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2026 Games Beat Thread

You guys I'm starting to have doubts about Project Build a Digital God and Enslave it to Make Billionaires Richer.

First 25 movies that came to mind when thinking about movies I love. Probably forgot some important ones.

Replaying old kirby games with my kid and man, it's insane what we lost between the SNES and N64 generations in terms of art style. Like... we got set back whole decades by the transition to 3D.

New nintendo direct! *looks inside* - 2 new games - 10 ports - 13 remasters - 6 remakes - 4 DLCs

Haven't posted in a bit, but still working away on my tower defense game. Since last time I've decided to turn it into a deckbuilder. Every indie game yearns to evolve into Slay the Spire. Resistance is futile. #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

There was a Thai/Laotian restaurant near me called Mekong Cafe. It had the best massaman curry I've ever had, by far. Dark red curry, strong peanut taste. The lady managing it was always kinda rude, but it was worth putting up with because the food was so good. They closed during covid. :(

Worked on a unique event-only unit this week. Starts as a defenseless fawn, but if you keep it alive for 2 waves it evolves into an Ancient Hart, with a magic ring. If enemies die in it, you regen MP, allowing you to fire off lots of spells. #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

What I want for Dhalsim in every street fighter patch: - a 6 frame medium so I can actually punish drive rev - a combo from jabs that doesn't burn all my meter What I get every patch: - Flashy new setups and combos that don't really change any matchups but do look cool in clips

Worked on content this week including upgrades. Like this Shaman - can't attack directly, but summons purple fog to inflict Hex: enemies take 1.5x damage. At Level 3, spiders spawn from the hexed enemies to help clog up lanes and manage swarms. #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

I'll go with - janky - turn-based - dungeon crawler - world-builder - queso

Thought The Odyssey was pretty good. A bit of a gloomy and grim interpretation of the story for my tastes but not bad. Really though I'm just happy we're getting blockbuster popcorn movies again that have nothing to do with superheroes.

Working on my tower defense roguelike, Cinder Rift. This week worked on some specialization upgrades you can choose as you level up units, here's a few examples (vfx still work in progress). #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

Been playing around with the idea of a worker placement sub-game between waves of the tower defense roguelike game I'm working on. So you clear a wave, then go to a Bazaar where you spend workers on upgrades, economy, new towers, relics, etc. #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

I have very distinct memories of having to demo Halo 4 for Don Mattrick and realizing that these people just live on different planes of reality I was showing off my mission and when the Mantis showed up with its new cool intro vignette he raised his hand and said to the group -

The PlayStation hubris is reaching PS3 levels again 🕺🏻

Don't make me get in the damn robot, man I got enough shit going on. www.idrlabs.com/neon-genesis...

Mostly been doing level design and balancing for my tower defense recently, but spreadsheets don't make an exciting screenshot, so here's some spawn animations I worked on for the 3 factions you can build. #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

Bro wtf is nintendo doing. The whole first year of switch 2 was lackluster and the big "E3" direct is also a snoozefest? Maybe I should sell my switch 2.

Kinda lackluster State of Play for me. Outside shot I'll try Onimusha or Phantom Blade, but the rest? eh. Lot of games that look well made, but with genres or themes I don't care about.

Trying to focus on the one I'm making, but kinda want to try horror next. Some ideas: - Resident Evil x LttP, top down exploring a RE mansion, getting items, solving puzzles - First person horror where you work as a movie projectionist - One where you play a ghost scaring people out of your house

Been working on building new units for my tower defense Cinder Rift this week. My favorite is this cavalier. Going for a different style of AOE damage that's good on long path segments and against dense groups. #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

Tried making a cool title screen+class selection screen this week. I like how they look but not sure if all the vfx clash with the base game's simpler style too much. #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

Godot's particle system is really cool! Spent some time this week making a burrowing enemy in my tower defense. What do you think, does the animation read like dirt flying around? #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

2 months in working on a tower defense roguelike. What I should have done this week: fleshed out core gameplay loop, made more maps. What I actually did: worked on VFX for this Smite spell, turned on infinite MP, zapped a lot of goblins. #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

If you see this, post an anime opening from 2000-2005 youtu.be/-tsIV6lNJ-g?...

Working on a tower defense roguelike! This week worked on a goblin boss (just a 2x goblin sprite while my wife works on the real sprite). Pretty happy with how the toss goblins attack looks, still working on the shout that buffs his minions. #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

Damn, no wonder this elite been MUDA MUDA MUDA'ing like half my Slay the Spire W runs.

Cleared A10 in Slay the Spire 2 with all character. My stats: Ironclad: 11 wins, 8 losses Silent: 11 wins, 7 losses Regent: 11 wins, 34 losses Necrobinder: 11 wins, 39 losses Defect: 11 wins, 17 losses I think Regent is really fun, he's got some crazy builds. Necro is ok, feels kinda linear?

Been brainstorming titles for my game this week. My current front runner is "Cinder Rift: A Tower Defense Roguelike". Thoughts? Worked on enemy/tower balance and level design. This week I made some armored goblins and a jerk who heals bad guys. #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

Saw Super Mario Movie 2. Don't really get how they can find such talented animators, A-list celeb voice actors, but can't afford a basically competent writer? I ain't asking for the moon, I'd be happy with the level of writing in the sonic movies.

Weekly update on my Tower Defense Roguelike. This week I added an energy system for purchasing towers and upgrades. Also created a new rally point system for moving your melee defenders around so you can position them however you like. #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

Made some progress on my Tower Defense Roguelike. This week I worked on some new tower types. Got a floating mage who can toss around fireballs, a druid who summons forest friends, and a treant who can trap baddies with roots. Who's your favorite? #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

Week 3 working on my tower defense roguelike. This week I worked on the "Event" system and came up with some simple event ideas. Also built a couple maps and worked on UI polish. #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

My kid: Dad, what is Sonic's full name? Me: Sonic the Hedgehog Him: What is Knuckles' full name? Me: Knuckles the Echidna Him: What is Shadow's full name? Me: Shadow the Hedgehog Him: What is Tails' full name? Me: *frowning* It's... Miles Prower, actually. Yo, sonic fans? What the fuck?

Week 2 of working on my Tower Defense Roguelike! We've got new units that animate, destructible forests, gamepad/mouse/touch support, better menus, branching paths, multiple biomes. Making good progress! #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

Started working on a little tower defense roguelike in my free time. This is about a week of progress. Getting the water in the top right to animate correctly took BY FAR the most time out of anything in this gif, haha. #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

Ocarina of Time Majora's Mask Zelda 2

Hmm. Slay the Spire 2 now with... co-op? I guess? Not really something I ever wanted from StS. Hopefully the single player didn't get sacrificed for this.