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Dustin.v01d
@v01dworks.com
30 year old Indie GameDev and tech nerd who loves studying languages, both computer and human

American currently living in Serbia and eating concerning amounts of ćevapi and ajvar

https://linktr.ee/v01dworks
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I’m a solo game developer working every day on my first game and my dream is to do this full time, long term

If you would like to support me and my work, I have a ko-fi page here ☺️
ko-fi.com/v01dworks
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Nothing much new to show, but as an amateur dev this scene transition was kind of an accomplishment! Only took the morning, and I'm feeling ambitious still.

What do I add next? Honest question, as I value feedback.

#gamedev #IndieGame #IndieDev #PixelArt #RetroGaming #GODOT #Horror #spooky
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Hey Godot devs, are there any plugins in particular that you’d recommend for a solo dev making a 2D game?

I haven’t used any plugins so far and I was thinking that it might be a good idea to explore them and see if there’s anything that would greatly save my sanity

#godot #gamedev
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Short video I made of my game in development ☢️ #gamedev #indiegamedev #godot
November 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I’m a solo game developer working every day on my first game and my dream is to do this full time, long term

If you would like to support me and my work, I have a ko-fi page here ☺️
ko-fi.com/v01dworks
Support V01DWORKS
Support V01DWORKS
ko-fi.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Working on making my NPC behavior more interesting by giving them vision with raycasts so they will need to see the player, not simply be psychic and know where the player is at all times

#godot #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegames
November 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Today I’m working on trying to make the enemy behavior in my game more interesting

I’m thinking I’m going to implement a sort of “last known position” and investigation system when enemies lose sight of the player, which will let you flank them or escape fights

#gamedev #indiedev #godot
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Overnight I managed to get my most views so far on a YouTube short for my gamedev channel ☺️

I’m going to continue to post short clips of my game as I develop it, and later on I want to make longer devlogs and demonstrations

www.youtube.com/@V01DWORKS

#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #godot
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Got one of my gamedev YouTube shorts to hit over 500 views for the first time so that’s pretty cool
November 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I decided to start trying to post at least once per day to a TikTok account dedicated to my in-development game, which I’ve decided to name Zone of Alienation ☢️

If you’re interested in following my progress, check it out here

www.tiktok.com/@v01dworks?_...

#gamedev #indiedev
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November 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I feel like solo game development is weirdly the only thing I’ve worked on where balancing so many different “roles” actually feels good to me

When I hit a wall with doing programming, I can switch to level design or art. When I have no creative energy, I switch to the business side of it
November 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I’m hand-drawing a lot of my game assets and found out that procreate can export video timelapses which is pretty cool. I’m not that good at digital art yet but it’s very fun

So this is my process making a simple little 2D ammo box in Procreate which I’ll export into Godot

#gamedev #indiedev
November 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
lol I’m curious if anyone has put Linux / SteamOS on an Xbox ally yet

Although, it looks like it’s basically the ROG Ally but with Xbox branding?
October 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Wanted to give a shoutout to Doc because I was just reading through this yesterday and it was a great article that genuinely gave me a lot of ideas for how to differentiate enemy types in my game that I’ve already started to work on implementing

#indiedev #gamedev #godot
GUESS WHO'S BACK

BACK AGAIN

DOC'S BACK

TELL A FRIEND

That's right. It's time for part 3 of the FPS series; this time, a lot of assorted thoughts on what makes for good enemy design. This one was fun as hell to write.

docseuss.medium.com/building-a-b...
building a better first person shooter part 3: enemy mine
So! First, we talked about a specific subgenre of first person shooter, loosely starting with Unreal and Half-Life and dying off around…
docseuss.medium.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I had company while I ate tonight, he basically has been right next to me all evening ☺️

#cats
October 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Working on re-making how my game’s animations work for guns to make them more interesting and allow for a more complex weapons system while my girlfriend’s cat keeps me company

#gamedev #Godot #cats
October 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
🥹
October 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I think I can officially say that I’ve managed to win the affection of my girlfriend’s cat since we moved
October 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Since I have a lot of time on my hands while I wait for news from job hunting, I'm going to focus a bit more on gamedev.

Most recently, I've been working on improving the projectiles, making them more visible, and fixing collision so they don't fly through the walls

#godot #gamedev
October 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I wasn’t able to take my gaming PC with me on the first trip when I moved, so I’ve had to use only my Steam Deck

Decided to use an external SSD plugged into the dock so I can just store games I’m not actively playing and it’s working pretty nicely
October 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Something something aesthetic
October 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I found pistachio donuts and my life will never be the same

I have entered a new era
October 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I can never decide if learning Serbian feels easier or harder after learning Russian

On one hand I kind of already understand the grammar and a lot of words are similar, I already know numbers, and I can already read Cyrillic, so learning the letters that are unique to Serbian was fairly easy
October 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Finished round one of interviewing with a company and it went well

Was rejected for the role I applied for that I honestly was under-qualified for anyways, but moved forward for a different one and now I wait

I’m both so exhausted and so full of nervous energy at the same time lol
October 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
So I haven’t posted on here in a while, but recently made the move to Belgrade and am still getting settled in with everything.

Got an apartment but now working on sorting out a job+residency things
September 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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My beautiful friend and I shot an amazing video inspired by the melody from the Skyrim game Jeremy Soule (OST Skyrim) — “Secunda”, recorded a cover and went to create these beautiful and atmospheric shots🌿🎬 I hope you enjoy watching it🤍

youtu.be/w-VVQc60YSU?...
Skyrim OST "Secunda" - Kalimba Cover
YouTube video by Anastasia
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April 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM