I keep daydreaming about adding a bunch of new areas to Echo before releasing the DX version, but I'd need to do a big refactor of the playdate version to add them and I would hate to not have them on the playdate as well :/

I really like corpse run mechanics but I'd love to see different takes on it, like an enemy taking your stuff and hiding it so when you go back and beat them, you find a treasure map leading you back to it.

Silksong level design spoiler! I don't agree that team cherry put cruel traps and pranks in levels, they made groups of mean bugs and then the bugs did it. Like that hunters marsh bench... The ants did it, team cherry didn't!

Hearing stuff like this genuinely makes me so happy, I'm still a ways off releasing something new but I can't wait!

My next game is delayed by 20 minutes cause Miso wanted a cuddle

I honestly don't know how to equate the general discussion around Silksong with the game I'm playing, imo it might be the greatest game I've ever played. I saw the review that gave it a 3/5 and it's just confused me so much 😅 it might just be a small amount of people who feel that way though.

🐲 Cut off one head, two more shall take it's place! 🐲

somehow my metroidvania managed to sell a copy on silksong day, I'm 100% betting it's cause stores broke and they kept googling "metroidvanias to play whilst I wait for steam to come back online"

Apologies for only posting about silksong purchase woes today 😅 After about 5 hours with the game I can say it really is everything I hoped it would be, it's making me really wanna do metroidvania dev again (which is great cause I still have a port to finish making haha)

just gonna play it frm free and move save data over if possible, start again if not haha, it's bug time!!

I got my code!!! ... still can't play for some reason 😭

this is the actual worst!!!! I bought it but can't play cause humble ran out of keys!!! 😭

ngl I thought steam would be broken for 20 minutes but then it's settle down, this is crazy 😅😭

you use generative AI to realize your 'grand vision', I use MSPaint to realize my 'grand vision', we are not the same

trying to buy silksong feels sisyphean!

Half hour remains!! I have snacks and junk food preloaded for days of silksong! Kinda sad I'm doing a half marathon this Sunday 😅

This was absolutely what I kept in mind when making Echo, I had a lot of people pre-launch say something similar. I honestly don't really believe a genre can be too saturated to do well, it just depends on why you're making it (and a lot of luck), that always comes through in the end.

It's been a while. Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs. store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...

still rough but I'm gonna start sharing the double-sided deckbuilder soon! #indiegame #gamedev

i feel this anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

It's still too warm, but it's getting better I genuinely think I like autumn the most, but only cause I don't like summer the most! I have no feelings on spring, winter is pretty good

Genuinely can't wait!

Mouse Required ended up getting 2nd overall and 1st in gameplay in Lowrezjam 2025! I uploaded a small update that adjusts/adds a few small things itchio: werxzy.itch.io/mouse-required lexaloffle BBS: www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=151... #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev #itchio

There's defo gonna be at least a 2 week delay on my next game release caused by silksong cause I'll be playing it! It's sad but understandable to see it cause a lot of devs and pubs have to do an sudden delay. I really dunno how we could possibly avoid this kind of situation, maybe we can't.

Majoras Mask, there's a dark corridor with spooky stuff in it and I could never get myself to go down it as a kid, I'd just restart it. I still haven't but have vowed to this year!

I can't really understand why folks are sleeping on this, it's adorable and such a good use of the pixel smoothing filter!

I am the king of production speed. I am the ultimate efficiency in #gamedev. You know what the magic ingredient is, (it's not AI) it is no c-suites.. no executives . no stock options, no bonuses, and no fucking SUITS. But all Art and all passion. I solved it for you.

Been at gamescom this week learning more about how to biz dev and pitch games, but reading about silksong dev has just emboldened the side of me that wants to self-publish and stay small & scrappy 😅

This is awesome!! Seeing another DX Playdate game in the wild has me super excited!

Still crunching to finish a demo of a small balatro-like with my partner and I can say after a friend played it for a bit, they had fun and kinda wanted to keep playing! it's so nice and v rare for me, I tend to make niche-ish stuff a lot so to have a game feel fun right away is coooool!

I've been in a strong research phase for new small game, some incredible roguelike chance games are out now but Sol Cesto takes the cake for coolest, unique game I've played in a while! store.steampowered.com/app/2738490/...

So many incredible games are up for sale right now on #playdate and Echo is down to 5 bucks for the first time!

This is how battles look like in 🛡️G l o o m G a t e⚔️ #indiegame #playdate #1bit #gamedev

Game jamming my balatro-like with my partner and I wanna show things so badly but I also want it to be a cool surprise! Never done this before but we're aiming to get it on steam* by the end of the jam! *only for us, not released!

figured out my balatro game idea, can't wait to find time to prototype it!!

I haven't posted about Develop, it was great! first time I've felt like a game dev at one since I have a game out now 😅 met a bunch of incredible people and got out of my comfort zone. (this is the only pic I have from it for some reason)

I've been thinking about the development of Garbanzo Quest nonstop for the last few days, it feels absurd that good games can come out now and not sell well. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b7o...

seeing donation websites allow me to donate crypto before asking if I want a "message assistant" to help me say something nice makes me feel like I'm in a special hell made just for me

hoping the compression doesn't hit this too much but this is echo with & without the crt filter! #indiegame #gamedev

I have to make the exact same shader for remapping sprite colors for UI sprites and it's fine but also making games takes forever 😭

"cured of the desire to watch more episodes" 😂 meanwhile I wish I could zap my brain to forget all of Community and do a rewatch

finally watching andor, got to s1 ep11 and no spoilers, but for me that is probably the most exciting star wars has ever been!

level blockouts from my current project

Sadly Echo didn't get in to the develop indie showcase, butttt that does mean I don't need to stress about getting a build ready and I get to enjoy the week without being at a booth So there's a solid silver lining

Explore a hostile kingdom, vanquish wild beasts, and deal with unscrupulous soldiers in Lolife, a retro action RPG out now on #Playdate Catalog and itch! #indiegame play.date/games/lolife/

color is so hard! I've been having difficulty making the interactable things pop out but I'm pretty sure I've got it sorted now

I'm starting to feel happy with how the DX version looks, still a while off I think but progress is being made! #playdate #gamedev #indiegame

The game I've been leading at Double Fine got announced today! Coming in October this year!

I think I'm locked in style-wise, only thing left to figure out is how much color to add. #gamedev #indiegame

I've been watching this develop over the last few weeks and the imposter-like 3d sprites look awesome!! I've known @keane.games for a long time so I can guarantee this will be a very cool playdate game! defo keep an eye on it if you like #playdate stuff