finished the whole crew. probably gonna do some enemies next, i don't think i'll go past arc 2 cause honestly those are the only 2 games i like

going through a bit of a depressive episode. this will negatively impact my creative output. might step away from social media for a while.

tired.

finally got my custom mtg tokens printed!

starting the day with a little gameboy-style raptor

to all my mutuals, I'm sorry I haven't played your games yet, they all look really good but I haven't been gaming much and when I do it's the same handful of comfort games from the 90s that I have already played for thousands of hours each.

told a friend I was working on a new game and he asked "what does the dragon do in this one?". I answered his question, and then I realized that I hadn't said anything about this being about a dragon. I'm just that predictable I guess.

started a new thing. feeling optimistic. looking forward to sharing it eventually!

finally made enough money to earn a couple months of not having to worry about having enough money in the next couple of months. then unexpected expenses came up and I'm back to not having any savings. 🙃

Haven't officially started a new project but I messed around with a different way of doing dungeon generation and it turned out great. Three months ago I wouldn't have known where to start with something like this, and this time I just sat down and did it in a few hours. Learning rocks.

Huge thanks to everyone who weighed in on the game in the past few days. I think I'm going to be officially stepping away from the still unnamed critter roguelike game. It's been a lot of fun to work on, I learned an incredible amount and I'll definitely be taking that with me on future projects.

Really questioning things right now...

I think I need to get more people to try out my game, but I'm not sure if I should post it publicly or not, or how much more to add or polish before I do.

Can anyone guess what these are for? (it's not a video game)

sometimes i wish the day had a couple more hours in it

#portmaster enjoyers: Merp in Merpworld is now available as a free, fully-featured, ready-to-run download. (i did this because free ports require much less user effort. 💗) portmaster.games/detail.html?...

we need more fighting games that let you play as a bird. (literal bird, not a bird person)

happy winter sale. ☃️ get your lovers what they really want: the newly released Merp in Merpworld + beloved og satryn deluxe bundled together. store.steampowered.com/bundle/60904...

You can get Heatwave for a discounted price on both steam and itch until January 5th! It's the perfect time of the year to play my queer visual novel fighting game, as the majority of the story takes place in December :) store.steampowered.com/app/2980420/... monochromesoft.itch.io/heatwave

I'm kinda swamped irl rn, so I almost forgot this, but all my games are currently on sale on itch for the winter sale!! 50% off, and you can get everything in a bundle for $20! Or you can also wait a few days for the Steam winter sale if you want Elephantasy/Flipside on there without getting a key!

Starting a new thread for Critter Roguelike updates. Here's where the game's at right now.

In about two weeks I'm going to spend two more weeks without really being able to work on my game. I know from past experience I tend to lose interest in projects if I go that long without working on them, so I'm curious what's going to happen this time. I hope it survives, I really like this one.

Pondering a change to my game that would require me to scrap a third of the work I've done, and what I would be replacing it with would be ten times harder to do. But it would make the game more fun...

I know I reblogged this the other day but I'm doing it again because... I mean, look at it. It's so good.

I'm really bad at asking for work, but I'm great at actually doing the work. So if anyone needs a pixel artist who is really good at animating little guys or whatever, uh, hit me up.

irrational fear: if I don't start posting the names of my creatures online soon, Nintendo is going to shadow drop a new Pokémon game and they'll have all the same names and designs and everyone will think I copied them

I feel like we need a word to differentiate "indie games" made by studios that sell millions of copies, and "indie games" made by a handful of people who will be lucky if they ever get a thousand sales.

Merp is out!!! I got to make some art for it and it was a really wonderful project to work on, @maybell.itch.io is the best. If you're at all into platformers I definitely recommend it!!

mama trees keep you warm and dry. #screenshotsaturday merp in merpworld releases in 4 days.

working on a 4-pixels tall font and feeling like the quote from jurassic park

#PitchYaGame sillinder's somewhat uneventful tuesday is a pseudo3D platformer that follows a silly robot that can hit their head in very beneficial ways, bouncing and sliding through a surreal and cheap landscape filled with unreasonable people (unlike sillinder) sillinder does this every day.

Heatwave's last major update, will be available on NOVEMBER 12!!! It will also be releasing on steam then as well. Most notably, it will contain a ~100k word visual novel story mode, and 4 new "secret" characters, along with balance changes, and bug fixes. ❤️ store.steampowered.com/app/2980420/...

Critter roguelike thread: I'm going to be posting smaller updates here to avoid cluttering my entire timeline with them.

Alright, some people wanted to see the early stages, so here we go. Real-time critter combat, where you don't control your critter directly, but instead give it orders and lead it around the stage.

I love how a lot of the things I learned while making a fighting game are translating to my experience creating a roguelike. There are abandoned or unfinished projects, but there's no such thing as wasted time. Everything you learn makes you grow and that's fucking awesome.

alright, here's some early design stuff. none of it is final at this stage and I'm especially going back and forth on how I want to handle colors for the project as a whole. that said, enjoy my first attempt at a critter evolution line!

quick question, no wrong answers: do you prefer it when the gamedev people you follow share only relatively polished previews, or do you actively want to see the early steps of a project and its many iterations?

so tempting to skip prototyping and go straight into making a ton of art. but. I'll be strong and stick with making the game fun with only colored squares and placeholders first.

#pitchyagame a one and a half minute visual novel about angst interspersed with two hours of annoying platforming. i made the art really charming as an apology.

Release! bsky.app/profile/sylv...

I wish bluesky had a soft mute option. maybe the person is posting too much and 90% of my timeline being their posts is overwhelming, but I don't want to stop seeing their replies in other posts or not be notified when they try to interact with me.

okay, I'll give gamedev one more try. just one though. no pressure.

If you like indie platformers with gorgeous pixel art, incredible gameplay and amazing music, you HAVE to buy Merp!

creature collecting rogulike

quick reminder that I'm available for work. no need to repost this or anything, it's not a proper thing with video and all that. just in case people are assuming my lack of activity here means I'm super busy or whatever. I can always find time for more pixel art if needed.

Wishlist Vividerie, my crazy bullet nightmare: store.steampowered.com/app/1769200/... #gamedev

My favorite game design thing: animating creatures and programming their behavior. It's so satisfying watching them come to life and trying to make them feel believable, to give the impression that they are more aware of their environments than they actually are.

It's raining, it's pouring... With @thewaddle.bsky.social ! #memamorkin #gamedev #indiegame

merpworld's sound design is great, everyone should listen to it