Gouldberg
duncanappleby.bsky.social
Gouldberg
@duncanappleby.bsky.social
Musician and teacher and choral conductor. AuDHD. Developing ProgressRPG, an app to help you (especially ND folk) get stuff done.
Find out more and sign up here: https://progressrpg.com
OMG I just started watching a random isekai anime and a Demon King is talking and an ORCHESTRATED VERSION OF SCHUBERT'S ERLKÖNIG IS PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND OMGWTFBBQ
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Wondering if I should prank the teenagers chatting directly outside my bedroom at 12:30am. Just open the window and boom "GOOD EVENING, YOUNGLINGS. WHAT OFFERINGS HAVE YOU BROUGHT FOR THE CROW THIS NIGHT-"
"OH, THEY'VE GONE 😢"
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
IM SAD GIMME SUGAR
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
An error that happens for me and only me when I log into Django admin? That's no fun at all :(
SynchronousOnlyOperation something something wsgi vs asgi
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
New hat sighted: "MAKE GOREGRIND GREAT AGAIN"
Goregrind is music with themes of "gore, forensic pathology and death" sounds fun man
November 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This strained shoulder muscle is a pain in the etc
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Tuesday's rehearsal sounded SMASHING! Get your tickets for next Friday's show at tinyurl.com/100yearsofha...
#choir #music #barbershop
October 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Omg I just played 'whanau' in Scrabble 😮🥹
October 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Google been plagiarising Black Mirror with their Pixel 10 ad. Holy shit it's creepy.
September 19, 2025 at 7:48 AM
@ProgressRPG is now entering alpha testing!!! So excited to be sharing it with others for the first time (Apart from my enthusiastic gf of course ❤️)

Come and celebrate in a chill hangout online, tomorrow (5pm UK time): evt.to/eoosgodow

#makingProgress #indiedev
Progress RPG: testing launch hangout
This will be a relaxed chance to drop in, say hi, and share the excitement of alpha testing kicking off. Come whenever and for however long you like!
evt.to
September 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Here's my reaction to eating cheap sweet bakery:

"This is awful. Give me more."
September 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Back to school! I work part-time in a couple of music jobs.
How do you balance working on your passion project with your day job?

#gamedev #indiedev
September 4, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Today is a day for
August 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Just came up with an idea for a t-shirt design promoting Progress RPG!
It'll have "Steps to Progress" at the top, and a QR code, then a list of checkboxes with this text:
[x] Look at this t-shirt
[x] Notice there's a QR code
[ ] Snap a picture and join for free!

#makingProgress
August 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Need to go out to pick up migraine meds
Need to take migraine meds before I can go outside
August 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Error in production: fair enough, couldn't have foreseen that.
Hotfix causes error in staging: ah, should have tested locally first 😳🙄

#makingProgress #indiedev
August 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Why is the word maintnenance maintenance mantenna MAINTENANCE so hard to type dammit

Currently working on Minaeintinacen mode for Progress

#makingProgress #indiedev
August 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Solo dev life

#indiedev
August 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Maintenance mode is working, except for the whole 'redirect to maintenance page' bit. Kinda crucial
#indiedev #makingProgress
August 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Woohoo, user registration now functional! Only one thing left to do  in current phase: check maintenance mode works in React

#makingProgress #solodev
August 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Adding settings to change my settings :3

#solodev #makingProgress
August 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
So many ideas, so few of me

#solodev #makingProgress
August 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
"I'm sorry I couldn't reply to your message immediately; I was cleaning my spacebar"
August 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Reposted by Gouldberg
Breaking out of the void: the game is alive.

Demo dropping soon. Want to play before anyone else?

• Streamers & creators: DM me for an early slice of panic.
• Survival fans: Like, RT & follow within 48 h to snag 2 of 10 keys

#indiedev #solodev #pixelart #IndieGameDev #indiegame
July 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Reposted by Gouldberg
Not quite the same thing, but I'm one of the few game devs I know from a working class background. I was in the service industry. My mom was a nurse and my dad was a labor organizer turned restaurant owner. I paid my own way through college. This isn't the typical game dev background 🤷‍♀️
"Does the UK [insert industry] industry have a class problem?" is, I'm sorry, a BS question because absolutely everything in the UK still revolves around class, to a degree very obvious to any European.

i.e. Is the Pope Catholic?

bbc.com/news/article...
Does the UK video games industry have a class problem?
A non-profit organisation is trying to create more pathways into the sector for working-class people.
bbc.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM