The new update for Failed Falling, my accessible and reverse Getting Over It, is out! After months of work, the game is now speedier and smoother🪂 Changelog: s.team/a/3621600?emgid=675123381079638025 Demo: s.team/a/4048790 #ScreenshotSaturday #Pixelart #Indiegame #GameDev #Platformer #GodotEngine

The next demo update for Failed Falling was meant to just be a couple bug fixes. Then, I had a couple revelations to finally improve some long standing issues. And finally, the very last improvement had this unexpected side-effect... s.team/a/4048790 #ScreenshotSunday #Pixelart #IndieGame #GameDev

Despite the utter failure of yesterday, the next demo update for Failed Falling, my reverse foddian platformer, is almost done! One highlight is an updated tutorial to make sure players learn about an important feature of the game. s.team/a/4048790 #ScreenshotSaturday #Pixelart #Indiegame #GameDev

Hey there #PitchYaGame! Failed Falling is an accessible and reverse foddian platformer where falling down isn't a threat, but the goal! Innovating the genre with temporary checkpoints, difficulty options and a relaxing atmosphere! Try the demo and wishlist: s.team/a/4048790 #IndieGame #Pixelart

Finished sending the 2nd half of the 100 emails to content creators, asking them to play Failed Falling's demo. Of the first 50, 5 responses turned into 3 videos; so far, the others are going worse🫠 On other news, the last tilemap is almost complete! #ScreenshotSunday #Pixelart #IndieGame #GameDev

The new update for Failed Falling's demo is now live on Steam!! This new update aims at making the game more accessible, thanks to an unique way to handle difficulty. Full changelog: steampowered.com/news/app/3621600/view/699890642836259833 #ScreenshotSunday #Pixelart #IndieGame #GameDev #Steam

The new update for Failed Falling's demo is ready to publish! It notably introduces the accessibility feature of giving the ability to close the parachute, useful to prevent loss of progress typical of foddian games. steampowered.com/app/4048790 #ScreenshotSaturday #Pixelart #Indiegame #GameDev

A new accessibility feature is coming to Failed Falling, my reverse foddian platformer! Players can now turn on manual closing for the parachute, making the game easier by largely removing the threat of losing progress. steampowered.com/app/4048790 #WishlistWednesday #Pixelart #IndieGame #GameDev

Failed Falling is a tough platformer demo about planning your descent down a live volcano, using a parachute to ride updrafts while avoiding drifting upward and losing progress. Play the demo: playtester.io/failed-falling #IndieGaming #GameDev #Gaming #IndieDev #IndieGame

While waiting a bit before sending the other 50 emails to creators about its demo, I've finally went back to make some more progress on Failed Falling's last tilemap. After finalizing their design many months ago, I've finally finished the crystals. #ScreenshotSaturday #Pixelart #Indiegame #GameDev

After delaying for too long, I've finally started sending emails to creators about Failed Falling's demo. For now, I've sent 50 of them and someone already made a video about it! But I've also went under 100 wishlists 🫠 steampowered.com/app/3621600 #WishlistWednesday #Pixelart #IndieGame #GameDev

Added Failed Falling, my reverse Getting Over It, to Twitch. Gamedevs: I just randomly thought about it and turns out it's not automatic! Users need to add it. As important as it is, I've never seen anyone mention it. www.twitch.tv/directory/ca... #WishlistWednesday #Pixelart #IndieGame #GameDev

Mostly done with gathering 100 content creators' emails to send the demo of Failed Falling. It was more mentally draining than I thought and it left me pretty pessimistic about my game's future. But it's the only way... steampowered.com/app/3621600 #WishlistWednesday #Pixelart #IndieGame #GameDev

Still working on gathering 100 content creators to send emails about the demo for Failed Falling. I've been checking a lot of youtube channels about indies and a lot of them are either dead, changed niche or got infested by genAI. Not going to lie: it has been a bit depressing! #IndieGame #GameDev

Since my last thread, I'm still gathering the list of 100 content creators I will mail about the demo of Failed Falling, my reverse Getting Over It. Here's the press kit I prepared for it: drive.google.com/drive/folder... Hopefully it'll be useful! #ScreenshotSunday #Pixelart #IndieGame #GameDev

So, Failed Falling finally reached 100 wishlists... but I kinda need 100 times that to feel comfortable. That's why I'm going to send 100 emails about the demo! Here's a small thread about my plan, so that I can either look back at it fondly or make it a reminder of my naivety! #IndieGame #GameDev

