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Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

You would think that it's a no-brainer that people would swarm to something being given out for free, that is, until you discover itch #gamedev #indiedev

December 16, 2025 at 2:54 AM

Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

I use AI because as a sane person I cannot fork over $10K for a game which may very well sell zero copies. If that makes me the devil then I'm happy to play the part #gamedev #indiedev

December 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM

Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

Gamedev would be so much more enjoyable if I were into masochism #gamedev #indiedev

December 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM

Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

I just wish there were content creators who would dedicate themselves to me completely without any regard for their audience, income, life and without any expectation of recompense #gamedev #indiedev

December 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM

Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

I have more people in my game's discord server wanting to sell their services than the ones actually interested in my game #gamedev #indiedev

December 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM

Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

Where do you find good playtesters who will give you sharp and specific feedback about your game ? #gamedev #indiedev #games

November 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM

Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

DICTOCRACY STARTS TODAY !

Happy to launch the demo of my political strategy game

You get one action per turn to balance ministers demands'🤝, budget 💰, public opinion and much more. Prioritize or lose power!

store.steampowered.com/app/3310870/...

#indiegame #indiedev #demolive #turnbased #gamedev

October 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM

Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

Now that the wishlist numbers are finally updated, are you happy, shocked, disappointed ? #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev

July 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM

Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

Is this place actually filled with real people ? Are you all human ? Do y'all have thoughts and feelings like real humans do ? Is life treating you well ? Why are you gae ?

#bluesky

July 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM

Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

I had an inkling premonition that my UI update was absolutely gonna bomb beyond my wildest expectations.

No shit, it bombed whatever little self-worth I had left.

#gamedev #indiedev

July 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM

Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

Just managing policies on my political strategy game, don't mind me.

You can check out the steam page here though - store.steampowered.com/app/3310870/...

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev #dictocracy #devlog #ue5 #unrealengine #unrealengine5 #strategygames #games #screenshotsaturday

July 13, 2025 at 3:36 AM

Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

So I ended up doing a UI overhaul. I think it's safe to say that I won't survive getting through another one of these redos. Anyway, tell me if it's any better

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev #dictocracy #devlog #ue5 #unrealengine #unrealengine5 #strategygames #games #screenshotsaturday

July 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM

Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

The great thing about #gamedev is that people give you the benefit of doubt about most things.

Ohhh I like the minimalist map, Ohhh the visuals are not for me but I'm sure a lot of people are into that....

Ummm the visuals are by coincidence, not by choice

January 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM

Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

Day 4 - Today I talked to bots (the AI ones, not the gay ones) on X and tied my game logic with the new region thing I've been working on. Lost a few brain cells unnecessarily in both. Wbu?

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev #dictocracy #devlog #ue5 #unrealengine #unrealengine5 #strategygames

January 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM

Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

Stupid borders and stupider region highlighting. Today I developed new found appreciation for map logic creators of grand strategy games

#indiedev #gamedev #strategygames #dictocracy #ue5 #unrealengine5 #unrealengine

January 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM

Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

Present (Left) vs Earlier (Right)

Better or two steps back ?

#indiedev #gamedev #strategygames #ue5 #UnrealEngine #games #videogames

January 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM

Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

Generating controllable regions for my political strat game with splines today #gamedev #indiedev #games #strategygames #splines #ue5

January 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

This was my first foray into gamedev

Hmmmmmmmm.... I have so many questions looking back but wtf was I thinking ?

#gamedev #indiedev #solodev

January 12, 2025 at 4:22 AM

Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

There are many battles I want to fight but I don't. Time will win them for me eventually

#quote

January 12, 2025 at 4:12 AM

Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

Why am I seeing so many posts about Balatro ? This algo is bugged, I want to see gamedev content

January 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM

Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

So it's 2025 - the year I'll release my first game and find out if I'm a bigger idiot than I thought

January 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM

Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

So I just discovered how to add UTM links from steam after spamming my store page for a week.

Yeah fml fmswa9id

#indiedev #gamedev

December 29, 2024 at 1:22 PM

Shaffy

@disillusioneddev.bsky.social

Just a political strategy game I've been working on. Feedback is welcome since I'm a noob at .... pretty much everything.

Consider wishlisting if you like it - store.steampowered.com/app/3310870/...

#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev #games #game