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@daviddurham.bsky.social
I make video games. Full time programmer by day and working on all aspects of my own projects the rest of the time. My latest release is the revamped version of my puzzley platformer The Top Hat Club π© https://thetophatclub.daviddurhamgames.com
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Quick video. Nothing groundbreaking. Apart from the βswapβ card itβs basically Beleaguered Castle at the moment.
09.11.2025 19:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Screenshot of a solitaire game with cards laid out like beleaguered castle.
For a while Iβve been occasionally tinkering with this solitaire inspired game. Itβs like Beleaguered Castle, but with special cards and levels. Iβm trying to decide if making each level look like an overhead diagram of a castle looks good or not. #gamedev #solodev #screenshotsaturday
08.11.2025 21:00 β π 12 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0Two low-poly horses looking at a factory in the distance with text that says "HOLLY HAS BEEN HEARING STRANGE NOISES COMING FROM THE OLD APPLE FACTORY LATELY"
A low-poly horse named Holly and a human named Billy Roll, with dialogue that says "IF YOU'RE HERE, THEN..."
A low-poly human character blocking a bridge and saying "TAKE YOUR FREAKISH DONKEY MAGIC AND GET OUTTA HERE....."
Two low-poly horses wearing party hats smoking cigarettes at night time.
TΓLT
My new MS-DOS inspired adventure game where you play as a horse has a FREE DEMO AVAILABLE NOW.
FEATURING:
πA charming cast of lovable horses (and slightly less lovable humans)
π3 distinct endings
πMany secrets & surprises!!!
enigma-studio.itch.io/tolt
I played the TΓLT demo and it's as fantastically weird as I could have hoped. enigma-studio.itch.io/tolt
01.11.2025 15:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A black background decorated with gold illustrations of branches, stars, swords, ravens, and tiny ghost shapes. In the centre, bold text reads: βBIRDS BUT THEY GET SPOOKIER EACH TIME.β Two ravens perch on bare branches at the bottom, with candles glowing beside them.
Birds but they get spookier each time. ππ»
Enter if you dare...πͺ
Pfff, pigs might fly.
23.10.2025 22:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wow, this is an incredible resource. Amazing work.
15.10.2025 13:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0BIG NEWS! I'm working on my first solo game, WITCHLIGHT WOODS, and I now have a Steam page!
It's a narrative horror game, blending fairy tale fright with psychological horror; consider wishlisting the game, it's a huge help! store.steampowered.com/app/3913130/Witchlight_Woods
#gamedev #indiedev
Introduction screen for the final race of Ridge Racer Type 4. The date of the race is 31 December 1999.
Earlier that eveningβ¦
06.10.2025 21:11 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0EARTH MUST DIE
Featuring a load of my favourite comedians - too many even to fit on the trailer! Joel Fry! Martha Howe-Douglas! @alexhorne.bsky.social! Tamsin Grieg! @5teviem.bsky.social @mrholness.bsky.social! @misterabk.bsky.social! @rosieisaholt.bsky.social! MORE
Please RETWEET and WISHLIST
Really nice, and a very era-appropriate level of βgibsβ.
19.09.2025 20:03 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Trying to book a family holiday, and reading reviews where people use βAIβ as shorthand for βall inclusiveβ is very jarring (and took me a shockingly long time to work out what they were talking about π ) e.g. βice cream available with AIβ.
27.08.2025 08:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I read that comment as "Suits FFS"
22.08.2025 12:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Soβ¦ You might know me as the solo-dev of βSWORD OF SYMPHONYβ πΆβ¦
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But did you know, in 78 days I secretly solo-developed & RELEASED another game? πΎ
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It is titled β(SOUL) SURVIVOR.ββ
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πͺ«Every second YOU are dying!
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πAnd you must slay enemies to stay alive!
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βHow much is it?β You askβ¦
(1/3 π§΅)
In my upcoming horror game you examine a family's photo album for signs of the paranormal πΈ
Official announcement in 10 days!
#screenshotsaturday
The AI is basically this guy from 2000. "She's blonde... like Denise Richards. No, she is Denise Richards!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rwU...
29.07.2025 07:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0No dev kit. Just good old-fashioned detective skills. π
Here's how Nitrome built Mouse Work for the Nintendo Switch 2. π
The Pro Skater games shaped a generation's music taste, but they were even more transformative for the bands on the soundtracks.
I spoke to Less Than Jake, The Ataris, Drain, AFI, The 900 and Tony Hawk himself about how Pro Skaters' killer soundtracks changed their lives
Check out all the free, experimental puzzle games that came out of the 5th Thinky Puzzle Game Jam!
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OverClocked ReMix (ocremix.org) album cover - headphones surrounding 16-bit game controller
PLEASE SHARE!
Video game music fan???
PASS THIS ON! :-D
Every OC ReMix in one big RAR!
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β’ 26 GB
β’ 310+ hours of music
β’ 1,100+ games represented
β’ 1,600+ artists
β’ 4,500+ tracks
Keep what you like, toss what you don't, but TRY EVERYTHING.
Enjoy! :-)
More overworld map progress! The worlds in Rog & Roll are all pretty wildly different, so it's fun finding ways to link them together π²ποΈ
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #pixelart
Let's play Thinky Puzzle Game Jam 5 #thinkypuzzlejam5
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Real talk - If you want to support the development of my Ridge racer style game "Rival Racer", you should buy Vaporwave Pinball in the steam sale today.
It's also in a bundle with @lithiumproject.bsky.social AXYZ, so you can support this next game too
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I hope that's a macaroni pie.
03.07.2025 12:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Bar t'at?!
02.07.2025 14:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Tenjutsu devlog 1: an Action Scene which became a Game
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Itβs been ages since my last blog post, so hereβs some behind-the-scenes content! Starting with the origin story of Tenjutsu gameplay. And next time, Iβll dive into deeper, more advanced stuff π€Ώ
Sonic Team made some absolute non-sonic bangers in the late 90s early 00s. Hope they return to that brave approach to new IP (and yes, i realise that is a form of trying to recapture the past).
30.06.2025 14:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Inspired by (and featuring) some of the sights and sounds of sunny woodland walks with my dog. My #thinkypuzzlejam5 game was made using #openfl over the course of last week in less than 48 hours. Play in mobile/desktop browser or download the windows version π #gamedev daviddurham.itch.io/colour-bee
28.06.2025 12:47 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Inspired by (and featuring) some of the sights and sounds of sunny woodland walks with my dog. My #thinkypuzzlejam5 game was made using #openfl over the course of last week in less than 48 hours. Play in mobile/desktop browser or download the windows version π #gamedev daviddurham.itch.io/colour-bee
28.06.2025 12:47 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0