Stuffed Wombat

Stuffed Wombat

@stuffedwomb.at

MARBLE SOULS coming soon. Mosa Lina. PRODUCER 2021. qomp. 10mg. Gutwhale. ord. Handulum. A lot of other games. he/him. Check out my website: https://stuffedwomb.at/

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Rami Ismail (رامي)
@ramiismail.com

This is somehow the funniest and most appropriate typo of my name I've ever seen

Hyphen@hyphenonline.com

Rami Islami is one of the video game industry’s most prominent Muslims. He tells Hyphen why money, language and geography still limit who gets to make games — and why he’s working to change that. hyphenonline.com/2026/09/28/r...

hyphenonline.comRami Ismail is trying to change who gets to make video games - HyphenThe Dutch-Egyptian developer is one of the gaming industry's most prominent Muslims — and he's giving others like him a helping hand
Stuffed Wombat
@stuffedwomb.at

Just to be explicit in face of current topic: I don't use AI and stand by what I decided for myself when all this started: everyone relying on AI makes my job (developing unexpected games) a lot easier.

Stuffed Wombat
@stuffedwomb.at

The process is the whole point. There are no shortcuts. Writing the same piece of boilerplate a hundred times is good for you, actually. Relying on tech you don't control is a trap. The people who control it are genuinly evil. It's all stolen. Using it literally makes you stupid. Etc etc

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PUNKCAKE Délicieux 🥞
@punkcake.club

Just to be clear, we do NOT use AI to make games at PUNKCAKE Délicieux. Honestly it's annoying to have to say it, but since I keep seeing "gamedevs are all secretly using it"... Well, no. AI is for losers. That's not how you make good, creative and/or meaningful games. The art is in the craft.

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rare
@rarelike.bsky.social

Sneaky peeky at the demake project I'm going to work on next. I started this just before reviving VVVVVVV so it's been kicking around in my brain for over a month with no progress. This should be a fun one to make!

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zaratustra
@zaratustra.bsky.social

So, it doesn't matter how much effort you put into having the idea for the game If the game is easy to make, it is easy to copy

Richard Meredith@rtm223.me

Given that the person who had their game "replicated" is also an AI slopper, is lying about that, and the "replica" was on Steam before their game was: I feel ok using this as a jumping off point for discussing why I don't think this is anywhere near as much of an issue as people are worried about

Stuffed Wombat
@stuffedwomb.at

there's this really interesting thing that happened to a bunch of friends (and me at some point), where a gif with a neat concept u made in an afternoon goes mega-viral and then you spend the next two years crushed by the expectation, unable to actually turn it into a game. execution is everything

Richard Meredith@rtm223.me

The fear of "someone will steal my idea", has been a real fear in indie spaces for years, but it's never been a real issue because the idea is worth basically nothing. It's execution that counts - What can you create from that idea that is uniquely compelling to an audience?

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Richard Meredith
@rtm223.me

Replying to @rtm223.me

The fear of "someone will steal my idea", has been a real fear in indie spaces for years, but it's never been a real issue because the idea is worth basically nothing. It's execution that counts - What can you create from that idea that is uniquely compelling to an audience?

Stuffed Wombat
@stuffedwomb.at

making this game was one of the best experiences of my life. afterwards, I drifted further and further away from making games. Instead, I went exploring in the world outside of the computer, almost completely loosing access to my craft and practice.

Stuffed Wombat
@stuffedwomb.at

I have this long solipsistic blogpost half-written, but I don't want to subject you to more of me, circling my own drain. It's time to truly get back into the work now :) Thanks for following along all this time

Stuffed Wombat
@stuffedwomb.at

I was supposed to give a talk at Game Dev Days Graz today but had to cancel for mental health reasons. I've stretched myself too thin for months and basically broke down yesterday. I love the event & the people running it and am super sad (and dissapointed with myself) to miss it. Very sorry!

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Denis
@denisbondare.bsky.social

Working on cave design. It's pretty hard to make an entrance distinguishable. Trying this moss outline and hanging roots. #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #gamedev

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Maddy Thorson
@maddymakesgames.com

one thing you learn from making a lot of things is that the nitty gritty details, the millions of tiny invisible decisions, ARE the art. The "higher level ideas" are not nearly as important or interesting

Freya Holmér@freya.bsky.social

"AI lets you focus on the higher level ideas!!" because we all grew up dreaming of becoming managers and CEOs we all know the real artists at the very highest level are the shareholders, famously full of amazing ideas

Stuffed Wombat
@stuffedwomb.at

got kicked out of the expensive supermarket yesterday bc i was not wearing shoes, so today i am going to the cheap supermarket, where they accept me how i am (not wearing shoes)

Stuffed Wombat
@stuffedwomb.at

first time i'm getting shit for bare feet in this city, guessing it's bc it's octoberfest time? Before I only got in trouble in berlin and all over spain basically

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increpare
@increpare.bsky.social

www.bfxr.net BFXR major update. I need to spend a *lot* more time with the presets of the instruments, but I was so immediately sold by the Mixfxr tool (that just overlaps two existing synths) that I had to put it live RIGHT AWAY. Try it out!

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ceej
@ceej.online

incredible news: we’re having the same arguments over and over for the rest of time

Stuffed Wombat
@stuffedwomb.at

since we started working on MARBLE SOULS, there's been a ton of cool indie games that seem to do something similar and then I always get really scared and check out the demo and it's never really going for the same thing that we're trying to achieve, so that's really nice :)

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Queen's Domain⚔️ - DEMO OUT NOW
@queensdomain.bsky.social

Queen’s Domain is launching OCT 30TH!! ⚔️ Excited to announce our retro-fantasy action RPG with brutal combat and traversal-focused exploration will be available soon for PC and Consoles. Coming to Steam, Switch 2, Xbox Series and PS5!