David makes games - Solo game developer

@reiddavi.bsky.social

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Solo game dev sharing the process from initial concept to finished product Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4779300/Command_the_Dead/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DavidReidChannel

A top-down tactical map showing a zombie outbreak in its early stages. Two army units are visible with a dotted path arrow indicating movement orders. An orders log in the bottom left reads "Secure Reed Bluff, move a unit to the city within the hour." The infection rate is 20% with one active horde on the map.
A helicopter trying to fly with zombies clinging on, and jumping towards it.
A mountain bike parked on a sandy shoreline beside a Scottish loch. Pine trees frame the left of the image, rolling hills visible across the water under a blue sky with scattered clouds.
It's not about how to survive the zombie apocalypse. It's about how to stop it. Most zombie games put you on the ground. You're scavenging, you're running, you're trying not to die. My zombie RTS puts you in the operations centre. You're the commander. You have units, you have a map, and you have seventy-two hours to keep the infection under control before it spirals beyond recovery. Your job is to do better than every army in every zombie movie you've ever watched. That's the fantasy. That's the game. I'm David. I make games solo, and this is the devlog for my zombie RTS. My second game, currently in prototype, being built in Godot 4.
Illustrated, black and white soldier on a biohazard yellow background.
A small road going through a tunnel of trees in the summertime
A tactical display showing a zombie outbreak in crisis. 21 active hordes in red spread across the map, 37% infection rate, one army unit remaining. Cities are losing population. The situation is deteriorating.
#screen of zombie outbreak prototype game where urban centres, urban density zones, roads, rivers and crossing points are procedurally generated. An Army Unit engages a horde in an urban city called Price Landing. The map is littered with hordes attacking refugees. All units are represented as discs.
Screen shot of zombie outbreak containment game/prototype #screen
A picture of a solo devs workstation.
Bike on old bridge
Highland trail
A handmade fathers day card based on a steam game
ID card of a fictional character from a game.
a chart of hours spent in January on game project
Kid on ski slope.
Scottish castle grounds
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665 followers. One away from 666 followers.
Bugeyes. A character from the game Space Rock Armageddon
Godot Tweens in C#
Winter walk around castle
Snow on window
A picture of a Scottish castle in Aberdeenshire.
An image of three starter ship ideas for my next Steam game.
Picture of an NPC that looks a lot like a Terrahawk cube
Picture of zzap64 annual 2025
confused dog representing a confused indie game developer looking at the code they wrote yesterday.
A stylish computer desk and a computer desk covered in garbage
Kid playing on an old style penny arcade machine
Image contains the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars in a flat art style.
An indie game developers standing desk.