Excited to showcase Chords at the Cambridge Centre for Computing History Retro Computer Festival 2025 (15–16 Nov)! 🎮 A visual novel style adventure for the Sega Mega Drive, inspired by classics like Konami Snatcher. #SegaMegaDrive #SegaGenesis #IndieDev #RetroDev

Played through Panorama Cotton for the first time. Graphically incredibly impressive for a Mega Drive game! But that player sprite in the bonus mode after beating the normal mode kind of explains why this never had a chance for a western release back in the day.😅 #SegaMegaDrive #SegaGenesis

Age verification? This was my first gaming console.

🚀 New update! I finally added auto-scroll plane scenes. Here’s Akio & Scamp rushing off on their next adventure. Check it out on Patreon (free post!): www.patreon.com/posts/138217... #SegaGenesis #SegaMegaDrive #GameDev #IndieDev

Only 5 days left! 👉 igg.me/at/sovietbor... #Sovietborgs #SegaGenesis #Dreamcast #NeoGeo

This was more work than anticipated. We had two background planes of 16 colors each. Plus the girl playing guitar. We felt it was too static, so we turned spectators from bg tiles into sprites. Then we added critters and speakers. Lots of stuff going on for a genre often relying on static images.

It‘s become difficult to get attention in the indie retro scene. I hope this project gets finished. In a time where some use AI and stolen assets to make a quick buck and many new releases are great but kind of similar, projects that are both handcrafted and original mustn’t fall by the wayside.

Adoramos a história da Sega no Brasil e queremos que o público brasileiro nos ajude a escrever a nossa! 💥 Ofeceremos uma edição exclusiva do #Sovietborgs, com capa em português, a um preço reduzido, fabricada e enviada no Brasil para evitar impostos adicionais! 👉 www.indiegogo.com/projects/sov...

The Indiegogo Campaign For The New Retro Run 'N Gunner 'Sovietborgs' Is Now Live.

I was honored to be asked to help out a bit with the Mega Drive side of the graphics. It´s a really fun original setting and nice top down action, I hope the campaign does well! For Mega Drive, Dreamcast, Neo Geo and MS-DOS.

Heavy Recoil - SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive www.kickstarter.com/projects/835...

⏰ 3 days left! #Sovietborgs for #SegaGenesis / Mega Drive, #NeoGeo, #Dreamcast and MS-DOS launches June 25th on #Indiegogo! 🎙️All characters and enemies voiced by youtuber / collector extraordinaire Adam Koralik. 🎼 16-bit OST by Tacha (Legend of the Four Winds)👇 soundcloud.com/retrosumus/s...

A follow up to yesterday's theme of ridiculous levels of detail in Chords. I figured not only did the doorbell need animation but the aircon too... #SegaGenesis #MegaDrive #IndieDev #GameDev

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Going to ridiculous levels of detail in Chords, as usual. I couldn't not animate the doorbell... #SegaGenesis #MegaDrive #IndieDev #GameDev

The evolution of Chords. Where we were at the start vs Where we are now. #ScreenshotSaturday #SegaMegaDrive #SegaGenesis #GameDev #IndieDev #SGDK

🎬 New Patreon update! Watch a fresh video from Chords, now with added animation and dialogue. This one's open to everyone, including free-tier members! 🥳 👉 www.patreon.com/posts/130211... #indiedev #megadrive #segagenesis #retrogaming #sgdk #sega

"A risky move to create a game that can only be played on consoles that came out in the ’80s and ’90s, but that hasn’t stopped developer Retro Sumus from making it happen. Their previous work on #Xenocider shows that they know their audience..." VICE on #Sovietborgs 🫡 www.vice.com/en/article/r...

It's not a screenshot but it is a 16 second video! #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

Okay here's a #screenshotsaturday I have to be so careful I really don't want to ruin the plot for this game 😄

Launching #Indiegogo June 25, #Sovietborgs is coming to #SegaGenesis / Mega Drive, #Dreamcast, #NeoGeo... and MS-DOS! Part man, part machine, all proletariat!! Let's pacify the West! www.indiegogo.com/project/comi...

The ingredients to our game: - SEGA CD Snatcher-inspired adventure - Energy-filled chiptune OST - Gorgeous pixel art with cinematic flair - A storyline with more twists than a Mega Drive controller cord - A 16-bit SEGA / Hideo Kojima indie love letter #MegaDrive #SegaGenesis #IndieDev

🚨 Alert! In the latest installment of Chords our hero Akio leaves the cooker on... He doesn't really but if you’re into Visual Novels with Snatcher-style tension and 16-bit mystery then you might like what we're cooking! #IndieDev #SegaGenesis #SGDK

#Sovietborgs proudly featured! 🫡 (No, really!)