Couple of news for Failed Falling, my "reverse" Getting Over It: - Started a new Youtube channel, featuring the gameplay trailer! youtu.be/WXkfbmQPVNk - Reached 100 wishlists! Try the game and maybe grow that number! steampowered.com/app/3621600 #WishlistWednesday #Pixelart #IndieGame #GameDev

It's #ScreenshotSunday, so here's one last time the trailer for the new demo update of Failed Falling, my reverse Getting Over It. Consider wishlisting the game and leaving a review: steampowered.com/app/3621600 Try it online on Itch: pmkexpert.itch.io/failed-falling #Pixelart #Indiegame #GameDev

The new update for the demo of Failed Falling, my reverse Getting Over It, it's now on Itch as a web version and on Steam! This update brings better gameplay and makes the game prettier with new animations and a lightning system! (Links in reply!) #ScreenshotSaturday #Pixelart #Indiegame #GameDev

Finally, after working on it for so long, the new demo update for Failed Falling is out on Steam! This update: new gameplay features to make the game easier, an updated player sprite and a lightning system to make the game prettier. Links in reply! #WishlistWednesday #Pixelart #IndieGame #GameDev

Late #TrailerThursday to feature the no-music version of the trailer I just finished for Failed Falling. It's an updated version of the old trailer, using the new logo and the player animations I worked on recently. Hopefully, the new demo will be on Steam tomorrow! #Pixelart #IndieGame #GameDev

Here's the last video for the Steam page's description of Failed Falling, showing the essential feature of foddian games: losing a lot of progress in a few seconds! In-game, it's actually easy to escape this trap, enough I might need to change it... #ScreenshotSunday #Pixelart #IndieGame #GameDev

Following yesterday posts, here's the third replacement video for the updated Steam page's description of Failed Falling, my reverse Getting Over It. Differently from the other replacements, this one has improved quite a bit compared to the old one. #ScreenshotSunday #Pixelart #IndieGame #GameDev

Following the previous post, here's the second video for the Steam store description of Failed Falling, featuring its practice feature to make the game less frustrating. The actual videos for the description will be cropped to make them less tall. #ScreenshotSaturday #Pixelart #Indiegame #GameDev

Finished recording the videos for the Steam store description of Failed Falling, my reverse Getting Over It. It didn't take as long as I thought and they're easy to edit; here's the 1st. What will take long though is rerecording for the trailer... #ScreenshotSaturday #Pixelart #Indiegame #GameDev

A new year means new sales: my sliding puzzle game Minimal Slide is part of the #SteamSpringSale! While work on my current project continues, this is a quarterly reminder that my first game exists and can even be played!! steampowered.com/app/3163570 #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev #Steam #SoloDev

Finally finished the new demo update for Failed Falling! For now, I've released it on Itch: Steam will have to wait because I need to update the store page assets. pmkexpert.itch.io/failed-falli... Here's 2.7 minutes of me being bad at my own game. #ScreenshotSaturday #Pixelart #Indiegame #GameDev

Getting very close to finish the new demo update for Failed Falling, my reverse Getting Over It. Spent a bit beautifying the demo's sneak peek for the second area of the game: the cave always felt a little barren, so I've added a few more details. #ScreenshotSaturday #Pixelart #Indiegame #GameDev

With the player's sprite updated to a three-quarter view, I needed to also do the same for the other characters in Failed Falling. Here's the new sprite for the first npc. Not sure why, but I had a lot of trouble drawing it and I'm still unsure, but for now it's good. #Pixelart #Indiegame #GameDev

Almost run out of things I wanted to add to the update of Failed Falling's demo. One of them was adding the new logo to the game, but I went a step further and animated it. Once the update is out, hopefully I'll be able to focus on level design... #ScreenshotSaturday #Pixelart #Indiegame #GameDev

With Failed Falling's new player animations completed, I've added them in-game. After inevitably changing the jump frames yet again, I'm now very happy with them! I've also added a simple lightning system to make the world darker when behind cover. #ScreenshotSaturday #Pixelart #Indiegame #GameDev

On top of updating the old player's animations, Failed Falling's next update also introduces the new game mechanic parachute limiting, meaning new frames. Differently from the animation I showed yesterday, while limiting, the parachute is compressed. #ScreenshotSunday #Pixelart #IndieGame #GameDev

Getting close to finish the new player's animations for Failed Falling. Finished drawing the three phases the parachute can be for horizontal movement; making them look distinguishable is important for visual clarity and I think I did a fine job. #ScreenshotSaturday #Pixelart #Indiegame #GameDev

The parachute, the final step of Failed Falling's new player sprite, is taking long to do, which makes sense as it's the main feature of the game. While the character's frames have been completed, the parachute itself still needs many of its own. Here's the first one! #Pixelart #IndieGame #GameDev

Today, one of my favorite videogame series has died... at least to me. Yakuza 3 was my favorite game in the series: it has its flaws, but a lot of heart. Kiwami 3 replaced all the love with hatred: proudly boasting a sex pest, botching the story and its content, making the original unavailable.

