Ryan Pond/ THE WORKSHOP

INDEPENDENT CREATOR · LEARNING BY MAKING

Games. Code.
Create. Build.

I’m Ryan. I make indie games, learn code, and build things that seem like a good idea at the time. My main focus is a video game for a real company Annual Planning meeting. BLACK WATER NIGHT GLASS, my Godot Wild Jam #98 stealth game, is released. I’m using the jam feedback to plan a larger downloadable version.

01 / CURRENT EXPERIMENT

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IN DEVELOPMENT — EXPERIMENT

A video game for Annual Planning

I’m spending approximately 13 weeks turning a real company planning meeting into a playable local multiplayer experiment.

Can game design make planning more engaging, memorable, and useful? I’ll test that at our actual Annual Planning meeting and share what I learn.

WHAT ABOUT DOOM DELIVERY?

On hold. Still on the roadmap.

DOOM DELIVERY 1.0 is temporarily paused while I work toward this fixed testing window. It hasn’t been cancelled, and I intend to return to it.

This first experiment is an internal MVP for one company and one meeting. What comes next depends on what I learn.

DOOM DELIVERY project & devlogs ↗

02 / RELEASED / BLACK WATER NIGHT GLASS

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03 / MORE FROM THE WORKSHOP

04 / LATEST NOTES

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BLACK WATER NIGHT GLASS / Godot Wild Jam #98

SIGNAL: Following the Idea Instead of the Plan

How a frog operative, a noisy croak, a discarded flashlight, and an escaped operator with a failed objective helped me understand the game I’m making.


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DETOUR / Design

Day 4 — Turning Out the Lights

Adding headlights, illuminated highway signs, obstacle shadows, glowing fuel, and a warm-lit destination.


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DETOUR / Game Development

Day 3 — Boat, Not Spaceship.

Giving DETOUR a heavier car, momentum, body roll, fairer obstacle patterns, and a playable opening.

05 / WATCH THE PROCESS

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YOUTUBE / @RYANPOND

The build, with moving pictures.

Game development, gameplay, experiments, and what happened along the way.

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BLACK WATER NIGHT GLASS — FIELD OPERATION 01 coverWatch BLACK WATER NIGHT GLASS on YouTube ↗

KEEP IN TOUCH

New games, useful experiments, and the occasional lesson learned the hard way.