New Porch Cat track! porchcat.bandcamp.com/track/if-yr-...

I'm putting together a team... #pixelart

Inside me there are two wolves, they both have silly anime hair/the "two" genders idk lol

I reworked the tiles and palette still just throwing things together to try to find a cohesive palette and vibe/aesthetic, also played around with a new sprite. (I heavily referenced the lovely looking upcoming game Kloa Child of the Forest for the parts of the background/tileset)

Also do you think the rest of the sprite needs to be outlined? Is it standing out from the background enough? Does it look awkward just having the dark pixels in a few places like between the arms and the body or does it look okay? I know I don't love how it looks with the whole thing outlined...

the background is mostly modified/placeholder assets right now, just trying to put some things together to play around with ideas and vibes and get a good color palette where the sprite stands out from the background. Also trying out a lower resolution than I have before (160x90!) #pixelart

some low resolution color pixel art practice. I didn't spend much time on the animation obviously, it's only two frames and not very smooth but sharing things with a little bit of movement always seems more likely to catch the eye. 16 pixel sprite on a 160x90 canvas. #pixelart

Oh hey, reminder that I’m actually making a game and not just making a bunch of portraits for no reason lol. You can even wishlist it and play our demo on Steam 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/3901940/... #rpg #indiegame #retrogaming #jrpg #gamedev

Mercury Filmworks will officially fully animate ‘Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want to be a Magical Girl’ Episode 1. Watch Episode 2: youtu.be/v8HCg0GD8UQ

National General Strike in the U.S. January 30th to protest ICE, no work, no shopping, no school, shut it down!

While we're on the subject of songs about gender here is one of mine from about 10 years ago that I still think is one of the best songs I have ever written sadfishing.bandcamp.com/track/failed...

What people don't know is Emma also told me she was inspired to write the line "Gender doesn't tell you a damn thing about me" from Gender is Boring after hearing me rant about gender during one of my solo sets in PDX back in the day where I said "gender doesn't tell you anything useful about me"

This Porch Cat track from over 10 years ago now and the whole album it's on is still a personal favorite after all these years. The album where Porch Cat went from being a folk punk into being an indie rock band while still very much part of the folk punk scene porchcat.bandcamp.com/track/bedroo...

If you're bored check out this thread and help me brainstorm game ideas, I'm gonna try to spend a little time each day playing around with prototypes in my free time when I'm not working on the new album and such

Was brainstorming ideas for a grid-based top-down game in the vein of a traditional roguelike or Sokoban type thing involving an orb that can bounce off of obstacles and thought of an idea where you use the orb for traversal that I think could be pretty fun

Added a little movement to the hair #animation #pixelart #1bit

I made a small (24 pixels tall) version of one of the first pieces I shared on here about a year ago #animation #pixelart #1bit

"Megaman Battle Network Tribute" – I couldn't fit all the NetNavis but I tried to at least get a good variety from all 6 main MMBN games. Enjoy!

I've only watched the first episode but so far the 90's reboot of Bubblegum Crisis is a little less cheesy but also has way less sauce than the 80's original, and the cheesiness was half the fun of watching the original

I'm so Bubblegum Crisis pilled rn

Who says grid movement has to be slow and boring?

"Take that and that and that and THAT!" #pixelart #1bit #animation

I realized I almost always do swords and such and I've been watching Arcane recently and remembered I love girls who punch things #pixelart #1bit #animation

Starting the year with a small glimpse of underwater & swimming gameplay! What kind of hidden places might be hidding under the ocean? The game is ABYSS X ZERO by the way! Still a work in progress! Wishlist to support us: store.steampowered.com/app/2872300/... #gamedev #indiegame #lowpoly

I love God Save the Animals but people being like "this is the first listenable Alex G album" are so incredibly boring and basic. Out of the last three albums Rocket, House of Sugar, and GStA I think that one is actually my least favorite.

