Unruly Ember

YouTube video by Unruly Ember Why I'm Starting YouTube at 35 as a Part-Time Indie Dev

Well it's official, I'm on YouTube! Be gentle...

It's mostly an accountability tool for myself to keep on the project, but hopefully it might have some wisdom for others too.

youtu.be/Pkhcgei2Dkk

"It was not 'one guy', look at the dang in-game credits": Balatro's Localthunk joins team size discourse after Geoff Keighley fumbled it at Summer Game Fest by saying Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was m... For many reasons, no

Nice article on the 'team size' controversy. I lean towards, true solo-dev being a myth (at least very rare) in modern dev.

Between contracting other creatives to fill skill gaps, asset packs and use of tools/plugins. There's more hands involved than you think.

www.gamesradar.com/games/it-was...

YouTube video by Unruly Ember Dino Breeder Trailer - Blue Ocean Games Rising Tide

Second day of voting my game trailer has had 118 views! Hopefully at least some of those have also voted for it as well 😀

If you haven't seen it yet, check out the trailer here:
youtu.be/NQRrC_RJ2LA

If you want to get involved and do some voting, head here:
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This first-of-its-kind competition uses a gamer-verified voting system:

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Thanks a ton for your support! 💙

We took part in the Rising Tide Challenge by Blue Ocean Games! 🌊

Voting is now open — you can support us by casting your vote!
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Voting is open until June 17th

YouTube video by Unruly Ember Dino Breeder Trailer - Blue Ocean Games Rising Tide

Check out the trailer for my prototype game I submitted to the @blueoceangames.bsky.social #risingtide trailer jam. #devdad #indiedev #indiegame
youtu.be/NQRrC_RJ2LA

Blue Ocean Games A new way to validate your game, get feedback, and secure funding.

Between juggling a 3 year old, 1 year old #devdad and full time job #indiedev I managed to submit my game prototype to the @blueoceangames.bsky.social #RisingTide Trailer Jam. If you want to check out the submission and vote check my referral link. #indiegame #dev blueoceangames.com?referrer=1ad...

This looks great! It's amazing how powerful Godot is now.

Absolutely, I haven't told my wife yet, but I'm thinking full family game studio, me, my son, my daughter and my wife 😄 just got to teach my 3 yr old Unity and maybe the 8 month old could do some crayon art 😄

Been trying to learn standard chess, but this looks a lot more fun!

RPG Chess♟️: Black pawn is once again eager to show off the newest ability added to the game⚡️ #gamedev

8 months after my son's birth, I have finally opened Unity again!! And WOW are the new Multiplayer tools amazing! I have a multiplayer project up and running in minutes! Can't wait to get started! (My son is now awake again so that's for another night :D) #indie #indiedev #gamedev #dadding #daddev

Since a lot of gamedevs are coming across to Bluesky, here's a reminder that my sound effect tool ChipTone is good! And free! And runs right in the browser!

sfbgames.itch.io/chiptone

I'll take one 😃

Green for me please 😃