DrMelon
@melon.zone
indie game developer, game optimization freelancer, and film photography freak
https://melon.zone
[email protected]
https://melon.zone
[email protected]
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lol was watching batman this morning and got hit with "ignore all previous instructions"
December 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
lol was watching batman this morning and got hit with "ignore all previous instructions"
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At about $60K that's about 128 million graduate team indie games, at $150K about 500,000 small indie games, at $300K about 250,000 mid-size debut indie games, or at around $950K about 110,000 indie games by a team of more experienced devs.
There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.
There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
At about $60K that's about 128 million graduate team indie games, at $150K about 500,000 small indie games, at $300K about 250,000 mid-size debut indie games, or at around $950K about 110,000 indie games by a team of more experienced devs.
There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.
There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.
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Ever want to make a parser-based interactive fiction game but didn't know how to get started? Of course you have.
Good news! I've created a small and very basic tutorial to creating IF in TADS 3.1.3 using the adv3lite library and Inform 7!
Find out which works best! #gameDev #interactiveFiction
Good news! I've created a small and very basic tutorial to creating IF in TADS 3.1.3 using the adv3lite library and Inform 7!
Find out which works best! #gameDev #interactiveFiction
Interactive Fiction 0 - The Basics - Michael Coorlim
In this series I’m going to be talking about parser-based interactive fiction, and showing you how to develop it. There are a great number of
mcoorlim.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Ever want to make a parser-based interactive fiction game but didn't know how to get started? Of course you have.
Good news! I've created a small and very basic tutorial to creating IF in TADS 3.1.3 using the adv3lite library and Inform 7!
Find out which works best! #gameDev #interactiveFiction
Good news! I've created a small and very basic tutorial to creating IF in TADS 3.1.3 using the adv3lite library and Inform 7!
Find out which works best! #gameDev #interactiveFiction
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as part of a demonstration organized by @techworkerscoalition.org, members of unions like cwa and uaw, as well as other assorted supporters of the 34 rockstar workers fired for organizing activity, have gathered outside rockstar’s office in nyc to protest
December 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
as part of a demonstration organized by @techworkerscoalition.org, members of unions like cwa and uaw, as well as other assorted supporters of the 34 rockstar workers fired for organizing activity, have gathered outside rockstar’s office in nyc to protest
very impressed with the puzzles in Routine so far! very glad it (so far) has let me figure out things on my own without any tooltips like "did you know you can drag a window around in a terminal?". solid stuff!
December 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
very impressed with the puzzles in Routine so far! very glad it (so far) has let me figure out things on my own without any tooltips like "did you know you can drag a window around in a terminal?". solid stuff!
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September 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Ultimate Sheep Raccoon releases December 9th www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBxo...
December 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Ultimate Sheep Raccoon releases December 9th www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBxo...
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If I ever get to a point where I'm constantly relitigating the same sophomoric philosophical questions that obsessed and animated me in my early career, yelling into the void as the world moves on, birthing countless new delights which I am simply too withered to enjoy... just drop an anvil on me
December 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
If I ever get to a point where I'm constantly relitigating the same sophomoric philosophical questions that obsessed and animated me in my early career, yelling into the void as the world moves on, birthing countless new delights which I am simply too withered to enjoy... just drop an anvil on me
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Games are such a funny medium to generalize about because like, games is an absurdly broad umbrella that we've decided is one medium even though you can easily come up with two examples of a "video game" that are more unlike each other than any two movies or novels
December 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Games are such a funny medium to generalize about because like, games is an absurdly broad umbrella that we've decided is one medium even though you can easily come up with two examples of a "video game" that are more unlike each other than any two movies or novels
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"You want to play Uno?"
<glancing over at Twilight Imperium, the only board game on my shelf, and assuming all board games work just like that>
"Nah. I don't want to have to learn a whole new system."
<glancing over at Twilight Imperium, the only board game on my shelf, and assuming all board games work just like that>
"Nah. I don't want to have to learn a whole new system."
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
"You want to play Uno?"
<glancing over at Twilight Imperium, the only board game on my shelf, and assuming all board games work just like that>
"Nah. I don't want to have to learn a whole new system."
<glancing over at Twilight Imperium, the only board game on my shelf, and assuming all board games work just like that>
"Nah. I don't want to have to learn a whole new system."
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In the RPG community, statements that shouldn't be controversial in any way -- like "you should read the rulebook before playing the game" -- are instead seen as radical and unreasonable because D&D's core rules are 900+ pages.
