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backyardzoo.bsky.social
Solo indie game dev Currently working on ‘Mayfly’, a retro (mostly daylight) horror set entirely on a narrowboat 🇬🇧 Lancashire, UK
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Indie devs, what’s the one piece of advice that really helped you? Maybe it reshaped how you approach game design, or just kept you sane during development. Share a tip that every #indiegamedev should hear! #SoloDev #GameDev #IndieGame

submitted 4 days ago • 23 comments

It's here! Thanks for everyone who supported this video with your likes and comments and follows. It was really a great learning experience for me. look forward to making more unique content in the future. #gamedev #gamemarketing #indiedev youtu.be/tH5bgXELnl4

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Been working on what camera setup I like. Thinking of this, or similar. Although just spend a few hours on indicators and brake lights for the cars and now you can't see them 🤔 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indiegamedev #godot #3d

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

This is my first time posting on Bluesky and I'll use it to post a #screenshotsaturday about my #gamedev efforts on Enfant. Just me noodling around with the camera system... follow me for more of this I guess 🤷?

submitted 18 days ago • 5 comments

In #gamedev, almost everything starts with a #sketch... ✍️🐾 Before THUNDER’s 🐕‍🦺 HQ becomes a fully immersive spy HUB, it begins as lines on a paper. Here are two early sketches shaping our secret base, made by our 2D artist - Ewa 😊 #ScreenshotSaturday #GameDev #IndieGame #ConceptArt #dog #doggo

submitted 17 days ago • 3 comments

Mayfly is an upcoming horror game set on a narrowboat where peace and tranquility slowly descend into darkness #screenshotsaturday #madewithunity #unity3d #game #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegame

submitted 17 days ago • 5 comments

🎧 As much as I am not happy with the lighting and mood inside the boat, I am very happy with the atmosphere in the outside world (sound on) It’s a shame the game is set ON the boat and not OFF it 😬 Still a work in progress as you can see plenty of missing textures. 🛠️ #gamedev #solodev #unity3d

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

This might be a very British thing but do any other countries produce tea towels with everyone’s self portrait on them in primary school? (Plot hole: Mayfly is set in the early 90s so the protagonist, Caroline, would 100% know these were still a thing) #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Is ‘mostly daylight horror’ a potential new game genre? 😬 #solodev #unity3d #gamedev #horrorgame

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

It's #screenshotsaturday! This is a merchant/vendor from my #indiegame where you can purchase supplies. Be warned! There are human vendors and AI vendors and they are different... 🤔 #wip #gamedev #indiedev #gaming

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Updated our flashlight model to include a lever for recharging the light. It has a simple built in mini-game where you just need to match the release of the button to when the light is green. #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #gaming

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Narrowboating by flashlight 🔦 #indiegame #solodev #gamedev

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

A bit of Friday UI #gamedev #solodev #indiegame

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

Mayfly felt too empty and clinical so I am adding clutter + visual depth. Pillows next 😬#gamedev #unity3d #indiegame

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

6 weeks off game dev - it's like starting again, completely forgotten everything 🙃. Anyway here's some early progress shots of my #unity3d daylight #horrorgame, Mayfly. It's my first game, hope you like it 👋

submitted 198 days ago • 1 comment

It feels like Mayfly is coming together. The atmosphere is building nicely into a #horrorgame. The emptiness of the boat at the end shows there's a lot of modelling still to do #unity3d #gamedev

submitted 172 days ago • 0 comments

It feels like Mayfly is coming together. The atmosphere is building nicely into a #horrorgame. The emptiness of the boat at the end shows there's a lot of modelling still to do #unity3d #gamedev

submitted 172 days ago • 0 comments

6 weeks off game dev - it's like starting again, completely forgotten everything 🙃. Anyway here's some early progress shots of my #unity3d daylight #horrorgame, Mayfly. It's my first game, hope you like it 👋

submitted 198 days ago • 1 comment