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Any #SteamNextFest tips for a first timer?
Ultimately, I'm probably just gonna release the game demo around Oct. 1 and see what happens...but is there anything else I should be doing? I don't...know...I do need to write one annoying email -_-

Spin the Beat — MR. RECORDS Demo Spins onto Steam! Rhythm, Records & Cosy Charm

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How are your fence-jumping skills? #steamnextfest #gaming #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev

35 levels so far. How many can we create before #steamnextfest 2027? ~130 days to go

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Meat Safari has been approved as a late entry for Next Fest!

Time to think about a demo!

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Hey devs — I’m lining up demos for #SteamNextFest this October 2026!
I’ll stream two hours each night and give each game a 30-minute slot to try for my wishlist.
I usually pick with a spin wheel, but if I get enough entries I’ll sort by genre.
Devs with a Next Fest demo? Drop it below or DM me. 💜

This will make more sense once we share our level format in a blog post, we essentially build them by hand in a text editor :).

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The game needs smaller tiles for more precise entity movement and collision detection.

While the level format needs larger tiles for most entities (99% of the time). And optional precision offsets for location (utilizing the game grid).

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This cleaned up our level-format-parsing code immensely.

With all this abstraction completed, we can now more easily build the feature we wanted originally -- having separate grids for the game and level formats.

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Writing iterators in #Zig is simple. Implement a new struct that refs a collection, index state and single function 'next' to hold logic for determining what is next. Return null when done.

We wrote an iterator to abstract-away traversing a virtual grid.

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To be productive in programming, one must listen to metal. The faster the better. Some of our favorites over the years: hour of penance, fleshgod apocalypse, nile, and behemoth. List goes on of course...

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Creating a game is an automation challenge of sorts. How can we automate our development process to create NX hours of content for MX hours of development where N > M. Of course hours of content isn't the only measure of a quality game!

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