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Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · Oct 19

hello Bluesky! this is my game, You Have To Climb Out.

It's my first full #gamedev project, made over 6ish months earlier this year, and is out now on Steam 🐸

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Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · 2h

holy carp thank you for this gift

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Lucas Pope @dukope.bsky.social · 4h

"Return of the Obra Dinn" is seven years old this week.

For this not-particularly-special anniversary, here's a re-cammed and narrated timelapse of (nearly) all character creation, object modeling, scene posing, and general 3D work for Obra Dinn from 2015 to 2018:

youtu.be/90vqCKEEj3s

Return of the Obra Dinn - Narrated Modeling Mega Timelapse

YouTube video by Lucas Pope

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Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · 1d

hell yeah

Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · 1d

i just opened my freezer for the first time today and a singular small fruit fly came flying out. my entire understanding of biology is shattered.

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Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · 3d

im gonna use this exactly how i use the Kenney all in one pack - throw it on my extra hard drive as an excellent offline resource of usable assets.

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Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · 4d

ok! i had a lil personal goal of finishing this update this week and (barely) made it!!

my music-based platformer SongRunner has been updated on itch with 10 new levels!

#Godot #IndieDev 🎮

Version 0.2.0 out now! 10 new levels!

Hello! I did it! I had a loose goal of finishing these next ten levels this week and barely reached it but wahoo! In this update, you can now play worlds 4 and 5. World 4 has a special type of instrum...

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Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · 4d

just putting some proof that i can beat my own game 💅

10 new levels dropping today or Monday on Itch depending on how my focus is today (i only played the Dogpile demo from @folly.studio for about two hours this morning sooo yeah)

steam page soon!! follow for more updates!!

#Godot #IndieDev

the SongRunner main menu showing full completion and all star times with a total played time of 238.72 seconds

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Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · 6d

these cute lil launchers are comin along 🎵🎵🏃‍♂️🎮

#Godot #IndieDev #gaming

Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · 8d

wrote a lil dev log about SongRunner, the game that Mark Brown of GMTK called "pretty neat" 🎮

short and sweet version is - more new levels coming soon to Itch, then a steam page, then a steam demo, then a (hopefully better) demo for the February 2026 Next Fest!

wahoo!!

#IndieDev #Godot

New Levels Coming Soon, Steam Page, Demo Plans

Hi everyone! I wanted to lay out some plans for SongRunner coming up soon. I've been working pretty hard on further cleaning up some little tweaks to the gameplay and presentation, as well as adding w...

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Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · 11d

definitely steam at least! if everything goes as planned, i want to try to have a demo for february's next fest!

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Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · 11d

it feels so good just testing out new platforming levels/mechanics and just haphazardly slapping down notes to make a neat little bop

im really excited for what this game looks like in a few months. i think it could be an awesome submission for the February Next Fest 😈

#indiedev #godot #gaming

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Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · 19d

any recommendations for sites that manage posting lil clips to tiktok/insta/shorts on a schedule?

i'd like to start accounts for SongRunner but all the overhead of scheduling on each platform has deterred me in the past

#Godot #IndieDev

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Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · 25d

my brother it is called "staccato" and it means the notes are very short and thus the platforms you create are also quite short

new levels coming soon to SongRunner 😈😈

a new world means i gotta make a new song and instrument to go with it too hmmmmm

#indiedev #godot #GMTKJam

Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · 26d

hey everybody! its ya boy, matty g, founder and president of antifa here. unfortunately we're gonna have to shut this whole thing down till further notice. boss man said we're through. it's been great working with everyone though, ggs all around.

Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · 28d

new short video about some good progress i've made on SongRunner, my entry in the 2025 #GMTKJam (and a MARK FAVORITE)!

#GMTKJam #IndieDev #Godot

Polishing Up A 2025 GMTK Game Jam Favorite

YouTube video by Matt Goode

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Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · 29d

having a really weird issue with OBS recording my screen upside down and i found a troubleshooting conversation on reddit from someone with the same issue that really made me giggle

Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · Sep 21

finished silksong today with 100% completion. absolutely phenomenal what team cherry was able to cook. i do think the game needs some difficulty options, but if you can manage without them, theres such a wonderfully weird world waiting to be explored. one of my all time favorites without a doubt.

Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · Sep 20

lmaooo i dont think theyre too hard!!! i did like... a good BRISK run of a level and then added a little bit of time. but like, ive also been staring at these levels for two months now sooo

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caite @caitelatte.com · Sep 19

oh no Matt how good did you make the speedrun times!

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Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · Sep 19

gosh i know theres a lot of weird stuff happening in america right now but i just put in a little update to my game to add a lil star when you get a good speedrun time on a level 😈

#Godot #indiedev #GMTKJam

Small update: better completion tracking (and the game is now *actually* text-free!)

Hello! One of the bullet points I was really excited about in the previous update was the fact that the game was now textless! Except that was objectively wrong! Oops! So, in removing all of the text....

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Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · Sep 17

i didnt know how badly i needed this godot 4.5 feature oh my god

screenshot of a feature from godot 4.5 called "mute game toggle", description reads: Debugging can be tedious, especially if it exposes the developer to the same music over and over. One could turn off the speakers entirely, but that’s not really practical, is it?

To keep everyone’s sanity, we introduced the new mute game toggle, located in the Game view.

May your ears enjoy these new opportunities of quietude.

Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · Sep 17

been spending like.. idk a couple weeks in a row on just menus and UI, and dont get me wrong it's satisfying seeing it slowly come together, but gosh it's not quite as exciting as building out new game mechanics and design.

but hey, i think it looks pretty acceptable

#godot #gamedev #indiedev

the main menu for SongRunner, showing a maroon background with a tab container in the center of the screen on a level-select menu, with other tabs for options and info/credits. some levels are disabled because they haven't been reached yet. some levels are complete showing a star or checkmark icon depending on the completion time.

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Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · Sep 17

not even just the map but the screen transitions too 😭 this is so cool

Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · Sep 16

what do the buttons on the bowser phone do

Matt Goode @mattgoode.bsky.social · Sep 15

sometimes when i write an email for work i have two things to say, so i write

"[first thing]

additionally, [second thing]

thanks,

matt"

and the number of times that people ONLY answer [second thing] absolutely kills me oh my god

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