Abysm today: Tweaked the calculation of pixel scale to favor slightly more zoomed in views, and the lighting to match. Also polished some levels. It's #ShowMeSunday, so look at the new screenshots I uploaded to the Steam page? store.steampowered.com/app/4025180 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #bevy

Abysm today: Played the full game on the #SteamDeck, from start to finish, then fixed some small issues, mostly related to the smaller screen size, and a couple of achievements. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indiegamedev #puzzlegame #lovecraft #eldritch #bevyengine #boulderdash #supaplex #abysm

Hello! It's #ScreenshotSaturday and I've got this clip from the start of the second episode of Abysm, my atmospheric cosmic horror puzzle game. Play the demo and #wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/4025180 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indiegamedev #pixelart #bevyengine #bevy #thinkygame

Abysm today: Finished up lighting for episode 2, fixed a demo bug and released a new version, and made sure I've got a Steam package for the full game. It's #FollowFriday, so please follow, and #wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/4025180 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #bevyengine #bevy

Abysm today: Not feeling too good, so a slow day. Did add some small amounts of random debris to the dirt to make it less homogeneous. With the lighting changes done over the last week or so, I think it all has made a huge difference (after/before). #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #showcasethursday

Abysm today: Added these torches to episode 1, providing some much need light in the catacombs. Also started lighting episode 2. It's #WishlistWednesday, so wishlist Abysm maybe? store.steampowered.com/app/4025180 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #puzzlegame #bevy #bevyengine

Abysm today: Worked on lighting episode 3, and this is the result, Isgruva with some pretty lights. It's #TrailerTuesday and while mine doesn't yet include all the pretty lights, it does show quite a bit of gameplay: youtu.be/2GmBQMpraH0?... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #pixelart #bevy

Abysm today: Finished art for four new achievements, and played around with adding lights to episode 3. Not quite there yet, but a decent start. It's #DemoMonday and you should play and wishlist if you want: store.steampowered.com/app/4025180 #gamedev #indiedev #puzzlegame #pixelart #bevyengine

Abysm today: worked on adding details to the chambers, including things like torch sounds. I also added these little storm drains, with something occasionally peeking out, as a homage to a game I played as a kid. #ShowMeSunday #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #puzzlegame #solodev #pixelart #bevy

Abysm today: acted on feedback: fixed a fairly substantial bug, improved a couple of chambers, updated lighting and sounds, and so on. For #ScreenshotSaturday, this is the improved lighting, play the demo and wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/4025180 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #bevyengine

Abysm today: Finished up implementing the current list of desired Steam achievements. Now I just need to draw me some art and add to Steam as well. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #hobbydev #pixelart #puzzlegame #thinkygame #bevy #bevyengine

Abysm today: Fixed another chamber after realizing a detail about how a particular monster works. Planned a bunch of Steam achievements and started implementation. It's #ShowcaseThursday, and this is a screenshot from ep4, new lighting included. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #bevyengine

Abysm today: Fixed a chamber called Slaubjon again, better this time I think. It's #WishlistWednesday, so maybe play the demo and wishlist? Would help me out for NextFest. store.steampowered.com/app/4025180 #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #puzzlegame #thinkygame #pixelart #bevy #bevyengine

Bevy 0.18 is out now! It features Atmosphere Occlusion and PBR Shading, Generalized Atmospheric Scattering Media, Solari features, PBR Fixes, Font Variations, Automatic Directional Navigation, Fullscreen Materials, Cargo Feature Collections, Camera Controllers, and more! bevy.org/news/bevy-0-...

Abysm today: Fixed a distorted sound, tweaked a level, added three new achievements to the game, and released a new version of the Steam demo. Since Abysm is a hobby project, today's screenshot is of the bread I made, which happens at least once a week. #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #bevy #baking

Abysm today: Made the lanterns flicker, touched up some levels, started making icons for further Steam achievements, produced a new build for my testers. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #boulderdash #supaplex #steamdemo #steam #pixelart #aseprite #game #videogame #puzzlegame #bevy #bevyengine

Abysm today: Story work, added step sounds when going down a level, modified and moved a demo level, and fixed a few later chambers after watching a friend play the game. For #ShowMeSunday: these are thornvines, nasty pieces of underground flora. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #thinkygame #bevy

