New art contest! 🔥 TrueRef is hosting an art contest to design our first t-shirt. It felt more fun than a normal contest, so here we are! ✨ Prizes: $500 // 1 Year TrueRef+ // Free Shirt ✨ Ends: March 5th ✨ No weird thing that says we own all submitted designs. Info: trueref.io/pages/truere...

Still so excited for everyone who showed up to this yesterday! It was stunning to see a sea of creatives overwhelm that tiny hearing. We had an overflow room of artists and the line for 30 second public commentary literally had to be cut off! You made a huge difference yesterday. Thank you!

Totally unnecessary features I spent the last several days adding to my desktop pet fish game itsy bitsy fishy: - In-game generated family tree view so you can see your fish's parents and grandparents 1/

Helidiver chopper I made for Choppa: Rescue Rivals! (wishlist it on steam so you can go diving🙂link in bio) #lowpoly #pixelart

Working on a fishtank option for my desktop pet fish game itsy bitsy fishy <3 The fishtank looks so simple but it took me so many tries over a couple days to get it to look just right and match the style of the fishbowl too! #cozygame #virtualpet #godot

At first, I thought I could just rotate the hue of HSL colors and call it a day. Since then, I've learned about perceptual color spaces, OKLCH, Bezold-Brücke effect and I still can't always get good programmatic palettes 😅 But I built Color Palette Pro to help get us halfway there: colorpalette.pro

Virtual genetics demo! 1) Start with a black fish and an orange fish. Their children will mostly look like them, but mutations (random other colors) can also happen. mellowminx.com #cozygame #virtualpet #womeningames #SEAgamedev #gamesfromSEA #godot #gameart #indiegame

So excited to develop breeding mechanics for my desktop pet fish game "itsy bitsy fishy"!! Baby fish will usually look like their parents but have a chance to randomly get other colors <3 I love breeding in pet games so it's always been a dream to have it in my own games too. mellowminx.com

I am very proud of my filters for our new, much improved, free art reference gallery for trueref.io. Coming soon!

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Although the vast majority of contributors are busily working on Godot 4, a small problematic group refuse to stop improving Godot 3 They've been working hard on the newest (oldest?) feature branch: #GodotEngine 3.7. Read all about it in our latest blog post: godotengine.org/article/dev-...

Feed fish to make them grow bigger... or smaller... or change appearance entirely! Coming soon to mellowminx.itch.io/itsy-bitsy-f... <3

Working on goldfish varieties in my itsy bitsy fishy desktop pet game... coding randomized type/pattern/colors! <3 mellowminx.itch.io/itsy-bitsy-f...

Hey guys Just saw this cute tutorial series by @mellow-minx.bsky.social on making a desktop pet fish game. Do check it out, she's a really talented person, and I love playing her games (so check those out too) www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Finally finished my cozy gamedev tutorial for beginners! As an amateur coder... if I can cobble together a small simple game that works, then so can you. 😌 Here's the full tutorial playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

📢SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT @prettysmart.bsky.social - Creative Director, Miko Charbonneau Running a Remote Studio When Everything's On Fire Tune into this talk for an honest and uplifting discussion of how you can make it on your own despite the many challenges. #gamedev

Coming soon: an itsy bitsy fishy that lives on your desktop! It doesn't do anything aside from eat and look cute. 🐠🫧 Want to try it already? (Windows/Mac/Linux demo) DM me. P.S. I'm also working on a youtube tutorial to make this game on Godot! #gamedev #indiegame #virtualpet #desktoppet #cozygame

Psst! Huy! You! Hey you!! Do you wanna be a part of the Southeast Asia Games Onward 2025?! Sign up while there's still time!! Content Creators: tinyurl.com/SEAGO2025Con... Come be a part of #SEAGO2025 !!

Super early look at Kenney Creator, my new modeling software for indies. It'll feature many blocks and tools to create any sort of model - aiming for a Q1 2026 release! ✨

📣 Submissions open for the Godot 2025 showreel This year, if you are a member of the Development Fund, you will be able to cast your votes alongside the Godot maintainers! 📅 Submissions close: October 1st 📅 Voting starts: October 6th

I'm so grateful for every single one of you. Especially moved by those who gave a tip. Means a lot to me as a solo gamedev. 🥹💕 My plan is to keep expanding the game and very slowly raise the price along the way, but all buyers still get updates, so early supporters get the most value out of my game.

Dress up your kittens 🎀 in the latest Pocket Kitten update

Pocket Kitten major update is out! Clothing, hats, toys, mice, and more 🥳 mellowminx.itch.io/pocket-kitten #pixelart #indiedev #indiegamedev #gamedev #gameart #cozygame #petsim #gamedevph #womeningames #SEAgamedev #gamesfromSEA #godot #virtualpet

🎼 From Score to Game 🎮 (VIDEO 5) It is now the fifth(!) video in this little series I've created!! In this video, I showcase the music of an upcoming cozy game, "The Regreening" as well as all the behind the scenes and FMOD implementation 🌱 youtu.be/RD4_hUeVCRc?...

