NEXT WAVE 2026 SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN! Next Wave is a FREE showcase for upcoming indie games, and submissions are open until July 1st! Check the form for more info! forms.gle/2LczfAdFJQ1D... #indiedev #indiegames #nintendodirect

Officially graduated 🥹🙏🏿

"Huh, Story Nerd hasn't been super active lately, I guess he must be working hard on his game or something-" The ever so humble growing pile of Teto fanart in my folders: #kasaneteto #pixelart

ALL DAY CHARITY LIVESTREAM HAPPENING RIGHT NOW LIVE GAME DEVELOPMENT ALL DAY RAISING MONEY FOR DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL FLORIDA JOIN US PLEEEEAAASSEEEE #gamedev #charity #livestream www.youtube.com/live/J0ZBbx4...

NEW project for class, since the physics of the last one were pissing me off T-T #gamedev

Latest look at the grappling hook in this mini-project for class! Grappling physics are lowkey pissing me off but they're working! Just gotta polish it! #gamedev #physics

Working on a small project for my art history class, and I'm adding a grappler. Pretty excited for this project, but I only have a month to get it done, so hopefully I can deliver in time! #gamedev

Animated this for a friend #teto @thestorynerd.bsky.social

Week One of Sprite-A-Week! For the first one, I have Kasane Teto, my current obsession! She's peak, and I think her history embodies creativity (and I just have Teto brainrot ngl) #pixelart #kasaneteto #vocaloid

#happynewyears Short little fireworks system that I whipped up real quick today! #gamedev #pixelart

Very early footage of some redone dashing animations and the current state of the game! The combat feels much faster despite the reliance on stamina, and the new animations are helping a lot! Not quite done with the visuals, but we're on the way! WIP footage obviously #gamedev #pixelart

Playing around with OBS and a Scott Falco tutorial, might have some results soon??? #streaming

Currently working on a stagger system for Punch Punch Punch! Strong and slow attacks will build up fatigue, and if it reaches 100, the boxer will become staggered. Using a strong punch then will force them to fall! #gamedev #2dfighter

Currently working on redoing more of the animations, and I added a cross punch to help the jab feel more varied when using it back to back. Now I just have...all...of the other animations...to redo... this is gonna take a bit #gamedev #animation #pixelart

Reworking the animations for PPP! It's gonna take a while, but here's the new idle! #gamedev #animation #pixelart

New devlog going over the Monke Jam I participated in earlier this year, as well as a personal story about my journey as an artist! #gamedev #devlog

Thumbnail for the upcoming devlog! Not another Punch Punch Punch one yet (still working on it, I promise!) but a game jam experience I had this year that I want to talk about! Also, first time drawing my thumbnails, let me know if you like it! #gamedev #devlog

I've been forgetting to post updates lately (sorry!) but I'm currently working on particle effects and in general upping the visuals of Punch Punch Punch! Let me know your thoughts! #gamedev #particleeffects

Working on adding a dynamic camera to the game! The camera getting closer really shows how rushed some of the animations are, so I guess I gotta update those next... #gamedev

I'm hosting my very own (and FREE) game design class! It's going to be run over the month of November, and will teach the basics of how to make a game from nothing but an engine! Sign up here! - forms.gle/CXcJMN2SoK8a... #gamedev #class

I would HIGHLY recommend any devs make a powerpoint about their projects. It's just fun ngl, and helps me with visuals at very least. Not my GDD, but my little baby nonetheless 🤧 #gamedev

Genuine question for my fellow devs: at the indie size, is it really worth it to make a separate account for a specific game instead of sharing progress on your own account? I’m debating if I should do that for my next project since it’s bigger #gamedev

Game developers fear for the future of games with LGBTQ themes, which is leading some to pursue alternate (and way cooler) forms of distribution

Testing out a lot of different color palettes while I'm going through changing the visuals. Let me know what your favorite is (might have to click on the image to see it all T-T) #gamedev #pixelart

HELLO GAME DEVELOPERS if i want to have a really small amount of data stored on the internet that my game can ask for information about and push information to, what are my options? it'd be really nice if i didn't have to set up a server somewhere or anything

Punch Punch PUNCH!!! is a 2D fighter focused on stamina management that I'm currently developing. I'm now focusing on expanding the scope, which is why you see characters going outside of the ring a lot: I literally expanded the ring, just not the art alongside it. #gamedev youtu.be/Rln6SQnLnF8

