Let's go #DevGAMM Lisbon! Showcasing our #Godot game Rift Riff along with the latest content patch and mobile releases. If anyone is here, come by B21.

Rift Riff now has a bunch of new levels to play! After releasing the game in May, we still had so many ideas floating around. I’m really glad we took the last four months to bring those to life. It now really feels like a complete Rift Riff. Please enjoy! #gamdev #godot #pixelart

We just released Rift Riff on Google Play and App Store, and I'm mega proud of the work the team did to get this running smoothly in #godot. The way the game has quick rounds, and how its interaction style is built, may (dare I say) even make it a better fit for phones than for desktop #mobilegaming

Today, Rift Riff… - got a major free update on Steam! - released on iOS and Android! - is 30% off as part of a Steam Daily Deal! i'm so proud, and exhausted. please buy & enjoy the game, repost this, leave a review, ∞ 🙏🏼

New things for Rift Riff! TODAY :D #indiegame #godot #pixelart

Shooting vertical footage because we’re releasing on vertical next week 🤓 #godot #pixelart #gamedev

We made a whole bunch of cool new stuff for Rift Riff over the last couple of months. And we finally have a release date for that update :) store.steampowered.com/news/app/280...

Is this too weird? (thread) #gamedev #conceptart

Is it important to do things that are easy and/or feel like a ‘fuck yeah’ in the early stages of designing a game? If I find something hard to understand, how will the player feel? #gamedev

An idea to add more height to an isometric building grid. Tiles behind other tiles won't be obscured as easily. Plus it makes it look way more dynamic. #gamedev #conceptart #godot

Trying out tiles. It does make it feel more tactile. But it also adds a layer betweeen the player and the fantasy. Instead of building a castle, you're playing a boardgame building a castle... #gamedev #conceptart

Sketch for an exploration phase, where you fly your floating-bunny-castle around, gather some spices, and visit a voodoo hut. Where you just try to get as much done as possible until your flappy-fish-hover-engine dies and the horrors of ground level come crawling up your fort again. #gamedev

Working on a builder interface. Trying to accommodate multiple interaction styles (keyboard, keyboard+mouse, gamepad). Some thinking in thread. #interface #gamedev #uiux

Vibe sketch for an encounter with a mythical creature. Floating dirt castle vs underground dragon? We don't know yet! #gamedev #conceptart #indiegame

Sketching a narrative introduction of why the game world is as it is. Player encounters an ogre, ogre aggressively chases player, player finds a cave to hide in, a blue rabbit lights up the cavern and starts levitating, ripping a piece of earth from the ground with it. #gamedev #conceptart #sketch

Started something new today. Curious to find out what this will become! #gamedev

Made animations for a new shop today (the module with the two test tubes hanging on the side of the platform). #pixelart #framebyframe #animation #godot

Game over... #indiegame #godot #pixelart

Added dirt patches to the grass for more variation, and boy does it make a difference! #pixelart #leveldesign #indiegame #godotengine

Added details to this environment. Workflow in thread👇 #gamedev #godot #pixelart

New map for Rift Riff! Gonna work on some details to fill up the open field with patches of high grass or flowers or so. tbc! #gamedev #pixelart #wip

Playing the sketch... #pixelart #gamedev

Rift Riff is getting a tree map! Blue trees! #gamedev #pixelart #leveldesign

I haven't really made a 'tree map' yet. Even though it's the most obvious thing to do in a tower defense game. It's pretty satisfying just placing trees everywhere I need obstacles. I can understand why people do it. #leveldesign #pixelart #indiegame #godot

Created an animation for the fire-breathing tower’s DoT effect — smoky blobs on affected monsters. Then tested it alongside all other effect towers to see how it holds up. The goal: making it clear when the effect is applied and has faded. #indiegame #pixelart #godotengine #gamedev

We're normally very professional. I promise. #contentupdate

Working on another new map for Rift Riff! #pixelart #godot

Polished Rift Riff’s Steam capsule art today. The background was still rough, and seeing it every time I launched the game to continue playing finally pushed me to clean things up. Here’s the before and after — spot the differences. #keyart #indiegame #steam #illustration #graphicdesign

Environment art in progress. This level is getting a wacky color scheme :D #pixelart #leveldesign #godotengine

Sketching props for a new level for Rift Riff. #pixelart #pixaki

Rifts with multiple scenarios now have a little extra sparkle to hint at it. I know I’m being extremely subtle again :P Just trying to avoid flashy, gamey effects as much as possible. #pixelart #gamedev

Reworking the visuals for the Weakener tower (red light). It’s meant to flash monsters without damaging them — a modifier rather than an attacker. Earlier versions looked too much like a damage tower. #indiegame #pixelart #godot

We're making new stuff for Rift Riff and teasing some of it in this Steam post: store.steampowered.com/news/app/280...

Inspired by TNT, I’m animating these explosions frame-by-frame. #pixelart #godotengine — I've learned some things while working on explosions:

'Weak mortar' animations. For some reason I love working on weak towers. They're cute. #pixelart #towerdefense #indiegame

Just reworked the Stinger tower (green roof). Dropped the tower height to match its range and gave it a playful toy-like vibe. Now those wispy projectiles are itching to launch the moment a monster steps in range. #pixelart #indiegame #godot

Working on Rift Riff’s tower family. Exploring more possibilities within the sci-fi alpine church aesthetic I settled on. Especially enjoying the smaller towers — where every pixel matters more and holds greater abstraction value. #pixelart #aseprite

Guns! It's just towers with guns! #indiegame #pixelart #godotengine

Making weird blobs again.. #pixelart #indiegame

It's still so amazing to me that this is all possible in 2D. Hurray for y-sorting! #godot #pixelart #indiegame #2D

Cookin'.. #pixelart

When animated sprites need to work in multiple biomes, I like to just make one set and recolor them in godot using modulation. I settled on using pink and purple for shades, because they give the most natural colors when modulated. #pixelart #godot

Adding shadows to this environment. Hand-crafted with polygons and rendered under a sub-viewport to return as pixels. #godot #indiegame #pixelart

When different parts of the environment art are all at different stages of completion. It’s chaotic, but fast. It trades systems thinking and structure for momentum: what’s the most obvious next thing I can do? #pixelart #indiegame #leveldesign #godot

working on art for a new level... #pixelart #indiegame

Rift Riff v1.1 just released on Steam! - 6 new challenges. - view tracked challenge in tower select / pause menu. - the world named Ring was visually redesigned. - monsters can now be scared multiple times by different Shrieker towers. - …and lots more! store.steampowered.com/news/app/280...

We're improving the way you can track challenges in Rift Riff. Players are now able to view the conditions in the tower selection and pause menus. #interface #uiux #gamedev #godotengine

Working on this weird boy #pixelart #indiegame

WIP baiting tower #gamedev #pixelart #godotengine

Working on a new tower design that can lure monsters towards it by baiting it with some juice. #pixelart #indiegame #aseprite