I made an in-game music player for Little Nemo that allows you to also take in each domain's hand-drawn, endlessly repeating, parallax background art as you listen to Pete Berkman's (of @anamanaguchi.bsky.social) amazing soundtrack.

Little Nemo now has Achievements on Steam!🎉 Thank you for the community members that helped name achievements and even find some ideas for achievements I hadn't thought of! steamcommunity.com/app/2074630

I'm streaming on Twitch right now as I play through Little Nemo testing the achievements! Come hang out if you wanna get a peek at the achievements or see what it looks like as I speedrun achievement hunting! twitch.tv/diesoftgames

Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland: Explore Slumberland as Little Nemo armed with toys & stuffed animals in this colorful platforming metroidvania adventure diesoftgames.itch.io/little-nemo

It looks cute. It feels easy. That’s the trap. Next thing you know, you’re all in. #gaming #indiegames #littlenemo @diesoft.games

Another 9/10 score for Little Nemo 🎉 This time from GamesReviews: www.gamesreviews.com/news/04/litt...

This game looks cozy until it starts ramping up, and then you can’t stop. Full breakdown 📺 youtu.be/TWUlSR5X16s #gaming #indiegames #littlenemo @diesoft.games

9.5/10 for NEMO!!!

I'm feeling very seen right now by how much Little Nemo has resonated with Metroidvania Guru 😊 Check out the guru's latest review: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jBl...

I really appreciate the Little Nemo shout-out from @wes.readonlymemo.com in the latest Read Only Memo newsletter! 🙌 I'm an avid retro gaming enthusiast, so it's really rewarding to hear when like-minded folks can really appreciate those retro influences in Nemo. readonlymemo.com/mister-3do-c...

I had a blast watching @sl0nk0b0mb.bsky.social streaming through the game so far. Lots of very fun moments! If you're into metroidvanias and/or retro platformers it'll be up your alley. Try the demo! 🎮 #screenshotsaturday

Watching players delight in the details that were painstakingly crafted makes it all worth it. Thank you to @pumpkinpotion.bsky.social for playing Little Nemo on stream. Please try the demo, give it a wishlist, or go ahead and support a tiny #indiedev with a purchase! #wishlistwednesday

I really enjoyed catching @pumpkinpotion.bsky.social's stream yesterday. After spending years pouring your heart into something, it's very moving to watch it be so thoroughly appreciated. www.twitch.tv/videos/27380...

✨Live✨ Come hang out as we are raising funds for @1000dreamsfund.org as part of the Stream for Dreams raid train!💓 We are finally gonna try Little Nemo: Guardians of Slumberland by @diesoft.games that dropped this week! I’ve been waiting for years to play🥹Come thru !🌙 Www.twitch.tv/Sl0nk0b0mb

Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland is SO GOOD Y'ALL! This might be the best platformer I've seen this year. Beautiful art style, great music, solid challenge, and a fun take on familiar characters. Y'all gotta check it out. It has an ALF. #indiegame #indiegames #indiedev @diesoft.games

Time for a Terrific! Tuesday stream tonight! I've been excitedly waiting for this game, so let's play the JUST NOW RELEASED Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland from @diesoft.games! Put on your PJs and come by for cozy Metroidvania gameplay 😄 Starts 7pm ET on www.twitch.tv/calamitynolan

I just released my first ever game on Steam! If a hand-animated love-letter to your favorite NES platformers all packaged up into a modern metroidvania sounds like your thing, it's only $17.99 rn with the launch discount!

Launching my first ever game tomorrow @ 11am EDT 🎮 After years of hard work, it's finally here 😅 If you love metroidvanias or games that capture that classic NES platformer magic, this one's for you. Please RT to help spread the word! 🙌🩷

It's the last #wishlistwednesday before Little Nemo releases! It's a hand-animated love-letter to the NES platformers you know and love. If you've been curious about metroidvanias, this is the one to try!

Promo Art vs In-Game Art

I'm gonna be at GDC next week! I've been heads down in work just making this game for so many years, it will be cool to get out and meet other game dev folks. Shoot me a DM if you'll be there and wanna meet up!

Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland by @diesoft.games. I'm old enough to remember the NES Little Nemo game, so this was a colorful, candy-filled blast from the past. Delightful 2D platforming in a lovingly hand-drawn dreamscape. (13/x) store.steampowered.com/app/2074630/...

If you don't get a chance to play the Little Nemo demo before #SteamNextFest ends, I hope you'll at least watch @johnnyboombotz.bsky.social's playthrough. It's so rewarding after years of hard work, to watch someone really enjoying everything about it 😊 #ScreenshotSaturday

I think Vampire Crawlers might have been my number 1, but absolutely LOVED Little Nemo & the Guardian of Slumberland. Such a colorful and upbeat feeling for a metroidvania

Games covered in this post: Little Nemo: Guardians of Slumberland Vampire Crawlers Petrichor The Eternal Life of Goldman

I write monthly Kickstarter backer updates and post them to the website six months later so that anyone can read them. The latest one is an in-depth look at the process from start-to-finish of how I make an enemy for Little Nemo: diesoft.games/2025/08/29/n...

