Alex Trowers
@bulkpaint.bsky.social
Industry veteran from the late 1900s. Solo Indie Dev. Design Consultant. Game Dev Dinosaur. Lord of Bullfrog anecdotes. Playability, pitching and prototypes a speciality.
Got a project that needs poking with a stick? Let me know.
Got a project that needs poking with a stick? Let me know.
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Alex Trowers
@bulkpaint.bsky.social
· Dec 14
This is my game. 2 Delve 2 Deep (not a sequel).
It's a small game about a little owl with a big dream - to one day become the King Of Explorers.
Or, in mechanical terms - it's a procedural dungeon crawler about exploration, greed and pushing your luck.
#indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
It's a small game about a little owl with a big dream - to one day become the King Of Explorers.
Or, in mechanical terms - it's a procedural dungeon crawler about exploration, greed and pushing your luck.
#indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
Well, I beat that with a 5.7m but I see the goalposts had moved immediately prior.
January 13, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Well, I beat that with a 5.7m but I see the goalposts had moved immediately prior.
Tunnocks is probably my favourite company in the world. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Will tech trump tradition at bakers and biscuit makers?
Introducing robots and automation to the food industry involves extra hurdles.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Tunnocks is probably my favourite company in the world. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Put me in, coach.
January 11, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Put me in, coach.
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Immunity to Ice surfaces. Can be applied to any footwear in an additive fashion.
January 10, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Immunity to Ice surfaces. Can be applied to any footwear in an additive fashion.
Nails + boots is OP
January 10, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Nails + boots is OP
Urgh. Major Gene Wars crunch flashback.
January 10, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Urgh. Major Gene Wars crunch flashback.
I'd prefer to phrase it as something like "I come from a time when even the mice had balls"
If you know what this is, you're officially old
#indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #videogames #puzzlegames #pixelart
#indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #videogames #puzzlegames #pixelart
January 8, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I'd prefer to phrase it as something like "I come from a time when even the mice had balls"
Still playing huh?
January 7, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Still playing huh?
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Feels like this is something I should take a look at for my organic biomes. #gamedev #procgen
Feels like this is something I should take a look at for my organic biomes. #gamedev #procgen
A Reddit User Has Created a Procedural Ivy Generator
And shared a tutorial on how it was made.
80.lv
January 7, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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Feels like this is something I should take a look at for my organic biomes. #gamedev #procgen
Feels like this is something I should take a look at for my organic biomes. #gamedev #procgen
I baked some cookies. The kitchen smells delicious.
January 7, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I baked some cookies. The kitchen smells delicious.
This gif could be about almost anything. It's not though. I suppose I should format it something like:
POV: When I see something generated with #AI
POV: When I see something generated with #AI
a man in a gas mask is sitting in a car with the words mediocre written on the bottom .
ALT: a man in a gas mask is sitting in a car with the words mediocre written on the bottom .
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January 7, 2026 at 12:31 PM
This gif could be about almost anything. It's not though. I suppose I should format it something like:
POV: When I see something generated with #AI
POV: When I see something generated with #AI
Honestly can't remember if they did or didn't - but the summation that is was just to do with the projected numbers feels right to me.
It heralded Black Rock's attempt to distance itself from being branded a Racing Game studio. Which it... didn't manage to do.
It heralded Black Rock's attempt to distance itself from being branded a Racing Game studio. Which it... didn't manage to do.
January 6, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Honestly can't remember if they did or didn't - but the summation that is was just to do with the projected numbers feels right to me.
It heralded Black Rock's attempt to distance itself from being branded a Racing Game studio. Which it... didn't manage to do.
It heralded Black Rock's attempt to distance itself from being branded a Racing Game studio. Which it... didn't manage to do.
Did I play this game at a Develop showcase recently? Does anything else bleat (or otherwise make noise)?
January 6, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Did I play this game at a Develop showcase recently? Does anything else bleat (or otherwise make noise)?
My brother and I are about to take our Dad into Sea of Thieves.
We're doing this to try and give him his sailing adventure fix without him resorting to going back to it IRL.