🤖 Resistence is futile. The #Sovietborgs will free you from your freedom. Only Tovarishch-Prime is immortal! Let's pacify the West! 🎶 Sovietborgs features music by Juanjo Martín (Morat) and Tacha (Legend of the Four Winds, Eyra the Crow Maiden). #ScreenshotSaturday #SegaGenesis #Dreamcast #NeoGeo

⭐️ Reach for glory! The Soviet people will prevail. The Soviet people stand strong. The Soviet people found voice. Adam Koralik's voice, to be precise. #Sovietborgs for #SegaGenesis #Dreamcast #NeoGeo is coming soon to Kickstarter 💥 #ScreenshotSaturday

Some new footage of #Chords for #SegaMegaDrive / #SegaGenesis on Matt's Patreon. 👍🏼 #retrogaming

The West has fallen. The red star flag rises around the world. Tovarishch-Prime is pleased. Fear not, rebels from the capitalist territories. The #Sovietborgs will soon free you from your freedom. #Genesis / Mega Drive music by Nicolás Abreu (kairak) & Sebastián Abreu (tacha) #Screenshotsaturday

What a bizarre release for the #SegaMegaDrive / #SegaGenesis. The idea of a new simulation game like that on MD is neat, and they apparently got Chris Hülsbeck for the sound. However I do think the graphics could have been better. #FarmingSimulator www.strictlylimitedgames.com/collections/...

The Cold War is over. The world is a nuclear wasteland. 💀 But some territories still resist liberation. New mutant lifeforms emerge, product of radiation and free thinking. 💥 #Sovietborgs for #SegaGenesis /Mega Drive, #Dreamcast and #NeoGeo is coming soon to Kickstarter 🫡 #ScreenshotSaturday 🤖

I'm very proud to be involved in this. Not easy to get the word out but I do believe once Chords is done it will be well received. It's so different from other new indie games on Mega Drive it will stand out.

Currently wondering whether the main character in Wonder Boy 1 (1986) was inspired by the 1983 movie ‘Yor, the hunter from the future’.

Still grinding away on Chords—which is why I don’t post as much! 😅 But hey, here’s a cool update for Screw Loose DIY! 🎉 Featuring the newly revamped Sandy the assistant, beautifully redrawn by @108stars-pixelart.bsky.social Check it out! 👀✨ #gamedev #segagenesis #megadrive

Something unrelated to any real project. I pixelled and animated a sprite for a non-existent #Columbo point-´n-click-adventure to #SegaMegaDrive / #SegaGenesis specs just for fun... and because I would have loved an actual game based on the show. #sega #gamedev #indiedev #adventuregames #retrogaming

Can´t post as often as I´d as to not spoil everything from the games we´re making at @pixelpushergames.co.uk but here´s another bit of #pixelart for #Chords on #SegaMegaDrive. A new character, a 1950s style robot in 96x112. #sega #gamedev #segagenesis #indiedev #vndev #adventuregames #retrogaming

Just a couple quick tests. Nothing final 🤫 #Sovietborgs for #SegaGenesis / Mega Drive, #Dreamcast and #NeoGeo is coming soon to Kickstarter! 🤖 @seganomad.bsky.social @sega-16.bsky.social @genesis814.bsky.social @debugmag.com @zabu-team-don.bsky.social @moonwatchermd.bsky.social

This evening I've been doing some testing via my Ambernic. The next section of Chords is coming along nicely and as I expected development has picked up pace wise. As I've got most of the game's engine finished. #gamedev #segagenesis #megadrive

Patreons now get a first look at The Byte Bar's new bouncer in Chords. #gamedev #segagenesis #megadrive www.patreon.com/posts/121739...

Our brave komrades, the #Sovietborgs, complete their mission and proceed to the next destination: a place once called Spain, before the nuclear w... that is, before liberation! 💀 - Oh dear, that komrade doesn't look too healthy. - Consequences of free thinking, no doubt! #ScreenshotSaturday

New #pixelart for #Chords! Some pointed out the dithering in this cutscene didn't look good in @matteusbeus.bsky.social recent videos. That's because I hadn't gotten around to update the old placeholder graphics of that scene. Here's a comparison old vs. new now!🙂 #gamedev #megadrive #segagenesis

Merry Christmas! 🎄 Recapping my year developing Chords for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis—the good, the bad, and the beautiful (plus a little Fiverr drama!). Thank you for being part of the journey. Watch here: youtu.be/trGwku4fnFU #MegaDrive #SegaGenesis #Sega #GameDev #IndieGame