Murray Smith
@murrdoggames.bsky.social
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Terra Factoria on Steam
A Relaxing Automation Roguelike with city-builder elements. Build a satisfying chain of resource production to get rich and expand your city. Use your money to purchase relics that bend the rules in y...
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📢EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT 📢
Terra Factoria now has a STEAM PAGE
Please wishlist the game to help me out, it means a lot 🙏
store.steampowered.com/app/3760980/...
Terra Factoria now has a STEAM PAGE
Please wishlist the game to help me out, it means a lot 🙏
store.steampowered.com/app/3760980/...
finally made an inspector for my game's units, complete with a little 3d preview!
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
finally made an inspector for my game's units, complete with a little 3d preview!
After this weekend's playtest, I wanted to make a video with some thoughts I had about showing my game to other people, and how to overcome that fear
Check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfTy...
Check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfTy...
Give Up On Your Dream Game. How to Make Real Progress as a Game Dev
YouTube video by Murray
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November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
After this weekend's playtest, I wanted to make a video with some thoughts I had about showing my game to other people, and how to overcome that fear
Check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfTy...
Check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfTy...
Hey all,
I've decided to rebrand my game, Terra Factoria is now called
✨DeckTerra✨
What do you think of the new logo?
I've decided to rebrand my game, Terra Factoria is now called
✨DeckTerra✨
What do you think of the new logo?
November 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Hey all,
I've decided to rebrand my game, Terra Factoria is now called
✨DeckTerra✨
What do you think of the new logo?
I've decided to rebrand my game, Terra Factoria is now called
✨DeckTerra✨
What do you think of the new logo?
- Roguelike Deckbuilder with 4X elements.
- Slay the Spire meets Civilization
- Play creature and spell cards to ward off enemies and increase your resource production
🌎Terra Factoria 🧑🌾
#PitchYaGame
- Slay the Spire meets Civilization
- Play creature and spell cards to ward off enemies and increase your resource production
🌎Terra Factoria 🧑🌾
#PitchYaGame
November 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
- Roguelike Deckbuilder with 4X elements.
- Slay the Spire meets Civilization
- Play creature and spell cards to ward off enemies and increase your resource production
🌎Terra Factoria 🧑🌾
#PitchYaGame
- Slay the Spire meets Civilization
- Play creature and spell cards to ward off enemies and increase your resource production
🌎Terra Factoria 🧑🌾
#PitchYaGame
Just finished a new fog of war effect for Terra Factoria
November 7, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Just finished a new fog of war effect for Terra Factoria
The 3 Levels of Indie Game Water Shaders
YouTube video by Murray
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Just wrapped up some improvements to my game's procedural terrain shader
Really stoked at how this turned out 🌊
Really stoked at how this turned out 🌊
November 3, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Just wrapped up some improvements to my game's procedural terrain shader
Really stoked at how this turned out 🌊
Really stoked at how this turned out 🌊
Working on procedural generation for Terra Factoria 🌎
This clip shows how you can change the terrain as you play by adding new tiles to your city
This clip shows how you can change the terrain as you play by adding new tiles to your city
October 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Working on procedural generation for Terra Factoria 🌎
This clip shows how you can change the terrain as you play by adding new tiles to your city
This clip shows how you can change the terrain as you play by adding new tiles to your city
Reworking some of the card visuals for my game, inspired by Magic the Gathering
What do you think?
#IndieGame #gamedev
What do you think?
#IndieGame #gamedev
October 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Reworking some of the card visuals for my game, inspired by Magic the Gathering
What do you think?
#IndieGame #gamedev
What do you think?
#IndieGame #gamedev
Made a tech tree for my game. Using this you can unlock new technologies as you progress through the ages.
What do you think?
What do you think?
October 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Made a tech tree for my game. Using this you can unlock new technologies as you progress through the ages.
What do you think?
What do you think?
Check out the new video on my YouTube channel.
I talk about originality in game ideas, and ways that devs can come up with unique ideas for games:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ2q...
I talk about originality in game ideas, and ways that devs can come up with unique ideas for games:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ2q...
Stop Copying Other Video Games
YouTube video by Murray
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Check out the new video on my YouTube channel.
I talk about originality in game ideas, and ways that devs can come up with unique ideas for games:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ2q...
I talk about originality in game ideas, and ways that devs can come up with unique ideas for games:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ2q...
October 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I made a video monday morning about staying motivated while working on games.
Check it out!
youtu.be/Fv5hQU97o_E
Check it out!
youtu.be/Fv5hQU97o_E
How to Stay Motivated While Making Indie Games
YouTube video by Murray
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I made a video monday morning about staying motivated while working on games.
