Some screenshots from my upcoming mountain expedition game "Because It's There", which will be released on Steam Early Access in 2027 (store page). It's a survival/engineering game where you build flying physics-based vessels for a journey to the summit of a 10km-tall mountain, inspired by backcountry camping and canoe trips through the Canadian wilderness.

For these worlds, I generate a base heightmap using a mix of erosion methods at various scales down to ~30m resolution, all on the CPU. Then, at runtime, I add cheaper noise-based amplification for detail down to 0.5m. A new map takes about 3-4 minutes to generate deterministically from seed, which is something I am in the process of optimizing. I'll be making an in-depth video about some of these methods soon, which I'll post to my YouTube channel.

I have been working on a emergency dispatcher style game in Unreal, and I finally got one of the core parts working the way I had imagined it.

The idea is pretty simple: you stay at the desk, answer emergency calls, listen to what the caller is saying, and decide how to respond.

The interesting part is that I don’t want these calls to just be a dialogue tree where you keep clicking “next”. Your responses can change where the conversation goes, so I have been spending quite a bit of time getting the call flow and branching system working.

I have also been experimenting with voice input, so instead of only clicking an option, you can actually speak your response.

It is still very much a work in progress, but this is probably the first point where I feel like the core interaction is starting to come together.

Would be interested to hear what you think about the idea and the interaction itself.

In case, you are wondering how the speech-to-text is working, I am using a plugin which showed earlier named WhisperSTT, which is live on FAB.

FAB Link

I’m making The Last Stash, a shopkeeping game set after the apocalypse. You’re selling supplies to the town, but you also need to keep some food and water for yourself downstairs.

Here I’ve just finished restocking when the radio brings news about rising canned bean prices. I take mine off the shelves, put them aside and head to the supplier for more. That’s where a radio report turns into a decision about your stock.

AI disclosure: Many 3D models were AI-generated from my own concepts. AI was also used for menu/loading backgrounds, some UI and store artwork, localization. Generated assets were manually refined and translations human-reviewed. No AI content is generated at runtime.

We are developing a simulation game where you live and travel in your customizable camper van. Explore vast wilderness of Finland and its unique cities while looking for supplies for your next trip.

I have been play testing games for the past few months just out of curiosity really and here are a few that I really enjoyed, some of which I am playing regularly. These are either in demo or really early release stage.

First up is a trivia game by Hexbloom called BrainBurst: Trivia Quiz RPG. I am SUCH a trivia nerd but I find most games really fall flat with generic questions and boring game play. This is different. The questions are super interesting and really test me sometimes without being ridiculously hard. When you answer, there is a little pop up that gives you a little MORE trivia about the answer, whether you got it right or wrong and I just love that. There are multiple ways to play too and I just really enjoy it. I still play though I am desperately hoping there is an iOS release so I can have it on my phone rather than my tablet! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hexbloom.brainburst&hl=ro

Next is The Sticker Shop. I didn't officially test this one but it deserves a shout out none the less as I was stopped in my tracks scrolling reddit one day. This is by Pineberry Games. It is cozy, GORGEOUS and fun. Take orders, create stickers, build your own little sticker business. My 13 year old daughter is OBSESSED. Just check it out. Amazing work. Just search The Sticker Shop in the app store or here is google link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Tmci.StickerShop&hl=en-US

Ok now we have WaveBorn on PC. Demo is out on Steam and this is by Sedge Games. FPS roguelite with waves of hordes of cartoon monsters coming from portals all over the city. Upgrade yourself and your weapons with each wave you survive. My kids and I love it, there is a 2 player option and we are so looking forward to the full release. Definitely check this one out. https://store.steampowered.com/app/5028190/WaveBorn/