Abysm today: Fixed a bug with how one of the monsters was displayed, and then added a bit of lighting to enhance the look of the fourth and final episode. Wishlist maybe? store.steampowered.com/app/4025180 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday #puzzlegame #pixelart #bevy #bevyengine

It's #ScreenshotSaturday and this one is from my first game, an atmospheric cosmic horror puzzle game called Abysm. It has a demo and will be part of the Februrary NextFest: store.steampowered.com/app/4025180 #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #puzzlegame #pixelart #lovecraft #bevy #bevyengine

Abysm today: Continuing to revise the story. It's #FollowFriday and this screenshot is how the story in Abysm starts out. Looks interesting? Please follow me and wishlist Abysm at store.steampowered.com/app/4025180. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #bevy #bevyengine #rustlang

Abysm today: More writing and editing of story text... keeping it brief and capturing the cosmic horror vibe... can be quite contradictory at times. Released a new build to the testers. It's #ShowMeThursday, so a screenshot maybe? #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #bevy #bevyengine

Abysm today: Wrote story text. Knowing myself I'll be revising until release, but I hope to have the first version done this week. Abysm got confirmed for the NextFest, wishlist today to help! store.steampowered.com/app/4025180/... #WishlistWednesday #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #bevy #rustlang

Abysm today: Built a simple system for keeping all story text in one file, instead of embedded in the level files. Then started work on completing the story, now that it can be effectively seen and edited together. #TrailerTuesday: youtu.be/2GmBQMpraH0 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #bevy

Abysm today: Added text written on the walls of the chambers to have another way to tell the story. This #DemoMonday it might be time to play the Abysm demo perhaps? store.steampowered.com/app/4025180/... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #puzzlegame #thinkygame #retrogame #pixelart #bevy #rustlang

Abysm today: Fixed saving of progress after the final chamber. This took more time than reasonable because I went down a rabbit hole tidying up infrastructure code. This was essentially my whole plan for the final chamber: #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #puzzlegame #leveldesign #bevy

Abysm today: Fixed the bug I found yesterday, then tried but failed to reproduce a couple of minor issues found by a tester. Will have to try again later. Play the demo and wishlist? store.steampowered.com/app/4025180 #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #bevy #rustlang This is for #ScreenshotSaturday:

Fondly remember #BoulderDash, #Supaplex, #EmeraldMine, #RocksNDiamonds, #Paganitzu, #DiamondCaves, #Heartlight, #DiggingJim, #LostCaves, #Repton, #RoX, #DiggerDan, #Rockford, or #LomaxBoulders? Tried the Abysm demo yet? store.steampowered.com/app/4025180 #FollowFriday #Indiedev #Indiegame #Game

Abysm today: Pixelart work, finishing up the last part of the end boss. Feeling pleased with the result. Lightly tweaked the final level, and found a bug that I need to fix... some other day. Figured out that I'm now at exactly 28k lines of Rust. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #bevy #rustlang

Abysm today: Fixed the broken ep4 level Kuklos (screenshot below), and then completed the final boss level, which was previously more of a proof of concept. Then did a small bit of pixelart for a not-quite-complete asset. #ShowMeThursday #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #puzzlegame #pixelart #bevy

Abysm today: Added a bunch of new sounds and fixed some issues related to the end boss. Today is #WishlistWednesday, and the last day of 2025, a good day to play the demo and wishlist Abysm: store.steampowered.com/app/4025180/... #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #puzzlegame #pixelart #bevy #rustlang

Abysm today: You can now finish the last chambers, watch the conclusion of the story, and end up back at the main menu. This means you can now play the whole game from start to finish, which is huge! For #TrailerTuesday: youtu.be/2GmBQMpraH0 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #puzzlegame #bevy

Abysm today: Finished up the last major part of the end sequence, tomorrow I'll try to put it all together. Today is #DemoMonday and this shot is from my demo. Play it and wishlist the full game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4025180/... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indiegamedev #bevy

Abysm today: Not a lot of time today, but some work got done on the end game sequence, including some #pixelart. It's #ShowMeSunday and this is a screenshot from the demo, which you can play now: store.steampowered.com/app/4025180 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indiegamedev #puzzlegame #bevy

