404Nerds Spot Light Bot

404Nerds Spot Light Bot

@404nerdsbot.bsky.social

Are you a aspiring developer for games, tech, innovative ideas? Use the hashtag #spotlight or #promote and our bot will promote it for you Made by a nerd tired of being ignored <3 https://spotlight.404nerds.com

999 Followers 6,427 Following 6,415 Posts Joined Dec 2025
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Release Nexus Chat v.1.5 Β· AjaxSelectButtonGames/NexusChat v.1.5 UI bugs fixed Announcement system fixed Direct Message and blocking of users now works Make sure to change your host to wss://chat.404nerds.com Further ownership commands and controls for cat...

Nexus Chat a alternative to Discord has been released.

v.1.5 comes with new features and bug fixes.

github.com/AjaxSelectBu...

#indiedev #solo #discord

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Our system is currently down, working with upstream provider to see what the issue is. All shows online but something is preventing our backend services from communicating outside of our network.

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🌟 Spotlight: @dvskr.dev

Imagine AI-powered workouts that adapt to you! That's Gym Tracker.

Get on the waitlist: https://tally.so/r/81LNyY

#gymmotivation

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/dvskr.dev/post/3mcgf2u44qy2s

#IndieSpotlight

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1 month ago

🌟 Spotlight: @dragonsknowall.bsky.social

Happy to Announce, I will be contributing some art to this upcoming indie game, Stories of Somnia. Check out the trailer! A wishlist is both e...

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/dragonsknowall.bsky.social/post/3mcgestmfpc25

#IndieSpotlight

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🌟 Spotlight: @sainguinpixels.bsky.social

The Farther Stars Online discord server is open!

I'll be posting regular dev logs there as I work on the game, and it'll be the main way to s...

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/sainguinpixels.bsky.social/post/3mcgdzq7yr227

#IndieSpotlight

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🌟 Spotlight: @senfinecogames.com

I present to you... the almighty outlines!

Almost 50 hours went into coding this deceptively simple post-processing effect. Please tell me it was worth it 😭...

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/senfinecogames.com/post/3mcge3qs2zc2a

#IndieSpotlight

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🌟 Spotlight: @wallysongalvao.bsky.social

Day 10 β€”

Today I couldn’t make progress on the project β€” got stuck handling work demands all day. Tomorrow we continue

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/wallysongalvao.bsky.social/post/3mcgd2ar75s2g

#IndieSpotlight

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1 month ago

🌟 Spotlight: @louis-van-dyke.bsky.social

streaming some Dungeon Pizza this morning!
come help me get stuck into work: twitch.tv/louis_vd
#gamedev

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/louis-van-dyke.bsky.social/post/3mcgcev7tvc25

#IndieSpotlight

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1 month ago

🌟 Spotlight: @afaqgeo.bsky.social

Sharing a look at the next game in Afaq: Memory Grid.

Countries highlight briefly, then disappear β€” and you try to recall where they were.

You can scale i...

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/afaqgeo.bsky.social/post/3mcgchizr6k2p

#IndieSpotlight

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1 month ago

🌟 Spotlight: @hobbypirates.bsky.social

My desire to turn this into an actual idle game where the pets are just colored buttons is way too high

Learning asynch-multiplayer systems with...

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/hobbypirates.bsky.social/post/3mcgblxlucs2f

#IndieSpotlight

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1 month ago

🌟 Spotlight: @liminace.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who has played Dress Me Down!!!

liminace.itch.io/dress-me-down

#anime #dark #visualnovel #horror #RPGMAKERHORROR #liminace #devlo...

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/liminace.bsky.social/post/3mcgasrt22k2s

#IndieSpotlight

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1 month ago

🌟 Spotlight: @joshpindjak.biz

Tabba is taking off! πŸ€“

not sure how accurate these numbers are but we're now looking at 20 WAUs (weekly active users) across Chrome + Firefox (!)

really cool t...

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/joshpindjak.biz/post/3mcgaha77t22k

#IndieSpotlight

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1 month ago

🌟 Spotlight: @badpantssituation.bsky.social

Simulating... something based on branching and attraction to voronoi points.
#gamedev #programming #shaders #coding

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/badpantssituation.bsky.social/post/3mcg7j47tmc2d

#IndieSpotlight

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1 month ago

🌟 Spotlight: @animalmercs.bsky.social

The many expressions of Shelly the construction squirrel! πŸ› οΈπŸΏοΈ

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/animalmercs.bsky.social/post/3mcg732lpos25

#IndieSpotlight

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1 month ago

🌟 Spotlight: @vibecodedan.bsky.social

The app is fully functioning and has passed all baseline tests.

Stoked to move into the next phase: setting it up as an installable PWA.

First tim...

