Added a new enemy this week! These bizbots that love drinking and burping out chemical clouds. Will polish further in the coming week, but I'm pretty happy with how they came out. #screenshotsaturday

Announcing the 2026 St Louis Global Game Jam, happening at the end of January at UMSL. Anyone from St. Louis is welcome to join this 48-hour challenge! Create a game with others or solo! Register now! globalgamejam.org/jam-sites/20... #stlouis #gamedev #globalgamejam #ggj26 #UMSL #gamer

This Thursday, from 7pm-10pm, is the monthly Game Dev Social at the Dirty 20! We’ll fill out prediction sheets for 2026 and make our Yule boasts heard! Meet fellow developers before the Global Game Jam at the end of the month! Art by ilikethepixies 👑 #GameDev #IndieDev #StLouis #networking

I'm experimenting with a little tip jar and merch store for Bandageman, my "gaming" "studio." Ko-Fi is so totally my vibe, way nicer than Etsy and other "creator" marketplaces. (Also: you know you need a Bandageman sticker!)

Suppose I should do a small end of the year roundup before we're too far out from 2025. Last year I announced Mansion of a Million Monsters! and continued to work on it a ton. This year I'll release a demo on steam (very soon!), maybe do a Kickstarter, and see how close to finishing the game!

As you progress in Prodigal, seasons flow through Vann's Point. Enjoy the pitter patter of your boots in the soft snow. ❄️ Which season do you like best? store.steampowered.com/app/1393820/... #indiedev #indiegame #zeldalike #pixelart #steam

I made the FIRST farming roguelike🥕 #gamedev #pixelart

Polished up those mugs of chemicals from the last time I posted this week. Really happy with how the animation of the liquid in the air came out. Also started work on a new Bizbot enemy which you can see, but I need more time to animate them. #screenshotsaturday

Some #pixelart of Nier Automata's 2B I made for a secret santa. I think it turned out nicely!

2025 is wrapped and we're incredibly thankful to everyone that's believed and supported us. This industry is TOUGH and the fact that we're still standing, continuing to create, and making friends along the way is kinda incredible. Hope that 2026 brings some joy to you all!

Day 3 - It's Pikachu! I've always liked the fat Pikachu more in Pokemon... It's cool that they animated him that way for the 30th anniversary! How about you? What's your favorite? #pokemon #pikachu #art #coloredpencil

2025 had a lot of ups and downs for me. More so than previous years. For every month I had something I was genuinely proud of, there was another where I basically did nothing at all. #2025ArtRecap

Day 2 - A little red #Pikmin. I think I stole this idea, but I can't remember from who! I tried colored pencil on this one. What do you think? I'm not so sure about it. For me, the first Pikmin game left a big impact as a kid. The 30 day time limit gave me a lot of stress! #art #fanart #nintendo

May 2026 be better, safer, and fairer. May all that was good in 2025 be better in 2026. May all that was bad in 2025 be things we put our efforts towards improving.

Tonight...?!

Day 1 - Rudy from the upcoming game "Nutty Dungeons"! Did this one with a pencil sketch first (which I'll post in the replies) and then inked it with a ballpoint pen. Let's see how many days of art I can do in a row! #art

iChat icon in Blender for some reason! #b3d #skeuomorphism

Another bit of art I made for fun while I had the time off. It's of a character from @hairyfood1 on the "other site," whose offbeat comics and art I've enjoyed.

Been drawing a bit for myself in the last days of my time off. Drew @paincaked.bsky.social's Kit for fun and was pretty happy with how it came out. Either way, was nice to just draw something that wasn't for some larger project :)

There is a high-stakes transmission that will be fully decoded at midnight on New Years’ Eve at the Dirty 20! Celebrate the years’ accomplishments with a special visitor! RSVP @here! meetu.ps/e/PJLBw/GMvJ... #stlouis #newyearseve #gamedev

We weren't sure it was a good idea to launch the "How Many Dudes?" demo right before the Steam sale, but we figured no one else would be launching anything... It went better than I'd even hoped!

How Many Dudes is the latest game by the team at Butterscotch Shenanigans! They built a game around the 100 men vs 1 gorilla meme! Go play their demo now! bscotch.itch.io/how-many-dudes #gamedev #indiegame #roguelike

In the full game, you won't see things so zoomed out, but these are some tiles I've made for the in-development game Curse Chapter: Dawnthief. These days, I'm not able to tile the levels, so I try to make them easy to work with! #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev

Hey! You! Yes, you! Go play Yuel Duel on @newgrounds.com to get into the "holiday spirit" or some such... www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/... Love you! Happy Holidays!! Bah! Humbug! 🎅🎄❄🤶⛄ #indiegames #gamedev

Lazarus D. Richardson showcased his music asset pack, A Yoke For The Beast Machines, on Spotify, Itch.io, and Bandcamp! If purchased on itch, it comes with a free user manual! Download it here: lazthecomposer.itch.io/a-yoke-for-t... #stlouis #gamedev #indiedev