Abysm today: More work on the end game sequence, getting really close to have it working. For #ScreenshotSaturday this is one from episode 2, play episode 1 in the demo: store.steampowered.com/app/4025180/... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #puzzlegame #boulderdash #supaplex #pixelart #bevy

Abysm today: The final chamber can now be finished, which is cool, but more work remains on the end sequence. This is a #ScreenShot from episode 3, play episode 1 in the demo: store.steampowered.com/app/4025180. #FollowFriday #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #Pixelart #PuzzleGame #ThinkyGame #Bevy

Abysm today: Implemented the last chamber remaining (shown below for #ShowcaseThursday) , and thus all 72 chambers are now in the game. Work remains on the end boss chamber, but important progress was made on that as well. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #puzzlegame #videogame #pixelart #retro #bevy

Abysm today: Implemented another episode 4 level, and spent some timer drawing this version of the player character for this post. It's #WishlistWednesday, so why not put my game on yours today? store.steampowered.com/app/4025180 #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #puzzlegame #bevy #pixelart #santa

Abysm today: implemented one of my final levels, called Vertere. Uncovered a bug while doing so, which needs to be fixed, but no biggie. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #puzzlegame #bevy

Abysm today: did a bit of writing. Today is #DemoMonday and this is mine, The Catacombs, the first episode out of four, or, if you will, my version of Knee-Deep in the Dead. store.steampowered.com/app/4025180/... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #puzzlegame #thinkygame #pixelart #bevy #boulderdash

I've decided to release marketingforgames.com before procrastination and perfectionism kick in. What is it? A platform that helps indiedevs discover niche, mid-tier content creators (YouTube-only for now) based on their view and engagement metrics. #gamedev #indiegamedev #gamemarketing #youtube

Abysm today: designed another couple of chambers and... I think I'm done... I now have 72 chambers, divided into four episodes. Still a bunch of other stuff to do, but this feels like an important milestone. #game #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #leveldesign #puzzlegame #thinkygame #pixelart #bevy

My friend @c64cosmin.bsky.social has been working on a game in the same genre as Abysm, but with a very different vibe, and released it today! Go play and review, I know I will, spent several hours with the demo already: store.steampowered.com/app/3871180/... #indiegame #puzzlegame #3d #boulderdash

Abysm today: refined one of my chamber concepts, and started planning one more. Also did a bit of writing/planning of my story and end of game sequence. Want the start of the story? Play the demo! store.steampowered.com/app/4025180 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #puzzlegame #story #lovecraftian

Abysm today: Implemented some behavior related to the final boss. It took longer than expected, as expected. It's #FollowFriday, so if you like this #Screenshot from episode 3, please follow, play the demo, and wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/4025180 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #puzzlegame

Abysm today: implemented one of my new chamber designs, including some missing functionality, and made it the first chamber of episode 4. It's #ShowcaseThursday, and if you like this screenshot, watch the trailer: youtu.be/2GmBQMpraH0 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #puzzlegame #bevy #rustlang

Abysm today: another day busy with things other than gamedev, but did spend some time planning at least two new chambers, which would bring the total missing to a single one. Today is #WishlistWednesday, so maybe my game? store.steampowered.com/app/4025180 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #bevy

Glad Lucia! Happy Saint Lucy’s Day! #santa #christmas #lucia #blender #lowpoly #indiegame Context: sweden.se/culture/cele...

Abysm today: didn't have much time, but finished up the lava effects. It's #TrailerTuesday, and I've made one of those: youtu.be/2GmBQMpraH0?... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #videogame #retrogame #retrogaming #solodev #hobbydev #cosmichorror #lovecraftian #puzzlegame #bevy #bevyengine

Abysm today: more work on the lava effects, which are coming together, starting to feel good. It's #DemoMonday, and while the Abysm demo lacks lava, it's already out: store.steampowered.com/app/4025180 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #puzzlegame #lovecraftian #boulderdash #bevy #rustlang

Abysm today: Kept on working on the final chamber and made good progress. Also discovered that one of my ep4 chambers is broken, but hopefully in a recoverable way. It's #ShowMeSunday, so take a look at my demo maybe? store.steampowered.com/app/4025180/... #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #bevy