Just thinking about how the combat system in Ender Magnolia is so good, I can’t believe no one has fully copied it yet. There’s still plenty of room to explore and innovate on top of what they did!

Hoping the switch version drops into the eShop at midnight! Would totally snag a first sesh before bed. 🤞🏻

Give this gift to your eyes and gaze:

Obviously red orange yellow green blue purple. Indigo + violet really just reserved for the terminally online, so they say.

Mistborn series basically already is a metroidvania, and would be a perfect one to control. Consumables-based parkour and combat (metals), explore the haunted realm while uncovering its origin, fight big bads. It’s all there

Before entering the riverlands, you must know their name. Before you can learn their name, you must please the damkeeper. #metroidvania #pixelArt #indieGame

One of the best modern game OST's in any category, by @hantani.bsky.social. I still haven't played the game; the music itself feels like exploration. htch.bandcamp.com/album/sephon...

Made a room to prototype and tune weapons! Here is a subweapon called Nimbus ~ lots of mechanics on display here for the eagle-eyed.. lots of new stuff goin' on in the HUD. ;) REALLY gonna try to get back to posting, it's just so much more fun to make the game. #metroidvania #indieGames #pixelArt

Want to understand what the level design in Shinobi: AoV is doing on a granular level. On the surface it's just lots of room-unlocks that has you darting back and forth slowly filling out the map, but without a VERY good plan I can easily see how in attempting this you paint yourself into a corner.

Probably the big reason I’m not prepping updates for here much is just the ROI is sooo low. Few hours to create a little video = handful of likes. Obviously I need to figure out a whole new marketing approach because the game LOOKS abandoned but it is very much cooking with gas on the dev side 🤔

@colorgrave.bsky.social Recently bought all Colorgrave OST's on steam. Just really lovely stuff, and very in-depth music work going on in these games. The composer listed is John Sinclair and I can't find him anywhere on social media. He around? I want to follow him, give accolades, etc!

facebook is radicalizing me into never standing near any large storefront windows

Yep this is an absurd deal, multiple fantastic games in here!

These here folks make good games

If you're a fan of Gareth Coker's outstanding OST for the Ori games, you absolutely must go and get his new soundtrack for Absalom. It feels, to me, like an Ori III, if that were to exist. Triumphant, melancholy, perfect. Game's pretty good too ;) garethcoker.bandcamp.com/album/absolu...

I feel like every few weeks @louiezong.bsky.social releases a few tunes and I just buy them immediately and I don't know what the genre is but they just go into "music that feels good" folder and I don't even have to think about it. louiezong.bandcamp.com/album/rain-i...

Vouch! ❤️

Hmm, if steam thinks so, it must be true

I really love Jeff's mellow and positive tone. If you think that arguing with each other endlessly about vidyja games kinda sucks, actually, check out Jeff's stuff, and just enjoy someone enjoying the thing.

Please share: We are looking to hire someone for paid community management, 3-5 hours/week, incl. helping maintain a social media schedule, setting up / operating a playtest discord, and perhaps more. If you are interested, or know someone who might be a good fit, please reach out via DM!

Behind the Kingdom is a huge, action-packed, colorful high-fantasy metroidvania. Explore over 20 interconnected biomes, fight unique bosses, collect ingredients to craft enchantments & customize your loadout. For those who love to get lost in fantastical new worlds! #PitchYaGame #Metroidvania

I will volunteer hefty hours for this.

Obvious take: cogwork dancers is this game’s mantis lords fight. I can’t think of any other fight in any game where I actually just want it to keep going and never end. I just want this to somehow be a regular activity in my life now, lol. youtu.be/tdsLtVUV_70?...

Y'all know by now I am a complete nerd and fanboy for all styles of VGM. Somehow *just* discovered Clark Aboud (you may know from Slay the Spire) anyways, goooood stuff here!

There is one thing about #silksong that actually feels very generous - are the enemy hitboxes (the colliders you hit to damage them) a little extra-big and the hurt boxes (the colliders that damage you) a little small? (1/2)

They turned scope creep into art, lol. The sheer number of (beautiful, satisfying) ways you can open a NOT locked door in this game is bonkers. The vibe masters, truly. We’ll be studying this for years 😅

Sooooo is the eShop down for anybody else??

This game somehow went under my radar but I suddenly took noticed when I saw they have an OST by the AMAZING Tumult Kollektiv. ..And THEN I learn the Switch port was cancelled. Roller coaster of feelings! Hopefully Switch 2???

I somehow forgot to be stoked about this possibility, but that means now I get to be super stoked at the surprise. LFG!!