It's #wishlistwednesday so I'd love for you to try out my #SteamNextFest demo and add Little Nemo to your wishlist if you enjoy it! It's launching next month so your support means everything right now 🙌

Really enjoyed watching @cney.stream play through the Nemo demo: www.twitch.tv/cney/video/2... It's always satisfying to see someone dig into the settings like that before hopping in, and there was some good feedback and minor things I might want to tweak based on watching.

Love hearing this about my demo 😁🙌

Did you know you can try out Little Nemo RIGHT NOW on Steam?! Please give the demo a shot and lemme know what you think! #SteamNextFest #metroidvania

I'm going to play through the demo of Little Nemo on Twitch, and then do a little bit of game dev afterwards (probably level design polish) Please come hang out! twitch.tv/diesoftgames

YAAAAAAAAASSSSSSS! I wrote this last year, but still think about this game constantly. www.the-indie-game-cafe.com/storybook-in...

I'm releasing a wholesome metroidvania next month and it's self-published, so there's no one to tell me I need to make the promo art edgier for a western audience. But here's my best guess at what otherwise could have happened to the art: #kirby #iykyk

Little Nemo has an official launch date for PC! 🎉 And you'll be able to play the latest demo in the upcoming Steam Next Fest (February 23rd to March 2nd). store.steampowered.com/app/2074630/... #indiegame #metroidvania

I just posted an update digging into the process of making sound effects for Little Nemo. I kind of gloss over the actual creation of the .wav files and focus more on the in-Unity implementation details. store.steampowered.com/news/app/207...

📢Content Creators! 📢 @diesoft.games' cute metroidvania platformer Little Nemo and The Guardians of Slumberland is getting a new demo soon! If you'd like to check it out before it goes live, drop a comment below! Everyone's welcome for this one! 💜 More info: store.steampowered.com/app/2074630/...

I wrote a bit about how I look to platformers like Mario for inspiration in how I design bosses in Little Nemo, rather than what is more typical in the metroidvania genre. If you're interested in #indiegame #gamedev behind the scenes stuff, give it a read! store.steampowered.com/news/app/207...

Happy Halloween! 🎃 I showed off a bit about Slumberland's Halloween-themed domain: Haunted Hollow. Check it out here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/207... #indiegame #gamedev #metroidvania

Some boring #gamedev stuff, but I'm trying to increase visitor-to-wishlist conversion (hey #wishlistwednesday) so I'm trying a 60s edit of the MIX trailer from this summer. What do you think?

Little Nemo doing some excavation in Crystal Caverns. Wishlist the game ahead of our release early next year! #wishlistwednesday #indiegame #metroidvania

Some exciting updates for everyone (with links in the replies 🔗⬇️) 🎮 We're doing more playtesting very soon and YOU can sign up for it! 📖 You can read about the process of how I make a pair of PJs for Nemo in our latest devlog 📝 We've got new monthly updates up!

This could be you, chilling with your Little Buddy Polter-Pal. Just join us for some playtesting we'll be doing soon! 🕰️Estimated play time: 3-5 hours 🔢Age: 18 [yrs old] or older 🖊️NDA: Must be willing to sign an NDA 🐛Report bugs and feedback on our Discord Server 🎮 PC/Steam only 🔗⬇️

It's #screenshotsaturday so please help share this peek at our Little Nemo #metroidvania #indiegame that takes you on an adventure through the varied dream domains of Slumberland. Collect Toys, PJs, and Little Buddies to progress as you explore this vibrant hand-drawn world.

Here's a look at Nemo's fast travel system. When you're in your bedroom, you can use the map to select a different bed to appear at when you fall back asleep. But you'll need to have collected at least 10 blue moons in a domain to fast travel to beds in that domain. #wishlistwednesday #indiegame

For KS backers and anyone considering a Late Pledge for Little Nemo: I'll be closing up late pledges and locking in pledge info (meaning the platform you want to receive the game on and your "Credited as…" name will be locked in). Details: www.kickstarter.com/projects/die...

I'm making a #metroidvania game where you wake up safely in your bed instead of dying. Please consider a ❤️ or🔁 to help get the word out, or maybe even share this with someone you think will appreciate it 🙌 #indiegame #gamedev #littlenemo Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2074630/...

The familiars in SotN were a big inspiration for my Little Buddies in Nemo. But I wanted them to be more interesting than just a little extra damage, so they each have a unique ability. It's #wishlistwednesday so please check us out on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/2074630/... #indiedev #gamedev

I have such fond memories of the Nintendo Hotline despite never even calling it. It was just a fun idea. But it would be even better if it were in the game itself, and if you could pay for tips with the currency you've collected in-game. #screenshotsaturday store.steampowered.com/app/2074630?...

I feel like I should be proud at both animating and scripting this enemy in a single day (a small turret that tries to match your height and stay at screen edge), but there's so much that goes into making a game that it can instead feel like "man, that's all I did today?" #indiedev #gamedev

Being primarily a solo developer can be exhausting, but it also makes it easy for me to show off the production process from start to finish. Follow along with the creation of a new enemy in my latest devlog update here. store.steampowered.com/news/app/207... #indiedev #gamedev #2danimation