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Nish
@npanium.bsky.social
Designer and developer. Mostly active within the blockchain space.
Currently building blockchaingods.io
Development of “tank” style enemies in Node Defenders. Working on another variant after this, both of which will be featured in the new game mode.

#gamedesign #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #IndieGameDev #NodeDefenders
November 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Working on new enemies for Node Defenders.

The upcoming survival mode will include a lot of new fun visuals + other exciting features!

Join the discord and support the game
discord.gg/G96hm9ttmQ

#gamedev #indiegame #game #indiedev #ZKProofs #gamedesign #towerdefense #NodeDefenders
November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I’ve made the maze generator, that I originally created for Node Defenders, open source. You can generate mazes and get the JSON for the same.

#OpenSource #maze #astar #mazegenerator #algorithm #recursivebacktracking

npanium.github.io/Maze-Generat...
November 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Us entrepreneurs are inherently gamblers. We bet on ourselves and our ideas, and make decisions which often seem illogical to others.

And right now, I’m fully convinced that I can change the way people play games on blockchain 🎮⛓️

#Entrepreneurs #startup #gaming #Blockchain
November 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Based on these findings, I feel it might be best if I work on a new “survival” mode. It’ll help me introduce upgrade mechanics and work on a better ux without affecting the current gameplay

#simulation #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #game #Web3 #NodeDefenders
November 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A much more elaborate iteration of the tower defence simulator for Node Defenders.

I’ve added a fancy algorithm to run several different configs in the bg and give me an optimal one.

#simulation #game #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #webdev #ZKProofs #towerdefence #gamedesign
October 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Affinity app is fucking free! 🥹🥹🥹

#affinity #adobe #graphicdesign #canva
October 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Running simulations for #NodeDefenders to improve the pacing of the game and recalibrate it a bit.

It’s fun to watch this minimal version play out quickly while providing some useful insights

#gamedev #indiegamedev #gamedesign #indiedev #simulation #WebDevelopment #reactjs
October 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Working on the difficulty scaling for Node Defenders after taking a break and messing with shaders.

Pacing the game is quite challenging so let’s see how that goes.

#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #NodeDefenders
October 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Was inspired by XorDev 's shaders so I created this

npanium.github.io/SVG-LED-Shad...

#webgl #shader #glsl #WebDevelopment #SVG #vfx #uiux
October 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Weekly leaderboards are now live on Node Defenders

Try out the game and join our discord to stay in the loop!

play.blockchaingods.io/gamepage

@ZKVProtocol #Web3News #gamedev #NodeDefenders #indiegame #indiegame #leaderboard #towerdefense
October 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Modified the shader created by Jaenam on Shadertoy and turned it into a grid with several controls.

Try it out here-

npanium.github.io/Liquid-Squir...

#webgl #shader #3d #liquidglass
October 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Frontend updated with leaderboard. Time to tie it all up and make it available to the players :)

#Web3Gaming #NodeDefenders #indiegame #IndieGameDev #gamedev #uxui
October 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Survivor-io has been my north star while designing Node Defenders on
#blockchain

Why? Because it masters the art of player retention through layered progression systems.
Here’s what we’re building toward 🧵👇
#Web3Gaming #gamedev #NodeDefenders #communitydriven
October 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I think this is a step up from the previous iteration

#uxui #gamedev #gamedesign #indiegame #indiedev
October 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Finally putting to use the lantern from Devcon Bangkok (2024)

#diwali #FestiveVibes #Ethereum #devcon #eth #Web3Community
October 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Working on the leaderboard for Node Defenders.
Was about to call it a night when I realised that this recursive query that runs as a cron every 15mins was gonna cost me $$$

Glad I checked before calling it a night…

#gamedev #IndieGameDev #db #indiegame #leaderboard #cloudflare #sql #d1
October 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Prototyping the leaderboard design for Node Defenders.

#zk #gamedesign #indiedev #indiegames #uxui
October 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Added a nice little glitch effect for when the enemy drones manage to attack you.

#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #Web3Gaming #vfx #ux
October 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Adding a pause button and adding some visuals to Node Defenders

#IndieGameDev #BlockchainGaming #gamedesign #Web3Gaming #zk #uxui #ui #cyberpunk
October 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This was a fun watch

“How to make an ADDICTIVE game?”
youtu.be/ItcH5s14q7A?...

#gamedesign #gamedev #ux
How to make an ADDICTIVE game?
YouTube video by VAV
youtu.be
October 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A ui mockup of the flowchart.

Shall get back to coding soon…

#gamedev #indiegame #IndieGameDev #ui #gamedesign
October 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Working on some turret upgrade ideas for Node Defenders.

Once implemented, players could spend tokens to upgrade the turrets.

#gamedev #indiegamedev #gamedesign #Web3News #BlockchainInnovation #decisionmaking
October 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Time to get back to Node Defenders.
However if anyone’s interested, I built Block-Hackers for ZkVerify protocol Delhi hacker house.

It’s fun little game, although there’s no backend for this public version.

block-hackers.npanium.workers.dev

#Web3Gaming #idlegame #indiegame #incrementalgame
October 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
My game Node Defenders is live on
defenders.blockchaingods.io

Would love to hear your thoughts on the gameplay so we can keep improving it!

It does require a blockchain wallet though, since the primary audience is already familiar with the space.

#indiegamedev #gamedev #indiegame #towerdefense
Blockchain Gods: Node Defenders
defenders.blockchaingods.io
October 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM