The Lost Sectors
@thelostsectors.bsky.social
🎲 The Lost Sectors – Solo Indie Dev 🕹️
Crafting Tenebris: A retro infused dungeon crawler
✨ Inspired by classics like Ultima and Deathlord, with modern twists.
📜 Join the journey for dev updates, lore teases, and dungeon delving goodness.
Crafting Tenebris: A retro infused dungeon crawler
✨ Inspired by classics like Ultima and Deathlord, with modern twists.
📜 Join the journey for dev updates, lore teases, and dungeon delving goodness.
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I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
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October 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3
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"This framing recasts leaving a broken platform as performative “virtue signaling” rather than strategic action. But it’s a false dichotomy. The choice isn’t between purity and pragmatism—it’s about where you can actually have impact." www.techdirt.com/2025/09/15/s... By @mmasnick.bsky.social
Stop Begging. Start Building
As a reminder, I’m on the board at Bluesky, which means you should consider me extremely biased, even as this article isn’t really about Bluesky. The writer Jerusalem Demsas wants you to stay on Tw…
www.techdirt.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
"This framing recasts leaving a broken platform as performative “virtue signaling” rather than strategic action. But it’s a false dichotomy. The choice isn’t between purity and pragmatism—it’s about where you can actually have impact." www.techdirt.com/2025/09/15/s... By @mmasnick.bsky.social
Why can I not set my phone on “white list” only instead of blocking accounts? It would help with spam, wrong numbers and stalking.
September 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Why can I not set my phone on “white list” only instead of blocking accounts? It would help with spam, wrong numbers and stalking.
Happy Roast Day!
September 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Happy Roast Day!
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Realms of Antiquity 50% off at GOG until 9/11! www.gog.com/en/game/real...
#crpg #retrogame #retrodev #indiedev #indiegame #sale #ti994a #8bit
#crpg #retrogame #retrodev #indiedev #indiegame #sale #ti994a #8bit
Realms of Antiquity: The Shattered Crown
Prepare yourself for a journey to a world of fantasy and adventure!
A land fallen int
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September 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Realms of Antiquity 50% off at GOG until 9/11! www.gog.com/en/game/real...
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#crpg #retrogame #retrodev #indiedev #indiegame #sale #ti994a #8bit
I’m just saying if someone made a game for Burn Notice using a Deus Ex like game design it would do very well.
August 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I’m just saying if someone made a game for Burn Notice using a Deus Ex like game design it would do very well.
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Commodore are back after 47 trademarks bought, maybe now we can have a new 64 like a mini version or a full size one with sd cards and hdmi or some kind of sd device for the old machines and some new games and hopefully this will kick start the demo scene and magazines and shows
August 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Commodore are back after 47 trademarks bought, maybe now we can have a new 64 like a mini version or a full size one with sd cards and hdmi or some kind of sd device for the old machines and some new games and hopefully this will kick start the demo scene and magazines and shows
Knowing when to pivot. When to back track. When to give up. When to postpone. It's hard. I've just had to do all those things in the last 2 months as the day job has drained my energy from dream job work. That said I'm VERY excited for the game I accidently discovered while making something else.
July 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Knowing when to pivot. When to back track. When to give up. When to postpone. It's hard. I've just had to do all those things in the last 2 months as the day job has drained my energy from dream job work. That said I'm VERY excited for the game I accidently discovered while making something else.
I'm about to do the unthinkable...re-enter tutorial hell for fun. Work from the day job has burnt me out on things that 'need' to happen, but I'm also only happiest creating. So... I'm going to take a break, prototype and just do tutorials for a month or 2. See you all on the other side! #indiedev
May 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I'm about to do the unthinkable...re-enter tutorial hell for fun. Work from the day job has burnt me out on things that 'need' to happen, but I'm also only happiest creating. So... I'm going to take a break, prototype and just do tutorials for a month or 2. See you all on the other side! #indiedev
Ever had your day job flip upside down and realized your passion project must wait?
You don’t want to abandon what you’ve built, but sunk-cost fallacy can trap you.
How do you decide to pause and start something new?
#indiedev #gamedev #productivity #sunkcosts
You don’t want to abandon what you’ve built, but sunk-cost fallacy can trap you.
