Been wondering what the ritual function of difficulty discourse cycles is. I have not yet ascertained this truth. Instead I think we should all work on our senses of humor.

i'm continuing the game music tradition of extremely catchy 1 minute loops for @danchidays.bsky.social! this will be your new favorite staircase song

PANTHALASSA IS OUT NOW ON STEAM! Thank you to everyone that supported us during development, We hope you enjoy playing it AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA🐟🐠🐡🦈🦐

i think if someone did a de:fanastasis/nepheshel-like in english and set it in suburbia it'd really take off. that souls/king's field "crawl thru an interconnected world and accumulate 10000 items while slowly learning a story" feel, but with rpg/arpg mechanics of some sort

me (the skillful agon gamer) vs you (the alean surrenderer to chance)

(angeline era spoilers) i like all my angeline era boss themes a lot but i think this one is often my fav.. a lot of scary mechanical voices (e.g. 0:33, 1:03) and sound design coming together for a scary dance floor fight www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPGi...

Melos Paint

i should write about cut levels sometime outside of the design notes/artbook. Kinda sad the fae hot spring had to go...closest thing to that is the rainbow pool that heals you near the new religion dudes. also i never noticed the rainbow here thank you @even-kei.bsky.social

So true otani so true

Chapter 3 on @danchidays.bsky.social wrapped! You can spend a summer in suburban Japan in Danchi Days. Maybe even learn about some Japanese books and society 📚

I'm glad the site of reversible destiny is still open! And that my blog post / maybe that one Angeline era level lol is getting people to go see some amazing immersive sculpture/architecture

Backloggd didn't even manage to vote panzer dragoon saga as a top for 1998 best OST...c'mon gamers... youtu.be/lgw8uMCbfLM?...

seeing players beat the boss rush on really hard levels makes me want to do a more focused/arcadey spin on AE mechanics at some point.....no idea when the time for that would appear though. Sorta wonder if i should make AE source-code-available sooner than later..

for localizing @danchidays.bsky.social 50ish characters into english, i have a column where i keep notes on voice which make it easier to remember how they talk! reading's a big part of the game.. so it should feel fun/good for the english player to imagine NPC voices in their head

kinda funny how sf64 music sounds like old films/zelda kondo/space mecha/quest 64 amano/fft sakimoto or something. Makes sense from the story's genre traditions but also out of context this sounds like a JRPG ost www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9kl...

been practicing some yoshimatsu piano works a bunch recently. Sort of like hiroshi yoshimura's Flora, the compositions are minimal, original and interesting to study: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6uZ...

Angeline Era on the world's tiniest crt lol

Today I'm in the Game Dungeon... 🏰

Just released The Old Ocean for Bandcamp Friday!! A free (re)release of all 71 outtakes/sketches from Even the Ocean's OST. Special music that I wrote back in 2013-5, in a nice dreamy/lofi style that I'd like to explore more some day 🎵 htch.bandcamp.com/track/sea-ca...

my 2 cents on bosses is..do what's right for your game and never look back... there'll always be naysayers..i've seen people pass the controller upon losing a Sense Game ONCE in Danchi Days, and they're fairly simple, with difficulty applied juust enough for a unique texture

the localization 'debates' are so wild that even AE wasn't immune to a negative steam review even though the game was TRANSLATED FROM ENGLISH TO OTHER LANGUAGES LOL

If you're looking for a zelda-like to play, we put Anodyne 1 in a bundle with Elementallis! You'll be able to get it at a discount if you already own Anodyne.

Keep an eye out for this!! Devs of Butterfly Soup and LUCAH are working on it.

