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Matthew Gigante
@matthewgigante.bsky.social
I can usually be found making video games, playing video games, or sleeping. Currently working on cozy plant care game "Plant Sitting" in Godot!
matthew0420.github.io
#godot #gamedev #solodev
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1X111 by @abagames.bsky.social
one of the classic japanese game hobbiests, Kenta Cho recently tied together 111 of his single-button games into an old-school wario-ware you can play on your phone (he's been making tiny free games since the 80s)

abagames.itch.io/1x111
August 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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#Drawtober Chapter IV - Spellbound Princess
Meeting with the Goddess
October 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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If you haven't seen #godot 4.5 is adding FoldableContainers!!
Absolutely amazing. The Documentation is a little brief, but with some tinkering you can achieve some cool things.

Here's a video of my latest prototype utilizing them.

#gamedev
June 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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I mean it’s objectively pretty funny to get a promo email for the character I wrote the day I’m let go

#apexlegends #apexlegendssparrow #apexsparrow #respawnentertainment #ea
April 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Sometime game dev is fun. But sometimes it’s slogging through a big list of boring tasks e.g when localising. However, if I put some good music in and work on it each day I can eventually get it done. So can you!
February 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Some essentials for the #Godot #Gamedev:

Godot Feed:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Gamedev Feed:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Bot/spam blocklist:
bsky.app/profile/did:...

Godot folk to follow:
Starterpack 1: go.bsky.app/9kBTcAB
Starterpack 2: go.bsky.app/HPYNWH9
Starterpack 3: go.bsky.app/PAupFiw
January 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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I re-discovered libraries this year, since then i've been going there weekly!!
Libraries are amazing, my city has a huge network of them and even has the latest video games!!

Been trying to convince my friends to get a card, it's free 🐁🐁
It also makes it harder for them to ban books.
December 23, 2024 at 2:42 PM
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why can't my sober brain come up with this kind of stupid shit?
-Dai Meiro: Meikyuu no Tatsujin, NES
December 23, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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"Input Prompts" features icons for many input devices including all common consoles, PC and more. Over 800 icons, all completely free (public domain). A new update is coming soon!

kenney.nl/assets/input...
December 23, 2024 at 12:43 PM
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Since I unintentionally started a conversation on open-source funding, please remember to donate to #Godot itself! It is the reason a lot of us are here, how we make cool games, and why I started this project altogether. I love it and it kept me making stuff all these years.
fund.godotengine.org
Godot Development Fund
Join the Development Fund and support the Godot Foundation to work on Godot Engine.
fund.godotengine.org
December 9, 2024 at 3:51 PM
I am still working on my game but have big news! On top of my current position as a game dev instructor, I will also take on a new game dev position to prepare for my move from America to Croatia!
December 3, 2024 at 12:31 AM
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Mentally I'm here, knitting a bunny sweater at the 1987 Winter Consumer Electronics Show, on a Nintendo knitting machine that will never be sold to the public.
November 26, 2024 at 2:48 AM
I've added a Peace Lily! Now to make sure that plants are placed in reasonable positions in different pots...

#gamedev #screenshotsaturday #godot #blender #aseprite #art #indiedev #solodev
November 23, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Bigger pot for bigger plants! Can you guess the first plant I have in mind for this pot? (Hint: the color of the pot is the color of this flower!)

#screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev #blender #aseprite #art #solodev #indiedev
November 23, 2024 at 6:35 PM
#promosky

🌺Cozy Games
🌺Godot
🌺Croatia
🌺Gamedev
🌺Flowers
🌺Moss
🌺Macro Photography
🌺Dogs
🌺Retro Games
🌺Unity
🌺Unreal Engine
🌺Low Poly
🌺Blender
🌺DJ
November 23, 2024 at 5:31 AM
While you can't see any water yet, the can is filled by using a hand pump, and can water flowers by holding down the mouse with the can equipped. Each "watering tick" will display a water particle system raining down on the plant!

#godot #gamedev #solodev #blender #indiedev
youtu.be/d15HGqa76so
PlantSitting test 11/22/24
YouTube video by Matthew Gigante
youtu.be
November 22, 2024 at 9:54 PM
No visual updates right now, except for my increasingly messy notes! Working on water-levels for a watering can and for plants.

#godot #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #gamedev #art #blender #aseprite
November 19, 2024 at 9:46 PM
First video test for PlantSitting! Placing physics objects and rendering them to not clip through objects while held was a bit of a pain, would you like a video on how I made it work?

#gamedev #godot #indiedev #solodev #blender #aseprite
PlantSitting test 11/16/24
YouTube video by Matthew Gigante
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Hit 300 followers! Thank you so much, I'm looking forward to growing and thriving on this platform and delivering you a cozy plant game!

#gamedev #godot #blender #art #solodev #indiedev
November 15, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Before I can get started watering with the world's worst modeled watering can, I need to defeat that age-old evil - model clipping! I'll likely be using a shader for this, how do you prevent item clipping in your #Godot games?

#art #indiedev #solodev #gamedev
November 15, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Just wanted to plug poly.pizza which is a great resource for free assets, hosting most of the assets from Google's defunct Poly. Any good resources like this you would recommend?

#gamedev #indiedev #blender #godot #art
Poly Pizza: Free 3D models for everyone
Download thousands of low poly 3D models for free. No login required. Ready for AR/VR, Unity, Unreal or Godot.
poly.pizza
November 15, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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Hey, gang! If you find #GodotSteam useful, please consider sponsoring the project on Github Sponsors! The money helps maintain all the various branches, docs, upcoming tools, and example projects like Skillet, our open-source / free-to-play game to show how it all works.
github.com/sponsors/Gra...
November 14, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Working on some normal maps and lighting to get the look of the game set up, these textures will be replaced later on but I want to start building out some plant nooks! Next up, putting our watering can to good use and the addition of a sink to fill it from.

#digitalart #art #gamedev #godot
November 14, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Is it really solo development if I have Reeses and Nutella as studio support members?

#solodev #indiedev #gamedev
November 14, 2024 at 6:20 PM
November 13, 2024 at 7:54 PM