Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The game industry is always moving, and it's rough for both triple-A and indie gamedev studios. What is the smart move to build a sustainable game development business in 2026? And should we watch out for AI?
► All Orangepixel games on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/developer/orangepixel
CONNECT:
►WEBSITE: orangepixel.net
►DISCORD: discord.gg/orangepixel
►NEWSLETTER: orangepixel.net/signup
► Business: support[ at ]orangepixel.net
#gamedev #indiedev #programming
SOCIAL MEDIA:
► Bluesky: https://bsky.app/orangepixel
► Twitter: twitter.com/orangepixel - game related
► Twitter: twitter.com/orangepascal - everything else
► Facebook: facebook.com/orangepixel
► IG: instagram.com/orangepixelgames
► orangepixel.net
I'm Pascal a Dutch independent game developer since 2004 known as Orangepixel. I created various games including Residual, the Gunslugs series, Heroes of Loot series, Space Grunts series, Stardash and the Meganoid series released on PC, mobile and various consoles.
The game industry is always moving, and it's rough for both triple-A and indie gamedev studios. What is the smart move to build a sustainable game development business in 2026? And should we watch out for AI?
► All Orangepixel games on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/developer/orangepixel
CONNECT:
►WEBSITE: orangepixel.net
►DISCORD: discord.gg/orangepixel
►NEWSLETTER: orangepixel.net/signup
► Business: support[ at ]orangepixel.net
#gamedev #indiedev #programming
SOCIAL MEDIA:
► Bluesky: https://bsky.app/orangepixel
► Twitter: twitter.com/orangepixel - game related
► Twitter: twitter.com/orangepascal - everything else
► Facebook: facebook.com/orangepixel
► IG: instagram.com/orangepixelgames
► orangepixel.net
I'm Pascal a Dutch independent game developer since 2004 known as Orangepixel. I created various games including Residual, the Gunslugs series, Heroes of Loot series, Space Grunts series, Stardash and the Meganoid series released on PC, mobile and various consoles.
![Simple game idea turned into a complicated mess... | Squad AI explained
Wishlist Regulator City: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1892750/Regulator_City/
Wishlist Gauntlet of Power: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2374320/Heroes_Of Loot_Gauntlet_Of_Power/
#gamedev #indiedev #programming
Music from: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/quyank
CONNECT:
►DISCORD: https://discord.gg/orangepixel
► FREE eBOOK: https://www.orangepixel.net/signup/
► Business: support[ at ]orangepixel.net
SOCIAL MEDIA:
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/orangepixel - game related
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/orangepascal - everything else
► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orangepixel
► IG: http://instagram.com/orangepixelgames
► http://www.orangepixel.net
Im Pascal a Dutch independent game developer since 2004 known as Orangepixel. I created various games including Residual, the Gunslugs series, Heroes of Loot series, Space Grunts series, Stardash and the Meganoid series released on PC, mobile and various consoles. Simple game idea turned into a complicated mess... | Squad AI explained](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lzd8pWiBygM/mqdefault.jpg)
![Struggling with my game projects
Wishlist Regulator City: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1892750/Regulator_City/
Wishlist Gauntlet of Power: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2374320/Heroes_Of Loot_Gauntlet_Of_Power/
#gamedev #indiedev #programming
Music from: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/quyank
CONNECT:
►DISCORD: https://discord.gg/orangepixel
► FREE eBOOK: https://www.orangepixel.net/signup/
► Business: support[ at ]orangepixel.net
SOCIAL MEDIA:
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/orangepixel - game related
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/orangepascal - everything else
► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orangepixel
► IG: http://instagram.com/orangepixelgames
► http://www.orangepixel.net
Im Pascal a Dutch independent game developer since 2004 known as Orangepixel. I created various games including Residual, the Gunslugs series, Heroes of Loot series, Space Grunts series, Stardash and the Meganoid series released on PC, mobile and various consoles. Struggling with my game projects](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/m1oaFgvcEts/mqdefault.jpg)
![Nintendo took my new game offline within 24 HOURS!
Grab Orangepixel games on Switch:
https://www.nintendo.com/us/search/#q=orangepixel
Wishlist and Grab Orangepixel games on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/developer/orangepixel
#gamedev #indiedev #programming
CONNECT:
►DISCORD: https://discord.gg/orangepixel
► FREE eBOOK: https://www.orangepixel.net/signup/
► Business: support[ at ]orangepixel.net
SOCIAL MEDIA:
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/orangepixel - game related
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/orangepascal - everything else
► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orangepixel
► IG: http://instagram.com/orangepixelgames
► http://www.orangepixel.net
Im Pascal a Dutch independent game developer since 2004 known as Orangepixel. I created various games including Residual, the Gunslugs series, Heroes of Loot series, Space Grunts series, Stardash and the Meganoid series released on PC, mobile and various consoles. Nintendo took my new game offline within 24 HOURS!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mOSKtHGQcFI/mqdefault.jpg)
![I bought a Mac and iPad just to release my game for FREE !?
Getting my game Residual ready for a Free week on Epic Game Store mobile ended up in me purchasing a new iPad a new Mac Mini M4, and writing code in a language I havent used in over 2 decades! Game development at its best ;)
► All Orangepixel games on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/developer/orangepixel
CONNECT:
►WEBSITE: http://www.orangepixel.net
►DISCORD: https://discord.gg/orangepixel
►NEWSLETTER: https://www.orangepixel.net/signup/
► Business: support[ at ]orangepixel.net
#gamedev #indiedev #programming
SOCIAL MEDIA:
► Bluesky: https://bsky.app/orangepixel
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/orangepixel - game related
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/orangepascal - everything else
► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orangepixel
► IG: http://instagram.com/orangepixelgames
► http://www.orangepixel.net
Im Pascal a Dutch independent game developer since 2004 known as Orangepixel. I created various games including Residual, the Gunslugs series, Heroes of Loot series, Space Grunts series, Stardash and the Meganoid series released on PC, mobile and various consoles. I bought a Mac and iPad just to release my game for FREE !?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/muBvuBVoOQk/mqdefault.jpg)
![A terrible year VS a great year as full time indie game developer
Wishlist Regulator City: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1892750/Regulator_City/
Wishlist Gauntlet of Power: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2374320/Heroes_Of Loot_Gauntlet_Of_Power/
#gamedev #indiedev #programming
Music from: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/quyank
CONNECT:
►DISCORD: https://discord.gg/orangepixel
► FREE eBOOK: https://www.orangepixel.net/signup/
► Business: support[ at ]orangepixel.net
SOCIAL MEDIA:
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/orangepixel - game related
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/orangepascal - everything else
► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orangepixel
► IG: http://instagram.com/orangepixelgames
► http://www.orangepixel.net
Im Pascal a Dutch independent game developer since 2004 known as Orangepixel. I created various games including Residual, the Gunslugs series, Heroes of Loot series, Space Grunts series, Stardash and the Meganoid series released on PC, mobile and various consoles. A terrible year VS a great year as full time indie game developer](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nhyUotf9bwg/mqdefault.jpg)
![Good and bad of being an Indie Game developer!
Lets sum up three very much POSITIVE reasons to become an indie game developer, and also look at three reasons to maybe not become an independent gamedev? Things that you might not have thought about before! Let me know your pros and cons in the comments below!
► All Orangepixel games on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/developer/orangepixel
CONNECT:
►WEBSITE: http://www.orangepixel.net
►DISCORD: https://discord.gg/orangepixel
►NEWSLETTER: https://www.orangepixel.net/signup/
► Business: support[ at ]orangepixel.net
#gamedev #indiedev #programming
SOCIAL MEDIA:
► Bluesky: https://bsky.app/orangepixel
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/orangepixel - game related
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/orangepascal - everything else
► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orangepixel
► IG: http://instagram.com/orangepixelgames
► http://www.orangepixel.net
Im Pascal a Dutch independent game developer since 2004 known as Orangepixel. I created various games including Residual, the Gunslugs series, Heroes of Loot series, Space Grunts series, Stardash and the Meganoid series released on PC, mobile and various consoles. Good and bad of being an Indie Game developer!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nuaresWhng4/mqdefault.jpg)
![Building a game as FAST as possible
Wishlist and Grab Orangepixel games on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/developer/orangepixel
#gamedev #indiedev #programming
CONNECT:
►DISCORD: https://discord.gg/orangepixel
► FREE eBOOK: https://www.orangepixel.net/signup/
► Business: support[ at ]orangepixel.net
SOCIAL MEDIA:
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/orangepixel - game related
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/orangepascal - everything else
► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orangepixel
► IG: http://instagram.com/orangepixelgames
► http://www.orangepixel.net
Im Pascal a Dutch independent game developer since 2004 known as Orangepixel. I created various games including Residual, the Gunslugs series, Heroes of Loot series, Space Grunts series, Stardash and the Meganoid series released on PC, mobile and various consoles. Building a game as FAST as possible](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o6qV47K0hWU/mqdefault.jpg)
![Day 27 of game development on an open world extraction shooter
Almost a full month of indie game development on my new game: an open world extraction shooter like Arc Raiders and Zero Sievert. And its starting to feel like a fun game! With still months of code and pixel art to be done, we are getting some where.
