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John - (To The Skies! Dev ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ„)

@totheskies-game.bsky.social

Developer of "To The Skies!" an Arcade racer inspired by Wipeout and SSX tricky, coming to Steam in 2026! ๐ŸŽฎ Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2930600/To_The_Skies/ A fast-paced aerial racer inspired by Wipeout and SSX Tricky โ€“ coming in 2026!

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That looks so tasty!!!!

08.11.2025 08:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Those flying mechanics are lovely!

07.11.2025 23:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I prefer diffuse, unless the cel shaded is toned down, in which case I swap :)

On a different note - would you share what you use to make this kind of cool comparison video?
(love the look of the game btw)

07.11.2025 23:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This game looks incredibly exciting to try, could be like vr tetris for the feels! (also, really different feeling)

Good luck at the game show to the devs!

07.11.2025 23:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Awesome to find another fan, if you want to have a go when I do the next test release, message me your details and I can put you list. :)

Heres a 2d version I made 16 years ago!!

(Your reply has made my day, I have spent the whole day nervously watching the social media things ticking up!)

07.11.2025 19:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was indeed!!!!

07.11.2025 17:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today is the day to #PitchYaGame so here we are, drifting, boosting and spreading kisses across your timeline!

Crescent County is currently in development but you can play the demo and wishlist the game on Steam RIGHT NOW!

Wishlist + Demo here: store.steampowered.com/app/2202650/...

07.11.2025 12:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 132    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Hey #PitchYaGame!

Pool of Madness is a Lovecraftian roguelite pool:

๐ŸŽฑ play a roguelite mixing pool, pinball and shooter
๐Ÿฆ‘ hunt down ancient horrors
๐Ÿฆด upgrade your cue
๐ŸŒ€ complete the ritual
๐Ÿฉธ or die trying and come back stronger

Shoot some balls. Go insane. Try again.

โœจ Early demo out on Steam!

07.11.2025 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Genres I never knew i needed to be combined, love it!

07.11.2025 15:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At last I have dipped my toe in a social media campaign thingy!

Thank you!

bsky.app/profile/toth...

07.11.2025 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Compress(space) is a puzzle game where you fold space to cheat your way through puzzles.

We've just launched the steam page๐ŸŽ‰! Wishlist now on steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3664840/...

#indiedev #madewithunity #thinkygames #gamedev

20.05.2025 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 165    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

I remember you from Rising Tide I think, love the idea!

07.11.2025 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is just adorable!

07.11.2025 13:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's #PitchYaGame time!

Meet #DRIVE Rally, an arcade rally experience set in the golden racing era of the โ€˜90s.

๐Ÿ† 6 Championship with 6 wacky Co-Pilots.
๐Ÿ—ป 6 Locations with Free Roam & Quick Race mode
๐Ÿš— 24 Customizable Cars
๐ŸŽฎ Steering Wheel & Controller support
#indiegames

07.11.2025 13:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Adding tracks and tricks has been really exciting, took ages, but great to see it's all coming together!

07.11.2025 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hi #PitchYaGame folk!

To The Skies! is a flying game inspired by Wipeout, SSX Tricky (and a comic I read back when I was small ๐Ÿ‘ฆ)

Race on tracks, race in the sky, do tricks and get in the flow!
๐Ÿ‘‰Support by Wishlisting! โค๏ธ
store.steampowered.com/app/2930600/...
#indiedev #indiegame

07.11.2025 12:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Hey all, just a heads up that #PitchYaGame is coming up in a couple of days.

So if you happen to be making a game, Friday is hopefully a good time to drop stuff in your socials!

#IndieGames #IndieDev #SoloDev

05.11.2025 11:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

During a talk, the speaker calculated how many games he could develop before retiring, given that each one takes three years to create.

Now I'm here, calculating how many #indiegames I'll be able to release in my lifetime.

Please make the games you like, we might not have enough time.

04.11.2025 07:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 79    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

This is sooo much how I am thinking, I genuinely see this as probably my only released game.

Sometimes I see people to look at trending games, but I don't want to make a cosy backrooms match3 with roguelike elements.

That wouldn't inspire me to get up and crack on everyday!

04.11.2025 10:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Breaking: We are now just 7 days away from #PitchYaGame!!

If you're there like.. how??! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

Where've you been the last 5.5+ years?! ๐Ÿ˜…

1. PYG happens twice a year in November & June.
2. Follow me, I put out LOTS of these (& live) announcements. ๐Ÿ˜ค
3. Sub to our email reminders

31.10.2025 13:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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oohhh, was about to tick over into 100 wishlists, when one got deleted, noooo! ๐Ÿ˜€

Putting up the big numbers now ๐Ÿคฃ

#BuyingAnIslandEvenAsIType #indiedev #gamedev #SoloDev

24.10.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Me this morning - "I'll quickly add some settings and sliders to control volume in the game.

Master, Music, SFX - super easy probably"

Me this evening - *blinks*

Turns out that today was the day that my quick UI focus hacks would come back to bite me ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ™ƒ๐Ÿซ 

#GameDev #SoloDev #IndieGame

20.10.2025 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Intense stare activated....

16.10.2025 09:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hey all โ€ฆ nervously sharing my first little devlog! ๐Ÿ˜…

Any feedback would be lovely ๐Ÿ˜Š

(Planning to pop it on YouTube Shorts, Instagram, and TikTok, so its vertical)

#IndieDev #GameDev #Unreal #Devlog

Ps.. Took a few hours this time, but next one will be much quicker ๐Ÿ˜„

10.10.2025 16:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I loved geometry wars!

09.10.2025 08:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I have been assured by our AI overlords that 17:36 is in fact to be considered "morning".

I did not receive the memo, and am unclear if that means I have to keep working for another 5 hours?

Do I get a second breakfast?

#IndieDev #GameDev #AIorPooPie #GuessImAHobbitNow

08.10.2025 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Alan Tudyk talks woman who canceled Firefly - Wizard World Comic Con St. Louis
YouTube video by abbowitz Alan Tudyk talks woman who canceled Firefly - Wizard World Comic Con St. Louis

If you liked firefly, watch this

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJWO...

Then go read the wiki page (first two paragraphs)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Be...

#Firefly #Tv #Cancelled #wikipedia

30.09.2025 12:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also, I added #chatgpt because I used it to spitball my thoughts, and it was very useful, as is often the case....

... When it doesn't out and out lie and make stuff up ...
๐Ÿ˜ƒ๐Ÿ™ƒ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿฅน

18.09.2025 22:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Counter example - earlier this afternoon I spent 1 or 2 hours investigating something that turned out to be an engine bug.

OOf... but still satisfying if it doesn't take too long to chase down.

For the curious - I had crazy collision on a spline, turns out that "flip left and right" may be bugged

18.09.2025 22:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I love game dev, the endless series of interesting challenges.

I just tweaked a library I was using to do splines, so I could change the materials.

When it worked, the feeling was sublime, I love game dev.

#GameDev #IndieDev #Programming #Unreal #chatgpt

(๐Ÿ‘€ in comments for a counter example)

18.09.2025 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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