The demo for Torchlike is out!
You are trapped in an endless dungeon, and will only survive as long as your torch does. How deep can you go before the darkness claims you?
* 20 procedurally generated levels
* Permadeath
* Upgrade potions to boost stats for the run
* No monsters or jumpscares
Listening to a report about Google chopping down a quarter of a million trees in Finland to build a data centre while washing out yoghurt pots for the recycling
WE DID IT. I CANT FUCKING BELIEVED WE DEFEATED USA WE DEFEATED A COUP WE DEFEATED META WE DEFEATED EVERYONE WHO TRIED TO SILENCE BRAZILIA PEOPLE
LULA WON GUYS. THE PEOPLE WON.
The only legit way to make games is in your parents' basement on a ZX Spectrum or Commodore 64. Apple II is a marginal case and you should consider upgrading by 2030.
making games so you can hopefully afford to make more games is literally a different industry from grinding up people so number goes up and it is harmful to pretend otherwise regardless of whether or not we share a platform or a binary format
Question to devs & players: I've had a long discussion with an artist about art in games and especially Steam capsules... he hates AI art, but he uses Photoshop’s Generative Fill and thinks it’s perfectly fine because he paid for it.
What are your thoughts on this?
#ai#games#gamedev
My first 5 TTRPGs in the order I played* them:
1. Red Box Basic DnD
2. 2e ADnD
3. Shadowrun
4. GURPS
5. Warhammer FRPG
*does not include all the random books I read but couldn't find anyone to play back in the early 90s, looking at you Palladium and FASA
Opportunities for indy publishing in many fields. When I was a kid if you wanted to sell your own game you had to head to a locally owned computer store with ziplock baggies and convince the owner to let you sell on consignment.
Probably on cassette tape.
If I had a day job I would be making so many weird side projects you guys.
Somebody hire me to write or design so I can create extremely niche games I can give away for free.
If I had a day job I would be making so many weird side projects you guys.
Somebody hire me to write or design so I can create extremely niche games I can give away for free.
I've been working on a Godot shader tutorial series for a little while now and I'm happy to finally release the first part today! It covers the absolute basics: vertex and fragment shaders, rasterization, parameters, and shader hints. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJv3...
The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot
A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead:
www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...
Welcome to #WishlistWednesday! I have been focused on debugging my #WIP#CRPG / textadventure hybrid called Cyberganked this year. Please add to your wishlist on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/880930/C...
Next Fest is starting today. Wanna play a tightly-scoped game about running around procedurally-generated dungeons while your torch slowly dies?
Check out the demo for Torchlike. #steamnextfest#indiegames#noAIstore.steampowered.com/app/5038760/...
You have to be your game's unique value proposition. Make games so infused with your special sauce that an AI attempt to replicate it will only miss the point and fuck it up.
Remember, the vibecoders have enough AI brain rot that they can no longer recognize subtext or accurately critique media.
developers, is this a concern for you when it comes to next fest or any other sort of demo? has it influenced your recent decision making? if so, get in touch. DMs are open, email is nathan@aftermath.site, and I’m nathangrayson.666 on signal
The takeaway is that intentional design has become even more important. Don't make a game anyone could have made. Make a game that bleeds your personal madness.
Next Fest is starting today. Wanna play a tightly-scoped game about running around procedurally-generated dungeons while your torch slowly dies?
Check out the demo for Torchlike. #steamnextfest#indiegames#noAIstore.steampowered.com/app/5038760/...
1) I'm on the board of the Ray Bradbury Center
2) I am co-editing a new anthology (with Carrie Cooper, Assistant Director of the Ray Bradbury Center and public humanities scholar).
the guy running against hitler put hitler into his government and handed power over to him. so actually people should probably have looked closer at him.
that's a good metaphor for biden though, he also handed power peacefully over to a fascist after that fascist had previously attempted a coup.
Important for anyone with an Nvidia card btw
Getting this out there if it hasn't been already, turn this off! It's automatically switched on after the recent updates.