The Solo Gamedev
Maurice KlimekHacks for learning, productivity, having work-life-passion balance and finally game development!
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The Most Frustrating Cozy Game Ever Made
I picked up Isle of Jura recently on my Steam Deck. I assumed that a cozy game would work perfectly as a return to playing games. I did not expect a cozy game to have so many little frustrations, though.
It was created by one person - Ewan...
I killed a newsletter after 165 weeks. To vibe code games!
165 weeks. That’s how long my other newsletter lived. And like with this one - I did it without vacations. Damn, I remember curating links for it while being on vacation! 😂
Back when I was in my Godot phase, I wanted to get more learning...
Don’t Build a Genre. Build a Feeling!
When making games it’s very easy to default to genres. You want to make a Metroidvania, an RPG, an extraction shooter, a rogue-like, or any type of hybrid.
Truth is, genres work, especially when marketing comes to play. People will find th...
Why John Romero hates prototypes?
You might think that each game should start from a prototype. It sounds so obvious! You could see that in the indie-darling Celeste, which was first done in the Pico-8 console.
Or in the fact that the prototype for Splatoon was about bloc...
Don’t Start With Dwarf Fortress!
This weekend I was supposed to work on my game, but I watched a YouTube video called 7 Levels of Video Game Complexity instead. And yes, I want to share my notes.
The video’s title seems self-describing, so let’s go straight to the thing:...
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I build roads for wannabe indie game devs. I'm the guy you know from the sandbox that did a little more than you did. And I want to help you get better! Also: .NET Developer | Gamer (Switch, PC) | Catholic | Nerd | Husband | Father
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