Check it out!
youtu.be/Fv5hQU97o_E
Check it out!
youtu.be/Fv5hQU97o_E
Working on some new assets for the game, this is going to be a shrine building
October 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Working on some new assets for the game, this is going to be a shrine building
This playtester BROKE my indie game #gamedev
YouTube video by Murray
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October 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
What makes these ROGUELIKE DECKBUILDERS special?
YouTube video by Murray
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I've gotten so much mileage from this one animation in my game
I use the same system for displaying and animating cards in multiple places in my game, which made it easy to set up a deck view screen like this:
I use the same system for displaying and animating cards in multiple places in my game, which made it easy to set up a deck view screen like this:
October 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I've gotten so much mileage from this one animation in my game
I use the same system for displaying and animating cards in multiple places in my game, which made it easy to set up a deck view screen like this:
I use the same system for displaying and animating cards in multiple places in my game, which made it easy to set up a deck view screen like this:
New long form video on my channel!
This one is about how games affect your posture as you play.
Check it out!
youtu.be/sImolaLmOBE
This one is about how games affect your posture as you play.
Check it out!
youtu.be/sImolaLmOBE
Video games that will fix your posture
YouTube video by Murray
youtu.be
September 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
New long form video on my channel!
This one is about how games affect your posture as you play.
Check it out!
youtu.be/sImolaLmOBE
This one is about how games affect your posture as you play.
Check it out!
youtu.be/sImolaLmOBE
New short form about a game design problem I fixed with my game, Terra Factoria
Check it out!
youtube.com/shorts/0A1Kw...
Check it out!
youtube.com/shorts/0A1Kw...
I made another BIG MISTAKE with my indie game
YouTube video by Murray
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September 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
New short form about a game design problem I fixed with my game, Terra Factoria
Check it out!
youtube.com/shorts/0A1Kw...
Check it out!
youtube.com/shorts/0A1Kw...
New video up on my youtube channel!
In this one I discuss the myths surrounding solo game dev.
Check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i2V...
In this one I discuss the myths surrounding solo game dev.
Check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i2V...
The Myth of the Solo Game Developer
YouTube video by Murray
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September 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
New video up on my youtube channel!
In this one I discuss the myths surrounding solo game dev.
Check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i2V...
In this one I discuss the myths surrounding solo game dev.
Check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i2V...
How is it that I've gone like 4 years using jetbrains before discovering that you can bring up a copy/paste history????
my life is changed
my life is changed
September 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
How is it that I've gone like 4 years using jetbrains before discovering that you can bring up a copy/paste history????
my life is changed
my life is changed
I'm starting to feel like developing a turn-based game is about building a framework to edit your game in a text file 📄
I've got all of the rules for each of the buildings in my game in a scriptable object, which helps for iterating quickly and balancing ⚖️
I've got all of the rules for each of the buildings in my game in a scriptable object, which helps for iterating quickly and balancing ⚖️
September 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I'm starting to feel like developing a turn-based game is about building a framework to edit your game in a text file 📄
I've got all of the rules for each of the buildings in my game in a scriptable object, which helps for iterating quickly and balancing ⚖️
I've got all of the rules for each of the buildings in my game in a scriptable object, which helps for iterating quickly and balancing ⚖️
I'm beginning to think that I shouldn't program at 2am anymore.
I tend to make these kind of aliasing errors when I do
Anyone else?
I tend to make these kind of aliasing errors when I do
Anyone else?
September 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I'm beginning to think that I shouldn't program at 2am anymore.
I tend to make these kind of aliasing errors when I do
Anyone else?
I tend to make these kind of aliasing errors when I do
Anyone else?
New video on my channel! This one is about getting started as a developer and scoping your first project.
What do you think?
youtu.be/34JZRAUqOCQ
What do you think?
youtu.be/34JZRAUqOCQ
Learn THIS if you want to make games
YouTube video by Murray
youtu.be
September 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
New video on my channel! This one is about getting started as a developer and scoping your first project.
What do you think?
youtu.be/34JZRAUqOCQ
What do you think?
youtu.be/34JZRAUqOCQ
Working on short form content that doesn't feel shallow is tough!
This is what I settled on to post on my short form pages, what do you think?
youtube.com/shorts/DwvwF...
This is what I settled on to post on my short form pages, what do you think?
youtube.com/shorts/DwvwF...
My indie game had a HUGE problem
YouTube video by Murray
youtube.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Working on short form content that doesn't feel shallow is tough!
This is what I settled on to post on my short form pages, what do you think?
youtube.com/shorts/DwvwF...
This is what I settled on to post on my short form pages, what do you think?
youtube.com/shorts/DwvwF...