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My pet peeves as a hobby indie game dev

I decided to write this as I'm working on my second video game and have begun developing some pet peeves. These are my opinions and thoughts when developing a video game. This is from a solo game dev perspective when I'm working on my project alone.

To monetize or not to monetize: Making money as game dev

One of the debates of being a solo game developer is monetization. This can vary by developer so I don't want to generalize every game developer since I do not think that is fair. A game developer can have any reason or view about monetization of their game.

Gaming dev newbie - The benefits of being a new indie solo dev

I previously posted about the challenges of being a solo indie game developer and wanted to write a short article sharing the highlights of being a solo dev. As of writing this, I'm still a new game dev, having released my first game a few months ago. I

Starting small: working on my first video game from start to finish

I started working on my first video game at the start of this year. I tried to make a video game a few years ago, but I was in over my head and I was at my last semester in college before I graduated. When I started I had plans

Project Interitus Trailer

0:00 /0:34 1× The trailer for Project Interitus the Game releases on May 24th. Project Interitus by codingFatale

Project Interitus release date announcement

Hi, I'm writing my latest update on testing Project Interitus pre-release. The date of release will be May 24th, 2024 on itch.io. I have made significant progress in the visual novel by fixing mistakes and formatting the audio files. Counting down to the release date. I'

Project Interitus log#3

Here are my progress updates of the game features. Morality system and updates I decided to add a morality system for the endings of Project Interitus. It's going to be a simple one. I didn't want to overcomplicate it for my first game. Clips and demo

Project Interitus #log 2

I have been working on adding graphics and audio to my visual novel. As I'm finished writing the story. The next part is adding the features and correcting grammar and spelling errors. Follow me on itch.io!

Project Interitus log#1

Hi! I decided to write my intro post into the new game I created for a game jam on itch.io. It is an NVL visual novel created with Ren'Py. It is going to be a short text-based game. Progress, I created the GUI for the main menu,

Learning Pygame by writing a basic program

In this article, I will show you how to write a basic program that uses movement. Pygame is an open-source library that allows users to create video games.

Writing a story for a visual novel

Originally posted on Dev.to. The story is one of the core aspects of visual novels. This article will focus on the early planning stages of creating a visual novel. Why planning is important In the early stages when developing a visual novel it is best to have an idea

Why I Failed my first game: Harsh truth of being a game developer

Why I wanted to try out game dev When I was a computer science major, I started personal projects to experiment with what I would be interested in the realm of tech. In college, I tried out a wide variety of things from Cybersecurity, data science, web dev, and system