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MrCopilot<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a> do be like that sometimes.<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> doubly so.</p><p><a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/the-rights-to-one-of-the-greatest-pc-games-of-all-time-languished-in-the-vault-of-a-midwestern-insurance-firm-until-a-frustrated-player-bugged-them-about-a-re-release-but-they-asked-me-if-i-wanted-to-do-system-shock-3/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pcgamer.com/games/fps/the-righ</span><span class="invisible">ts-to-one-of-the-greatest-pc-games-of-all-time-languished-in-the-vault-of-a-midwestern-insurance-firm-until-a-frustrated-player-bugged-them-about-a-re-release-but-they-asked-me-if-i-wanted-to-do-system-shock-3/</span></a></p>
VanGoYo<p>I'm working on a new video game and didn't feel like making pixel art, as I usually do. So I'm trashbashing every boss and using their photos as the sprites instead.</p><p>I tried to finish the first boss, a bull tank, this weekend and got pretty far. I still have to make the other set of tank treads and horns, then paint it all.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/trashbash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trashbash</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/crafts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crafts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/gameart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gameart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/wip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wip</span></a></p>
M.Y. Hauger<p>The game Stranded is based on the book Union Of Sorrows: The Beginning.<br><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Union-Sorrows-Beginning-M-Y-Hauger-ebook/dp/B086PHDXW6/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">amazon.com/Union-Sorrows-Begin</span><span class="invisible">ning-M-Y-Hauger-ebook/dp/B086PHDXW6/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/roblox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roblox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indiegames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indiegames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pointandclick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pointandclick</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/textadventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textadventure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/storytelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storytelling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookboost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookboost</span></a></p>
Rust Weekly 🦀<p>Internships for a Rust graphics engine: GSoC 2025</p><p><a href="https://graphite.rs/blog/internships-for-a-rust-graphics-engine-gsoc-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">graphite.rs/blog/internships-f</span><span class="invisible">or-a-rust-graphics-engine-gsoc-2025/</span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://graphite.rs/blog/internships-for-a-rust-graphics-engine-gsoc-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://graphite.rs</span><span class="invisible">/blog/internships-for-a-rust-graphics-engine-gsoc-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rustlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rustlang</span></a></p>
M.Y. Hauger<p>The Obby is inspired by the game that I created nearly three years ago.<br><a href="https://gamejolt.com/games/77a7/730109" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gamejolt.com/games/77a7/730109</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://my-hauger.itch.io/stranded" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">my-hauger.itch.io/stranded</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/roblox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roblox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indiegames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indiegames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pointandclick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pointandclick</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/textadventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textadventure</span></a></p>
M.Y. Hauger<p>I put a lot of work into this one, and I almost lost the progress I had made while creating it. Roblox Studio crashed while I was working on it. Thankfully, my progress was recovered later on. <br><a href="https://youtu.be/WMsbdbnImNY?si=3O5wL1YfApt6Hl1z" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/WMsbdbnImNY?si=3O5wL1</span><span class="invisible">YfApt6Hl1z</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/roblox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roblox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indiegames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indiegames</span></a></p>
M.Y. Hauger<p><a href="https://youtu.be/78DOjGSi0OY?si=3aX7DCE3i0cZNrMR" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/78DOjGSi0OY?si=3aX7DC</span><span class="invisible">E3i0cZNrMR</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/roblox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roblox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedevelopment</span></a></p>
M.Y. Hauger<p><a href="https://youtu.be/UbIl9KTBchY?si=4AFPxZeAL_U2HVi9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/UbIl9KTBchY?si=4AFPxZ</span><span class="invisible">eAL_U2HVi9</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/roblox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roblox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedevelopment</span></a></p>
M.Y. Hauger<p><a href="https://youtu.be/DS4Kr__ZEXk?si=G9Pf5Ai5d2wsT6eY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/DS4Kr__ZEXk?si=G9Pf5A</span><span class="invisible">i5d2wsT6eY</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/roblox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roblox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedevelopment</span></a></p>
M.Y. Hauger<p><a href="https://youtu.be/2mAUtGm8el0?si=euapOddNZGMSRk0U" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/2mAUtGm8el0?si=euapOd</span><span class="invisible">dNZGMSRk0U</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/roblox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roblox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedevelopment</span></a></p>
