Terry Cavanagh
Irish independent game developer, maker of VVVVVV, Super Hexagon and Dicey Dungeons.
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Indie games right now are the best they have ever been.
I don't say this lightly, but I feel like indie games right now are the best they've ever been, and I want to live up to that new standard with my own work.
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Indie games right now are the best they have ever been.
I don't say this lightly, but I feel like indie games right now are the best they've ever been, and I want to live up to that new standard with my own work.
About the Egg game Said 11 Sept 2025
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Liked f.lux
I've found I find it a lot easier to get to sleep since I started using F.lux.
usesthis.com 5 Mar 2012
Liked Dark Room
I really like the fullscreen text editor Dark Room for taking notes, and I've found I find it a lot easier to get to sleep since I started using F.lux.
usesthis.com 5 Mar 2012
Uses FL Studio
For music, I use FL Studio, and in the past I've also used ModPlug tracker.
usesthis.com 5 Mar 2012
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Uses FlashDevelop
For coding: I mostly use FlashDevelop, with the Adobe Flex compiler.
usesthis.com 5 Mar 2012
Liked Google Sketchup
For At a Distance, I made the environments in Google Sketchup, which is a super pleasant tool to use for simple models.
usesthis.com 5 Mar 2012
Disliked Paint Shop Pro X2
For 2D graphics, I use Paint Shop Pro X2! I don't really like it - I used to use version 8, but doesn't work very well on Windows 7 so I had to find another version of the program that did.
usesthis.com 5 Mar 2012
Loved MacBook Air
I got a 2011 13" MacBook Air in April. It's less powerful than the big monolithic Clevo laptop I used to own, but so, so much more pleasant to use.
usesthis.com 5 Mar 2012
Where they publish
Blog distractionware.com His development blog since 2007.
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- Wizard Game 14 Dec 2025 Hey hey, me again, making a rare blog post! Just wanna mark a game jam...
- Egg OST 4 Nov 2025 Got one last Egg related thing to talk about: the game’s soundtrack! All the music...
- Egg 2 Nov 2025 Hey all! I posted this on my bluesky a couple of days back, but my...
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- About the Egg game 11 Sept 2025 Hello there! Recently, I’ve been working on a game about being an egg. You play...
- Featured VVVVVV Level: “VVVVVV: The Depths”, by NyakoFox, mothbeanie, and Allison Fleischer 28 Jun 2025 Some time after the events of VVVVVV, Viridian and the crew explore the depths of...
- Out and about 21 May 2025 (random alleyway from Amaze Berlin, which I just got back from) Right, where was I?...
- Out Now: Terry’s Other Games 18 Feb 2025 (thanks to Keith Shetler for the launch trailer!)Hello again! My big messy games collection came...
- Asked me anything 7 Feb 2025 Less than a week to go before the big collection comes out, phew! I’ve been...
- So what’s in the collection? 17 Jan 2025 Hi! So, last week, I announced that I was releasing a collection of my “other”...
- Some of my other games 9 Jan 2025 Hello all! God, it’s 2025, where does the time go? Over the last year, I...
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Mastodon @terry@mastodon.gamedev.place
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- egg 29 Oct 2025 terrycavanagh.itch.io
- just gonna put this out there in case any Godot contributors see this! I know it's not a high priority issue, but I use Wayland on Linux and the latest Godot 4.5 beta spams an error message in the console constantly, which is really very annoying. Would *really* love it if somebody could fix this for the Godot 4.5 release, or even just comment out the specific line that's outputting this message. It's line 1052 in display_server_wayland.cpp, I'm guessing! 18 Jul 2025
- Just released a v1.1 patch for my Other Games. Things are feeling pretty stable, so this might be the last one? Highlights are: it shows a pop-up on itch for achievements now, it has improved accessibility options, and I added Japanese and LATAM Spanish localisations: 9 Jun 2025 terrycavanagh.itch.io
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- egg egg, egg #eggjam 23 May 2025
- Guess what! The Grab Them by the Eyes sign editor outputs gifs now! 14 Feb 2025
- Presenting "Terry's Other Games"! A messy little collection of short games I've made over the past 20 years, out now on Steam and Itch! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2824580/Terrys_Other_Games/ Itch: 13 Feb 2025 terrycavanagh.itch.io
- Terry's Other Games launches today! 5pm CET on steam and itch.io, for Windows, Mac and Linux! 13 Feb 2025
- well, doing an AMA on reddit today, wish me luck I guess! 6 Feb 2025 reddit.com
- Hello Mastodon! I wrote a big blog post about what's in my upcoming game collection, and what isn't: 17 Jan 2025 distractionware.com
- Hello! I have something new coming out soon! It's a big collection of some of my favourite little games from the past decade or so. More info here: 9 Jan 2025 distractionware.com
- into the endgame now over on @ff8script 29 Nov 2024
- Looks like the server I host @ff8script is shutting down, ah well. But tbh it's probably run it's course by now, so I think I'll just let it expire rather than try to migrate it? 31 Oct 2024
- Anyone here done modern laptop research recently? I'm thinking of getting a new one, recommendations welcome! Things I care about: - good build quality (especially, good quality keyboard and track pad) - lightweight - good battery life - powerful enough to run e.g. Godot and blender well, but it's just for work so it doesn't have to be a gaming machine - wanna exclusively run Linux on it 🤓 13 Sept 2024
- turns out, I wasn't done. Now I am, for real 17 Aug 2024
- ... ok, I think I might be done now 28 Jul 2024
- finished Elden Ring 17 Jul 2024
- Did a quick announcement about Bosca Ceoil Blue on github: 11 Jul 2024 github.com
- This game is so so good, highly recommended: 14 Jun 2024 store.steampowered.com
- Ok, thanks all! After my current project wraps up I think I'm going to backup my windows laptop and try single booting Linux Mint for a while, with a virtual machine for making Windows builds of things. 22 May 2024
- anyone have a link to a nice non-techy guide for people considering Linux dual booting in 2024? 21 May 2024
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Bluesky @terrycavanaghgames.com
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- I'm in 😎 #LDJam 16 Oct 2026
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- the future of jumping is here at last 26 Aug 2026 thecatamites.itch.io
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- Just submitted my first ever speedrun, 9:33:58 for Flimbo's Quest (C64). If approved, it'll be in 4th place! 20 Jul 2026 speedrun.com
- Looking forward to playing around with Oeuf's multiplayer map editor tomorrow evening! 5 Jun 2026
- you gotta hand it to Tesco, their new horrifying fruit monster is pretty great 11 May 2026
- egg 15 Apr 2026
- one of my favorite games from the last few years 14 Apr 2026
- it's so true 8 Apr 2026
- good sthuff 13 Mar 2026
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