Is the logo repeated across the middle column a⚡, or an S? We may never know.

It me. I also have a frustratingly narrow band between "too much socialization, need to recharge" and "too isolated, need to see people".

I love this new tileset, but @wurmfud.itch.io pointed out that the tiles now feel kinda *thin*. Should we add some depth to them?

Probably need to reduce all that duplication; no need to say "gained 1 stack" five times in a row.

HMM what's that empty space in the middle there? (also, great work; let's call this today's #screenshotsaturday post) #autobattle #roguelike #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev

I looked up the exact quote and it was "The enemy of art is the absence of limitations" from Orson Wells, which was probably conflated with "Necessity is the mother of invention" from Aesop's Fables?

I have no idea why scifi shields look like fantasy shields. Maybe it's like 💾, a symbol that massively outlived its provenance?

I spent an embarrassing amount of time coming up with a damage formula that ensured diminishing returns on any one investment.

Such a cool article, thanks for stopping by!

This is a screenshot of a game design doc so I think it still counts for #ScreenshotSaturday? FYI if you want a good and free way to make graphs/diagrams like this, app.diagrams.net is great.

It turns out modular autobattlers need a LOT of icons. Who knew!

Of course, this made me realize that all my early-implemented Upgrades need to be rejiggered to even work with the filters.

An unforgiving world still need a FEW cute things, as a treat. Like, look at this adorable little servo skull from Warhammer 40k!

Zoomed-in 16x16 icons are kinda hard to read unless you roll your chair way away from your desk

(Thanks to Ian at www.instagram.com/bigsirgames for playtesting, and making the looping gif, and pointing out Yet Another Design Problem)

Seriously the number of great suggestions I heard was overwhelming. I'm tempted to just roll a die every morning to decide what to work on, instead of trying to sift through all this. Thanks (again) to @indiecitygames.org for organizing!

Over the weekend, I went to the Chicago Indie Game Showcase and played a fine collection of upcoming games developed in Chicago, Illinois!

I already snagged one to put on my sticker board, so there are only 49 left, sorry. Find me at CIGS, and ask me why roguelikes are the perfect form-factor for online co-op!

The surgeon general cautions against dreaming about Escape From Slumberland, unless you have a LOT of spare moonbeams.

I made a sign for the table and everything! Well, Liz made a sign, and I nitpicked about it.

Incidentally, Fox was the first character we added to the game! Wait, no, there was also a human, but who wants to play a HUMAN, I do that in real life.

I'm not sure if she looks more like a golem or a lobster.

Excited to see this again at CIGS!

It found the scarf in a box, but it made the gloves itself!

If you DON'T like detailed statblocks, what are you doing playing this genre?!

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Or maybe we should just set his noggin on fire?

Working on UI clarity this week! I needed a white outline to indicate whose turn it is, which surprisingly required #shaders, so... I kinda learned HLSL. There's an unannounced art asset that snuck in, oh well, don't tell anyone. #roguelike #turnbased #coop #pixelart #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

OK, I guess you guys really liked this little guy's #conceptart, so here they are in RESPLENDENT COLOR #pixelart, courtesy of @wurmfud.itch.io. Any suggestions for their name? Currently thinking Bubblegum, for um obvious reasons. #roguelike #turnbased #coop #axolotl #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

Someone PLEASE HELP ME NAME HIM, he can't be The Rock Guy forever.

I feel like there's a grisly story about the drill at the end of his arm, and I'm not sure I want to hear it.

Guess what day it is, [EMPLOYEES] ⁉️ That's right, 🐫 🐫 🐫 HUMP DAAAY 🐫 🐫 🐫 #steamnextfest | #indiegames | #gamedev

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Just played "Slaughter Void" from @wurmfud.itch.io, loved how they evolved the hot line miami concept, to me it felt like if DOOM met Hot Line Miami. Love the art direction and overall the whole gameplay design feels sooo good! Give it a try there's a demo on steam, will 100% wait for its release👏

It's never been this hard to stay under the character limit.

That opening shot is 👨‍🍳😗

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June update is here! New upgrades, new metaprogression, new #devlog! Demo: swarmforge.itch.io/solarflare-p... Devlog: swarmforge.itch.io/solarflare-p... #roguelike #turnbased #coop #robots #pixelart #gamedev

More #conceptart for #screenshotsaturday, by the inestimable www.instagram.com/maeribee. It's surprisingly hard to make #robots look like protagonists, without making them humanoid! #roguelike #turnbased #coop #gamedev #indiedev

Our kickstarter for C.I.G.S. (Chicago Indie Game Showcase) is LIVE and we already blew past our both our goal and first stretch goal in... three hours. Help us build the future of Chicago indie dev and get tix to see a ton of amazing devs. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ind... #indiedev #indiegame

Some aliens are made out of rocks, and that's ok. This concept art brought to you by the magnificent www.instagram.com/maeribee, for #screenshotsaturday ! #roguelike #turnbased #coop #golem #gamedev #indiedev

Decided we needed to up the CRPG vibes so we're adding character dialogue portraits to Slaughter Void~ (you can actually go check out our demo right now, just sayin...) #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart store.steampowered.com/app/3730700/...

Drillbots sound very different than cyber-foxes. Observe this nature documentary, with sound on: #roguelike #turnbased #coop #pixelart #robots #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday (SFX by itch.io/profile/mkga...)

We in the Elemera development team are so excited to share what we've been working on with all of you. This project has been a huge passion of ours for months now and we hope you'll join us as we continue to make our dream game a reality.

This will not do the numbers that our art does, but YOLO posting it anyways because I think it's neat. It usually takes a few hours to implement a new Upgrade, so I put together this Upgrade-by-recipe system to speed that up! #roguelike #turnbased #coop #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

I'm gratified that you were somehow able to turn my extended ramble into an article. Great work!

@wurmfud.itch.io was understandably aghast at my magenta rectangle grid (posted last week), so here is their vastly superior version. #roguelike #turnbased #coop #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

SolarFlare's April update is live. Now, you can actually win the game, instead of striving eternally! Behold our beautiful UI of missing textures. Demo: swarmforge.itch.io/solarflare-p... Changelog: swarmforge.itch.io/solarflare-p... #roguelike #turnbased #coop #pixelart #robots #gamedev #indiedev

If you want to hit hard from far away, you'll want to buy the Sniper upgrade. But that means you need to reload between attacks, so you'll want to buy something like Aim to increase your damage every time you reload/pass. Synergy! #ScreenshotSaturday #roguelike #turnbased #coop #pixelart #indiedev