Simon A
@eponymoose.bsky.social
🎮 Indie Gamedev 🎮
🚀 Making Sol Mates, a co-op space game for you and your friends!🚀
🪐Learn more at https://www.solmatesgame.com/ 🪐
🚀 Making Sol Mates, a co-op space game for you and your friends!🚀
🪐Learn more at https://www.solmatesgame.com/ 🪐
Our #indiegame has fanart! Great to see the mustache make an appearance.
Fun fact: The mustache is the only asset in the game that I, the programmer, 3D modeled by hand. Please don't tell the artists. It'll be our secret.
#indiedev #sneakyProgrammerArt #PlaySolMates
Fun fact: The mustache is the only asset in the game that I, the programmer, 3D modeled by hand. Please don't tell the artists. It'll be our secret.
#indiedev #sneakyProgrammerArt #PlaySolMates
October 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Our #indiegame has fanart! Great to see the mustache make an appearance.
Fun fact: The mustache is the only asset in the game that I, the programmer, 3D modeled by hand. Please don't tell the artists. It'll be our secret.
#indiedev #sneakyProgrammerArt #PlaySolMates
Fun fact: The mustache is the only asset in the game that I, the programmer, 3D modeled by hand. Please don't tell the artists. It'll be our secret.
#indiedev #sneakyProgrammerArt #PlaySolMates
October 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Whenever we make a build, it is recorded to a discord channel. This way we maintain a history we can reference. It includes the exact configuration of the build, both the hash and branch it was built from, and where it is used. I have a little tool which auto-generates this message.
September 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Whenever we make a build, it is recorded to a discord channel. This way we maintain a history we can reference. It includes the exact configuration of the build, both the hash and branch it was built from, and where it is used. I have a little tool which auto-generates this message.
This is the anatomy of our watermark:
The 1st character is the build type. 'v' for the full game, 'd' for the demo.
The 2nd character is the network mode. 'o' for offline, 'h' for host, 'c' for client. We include this because the game runs pretty differently if you are the host or a client.
The 1st character is the build type. 'v' for the full game, 'd' for the demo.
The 2nd character is the network mode. 'o' for offline, 'h' for host, 'c' for client. We include this because the game runs pretty differently if you are the host or a client.
September 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This is the anatomy of our watermark:
The 1st character is the build type. 'v' for the full game, 'd' for the demo.
The 2nd character is the network mode. 'o' for offline, 'h' for host, 'c' for client. We include this because the game runs pretty differently if you are the host or a client.
The 1st character is the build type. 'v' for the full game, 'd' for the demo.
The 2nd character is the network mode. 'o' for offline, 'h' for host, 'c' for client. We include this because the game runs pretty differently if you are the host or a client.
Some #indiedev advice: Add a watermark and track your build versions! It doesn't take a lot of work, and can save a ton of headache, tracking down and repro-ing issues. You'll see it in any screenshots or stream clips you get sent. I've found it super helpful!
Here is how ours works... 🧵
#gamedev
Here is how ours works... 🧵
#gamedev
September 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Here is a real actual photo of a gamedev launching a game demo at the very last minute.
September 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Here is a real actual photo of a gamedev launching a game demo at the very last minute.
Holy cow! Over the weekend Sol Mates crossed the 7k wishlist threshold on Steam! This is a major early milestones for an indie game.
I'm amazed and honored that so many people are interested in what we are cooking up. Still much more to do, but the excitement is building!
#indiedev #gamedev
I'm amazed and honored that so many people are interested in what we are cooking up. Still much more to do, but the excitement is building!
#indiedev #gamedev
September 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This is how you market an #indiegame right?
Come for the corg, stay for chaotic 4-player co-op fun on a spaceship!
#indiedev #PlaySolMates
Come for the corg, stay for chaotic 4-player co-op fun on a spaceship!
#indiedev #PlaySolMates
September 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This is how you market an #indiegame right?
Come for the corg, stay for chaotic 4-player co-op fun on a spaceship!
#indiedev #PlaySolMates
Come for the corg, stay for chaotic 4-player co-op fun on a spaceship!
#indiedev #PlaySolMates
Are we still doing these? I've been a little busy. That's because, we've got a demo coming out soooon™!
Also nearly at that magic 7k wishlist number! Would love for you to check out Sol Mates!
#indiedev #indiegames #PlaySolMates #alwaysBehindTheCurveOnWhateverTheKidAreMemeingTheseDays
Also nearly at that magic 7k wishlist number! Would love for you to check out Sol Mates!
#indiedev #indiegames #PlaySolMates #alwaysBehindTheCurveOnWhateverTheKidAreMemeingTheseDays
September 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Are we still doing these? I've been a little busy. That's because, we've got a demo coming out soooon™!
Also nearly at that magic 7k wishlist number! Would love for you to check out Sol Mates!
