Nathan Hoad

@nathanhoad
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Making Bravest Coconut, a silly game about solving story-driven puzzles, meeting a cast of quirky characters, and exploring a world full of secrets... and you're a cat.
Homehttps://nathanhoad.net
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Discordhttps://nathanhoad.net/discord
Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/nathanhoad

Get a sneak peek at some new gameplay footage for Bravest Coconut tonight during the ANZ Indiefest

The main event starts at 7:30pm AEST ๐Ÿฟ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IihLc4hUboY

#anzindiefest #indiegames #godot

Oh no! Coco has been locked up. How is she going to get out of this one? All good adventure games have some kind of prison escape puzzle.

Wishlist Bravest Coconut: https://s.team/a/2913190

#ScreenshotSaturday #Godot #PixelArt #IndieGame #CozyGame

There doesn't seem to be a week that goes by without some game dev horror story on Reddit that could have been avoided if the project was using source control. I made a quick intro to Git video to hopefully make the process less scary.

๐Ÿ“บ https://youtu.be/oYsAftrDaps

#IndieDev #GameDev #Coding

Beginner Game Devs: Let's talk about Git

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If you like thinky puzzle games but also like a little bit of action then you should check out Bravest Coconut.

๐Ÿฑ https://s.team/a/2913190

#WishlistWednesday #IndieGames #PixelArt #Godot

I've been working on improving the branding for Bravest Coconut and decided to update the trailer while I was at it: https://youtu.be/_pvOG2MsTQk

#ScreenshotSaturday #Godot #IndieGame #PixelArt #ThinkyGame

Bravest Coconut: Official Teaser

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Here's v3.9.1 of my Dialogue Manager addon for #godot - lots of fixes and a couple of new things under the hood.

https://github.com/nathanhoad/godot_dialogue_manager/releases/tag/v3.9.1

#IndieDev #GameDev

Release v3.9.1 for Godot 4.5 ยท nathanhoad/godot_dialogue_manager

What's Changed New Stuff Simplify how imports are compiled by @nathanhoad in #1015 Add a warning when exiting with unsaved files by @nathanhoad in #1029 Allow responses to have doc comments by @na...

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There's going to be a spooky graveyard area in Bravest Coconut but I need some suggestions for funny epitaphs to have on the tombstones. Any ideas?

Wishlist now: s.team/a/2913190

#ScreenshotSaturday #IndieGame #CozyGame #GameDev #Godot

I recently made the switch from Windows 11 to Linux for all things game dev and I couldn't be happier so I made a little video about the experience.

๐Ÿ“บ https://youtu.be/nEgGTluWrO8

#GameDev #Linux #Godot #IndieDev

Game Dev: I migrated to Linux

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All of my Godot Dialogue Manager example projects are 40% off for the next few days for the Black Friday sale on Itch (or get the whole bundle for 65% off!)

๐Ÿ‘‰ https://itch.io/s/168534/black-friday-creator-day-2025

#Godot #IndieDev #GameDev

Black Friday Creator Day 2025 by Nathan Hoad

A bundle by Nathan Hoad, $12.00 for 6 games

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It's time for another update to Dialogue Manager! Version 3.9 comes with some fixes as well as a bunch of new stuff.

๐Ÿ‘‰ https://github.com/nathanhoad/godot_dialogue_manager/releases/tag/v3.9.0

#Godot #IndieDev #GameDev

Release v3.9.0 for Godot 4.5 ยท nathanhoad/godot_dialogue_manager

What's Changed New Stuff Save open buffers when running project by @nathanhoad in #999 Allow pre/post processing lines during compilation by @nathanhoad in #1001 Add setting for translation CSV de...

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