Completed the new look-up and look-down animations for Failed Falling. Even if they are not very important gameplay wise, I'm glad I've redone them. With these done, only one remains, but it's also the one that needed to be redone the most: the parachute animation. #Pixelart #IndieGame #GameDev

My endeavor of updating the player's sprite for Failed Falling continues with the look up and down animations. Up is done, as it is pretty simple, but down is more complex: did a unpolished version of the last frame yesterday, but I'm definitely happier with today's. #Pixelart #Indiegame #GameDev

After working on the new landing animation for Failed Falling, I couldn't stop myself from tweaking again the jump frames. While I still need to see how it works in-game (a problem for another time), I think I'm now fully satisfied with how it looks. #ScreenshotSunday #Pixelart #Indiegame #GameDev

After yesterday, I went back to Failed Falling's new jump animation to improve it. Followed some helpful advice for the arms, reworked a bit the legs and now I like more how it looks! Still need to redo many frames, but it gets easier from here... #ScreenshotSaturday #Pixelart #Indiegame #GameDev

After the walk cycle, I've worked on the new jump animation for Failed Falling. Like when I drew the old one, it is the animation I have the most trouble with. Probably it's because the arms don't move much, but holding the backpack is part of the characterization. #Pixelart #Indiegame #GameDev

Started updating the player's sprite for Failed Falling, starting with the walk cycle. When I first made it, the view was from the side, as it was easier to draw, but It didn't look good and made the sprite a bit too small. Not 100% sure on it, but I'm happy for now. #Pixelart #Indiegame #GameDev

Slightly updated the tutorial for the new ability in Failed Falling. The tooltip appears while the player is quickly moving upwards, so I made it follow the player to make it easier to read; also, as it's specific to the parachute, I made sure it's only visible while using it. #Indiegame #GameDev

Made the difficult decision to... make Failed Falling less difficult. Now, the player can move quicker while floating and I've added the ability to "limit" the parachute to rise slower. It still needs one more thing, though: a new player's sprite... #ScreenshotSunday #Pixelart #Indiegame #GameDev

That's it, I can't continue this anymore! I have to stop... working on the new logo for Failed Falling. I'll never be fully happy with it, but I need to get back to the rest of the game! And come on, I made a custom font for it and it looks good! It looks good, right? #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart

Almost two months of agonizing on how to improve Failed Falling's logo and not doing any proper progress, but I might finally be at the end of the tunnel... Making my own font definitely helped, but I'm still not sure about the design behind and the colors. #gamedev #indiegame #solodev #pixelart

Finished Silksong and spent a few days reflecting on it. I felt the same main flaw of Hollow Knight where exploration doesn't feel rewarding: too few main abilities for that big of a world. But then I realized that the reward for exploring is actually making the game easier and less frustrating...

The year has ended, and so has my annual playthrough of Va-11 Hall-A and my self-imposed challenge of daily posts during it. I have some thoughts about all of this: this was the first full year as a self-titled gamedev, so I feel the need to write all of them down in a thread... #indiegame #gamedev

Last full day of Va-11 Hall-A. Picked some of my favorite songs in the jukebox for the occasion, but, sadly, this day is also one of my least favorite, especially because it feels so short. Tomorrow is the end. Expect a lot of posts, because I feel like talking to the void for a while... #indiegame

It's the second to last full day in Va-11 Hall-A. Even with most of story done, this day still manages to be very interesting. The most difficult secret quest ends today, unlocking my favorite of the side-endings, followed up by the most interesting political dialogue. Also, the ghost. #indiegame

It's the liminal week and, in Va-11 Hall-A, it's time for major customers' last appearance, with today being the turn of a favorite of mine. The second secret character is also today, the most rewarding to recognize if you played their game of origin. Also, a ghost and a bad prediction. #indiegame