How do you decide to pause and start something new?
#indiedev #gamedev #productivity #sunkcosts
May 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Ever had your day job flip upside down and realized your passion project must wait?
You don’t want to abandon what you’ve built, but sunk-cost fallacy can trap you.
How do you decide to pause and start something new?
#indiedev #gamedev #productivity #sunkcosts
You don’t want to abandon what you’ve built, but sunk-cost fallacy can trap you.
How do you decide to pause and start something new?
#indiedev #gamedev #productivity #sunkcosts
If you like Minecraft, this feels like the next step. I don’t think it’s getting enough attention, so I’m just giving it a little nod for anyone who might be interested.
www.vintagestory.at
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Vintage Story is an uncompromising wilderness survival sandbox game inspired by lovecraftian horror themes. Find yourself in a ruined world reclaimed by nature and permeated by unnerving temporal dist...
www.vintagestory.at
April 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
If you like Minecraft, this feels like the next step. I don’t think it’s getting enough attention, so I’m just giving it a little nod for anyone who might be interested.
www.vintagestory.at
www.vintagestory.at
Going live now! Hope to see you all there.
4/11 at 11:15am Central, I’ll be diving into this fan-made port of Ultima III to see how it holds up and talk about how it’s influencing Tenebris. Excited to return to U3!
Come hang out for some retro RPG goodness! 🧙♂️
#Ultima #VIC20 #RetroGaming #GameDev #Tenebris
www.youtube.com/live/oHjOJ9T...
Come hang out for some retro RPG goodness! 🧙♂️
#Ultima #VIC20 #RetroGaming #GameDev #Tenebris
www.youtube.com/live/oHjOJ9T...
Theory and Discussion Live Stream - Ultima III (Vic 20 Version!)
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April 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Going live now! Hope to see you all there.
4/11 at 11:15am Central, I’ll be diving into this fan-made port of Ultima III to see how it holds up and talk about how it’s influencing Tenebris. Excited to return to U3!
Come hang out for some retro RPG goodness! 🧙♂️
#Ultima #VIC20 #RetroGaming #GameDev #Tenebris
www.youtube.com/live/oHjOJ9T...
Come hang out for some retro RPG goodness! 🧙♂️
#Ultima #VIC20 #RetroGaming #GameDev #Tenebris
www.youtube.com/live/oHjOJ9T...
Theory and Discussion Live Stream - Ultima III (Vic 20 Version!)
YouTube video by the Lost Sectors - Discussions
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April 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
4/11 at 11:15am Central, I’ll be diving into this fan-made port of Ultima III to see how it holds up and talk about how it’s influencing Tenebris. Excited to return to U3!
Come hang out for some retro RPG goodness! 🧙♂️
#Ultima #VIC20 #RetroGaming #GameDev #Tenebris
www.youtube.com/live/oHjOJ9T...
Come hang out for some retro RPG goodness! 🧙♂️
#Ultima #VIC20 #RetroGaming #GameDev #Tenebris
www.youtube.com/live/oHjOJ9T...
This is hitting hard right now.
When your day job is stressing you out but then you get stressed out because you can't work on your passion project and that stresses you out.. I'm ready for some well deserved vacation next week to reset my mind.
#Art #indiedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegames #oc
#Art #indiedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegames #oc
April 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is hitting hard right now.
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March 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Playing Vintage Story with my son right now is giving me year 1 Minecraft vibes. I’m loving it. It’s complicated but relaxing.
March 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Playing Vintage Story with my son right now is giving me year 1 Minecraft vibes. I’m loving it. It’s complicated but relaxing.
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Hey, gamedev composers, quick question for y'all:
How long does it take you on average to write a song, start to finish? I feel like it takes me forever. I typically come up with the very basis pretty quickly, but it take weeks and weeks to fill in the gaps to my liking.
#indiegamedev #chiptune
How long does it take you on average to write a song, start to finish? I feel like it takes me forever. I typically come up with the very basis pretty quickly, but it take weeks and weeks to fill in the gaps to my liking.