For @scrmbl.com, I wrote about one of the great underground indie RPG classics, Nepheshel

for the 3 other nepheshel heads out there who read japanese, de fanastasis is pretty good so far! open ended exploration rpg with fromsoft souls atmosphere

been wanting to make an action game loosely inspired by the fun of sorting decks of cards (surely this has a gigantic potential market). but not actually about cardslol. maybe a topdown 2d game about sorting enemies... Sortslash. Is this already a thing somewhere

sometimes i miss lore from the simpler days

there should be a game where you roleplay as a game on the 32nd page of backloggd games from 1998

Some recent Tokyo pics 🌳

internet music for @danchidays.bsky.social 👨‍💻

this also got me wondering what a much harder AE would look like (harder in terms of the fundamentals). Idk if it would suit my overall design style/personality but I would like to play it This also gave me an idea for an AE-like with NO combat levels it's all the strange vignette levels

i do feel like we're headed for a realm of bigger counterculture driven by internet weirdo furries and queer/trans people that many of the establishment, even the more normie left-wing flanks, won't know what to do with. if you're uncomfortable with that stuff, now's the time to work through that.

‼️ NEW VIDEO ‼️ In a time where most games bombard players with heaps of excess information, one indie game dared to ask "What if knowing 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 actually made the game more fun to play and actually explore?" That game is Angeline Era - and it's easily one of 2025's best games. youtu.be/eckwTyQeflE

Angeline Era's is today's Steam daily deal!! i put it on sale at the deepest discount yet.. 25% off (under $19!). a game full of strange places, combat and Bumpslashing awaits! store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...

made our first piece of merch for Angeline Era! you can get it below:

InterfaceX is a cool initiative - if you've got some free time try tagging some of the games with #FakeOS! It could help convince steam to make it an official tag.

Anthology of the Killer is OUT NOW on PS5 and Nintendo Switch! The groundbreaking and dreamlike, IGF Nuovo-winning horror-comedy series from legendary auteur thecatamites, is finally on console! Play once and remember forever.

since angeline era bumpslash combat is kind of a buffet of bumpslash combat design, id want to see these more focused takes in the future - no gun,smaller arenas - less ranged enemies (more moving enemies) - no double jump - single jump w/o air control - slower movement bumpslash

OK my reddit ads post is HERE!! I spent a bunch of money on getting 3600 wishlists through Reddit Ads for danchi days... was it worth it?? Should you also run ads?? Read to find out + a lot of explanation of my experience with the process if you want to get started! buttondown.com/melodicambie...

The danchi (apartment complex) can be the setting of an epic adventure! That’s what I want to show with Danchi Days 🙌

We recently finished the map for Danchi Days (@danchidays.bsky.social) !! It's been a fun design challenge to set a whole adventure in an everyday setting, shrinking down real-world inspired locations into just a few screens each. My experience on Anodyne 1+2 have helped a ton here!

I feel like every decades-old games genre (FPS, CRPG, gacha etc) has plenty of dubious design conventions that fans generally overlook for the genre's core appeal, it's weird that JRPGs' usage of turn based battles/etc seem to bear a disproportionate amount of criticism

I think there's a lot to learn about evocative level design from quest 64, and the way the encounters play out in the world is very cool

Fishbowl is 💜 OUT NOW 💜 on PS5 & Steam (PC, Mac, Steam Deck) 🫧 Play at your own pace 🪞 No bad endings only different paths 🗓️ Do as much or as little as you are able to 🛏️ Remember, no matter what, you got through the day The two of us are in tears. Our game is out today! 🥹🥹

This is my trans agenda

Hanami (Sakura viewing) season is upon us in Japan! This weekend family and friends will gather to picnic and chat under the pink petals 🌸 Here's Hoshino's family enjoying their hanami. To learn more about our game, try the demo! store.steampowered.com/app/3107530?...

Can't wait to experience this epic moment again in the Ocarina of Time remake.

2026 will be the 10th anniversary of my game Even the Ocean! To celebrate I'll be re-releasing the OST's unused music as a separate, public domain release, on the next Bandcamp Friday (May 1st). The great album art is by @anyachalina.bsky.social! (follow my Bandcamp for updates: htch.bandcamp.com)

Donate what you can to help Bryce finish!