Matt Stark

a game screenshot showing three half-timber houses and some trees

a game screenshot showing a variety of half-timber houses around a town square with a row of trees

a game screenshot showing a half timber house perched on a blocky hill overlooking a lake

a game screenshot showing the interior of a house with a variety of wooden furniture and a fireplace

building game #12!!!!!! this ones kinda like sims build mode cause you can furnish the interiors. u can play it here: mattstark.itch.io/halftimber #gamedev

Thank you! Yeah, they have just been projects I do in my free time. It's a nice format for that cause I can release something polished while keeping the scope reasonably small. It could be cool to make a full game like this someday though 😁

Thank you to everyone who's played them, it makes me so happy seeing what people do with them! I don't know how many more of these I'll make, but I do have one more in progress 😁

millpunk by mattstark Available for Windows

C tier:
millpunk - mattstark.itch.io/millpunk
basilica - mattstark.itch.io/basilica

choo choo by mattstark Play in your browser

B tier:
choo choo - mattstark.itch.io/choo-choo
fish tank greenhouse - mattstark.itch.io/fish-tank-gr...
treehouse canvas - mattstark.itch.io/treehouse-ca...

coal toy by mattstark Play in your browser

A tier:
coal toy - mattstark.itch.io/coal-toy
islandoodle - mattstark.itch.io/islandoodle
vaulton - mattstark.itch.io/vaulton
mazegarden - mattstark.itch.io/mazegarden

tramstertram by mattstark a minimalist town builder with trams

S tier:
tramstertram - mattstark.itch.io/tramstertram
islandoodle II - mattstark.itch.io/islandoodle-ii

A tierlist where the thumbnails represent 11 games I've made since 2023. The tiers and the corresponding games are as follows: S tier - tramstertram, islandoodle II A tier - coal toy, islandoodle, vaulton, mazegarden B tier - choo choo, fish tank greenhouse, treehouse canvas C tier - millpunk, basilica

Someone suggested I do a tierlist of the building games I've made over the last couple years. It's difficult picking favourites cause I've enjoyed making all of them! You can play them on my itch.io page but I'll also link them below. #gamedev

I'm also running it in chrome, my computers pretty powerful though. I'll maybe do a standalone build later cause that might run better. The game's also just not as optimized as it could be haha

The "get better material" crow comic but instead of "caw" it's "townscaper"

A screenshot of a game showing roman-style buildings and a hedge maze, with level editing UI.

A screenshot of a game showing roman-style buildings, crates, gates and other objects in a hedge maze, with level editing UI.

A screenshot of a PS1-style game showing a mansion with columns, terracotta roofs, a pond, and trees.

A screenshot of a PS1-style game showing a courtyard surrounded by columns, with an urn on a pedestal at the centre.

I've made a maze-building game where you can explore them in first person! It's got some puzzle-y mechanics and you can share your build for other players to solve. You can play it here: mattstark.itch.io/mazegarden #gamedev

2023’s Most Brilliant Puzzle Game Finally Comes To Switch And Xbox After years of being a PlayStation console exclusive, the most inventive game of 2023 is finally coming to Xbox and Switch.

Viewfinder is finally coming to Xbox and Switch, and you love to see it. If you've never had the opportunity to play it, now's your chance.

Sad Owl Studios deserved both BAFTAs, and meeting a couple of the team at Gamescom (including @serknowles.bsky.social) confirmed they're Good Eggs™

viewfinder is finally coming to xbox this august 12, one more platform to go!!! 🫡🫡🫡

📢 We only have 1 day left!!!

The current status is 961,203
/ 1,000,000 this is SO close we can do it!!

Please it just takes 1 minute!

I've made a game about building medieval castles! 🏰 you can play it here: mattstark.itch.io/islandoodle-ii

Various sketches of buildings and a section of a 1493 map of Rome from the Nuremberg chronicle

The style's loosely based off woodcut maps of Italy from the Nuremberg chronicle, old maps are so cool

basilica by mattstark a minimalist cathedral builder

just uploaded another building game, this one's smaller and more basic than the others I've made but I thought I'd share it anyway 😊 mattstark.itch.io/basilica

I made this procedural puzzle game a while back but never finished or shared it, so I decided to amend that 😁 You can play it here: mattstark.itch.io/landflip

Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators.

More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):

1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇

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Thanks! I started it about 2 months ago and worked on it most weekends. I wasn't starting from scratch though, since I re-used various bits of code from my previous building games.

a sketch of a cross-section of underground streets, with tunnels and an elevator

a screenshot from the development of Vaulton, showing an early version of the game with concept sketches drawn over it

a screenshot of the part of development where I was writing the light source placement code. They're scattered around an untextured space

a screenshot of some tunnels just before I started adding house models

some more development pics

how to build elevators and bridges in Vaulton! u can play it here: mattstark.itch.io/vaulton #gamedev

Vaulton by mattstark a minimalist city builder

My underground city builder is done! You can play it here:
mattstark.itch.io/vaulton

Yeah you're welcome to feature my games! 😁

Houses near Waterloo Station in London

Wall clutter inside a London Underground station (Elephant & Castle I think?)

A spiral staircase inside a London Underground station (Elephant & Castle I think?)

A heavily weathered wall with windows near Waterloo Station in London

It's mostly based on London, I love how clutter from different eras stacks up

A sketch of an underground street with adjoining tunnels

A game screenshot showing a similar underground street with adjoining tunnels

Initial concept vs result! I had a pretty clear idea of what I wanted with this one haha

Screenshot of a building game showing underground Victorian-style streets, houses, tunnels, bridges and other features.

Screenshot of a building game showing underground Victorian-style streets, houses, tunnels, bridges and other features.

Screenshot of a building game showing underground Victorian-style streets, houses, tunnels, bridges and other features.

Screenshot of a building game showing underground Victorian-style streets, houses, tunnels, bridges and other features.

It's a bit different to the previous ones I've made because there's only one material, so all the features (tunnels, streets, bridges, stairs, elevators, trains) are produced by different patterns of cells

Vaulton by mattstark a minimalist city builder

My underground city builder is done! You can play it here:
mattstark.itch.io/vaulton

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