Max Davidse 🔜 GamesCom

We are still looking for games to showcase tonight. So if you have anything playable, that you want to have shown in my stream tonight. Contact me. If you can be present during the stream for any questions that might pop-up, that would be awesome! #indiegames #appreciation #indiedev

That sounds awesome, I don't do Minecraft really. I mean, I used to, in build mode. If there is anything I can help you with, by all means let me know. For those of you who don't know Daniel yet, go drop him a follow. You won't be disappointed.

YouTube video by Dragonspirit Games Removing Privates from My Code 💀 #UnityDev #Coding

Shared a new short clip on my YouTube, go give it a look maybe. youtube.com/shorts/TW3A4... #indiedev #devstreamer #gamedev

#FollowFriday
Bluesky feels best for me when people actually talk to each other. Lately it’s felt a bit quiet here - let’s change that together.
Reply with (if you want ofc):
– what you’re making
– why it matters to you
– one thing you’re struggling with
I’ll follow a few, and I hope others do too 🤝

Dwarf Legacy Gameplay Trailer is Now Live!🍿
Wanna play Super Meatboy but with Guns🍖? Close and personal Space Invaders🚀? or an upside down Downwell (aka. Upwell)⬆️?

Check out my demo on Steam or Itch!

#indiegame #gaming #trailer #indiedev

By all means let me know when you have the devlog ready. Would love to see it. And yes, weather conditions always speak to the imagination don't they? But to convey them convincingly is quite hard.

Yeah, have been recording more on the process and the actual coding for the next stage. I will probably have to do something with the rain sprite to make it a little more clear. Working at the moment to make the rain interact with environment and player.

YouTube video by Dragonspirit Games My indie game's new weather mechanics (quick 1 min devlog)

I've created a tiny little 1 minute devlog? youtube.com/watch?v=jgyf... The result of a poll I did a while ago, was that you wanted to see me do Devlogs, this probably is just halfbaked, but it shows the beginning of my weather system. Let me know what you think.

Twitch Twitch is the world

We are about to go live on twitch.tv/dragonspirit... to work on #Gaia live. Come join and have fun with me!

2/2 Family man first, developer/streamer second. Always ❤️
Either way, I’ll make sure the stream happens and that your game gets the love it deserves ✨

Let’s celebrate indie devs together!
#IndieDev #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieAppreciation #SupportIndies

1/2👉 Are you an indie dev and would you like your game to be featured?
Drop a link to your game (and a short pitch if you want!) in the replies or DMs 🙌
⚠️ Small heads-up & full transparency:
February 2nd is also my wife’s birthday 🎂
So there’s a chance I might move the stream this one time.

Games exist because of connection.
Creators dream. Players feel.
Both matter. You matter.
Take one small step today—that’s enough.
#MotivationalMonday

Twitch Twitch is the world

Tonight on stream: redesigning the Amsterdam level 🇳🇱

Adding multiple layers, depth, and atmosphere while keeping everything fully accessible.

If you enjoy chill indie dev streams, pixel art, or Unity tinkering — come hang out 💙
🎮 Live tonight 8PM CET: twitch.tv/dragonspirit_games

🌊 #MotivationalMonday
December is Poseidon’s month.

Not because the sea is calm —
but because it never stops moving.

Even storms shape the world.
Keep going. 🔱🌊

This morning I was nearly in an accident. Five centimeters made the difference. Even after a rotten night, my reflexes kicked in right when it mattered.

We’re often stronger and sharper than we think. If I can do it on a bad day, so can you.

#motivationalmonday

Dragonspirit_games - Twitch Crazy Dutch game developer. I am figuring things out as I go along. Creator of the game Gaia which is a game about my daughter by that name who walks through a portal into the world of Greek Mythology...

#MotivationalMonday
Showing up on tough days still counts. My wrist is acting up, so I might keep tonight’s stream casual. 🎮✨
Play a chill game? Chat stream? What do you think?
twitch.tv/dragonspirit_games 8PM CET

#MythicMonday ⚔️🌊
Today I’m designing the Poseidon/Atlantis level for Gaia.
Most of Atlantis sits safely above sea level… until the boss fight, when Poseidon strikes the earth with his trident and the whole world floods.
What would you add to pre-flood Atlantis?

After...

