Kris DD

Working on a contact damage mechanic unlocked a different mechanic on it's own.

I present you the dwarf pogo.

Works by just trading a bit of health to get yeeted a bit and then you an remain airborne, could be a fun little mini game.

#indiedev #gamedev #action #roguelike #pixelgraphics #dwarves

Trying to keep my head down and work on what matters, or at least what I think matters.

Short example of what the combat looks like with a more fleshed out enemy 👇

#indiedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #roguelike #roguelite

Small combat example showcasing what could happen to stunned enemies. This is very early in development and everything could change but thought I'd share this as I quite like the feel of it already :)

#dwarves #gamedev #roguelike #indiedev

Yeah, felt like a proper game which was really wierd but very nice obviously. The Steam deployment pipelne is also very nice, I expected much more friction but really kudos to them for making the whole process really smooth. I half expected this to be a pain but I am surprised how easy it was

Image of a 2D action roguelike game with a dwarf as a main character running on a Steam Deck handheld gaming device.

Been developing this for the past ~3.5 months give or take but getting this to be playable on a Steam Deck actually felt amazing and it felt like a real game for the first time, even if it has very basic functionality :)

#indiedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment

The more I use them, the more I like them! It helps me better rationalise what I am trying to do when it's localised into one particular thing. I see that sometimes I have to duplicate code but so far it has been no problem, I want to see what patterns emerges instead of making the wrong abstraction

Meme about using state machines instead of behaviours trees

Started off with behaviour trees, felt overwhelmed by the methodology and state machines came to the rescue, much easier!

#godot #indiedev #gamedev

Thanks and congrats! Your app looks cool, very nice work 😊

CORE LOOP: enemy behaviours and player interaction - Double Damage This week I can report good progress on the enemy behaviour work, which was the core thing to get right for the very first enemy. The aim is not perfection or to have perfect enemy interactions, but t...

New blog post alert 🚨

This week's progress has been captured in my blog post here: doubledmg-games.com/2026/01/18/c...

I did more than I planned this week, which was great, hope you like it!

#indiedev #gamedev #roguelike #roguelite #roguelikedev #roguelitedev #pixelart #dwarves

Good question. I guess it can be something from a creative perspective; for example if you say the game has met your vision and there is nothing more to add, then you could say that. Ask me again when I ship the game 😂

Quick sketch of a concerned dwarf I did few days ago. Not perfect but happy with the 10 minutes I put in.

More of a concept art and mood exploration at this point.

#indiedev #gamedev #art #conceptart

Haha, sure! A dwarf wielding oversized weapons does unga bunga to enemies and smashes them left and right, yeets them off the screen. Heavy hammer hits shake the local environment. Raw, visceral kinetic smashing bundled with physics. At least that's what the goals is! Do you work on any games?

It sure is!

Yes I am, it’s going well so far and no major roadblocks, fingers crossed it will be mostly smooth until a playtest build is ready.

Yeah, I can see this and that’s absolutely fine. But tastes change over time and you might find them appealing. Permadeath can be brutal but there is the rogue-lite too which is a bit less punishing.

This is a good reminder for sure!

That would be very helpful, thanks! Currently working on a playtest build, should be ready in the next couple of months. If you want to get notified when it goes live, you could either keep on eye on bsky or subscribe to my blog, where I post weekly updates (no spam). Just whatever works for you.

Will definitely consider this, I have been exploring combos as a side thought to be honest but perhaps I need to bring them forward and try a few things and see how it goes. Thanks for the input!

Not a bad idea at all, thinking about something similar. Do you have a specific combo in mind?

Courtasy of @steadfastsalmon.bsky.social which is the artist working with me on this project!

Working on weapon swapping and input buffering to allow combar variety. Not perfect but getting there!

#indiedev #gamedev #roguelike #roguelite

A pixel-art sprite sheet shown in a grid-based editor, displaying medieval-fantasy props such as bottles, potion flasks, jars, sacks of coins, wooden crates, shelves, scrolls, a painting, a candle, a table, a chair, stone floor tiles, and platform tiles, all arranged on a transparent checkerboard background.

Some pixel art prop studies. I am dumping them in one file to see what works, some of them will go in the game as I am happy with some of the results.

#pixelart #indiedev #gameart

Enemy health bar and damage numbers, what a difference they make

#gamedev #indiedev #roguelikedev #godot

a week of chaos but tangible progress - Double Damage Hey everyone, in this post I will be giving a rough breakdown of the progress I made in the past week, some decisions that I have made and what is next. In my last post I talked about what my “Core Pi...

This week's progress has been captured in a blog post that you can check out! It's been a bit of a rough week since the holidays are over but overall happy with the progress!

doubledmg-games.com/2026/01/11/a...

#gamedev #indiedev #roguelikedev

Best things happen between 3-4am!

The classic “let me add this shortcut here, will fix later” lol

My brain is too frazzled to think about adding branching paths to my proc gen levels. A problem for the weekend.

On the other hand, I completely broke my project today because I moved a few files that had hardcoded paths and it took me ages to find the issue...

#indiedev #gamedev #roguelike

Not sure if it’s an issue on my end but the steam link does not link to your page, just thought I’d let you know

Silent hill vibes on the second image, in a good way!

Could it be because I am a dev primarily and art is something I am learning now? Not sure how to quantify it but would be helpful to understand why. I can see the progress and yet if its not functional, it just doesn't feel rea.

Worked on the art today (just some background and props) and I feel I have not made any progress.

I switched to coding. Added a fully functional enemy health bar and impact damage numberst. I feel a bit better. Not sure why the art work does not feel like progress.

#indiedev #gamedev #roguelike