Cool Kyoto breeze, a cool drink, and lots of monkey smash time. ❤️

Harry Hotter amirite fellazzzzz Anyway I want to share more of my process so here you can see the sketch I made being used as a blueprint for a witch with a little ghost cat I'm making. Very early stage here but like maybe I should have been a makeup artist? on fleek. Boy next time I promise.

I was forced to make a trailer! youtu.be/2sEVW-mM4os?... #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #indiegame #unity

Threw away the cowboy design I had and am most of the way done with a new updated look for her. Really liking the contrast with Nova but haven't figured out a name yet... #indiedev #gamedev #gameart

Time to get some work done! My brain:

A lot of big milestones coming up and then it's non-stop until Bumper Bout's 1.0 in October. So full steam ahead cramming as much as I can in before then. Working on assets for the High Seas level tonight. ☠️🌊🪙

Bumper Bout is is on display at BPAC 2025. Terrifying and enlightening to have the best (literally the number one player in the world) pinball players see what I'm cooking up. Humbled by the positive reception so far. Such a great bunch!

Who's job is it to make the fake games seen in monitor ads? I need to get in touch, they left out some hexagons.

Thanks for such a beautiful day @qldgamesfestival.bsky.social Check out some of these amazing games from the show ⤵️ @rockalot.bsky.social Bumper Bout @louis-van-dyke.bsky.social Pizza Dungeon @abandonedsheep.com Schrödinger's Cat Burglar @playmomento.com Oh wait, that's us

Lucky enough to show Bumper Bout to the public at the Queensland Games Festival today. So thrilled to see that people enjoyed it, enough to get second place at the people's choice award even! So iveelmed with people's kindness, thanks to everyone who cm dropped by. Time to sleep. #indiegame

One day I'll learn how to spell hirararchy.

What ball game am I making again?

Ready to hit space stuff with giant pinballs?

shits fire

Thank you The OC Complete Score Season 1 for getting me through tonight. I owe you my life.

I'm porting to it I swear that's the main reason. 👀

For the last hour my random set of songs from my liked playlist on youtube music has perfectly matched the emotional journey trying to solve a programming issue. Carried me through desperate to despair to hope to partytime success without missing a beat. Is it reading my mind? Am I being watched? 👀

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When you're really busy and have a lot on your plate, the trick is to spend that valuable time remaking assets you already made. 🤔💡 Vector versions of the raster hearts i painted previously - for scalability. Also the shading bothered me.

I have never been so sold so fast. Take it all 💸

Here's the new concept for the gameplay UI. I went through a few iterations. Some were cleaner, others had a better flow of information but this one had punch so here we are. #UI #gamedev #indiedev

When it's time to lock in.

My desk is a certified bomb site, it's been a very long day *but* I got AI CPU players working so ✨yatta✨ we take those W's.

I think I like this one more.

Had the honor of being a part of Camp Squiggly this year, and as a part of it I made this game! 💰 🔦 💎 🪙 👑

The desire for indie devs to make farming simulators is so powerful I made a carrot in Blender for no reason just now.

I recently decided to include characters in Bumper Bout similar to how Puyo Puyo Tetris does. I've designed 9 playfield themes and each has it's own character inspired by it. I spent about 6 hours tonight on the first one! Say hi! 🚀 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #characterdesign

This is gonna be one helluva mystery tournament game, looks hype af

Hey Bluesky! I'm Rocco from Brisbane Australia - I'm making Bumper Bout, a local multiplayer competitive pinball game for PC and Switch. 🎮 My next milestone is vertical slice in July and I have a Steam page coming up soon. Thanks in advance for your support! ✨ #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #unity

1500 for a creative pitch to receive a government grant for Bumper Bout, 3:30am, and I'm just seeing all the budget plan etc required. Strength when needed, sleep when not.

I have been fairly unproductive over the last two months, between the holidays, the flu and contract work I haven't given myself much time for Bumper Bout. I've devised a plan to get me back on track with some more achievable bite sized goals. I want to be more active here as well. Lets do our best!

I hope I remember how to anything

Finally finished everything the first Spider-Man has to offer. Insomniac are brilliant, and I'm so excited to start Miles Morals in the new year. Hopefully done on time for the sequel's PC release later this year. 🕸️

I really enjoyed the Game Awards but disappointed Helldivers 2 wasn't nominated for GotY simply because we didn't get to hear that incredible theme song played by the game awards orchestra. DA DA DA DAAAAAA, BAAA BAAAAA 💪

I think it's really cool to start simple and block out like this before getting too bogged down in details. I did a similar thing recently when thinking about a Mario cross Zelda idea, considering proportions and rigging mostly:

This is true power

Make sure you kick back and rest well on the weekends so you can work hard when you need to!

This looks absolutely gorgeous! Multiplayer roguelike is such a fun idea. Excited to support this one!

So here's a fun trick! I was having some physics problems with my ball and flipper interactions in Bumper Bout. On occasion, the ball was passing right through the flippers. Now, my flippers take advantage of the full analogue range of movement of the controllers triggers. 1/4 🧵

I think doing something like this with an ortho camera or a really low FoV perspective would look so cool. Gotta try it one day.

I need to get a Steam page up before Christmas! I've never done it before so it's a small spooky for me but amazing to see people helping out like this. I'm feeling more confident!

So I'm back on my feet and getting to work on the next version of my pinball game Bumper Bout. First step was to go through my notes and come up with a list of features and fixes based on playtesting and feedback so far. These are, probably in order: (out of room but see comments) ❓💡✏️

Bluesky works so well. Really excited to see this new platform benefit indie developers who could really benefit from the exposure. So grateful to be here amongst giants.

This one developer is doing what Nintendon't right now. It's familiar but with a unique spin and charm that makes it unforgettable. Try the demo and wishlist this sucka now! You won't regret it. 💥

Hook it to my veins

I wanna make games that help people do this. That all really.

This is so quick and repayable. What a great result for a complex idea made in a game jam!

When I say show me a good time this is what I mean.