Cosmic Star Heroine raised $132k USD (and this was back during Kickstarter's heyday, cooler games than ours these days struggle to raise $100k). If we had actually gotten living expenses for everyone for the whole development, we would have needed to have raised closer to $1 million.

Getting funding for a game is difficult. Getting Kickstarter backing seems impossible because of wildly skewed expectations. Let me explain... So, for Eldritch 2, I'd be working alone. I'd ask for the lower end of my usual contract rate × the number of months I expect it'll take to finish the game.

I fear not the man who has fucked 10,000 wives one time, but the man who has fucked one wife 10,000 times. - Bruce Lee

Ocarina of Time is going to be interesting to see, less because it's a perennially lauded GOTY 10/10 masterpiece and more because said masterpiece is almost three decades old. It can't coast on its reputation if it wants to win an audience that grew up on BOTW. I'm curious how it'll accomplish that

Stellar Blade Blood Rain and Spark the Electric Jester 3 both prove that a jacket can really make a design

New Cuphead game in development + 8-bit Mighty Cuphead Adventure announced by Studio MDHR #SummerGameFest #Cuphead

And now, for a special bulletin from Studio MDHR! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFso...

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We’re back this week with Magical Drop III. No real frills this time, just bringing you some primo Uppy Downy™️ cuts. Come play with us in one of the strongest rush down puzzlers out there challonge.com/PWMagDrop11th

God of War Luafey has some interesting world design towards the back half of what we see from the trailer. I may push myself to watch a gameplay stream when it's released and look through GIS results for the artbook

Just 10 hours remain until Indie Quest 2026 - an indie JRPG showcase by Taylor from TheGamingShelf! 🥳 Make sure you tune in at 5pm PDT/8pm EDT to see the brand new Infinite Alliance trailer (and a ton of other amazing games)! Watch here: youtu.be/ax93X89vseY

We’re playing Magical Tetris Challenge this week. This game is up there in the “fucked up Tetris Pantheon”, with the game handing you some wild pieces for losing a trade, like pentaminos and The Star™️ Come out this Wednesday and hit us with a Hyuck Yeah challonge.com/PWMagical3rd

As always with these announcements and vague explanations of the circumstances, I wonder if the impetus was a mental breakdown, a diagnosis of cancer or the dreaded third reason for a company and creator in Japan to part ways Anyways at least he got that Night Striker game out

Our feature tutorial/artist for today is on PAINTING ENVIRONMENTS by the talented @takumerhomma! Such great thoughts here! #howtodraw #drawingtutorial #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #gameart #tutorial #indiegame #comicart #characterdesign #storyboard #gamedevelopment

Another old concept. Wanted to experiment with a re-imagined Sparkster / RocketKnightAdventures. Always fun to imagine what a potential sequel could look like, mixing elements from all the old games. I've always found the series mechanics really fascinating.

Computer's back youtu.be/9LNWveFn9qU?...

We’re live with Puzzle Bobble 4 twitch.tv/puzzlewednes...

We’re playing Puzzle Bobble 4 this week. The funny one. With chains. Given this game’s penchant for having one good character, we’re opting for the good ol’ Magical Drop Mirrors™️ for balance and variety’s sake. Come watch shit explode challonge.com/PWBobble21st

We'll be sharing a NEW TRAILER for Infinite Alliance at Indie Quest! 🥳 Tune in live on May 28 to see the biggest Indie RPG announcements of the year: www.youtube.com/@TheGamingSh... 📅 Date: Thursday, May 28 🕔 Time: 5:00 PM PDT / 8:00 PM EDT 📺 Where: Live at www.youtube.com/@TheGamingSh...

This #AprilFoolsDay I'm revealing a FAILED PITCH I made to Nintendo/PS/Xbox in 2021 for console exclusive bosses! #pixelart With incredible work by @carfonu.bsky.social, @anubis-jr.bsky.social, @1988stevenm.bsky.social, @newhatesinstagram.bsky.social, Jerram Fahey & @mrjamps.bsky.social ✨ 🧵THREAD

And a huge thanks to @carfonu.bsky.social, who wrote a staggering 9 remixes for these pitches - all of them incredible 8-bit medleys of music from Mario, Zelda, Kirby, Legend of Dragoon, Banjo-Kazooie, and more! Do yourself a favour and give them a listen below! soundcloud.com/carfonu/sets...

Laptop fan seems to have called it a day - 7 years of thankless service. I'm not an expert on computer maintenance, but trying to disassemble the thing and replace parts here at home won't work (lack of space, pieces getting lost or damaged, electric shorts or ESD, dust buildup etc).

We're live with Crossroad Crisis lobby night twitch.tv/PuzzleWednes...