► All Orangepixel games on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/developer/orangepixel
CONNECT:
►WEBSITE: http://www.orangepixel.net
►DISCORD: https://discord.gg/orangepixel
►NEWSLETTER: https://www.orangepixel.net/signup/
► Business: support[ at ]orangepixel.net
#gamedev #indiedev #programming
SOCIAL MEDIA:
► Bluesky: https://bsky.app/orangepixel
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/orangepixel - game related
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/orangepascal - everything else
► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orangepixel
► IG: http://instagram.com/orangepixelgames
► http://www.orangepixel.net
Im Pascal a Dutch independent game developer since 2004 known as Orangepixel. I created various games including Residual, the Gunslugs series, Heroes of Loot series, Space Grunts series, Stardash and the Meganoid series released on PC, mobile and various consoles. Day 27 of game development on an open world extraction shooter](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ocupTgrhzmo/mqdefault.jpg)
![Neoteria Gameplay Trailer
Wishlist and Grab Orangepixel games on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/developer/orangepixel
#gamedev #indiedev #programming
CONNECT:
►DISCORD: https://discord.gg/orangepixel
► FREE eBOOK: https://www.orangepixel.net/signup/
► Business: support[ at ]orangepixel.net
SOCIAL MEDIA:
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/orangepixel - game related
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/orangepascal - everything else
► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orangepixel
► IG: http://instagram.com/orangepixelgames
► http://www.orangepixel.net
Im Pascal a Dutch independent game developer since 2004 known as Orangepixel. I created various games including Residual, the Gunslugs series, Heroes of Loot series, Space Grunts series, Stardash and the Meganoid series released on PC, mobile and various consoles. Neoteria Gameplay Trailer](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oliTTBUmLks/mqdefault.jpg)
![Working on TWO games like a PRO gamedev
Wishlist Regulator City: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1892750/Regulator_City/
Wishlist Gauntlet of Power: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2374320/Heroes_Of Loot_Gauntlet_Of_Power/
#gamedev #indiedev #programming
Music from: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/quyank
CONNECT:
►DISCORD: https://discord.gg/orangepixel
► FREE eBOOK: https://www.orangepixel.net/signup/
► Business: support[ at ]orangepixel.net
SOCIAL MEDIA:
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/orangepixel - game related
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/orangepascal - everything else
► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orangepixel
► IG: http://instagram.com/orangepixelgames
► http://www.orangepixel.net
Im Pascal a Dutch independent game developer since 2004 known as Orangepixel. I created various games including Residual, the Gunslugs series, Heroes of Loot series, Space Grunts series, Stardash and the Meganoid series released on PC, mobile and various consoles. Working on TWO games like a PRO gamedev](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/owghWLIIjOo/mqdefault.jpg)
![Game developers should be more like a McDonalds
Wishlist and Grab Orangepixel games on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/developer/orangepixel
Newsletter: https://orangepixel.net/signup/
#gamedev #indiedev #programming
CONNECT:
►DISCORD: https://discord.gg/orangepixel
► FREE eBOOK: https://www.orangepixel.net/signup/
► Business: support[ at ]orangepixel.net
SOCIAL MEDIA:
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/orangepixel - game related
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/orangepascal - everything else
► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orangepixel
► IG: http://instagram.com/orangepixelgames
► http://www.orangepixel.net
Im Pascal a Dutch independent game developer since 2004 known as Orangepixel. I created various games including Residual, the Gunslugs series, Heroes of Loot series, Space Grunts series, Stardash and the Meganoid series released on PC, mobile and various consoles. Game developers should be more like a McDonalds](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oxJEmppBf9g/mqdefault.jpg)