DarkDax

🎬 New Video out now! 🧑🏼‍💻

Indie Game Development can be incredibly rewarding, but it can also feel lonely. While the space is filled with people and communities looking for interaction, not all are structured to support it.

The game dev community has never been bigger, with everyone trying to make their dream game a success and pushing hard on game dev marketing.

But where online forums aren't as popular as they once were, and the majority of devs are battling saturation in the games industry, interaction between game developers becomes less genuine and more isolating. Networking, less authentic. Finding game dev friends/communities, difficult.

Check it out now! 🥳

6 days ago | [YT] | 1

DarkDax

👋🏻 Good news everyone, new video out this Friday! 🎬

Here's a sneak peek of the video - it's on an element of the indie game dev space I've not really seen talked about. A topic that might even resonate with you on an emotional level.

Worked hard on this as always and super excited for you all to finally watch it soon!

Thanks for your support!

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1 week ago | [YT] | 5

DarkDax

The next Game BTS is out - Game Dev BTS: Stream Chat Commands 📢

In the last Game Dev BTS, Game Dev BTS: Twitch Integration in Godot, I broken down the technicals of my Godot-Twitch integration library in further in a way my devlog didn't. What I still haven't covered is actually 'using' the integration library. The Effects. How my Twitch chat can cause things to happen in my Stream.

So let's talk about that now! In this Game Dev BTS I cover:
- How Chat messages are processed as commands
- The Architecture of Commands
- How I created Chat Commands using TIL (join, leave, standup, duckcam)
- How Chat Commands are hot-swappable
- Code Snippets and explanations!

📚 Check it out: www.patreon.com/darkdax/posts/game-dev-bts-1650889…

1 month ago | [YT] | 4

DarkDax

Hey everyone - quick update! 📀

The next video is nearly done and I’m excited to share it with you! I had hoped to release it today but it’s just not ready or at a quality I’m happy with just yet - but it's almost there!

Among life stuff, the biggest reason is that I’ve taken the leap and fully moved over to Davinci Resolve. I gave it a go in the past but it’s something I’ve always wanted to do properly. It’s a steep learning curve and muscle memory is currently my nemesis, but I'm coming to love it! I’m relearning how to do what I’ve done before, and pushing myself to learn new things too. No Davinic videos prepare you for the onslaught that is workflow shifting between this and Premiere haha

I’m hoping to get the next video out by the end of this week. Sorry for the wait - I can't wait to get it out!

Thank you all for your support! 🙏🏻

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2 months ago | [YT] | 12

DarkDax

🚨I recently took part in the week long 'The Very Serious Juniper Game Jam' - the theme: Spin to Win! 👀

Decided to make a very meta experimental game where you join me, trapped in my own game where developing a game is hard - but not for the reasons you think...

The world I'm trapped in has become infested by my very own creations. I need you to help me clear them out... aaannnddd maybe help me get set up in here (since I'm going to be here a while).

Who knows? You may end up being rewarded!

Download it, break it, rate it, delete it, or maybe it even play it!

There are some other great game ideas made in this game jam so make sure to check them out!

🔗🎮 darkdax.itch.io/mbf-spin-to-win

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3 months ago | [YT] | 14

DarkDax

🚨 The next Game BTS is out - Game Dev BTS: Twitch Integration in Godot ☁️

In a recent video, I broke down how I created my open-source C# Twitch Integration Library (TIL) for Godot and how I'm using it to allow chatters to spawn in the game world as Duck chatters (eventually to cause chaos and commit other mischievous deeds).

What I didn't go into detail about was how the implemented system works or forms the basis of adding Twitch chat or enables turning chat commands into in-game actions...

So let's do that now! 💡

🔗 Check it out: www.patreon.com/posts/game-dev-bts-in-160224267

3 months ago | [YT] | 5

DarkDax

🚨 New video out now! 🥳

Game Dev devlogs talk about how they make games, but they hardly touch on how they make their indie games safe to play from security vulnerabilities.

Multiplayer games can be susceptible to hackers, remote code execution and other malicious acts if indie game developers aren't careful about how they develop their game and follow best practices. It's a common misunderstanding that this only affects multiplayer games - in fact, it also affects singleplayer indie games too.

In this video, we discuss Unity's 2025 RCE security vulnerability, how to fix it, the responsibilities of the game developer, how singleplayer games can be affected (not just multiplayer games), the responsibilities of players, and why it's important to keep your game's experience safe for others to safely enjoy.

4 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 7

DarkDax

Something is brewing down here 🦴

4 months ago | [YT] | 10

DarkDax

The next Game BTS is out - the Dirtiness System! 🧑🏼‍💻🐕

See the code behind the system, how I made it and how that darn dog gets so mucky!

Diving into details around how it works, how you can implement similar and why I want one in the first place.

Check it out: www.patreon.com/posts/156067528

5 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 8

DarkDax

Decide the next Game Dev BTS! 📋

👉🏼 VOTE NOW: www.patreon.com/posts/154669575

I want to give you guys more of a choice about the BTS breakdowns over on Patreon!

If you don't know what the Game BTS are, they're written breakdowns of various workflows, features, systems and more that I've worked on during my game's development, or during the development of other things!

I've chosen the first two, but there might be some that you specifically want to learn about - so here's your chance!

Check them out here: www.patreon.com/collection/1982617?view=expanded

5 months ago | [YT] | 5