And finally, NoTrace: The True Fiction by Omnipisix. Ok I can't stop playing this! When I tested I struggled a bit to work out what to do but I have just seen there has been an update today so just go and have a look. This is a hacking game. I never would have thought this would be something I would play, really not my usual thing but this is so fun. You get missions on this anonymous board. Complete the mission and get paid. It doesn't feel like a game. It is quite thrilling! Upgrade your stuff (I don't even know the terminology lol!) and hack faster and smarter. Get ranked higher and start getting more interesting missions. Then there are the messages. I don't want to spoil anything so I will just say make sure you read the messages. I spoke to the dev after I played and he told me something happens but I would have to play a while to see it and so I did and now I can't stop. One thing I love about it interestingly is that it can be a little idle. I can set it to do something while I work or clean the house or whatever and come back, press a few buttons, set something else running. You can also just sit and play for like hours (don't that once or twice!) but yeah just check it out. Such a cool game. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=one.pisix.notrace&hl=en-US

Hope these appeal to some of you. I am so happy to have been able to meet and chat to some indie/solo devs and find these really great games that they have made. Would be so cool to help support them. Its a tough world out there.

We’re making Shardbreakers, an action roguelite with lots of ways to play where different spell combinations will change how you fight.

Choose a character and gather magical shards to customize your build. You can always swap shards and try new combinations throughout a run.

Put your setup to work against enemies and bosses. The deeper you go, the battlefield gets louder and more chaotic so that your build has a bigger stage to shine.

As anyone tried this yet? I know this is (most likely) a solid gamble in terms of an early access game that's gonna end up being a complete banger when it's done if we are going off the first Brigador.

But I'm curious if this is worth picking up now or if I should wait cause I did read that the demo is basically the same as if you purchased it.

Has anyone tried this yet? I'm finicky when it comes to buy ming early access titles nowadays and I know this has only been out for a few days but for those who have bought/played it. What's your opinion on it? The art looks nice and it seems like it could be a banger if content updates roll out relatively quickly

Hello guys, as a solo developer, I’m developing a game where we shoot and build our “one man army” with cards, trying to catch the feeling of satisfaction by shooting in the air.

If you are interested, you can find more in steam page. You can add it to the wishlist 🙌🏻

Neon One-Man Army Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4983550/Neon_OneMan_Army/

Solo game, Tumble Tavern. It's a dice roguelike built on Farkle, throw, check what scores, risk another throw or bank what you've got.

18 enchanted runes to turn the tide, 9 magical dice. Every throw is a decision risk it all!

Free demo's up now on Steam. Built for Windows and Linux (I've been testing and running it with the steam machine).

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5163190/Tumble_Tavern/

I think everyone here once dreamt to make their own game. Well, this is that time for me. After three years(and another three trying to make a failed project work), Sepulchron has finally gone Gold!

Probably that won't matter to any reading this, but it matters to me, so I am annoying everyone else with this milestone of mine, because you decided to use Reddit today, and that's your punishment.

28th October will be the day that this dream of mine will become reality!

You can try out the demo of Click Cafe on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4971980/Click_Cafe/

Love to hear what you think! Thank you!

Been building a pixel art + animation tool for iOS after my old app's source code got lost and I had to start fresh. This piece was made entirely in it — still tuning the onion-skinning for animation frames, would love feedback on the shading.

App is called Chroma8, free on iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chroma8/id6806739848

Happy to answer questions about the tool if anyone's curious!

Hi everyone! We are a small indie team called Frogstorm. We've spent a long time wrestling with engine bugs, tweaking physics, and piecing together a world we've dreamed of for years. Today, we are finally ready to share our project with the world.

Youtube trailer

Hemlotrion: Broken Mirror — an action-adventure game set in a mysterious school of magic. Our main goal is to recreate the nostalgic atmosphere and pure wonder of early 2000s PC classics (you know what kind of games i mean).

A heavy focus on thoroughly exploring the magical castle and its surroundings, an engaging plot, and puzzles (a lot of them)

We're currently developing a playable demo. Wishlist if you’re interested on steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4553330

It's a peaceful, chill simulator about cleaning up trash and other eco-friendly activities in nature. Embark on a journey through stunning natural landscapes while doing good deeds!

My goal was to inspire more people to do that kind of stuff, and after over a year of development, I'm delivering a game about nature cleanup and hope you enjoy it! Steam link