Brad Stapleton | Watchtower Studios
@watchtower-studios.bsky.social
Game developer
https://watchtowerstudios.co.uk/
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Caves of Altamira by didnotexpectthat | Sanne Paus, Watchtower Studios, HungryDev, Somdatta Das, Nòlus
Follow Rho as she tries to find survivors in a mysterious cave system.
didnotexpectthat.itch.io
This year I competed in the Mystery Game Jam, my team and I created something I'm really proud of. You can play the game here for free: didnotexpectthat.itch.io/caves-of-alt...
Reposted by Brad Stapleton | Watchtower Studios
2026 beginning of the year cleaning up files on my PC and found this one a friend send me when working on some code.
Every developer can relate.
#solodev #indiedev #development
Every developer can relate.
#solodev #indiedev #development
January 5, 2026 at 6:22 AM
2026 beginning of the year cleaning up files on my PC and found this one a friend send me when working on some code.
Every developer can relate.
#solodev #indiedev #development
Every developer can relate.
#solodev #indiedev #development
Was a great experience having my first playtest of my mechanical prototype. Oh boy did I manage to assume a lot of things were more intuitive than they actually were. I think UX will be this month's focus.
January 6, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Was a great experience having my first playtest of my mechanical prototype. Oh boy did I manage to assume a lot of things were more intuitive than they actually were. I think UX will be this month's focus.
Tonight is my first playtesting session of my game prototype! I've been working on it over the Christmas holiday very intensively, really excited to get it in front of people.
January 5, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Tonight is my first playtesting session of my game prototype! I've been working on it over the Christmas holiday very intensively, really excited to get it in front of people.
Reposted by Brad Stapleton | Watchtower Studios
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
July 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
This year I competed in the Mystery Game Jam, my team and I created something I'm really proud of. You can play the game here for free: didnotexpectthat.itch.io/caves-of-alt...
Caves of Altamira by didnotexpectthat | Sanne Paus, Watchtower Studios, HungryDev, Somdatta Das, Nòlus
Follow Rho as she tries to find survivors in a mysterious cave system.
didnotexpectthat.itch.io
May 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This year I competed in the Mystery Game Jam, my team and I created something I'm really proud of. You can play the game here for free: didnotexpectthat.itch.io/caves-of-alt...