โจWishlist Crucible on Steam, and check out our monthly wrap-up post here: store.steampowered.com/app/3629110/...
17.10.2025 13:20 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@ladben01.bsky.social
Game Developer, love dogs and playing games! Working on ๐ฅCrucible and โณGolf with Tanks! Sub to my newsletter: https://subscribepage.io/ladben Also addicted to coffee. Support me and my addiction at https://ko-fi.com/ladben01
โจWishlist Crucible on Steam, and check out our monthly wrap-up post here: store.steampowered.com/app/3629110/...
17.10.2025 13:20 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Look at this little guy waddling around... Wait it has a gun!? ๐
#indiedev #progress #gaming
Hey, just released our first monthly wrap-up post on Steam, featuring a first look into our progression systems and some freshly baked gifs โจ
Check it out, and if you like what you see give us a follow/wishlist! :)
store.steampowered.com/news/app/362...
#indiedev #gaming #devlog
Sometimes Unreal freaks out when you use multiple desktops/workplaces and switch between them while the engine loads. Other than that, I quite like the improvements. This is on Unreal 5.6 tho, don't know anything about previous versions.
08.10.2025 22:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Switched from Windows 11/Visual Studio to Linux(CachyOS)/Rider a few weeks ago. I was really afraid of the switch, but in the end, I love it and I don't think I'm going back any time soon.
(Only thing that hurts is Unreal load times going up, but hey, you win some you lose some ๐
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#indiedev
#ScreenshotSaturday time! ๐ธ
Crucible is getting new foliage, effects and weapons! โจ
We have a lot planned for #devtober, starting with our first monthly round-up post on Steam, which should be ready in the next few days!
Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/3629110/
#indiedev
Hey all!
A few moments ago, we finally published the steam page for Crucible! Go check it out, and if you like what you see, put us on your wishlist! โจ
store.steampowered.com/app/3629110/...
We will post dev updates, insights and news about our upcoming demo there!
#indiedev #gamedev #promosky
Silksong coming out also didn't help my time management issues, but hey :D
05.09.2025 20:07 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Sorry for the radio silence and me not finishing the countdown, dealing with a lot of personal stuff in the background.
That being said... Tomorrow at 5 PM CEST, I will truly reveal some cool stuff! :)
Sorry to keep you hanging! See ya soon :)
#indiedev #gamedev #towerdefense
Hey, the new UI is getting close to completion! โจ
Now just need to plug the rest of the buildings in, complete the other UI elements and I can finally forget UMG for a while. ๐
What do you think?
Also... 1... (might or might not have lost a day in the count๐)
#indiedev #ui #gamedev
My cocker spaniel, Molly, on our couch. :)
I am working on weapon modificafions. Not a huge priority, but having a cannon shoot ice spikes out of a magazine sounds too cool not to implement! Couldn't get a screenshot in time, so here's a pic of my doggo instead!
Also, i have something big to show you all in 2...
#gamedev #indiedev #tease
Alright, I'm done with my yearly month long procrastination session! ๐
The Crucible must be completed! The Operation must succeed!
3...
#indiedev #towerdefense #gamedev
I have a dog who thinks she's a cat, does that count? ๐
30.05.2025 09:58 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0That is a really good tip! Thank you, it definitely needs to stand out more!
27.05.2025 11:05 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The logo for Crucible, a tower defense game with deeper economy management. In the background, there are cliffs with trees. The text reads CRUCIBLE, with the U holding lava. At the bottom in the middle, one of the weapons from the game can be seen.
We started working on a logo for Crucible, and I need your input! ๐จ We have gone through a bunch of ideas, and we are open to suggestions! (more info in the alt text)
#indiedev #gamedev #logodesign #art #workinprogress #designadvice
Congrats for your first asset packs! These swords look amazing :)
25.05.2025 15:55 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Crucible is coming along nicely! Working on localization setup and finishing basic weapons. ๐ฅ
Here's a bit of early gameplay footage, focusing on build animations and the machinegun in action :)
All feedback is appreciated!
#IndieDev #TowerDefense #FeedbackWanted #GameDev #MadeWithUnreal
One of the maps from Crucible, my upcoming tower defense game. Enemies spawn at the red portals, and follow the brown roads to attack the middle structure.
Hey, back again!
A lot has happened in the last month, but most importantly: my game has a name! ๐ฅ
The Tower Defense game is now called Crucible!
I was also lucky enough to be able to showcase my progress on a small expo and got tons of valuable feedback.
#indiedev #gamedev #td #gaming
a tank on a gigantic minigolf course. There are ruined buildings in the background, slowly getting taken over by nature.
โณ While I code, my friend Dani is hard at work creating the amazing assets for both of our games! Here's a small peak into the first course for Golf With Tanks! โจ
#gamedev #indiedev #golf #tanks
Finally decided my Tower Defense game's name!
Well, still not 100%, we want to build it into the 'lore', but at least I can finally start working on assets and logos! ๐๏ธ
Nothing ready to show yet, just thought I'll give a small status update. ๐ต
#indiedev #gamedev #towerdefense
Dinkum is free for the weekend on Steam, I really enjoy it so far. :)
05.04.2025 22:40 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Congrats for the page launch! :)
05.04.2025 00:37 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I am in full Tower Defense game dev mode right now, reworking and improving targeting systems. I set a pretty tight deadline for myself, but if I can keep it, I will be able to post some sneak peaks soon.
And also: ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ
#gamedev #indiedev #towerdefense
Decided to keep track of how many times I unlock my phone today, and check back after a month or so to see how I'm doing. The day is far from over, and I'm nearing 100 unlocks, even though I have nothing to do on my phone anymore ๐ซ
01.04.2025 18:03 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Just removed almost every app from my phone, at least until the end of this month. I spent waay too much time doom scrolling and watching things on Youtube, so I needed to do something. Hopefully I can use the extra bit of free time well โบ๏ธ
#gamedev #indiedev
Hey, long time no see!
I didn't have the time to work on stuff lately, but that changes today! โจ
For starters, here's a work in progress image of a flying transporter enemy in the tower defense game I'm working on. There are big news coming soon-ish, so stay tuned! ๐ฅ
#indiedev #screenshotsaturday
I love this, combining tower defense and platformers is such a cool concept! :)
11.02.2025 13:21 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Alpha menu for Golf with Tanks. There is a forest and some rocks in the background, with some tank traps here and there. The hosting screen is on the left, while on the right the player can see their currently selected tank.
Golf game time! โณ
I have been working on implementing some testing UI for both my projects. Golf with Tanks also started getting Steam integration, like achievements, leaderboard, better lobbies and a whole lot more! โจ
Can't wait to show more!
#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev #golf #tanks
My dog, looking like she has 0 thoughts currently, pressing her nose against my phone's camera.
Didn't really make any progress on my projects this week, but hey, I took a super cute picture of my doggo. ๐
#dog #gamedev
Congrats for the release, definitely going to check it out! :)
26.01.2025 14:37 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0