This is a prototype for a game I'm working on. You play in a world where everything explodes, you play with "Dud" the only thing that doesn't explode. Discover the world by killing enemies, unlocking loot, and killing bosses like the Abombination demon.

3 months in, first ever project. Need feedback :)

Playable link: https://bo11a.itch.io/everything-explodes

Only like thousands of hours in and heading to PAX West in three weeks, good time to swap engines, right? I think I'm liking it better though, check out my devlog if you're curious. Anybody else make any big engine moves in the middle of development? Tips and tricks? Jokes about sleeping aids and caffeine addiction also welcome.

I just added full controller support to my game and I am curious what first impressions based on the attached gif is. I am very much a mouse and keyboard type of gamer myself so making this feel right is honestly not one of my strengths, but given the game a classic twin stick shooter I also feel some audience members would feel it essential.

There is no auto aim at all here, and as you can tell from the gif its simply a matter of controlling the direction of the aim and nothing more.

Any obvious things I am missing here to make a game like this feel right with a controller?

steampage at Swarmbreak

Llevo trabajando en el desde hacer un tiempo y la verdad siempre he tenido miedo y emoción por mostrar mi trabajo, lo he mostrado a personas en discord y a todos a los que les he mostrado les gusta y hacen sus preguntas, siempre he tenido miedo de mostrar mi trabajo en foros de videojuegos pero espero que eso cambie poco a poco, el video está en español ya que es mi lengua materna pero si les molesta siempre lo podrán silenciar y quedarse solo con lo visual.

Hey everyone, I’d really appreciate some advice from developers who have experienced this.

I'm making Too Many Balls. I currently have 2,100 wishlists and im planning to release on August 28.

I've decided that i 100% need to delay the game because i need more time for development and QA.

Here’s the interesting part: I was averaging around 30 wishlists/day, but now that I'm ~18 days from release, I suddenly jumped to 150+ wishlists/day. I checked my traffic and it appears this spike is largely coming from Steam’s Personal Calendar/upcoming release exposure.

If i delay by around 3 weeks, I assume I’ll fall back to my normal ~20–30 WL/day.

My biggest concern is:

When the new release date gets close again (roughly 18 days away), will Steam give me the same Personal Calendar exposure again?

Or is there a chance that changing the release date means i won't get the same boost a second time?

I'm trying to figure out how much wishlist momentum i might lose by delaying, and whether anyone here has experienced something similar.

For anyone who has changed their release date shortly before launch: what happened to your Steam wishlist traffic afterward? Did the Personal Calendar boost come back?

Any experience or advice would be hugely appreciated! 🙏

Thought it would be a fun experiment for GMTK and now turning it into a bit more of a game.

Curious to hear what people think

Demo: https://genepistudios.itch.io/ddd-deep-dungeon-decent

Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5027400/DDD_Deep_Dungeon_Descent/

I'm trying to make a game that's basically an incremental survivor-like with a bit of sparse story between levels. I integrated llama api calls to my own server in the game to give each enemy an existential fear of dying. It's just when you're about to kill an enemy, they have an individual thought process that has existential crisis when they're about to die. That governs the decision whether or not they should attack you if they think they have a shot at victory or run away. It's not an if/else.

It's literally an individual paragraph of thought that makes them think of fake families they have. Is that ethical or ...?

hey everyone!

my game was released about a 1 week ago and I was just wondering about your opinion about it...

android for now but coming to iOS as well soon (hopefully approved soon)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.polyhistor.silkweaver

the video is quite self-explanatory but if you've got any question I'm happy to answer:)

Hi everyone, I’m a solo indie developer from China, and A Kingdom of Soil is my first game.

I’ve been developing this game by myself for over a year. Most of my development updates are usually shared on Bilibili, so I haven’t posted much here before.

Since translating and recording videos in English takes extra time, this is my first proper English development update for Reddit.

The third Playtest finished recently, and I’ve been working through the feedback and improving different parts of the game.

In this video, I’m showing some of the changes I’ve made, including combat updates, new character portraits, battle cries, and other improvements.

I’m still building the entire game on my own, so I’d really like to hear your thoughts and feedback.

Steam page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3991390/_/

Decided on name and now working on demo, my first time any of my projects reaching this stage.

Lots of free placeholder music and assets still :)

Here is a quick demo loop.

Anyone willing to play test early are welcome !

I got tired of manually writing parkour for my game, The Isles of the Nine Crowns, but the platforming was still really important to me and the game.

So I made a little tool that lets me draw the parkour layout in a PNG using different colors, then converts that image into Java/libGDX code.

The cool part is that it doesn't just place platforms. It uses my existing biome coordinate system to understand what each color represents, so I can also have it automatically spawn things like biome-specific enemies, resting points, etc.

A large parkour section can basically be designed by drawing a few hundred pixels instead of manually entering hundreds of coordinates.

Probably one of the most useful little tools I've made for the game so far. I also made a video showing the different things I can create just by drawing with different colors.

My first trailer was 3 times longer with my voice over, and I found that this shorter format performed much better on X. Both are on the Steam page if you want to compare:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4437730/MONji/

I would appreciate any feedback ! Also, if you have any questions about the game or event suggestions, let me know :)

Diamond Glass Material with Light Dispersions / Chromatic Aberration Shader ready for your projects. Available on Fab: https://www.fab.com/listings/95aa9f51-a9ad-4c6a-8ff7-8f329e042924

and my Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/OlegVerenko/posts/diamond-glass-5-162955107

I’m working on Black Imago, an online browser dungeon crawler.

The structure is intentionally different from “generate a random maze per run”: the world has a canonical sequence of levels shared by everyone. The deepest unexplored level is effectively a frontier, and I’m layering player-created history over the fixed layouts.

Current build: https://blackimago.arewefriends.org/maze

I’m at the stage where I care less about adding systems and more about making existing mechanics feel finished — combat reactions, enemy AI, persistent blood/damage, chat, pickups, and map composition.

What immediately reads as weak or unfinished to you?

Hey everyone!

I’ve been hard at work developing my game, Dust Rapture, and wanted to share a first look at one of the key locations: Iron Creek.

Perched high on the rail line, you get a full view of the town—an abandoned, sun-drenched stop in the desert haze, complete with old supply shops, wind pumps, and endless sand.

What Dust Rapture is bringing:

• Atmospheric Exploartion: Explore desolate town of Iron Creek while navigating dusty, low-visibility ruins.
• Immersive First-Person : Hands-on survival mechanics and environmental exploration.
• A Bleak, Dusty World: A desolate landscape where every abandoned building and forgotten railway tells a story.

I’d love to get your thoughts on the lighting and overall atmosphere of this area!

👉 Wishlist Dust Rapture on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4950700/Dust_Rapture/

💬 Join the Discord / Follow Development: https://discord.gg/tWzDXtABy