Star Fox thoughts: I wish the voice direction picked a lane between serious and dramatic/hammy. The outer characters seem to skew serious, Fox/Falco/Slippy straddle the line fine enough, Peppy seems to go in a direction no-one else follows (not even Pigma), so it's extra jarring in the prologue

commissions are open (5 slots) Full color - $200 (+25 simple bg) Flat color -$90 multiple characters cost how many that’s times the tier price (can negotiate pricing) DM if interested, payment handled via PayPal invoice which I send out I reserve the right to turndown any comm I do not want to draw

I've been away for so long but Im home now and as promised, we will have Devil May Cry 2 at 9PM EST. Come see the game that everyone sort of pretends doesnt exist. It's almost a real videogame.

I don't deserve any love or tenderness this valentine UNTIL- I finish coding this blood sacrifice statue! 🩸 LIVE twitch.tv/barosaros_

A special Valentine gift for me would be to check out GUN NOSE and support it's Kickstarter!!! KS: www.kickstarter.com/projects/add... youtu.be/0R9F4NLPI_U?...

Hey everyone! The Bangai-O N64 English Patch is out NOW! Trailer: youtu.be/CUeB3yF1wL4 Download Links: discord.com/channels/141... www.patreon.com/posts/bangai... (Free) RHN : Coming Soon If you'd like to support us you can here. www.patreon.com/14741044/join

there's no tactful way to say it, but your online game really is cooked if nobody wants to fuck any of your characters

We’re live with Sega Tetris twitch.tv/PuzzleWednes...

Who's gonna be the first to make Doom run in it

Now that ANTONBLAST has fully wrapped, we’ve decided to release a VM branch of the game. What this means is: YES, you can mod the game! (at the code level!) All you need to do is install the vm_public branch on Steam.

Tried using a For You feed for a few weeks as an alternative to just Following. It seemed to function much like Twitter's For You feed or Steam recommendations, pulling what's popular regardless of your input. Ratio of 'see less of this', 'mute account', save post and like post, 200:150:5:1

Left: Art made for a Castlevania 3 stream featuring the streamer group @gigaboots.com as various characters Right: Edit putting the game characters back in

In my quest to find a Breath of Fire 4 rep I can give a damn about for #CVSQFANGAME, I had inadvertently rendered 4 out of the 6 playable characters in the #CAPCOMVSSNK sprite style. Stages from Samurai Shodown for scaling purposes. #pixelart #CAPCOMVSSNK #BreathOfFire #CRT

Every now and then I hear about Gaiman and I wonder if Pratchett knew anything about his predilections. Did he have any idea anything was going on? It'd be nicer to have a set-in-stone 'No' about it

RIP Macromedia Flash MX 2004, aka Adobe Flash CS3, aka Adobe Animate, the inevitable end point of Adobization. Was a good run and my introduction to the world of self-made animation over twenty years back

Baseball gal belongs to dreaminerryday.bsky.social

Cuphead for the Nintendo Game Boy. A mockup made before I tried using GBStudio, so I had to wing it in terms of what could be displayed on the system without big framerate dips

Cuphead for the Sega Mega Drive. A mockup from a while back based on two games with different approaches to art, Gunstar Heroes and Mickey Mania

Hey #portfolioday ! I do concept art for environments, backgrounds and props! I also love painting and sketching in my sketchbook 🫡

Hey everyone, I am still taking a break from social media, however I am in a financially rough situation right now and could use the extra help. Commissions are opened (Terms on my carrd) and my Kofi is up for anyone who wants to give something. any support helps, Thank You. #Pixelart

Made this for the @gigaboots.com Mighty No. 9 Deathstream With thanks/apologies(?) for the sprites @fluttersprite.bsky.social made that I eyeballed to put this together

Started it in 2023, finished it a few day ago. Took way more time than I thought it would, 400x1680, 64 colors, 16 frames. Due to aspect ratio constraints I can't post the entire piece here, you can see the full canvas here : pixeljoint.com/pixelart/159... #pixelart #gamedev #aseprite #digitalart

Happy belated birthday. Your boy looked cold so I changed the weather a bit for him

Values like compassion, tainted with the exacerbated internet culture of dogpiling, should be considered poisoned. But some people love to attack, and be mean, and mundanely bigoted, and they find it intoxicating to do so and feel Morally Justified. The rat has been given its own dopamine button

Opening up 3 Slots for Commissions!🎨 Simple Flat Color Sketch - $90 Full Render - $200 (simple bg +$25) DM if interested! please keep suggestions relatively sfw, some ecchi fine, payment handled paypal invoice which I send out disclaimer: I hold the right to refuse any comm I do not wish to draw