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.
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.
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
Tried physical prototyping for a chess variant idea, first playtest was a lot of fun!
Wrote up a blow-by-blow feat. my plasticine modeling skills:
https://www.pentadact.com/2023-05-28-the-bone-queen-and-the-frost-bishop-playtesting-scavenger-chess-in-plasticine/
When they were trying to get me to learn the British monarchs in school, did they not think to mention one of them was named Sweyn Forkbeard?
https://i.redd.it/bxs90dif9uva1.png
He reigned for 5 weeks and his dad was the Bluetooth guy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweyn_Forkbeard
A #screenshotsaturday for Tactical Breach Wizards why not.
You've just arrived in Kalan, and face a number of Riot Priests that suggests you should not have gone to Kalan.
