John O’Kane

John O’Kane

@johnokane.bsky.social

Games Programmer. Ireland. He/Him

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Here's the April update to the technique. The main new addition is the use of a procedural flow map to inform brush stroke length and direction.

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Hey folks looking for #SteamNextFest demos! SPARROW WARFARE is a bird-filled deckbuilder with art made from public domain bird illustrations of the 17th-19th centuries, 100% positive reviews, & Northernlion called it "swag" ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKox... store.steampowered.com/app/4396770/...

store.steampowered.comSparrow Warfare Demo on SteamPlay ever-crazier combinations of 3 tiles to free the birds in our synergy-rich deckbuilder. Let your mind take flight as you scheme and strategise. In this demo version: experience the core loop, two...

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Recreation of Richborough Roman coastal fort #Kent c AD 250 The fort enclosed an earlier triumphal arch Anyone who's read Rosemary Sutcliff's 1959 novel *The Lantern Bearers* will know the arch probably became a signal tower © Ivan Lapper 2001 (for the English Heritage guide) #RomanFortThursday

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I've been pretty quiet lately, but I need to come out of my shell now because we have lots of exciting things happening in the next 6 weeks or so!! First up: our game is part of GAMES AS ART festival tomorrow in Finland! I'll be talking about how I make our bird art 🐣

NEON AURELIUS@neonaurelius.bsky.social

We're super honoured that our little bird game SPARROW WARFARE has been selected to be part of tomorrow's GAMES AS ART festival in Finland! Come join online: gamesasartcenter.com/festival/

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Dear lovers of passive aggression, I made something for you. No need to swing a sword at goblins anymore. Just kick a poisonous mushroom at them, it turns into a cloud, and the cloud does the rest. Wishlist on Steam, link in bio 😜 #indiegames #indiedev #roguelike #dungeoncrawler #gamedev #devlog

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Just hit the release button - Guild of Dungeoneering Ultimate Edition is now available on iOS and Android!

Colm Larkin@gambrinous.com

NEWS - we will be releasing Guild of Dungeoneering Ultimate Edition for iOS and Android 24 hours from now!

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I’m so sorry for everyone at id Software affected by these layoffs. I know what it feels like to leave id while id goes on. It’s a strange and painful thing to step away from a place that holds so much of your work, friendships and history. 1/5

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making a new build of bog bodies tonight with the great new character controller improvements from @hyphinett.bsky.social 😍 if I get chance I might put on the steamdeck for saturday night 😎 and maybe SZeance too, why not. 🔮

Glasgow Independent Games Festival@glasgowindiegamesfest.org

Missed a Saturday day ticket? Get yourself down to the GIGF Afterparty this Saturday ! 🎮️ All our festival games (Plus a few extra!) 🎵 Music performances 🏆️ Our Best in Show Award Show ❤️ BYOG (Bring your own game !!)( Laptops and handhelds only!)) 🎟️ Tickets glasgowindiegamesfest.org

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New Crocotile 3d update! (v2.7.1) + the 20th Crocojam begins soon! Lots of additions, improvements, and bugfixes- check the changelog for full details! Also, Thanks Dazzle.Rase14 for the Chinese translation of the documentation! #lowpoly #pixelart #indedev #gamedev #3d

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When I referred to the industry as being “crashier” now than it was in 1983, I meant how it feels to live and work in this industry as a developer, not in terms of industry revenue. A🧵...

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Exciting day for our game today - it's being played out in the world at TWO big events this weekend! Check it out if you're at: 🏰 Leftfield Collection, MCM LONDON 🏯 Bitsummit KYOTO & if you're at home? Sure, you can play the (100% positive reviews!) demo too! store.steampowered.com/app/4396770/...

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Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.

On this technique I put so much work into trying to figure out stability over camera motion, I forget to consider the still screens. I mean it's valid to focus on that (no-one will want to play a game that looks like a bag of worms), but it can be nice to consider shots here and there.

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Meet my game in 20 seconds. That's Paper Rogue, an indie roguelike where you fight, kick enemies into traps, loot gear, and drink potions off the floor. Turns out heroes have questionable drinking habits 😂 Demo available soon #indiegames #roguelike #gameplay #dungeoncrawler #gamedev #rpg #devlog

It's Bealtaine. Jump the fires of the sun on earth. Burn away the dark spirits that have black moulded to your back. Keep that morning dew on your tongue and drive your cattle to grassy pastures. Protect the flame of today, in your heart, for another year.

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I'm pleased to announce Dronelord Hyperviber is getting a full release and is now available to wishlist on Steam. If you haven't played the 7DFPS version I just released an update on itch! If you've already played and loved the itch version please wishlist! store.steampowered.com/app/4672170/...

store.steampowered.comDronelord Hyperviber on SteamA fast paced bullet heaven FPS played with just the mouse where your speed is your fire rate. As a member of the Hypervibers you will complete missions for the Hypervibers fighting against inhuman hor...

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It's official, my nomination is in! I'll be on the ballot in the Galway West by-election. Make the government pay for their multiple crises and demand a Galway we can live in. Vote People Before Profit no.1 and then transfer to other Left candidates

Here's the April update to the technique. The main new addition is the use of a procedural flow map to inform brush stroke length and direction.

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30 years ago Richard Garfield released the game he considers his masterpiece. invented to fix all the problems he saw in magic the gathering, a game he pitched in a moment of panic when robo rally got turned down. still the best game ever made

Null Signal Games → SPIEL@netrunner.nullsignal.games

"Wow!" - ams Celebrating 30 years of Netrunner!

let people drink the red liquid from the dark sarcophagus

Paper Rogue@paperrogue.bsky.social

In Paper Rogue, spilled potion stays on the floor. You can pick it up with an empty bottle and carry it with you. We didn't plan this as a feature. We planned it as a world where things don't disappear when you drop them. Wishlist on Steam, link in bio #indiegames #rpg #roguelike #steamgame

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The countdown to FÍS Games Summit 2026 starts now 🎮   We’re excited to reveal our first speaker of the day on the main stage: Paul Conway, the CEO and Art Director of Spooky Doorway Games.   Read more on our website!     #FÍSGamesSummit #GameDev #GamesIndustry #IndieDev

I'm glad to see these more in depth product blogs taking place from middleware. Too often this sort of information is hidden to developers if they aren't in a big team or directly working on the code. You get to see a) the typical issues and b) the better solutions. www.havok.com/blog/how-hav...

havok.comPhysics Constraint Solver Deep Dive: PGS & Baumgarte in HavokTechnical deep dive into how Havok’s constraint solver functions, covering PGS iteration, Baumgarte correction, and the direct solver.

I got around to playing this last week. It's fun! There are plenty of interesting choices and I like the feedback loop of defeated enemies becoming friends. Figuring out when to push forward and how to time the use of friends as wildcards to fix your hand was key for me. Demo recommended!

NEON AURELIUS@neonaurelius.bsky.social

The newest patch to the demo adds a run history to the game so you can look at your past successes and failures. Also new: the game sums up all attacks of your opponents for you. And of course new animations, bug fixes, and we've fixed the sound mixing: store.steampowered.com/news/app/347...