digging through 6 ~ 7 year old art, back when i used to do monthly creature designs for patreon

i'm much more proud of myself these days and in a better spot than i can say i was 4 years ago. i hope you're all doing ok out there

Hey! My month long social media break was almost a year long. How've you been? My partner and I have been working on a new game and the Steam page just went live! I'd love to hear what you think. I'm going to try to be more social again :) store.steampowered.com/app/4717800/...

genuinely positively the most nb i've ever been able to feel in a game i've worked on with all the mix & match options. i am living the dream

we have a very good photo mode that I spend an absurd amount of time in

i only just realized the frog hat's got tiny arms

sometimes i worry in marketing-comms work i sound like i'm making something up. but then i'll go and read something like a waterpik description

hadn't drawn a moody little animal in a minute

really dang proud of what we're cooking with this one

what song do you think he would pick for karaoke??

best ping in slack i've ever gotten

who all might i see at PIGcon if i ventured back to my heart city for the weekend??

you might say slay the spire 2 is a menu game lmao

he's right behind me, isn't he

let's take a moment to share something very close to our hearts: a collection of the music you'll hear in Spirit Crossing. our friends at Lost Cousins Music sat down and put together a reel that you can listen to below.🧡

some recent fashion-spotting in Spirit Crossing. 🥰 photos lovingly pulled from our Discord members (thanks all 🧡)

so far we've had a lot of fun developing the music system for Spirit Crossing. 🎵 you can play instruments at determined pitches OR get funky with it (improv) 🎶 if multiple people are playing the same instrument in a group, each player will have a unique corresponding sound

A cool thing we added to Spirit Crossing recently is ✨emissive clothing ✨! All in game clothing is dye-able (with the exception of a few very special items), but there's a set of Mythic dyes that give your outfit glowing neon details and it's been really fun to see players be creative with it!

got the board game version of slay the spire. it's literally the video game 1:1 but with tiny little tokens i can touch and hundreds of cards i can put into sleeves. i am living the dream

nice

cats n leaves

my approach to community work is so deeply rooted in wanting to know how everything works so i can provide the most accessible explanations to all parties. i feel like a tinkerer. a little learning gremlin. it's really cool working with teams who are so immediately responsive and supportive of it.

We're so excited to bring Camp Spirit to Steam! If the world is feeling overwhelming right now (understandably...) this game is a beautiful space to spend an hour a day to let your mind rest a bit. Also, look at @yuemi22.bsky.social's gorgeous art. 🤩 #IndieGameDev #Steam

Camp Spirit is coming to Steam!! Super proud of this weird dead bear game; hope that players who loved the first game will find a familiar home and new players will be dreadfully delighted by our mixture of cozy fishing, emotional story telling, and institutional negligence.

surprise!! Cozy Grove was such an emotional title for me years before I ever joined the Foxes, so I'm really happy we get to bring its sequel to more people now.

looked up from creating a bed of leaves in pokopia to discover everyone else is in the industrial revolution

it's happening!!! we're literally looping back around to oekaki boards and forums!!! KEEP GOING please put in drawing requests to this thing i keep trying to answer prompts on it lmao

man they just really don't make cats like that anymore

So, uh, this is why I'll be at PAX East. I'm giving the keynote!!

in our most recent developer blog, we discuss the finer details (and challenges) that go into balancing a multiplayer game economy in its Alpha playtest stages. if that sounds interesting to you, come take a look! 🧩 spryfox.com/developer-blog-lets-talk-about-economy-balancing-pt-1/

one time in peak season I was operating a Spider amusement park ride at full speed when what I thought was rain started pouring down on my ride, but it was a family of raccoons in the pavilion netting peeing in unison

i know the new AC:NH update added a resort but i still want this tiny man from happy home paradise to know he's loved

30 Unicorns - watercolor This is available as an original painting and as prints - www.inprnt.com/gallery/kness/

you can find one of our little square bears alongside some other familiar faces in Pieced Together when it launches on March 6th! 🧡 🧩 store.steampowered.com/app/2891370/Pieced_Together/

Episode 8 of The Strange Scaffold Cool Things Club, our podcast, is OUT NOW! This month @writnelson.bsky.social, Candace and @chrisslight.bsky.social are joined by @composerkirk.bsky.social to discuss 👹 The Devil's Game ☕ Ziltoid The Omniscient 🧤 May I Ask For One Final Thing? 🏙️ Kairosoft Games

Working on the next Strange Scaffold Newsletter (which you can subscribe to over on strangescaffold.com) reminded me that in the last one (written by the amazing @christapaolucci.com) I wrote segment that it made sense for me to make this image.

do any of you have a particular "game that got you into indie game dev" that's like.. not super well-known?? I credit this little weirdo heavily for pushing me toward game dev as a fixation

I know a fair share of streamers/tubers follow me – you should reach out to Christa if you’ve been curious about Spirit Crossing, the cozy online life sim where you can catch charming critters such as this rare angry goopy poop pig

requiem for vanished birdsong

hi!! do you make gameplay video content? are you interested in flying alpacas, tiny bears, dancing spirits, grizzled yet kindly wilderness men and beautiful women in tea shops with knives?? and if all of that were in cozy multiplayer game, would you think "dang I'd sure love to make videos of that"?

I've made financial decisions that cannot be unmade

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y'all got any recommendations for things like flight rising or wajas that i can hyperfixate on for several weeks straight?? could really use that

join something today and show up to the meetings. DSA, WFP, your local friends of the library, literally anything. Sublimate your despair into action.

Eh fuck it, I'll shoot my shot. If you need someone to helm voiceover for your project, I pretty much do it all: casting actors, directing recording sessions, helping navigate agencies/unions/etc, you name it. 100% "damn this voice acting's awesome" rate 😊

checking in on my baby animals in Palia

I interviewed Roblox's head of parental advocacy for Vulture about safety on the platform 👀

wheeeeeeeeeeeee

haven't had much energy to post anymore because i just want to non-verbally make tired sounds so pretend i'm doing that