Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦

Beavis and Butthead look onward in front of the familiarly-shaped arches in Metroid Prime 4.

#Gaming internet right now

Never in my lifetime did I expect to get a theatrical re-release of the pre-special edition, original version of Star Wars. Holy shit!

www.starwars.com/news/star-wa...

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I've been listening to Fatal Frame soundtracks to get in the mood while I work on this new #horror game. Holy moly, sometimes a track has the faintest, creepiest voice humming along, and it sounds like it's right behind me, and gaaahhhhh!

( 10/10 👍)

#indiegame #gamedev

Done!

Coming to the end of a prototype for our next new #indiegame. I definitely took on too many roles with this, and will have to hire help for production. 🥵

We have the uncommon privilege of having many games to support long-term. We're more publisher than developer these days.

#gamedev #indiedev

NOOOOOOOOOO

Oh, that voice shut-off option sounds like a good time.

#gamedev is fueled by spite and rage

I have been in this exact situation! It somehow feels worse than not even getting nominated.

Welcome back to the city!

Great, thank you! We'll reach out then.

Understood! We'll be releasing on Switch in early 2026 if that helps.

BancyCo | Neo Harbor Rescue Squad - A paramedic action drama with frantic minigames and a wild, funny story! A paramedic action drama with frantic minigames and a wild, funny story!

Hello there: would love for you to check out our newest game, Neo Harbor Rescue Squad (www.bancy.co/games/rescue...). We can get you codes for Steam or PS5/4.

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Me trying to nail down this last friggin' enemy behaviour for the 18,000th time so I can send this prototype out to interested parties.

#gamedev #indiegame

Mua ha ha! Thanks! I rolled my own YarnSpinner-like for this new prototype that's not tooooo bad.

Is there anything in Prime 4 that you feel advances the Metroid formula? Something you could see being a must-have element going forward?

Incredible! That's a helluva dinner guest to have.

Quote from game designer Ron Gilbert that says: "The [developers] that are successful are not necessarily the good ones, but the good ones that also present well on YouTube," he said. "And you know, I think that's kind of a problem, that's a gate now... In some ways, I think it's too bad because as a developer, you have to be a performer. And I'm not a performer, right? If I was making movies, I would be a director, not an actor."

There's a great new interview with Ron Gilbert by @arstechnica.com . This closing quote by him is deeply relatable.

👉 arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...

#gamedev #indiegames

Dude just wants to tell the world about Intellivision! I respect that.

Oh, I love this film! I only watched it a couple of years ago for Halloween and really enjoyed the performances.

Very good roadmap here for Yarn Spinner. The new VNKit plug-in looks to be a big win for #gamedev people who just want to hit the ground running with all the most common visual-novel features.

We used YarnSpinner for Neo Harbor Rescue Squad and I'd definitely use it again if we were in Unity.

Very cool, and totally fair. The new paid add-ons sound great and like huge time-savers.

Selfishly, I wish YS existed for GameMaker, but that's my own issue! I appreciate the work you guys do.

👋 Heck yeah! Love this game and its very unique aesthetic.

Right? RIGHT!?!?

Hell yes; FFXIII is one o' my faves, and the soundtrack is top-tier!

(Also, moms are tough.)

This manga is pure joy! So well-written; you keep cheering for the leads through their ups and downs, like they were your own friends.

Hope you have a great launch today. 🐎 Picking the game up on itch.io to support. I'm ready for whatever the hell is about to happen!

Somehow it made sense at the time...?

Pixel art screenshot of indie game Worse Than Death. Depicts the player character, Holly, hiding from monsters in a dark recess against a wall, between two large pieces of machinery.

Share a weird fact about your #indiegame .

Mine: most of our third game, Worse Than Death, was designed while sipping iced coffee at a maid cafe. 🎀

#gamedev

You definitely need to print t-shirts that say "no ham, all RAM!"