I've been working on the first boss fight for #RebelCore and had fun getting the intro bit together :) I'm forcing myself to wait until the attack cycles are done before showing the actual fight, but it's been exciting to stretch my technical design skills while making it! #indiegames #gamedev

Huge thanks to all of the folks who have been signing up and playing Rebel Core for the last 2 weeks as we soft-launched our early-development playtest!! Jump over to Rebel Core: Awakens on steam to join in! #indiegames #gamedev #rebelcore #playtest youtu.be/hwVVVBzS3DY

I started writing a blog covering @magfest.org 2026 and couldn't help but try and cover my 19-year history with the event. My entire adult life and artistic output has been inextricably linked to MAG, part 2 will detail this years event. www.patreon.com/posts/blog-j...

Rebel Core is now open for public Playtesting signups as we continue to work toward our 2-level demo! Pretty neat that in less than 24 hours we're already at 200 playtesters #indiegames #gamedev #RebelCore steamcommunity.com/games/376312...

Playtests for #RebelCore have been going well, but exposed the need for an Intro Level that can give some soft tutorial'n of gameplay features platformers may not be as familiar with if they didn't grow up with Mega Man X and/or older action platformers. #gamedev #indiegames youtu.be/muvgPk4RxyY

Every so often I feel the need to jump on a music soap box and shout. This album is so damn good and too few people know about it! #folkmetal #indiebands #winterhymn winterhymn.bandcamp.com/album/blood-...

A full, end-to-end first pass on environment art in the Wastelands level sure feels good to have done! I meant to post this early, but have been distracted working on an intro level (that doubles as a soft tutorial for the game)... youtu.be/v5Luc2HZN7I #indiegames #gamedev #rebelcore

I suddenly remember why I'd been putting off art'ing up this level for so long. I reaaaaaly need to make a more modular, repeatable kit for this. #RebelCore #environmentart #kitbash #indegames #gamedev

Systems progress? Important...but can be hard to celebrate. Visual progress? Hecks yeah my dude, have a video! youtu.be/I3BtStF5mcU #rebelcore #indiegamedev #indegames #platformer

It always feels good to finally see that "Play" button in Steam. No more zip files and "what version are you on?" to setup playtests anymore! #indiegames #gamedev #rebelcore

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.