You might have heard the recent news about Unity, the game engine software used to make all my games (excluding Uncleft, that was Gamemaker). It is incredibly i...

Hello everyone, What a side day for us game developers. As you know, Unity has taken a very bad decision about it's new pricing model. You already probably know...

For those of you somehow not in the loop, Unity has introduced a new so-called "Runtime Fee" that goes into effect starting in 2024. If you're on the Personal o...

Well, it took THREE years, but Mondrian - Plastic Reality is finally coming to itch.io (among a few other places). So why, pray tell, did it take so long to bri...

Hello, because I used Turbo Rascal for developing the game there are plenty of other possible systems for the game. C64 is a major plattform, but there are othe...

When I was working on Sokocode for pico-8, I was not only trying to recreate the original, but I also wanted to add more of what pico-8 had to offer. Yep, the s...

GAME BOY ADVANCE MUSIC AND SOUND CHALLENGES The GBA isn’t known for its sound. The static sounds you often hear in Game Boy Advance games are called artifacts...

WHY DID YOU MAKE A GAME FROM SCRATCH, WITHOUT A GAME ENGINE? We chose to not use a 3rd party game engine because one, we wanted the challenge. And two, we like...

Heyo, Nicec00lkidd here. Recently while I was working on Foxo’s Fun Schoolhouse version 1.1, something really… REALLY bad happened. The sprites folder, sudd...

This post is about development on Naev 0.11.0. At the 2nd anniversary of posting about implementing raymarched fancy explosions , it’s time to talk about tryi...

Hi, I just uploaded small bug fix update! Bugs: Iron smelt quest trigger - fixed First-night survival quest trigger - fixed Wrong smelting behavior - fixed Butt...

What's the most important thing in a rhythm game? Not actual rhythm gameplay, but the music. Actually, not really; I just didn't know how to start this post. As...

I've just uploaded the source code for version 1.0 in the downloads, so if you'd like to create a mod or just see how everything works, you can do so by downloa...

Hi everyone! Devlog#6 is out! The features: — Aceleration and desaceleration — New Level concepts style — new HUD — Secondary objectives...

Finite State Machines Hi, Pixelated Opus here and today I would like to continue the discussion of the development process of my playdate game titled "Castle Ti...

We saw that RetroAchievements have been implemented for version 1, a very fun way to compete! A big thanks to RetroAchievement user Sines who appears to be resp...

Estou criando este post para solucionar qualquer bug no jogo, qualquer problema ou glitch que seja notado no jogo, podem comentar neste post. You can also use t...

A couple people have been asking me about this, so I decided the best thing to do was to write up a post about it! In com__et the bulk of the game has one dynam...

Motivations Hi, Pixelated Opus here and today I want to discuss the development process of my playdate game titled, “ Castle Tintagel ”. I have always been...

I’ve decided to move the game to UE5 from 4. I have been keeping an eye on the features and small improvements they introduced from the very beginning but was...

This week there aren't a new update about #InvisibibleX alpha game. Does mean I give up the game? Or my promise about doing an update every 15 days? In this 8 y...

Esta semana no hay nueva actualización del alpha del videojuego #InvisibleX ¿Significa que he tirado la toalla? ¿He roto con mi promesa de sacar una actualiz...

The investigation into the three Un-Engines has concluded. Funny, that they all start with "Un"^^ Let me briefly share my experience with the game engines and e...

Insight into the Game's Level Design Bubblegum Zombie Hunter showcases unique aspects in its level design. Rather than embracing the common strategy of creating...

Burn it down, start again Step #1 of post-Kickstarter production was to start over in a new codebase. If we're going to be spending the next ~2-3 years on this...

Hey. We just dropped the first major content update for Love Exalt 8372! With TWO new beefy scenes, a new minigame, scene selection menu, script import system...

Hello everyone, a lot of people in the comments have had an issue with the game's VHS filter on the screen becoming white and unplayble. So I've made a no filte...

I know most people really don't care about this kind of stuff, but if you are interested in taking a peak behind the scenes of this game, here is the link to th...

Written by Victor Ahlin, creator of "Just Keep Running" Before We Begin... First thing first, not sponsored. Despite the name drop in the title of this article...

As I mentioned before I wanna finally start working on a major update. But before that, I need to add two updates: 1. Improving AI player; 2. Add multiplayer; F...

The team continues its work on Somnipathy, as we move into the 3rd nightmare, and with 2 full levels under our belt, it was time for a change of workflow for ce...

We are going to fix some bugs , report in the comments any problems you find! We have recently fixed a few bugs <3 - glitchy ladder layer; - some broken sound e...

Written by Victor Ahlin, creator of "Just Keep Running" PLEASE NOTE: This article contains spoilers for Level 1-3 of the game. You have been warned Intro Before...

In this video, I show off how I create cutscenes for Super Sol Standard in preparation for the second demo I’m working on in preparation for this Summer. Chec...

More progress on the mission branching. Waves are now "graded" so generating branches is more structured with an even spread of different difficulties and no du...

In my development version, a new comfort function has now been completed. In the next version of the game, it will be possible to send units directly to a speci...

Why? With default Unity you get floating point precision issues as soon as 3000 units from the origin of the world. That's where the Starbase Build Site is loca...

Hasn't been an update for a while so here's a peek at what I'm currently working on. The multiblock update has highlighted the long loading times issues. On tha...

I'm a little late for Source Code Amnesty Day on the intfiction.org forums, but I actually found the HTML prettified source text for Transparent . The best way...

When I was sharing in-progress shots of some of the backgrounds some people thought I ripped the models from FFXIV itself (which I took as a huge compliment omg...

Hello, this is Garrett Thompson, sole member of Act-Novel. In the last Development Notes entry , I wrote a bit at the end about a potential VRAM bottleneck disc...

When I started to work on Tea For God I had no idea that in a few years, there will be a standalone VR headset and what will be inside it. I decided to go with...

Recently I finished the enemy robot rework I was planning to do. It was successful, the first type of robot is mostly finished, and the other types can be more...

I made "TinyWar high-speed" with only the basic functions of HTML5 and JavaScript. I often build games with basic functions in some programming languages. "Tiny...

Bad Pixels uses a custom rendering engine, so it is a bit tricky to see models working how they should without running the game. Then I have move around the lev...

Previously I posted a brief article about the software tools I’m using to develop my game on a Rainbow 100. Today, I’ll walk through my hardware setup. Main...

No no no, Beer’s law is an actual thing that exists in actual physics - and I used it in Asteroid Arena. In this tech blog I’ll share with you how the cloud...

Hello there! I should keep this page more updated hehe. I finally added controller support, since some people asked me to add it. There's not key binding yet, b...