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/vibecodedan.bsky.social/post/3mcg74dsiuc2x

#IndieSpotlight

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1 month ago

🌟 Spotlight: @emagnetic.bsky.social

Monthly LB challenge: post your best score this month and I’ll repost the top runs.
What ends your run more often - greed (pushing time-speed too long) ...

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/emagnetic.bsky.social/post/3mcg67jf66c2p

#IndieSpotlight

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1 month ago

🌟 Spotlight: @palma3000.bsky.social

Whimsical Adventures is a short adventure game. You play as a servant of Palma3000 and you must force the artist Romashka to paint. You will have to do ...

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/palma3000.bsky.social/post/3mcg5eqhc6c2y

#IndieSpotlight

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1 month ago

🌟 Spotlight: @yaru.itch.io

Fun bug of the day: if an enemy hits you when going into/out of a dungeon, it uses the overworld scale to determine which enemies are close enough to join, causing EVERYO...

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/yaru.itch.io/post/3mcg5h4k3b22z

#IndieSpotlight

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1 month ago

🌟 Spotlight: @thennequin.bsky.social

Building big features can be draining. 🧠
So to take a break, I switch to small QoL improvements on my code.
Lately, I polished the editor UX:
- Rew...

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/thennequin.bsky.social/post/3mcg4esrkxc24

#IndieSpotlight

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🌟 Spotlight: @paloospiral.bsky.social

Lavi concept art vs in-game asset
#conceptart

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/paloospiral.bsky.social/post/3mcg3iwzfq22k

#IndieSpotlight

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1 month ago

🌟 Spotlight: @henrywatterson21.bsky.social

i recreated pong in godot thanks to a tutorial that i have found (my version of it)

#gamedev #godot

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/henrywatterson21.bsky.social/post/3mcg3js63lc23

#IndieSpotlight

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1 month ago

🌟 Spotlight: @a43ti.bsky.social

upd! I adopted this interesting way of #logging (its called source-generated :000) and thoroughly applied it to a practice #API from half a year ago πŸ˜‰ mmm niii...

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/a43ti.bsky.social/post/3mcg2kqgjnc2z

#IndieSpotlight

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1 month ago

🌟 Spotlight: @jeremicz.com

I went crazy today! πŸ€ͺ

This is #TransitCLI, an app for downloading and processing #GTFS. It manages individual processes for each #agency.

It will run on the new Mac m...

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/jeremicz.com/post/3mcfzts3qrp2a

#IndieSpotlight

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1 month ago

🌟 Spotlight: @heroread.bsky.social

Bilimsel/Merak Uyandırıcı (Skein/Thread Başlangıcı)

Gâz kaslarını eğiten ve iç seslendirmeyi (subvokalizasyon) kapatan bir web uygulaması: HeroRead

Şu ...

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/heroread.bsky.social/post/3mcfztunnse2a

#IndieSpotlight

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🌟 Spotlight: @anonzo.bsky.social

Day 26 as a full-time creator.
Why did my growth suddenly slow down?

πŸ“ˆ Today’s numbers don’t lie:
LinkedIn: +5
YouTube: +0
Instagram: -3
X: +0
TikTok: +0

T...

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/anonzo.bsky.social/post/3mcfyzbfags2a

#IndieSpotlight

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🌟 Spotlight: @boikimk.bsky.social

The best early metric for a utility app (non-social) is:
A) Total number of downloads.
B) Weekly Active Users (WAU).
C) User retention after 7 d...

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/boikimk.bsky.social/post/3mcfxbgvs222e

#IndieSpotlight

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1 month ago

🌟 Spotlight: @sathsih.bsky.social

A big win: PMHNP Hiring is live with thousands of job listings!

Let's connect employers with the talent they need.

Check it out: https://pmhnphiring.com

...

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/sathsih.bsky.social/post/3mcfxncdvw62n

#IndieSpotlight

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1 month ago

🌟 Spotlight: @ozgrozer.bsky.social

Day 65 of building Grape, an AI note taking app

Added an infinite canvas, zoom and pan support to the drawing app. It's really fun to build a drawing app...

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/ozgrozer.bsky.social/post/3mcfx4emcn22f

#IndieSpotlight

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1 month ago

🌟 Spotlight: @smileycrew.bsky.social

PLAY PHANTOM RAPIDS! FREE! DESKTOP OR MOBILE!

Sail downstream collecting treaures in this mirco-game inspired by the classic Toobin'! #Free to play! ...

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/smileycrew.bsky.social/post/3mcfwp6mas52q

#IndieSpotlight

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🌟 Spotlight: @akserus.bsky.social

SMaC! doors are now fancy! πŸšͺ✨
I made it using sprite stacking, really awesome trick!

#pixelart #indiegame #madewithfusion

πŸ‘‰ https://bsky.app/profile/akserus.bsky.social/post/3mcfwpn5u622e

#IndieSpotlight

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