Nigell D. 🧠

Rive Game Dev 🎮

[Nigell D. 🧠 @MDRNGameDev]

Don’t ruin a good game with bad UI 🖼️

https://t.co/poGALLmIfz

#gamedev #indiedev

[Nigell D. 🧠 @MDRNGameDev]

Don’t ruin a good game with bad UI 🖼️

https://t.co/poGALLmIfz

#gamedev #indiedev

[Nigell D. 🧠 @MDRNGameDev]

You wouldn't hang a $3,000 painting in a dollar-store frame.

So why do so many devs spend years on a game, then slap a generic HUD on top?

Your UI is the frame. 🖼️

Read more ⬇️

https://t.co/poGALLng57

#gamedev #indiedev

[Philip Chung @philterdesign]

Take your 2D UI and project it onto any 3D surface entirely in @rive_app. This example shows mapping a UI to a sphere with reflowing layout (the grid boxes smoothly transition between planet sizes). Pointer events also map to 3D space for button clicks or scrolling.

[Nigell D. 🧠 @MDRNGameDev]

You wouldn't hang a $3,000 painting in a dollar-store frame.

So why do so many devs spend years on a game, then slap a generic HUD on top?

Your UI is the frame. 🖼️

Read more ⬇️

https://t.co/poGALLng57

#gamedev #indiedev

[Xalavier Nelson Jr. @WritNelson]

I'm delighted to announce that I was a lead writer & narrative consultant on Star Wars: Galactic Racer for a year. Super proud of my teammates, honored to be trusted with the opportunity--and so excited that people are already connecting with the game.

Jump in today!!

[Nigell D. 🧠 @MDRNGameDev]

Insane 🤯

[Guido Rosso @guidorosso]

Built Rocket Squadron with the Rive CLI and Opus 5.5

A shooter on rails: 2D characters flying through a 3D world. Vector, raster, and 3D, all in one @rive_app file.

Plays natively on desktop, mobile, consoles, and of course on the web. If it has a GPU, Rive runs on it.

[Guido Rosso @guidorosso]

Built Rocket Squadron with the Rive CLI and Opus 5.5

A shooter on rails: 2D characters flying through a 3D world. Vector, raster, and 3D, all in one @rive_app file.

Plays natively on desktop, mobile, consoles, and of course on the web. If it has a GPU, Rive runs on it.

[Retro Dodo @retro_dodo]

Pokémon Arena 2D looks set to shake up the fangame scene!

Find out more: https://t.co/cLMxclOo6L

[Nigell D. 🧠 @MDRNGameDev]

@drawsgood This might sound silly but are there tutorials to create characters like this? It looks simple and doable for someone with little artistic and animation skills

[Nigell D. 🧠 @MDRNGameDev]

And yes 20 bucks month to assist me code and all I have to do is playtest my own game and be a game designer is worth it! No developer wants to be paid $20 to code.

I know because I for sure don’t want to be paid to code your MMORPG Tactical Shooter with no substance 🙃

[Nigell D. 🧠 @MDRNGameDev]

I’m sorry but I’ve been coding for over a decade and I’m tired of that shit. It’s just an obstacle keeping you from completing your game.

It might just be me but I feel 0 gratification when solving bugs.

[The Vessel Curse @UrzanStudio]

Seeing Gen AI in Game Dev… It’s getting worse is honestly So heartbreaking.

We draw every pixel. We code everything ourselves. No AI. No budget. No funding .We’re putting everything we have into this.

It’s really demotivating sometimes. 💔

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #TheVesselCurse

[Nigell D. 🧠 @MDRNGameDev]

We’re in the new era game dev and we don’t have to suffer for success or be the “starving artist”. We can just create with little friction and no budget and stay motivated to keep creating new ideas.

[Nigell D. 🧠 @MDRNGameDev]

I don’t think people underestimate the power of state machines in @rive_app

Think of a Megaman X game where he can run & gun and slide down a wall shoot. This is demonstrating 2 separate animations playing seamlessly together without any frames skipped 😉

#indiedev #gamedev

[Drawsgood @drawsgood]

Ash

[Drawsgood @drawsgood]

Ash

[Nigell D. 🧠 @MDRNGameDev]

Flash/Adobe Animate importing is already here 🤯 I know what I’m doing this weekend 😁

[Guido Rosso @guidorosso]

We kicked off 🎃 October with a MONSTER release:

🎞️ Flash/Adobe Animate importing
🖱️ Mouse wheel and trackpad scrolling
🖲️ Right-click and middle-click listeners
🎮 More controller support on Windows (PS, Switch, and more)
🔌 MCP improvements
⭕ Inner and outer strokes
⚡ Many perf improvements across platforms

https://t.co/RvTqi8obnL

[Guido Rosso @guidorosso]

We kicked off 🎃 October with a MONSTER release:

🎞️ Flash/Adobe Animate importing
🖱️ Mouse wheel and trackpad scrolling
🖲️ Right-click and middle-click listeners
🎮 More controller support on Windows (PS, Switch, and more)
🔌 MCP improvements
⭕ Inner and outer strokes
⚡ Many perf improvements across platforms

https://t.co/RvTqi8obnL

[Nigell D. 🧠 @MDRNGameDev]

So much to do with literally 0 time 🫤

With 2 jobs, one being overnight and then a morning shift at another job right after, I’ve been sleep deprived for almost a year 🫩

But now I have Friday nights and weekends off so let’s try and make the most of it 🫠

[Nigell D. 🧠 @MDRNGameDev]

@0xInk_ I’m starting to see the vision. I’d love to playtest this whenever it’s ready!