I am happy to announce that in the time we've been gone, we've not only started and cancelled two games, but in fact, started a third. Here's a glimpse.

thinking about 1000xRESIST and the way it humanizes, empathizes with, and sends love to immigrant mothers. my mom is the strongest woman i know. i'm so thankful this game sees her, even if so many people in the world just think of her as the dirt beneath their shoes. she matters; her story matters.

if you see this post a fungus

I wrote this post about the illusion that indie is a 'superior development style' about a week ago and waffled on whether or not it was still relevant enough to post. Aftermath putting up a podcast on the same topic today convinced me to finally shove it out the door. auratriolo.com/blog/2025/01...

One of the craziest things about being an aspiring gamedev right now for me is knowing that if I simply had the money, I could assemble some of the best talent in the industry because they're all fucking unemployed

Grabbed Hyper Light Breaker last night and despite the usual Early Access hiccups, it's really, really fun!! I wasn't expecting an extraction shooter-esque gameplay loop, but I actually think it's a great way to enable runs of various lengths without forcing failure like in most roguelikes

trying to flesh out some ideas for visuals. been a while since i've done any #pixelart

Hi all! At the moment not able to afford food so I have decided to reopen my commissions. There is mostly art stuff on here but I am also able to do other things (i.e. Game Development, spreadsheet stuff if you need it, etc.). Feel free to reach out. ko-fi.com/naomiiiplays

So 2024 was a cool year for us. I mean, Quirkbound exists now! That's fucking huge!

Happy New Year from Japan!!! I'll ruminate on the past year later after i get some honk shoo mimimi

Happy holidays y'all!!!

...and with this little game, please do share it with your friends. We're releasing it during the Steam sale so this game's visibility is completely blocked from Steam front page. Having the fans sharing this is all we have now. youtu.be/FXb8hAfYZiw

Lost my job recently so I've opened a fiverr gig to try and help me while I secure a new one. If you are a #gamedev that is in need of some music please take a look and get in touch! Link here: www.fiverr.com/s/NNYD2jy

Looking back on Quirkbound, despite its many flaws, I'm really proud of a lot of the work I did on it! Particularly with fragment shaders!! Look at this VHS static shader!!! This somehow came straight out of my noggin!!!!

Quirkbound: For when you really like the undyne fight from undertale but its only one fight

NEW VIDEO: Ranni, and her servants | Boss Design of Elden Ring #14 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bxJ...

we're back on our gamedev bullshit

Hey #GameDev friends, we've been releasing fonts for nearly 10 years now and we wanted to give you something special. So we've zipped up all 1200 of our font files in one HUGE pack with one TINY price for full commercial use in your games and projects. Check it out! ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack

Shameless plug, but my Steam Curator page is real good, though I might be somewhat biased in my assessment. store.steampowered.com/curator/2834...