He'll be 90 this year.
One way or another, this is going to end in tears. @seaofthieves.com
We're doing this to try and give him his sailing adventure fix without him resorting to going back to it IRL.
He'll be 90 this year.
One way or another, this is going to end in tears. @seaofthieves.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:50 PM
My brother and I are about to take our Dad into Sea of Thieves.
We're doing this to try and give him his sailing adventure fix without him resorting to going back to it IRL.
He'll be 90 this year.
One way or another, this is going to end in tears. @seaofthieves.com
We're doing this to try and give him his sailing adventure fix without him resorting to going back to it IRL.
He'll be 90 this year.
One way or another, this is going to end in tears. @seaofthieves.com
I mean personally I'd go the manager route - although I do like the token approach someone else mentioned too.
I'd keep it all modular. So a Sheep can Bleat, but only when told to do so by something else - the manager or the player bumping into them, for example.
I'd keep it all modular. So a Sheep can Bleat, but only when told to do so by something else - the manager or the player bumping into them, for example.
January 6, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I mean personally I'd go the manager route - although I do like the token approach someone else mentioned too.
I'd keep it all modular. So a Sheep can Bleat, but only when told to do so by something else - the manager or the player bumping into them, for example.
I'd keep it all modular. So a Sheep can Bleat, but only when told to do so by something else - the manager or the player bumping into them, for example.
Are you doing it on a sheep-by-sheep basis or is there an overarching flock manager?
January 6, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Are you doing it on a sheep-by-sheep basis or is there an overarching flock manager?
I was hired to be the lead designer on Pure 2. On the Monday I started, I was pulled into a meeting with the Producer who explained that the project had been canned the previous Friday.
Fun times.
At least I was moved onto other projects and didn't have to go back to job hunting... for a while.
Fun times.
At least I was moved onto other projects and didn't have to go back to job hunting... for a while.
January 6, 2026 at 10:38 AM
I was hired to be the lead designer on Pure 2. On the Monday I started, I was pulled into a meeting with the Producer who explained that the project had been canned the previous Friday.
Fun times.
At least I was moved onto other projects and didn't have to go back to job hunting... for a while.
Fun times.
At least I was moved onto other projects and didn't have to go back to job hunting... for a while.
Only a couple of hours into Arc Raiders but it's very enjoyable thus far.
And by 'enjoyable' I mean 'terrifying'.
Special props to the sound design folk.
And by 'enjoyable' I mean 'terrifying'.
Special props to the sound design folk.
January 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Only a couple of hours into Arc Raiders but it's very enjoyable thus far.
And by 'enjoyable' I mean 'terrifying'.
Special props to the sound design folk.
And by 'enjoyable' I mean 'terrifying'.
Special props to the sound design folk.
So long 2025 - you will not be missed.
Slightly less of a shitshow if you will please, 2026
Slightly less of a shitshow if you will please, 2026
January 1, 2026 at 12:03 AM
So long 2025 - you will not be missed.
Slightly less of a shitshow if you will please, 2026
Slightly less of a shitshow if you will please, 2026
Congratulations!
a man in armor is saying i wish you good fortune in the wars to come
ALT: a man in armor is saying i wish you good fortune in the wars to come
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December 31, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Congratulations!
This last one is both very good (must play game more) and very bad (should probably go to bed, but I've mashed the button and... oops! I guess I'm having another go?)
December 31, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This last one is both very good (must play game more) and very bad (should probably go to bed, but I've mashed the button and... oops! I guess I'm having another go?)
I know I finished on some negative points there, but they're really outweighed by the positives. I'm having a lot of fun from this game.
7 - from loading or the game over screen, it is a matter of seconds before you're up and playing.
7 - from loading or the game over screen, it is a matter of seconds before you're up and playing.
December 31, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I know I finished on some negative points there, but they're really outweighed by the positives. I'm having a lot of fun from this game.
7 - from loading or the game over screen, it is a matter of seconds before you're up and playing.
7 - from loading or the game over screen, it is a matter of seconds before you're up and playing.