#indiegamedev #chiptune
March 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Hey, gamedev composers, quick question for y'all:
How long does it take you on average to write a song, start to finish? I feel like it takes me forever. I typically come up with the very basis pretty quickly, but it take weeks and weeks to fill in the gaps to my liking.
#indiegamedev #chiptune
How long does it take you on average to write a song, start to finish? I feel like it takes me forever. I typically come up with the very basis pretty quickly, but it take weeks and weeks to fill in the gaps to my liking.
#indiegamedev #chiptune
For those interested, LairWare just opensourced their Ultima III port: github.com/beastie/ulti...
#Ultima #Open-Source
#Ultima #Open-Source
GitHub - beastie/ultima3: LairWare's Ultima III for Mac
LairWare's Ultima III for Mac. Contribute to beastie/ultima3 development by creating an account on GitHub.
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March 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
For those interested, LairWare just opensourced their Ultima III port: github.com/beastie/ulti...
#Ultima #Open-Source
#Ultima #Open-Source
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Realms of Antiquity is part of Steam Spring Sale, 50% off until March 20th! store.steampowered.com/app/1539750/...
#crpg #ti994a #retrogame #indiegame #indiedev
#crpg #ti994a #retrogame #indiegame #indiedev
Save 50% on Realms of Antiquity: The Shattered Crown on Steam
A retro-CRPG for the TI-99/4a home computer, also playable in modern Windows.
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March 14, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Realms of Antiquity is part of Steam Spring Sale, 50% off until March 20th! store.steampowered.com/app/1539750/...
#crpg #ti994a #retrogame #indiegame #indiedev
#crpg #ti994a #retrogame #indiegame #indiedev
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It is done.
The Creation Tool, the first tool I decided to put into Project AB and the most complicated tool the player can wield BY FAR... is finished. :)
Well... technically. The ability to edit world properties isn't in it yet because that has to wait until I'm a bit further into it all. :P
The Creation Tool, the first tool I decided to put into Project AB and the most complicated tool the player can wield BY FAR... is finished. :)
Well... technically. The ability to edit world properties isn't in it yet because that has to wait until I'm a bit further into it all. :P
March 7, 2025 at 6:54 AM
It is done.
The Creation Tool, the first tool I decided to put into Project AB and the most complicated tool the player can wield BY FAR... is finished. :)
Well... technically. The ability to edit world properties isn't in it yet because that has to wait until I'm a bit further into it all. :P
The Creation Tool, the first tool I decided to put into Project AB and the most complicated tool the player can wield BY FAR... is finished. :)
Well... technically. The ability to edit world properties isn't in it yet because that has to wait until I'm a bit further into it all. :P
🎵 Retro Game Dev & Player Question 🎵
If a game looks retro, should the music and SFX match that style to keep the mood? Or is it better to take advantage of modern audio quality while keeping the visuals old-school?
What’s your preference?
#GameDev #RetroGaming #IndieDev #PixelArt
If a game looks retro, should the music and SFX match that style to keep the mood? Or is it better to take advantage of modern audio quality while keeping the visuals old-school?
What’s your preference?
#GameDev #RetroGaming #IndieDev #PixelArt
March 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🎵 Retro Game Dev & Player Question 🎵
If a game looks retro, should the music and SFX match that style to keep the mood? Or is it better to take advantage of modern audio quality while keeping the visuals old-school?
What’s your preference?
#GameDev #RetroGaming #IndieDev #PixelArt
If a game looks retro, should the music and SFX match that style to keep the mood? Or is it better to take advantage of modern audio quality while keeping the visuals old-school?
What’s your preference?
#GameDev #RetroGaming #IndieDev #PixelArt
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Bluesky is slowly becoming a new home for many game developers — but finding your people on a new platform isn’t always easy.
I spoke with the developer behind a tool that’s already helping thousands of game creators connect.
I spoke with the developer behind a tool that’s already helping thousands of game creators connect.
How one developer is connecting thousands of game creators on Bluesky
A new digital home: Quietly creating Bluesky's game developer network, one label at a time.
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February 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Bluesky is slowly becoming a new home for many game developers — but finding your people on a new platform isn’t always easy.
I spoke with the developer behind a tool that’s already helping thousands of game creators connect.
I spoke with the developer behind a tool that’s already helping thousands of game creators connect.