Dev ships first Steam game after 15 years, built on custom Rust engine with Claude
schiehll · reddit · 2026-11-15
A web engineer who learned to code 15 years ago to make games is finally releasing his first Steam title, The Backwave, a turn-based tactics game where you send your mind back in time.
- Custom engine in Rust on top of Bevy ECS
- MetaHumans for characters, Suno for music, a local model for SFX
- Most code built with Claude assistance (mostly Opus 5.5) plus Blender
He's soliciting candid feedback on the trailer, screenshots and Steam page.
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