NEW UPDATE RELEASE. Hello, people. I am glad to announce the release of the new Blood Area update. Go check it out on Itch.io. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

I have finally resolved the lag in-between level loading. Now the transition is nice and smooth. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Finished new (and old, but now polished) tile variations. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

UI enemy sprites in progress. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Shooting and dying animations polished. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Plop and death animations for the little guy. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Bubbles and other environmental changes. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Added more decorations in the newest area. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Out of water behavior for the yellow guy. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

NEW UPDATE RELEASE. Hello, people. I am glad to announce that the Blood Area has made it into the Early Access Release. Go check it out on Itch.io. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Almost done with the base enemy sprites. This time it's updates for the floor shotgun guy. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Pink guy's animations are ready. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Fixes to tiles/walls vertical alignment. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Started with environmental changes. Also drew more enemy sprites. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

New sprites for the wall and floor guys. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

More new animations in-game. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

New animation in-game. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

I am back. Thank you for waiting. Finally finished with Blood Chaser's design, it took me way too many iterations to settle down on one. Will work on the actual sprite drawing now. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

TAKING A SHORT BREAK. Hello, people. Due to some personal irl stuff taking too much of my time and energy, I can't work on the project as much as I would want to. Hence the decision to take a short break. I will be coming back in April, so in around 3 weeks, maybe less. Thanks for understanding.

Exploring some new tile variations (and bringing the room with a big hole back) Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

New enemy concept is in progress. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Experimenting with enemy attack patterns for the new area. I think it's getting somewhere. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Small balancing update: now Punch can one-shot enemies when you aim at their head. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Finally this guy doesn't get stuck on sharp vertical turns. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

GAME GIVEAWAY LAST DAY. Today is your last chance to claim the game FOR FREE. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

It took me embarrassingly long to figure out how to make this guy wobble left and right while swimming. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

New Area - new concept art. Here's a couple of concepts I came up with for the Blood Area. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

GAME GIVEAWAY ANNOUNCEMENT. For the release of the Acid Area the game can be claimed FOR FREE starting from 28.01.2026 to 04.02.2026. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

NEW UPDATE RELEASE. Hello, people. I am glad to announce that the Acid Area is finilized at last. Go check it out on Itch.io. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Now the Tutorial Dummy has a headshot animation. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

More variations to arcs' textures. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

More splatters from acid projectiles. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Finishing up visual updates. A couple of changes more and the area should be finished. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

I am back. Made some new arcs. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Hello, people. New update is live on Itch.io. And just as a heads-up: I will be taking a 2-week-long Christmas break, so (probably) no posts or updates during this time window. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Now onto some environmental changes. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

The green blob also got animations' updates. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Another set of animations updated, now for the damage/death. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Updates to this guy's shooting animation. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

New animations for the green guy. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Visual updates are in progress. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

EARLY ACCESS RELEASE. I'm glad to announce that "With a HEART and a GUN you [...] ASCENDed [...] to the status of the Beholder. Applaud, Praise [...] SHOOT or DIE." has entered into the Early Access. Give it a try. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Quick update: now there is an (optional) in-game timer to track how long it took to beat a level. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Little by little getting to the aesthetic part of the newest area. So I've made an update to the arcs' 3D model (still very much WIP) Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

More gameplay adjustments, now for the first area. Currently working on adding a better difficulty curve by dividing areas into levels with enemy density progression. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Made the tunnels have more land to stand on, since jumping from one island to other in such a tight space didn't make for a satisfying gameplay loop. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Progress on one of the tutorial areas. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Finally got to work on the tutorial in the engine. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Decided to sidetrack working on the new area for a bit in a favour of bettering the tutorial (the latest playtest showed that people still have troubles with the game) So here's a concept of one of the tutorial areas. Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Have been working on promo material to bring to IRL showcases. Don't have much to share in-game wise, since most of the work done was gameplay polishing (guess you'll have to play the soon-to-release update to see it) Live on Itch.io: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev