Sean James McKenzie

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testing pocket workstation for 2D games. pw supports sprites as well as meshes, sprites can be drawn in 3D or 2D space. #pocketworkstation #dungeoncrawler #roguelike

I haven’t rolled credits yet (so close), but Well Dweller is an immaculate metroidvania. Somehow, some way, @kylethompsondev.bsky.social keeps on proving over and over he’s one of the best working in the scene. I know September has been and continues to be stacked, but drop everything and play it.

Indie game devs - you need a producer. If you want your game to put coordinated and for the people in your team to be communicating well, that's a producer's job to facilitate! #gamedev #indiedev

How is there no *BOOP* emoji?

A little something in progress for this week's #screenshotsaturday! This dungeon is mostly puzzle-based and will require you to play with the water's level to continue your exploration... Wishlist Knight George: store.steampowered.com/app/4305040/... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker

I applied for a job on Nov 15, 2025. They emailed me in Jan of 2026 to say they were going with another candidate Yesterday they emailed me again, to say they were going with another candidate. It’s part of their new “Twist the Knife” initiative.

I applied for a job on Nov 15, 2025. They emailed me in Jan of 2026 to say they were going with another candidate Yesterday they emailed me again, to say they were going with another candidate. It’s part of their new “Twist the Knife” initiative.

NOW: B52 bombers are literally in the air on their way to Iran and hundreds of thousands of Iranians are in the streets waving flags and surrounding bridges & power plants. Difficult to imagine this has any precedent in modern warfare. (🎥 Al Jazeera)

TIL that #Godot lets you customize the icons that appear next to your nodes in the scene tree, by adding @icon(path) to the top of its script. This makes it sooooooooo much easier to distinguish different subclasses of nodes at a glance. #gamedev #godotengine

For so many reasons, the least of which is not the horrible user experience... there's a special place in hell for the people who have "designed" (👈 apologies to that word) ATSs... Automated Talent Systems. They're frighteningly terrible at doing the only thing they do and their AI has no I. 🖕

Paper prototyping with a 3D printer is next level 😍

I'm loving #picocad2 and hoping for some help 🙏 I created a D4-shaped pyramid by deleting a vertex from the pyramid primitive. It seems like either now a face doesn't exist OR the normal is reversed (I think the former). Is there a way to "get that face back" so I can texture it? @johanpeitz.com

"World's most chill game" releases in just ONE WEEK store.steampowered.com/app/3748640/...

It's the last #wishlistwednesday before Little Nemo releases! It's a hand-animated love-letter to the NES platformers you know and love. If you've been curious about metroidvanias, this is the one to try!

You know... in the age of AI these are starting to get insulting.

Yang Binglin, a 91 year old gamer known as "Game Grandpa", completed Resident Evil Requiem completely unassisted, using notes and maps that he wrote BY HAND. Stories like this prove gaming knows no bounds of race, gender, age or anything else. We're united by our love of games. #fortheloveofgames

Why is it some much more fun to start work on a new game than to continue work on an existing project? Is it because the stakes are so low early on? #gamedev #Indiedev

20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes is expected to come out sometime this year!

Well that's just never been true 🤣

Why is it some much more fun to start work on a new game than to continue work on an existing project? Is it because the stakes are so low early on? #gamedev #Indiedev

This happens to me almost every week... big same, Dora. Big same.

Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator - Xbox Series X|S -March 26th. “I’m excited to have someone install this game on console, and hand the controller to a baby. In unrelated news, if a newborn hammering buttons beats my scores, I'm swearing off the stock market forever.” - @writnelson.bsky.social

handy site for Steam games marketing people: Steampoacher - download Steam page assets from any game - logos, key art in different sizes etc - great to get your own and other games' assets quickly (for bundle setups, etc) steampoacher.com?appid=3314790

M’kay, you had your fun. Now it’s time for a time out. You’ll get your phone back after class.

As both a Godot fan/advocate and someone who has put hundreds of hours into the first one… this makes me all kinds of happy.

Less than 24 hours remain! picoCAD 2 drops tomorrow! #gamedev #lowpoly #3d

EVERYBODY STAY CALM! we have realtime area lights in godot, I REPEAT, AREA LIGHTS IN GODOT, this is not a drill 🚨 🗣️

Aside from being sliced open, how was your surgery?

I would suggest this is a more valuable Steam chart, from SteamDB. Releases dramatically grow each year but the number of new games getting more than 500 user reviews does not. steamdb.info/stats/releas...

What an honor. Thank you for this, @writnelson.bsky.social No context needed. Or maybe it is, but I’m not giving any.

I enjoyed the heck out of this game. Go get it.

I enjoyed the heck out of this game. Go get it.

If you’re at GDC, check out my books in the bookstore!

As it turns out I will be at GDC this year so if you want to meet up, please drop me a line. This of course extends not just to those I know IRL - if you're pitching to publishers and want some feedback or have some questions about the industry - please get in touch.

As it turns out I will be at GDC this year so if you want to meet up, please drop me a line. This of course extends not just to those I know IRL - if you're pitching to publishers and want some feedback or have some questions about the industry - please get in touch.

We ride... 🙌

I accidentally misspelled Godot today as GDOOT and couldn't resist. @godotengine.org has anyone made this terrible joke before? #godot #godotengine Please forgive me

another example of ssr in godot 4.6

How do meme's get started? Am I doing it right? #Indiedev #gamedev

How do meme's get started? Am I doing it right? #Indiedev #gamedev

My #review for @alblune.bsky.social's the Spirit & the Mouse (2022). 🐁💫 I never expected to be so deeply affected by this game going in...I feel that current events may have contributed to that. Thank you, Lila, for reaching me with your message of kindness & love when I was wallowing in despair.

Looking for something fun to do this holiday season...?