I reworked some of the level design of Atlantis a little bit for Poseidon. Still not the tileset, but the dithering in the sky and mountains, as well as the reflection has been addressed. Now looks much cleaner, look at before and after. Before...

Gaia on Steam A personal game about the maker's daughter with a link to our world's problems. Gaia is a story-driven platformer that takes the player through the world of Greek Mythology and leaves the player with ...

💪 Mondays can be tough, but every small step moves you forward. Keep going!
Tonight I’ll be live working on store.steampowered.com/app/2928590/..., my accessible pixel-art platformer — some art, some Unity, lots of chill vibes.
🎮 twitch.tv/dragonspirit_games 8PM CET!
#MotivationalMonday #GameDev

a man wearing glasses and a black shirt says you don 't need more than that Alt: An asian looking man, wearing glasses saying "You don't need more than that"

That is as good a reason as any!

Mondays can be tough - but remembering why we create keeps us going. 🌟
What’s your “why”?
Show me what you’re building and tell me who or what you’re doing it for. ❤️
#MotivationalMonday #IndieDev

Dragonspirit_games - Twitch Crazy Dutch game developer. I am figuring things out as I go along. Creator of the game Gaia which is a game about my daughter by that name who walks through a portal into the world of Greek Mythology...

Come hang out, show your support, and discover some truly haunting indie gems!
#IndieDev #IndieHorror #AccessibilityInGames #SupportIndies

Unique style for Shroud of Gloom, very minimalistic. Black and white mostly

3D, pixel-arty, with a very gloomy and minimal color style. The tone of this image is basically blue grays with red.

🩸 Indie Horror Appreciation Stream Tonight!

Two spine-tingling indie horror games, two incredible devs - both joining live as we play!
💀 Shroud of Gloom by @madchirpy.bsky.social
📬 The Mailroom by @jotson.bsky.social

We will start as usual around 8PM CET over at twitch.tv/dragonspirit...

Hi, I am Max and I am working on a fully accessible 2D pixel-art platformer called Gaia, about my daughter, Greek Mythology and pollution. Recently I have been working on the #Poseidon level

Interesting, I must say I haven't played a lot of visual novels. The idea definitely has appeal.

Vacation Terminal by Gelp A short 2D Psychological thriller, horror and survival based visual novel

I recently released a psychological horror visual novel!

Gavriil and Yeva, strangers who met by chance on the same train, in the same cabin, and when their train derails in the middle of nowhere- they're suddenly forced to work together to survive.

Download page:
gelppy.itch.io/vacation-ter...

Got some nice progress going today on the Poseidon level for Gaia. Made a very icky tileset I guess, but at least we can use it, and we got the parallax effect working. It is very subtle but I like it. More work needs to be done for sure. #indiedev #gamedev

New level design for Poseidon, The colors are yellowish for the sky, dithering used to create a slow change in color, a dying sun that you see going into the water, mountains that are along the line of sight at the end of the water with snowy slopes using a heavy dithering effect to simulate fading snow towards the bottom. These still need to be less rectangular but I like how they look. Water reflecting using dithering as well, which will be more smooth in Unity, because it will be using the shader. All in all the entire scene uses only 7 colors.

New level design for Poseidon, The colors are yellowish for the sky, dithering used to create a slow change in color, a dying sun that you see going into the water, mountains that are along the line of sight at the end of the water with snowy slopes using a heavy dithering effect to simulate fading snow towards the bottom. These still need to be less rectangular but I like how they look. Water reflecting using the shader that I also used in the Amsterdam level, this gives the benefit that I can alter the way it reacts easily. All in all the entire scene uses only 7 colors.

A quick update from the recent streams and I have been struggling because Poseidon himself seemed to want to destroy my water shader. I fixed it and this gave me the chance to make a new scene for Poseidon. I designed it first (first screenshot) added it to Unity next. #indiedev

When Your Brain Wants to Do Everything at Once: Finding Focus in a Creative Storm I know I can’t be the only one who struggles with keeping focus. Some days, my brain feels like it’s running a thousand tabs at once - meetings, analysis work, documentation, game ideas, new features ...

I know I am not the only one who's mind wants to do a-million-and-one things at the same time. So, I wrote an article about it. I hope you like it, it is not a very long read. www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-y...