I've only done one direction so far but I made a little running animation and popped this in the engine to see how it looks and I think it looks pretty snazzy! #1bit #pixelart #gamedev #animation

Worked on a tiny simple animation for a tiny 1-bit prototype I'm gonna start working on #1bit #animation #pixelart #gamedev

A grid-based dungeon crawler concept I started working on last year, but I was unsure if I wanted to make it turn based or not

For 1-bit black and white games (either as a creator or enjoyer) do you prefer mostly white sprites/details on a mostly black background or mostly black sprites/details on a mostly white background?

I got hooked playing this game in my browser yesterday. It's very simple and kind of similar to some prototypes I have worked on even down to the 1-bit art style and really shows how fun simple grid combat can be if you add some elements to keep the player on their toes! bonedungeon.com/pc.html

Idk how people can simply trust that AI wasn’t used for anything else in Expedition 33 other than the newspaper textures. Do people really think they just randomly decided to use it for that one thing? I can’t prove it but a handful of the monster designs have some hallmarks of AI generation as well

Maybe I'm wrong and I haven't finished the game but wasn't Silksong rumored to have a Castlevania-esque backstep ability? I know the original HK had a backdash that was removed because they decided just dashing in the opposite direction was better. I'm not talking about the spider scuttle btw

I'm back on the music grind right now so I haven't had as much time to work on pixel art and game related stuff, but I'll be back at it soon enough (and will have some new music to share soon!)

Having read Berserk fans takes about things involving sexual violence online... being a Berserk fan is kind of a red flag for me at this point, not gonna lie. 🤷‍♀️

almost died trying to roll my rs. I've never been able to, so I said a bunch of funny phrases, tried making some cat purring and various trilling sounds, suddenly I felt very lightheaded and dizzy. Maybe I'm just not built for this!

Worked on this design a little more, going for a little more of a "dark elf" rather than goblin vibe and thought of a potential name. What do you think, does it seem like a good fit? #pixelart

Cloak or robe? What is the cooler fantasy and sci-fi garment? Each are worn by everyone from wizards to jedi. Both are flowy, long and often hooded. One has sleeves, one does not. Hmm. What say you? 🤔

I had an idea for a mechanic involving a bell and sigils. You would place sigils with different effects on tiles and they would be activated by ringing the bell (I've been thinking about using bells as a mechanic in a game since reading the Abhorsen series 😁). Not finished just playing with ideas

Is Vagrant Story really as difficult to get into as people say? The vibes seem immaculate 🤔

I've decided this character is not going to be a goblin exactly but rather a race that is something between an elf, a fay and a goblin. The main thing is that they are misunderstood and persecuted by humans who really just want an excuse to plunder their land and make propaganda to demonize them

The "Brave Knight" prepares to slay the "Foul Goblin". (You're the goblin) #pixelart #gamedev

I've been doing pixel art for like 5 years now and for most of that time I was acutely aware that the pixel art was not very good. Now I look at the art I make, and though I'm not always happy with it, I think "hey this doesn't look absolutely terrible"

I decided this character might actually be a goblin #pixelart

Small update adding some armor to the tips of the boots. Still not decided on the eyepatch... #pixelart #characterdesign #gamedev

Eyepatch?? I haven't tried an eyepatch on this character yet and as an occasional eyepatch user myself (neuro-optical issues) I do love my eyepatch wearing characters (particularly if they aren't pirates)😅

I still feel like this design needs some small element to make it unique and distinct (tried hats, tried helmets, nothing stuck), but this is the best I can come up with for now! #pixelart #gamedev #characterdesign #monochromatic

Working on adding a bit more perspective to sprites so they look like they are being seen from above. Obviously there is still a bit of cheating here where the sprite doesn't match the true top down perspective of the room so you can see more than just the top of the head, but I think it works

It's time for everyone's favorite game: Help Emily choose a character design! (Now featuring EVEN MORE CHOICES!) #pixelart

I can't tell you how many times I've tried designing a character and it just ends up being turning into Marth