick they pull, and why it's so exciting to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhgBoVCW4yw&list=PLUtKzyIe0aB3jCqjOLE1FPyCt0Wks1R4X&index=15 .
New Breach Wizards dev log: https://youtu.be/rf2y2ZdFTCI
As we hover around content complete (release still a long way off), I've been finally seeing how to fix some years-long annoyances.
Blundered into a board game design lately, calling it Dead King's Bluff. Here I am talking about it on a cold, sunny, noisy (sorry) day: https://youtu.be/5HeydwQA0Go
Will show it in action once some little rules things solidify.
Wrote a post about the Unity thing, on:
- Why this is a disaster even if the new terms don't sting you
- How it traps devs in our position
- Why walking it back could still (mostly) fix it