Tiny Terraces is out on Steam! :D Go check it out 🌿 #indiedev #pixelart #videogames #gamedev store.steampowered.com/app/3136330?...

A type of #TechnicalMachine for @pixeldailies.bsky.social I like to think they have feelings like us :3 #pixel_dailies #pixelart #pixelartist #ドット絵 #aseprite #2danimation

As our work attests, tech cos like OpenAI are setting us on a path to a future that disenfranchises the public, renders systems more obscure to those it affects, devalues our crafts, undermines our security, and narrows our horizon for innovation. This is true whether or not the tech even works well

Happy #PortfolioDay! I'm Sam, a music composer for cozy video games! I'm looking for more work in the game industry and also have experience in film with credits including Star Wars IX, Avengers: Endgame, Toy Story 4, and Frozen 2. 🎵: linktr.ee/sam_vandersl...

Tennis balls coming soon to Pocket Kitten 🎾🎾🎾 (sound on!) mellowminx.itch.io/pocket-kitten #pixelart #indiedev #indiegamedev #gamedev #gameart #cozygame #petsim #gamedevph #womeningames #SEAgamedev #gamesfromSEA #godot

I downloaded this so fast! I reported a bug in the Godot github for the first time a few weeks ago, and the fix is out in this version. As a novice coder I know I can't contribute anything to the Godot codebase, but I'm so happy I got to help out a little bit as a bug tester <3 @godotengine.org

Regulate A.I.! It took 38 hours to animate this loop (over the last three months) and I'm releasing it with a creative commons license so that others can use it! © 2025 by Alec Longstreth is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by-...

Sound on 🎉🎈 Balloon party ASMR coming soon to Pocket Kitten! mellowminx.itch.io/pocket-kitten #pixelart #indiedev #indiegamedev #gamedev #gameart #cozygame #petsim #gamedevph #womeningames #SEAgamedev #gamesfromSEA #godot

Amano design sketch for the Vampire Girl from Final Fantasy 2.

Itsy bitsy hats and shirts for upcoming Pocket Kitten update 👚👒 mellowminx.itch.io/pocket-kitten #pixelart #indiedev #indiegamedev #gamedev #gameart #cozygame #gamedevph #womeningames #SEAgamedev #gamesfromSEA #godot

What colors should they wear? Any hat ideas?? I finally figured out how to put clothes on them!! Excited to update Pocket Kitten soon 👚👒 mellowminx.itch.io/pocket-kitten #pixelart #indiedev #indiegamedev #gamedev #gameart #cozygame #gamedevph #womeningames #SEAgamedev #gamesfromSEA #godot

Hi #portfolioday , I make pixel art of old buildings, capturing the nostalgia of my childhood city. Hope you’ll like my works💁‍♂️ #pixelart #art #aseprite #ドット絵

Todays Pixel Dailies prompt is #babyanimal So I thought I'd make some little Chicks and practice doing Isometric art. #chickens #chickencoop #pixel_dailies #pixelart @pixeldailies.bsky.social

I had to draw the Woolly mice

go.bsky.app/8LeWhLz ✨Artist Stock, references, and resources starter pack✨ Includes creators that make crazy good resources, includes a mix of mostly free and mostly paid, and people who make things like videos! Lmk if you have any suggestions and I'll add them + More resource in 🧵

Thanks so much @arlucgames.bsky.social for playing, streaming, and giving feedback! Glad you enjoyed Pocket Kitten <3

@arlucgames.bsky.social will stream itch.io games including mine this Thurs Jan 9 at 8pm GMT+10 🥰 Catch the stream at www.twitch.tv/arlucgames/

I am ready! I'll be on around 3:40pm PST! Wearing my cute top by @mellow-minx.bsky.social and everything! <3 #gamedev #indiedev

grapes study - 60 x 120 #pixelart first art of 2025 and feeling lazy !!

See you on Friday! #gamedev

LIVE NOW! www.youtube.com/watch?v=naJt...

The gamedev urge to refactor my entire game whenever I update any little thing

can't believe i never heard of permacomputing (permacomputing.net) until i digged into @olu.online's digital garden a little last night

Air Garden OST out now!! We decided the release the music ahead of the game release 1.0, but there is a playable 'beta' version up now 💕🎼

Pocket Kitten's holiday update includes a Christmas tree with lights, a red parol, snowflakes for kitties to chase, and a red-nosed reindeer kitty 🎄 mellowminx.itch.io/pocket-kitten #pixelart #indiedev #indiegamedev #gamedev #gameart #cozygame #gamedevph #womeningames #SEAgamedev #gamesfromSEA