Going to release 🔴, a #pico-8 bounce shooter with mostly procedural animation and gfx, sometime this week!

🔴, a #pico8 bounce shooter, is out now! Play it in browser on itch: iansundstrom.itch.io/redcircle Development fun facts itt 🧵

Going to release 🔴, a #pico-8 bounce shooter with mostly procedural animation and gfx, sometime this week!

I love tofu, but, by god, I hate the packaging it comes in.

my highly scientific diagram. I think it's easier to get into the "snappy" quadrant with tools that encourage pixel art and make you do more work for tweens n things (gamemaker, pico-8). fluidity is difficult anywhere, but snappiness requires restraint when you have a bunch of tempting built-ins

"Caverns of the Souleater" Father told you these caverns hold a great treasure. But all you've found are endless tunnels and venomous snakes. As your torch burns low, you wonder if the gold was ever real. And why he didn't share this with your brother?! #pico8 #indie #pico1k #sizecoding 1/2

One way I mitigate this is to try to ask lots of questions of players. Also a weird paradoxical thing: players having hidden information from each can help, as folks pay attention to other players' actions more, trying to suss out what's under any icebergs they notice.

pro soccer player Jerce Reyes Barrios followed all the rules when he came to the US. His lawyer told took his asylum case bc it seemed like a "slam dunk. Then US officials sent him to CECOT, where he was told he'd spend the rest of his life w/@mattshuham.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/pro-so...

ka-BOOM! #gamedev

FISH FEAR ME expansion progress:

Proud to announce that Sunken Stones - my puzzle strategy grid-based game about deploying (and ditching) crew mates to stave off a salty demies - is ⭐OUT NOW⭐! Features: 🏴‍☠️6 Pirate Captains ☠️48 Crewmates 🌊Risk vs. Reward Mechanics Grab the Game Now (and leave a review)! ⚓ s.team/a/2601810

I didn't use version control for almost a decade of hobbyist game dev so no judgement, but you should learn how to use it. Aside from saving you from the worst case scenario, it also allows you to be fearless in making changes bc you can always revert anything

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sooo excited to debut my #PixelArt adventurer’s journal set at @pixelartpark.com ! turn ur sketchbooks and planners into a lil RPG adventure!!!

I went to a barcade in London and bought 36 tokens for 20 pounds. These "tokens" turned out to be American quarters and I have never felt so owned. Essentially I gave them $27 and got $9 back

Restaurant sim where you are the food: Baba Ganoush Is You

I have not yet lost the sharpie or packing tape even once during this move, feeling powerful.

Made a flier. I copied these lil dudes from the Kid Icarus NES manual.

time for ,, adevnture :) #pixelart

Yo #GameDev #IndieGame #PitchYaGame! In Mansion of a Million Monsters! you explore a wacky cartoon mansion jam-packed with fiendish animatronics, dastardly traps, and zany suspects! 🏺 Throw Vases 🔍 Crack Cases ⚰️ Unmask each Monster of the Week! Wishlist ➡️ store.steampowered.com/app/3627210/

Dropping Google for Mojeek. We'll see how it goes.

When I was indie I always referred to myself as "borderline solo". This was good because it sounded like I was always on the edge of a breakdown (aka what was happening).

it has arrived 👀 #gamedev #pixelart #trailertuesday www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEeb...

A new video game company is birthed!! It is us, Odd Object. We are @fourbitfriday.bsky.social and @hryx.net and friends. Today we announce our first game, Scrubbin' Trubble, a co-operative roguelike coming to PC later this year. 🫧⚔️ Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3276700/...

Current philosophy is that all video games should be pirate-themed, planning on releasing 3 games by the end of the year to prove this theory

Mark your targets ☠️ ! Sunken Stones release on Steam July 18, 2025! Wishlist Today! ⚓ s.team/a/2601810

On a night out whilst at uni, a mate caught a fly out of the air and ate it. It was impressive and we all cheered, but I lost all respect for him and didn't go to his wedding after we'd graduated.

Backed! www.kickstarter.com/projects/chr...

🚨HUGE News🚨 🐸BIG HOPS is a froggy platformer with deep movement, fresh tongue-gameplay, where you use powerful veggies to grow paths forward! ✨Free demo out NOW 🎮Coming to Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 in Q4 2025 💰Our publisher dropped us, so we're KICKSTARTING (links below)

This photo I took of a McDonald's under construction has the aesthetic they should always have.

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My favorite game I've played this year!

my free demo is out now on itch!!! play in your browser right now at demo.lunoland.com ✨ #gamedev #pixelart #indiedev

my game If Letters Had Pants, Would They Wear Them Like This? What About Numbers? What If They Had Small Shovels And They Dug Stuff Up To Put In A Museum? is out now on itch io for Windows, MacOS and Linux! 🩳 punkcake.itch.io/if-letters-h... Find words! Give ur letters pants! Make stronger words!

Bout to spin 2 hours of UKG on WFHB.org from 10 to midnight ET

Happy CITIZEN SLEEPER DAY! 🥳 The series is 3 years old today! To celebrate I just released SPINDLEJACK a free, print and play solo TTRPG about zero-g bike couriers! 🚴‍♀️Grab it here: jump-over-the-age.itch.io/citizen-slee... We also have new series art, and some fun stats below too 👇

ICYMI, wrote a short list of tips for prototyping systems games this weekend!

Made a blog post with 9 system design tips for #gamedev (first post to my blog since 2019 😭) blog.herringbonegames.com/2025/05/syst...

Great job everyone

Thinking 'bout the first 8 bars of "Don't Look Any Further" again.

Anyone else transferring all their large repos from bitbucket to github this weekend due to the storage size limit changes?

Bunch of my C64 pixel pieces that are among my personal faves (all are relatively recent.) The 2nd one was a collab with my friend, iLKke. The 2nd one also uses sprite overlay to get an additional global colour, and the last one uses rasters to get colours into the border. #pixelart

there should be a place where i can post questions like “is there a videogame you have played that really nails the simple joy of sliding down a slide?” and get good answers

Let's all go back: homestarrunner.com/toons/backto...

Farms and highways and bridges and things. #pico8

"Rain on Your Parade" is UNDER $5 as part of Steam Daily Deal 🥳🥳🥳 It's the first time we've been offered a Daily Deal so I'm super hyped!