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Alex from LWS Studio
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solo indie game dev, etc, etc.

https://blog.longwintershadows.com
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Today I want to share a bit about another one of my projects – beat'em up Homerun Dash. Currently, probably the best and most finished thing about this project is its logo, designed by the incredibly talented @noisivy.desktopgeneration.com
#pixelart #indiedev #gamedev #gamemaker #beatemup #solodev
Okay, I kinda really disrespect eurogamer for this. They lowered arc’s score for using AI (justified), but then they didn’t even mention fugly AI assets(and there’s a ton of them) in their review of yearly dumbass COD-slop? Zero integrity
A shift away from single-player leaves Call of Duty with its most lopsided and homogenous entry in decades, though what it does offer is consistently good fun when accepted on its own terms.

Our Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 review:

www.eurogamer.net/call-of-duty...
November 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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some quick colourways I did for fun taking a break from actual detailing/refining. It's a weird one cause I want to hit at some hard surface functionality while still making it feels like an abstract/grown thing
November 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME BLUESKY
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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The Dominus Book Sale 📚
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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The Steam Machine eating AS MUCH console market as possible is the number 1 priority, because it allows indie developers to reach the "I do not want to hunch over a desk" Bed/Desk gamers as serious customers
November 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Original pages for Belleville Story by Vincent Perriot
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Sif - watercolour and acryla gouache
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Microsoft Office ❌ Terminal ✅

🧮 xleak — A TUI Excel spreadsheets viewer.

💯 Supports search, formula display, lazy loading, clipboard & exporting to CSV/JSON.

🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui.rs

⭐ GitHub: github.com/bgreenwell/x...

#rustlang #ratatui #tui #excel #spreadsheet #cli
November 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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singer
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Real
Matthewmatosis liking the new Shinobi is such an ass take that it retroactively makes me question everything he has said
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Hostile Planet is officially LIVE on Kickstarter! This project has been in the works for 2+ years now and we're incredibly excited for it to come to light.

13 creators from across the globe telling stories about worlds after environmental collapse: www.kickstarter.com/projects/715...
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Ngl I really respect Eurogamer for this
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.

Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Wrote a post talking about the design of Shinobi, Rolling Thunder & Elevator Action and how excellent of a run n gun template it was+how it developed over the years. I'd love to see more indie games take a crack at developing this, cuz Shinobi devs sure as fuck won't

www.patreon.com/posts/142967...
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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He's right tho!!
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Don’t like Pluribus so far ☹️ Every character is stupid, which is fine on its own as it’s most likely intentional, but unfortunately, every single one of them is also unlikeable. Every line of dialogue, even between humans, is stiff and awkward, and MC especially feels like an over the top caricature
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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[halo] miss tana
October 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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New video in a couple of days...
November 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Bro you finally made it @localbuttonmasher.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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I can't tell you how crazy this game is gonna look
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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i think it's good actually that a videogame prominently featuring AI voice acting is finding success while my VA friends haven't found steady work in years and have their rates forcibly ground into dust over the few reliable gigs left

but hey the game is really fun right!!!!!!!
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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November 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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November 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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You thought I was just saying some empty promises?
#MagentaHorizon #indieDev #ActionGame #ScreenshotSaturday
November 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM