Tried my best to convey as much of the details as I could (and make sure the blue part didn't look like overalls) 🐺 #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

Being able to use my own work as a reference when making sprites feels like a level of productivity I've never experienced before. 🦉🐦 #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

More background work today. Blu's shop is a little... rustic 🦉🐦‍⬛🧪 #gamedev #indiedev

Started work on the more detailed status menu. Also planning on making it more obvious that you can scroll through the characters with left and right. 🕹️ #gamedev #indiedev

Starting work on pause menu setup. It's not glamorous, but definitely necessary. 🕹️ #gamedev #indiedev

Currently trying to figure out which version better conveys "beak, as seen from the front" and would love advice. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

More cut scene work today. Using a temp version of the background, but the idea is still there 🦉🐦 #gamedev #indiedev

Starting NPC sprite work. I wish I could figure out how to convey how cute the original drawing is. I'll have to keep working at it. 🦆 #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

Made some generic room decorations. Looks vaguely castle-like 🏰 #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

One of my favorite goofy details as I've been making this tile set were these little wooden statues of the castle guards on the banisters. So over the top. 🏰🐦 #indiedev #gamedev #indieart

The diagonal wall effect came out WAY better than I thought it was going to 🏰 #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

Late night tile work. Marble is a really weird texture to try and convey with pixel art. It's like organic? but also still very rigid, and balancing those two takes a lot of trial and error. 🏰 #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart

A little more analog today as I'm trying to get the layout for a ceremonial ballroom/ throne room. Do most people usually design complex areas before going into sprite work, or just make the objects you want and paint from there? 🏰✏️ #indiedev #gamedev

I used to wonder why so many 90's RPGs used blue textboxes instead of black and honestly, after trying it? I see the appeal. (Black also looks like I saw the default setting and went "ok, good enough") 🦉🟦 #indiedev #gamedev

Expressive expressions... 🦉 #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

Basic turn based strategy RPG setup. So far, so good! 🦉🐦‍⬛ #gamedev #indiedev

Storm's Harvest is currently 50% off for #SteamScreamFest! Assist this gourd gathering ghoul in a retro style arcade game. Will you have a successful harvest, or not survive the night? 👻🎃🐦🐊 store.steampowered.com/app/2593140/...

Trying out the @godotengine.org plugin Dialogic 2 and honestly, it does like 85% of what I need it to out of the box, so I can't complain. 🐦 #gamedev #indiedev

Basic encounter areas, scene changing, and data persistence between battles 💀🐻🐊 #indiedev #gamedev

Version two of the main battle theme. I extended the length more and added another section, so hopefully it won't be as repetitive over a long period of time. 🎵 #indiedev #gamedev #chiptune #famitracker

And with that, we have a basic walk cycle (AND character swapping) 💀🐻🦝🧙 #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

Doing research on persistent data in @godotengine.org and it seems that the two camps are either keeping the information in a constantly present global, or saving and loading resource files as necessary, and I would love suggestions about the merits of both in an RPG. #GodotEngine #Gamedev ▶️

Recently finished work on the initial drafts of walk cycles for our upcoming crew of heroes. If all goes well, these should be our last major sprites created in Adobe Fireworks. The end of an era indeed. 💀🐻🦝🧙 #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

Getting our artist to finally switch from Adobe Fireworks (a software discontinued in 2013) to the version of @aseprite.org I compiled for him is a big win for productivity. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

Made a much needed QOL feature of adding in more options for the onscreen controls.🦆🎮 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev

Initial public testing for "Ducks in a Row" on Android is underway! If you want to join, follow the link for the Google Group, then sign up from there. Any testing support would be appreciated, and you get to play puzzles for free! 🦆📱 groups.google.com/g/ducks-in-a... #gamedev #indiedev

If we did this right, joining this Google Group, then following the link in the first message should let you join the closed testing for the Android version of "Ducks in a Row". Any feedback will be appreciated and I will address any issues as soon as I can! 🦆📱 groups.google.com/g/ducks-in-a...

I'm in Google Play Console hell.

Shoutout to all the wonderful people we met at the @stlgame.dev meetup the other day! We got to see some really cool projects! We hope we get a chance to go again and be more active. 🎮

Well, I've officially got color options for the background on mobile. Trying to keep it nice and simple 🦆🎨 #indiedev #gamedev

I thought turning an already existing game I have to a mobile version would be a piece of cake, turns out there's WAY more involved in ensuring that every aspect ratio, horizontal or vertical, scale appropriately AND have functional and comfortable touch controls. Getting there slowly but surely! 🦆📱

Working on something. Having to do a lot of work with control nodes so it resizes and scales properly😮‍💨Also, using buttons from the goat @kenney.nl which work great🦆 #gamedev #indiedev

I’ve been working on the map for our next planned project. I’m using the tile-set from FF1 as placeholders for the time being, to be replaced with my own sprites down the road. 🧙‍♂️🐻 #indiedev #gamedev

Ducks in a Row is currently on sale for the Steam Box Pushing Fest! Get it this week and take a "quack" at some seriously cute puzzles!🦆 store.steampowered.com/app/2808260/... #indiegame #steamsale

Here's an initial draft of a potential turn-based RPG battle theme 🎵 #indiedev #gamedev #famitracker

Testing some stuff out... 🦎 #indiedev #gamedev

Not complaining, but what is happening?!!? Thanks!?!?

Happy Halloween from GGS! We hope you have a Spooktacular time! While you're getting your spook on, Storm's Harvest is still 50% off for #SteamScream3D, so pick up this deal while it lasts! 🎃 #indiegame #SteamScream store.steampowered.com/app/2593140/...

With a title sequence as cute as that, how could you not play it? Storm's Harvest is still 50% off for #SteamScream3D! 👻🐊🐦 #indiegame #SteamScream #pixelart store.steampowered.com/app/2593140/...

This is about our feelings playing Storm's Harvest. 🐊 If you want in on the action, its currently 50% off for #SteamScream3D. Grab the game then grab some gourds! 👻🎃 #indiegame #SteamScream #retrogaming store.steampowered.com/app/2593140/...

Storm's Harvest is currently 50% off for the #SteamScream3D event! Battle beasts and pick pumpkins in this unique retro-styled action-arcade title! 👻🎃 #indiegame #SteamScreamFest #SteamScream store.steampowered.com/app/2593140/...

I made a thing (with terrible placeholder sprites) #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

One of the things I'm trying to test out in the most recent update is a "dark mode" palette which I've named "chalkboard". It works SOME of the time, but I will need to refine specific sprites to better work with it more. 🦆 #indiedev #gamedev

The 1.1 Launch Week update is out now for Ducks in a Row, fixing and addressing most of the bugs/ issues players have been experiencing. If you haven't already bought it, it is 25% off for a little less than 24 hours still! 🦆 #indiedev #gamedev store.steampowered.com/app/2808260/...

It has come to my attention that there was a bug preventing users from accessing the last 5 bonus levels. I apologize for anyone this has effected, but it should now be fixed. #indiedev #gamedev

There was a period of time during development where we said "Oh, we should make the textboxes look like slices of bread", but we remembered bread isn't actually good for ducks, and went with this other look which reminds me a little bit of a picnic basket 🦆 #indiedev #gamedev #indiedev

I've had enough "cozyposting". Go buy "Ducks in a Row" on Steam or else you'll see this above your bed tonight. 🦆 #indiegame #indiedev #pixelart

Experiencing a launch day without any major game-breaking bugs is all I could have asked for. Thanks to everyone who downloaded "Ducks in a Row" at launch! For those of you still uninitiated, it's still 25% off until the 28th! 🦆 #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev store.steampowered.com/app/2808260/...

Our duck themed puzzle game releases today! (and is 25% off for launch) store.steampowered.com/app/2808260/... #indiegame #cozygames #indiedev #gamedev

Scheduled the launch trailer today. Baffling that we're this close to release. 🦆 #indiedev #gamedev