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I am James Kay / Score Studios, a Tokyo-based independent videogame developer, creator of the Piczle series. Club Piczle: : www.piczle.club

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Cleaning up UE Blueprints takes me ages because it's not enough it is readable and efficient, every node has to be aligned beautifully, reroute nodes must make visually pleasing connections and comment boxes must be aligned and pleasingly coloured. #indiegamedev #unrealengine

08.02.2026 02:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Some Piczle World of Puzzles players in the Discord are comparing play-times like scars in Lethal Weapon and i swear, some of them have spent more time playing than I've spent developing the damn thing ๐Ÿ˜…

07.02.2026 03:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kids, if you're making a game and want to run it on a steamdeck or switch

your text size needs to be bigger

no, bigger

c'mon coward, bigger!

what is this, A GAME FOR ANTS? BIGGER

06.02.2026 15:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 553    ๐Ÿ” 130    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 37

This speech has been doing the rounds on social media recently, and with good cause. It gives me goosebumps every time, not just in its delivery but its content too.

06.02.2026 02:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Piczle World of Puzzles - Creator Competition - Steam News Create and submit a workshop puzzle to win profile cosmetics and fame!

The Piczle World of Puzzles Creator Competition has already received dozens of high-quality puzzle entries! This will be a tough one to judge. Why not join in by creating your own #nonogram?

#hanjie #ใŠ็ตตใ‹ใใƒญใ‚ธใƒƒใ‚ฏ #ใ‚คใƒฉใ‚นใƒˆใƒญใ‚ธใƒƒใ‚ฏ #puzzle #logicpuzzle #indiegamedev

05.02.2026 11:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh God, EA was the worst at this.

EA: oh you're in Japan? Here's the Japanese language pack.

Me: could i have the English pack as well maybe?

EA: NO ๐Ÿ˜ก

05.02.2026 08:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โค๏ธโค๏ธ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ–ค NES
โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ๐Ÿ–ค SNES
โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ–ค N64
โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ GameCube
โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ๐Ÿ–ค Wii
โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ๐Ÿ–ค Wii U
โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ Switch
โ“โ“โ“โ“โ“ Switch 2

โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ Game & Watch
โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ๐Ÿ–ค Game Boy
โค๏ธ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ–ค Virtual Boy
โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ๐Ÿ–ค GB Color
โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ GB Advance
โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ Nintendo DS
โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ Nintendo 3DS

05.02.2026 04:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Currently engaged in my favourite hobby: hanging outside the supermarket waiting for it to open, watching an endless parade of people walk right past the queue and up to the door and then be confused it's not opening. Zero awareness, i tell ya.

04.02.2026 23:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I made an old FBI Arcade style version if that's cool. For 640x360. Uploaded here at 400% Nearest Neighbor

31.03.2025 16:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 67    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

So did the TV show do a really good job of mimicking the look of Fallout NV or did Obsidian do a great job of portraying the Mojave? Because, damn, now I want a FO:NV remake (just the visuals), or re-play the original again (again xN).

03.02.2026 23:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I never really used Animate so it doesn't really matter to me personally they're discontinuing it. I'm just happy that the Adobe CC Suite is a little lighter and cheaper soon.

(holds earpiece)
Not cheaper, you say? Huh.

(holds earpiece)
To shreds, you say?

03.02.2026 07:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ๆฌกๅ›žใฎTokyo Indiesใฏ2ๆœˆ18ๆ—ฅ้–‹ๅ‚ฌใงใ™ใ€‚

ไผšๅ ด๏ผšMOGRA๏ผˆ็ง‹่‘‰ๅŽŸ๏ผ‰
้–‹ๅ‚ฌๆ™‚้–“๏ผš19:00 - 23:00๏ผˆใƒ—ใƒฌใ‚ผใƒณใฏ20:30๏ฝž๏ผ‰
ๅ…ฅๅ ดๆ–™๏ผš1500ๅ†† (1ใƒ‰ใƒชใƒณใ‚ฏไป˜ใ)

ใƒ—ใƒฌใ‚ผใƒณ็”ณ่ซ‹ใฏใ“ใกใ‚‰ใ‹ใ‚‰ใ€‚
www.tokyoindies.com/present/

23.01.2026 08:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Making Catacomb 3-D
YouTube video by John Romero Making Catacomb 3-D

I just fing love old gamedev stories.
Also, never knew Mr Romero had such a good docu voice!