The IGAs Nomination Committee is officially retracting Debut Game and Game of the Year, awarding both categories to new recipients. Additionally, we are retracting one of the Indie Vanguard recipients. Full details can be found in our FAQ under Game Eligibility: www.indiegameawards.gg/faq

@tonywojnar.bsky.social, Michael Wojnar, and @lazthecomposer.bsky.social created Bottomless Hell for the STLGameDev SpookyJam! Play it here: wojworks.itch.io/bottomless-h... #gamejam #godot #stlouis

The demo for our new game about the "100 men vs 1 gorilla" meme, How Many Dudes, is LIVE! Go play and wishlist on @steampowered.com 👇👇👇 store.steampowered.com/app/3934270 Or via @itch.io & @gx.games bscotch.itch.io/how-many-dudes gx.games/games/8racq4... #indiegame #gamedev #gaming

Been working on these mugs that pop chemicals into the air when the shockwaves hit them. There's some placeholder art in there since I didn't have time to animate the liquid. Not sure if I'll even use this mechanic; need to do more fiddling and testing #screenshotsaturday

Treasures will be taken… Secrets will be unmasked… Wishlist Curse Chapter: Dawnthief on Steam! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx7h... store.steampowered.com/app/4228390/... #indiedev #indiegame #wishlist #steam #pixelart

Hey, do you want to buy ALL THE COLORGRAVE GAMES? What's that? You DO? Well do I have the bundle for you, then! With all but our newest game on sale, you can pick them up for cheaper than DIRT! ... Oh, I misheard you? You don't know who we are? Ah, well... store.steampowered.com/bundle/43168...

I don't know why Rob Reiner's death hit me hard this week. I could shit-post but instead I'm putting some diversion and fun into the world, even if it's minutes at a time. Because I speak of the pompatus of love.

Chelsea is the creator of Learn To Bird! Still in its prototyping phase, LtB is an educational game that teaches the average person how to identify birds by where a color is on a bird’s body. #gamedev #stlouis #ornithology

These developers want to know how many dudes it would take to win in a fight with 100 toddlers https://kotaku.com/how-many-dudes-crashlands-butterscotch-shenanigans-interview-2000652567

We've announced our next game! Check out the teaser on Steam! It's been a hard month getting things together for this, but I'm super excited to work on this, and I hope you all will be looking forward to it! store.steampowered.com/app/4228390/...

This is about to go live! And Dribble Bounces Back is a part of it!

Gameplay of the Rocky Retreat biome in Gelli Fields! #gamedev #pixelartist #indiedev

It's a new Month! and a new St Louis Game Development RoundUp! roundup.stlgame.dev/issue-29/ ☃ #gamedev #indiedev #videogames

The Indie Game Awards air on Dec. 18th, streaming on IGN, GameSpot, and Six One Indie. It’s not a night for new trailers, but a night to celebrate global devs who swung for the fences with unrestricted creative freedom. 🕐 IGAs Countdown: 6:30 PM ET 🏆 Ceremony: 6:50 PM ET 🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg

Still struggling with productivity, but I found a little time to mess around with the new level's core mechanic (which I started on earlier this year). Now, not only does Dribble make spike shockwaves on the chemical puddles, but also certain enemies. #screenshotsaturday

Yearly reminder that being in this industry and creating things that make you happy is the real award, the only one that really matters.

Hi indie dev friends! My game Gelli Fields launches in March and I'm currently at 1,800 wishlists. Would love to hear some advice on how I can market and help the launch of the game. Everyone who has played the game loves it I just need more eyes on it! Thanks! #indiedev #gamedev

🎊We hit 500 reviews on Steam! 🎊 To say thanks we are giving away 5 PRODIGAL KEYS! To have a chance to win, all you gotta do is... ✅Retweet ✅Comment which Colorgrave character you'd team up with! 💪 Winners will be randomly selected! Thanks again and good luck! #indiedev #giveaway #indiegame

oh wow, it costs upwards of $450k to have a trailer in the game awards! I'm short of that by just a *little* bit, so here's the trailer for my goofy action-adventure mystery, for free! #indiegames

The year isn't ending quite yet - we have a bunch of events lined up for you at the end of December! Join us tonight for the #GameDev Social, or for our Audio meetup. Talk about #Webbed with us at Game Club, or join us for our New Years' Eve Party with STLVGM! #stlouis #indiedev #networking

Gelli Fields Launches in March! #gamedevelopment #cozygames #pixelartist youtu.be/JfzErJbJY8U?...

Wes Ehrlichman created Gravesweeper in two weeks for our SpookyJam! Download the app or play in the browser here: superwes.itch.io/gravesweeper #gamedev #indiedev #mobliedev #stlouis #spooky #gravesweeper #minesweeper

In a week, we'll have something cool to show you... #pixelart #gamedev

Well I "finished" my game for the @yogscast.com / @yogscast.games / @jinglejam.co.uk Jingle Game Jam. I'm not happy with the end result at all... @lazthecomposer.bsky.social did some outstanding music for me though so go check it out for that at least. axolstudio.itch.io/echoes-of-th... #indiedev