Estonian has-been-rockstar, now living in UK. Made Headbängers In Holiday Hell, out on Steam. Currently prototyping: Viking Chess

Cheltenham, UK
Joined January 2013
Too late for #screenshotsaturday too early for #trailertuesday - just the way we roll! Headbangers in Holiday Hell 1st anniversary update going live Tuesday, 7th of December. Buy/Wishlist here 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/1… #steam #naughty #santa #wild
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Do we actually need next hyper-expensive Xbox or PS5? Feels like GTA6 would be the first real "next gen" game this gen anyway 🤷
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I don't know if it would help or if it can't be hacked, but maybe some sort of Early Access activity gate? Ie if devs engage with players, there's clearly longer process longer updates. Or heck... why not go to the source, you have to share git repo and you validate commits.
What if @valvesoftware just outright banned AI art in games on it's platform? Apart from Tim Sweeney bitching about it on twitter, what are the downsides?
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In this messy discourse of ai-slop this, slop that, what's real gamedev, ceos etc.. I want to remind all developers of this. Do not buy into the fear mongering that #indiedev is dead. The amount of games you compete with is _the same_, literally hasn't changed in years.
Putting a game on Steam costs $100. You get it back once the game earns $1,000. By October 2025, about two-thirds of that year’s releases hadn’t made $1,000 yet, per Gamalytic. Most new Steam games haven’t even paid back their entry fee. Did yours?
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🧑‍💻 Dev log Not exactly a game feature, but sometimes I have to build stuff for myself too 😅 Added a little helper step to debug enemy AI, with a few more layers to come soon #gamedev #behindthescene #indiegames
🧑‍💻 Dev log Implemented the new piece upgrades UI. Was never really happy with both "Upgrade" and "Continue" on same view, so now there's only one action button. #gamedev #indiegames #viking #chess
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It's been a day since A Weird Village's Steam page went live, and I thought I'd share some numbers. 260 visits (bots excluded). 50 wishlists. It can't always be sunshine and rainbows ☺️ I had very different expectations for day one, and this has been my first real reality check. I'm actually questioning quite a few things about the project right now, especially since this isn't some slop I threw together over a weekend 🫠 At the same time, I want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who has wishlisted the game already. The support I get from so many of you still blows me away every time 🥹 Now I need to figure out what I'm doing wrong.
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What specifically makes this is "hilarious"? Something's faster. Great. But now you sound like a social media clouty douche. Not everything has to be dick measuring contest over here 🤷
This is hilarious and awesome. Awesome because this has annoyed millions of peoples for years. Hilarious because WHY DOES IT TAKE 5 SECONDS TO SHOW A MENU OF GAMES?! Steam takes 10 SECONDS?! Do you realize how much time that is for a CPU with a modern internet connection? Am I crazy!? What am I missing?
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🧑‍💻 Dev log Implemented the new piece upgrades UI. Was never really happy with both "Upgrade" and "Continue" on same view, so now there's only one action button. #gamedev #indiegames #viking #chess
🧑‍💻 Dev log Sometimes the best ideas just pop in your head when you get in a flow. While working on new barge move I realised it would be fun to let player push enemies into traps. #indiegames #gamedev #motivation
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🧑‍💻 Dev log Sometimes the best ideas just pop in your head when you get in a flow. While working on new barge move I realised it would be fun to let player push enemies into traps. #indiegames #gamedev #motivation
🧑‍💻 Dev log Working on some effects for fire mechanic this weekend. It'll stop beast, but not men. #gamedev #indiegames
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I enjoyed it, actually.
"I got that completely wrong" — Dan Houser considers Rockstar’s Max Payne 3 a failure. bit.ly/4s4u4MC
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Wait, that Sabbath cover looks suspiciously familiar 🤔
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Some kind of face book trend I guess
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Progress is undeniable, our Shelter is coming to life! #indiedev #gamedev #illustration
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This looks ass... animations that worked perfectly fine in non-photorealistic-world make it even more ass
Batman: Arkham Knight with DLSS 5 & Realistic Graphics Mod is Insane!
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Checked out GTA prices - looks like it's the first time ever where PS prices and box from Amazon are actually same price 🤔
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So GTA 6 has a metal radio station with DJ Kerry and DJ Tom? Suss 🤔
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In our studio we don't do morning stand ups, we do poop downs 💩
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🛑 We finally have a date! 🛑 Darkenstein 3D will be out on #xbox and #playstation ➡️ OCTOBER 23rd ⬅️ Pin that day down in your calendars! :))) Just a couple weeks!
Darkenstein 3D coming to Ps5 and Xbox this October 23rd. Kill Nazis while getting obese on a sofa, very f💣cking soon #fps #shooter
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Tonight's game dev sesh:
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Legion had pretty cool idea of anyone could be player's avatar, and 2 was ok, but I still liked the 1 and DLC most for the mood. A bit shame they went with remake/DC instead of a new game.
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That ... actually makes sense, no code, no hacks.
An unintended consequence of fucking everything getting reverse engineered by AI right now has me convinced that cloud gaming is about to become the norm. Not letting the user touch the machine code at all will be the only way to protect against this.
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