02.02.2026 11:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

True, but the quantity doesn't absolve me from the fact I am enjoying Fallout's fanservice as much as I presume SW fans enjoy theirs and I should just hush and be humble. ๐Ÿ˜†

02.02.2026 00:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm *such* a hypocrite. I poo-poo Star Wars for blatant fan service "Oh look it's a Millennium Falcon! Woohoo!" (yawn) - and YET here I am squealing with delight watching the Fallout show being all DiCaprio_point.gif about every little detail they took directly from the games! ๐Ÿ˜…

02.02.2026 00:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They could literally re-release that PS1 game as-is and it would still be a GOTY contender. It really whips the llama's ass, as we used to commonly say in the 90s.

01.02.2026 09:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Piczle World of Puzzles - Creator Competition - Steam News Create and submit a workshop puzzle to win profile cosmetics and fame!

A player suggested something like this so I'm giving it a shot. Create your own nonograms and enter them into the competition! (PWOP is free so you don't need to ๐Ÿ’ธ to join in) (pls share)

#hanjie #ใŠ็ตตใ‹ใใƒญใ‚ธใƒƒใ‚ฏ #ใ‚คใƒฉใ‚นใƒˆใƒญใ‚ธใƒƒใ‚ฏ #puzzle #logicpuzzle #nonogram #indiegamedev #solodev #madewithunreal

01.02.2026 07:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Figured I'd share a bit of steam review insight on the horse game server inspired by this ๐Ÿซก

31.01.2026 11:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 145    ๐Ÿ” 86    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

RE that RT.. itโ€™s wild how steam reviews are still so damn important to getting visibility. If you play and like indie games, the most generous and helpful thing you can do is spend an hour popping positive reviews onto anything you like with <500 or so reviews.

31.01.2026 10:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 469    ๐Ÿ” 126    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

While Autodesk focused all their attention to fleecing the maximum amount of $$ from their customers Blender just focused on what artists want and, hey, guess which tactic is working out?

30.01.2026 09:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I love this building! I walk past it occasionally and every time I have to stop a while to take it in.

30.01.2026 05:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A banner with big chunky letters saying "Club Piczle newsletter" with in the background a snow monkey enjoying a dip in a japanese hot spring

A banner with big chunky letters saying "Club Piczle newsletter" with in the background a snow monkey enjoying a dip in a japanese hot spring

Sign up to the Club Piczle newsletter before Sunday to get it in your mailbox on February 1st.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Piczle World of Puzzles, new features
๐Ÿ‘‰ Revisiting old projects, embarrassment
๐Ÿ‘‰ Hot springs in Japan, why you should
๐Ÿ‘‰ Free puzzle code!

โœ‰๏ธ news.piczle.club

#indiegamedev #indiedev #solodev

29.01.2026 05:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A banner with big chunky letters saying "Club Piczle newsletter" with in the background a snow monkey enjoying a dip in a japanese hot spring

A banner with big chunky letters saying "Club Piczle newsletter" with in the background a snow monkey enjoying a dip in a japanese hot spring

Sign up to the Club Piczle newsletter before Sunday to get it in your mailbox on February 1st.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Piczle World of Puzzles, new features
๐Ÿ‘‰ Revisiting old projects, embarrassment
๐Ÿ‘‰ Hot springs in Japan, why you should
๐Ÿ‘‰ Free puzzle code!

โœ‰๏ธ news.piczle.club

#indiegamedev #indiedev #solodev

29.01.2026 05:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh, this looks *nice*! ๐Ÿ˜˜๐Ÿ‘Œ

29.01.2026 04:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Discord DM: Hey, are you the dev?
Me: (ignores)
1 week later: ???
Me: (ugh, what IF...what IF...FINE) Hi yes I am
DM: Hey I'm a marketer and i can help you get wishlists and
Me: Sigh. I'm not sure *what* I expected, really. (bans user)

29.01.2026 03:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Best advice i ever heard was if Valve are taking 30% make them work for it. Every time i have an issue with Steamworks, i just ask them directly (instead of trying to figure it out myself). I've had a MUCH better backend experience since i started doing that.

27.01.2026 22:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes?

27.01.2026 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Finally struggled my way through Andor because i was told it was a great tv show even if you're not invested in Star Wars. I found this to be untrue. Really not for me. I think I'm original trilogy and early games but beyond that it's really not my thing.

27.01.2026 11:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Jfc it's still January. I swear this month has already lasted 5 months and it's not even over yet...

26.01.2026 09:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nope. Not even using AI for placeholders or concept art. Not even asking AI questions to help me find a solution.
Just no.

25.01.2026 10:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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