Martin Caine
@martincaine.com
Solo Indie Dev (@RetroburnGames.com) working on @PositronGame.com (out now on Steam). Also: Senior Programmer at @Rebellion.com North (formerly TickTock Games).
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Martin Caine
@martincaine.com
· Jun 6
Today marks 13 years since I officially joined the games industry, and this studio. #GameDev
Worked on a lot of games in that time. Mostly porting to lower powered systems, lots of mobile and Switch work. A few of my favourite projects over the years:
martincaine.com/games
Worked on a lot of games in that time. Mostly porting to lower powered systems, lots of mobile and Switch work. A few of my favourite projects over the years:
martincaine.com/games
Looking ahead to a positive 2026 with regards to my game @positrongame.com, exit from Early Access, console release, and maybe get to show it off at some international events too :-)
store.steampowered.com/news/app/374...
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #SteamEarlyAccess #SteamWinterSale
store.steampowered.com/news/app/374...
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #SteamEarlyAccess #SteamWinterSale
Positron - 2026 Roadmap - Steam News
Looking ahead to full release, and exit from Early Access
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January 3, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Looking ahead to a positive 2026 with regards to my game @positrongame.com, exit from Early Access, console release, and maybe get to show it off at some international events too :-)
store.steampowered.com/news/app/374...
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #SteamEarlyAccess #SteamWinterSale
store.steampowered.com/news/app/374...
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #SteamEarlyAccess #SteamWinterSale
Reposted by Martin Caine
みなさんこんにちは！インディーゲームを作っています！ぜひフォローしてください！
store.steampowered.com/app/2465930/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1410090/...
もうすぐリッジレーサーのようなゲームを作ります！
store.steampowered.com/app/2465930/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1410090/...
もうすぐリッジレーサーのようなゲームを作ります！
December 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
みなさんこんにちは！インディーゲームを作っています！ぜひフォローしてください！
store.steampowered.com/app/2465930/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1410090/...
もうすぐリッジレーサーのようなゲームを作ります！
store.steampowered.com/app/2465930/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1410090/...
もうすぐリッジレーサーのようなゲームを作ります！
Hey, I know the guy that made this game! ;-). Currently on sale on Steam (25%) in the Steam Winter Sale! #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #SteamWinterSale
Last day of our 12 games for Christmas is Positron by @Retroburngames.com
Inspired by arcade games of the 80s, Positron is a neon-soaked fast light racer.
store.steampowered.com/app/374780/P... #videogames #gamedev #Christmas
Inspired by arcade games of the 80s, Positron is a neon-soaked fast light racer.
store.steampowered.com/app/374780/P... #videogames #gamedev #Christmas
December 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hey, I know the guy that made this game! ;-). Currently on sale on Steam (25%) in the Steam Winter Sale! #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #SteamWinterSale
Reposted by Martin Caine
If you like games with NO AI made by HUMAN PEOPLE (or just one of them) then you should play this, it's on sale!
store.steampowered.com/app/2465930/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2465930/...
December 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
If you like games with NO AI made by HUMAN PEOPLE (or just one of them) then you should play this, it's on sale!
store.steampowered.com/app/2465930/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2465930/...
Reposted by Martin Caine
Don't miss out KOPI on the Steam Winter Sale!
#SteamSale #indiegames #gamedev #dreamonastick #kopigame
#SteamSale #indiegames #gamedev #dreamonastick #kopigame
December 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Don't miss out KOPI on the Steam Winter Sale!
#SteamSale #indiegames #gamedev #dreamonastick #kopigame
#SteamSale #indiegames #gamedev #dreamonastick #kopigame
Thank You to my UKGI Secret Santa!
Got pinged a while ago about UK Games Industry Slack: Secret Santa, and figured I'd join in.
Now I'll have to buy the Athena mode too from Ares (as she's riding her Light Cycle too)!
#Tron #SecretSanta #UKGIslack #UKGI
Got pinged a while ago about UK Games Industry Slack: Secret Santa, and figured I'd join in.
Now I'll have to buy the Athena mode too from Ares (as she's riding her Light Cycle too)!
#Tron #SecretSanta #UKGIslack #UKGI
December 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Thank You to my UKGI Secret Santa!
Got pinged a while ago about UK Games Industry Slack: Secret Santa, and figured I'd join in.
Now I'll have to buy the Athena mode too from Ares (as she's riding her Light Cycle too)!