Ngl since I've already made the game for Monkey Jam, I don't know exactly what to post about it, BUT I do have a story that can go along with it! Here's my personal journey as an artist, told via game jams! #gamedev #monkeyjam2025

I forgot to mention I took part in this year's #MonkeyJam2025! It came out really well, and I'll probably share some finer details from the jam in the following days! #gamejam story-nerd-studios.itch.io/cdawgva

Working on some new particle effects, sweat comes off if you have stamina, but if you're out of stamina, there's blood instead! What do you think of the effects? Too hard to notice right now? #gamedev

New logo for Punch Punch Punch! I'll have some gameplay to show off pretty soon, but it feels great to almost be done with the combat and being able to focus on more cosmetic stuff for a bit! #gamedev #logo

NEXT WAVE IS OFFICIALLY OUT! If you'd like to see some upcoming indie games, be sure to check it out in this showcase brought to you by Story Nerd Studios! #gamedev #indiegame youtu.be/jmUDmLRWDkc

Starting August 1st, Story Nerd Studios invites you all to partake in Artistic Autumn, the yearly month-long art challenge where every day is a new prompt! Use #artisticautumn to be entered into the awards, a show that will be coming out after the event is over! #art #drawing #music #gamedev #genre

Next Wave editing is complete, and the show is set to come out on August 1st at 3pm EST! Big thanks to @callmeclever.bsky.social for guidance on the production, and I can't wait for you guys to see the games we have to present! #gamedev

Next Wave sneak peek! Coming August 1st! #gamedev #pixelart

Last week to submit your game for the showcase! It can be for any game that released this year or is releasing this year or the next, AND it's completely free! #gamedev

Next Wave is at about 1/5th of capacity and still accepting entries! More info found in the form! #gamedev

If anyone wants to help out with the show, shoot us a DM! Mostly looking for video editors to help with the trailer segments in case it ends up being too much for one person. If you want to help out in a different way, we have an official Patreon! patreon.com/thestorynerdstudios #gamedev

While we have a lot of things currently in the works, it is going to take a bit to have new things to show. There are some announcements that will be happening closer to Next Wave, but outside of that, I really want to force myself to keep quiet about other things until they take more shape.

You don't have to submit games that have massive scope! Any scale of project is welcome, from one month to ten+ years! Also if you've been developing a game for ten+ years, I'm so sorry 😭🙏 #gamedev

Introducing a new yearly showcase made for indie games around the world, Story Nerd Studios is more than excited to announce Next Wave! LINK TO SUBMIT - forms.gle/m9Vwihn1dU4H... LINK TO NEXT WAVE SERVER - discord.gg/3HSj2tYC5v #gamedev #showcase #indie #pixelart #animation

This is the account that will host any rants I have about game development, pixel art outside of games, and things like that, and this account will focus solely on projects made by us, like Next Wave and our games!

Currently storyboarding the intermission segments of the show! I'll show some short clips of progress as I get there, but most of it will be hidden until the show! Then I'll probably breakdown everything that went into Next Wave #gamedev

Friendly reminder, since I don't think I ever officially stated it outside of the form itself, but this event is 100% FREE to join! Outside of some info we need about your game, there is absolutely nothing we need from you to get into this event! No follows, no Steam keys, none of that! #gamedev

In case you want the link to the announcement on YouTube: youtu.be/3tPZzsxpiNo?... #gamedev

Introducing a new yearly showcase made for indie games around the world, Story Nerd Studios is more than excited to announce Next Wave! LINK TO SUBMIT - forms.gle/m9Vwihn1dU4H... LINK TO NEXT WAVE SERVER - discord.gg/3HSj2tYC5v #gamedev #showcase #indie #pixelart #animation

This might come this year, after the other event I'm announcing tomorrow, but I'd change it to two weeks, and there'd be a new prompt every three days (total of four by the end, so you have days to truly bring everything together) #gamedev

Got something strong enough to run bigger games now, so my Godot journey is gonna start this summer 🗣️🙏🏿

Thinking of starting a bi-weekly podcast, audio only, where I bring on a creator from any field (mostly game dev probably) and we talk about their craft and such. Wouldn’t do this till AFTER the Nintendo Direct project, but I think it could be fun? Hour long episodes, would you listen? #gamedev

Oh yeah, no idea when exactly this will enter production, but I’ve got a pretty solid plan and pitch for this now, gotta finish Spriit’s Arcade first though

Question: if I make a single-player game, and later decide to add multiplayer as a bonus mode, is that substantially harder than just making it multiplayer from the start? Like is that am extra year of development, or would it only take a few months? #gamedev