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Indie #gamedev! This year, I'm making monthly GameDev videos on YouTube.

Also I'm making "Mine Blocks" and a bunch of music!
The current world record speedrun is by MourningMist16 (on Twitch)!

29.34 seconds!??
November 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
as a fan of @crypticsea.bsky.social's "Skate or Don't!",

I had the burning question: "but what if skateboarding was an obstacle course?"

(I recommend playing in Chrome, not FF)
zanzlanz.com/game/SkaterW...

#gamedev #indiegame #haxe
November 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I made my physics engine in 7 days, using only past experience, trial-and-error, and a whole lot of dot products 😅

5 of those days were spent struggling with rigidbody physics, haha
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
New #gamedev skill unlocked: I made a physics engine from scratch!!

I attempted it piece by piece 🧵
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
@crypticsea.bsky.social Hi Alex! I was just wondering if I could connect with you some time. I sent you an email :)
October 21, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I turned Rock Paper Scissors into a SKILL game! 💥

Here's a clip where I challenged @someran.dev!

Watch the full gamedev video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=83W7...

#haxe #indiedev
October 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I animated these little emoji guys for the video! #aftereffects #2danimation

They represent "autonomy", "competence", and "relatedness" in Psychology.

They're kind of why we do what we do. Say hi:
September 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
What exactly makes games fun??

In my latest monthly video, I explore the Philosophy, Psychology, and Physiology of "fun" in #gamedev!

youtube.com/watch?v=aGFY...
September 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
To create the maze visualizations in my new video (see previous post in 🧵), I created a little physics solver with a bunch of animation controls! #haxe #gamedev

Here was an early test of it:
August 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
My first code was... kind of a bop!
Written in AppleScript in 2006. #programming #gamedev
July 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Hi! I'm posting monthly videos about GameDev!
First episode is next weeeeeek! :D

Subscribe on YouTube so you don't miss this journey ^^
June 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Watch out, it's the tree snake!
June 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This actually scared me!!

I was working on physics simulation, and I coded nothing to move yet... it just started wiggling on its own

#glursday #glitchthursday #gamedev
June 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
One time, I stored functions in frame labels that control the position and state of a whole bunch of layers using eval().

Cursed, but fun!!
May 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Last night I had the sudden irreversible urge to make a blank Sudoku solver (in Haxe).

I tried to make this in Flash when I was a kid, and ended up deleting it because it would just crash. Redemption!

Y'ever solve a blank Sudoku? Look at it go! :)
April 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Starts with just a video of a rotating flash drive..

but if I make the left side of the screen in the past, and the right side in the future, it TWISTS 🤯

Flash drive? more like floppy drive! hoh!

#aftereffects
December 12, 2024 at 8:40 PM