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David Durham

@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 🎩 https://thetophatclub.daviddurhamgames.com

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Prolific Indiedev - Making Games Faster | Grey Alien Games Get more from Grey Alien Games on Patreon

Prolific Indiedev - Making Games Faster (new public post)

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18.11.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Quick video. Nothing groundbreaking. Apart from the β€˜swap’ card it’s basically Beleaguered Castle at the moment.

09.11.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a solitaire game with cards laid out like beleaguered castle.

Screenshot of a solitaire game with cards laid out like beleaguered castle.

For a while I’ve been occasionally tinkering with this solitaire inspired game. It’s like Beleaguered Castle, but with special cards and levels. I’m 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€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Two 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"

Two 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 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....."

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.

Two low-poly horses wearing party hats smoking cigarettes at night time.

TΓ–LT
My new MS-DOS inspired adventure game where you play as a horse has a FREE DEMO AVAILABLE NOW.
FEATURING:
🐎A charming cast of lovable horses (and slightly less lovable humans)
🍎3 distinct endings
πŸ’€Many secrets & surprises!!!
enigma-studio.itch.io/tolt

01.11.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 243    πŸ” 96    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 6
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TΓ–LT - Demo by ENIGMA STUDIO YOU ARE A HORSE.

I played the TΓ–LT demo and it's as fantastically weird as I could have hoped. enigma-studio.itch.io/tolt

01.11.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A black background decorated with gold illustrations of branches, stars, swords, ravens, and tiny ghost shapes. In the centre, bold text reads: β€œBIRDS BUT THEY GET SPOOKIER EACH TIME.” Two ravens perch on bare branches at the bottom, with candles glowing beside them.

A black background decorated with gold illustrations of branches, stars, swords, ravens, and tiny ghost shapes. In the centre, bold text reads: β€œBIRDS BUT THEY GET SPOOKIER EACH TIME.” Two ravens perch on bare branches at the bottom, with candles glowing beside them.

Birds but they get spookier each time. πŸŽƒπŸ‘»

Enter if you dare...πŸšͺ

31.10.2025 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 884    πŸ” 468    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 50

Pfff, pigs might fly.

23.10.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, this is an incredible resource. Amazing work.

15.10.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BIG 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

08.10.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
Introduction screen for the final race of Ridge Racer Type 4. The date of the race is 31 December 1999.

Introduction screen for the final race of Ridge Racer Type 4. The date of the race is 31 December 1999.

Earlier that evening…

06.10.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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EARTH 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

28.09.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 453    πŸ” 206    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 42

Really nice, and a very era-appropriate level of β€˜gibs’.

19.09.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trying to book a family holiday, and reading reviews where people use β€œAI” as shorthand for β€œall inclusive” is very jarring (and took me a shockingly long time to work out what they were talking about πŸ˜…) e.g. β€œice cream available with AI”.

27.08.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I read that comment as "Suits FFS"

22.08.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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So… You might know me as the solo-dev of β€˜SWORD OF SYMPHONY’ πŸŽΆβ€¦
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But did you know, in 78 days I secretly solo-developed & RELEASED another game? πŸ‘Ύ
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It is titled β€œ(SOUL) SURVIVOR.β€βž•
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πŸͺ«Every second YOU are dying!
β€’

πŸ”‹And you must slay enemies to stay alive!
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β€œHow much is it?” You ask…

(1/3 🧡)

29.07.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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In my upcoming horror game you examine a family's photo album for signs of the paranormal πŸ“Έ

Official announcement in 10 days!

#screenshotsaturday

19.07.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 880    πŸ” 250    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 37
Denise Richards - Pepsi Commercial
YouTube video by haasa813 Denise Richards - Pepsi Commercial

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€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No dev kit. Just good old-fashioned detective skills. πŸ”

Here's how Nitrome built Mouse Work for the Nintendo Switch 2. πŸ‘€

24.06.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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

14.07.2025 08:12 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Play over 60 new games created for the Thinky Puzzle Game Jam 5 Β· Thinky Games The annual community puzzle-making event has come to a close once again: the 5th Thinky Puzzle Game Jam wrapped up last week, and that means there are dozens of new miniature, experimental puzzle games you can play for free right now.

Check out all the free, experimental puzzle games that came out of the 5th Thinky Puzzle Game Jam!
thinkygames.com/news...

07.07.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
OverClocked ReMix (ocremix.org) album cover - headphones surrounding 16-bit game controller

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!
drive.google.com/open?id=1gEW...

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! :-)

20.11.2024 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1602    πŸ” 972    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 147
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More overworld map progress! The worlds in Rog & Roll are all pretty wildly different, so it's fun finding ways to link them together πŸŒ²πŸ™οΈ
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #pixelart

05.07.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 210    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
Let's play Thinky Puzzle Game Jam 5 #thinkypuzzlejam5
YouTube video by Kuchiwo Tsugumi Let's play Thinky Puzzle Game Jam 5 #thinkypuzzlejam5

Let's play Thinky Puzzle Game Jam 5 #thinkypuzzlejam5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Qc...

04.07.2025 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

⬇️⬇️⬇️

store.steampowered.com/app/2465930/...

04.07.2025 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

I hope that's a macaroni pie.

03.07.2025 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bar t'at?!

02.07.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tenjutsu devlog 1: an Action Scene which became a Game It’s been a while since I last posted new content here. As you may already know, I’m hard at work on my second solo-dev title, Tenjutsu.Β  Well, not so solo actually, as I’m working with Daniel aka Dni...

Tenjutsu devlog 1: an Action Scene which became a Game
deepnight.net/blog/tenjuts...
It’s been ages since my last blog post, so here’s some behind-the-scenes content! Starting with the origin story of Tenjutsu gameplay. And next time, I’ll dive into deeper, more advanced stuff 🀿

01.07.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Colour Bee by daviddurham A colour matching, pollen collecting game.

Inspired 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 🐝 #gamedev daviddurham.itch.io/colour-bee

28.06.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Colour Bee by daviddurham A colour matching, pollen collecting game.

Inspired 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 🐝 #gamedev daviddurham.itch.io/colour-bee

28.06.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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