The moles are perhaps not the brightest of the animal folk, but they love what they do, you know? And that counts for something. #screenshotSaturday #GameDev #indiedevs #metroidvania #pixelArt t.co/jgkDTyRXeg

Q: How many ways to jump is too many? A: No. (note: this is not all the jumping types) #screenshotSaturday #GameDev #indiedevs #metroidvania #pixelArt store.steampowered.com/app/2636830/...

For this #screenshotSaturday, I'm reposting our *world map"*created by @transientcode.bsky.social . (1/?) Like many search-action / metroidvania games, unlocking & completing the "game map* is part of the core gameplay. (CONTINUED IN COMMENTS) #GameDev #indiedevs #metroidvania #pixelArt

Here's an early #screenshotSaturday featuring one of our first bosses! Share if you enjoy, and wishlist to make a dev happy!: store.steampowered.com/app/2636830/... #GameDev #indiedevs #metroidvania #pixelArt

I was told the bugs here were significantly less adorable. Ah, nevertheless! (slashing commences) #GameDev #indiedevs #metroidvania #pixelArt store.steampowered.com/app/2636830/...

Ah, what a silly man I am. I gave myself the father's day "gift" of ONE DAY to prototype a "fun side project distraction" for those days when I know I need a break or change of pace, and OF COURSE this thing absolutely cooks right outta the gate and is demanding my full attention. STAHP!

Look, I'm trying to use this save point. It's weird with you just hovering like that - I need some space, okay? Alright, that was hurtful, I'm sorry. #GameDev #indiedevs #metroidvania #pixelArt store.steampowered.com/app/2636830/...

If it hurts me, it should hurt you, only fair! #GameDev #indiedevs #metroidvania #pixelArt Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/2636830/...

Recreated the first simple puzzle room I ever made for BtK. I still like it... and I still love shrubs! Gives deadly exploration a little of that good ol' holiday cheer. store.steampowered.com/app/2636830/... #screenshotSaturday #GameDev #indiedevs #metroidvania #pixelArt

Hey #PitchYaGame. I wanted another game where boss fights require pogo, double jump, + other airborne abilities like Hollow Knight. AND aerial-chaining platform abilities, but used for fun rather than punishment, like Ori. With the vibe/story/exploration of an 80's fantasy novel. Demo coming soon!

Total galaxybrain 3am dev sesh rn. No one will see this post. But I'm wrapping up my bugs+polishing punchlist I've been chipping away at for 2 months, which means I hope to announce a public demo release date soon. And if you do happen to see this: hey, I think you're great. Keep up the good work.

Prince of Persia the Lost Crown is one of the best video games I have ever played. I'm late to the party 'cause I just wasn't hyped, and don't love 2.5D. But come on. The player ability progression is so original, and all the weird stuff ACTUALLY GETS USED and rules. Level design out of this world.

My dream feature for @aseprite.org would be a single-click toggle between animation timeline and spritesheet. So that the sheet is more of a “view” than a separately exported file. I feel like it would change so much about my sprite workflow!

Aughhh, nintendo eShop sales going completely ham right now - come on ,my backlog doesn't need this 😭

1) traditional ability gate requires ground pound 2) goofing around with the first subweapon (bombs) 3) realizing it's a sequence breaker 4) hell yeah leave it in #metroidvania #pixelArt #gameDev

Map Update 3/3! Here is the "art map" for the game, created by true original @transientcode.bsky.social. Along w/ the room map shown in prior updates, the player can zoom out to see this alternate viewpoint. It was a DELIGHT working w/ them to keep it accurate to world-traversal. #PixelArt #GameDev

Map update 2/3. Last update showed the beginnings, and here is what it will mostly look like in-game (after you've found the maps in question and visited all non-secret rooms). Music by Alecxs Sunders, more info in replies! #Metroidvania #Fantasy #PixelArt #GameDev #IndieGames

Map progress! This version won't really be seen anywhere, but it's the starting point for what will eventually be in the in-game map menu. All of these rooms are finished in-engine as well; just a big punchlist of tasks before the demo is ready. But getting there! #GameDev #PixelArt #Metroidvania

Likely folks won’t see this but just have to celebrate- had my first solid 8hr game dev day in a looong time. SM accounts are way behind in terms of what’s been shown, so I can’t wait to catch y’all up on the huge amounts of progress we’ve had in recent months!

Sure I’ll find the silver lining soon, but this is pure heartbreak. Earthblade inspired me to seriously dive into gameDev, and every time I’d hit a wall, I could solve it by watching their trailer, which I did many, many times. I wish them the best, but I’m gonna be mourning this for a bit.