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Life & fun · April 21, 2013

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Four months of indie game dev

Inane commentary and development progress by Tom Horn

Four months of indie game dev launched on April 21, 2013 with 66 votes, #41 of 528 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 13 years on.

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Tom Horn documents his four-month journey developing an indie game, sharing progress updates and humorous commentary about the process. The project showcases game development work condensed into a video format, though the creator candidly admits to various distractions along the way. This is casual documentation of indie game creation rather than a finished product, intended for those interested in the realities and quirks of solo game development.

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Four months of indie game development in under three minutes. This is really nice but the clouds are a little fast making it hard on the eyes, no? Or am I just being a complete Prima donna? Is it in the Appstore yet? I have to admit I stopped for toilet breaks and microwave popcorn. But that was it. Four months straight. Ok, ok, I might have done some other stuff too ... I like eating jam. I also sometimes search for kitten videos on the Internet. But that was it ... I didn't do anything else for four months. Impressive huh?! Ok. You got me. I might have also done a bit of navel lint sculpting on the side. You can build up quite a lot of navel lint in four months so I made the Starship…from cannonade.net

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