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Joana Almeida 🧙‍♀️

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    It's finally here! AVE VIRIATE's alpha public playtest is now live!

    AVE VIRIATE is a turn-based colony sim where you manage an Iron Age village! Help the community thrive by providing villagers food, shelter, and work! 🛖⚒️

    Get it on itch! iohanna.itch.io/ave-viriate

    #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

    AVE VIRIATE by Joana Almeida
    What will you do to protect your homeland?
    20 9
    Jul 1, 2026
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    Here's the progress I made recently on AVE VIRIATE, my Colony Sim + RPG videogame! ⚒️🤖⚔️

    You can now build wooden structures! Areas can now become gathering, sowing, or resource drop spots too! Plus a lot of small fixes and tweaks everywhere!

    #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

    A small village slowly gets built over time in a verdant forested area. As this happens, the villagers also go about and plant crops, cut trees and mine nearby stones. A small area is set up so that wheat may be ground to flour and then baked into bread. ▶
    37 6
    Jul 4, 2026
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    Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG videogame "AVE VIRIATE"! ⚒️🤖⚔️

    I'm back from my week off! I want to tackle some final issues with the new rendering pipeline today so I can move it to the main project!

    Come join me!

    www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory

    #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

    A small village slowly gets built over time in a verdant forested area. As this happens, the villagers also go about and plant crops, cut trees and mine nearby stones. A small area is set up so that wheat may be ground to flour and then baked into bread. ▶
    17 3
    Jul 21, 2026
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    Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG videogame "AVE VIRIATE"! ⚒️🤖⚔️

    Going through all the feedback I've gotten so far, and I'll try fixing the easiest/most egregious stuff. There's SO much to tackle! Insanity!

    Come join me!

    www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory

    #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

    Villagers go around a small grassy area, gathering resources and building furniture and other workstations. They gather acorns from around the map and use a milling stone to turn them into flour. They then use that flour to bake acorn bread. Occasionally they will go for a nearby bread pile to eat some, or to a nearby straw bed to sleep in it. ▶
    27 3
    Jul 3, 2026
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    Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG videogame "AVE VIRIATE"! ⚒️🤖⚔️

    The sprite recolouring shader is now almost complete! Going to spend today tweaking it a bit more so that it can allow for colour ramps! 🎨

    Come join me!

    www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory

    #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

    A small village slowly gets built over time in a verdant forested area. As this happens, the villagers also go about and plant crops, cut trees and mine nearby stones. A small area is set up so that wheat may be ground to flour and then baked into bread. ▶
    23 2
    Jul 24, 2026
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    Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG videogame "AVE VIRIATE"! ⚒️🤖⚔️

    Going to continue from where I left off yesterday and try to support animations with layers! Let's see if I can finish that today!

    Come join me!

    www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory

    #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

    A small village slowly gets built over time in a verdant forested area. As this happens, the villagers also go about and plant crops, cut trees and mine nearby stones. A small area is set up so that wheat may be ground to flour and then baked into bread. ▶
    20 2
    Jul 22, 2026
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    Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG videogame "AVE VIRIATE"! ⚒️🤖⚔️

    More Multimeshing today! Now that I've gotten the rendering part down, time to go further: sprites with different sizes and animations! Wooo!

    Come join me!

    www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory

    #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

    A small village slowly gets built over time in a verdant forested area. As this happens, the villagers also go about and plant crops, cut trees and mine nearby stones. A small area is set up so that wheat may be ground to flour and then baked into bread.
    14 2
    Jul 9, 2026
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    Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG videogame "AVE VIRIATE"! ⚒️🤖⚔️

    Not working on the game itself today. I'm going to experiment with multimesh instancing and other rendering methods to improve performance!

    Come join me!

    www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory

    #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

    A small village slowly gets built over time in a verdant forested area. As this happens, the villagers also go about and plant crops, cut trees and mine nearby stones. A small area is set up so that wheat may be ground to flour and then baked into bread. ▶
    15 2
    Jul 7, 2026
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    Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️

    It's playtest public release day! A little surreal, I'll be honest.

    I'll be tackling the last things the build and game page needs and then... Publish! Eeek! 😱

    Come join me!

    www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory

    #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

    Villagers go around a small grassy area, gathering resources and building furniture and other workstations. They gather acorns from around the map and use a milling stone to turn them into flour. They then use that flour to bake acorn bread. Occasionally they will go for a nearby bread pile to eat some, or to a nearby straw bed to sleep in it. ▶
    16 2
    Jun 30, 2026
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    Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG videogame "AVE VIRIATE"! ⚒️🤖⚔️

    Last few touches on the GPU rendering logic (hopefully) and then more sprite recolouring shader shenanigans!

    Come join me!

    www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory

    #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

    A small village slowly gets built over time in a verdant forested area. As this happens, the villagers also go about and plant crops, cut trees and mine nearby stones. A small area is set up so that wheat may be ground to flour and then baked into bread. ▶
    17 1
    Jul 23, 2026
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    Tried this game yesterday and I was so captivated by it I gave it a go today too (and will probably have a go at a highscore later)!

    It is super charming, and I give it my highest recommendation! You should try it too! Find all those VHS delinquents and get those fees back! For your uncle! 📼

    Kago @kago.newgrounds.com
    @postelvis.bsky.social and I released a game for Summer Game Jam 2026! Check out Fine Detective here: www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/... #gamedev #newgrounds #summergamejam2026 #godotengine
    Fine Detective
    Help catch VHS store delinquents in a timed hidden object Seek-n-Find game.
    3 1
    Jul 22, 2026
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    Now streaming the development of my Colony Sim + RPG videogame "AVE VIRIATE"! ⚒️🤖⚔️

    More rendering research! Now that I've setup a basic MultiMeshInstance, it's time to try and push it to see how it can be used effectively!

    Come join me!

    www.twitch.tv/sorcerystory

    #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

    A small village slowly gets built over time in a verdant forested area. As this happens, the villagers also go about and plant crops, cut trees and mine nearby stones. A small area is set up so that wheat may be ground to flour and then baked into bread. ▶
    13 1
    Jul 8, 2026