#indiedev #indiegames #PlaySolMates #alwaysBehindTheCurveOnWhateverTheKidAreMemeingTheseDays
Also nearly at that magic 7k wishlist number! Would love for you to check out Sol Mates!
#indiedev #indiegames #PlaySolMates #alwaysBehindTheCurveOnWhateverTheKidAreMemeingTheseDays
When in doubt, give it a cute face!
March 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
When in doubt, give it a cute face!
Ahoy #gamedev and #indiedev friends at #GDC
We're demoing Sol Mates tonight at #CourageXL
Come say hi and check out the game!
courage.events/event/courag...
We're demoing Sol Mates tonight at #CourageXL
Come say hi and check out the game!
courage.events/event/courag...
March 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Ahoy #gamedev and #indiedev friends at #GDC
We're demoing Sol Mates tonight at #CourageXL
Come say hi and check out the game!
courage.events/event/courag...
We're demoing Sol Mates tonight at #CourageXL
Come say hi and check out the game!
courage.events/event/courag...
#indiegamedev when you are trying to build a temporary game over screen, but also still recovering from a terrible cold.
#gamedev #indiegames #CanIEjectMySinusesIntoTheSun
#gamedev #indiegames #CanIEjectMySinusesIntoTheSun
February 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
#indiegamedev when you are trying to build a temporary game over screen, but also still recovering from a terrible cold.
#gamedev #indiegames #CanIEjectMySinusesIntoTheSun
#gamedev #indiegames #CanIEjectMySinusesIntoTheSun
How to fire a ray gun:
Step 1: Find some friends 👩🚀👨🚀👩🚀
Step 2: Plug in the battery 🔋
Step 3: Load some ammo 🎇
Step 4: Zippity Zappity! 💥
#indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #PlaySolMates
Step 1: Find some friends 👩🚀👨🚀👩🚀
Step 2: Plug in the battery 🔋
Step 3: Load some ammo 🎇
Step 4: Zippity Zappity! 💥
#indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #PlaySolMates
January 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
How to fire a ray gun:
Step 1: Find some friends 👩🚀👨🚀👩🚀
Step 2: Plug in the battery 🔋
Step 3: Load some ammo 🎇
Step 4: Zippity Zappity! 💥
#indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #PlaySolMates
Step 1: Find some friends 👩🚀👨🚀👩🚀
Step 2: Plug in the battery 🔋
Step 3: Load some ammo 🎇
Step 4: Zippity Zappity! 💥
#indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #PlaySolMates
Very very serious game dev in progress.
Doing important serious game dev things.
Definitely not goofing off.
#gamedev #indiedev #PlaySolMates #veryserious
Doing important serious game dev things.
Definitely not goofing off.
#gamedev #indiedev #PlaySolMates #veryserious
January 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Very very serious game dev in progress.
Doing important serious game dev things.
Definitely not goofing off.
#gamedev #indiedev #PlaySolMates #veryserious
Doing important serious game dev things.
Definitely not goofing off.
#gamedev #indiedev #PlaySolMates #veryserious
Going into 2025 with this kind of #gamedev energy!
#PlaySolMates #indedev #co-op #games #indiegames #batteriesincluded
#PlaySolMates #indedev #co-op #games #indiegames #batteriesincluded
January 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Going into 2025 with this kind of #gamedev energy!
#PlaySolMates #indedev #co-op #games #indiegames #batteriesincluded
#PlaySolMates #indedev #co-op #games #indiegames #batteriesincluded
To achieve this, the shield is a piece of procedurally generated geometry, with a custom shader (built in Shader Graph) on top of it. The motion (both the shrinking hexes, and idle wave running across it) are done in a vertex shader.
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December 9, 2024 at 7:42 PM
To achieve this, the shield is a piece of procedurally generated geometry, with a custom shader (built in Shader Graph) on top of it. The motion (both the shrinking hexes, and idle wave running across it) are done in a vertex shader.
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For the new shield we went with a wall of hexes. Something that immediately reads as a shield for many fans of sci-fi games. As the shield is damaged, the hexes collapse, starting with the outer edge, and shrink one row at a time. This make it easy to gauge shield strength at a quick glance.
December 9, 2024 at 7:40 PM
For the new shield we went with a wall of hexes. Something that immediately reads as a shield for many fans of sci-fi games. As the shield is damaged, the hexes collapse, starting with the outer edge, and shrink one row at a time. This make it easy to gauge shield strength at a quick glance.
From a gameplay standpoint, the shield needs to communicate 2 pieces of information. Shield width, and current health. For a long time, this was represented by a basic line renderer, with the thickness of the line represent the remaining health. Here is some prototype footage of the shields.
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December 9, 2024 at 7:38 PM
From a gameplay standpoint, the shield needs to communicate 2 pieces of information. Shield width, and current health. For a long time, this was represented by a basic line renderer, with the thickness of the line represent the remaining health. Here is some prototype footage of the shields.
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