Rich Woods
@richwoods.bsky.social
Independent game developer based in Norwich.
Creating and publishing casual games for Android phones under the brand Exobyte. Co-organiser of Norfolk Game Developers meetup group.
Creating and publishing casual games for Android phones under the brand Exobyte. Co-organiser of Norfolk Game Developers meetup group.
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Rich Woods
@richwoods.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Lucky Journey Coin Pusher Game for Android (Landscape 30s)
YouTube video by Exobyte Ltd
www.youtube.com
Our most recently published game is Lucky Journey Coin Pusher. Me and Jen worked very hard together on this together with Norwich based illustrator Andy Carolan doing the artwork. We're really proud of the result and if you like seaside style coin pusher games give it a go!
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I had one of the weirder moments in a weird life last night when I realised that the Black Mirror episode Playthings was inspired by Creatures, a game I worked on in the 90s. Charlie Brooker reviewed it at the time, and apparently it stuck in his head.
April 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I had one of the weirder moments in a weird life last night when I realised that the Black Mirror episode Playthings was inspired by Creatures, a game I worked on in the 90s. Charlie Brooker reviewed it at the time, and apparently it stuck in his head.
I've had a stubbornly high ANR rate of about 0.7% in my recent games. Google have a "bad behaviour" threshold of 0.5% over which they will reduce the visibility of your app on the store. So I've done a test, I removed the Facebook ads SDK from the game, now the ANR rate is 0.26%, a nearly 70% drop!
April 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I've had a stubbornly high ANR rate of about 0.7% in my recent games. Google have a "bad behaviour" threshold of 0.5% over which they will reduce the visibility of your app on the store. So I've done a test, I removed the Facebook ads SDK from the game, now the ANR rate is 0.26%, a nearly 70% drop!
Interested in making a mobile game but put off by all the jargon? Here's a hugely summarised description of how it all works: www.exobyte.net/articles/omg...
OMG it's full of jargon
Making games for mobile phones is a bit different to creating them for other platforms. For PC and console games your player will usually be buying your game before they download it. In the world of.....
www.exobyte.net
April 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Interested in making a mobile game but put off by all the jargon? Here's a hugely summarised description of how it all works: www.exobyte.net/articles/omg...
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Indie game devs! Worried you don't have a good publishing deal? May I present my firm's 2025 Publishing Agreement Data Report! Taken from 100+ actual Publishing Agreements ranging from 2017-2025, providing averages for rev share splits, advances, IP ownership and more!
indiegamepublishing.com
indiegamepublishing.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Indie game devs! Worried you don't have a good publishing deal? May I present my firm's 2025 Publishing Agreement Data Report! Taken from 100+ actual Publishing Agreements ranging from 2017-2025, providing averages for rev share splits, advances, IP ownership and more!
indiegamepublishing.com
indiegamepublishing.com
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How to secure your phone before attending a protest
How to secure your phone before attending a protest
Here are some privacy measures you can take
buff.ly
February 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
How to secure your phone before attending a protest
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I'm hosting a thing! On the internet!
We're excited to announce that the year 2025 will finally be the year that we enter the podcast world!🎉
Every member of our community makes it special, and we really value your opinion so here's a quick survey to share your thoughts.
Every member of our community makes it special, and we really value your opinion so here's a quick survey to share your thoughts.
Norfolk Developers Podcast: Discovery
Whilst we have ideas about what we'd like to include in our podcast, the whole point is that we're a community - so we'd love to make it as tailored as possible to those who make Norfolk Developers…
forms.gle
January 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I'm hosting a thing! On the internet!
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When learning to code, or even learning a new language, make your projects as tightly scoped as possible. A single screen game with basic dynamics that you finish will teach you far, far more than making a small part of a larger game that you may never finish.
December 6, 2024 at 12:12 AM
When learning to code, or even learning a new language, make your projects as tightly scoped as possible. A single screen game with basic dynamics that you finish will teach you far, far more than making a small part of a larger game that you may never finish.
One of the earlier games I created in my game development journey. This is the header sheet for a printout of a BASIC game that I inventively called ADVENT (short for adventure, we only had eight characters for file names.) This simple text based game was written on my college's VAX minicomputer.
December 3, 2024 at 11:32 PM
One of the earlier games I created in my game development journey. This is the header sheet for a printout of a BASIC game that I inventively called ADVENT (short for adventure, we only had eight characters for file names.) This simple text based game was written on my college's VAX minicomputer.
I've used the LibGDX game framework for all my Android games but I'm now trialing moving to Godot for future games. So far it doesn't seem that it will save me much coding time, although that may come with experience. The main thing that attracts me is better potential for future collaborations.
December 2, 2024 at 4:31 PM
I've used the LibGDX game framework for all my Android games but I'm now trialing moving to Godot for future games. So far it doesn't seem that it will save me much coding time, although that may come with experience. The main thing that attracts me is better potential for future collaborations.
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You NEED a press kit for your game. And thankfully @ashleygwinnell.bsky.social built a 100% FREE TO USE one. This will allow you to share:
🎮Game description
🎮Gifs
🎮Videos
🎮Stills
🎮Team description
🎮Social media links
...and more!
You can access Press Kitty here: impress.games/press-kitty/
🎮Game description
🎮Gifs
🎮Videos
🎮Stills
🎮Team description
🎮Social media links
...and more!
You can access Press Kitty here: impress.games/press-kitty/
Press Kitty – Make your free Press Kit today! | IMPRESS
Everything you need to create the ultimate indie game press kit! All of your press, influencer and content-creator assets – in one place!
impress.games
November 18, 2024 at 7:55 AM
You NEED a press kit for your game. And thankfully @ashleygwinnell.bsky.social built a 100% FREE TO USE one. This will allow you to share:
🎮Game description
🎮Gifs
🎮Videos
🎮Stills
🎮Team description
🎮Social media links
...and more!
You can access Press Kitty here: impress.games/press-kitty/
🎮Game description
🎮Gifs
🎮Videos
🎮Stills
🎮Team description
🎮Social media links
...and more!
You can access Press Kitty here: impress.games/press-kitty/
I grew up on these streets
November 17, 2024 at 7:30 PM
I grew up on these streets
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2000 individually tagged video clips are now available on the Game UI Database! Remember, you can scrub through each one frame-by-frame to break down animations and learn from the pros.
The newly uploaded Astro Bot has some particularly great transitions 👌
www.gameuidatabase.com/gameData.php...
The newly uploaded Astro Bot has some particularly great transitions 👌
www.gameuidatabase.com/gameData.php...
November 17, 2024 at 6:50 PM
2000 individually tagged video clips are now available on the Game UI Database! Remember, you can scrub through each one frame-by-frame to break down animations and learn from the pros.
The newly uploaded Astro Bot has some particularly great transitions 👌
www.gameuidatabase.com/gameData.php...
The newly uploaded Astro Bot has some particularly great transitions 👌
www.gameuidatabase.com/gameData.php...
Our most recently published game is Lucky Journey Coin Pusher. Me and Jen worked very hard together on this together with Norwich based illustrator Andy Carolan doing the artwork. We're really proud of the result and if you like seaside style coin pusher games give it a go!
Lucky Journey Coin Pusher Game for Android (Landscape 30s)
YouTube video by Exobyte Ltd
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Our most recently published game is Lucky Journey Coin Pusher. Me and Jen worked very hard together on this together with Norwich based illustrator Andy Carolan doing the artwork. We're really proud of the result and if you like seaside style coin pusher games give it a go!