CM30<p>Since I missed out on <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/screenshotsaturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>screenshotsaturday</span></a>, here’s the current status for one of my mini boss battles in my <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Mario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mario</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ROMhack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ROMhack</span></a>.</p><p>It was coded from scratch in assembly language, and is about 70-80% done.</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/romhacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romhacking</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a></p>
Sublingual Multimedia<p>Thanks to everyone who joined me for my drawing stream today. The first scene is definitely starting to feel "full" and just needs some background work to finish it off. <a href="https://social.sublingual.xyz/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://social.sublingual.xyz/tags/3dart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3dart</span></a></p>
Doomski<p>Decided to be a bit more forgiving and add an additional checkpoint towards the end of the level.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/godot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>godot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a></p>
Akseli :quake_verified:​ :kde:<p>Getting menu buttons to work in Artificial Rage. I've been putting this off way to long.</p><p>The positioning is still off but at least i can click on them now. Will need to make them change color on hover as well.</p><p>As always, the source code for the game is available here: <a href="https://codeberg.org/akselmo/artificial-rage" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/akselmo/artificia</span><span class="invisible">l-rage</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scalie.zone/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://scalie.zone/tags/screenshotSaturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>screenshotSaturday</span></a> <a href="https://scalie.zone/tags/fps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fps</span></a> <a href="https://scalie.zone/tags/ArtificialRage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialRage</span></a></p>
Robin Neal<p>Decided to try to learn more of Unity's new RenderGraph today. Once again I spent several hours smashing my face against something that I thought should work, only to discover what I suspect might be another Unity bug. Now to wait an indeterminate amount of time for a reply to a forum post.</p><p>Oh the joys of being a <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/unity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unity</span></a> developer 😭 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a></p>
Mx. Paige Ashlynn<p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/qgcon.bsky.social/post/3lm67xqnuc22m" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reposting</a> from the QGCon Bluesky account:</p><p>Worried your project isn't up to snuff? Worry not! QGCon has featured wild experiments, unfinished games and concept pieces. The proof isn't in the polish; it's in the heart! 💗 Submit your games, presentations, and research now @ <a href="https://www.qgcon.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">qgcon.org</a></p><p><a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/CallForProposal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CallForProposal</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/GameEvents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameEvents</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/GamesScholar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GamesScholar</span></a></p>
Bee O'Problem :godot:<p>Going to be a mishmash of things on tonight's stream. Some work on my streaming overlays, some work on gamedev tools, and some prep work to participate in iRadDev's Radial Menu Jam.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/livestreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livestreaming</span></a></p>
gurkenlabs :idle:<p>Celebrating over ten years of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a>, we've just released the first <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/videogame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>videogame</span></a> we've ever worked on back in 2014: An extremely shitty flappy bird clone called "Happy Goat", written in LibGDX!<br>There was an Android version at some point, but getting it buildable again will require some more work. For now, it's Windows only.</p><p><a href="https://gurkenlabs.itch.io/happy-goat" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gurkenlabs.itch.io/happy-goat</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Julien Kaspar<p>They come out faster than I can share :D</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQClh2VCM0s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=jQClh2VCM0</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p><p><a href="https://socel.net/tags/b3d" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>b3d</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/godotengine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>godotengine</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a></p>
The Video Game Library 📚<p>IT'S LIVE! 🚨</p><p>Volume 002 of your "Video Game Library Newsletter" has just dropped 🎉</p><p>📕 ~20 major new Book Announcements and Releases <br>📘 Plenty of deep-cut discoveries<br>📗 A spotlight on one of my favorite <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a> memoirs<br>📙 An awesome interview <br>📚 ..and MUCH MORE! 👇</p><p><a href="https://thevideogamelibrary.substack.com/p/the-video-game-library-newsletter-4a9?r=5fz45w&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true&amp;triedRedirect=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thevideogamelibrary.substack.c</span><span class="invisible">om/p/the-video-game-library-newsletter-4a9?r=5fz45w&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true&amp;triedRedirect=true</span></a></p>