I've been quiet, but busy cranking away on Rebel Core demo progress with a big ol video showing the new main menu, music, level select + level streaming, new health/lives/checkpoint systems, more of the new WIP level 'Wastelands'...all sorts of stuff! #gamedev #indiegames youtu.be/xrhQ7-Q1E8w

Option 1: Be good at posting development updates on social media. Option 2: be good at making development progress so you have content to post on social media. #gamedev #indiegames #indiegamedev

When you're usually on the art or tech art side of UI, but you don't want to stop @nukadilucca.bsky.social from the awesome gameplay feature he's working on. #indiegamedev #indiegames #rebelcore

The latest #RebelCore news post is now live on the game's Steam page (link in replies!) with a look into development on the Wastelands level boss, the Seeker! #indiegames #indiegamedev #platformer

#RebelCore Ambient Machinewaves 04, featuring a glimpse at the Wastelands level that will be fully playable in the game's demo. youtu.be/9Flspoo0-aA #indiegames #indiegamedev #gamemusic

Is there a better Mega Man cover/medley out there than @armcannon.bsky.social Armcannon's "Hi I'm Mark Spandrill"? 10+ years since release and it's still one of my all time favorites. youtu.be/ltfEFTba7IM?... #armcannon #videogamemusic #vgm #megaman

Blocking out the full-length Wastelands level and I needed a sand/dust storm transition...pretty cool how easy Ultra Dynamic Sky/Weather makes it! (lighting and art very WIP) #RebelCore #indiegamedev #indiegames #leveldesign

And so begins the road to turning a prototype into a pre-pre-pre-alpha demo! Check out the longer version in the reply via the latest news post on our Steam page #RebelCore #indiegamedev #indiegames

Wait...is it seriously Friday already? Planning out levels and [shhhh: plotting out a demo??] is surprisingly distracting. #RebelCore #Indiegames #indiegamedev

I love a good test room! While improving and expanding player movement systems @nukadilucca.bsky.social made fantastic gains tightening up wall grabbing/sliding in the game. #RebelCore #indiegamedev #indiegames #platforming

Ambient Machinewaves 03 is now up for Rebel Core! Unlike the other two videos, this one features an environment originally created to explore vertical-scrolling gameplay more than apply to a specific level in the game. youtu.be/4BTybvJx_54 #RebelCore #Indiegames #indiegamedev #music #synthmetal

When you made gif headers for the Steam page and remember you made one extra for other uses... (I think this qualifies as Simpsons-grade "Superliminal" messaging) #RebelCore #IndieGames #IndieGameDev #Platformer

Is it weird to get really excited about having your main menu and level select be a fully 3d scene the camera moves through? Less flat 2d interface and more diegetic is very fun to think about #rebelcore #indiegames #indiegamedev #gamedev

What is an action platformer without bosses? Rebel Core will be home to 8 deadly domain masters - the Core Robotics, all of which must be defeated in order to access The Citadel and take on the Council therein! #RebelCore #indiegames #indiegamedev #sidescroller

The mighty @nukadilucca.bsky.social getting knockback and i-frames going in Rebel Core makes it feel just a little bit less bad every time I take a laser to the face (or back)! #rebelcore #indiegamedev #indiegame #gamedev #sidescroller

This Ambient Machinewaves (#2) comes with a new song clip and early look at the outskirts of The Grid - a massive complex of electrical works that has become overdrawn and unstable. youtu.be/6amNoA04KH8 #RebelCore #soundtrack #VGM #gamedevelopment #indiegames #indiegamedev

Things got a bit amiibo-esq making a posed shot of our titular hero! #RebelCore #IndieGameDev #Indiegame #gamedevelopment

What is this, gameplay footage for ant--er, phones? Here's 11 seconds of gameplay squeezed into portrait layout for optimal phone viewing! #rebelcore #indiegame #indiegamedev #gamedev #platformer

Even though it didn't work out for the main video, I really liked the pacing and buildup of anticipation in the original, full-length "awakening" intro scene. The music is an adaptation of what wound up in the outro of the main video! youtu.be/OSKOZedViE8 #RebelCore #IndieGameDev #indiegames

The first of a short series of original music (WIP!) paired with ambient video backgrounds for Rebel Core. youtu.be/dCYBYhINHpA #ost #soundtrack #indiegame #indiegamedev #VGM #synthmetal #synthwave #originalmusic

The Steam page and reveal video for Rebel Core: Awakens is officially live! What do you think? Is there a market out there for a modern take on classic jump and shoot platforming action? youtu.be/9M4MacMFZGY #indiegamedev #indiegames #platformer #gamedev

It turns out this pitch project HAS gone further and turned into a prototype! So here is a bite-sized sneak preview of a big announcement coming July 8th - a new game I've been working on for the last 3 months with two other devs from the InfestStation team! #indiegame #indiegamedev #prototype

Not sure how far this little pitch project will get to go after a disappointing GDC, but it sure is a fun one to make little vignettes of art for. #gamedev #indiegames #lookdev #gameart #unrealengine

When you're not a character artist but you still need to do look dev on the main character (it's a good thing the character is a robot)... #gamedev #indiegames #characterart #lookdev

Tomorrow (Feb 25) is Stars Reach's Kickstarter launch! Join our livestreams: 8AM PST launch, 1PM PST Q&A with Rick Reynolds, & 6PM EST community update with Raph Koster on twitch.tv/playstarsreach. Don’t miss it! #StarsReach #Kickstarter #Gaming

Inch by inch, slowly getting closer. Splitting my time between bizdev and art, working on the pitch, and working on the music makes it a bit slower than I'd like though. #gamedev #indiegames #environmentart #lookdev

Exciting news! Our Kickstarter launches on February 25th! Be part of our journey from playtests to release. Get notified and support us early: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta... #StarsReach #Kickstarter

(Thread) I've been iterating on the 3d side of this too, but it's slower going adapting the 2d look into 3d. First I wanted to see how far I'd get with just heavy handed lighting and simple post processing on some pre-existing assets. Neat, but very flat and hard on the eyes. #gamedev #lookdev

Its been a lot of fun making music with a bit of a synth metal / darkwave vibe for this too. I'm not sure what the best way to share a few longer WIP tracks is, so for now this is just a little snippet over some additional lookdev for the project. youtube.com/shorts/X-mlC... #gamedev #music

Doin some more stuff. People like jumping and shooting right? #gamedev #indiegames

The nice thing about feeling like a proper indie dev again is being comfortable posting random WIP stuff. #gamedev #indiegames #iHaveNoClueIfHashtagsWorkLikeThisAnymore

Hello Bluesky #GameDev folks! It's been a hot minute since I've done any kind of "hello world" new social site post, but I'm finally starting to feel like a proper indie dev again, so it's high time I crawl out from under my rock.