#Tron #SecretSanta #UKGIslack #UKGI
Got pinged a while ago about UK Games Industry Slack: Secret Santa, and figured I'd join in.
Now I'll have to buy the Athena mode too from Ares (as she's riding her Light Cycle too)!
#Tron #SecretSanta #UKGIslack #UKGI
A nice little surprise on my desk; another @rebellion.com coin for the collection!
We've received these in recent years for years of service, and when shipping a game. We've never been given a coin for our ports though... until now! :-)
We've received these in recent years for years of service, and when shipping a game. We've never been given a coin for our ports though... until now! :-)
December 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
A nice little surprise on my desk; another @rebellion.com coin for the collection!
We've received these in recent years for years of service, and when shipping a game. We've never been given a coin for our ports though... until now! :-)
We've received these in recent years for years of service, and when shipping a game. We've never been given a coin for our ports though... until now! :-)
Got the keys to my new house yesterday. Wasn't going to bother with a tree, but the kids helped me decorate this one from the @gamerepublic.bsky.social party last night :-).
December 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Got the keys to my new house yesterday. Wasn't going to bother with a tree, but the kids helped me decorate this one from the @gamerepublic.bsky.social party last night :-).
Reposted by Martin Caine
The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
December 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
Bit of #pubdev on @positrongame.com today between cinema visits. Fixed a bug where the orb would be too high to collect sometimes in Snake mode, and increased the attraction distance as you approach too.
#GamDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #Snake #Nokia3310
#GamDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #Snake #Nokia3310
December 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Bit of #pubdev on @positrongame.com today between cinema visits. Fixed a bug where the orb would be too high to collect sometimes in Snake mode, and increased the attraction distance as you approach too.
#GamDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #Snake #Nokia3310
#GamDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #Snake #Nokia3310
@positrongame.com's newly remastered soundtrack dropped last night. Now live in the game on Steam! Here's Chris Walker (colourofsound), the creator of the soundtrack, enjoying playing the game (and his soundtrack) at MCM Birmingham Comic Con / EGX at the weekend :-)
#GameDev #IndieDev #GameOST
#GameDev #IndieDev #GameOST
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
@positrongame.com's newly remastered soundtrack dropped last night. Now live in the game on Steam! Here's Chris Walker (colourofsound), the creator of the soundtrack, enjoying playing the game (and his soundtrack) at MCM Birmingham Comic Con / EGX at the weekend :-)
#GameDev #IndieDev #GameOST
#GameDev #IndieDev #GameOST
My connecting bus was cancelled, an hour until the next one, and The Bingley only a 15 minute walk down the road...
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
My connecting bus was cancelled, an hour until the next one, and The Bingley only a 15 minute walk down the road...
I'm not even sure I'm going to bother with a tree or decorations when I move, so it was nice to be able to put up the tree in the @rebellion.com North office today :-)
December 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I'm not even sure I'm going to bother with a tree or decorations when I move, so it was nice to be able to put up the tree in the @rebellion.com North office today :-)
This huge GPU is massively overkill for my game @positrongame.com, but it does mean I can render 270fps to max out the 270hz on the supplied monitor! @gamerepublic.bsky.social @epiclan.co.uk #GameDev #IndieDev #aindieGame #MCM #EGX
November 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
This huge GPU is massively overkill for my game @positrongame.com, but it does mean I can render 270fps to max out the 270hz on the supplied monitor! @gamerepublic.bsky.social @epiclan.co.uk #GameDev #IndieDev #aindieGame #MCM #EGX
Day two showing my game @positrongame.com at MCM / EGX Birmingham alongside fellow Game Republic devs.
Loads of flyers and stickers left to give out :-)
#GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev #EGX #MCM
Loads of flyers and stickers left to give out :-)
#GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev #EGX #MCM
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Day two showing my game @positrongame.com at MCM / EGX Birmingham alongside fellow Game Republic devs.
Loads of flyers and stickers left to give out :-)
#GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev #EGX #MCM
Loads of flyers and stickers left to give out :-)
#GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev #EGX #MCM
It's like playing Doom, now, where was that red door?
November 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
It's like playing Doom, now, where was that red door?
Considering Friday is the quiet day for MCM Birmingham Comic Con, we had a pretty good day. Steady stream of players throughout the day. Gave out maybe 50 of our flyers, and one person bought a copy of the game.