It's like everyone's first board game was Advanced Squad Leader.
It's like everyone's first board game was Advanced Squad Leader.
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
In the RPG community, statements that shouldn't be controversial in any way -- like "you should read the rulebook before playing the game" -- are instead seen as radical and unreasonable because D&D's core rules are 900+ pages.
It's like everyone's first board game was Advanced Squad Leader.
It's like everyone's first board game was Advanced Squad Leader.
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I have only played Routine for 3 minutes and this is already one my favourite Devices in all of videogames
December 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I have only played Routine for 3 minutes and this is already one my favourite Devices in all of videogames
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All these studios adding AI chatbots in their games, meanwhile we made a better one two years ago with Cryptmaster without using a speck of AI. Just smart writing and good voice acting 😎
December 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
All these studios adding AI chatbots in their games, meanwhile we made a better one two years ago with Cryptmaster without using a speck of AI. Just smart writing and good voice acting 😎
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MEN TRUE SOURCE REVEALED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8pb...
1992 - ATV - Deluxe Restaurants Commercial - Fish N Chips - French Fries
YouTube video by Vintage TV Memories
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
MEN TRUE SOURCE REVEALED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8pb...
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also here is the source video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eO1...
Symbolics Graphocs Division Demo Reel 1989
YouTube video by Kaz H
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
also here is the source video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eO1...
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my primary impression of fallout 76 was watching an official teaser on the alien update, hearing this weapon's sound effect, and having to rewind to make sure I didn't hallucinate it
January 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
my primary impression of fallout 76 was watching an official teaser on the alien update, hearing this weapon's sound effect, and having to rewind to make sure I didn't hallucinate it
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YES, I am actually making this game together with Daisuke Amaya and Masashi( #room6 ) !!! Please look forward to #AvemaryRocket !!!
store.steampowered.com/app/4145380/
store.steampowered.com/app/4145380/
Avemary Rocket -Captain Patchwork- on Steam
Join our brave captain on this action adventure in space! You'll be riding The Patchwork, a less than ideal spaceship, but enough to get away from pursuers. However, you'll be facing malfunctions, fir...
store.steampowered.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
YES, I am actually making this game together with Daisuke Amaya and Masashi( #room6 ) !!! Please look forward to #AvemaryRocket !!!
store.steampowered.com/app/4145380/
store.steampowered.com/app/4145380/
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It also misses a HUGE opportunity for dev whimsy.
I remember working on Magic: Duels and badly photoshopping tropical print shirts onto placeholder planeswalkers key art while waiting for the full-res files to come in. Because, y'know, we wanted it to be VERY OBVIOUS it wasn't final
I remember working on Magic: Duels and badly photoshopping tropical print shirts onto placeholder planeswalkers key art while waiting for the full-res files to come in. Because, y'know, we wanted it to be VERY OBVIOUS it wasn't final
Stop using AI for placeholder assets.
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
It also misses a HUGE opportunity for dev whimsy.
I remember working on Magic: Duels and badly photoshopping tropical print shirts onto placeholder planeswalkers key art while waiting for the full-res files to come in. Because, y'know, we wanted it to be VERY OBVIOUS it wasn't final
I remember working on Magic: Duels and badly photoshopping tropical print shirts onto placeholder planeswalkers key art while waiting for the full-res files to come in. Because, y'know, we wanted it to be VERY OBVIOUS it wasn't final
i have the flu or rsv r/n and it suuuuuucks
November 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
i have the flu or rsv r/n and it suuuuuucks
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pretending to know how to do lighting
November 28, 2025 at 4:40 AM
pretending to know how to do lighting
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fun fact! dirtbag mahjong weighs around 100-200 MB depending on your operating system
if we were to cache the shanten of every possible mahjong hand (~11 bytes per hand), the game would instead weigh around 16 trillion GB 😊
if we were to cache the shanten of every possible mahjong hand (~11 bytes per hand), the game would instead weigh around 16 trillion GB 😊
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
fun fact! dirtbag mahjong weighs around 100-200 MB depending on your operating system
if we were to cache the shanten of every possible mahjong hand (~11 bytes per hand), the game would instead weigh around 16 trillion GB 😊
if we were to cache the shanten of every possible mahjong hand (~11 bytes per hand), the game would instead weigh around 16 trillion GB 😊
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"non human" from "action 52"
October 3, 2023 at 7:21 AM
"non human" from "action 52"