Tomorrow should be good. I need to hand out more of the flyers to people passing by :-)
Tomorrow should be good. I need to hand out more of the flyers to people passing by :-)
November 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Considering Friday is the quiet day for MCM Birmingham Comic Con, we had a pretty good day. Steady stream of players throughout the day. Gave out maybe 50 of our flyers, and one person bought a copy of the game.
Tomorrow should be good. I need to hand out more of the flyers to people passing by :-)
Tomorrow should be good. I need to hand out more of the flyers to people passing by :-)
Of course there's a crash bug when you finish a level! In my EGX / MCM demo.
The PC doesn't have Steam, and it's trying to set the leaderboard score. Got the laptop out, wrapped some code & put together a new build. Copied to the PC and fixed it.
Life on the front lines, haha!
The PC doesn't have Steam, and it's trying to set the leaderboard score. Got the laptop out, wrapped some code & put together a new build. Copied to the PC and fixed it.
Life on the front lines, haha!
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Of course there's a crash bug when you finish a level! In my EGX / MCM demo.
The PC doesn't have Steam, and it's trying to set the leaderboard score. Got the laptop out, wrapped some code & put together a new build. Copied to the PC and fixed it.
Life on the front lines, haha!
The PC doesn't have Steam, and it's trying to set the leaderboard score. Got the laptop out, wrapped some code & put together a new build. Copied to the PC and fixed it.
Life on the front lines, haha!
Looking forward to demoing my game @positrongame.com at MCM Birmingham this weekend in the @egxofficial.bsky.social / @gamerepublic.bsky.social area. Got some flyers to hand out at the show and direct people to come play our games, as I'm fully aware most attendees will not be there for the games!
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Looking forward to demoing my game @positrongame.com at MCM Birmingham this weekend in the @egxofficial.bsky.social / @gamerepublic.bsky.social area. Got some flyers to hand out at the show and direct people to come play our games, as I'm fully aware most attendees will not be there for the games!
One year ago today I released my spare-time game Positron to Steam Early Access! To celebrate, it's currently discounted 33% until December.
steam.positrongame.com/oneyear
#GameDev #IndieDev #Steam #EarlyAccess #Discount #Sale #Positron #IndieGame
steam.positrongame.com/oneyear
#GameDev #IndieDev #Steam #EarlyAccess #Discount #Sale #Positron #IndieGame
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
One year ago today I released my spare-time game Positron to Steam Early Access! To celebrate, it's currently discounted 33% until December.
steam.positrongame.com/oneyear
#GameDev #IndieDev #Steam #EarlyAccess #Discount #Sale #Positron #IndieGame
steam.positrongame.com/oneyear
#GameDev #IndieDev #Steam #EarlyAccess #Discount #Sale #Positron #IndieGame
Reposted by Martin Caine
My point and click fantasy comedy adventure Twilight Oracle is now on GOG! Go get it while it's hot for 30% off! 🥳
www.gog.com/en/game/twil...
#indiegame #indiedev #adventuregame #pointandclock #retrogaming #retrogames
www.gog.com/en/game/twil...
#indiegame #indiedev #adventuregame #pointandclock #retrogaming #retrogames
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
My point and click fantasy comedy adventure Twilight Oracle is now on GOG! Go get it while it's hot for 30% off! 🥳
www.gog.com/en/game/twil...
#indiegame #indiedev #adventuregame #pointandclock #retrogaming #retrogames
www.gog.com/en/game/twil...
#indiegame #indiedev #adventuregame #pointandclock #retrogaming #retrogames
Gamers really love Indie Games (when they're discounted). @positrongame.com sales for the past year (excluding the launch spike of about 80 units sold). I routinely offer a flat 25% discount during sale periods, and don't intend to go lower. #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #Steam #Sale
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Gamers really love Indie Games (when they're discounted). @positrongame.com sales for the past year (excluding the launch spike of about 80 units sold). I routinely offer a flat 25% discount during sale periods, and don't intend to go lower. #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #Steam #Sale
I'm considering making a single level playable demo of @positrongame.com that runs in browser, to attract more players to the full version on Steam. Shouldn't be too difficult as I made a simple level preview in WebGL ten years ago. martincaine.com/webgl/positr...
#GameDev #IndieDev
#GameDev #IndieDev
November 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I'm considering making a single level playable demo of @positrongame.com that runs in browser, to attract more players to the full version on Steam. Shouldn't be too difficult as I made a simple level preview in WebGL ten years ago. martincaine.com/webgl/positr...
#GameDev #IndieDev
#GameDev #IndieDev