hello publisher. yes, thank you for your time. okay, here is my pitch: Terrible Indie Game. it's a card-collector roguelike with inconceivably massive skill trees. it's a few years behind on the zeitgeist for every possible design trend. every joke is dated to february of 2009. i need $200,000. thx.

Hey indie devs. Any tips on how to maintain creative momentum even when you're not "feelin' it"? I know steady, consistent progress is the key to *everything* but I find it difficult in those times when "real life" is wearisome and mentally draining. 😔

a little tip for all you indie developers out there -- just increase the Sales variable on your next game👍

have been BUSY lately, whew time to return to regular game development rhythm this is your reminder to get hype for Shplief

good morning shoe ladybug tree

Wow! I can't believe the difference the NVIDIA DLSS 5 made for Octobug, it's never looked better! Digital Foundry calls this a "revolutionary innovation"!

starting to really hit me that i'm about halfway done with my next commercial release 😊 #Shplief

love when an evening of game development is spent mostly on troubleshooting a finicky issue yeah love those nights oh my grit teeth? it's a smile, totally, i promise love troubleshooting

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*squint* be honest with me ... when i make this guy real little , can you still tell it's a dinosaur ? 👀

One not-insignificant motivation for me, as a free-time indiedev -- I really want my kids to see their dad succeed at creative endeavors.

so uhhh the creator of Wordle released a new game called Parseword and, spoiler alert, if you enjoy that sort of 'cryptic crossword' thinking -- you'll be ready for my upcoming game Shplief (in fact Shplief will be way easier lol)

made my first ambient track 😊

if YOU can identify at least two of these icons then congrats: YOU will be ready for Shplief! #SHPLIEF #SHPLIEF #SHPLIEF #SHPLIEF

forcing myself to finish my current couple projects (i'm actually making good consistent progress, i promise!! lol) by getting *really* excited about the one *after* those brainhack gang rise up or something

I think I wanna follow more indiedevs. Y'all are inspirational and great. I should get on that.

An example of whimsy in games that I am always delighted to remember: The celebratory ostrich in Championship Bowling (NES). How strange! How random! How wonderful!

FL Studio, where Ctrl + B is the keyboard shortcut to... copy, or duplicate... hm, how to remember this... BOOMplicate? Boom, there it is again! Bazooka now there's twoka! Uhh... bi-patterned! Er... BAMBAM thank you ma'am (x2)... buh, buh...

even better 😏

In the game Shplief, you will solve puzzles, and each puzzle will be numbered and have a title. Similar to a crossword, some answers you may derive merely from the clue given. Others, you will likely figure out from the options provided. And some will just feel unfair! 😁

might write some music tonight 🤔

well, it's Mario Day. here's a reminder of a really cool thing we did once with @tinybookshelf.itch.io have fun, nerds.

*sigh* just found a whole bunch of bugs in one of the puzzles smh #Shplief

One fun thing about game development: Every once in a while you have an idea (not a game concept, more of a mechanical thing), and you realize you're not sure if you can do it -- and there's only one way to find out. Put it in and try! And it's fun. 🙂

staring myself down in a mirror and screaming I WON'T START ANY NEW PROJECTS THIS YEAR I WON'T START ANY NEW PROJECTS THIS YEAR I WON'T START ANY NEW PROJECTS THIS YEAR I WON'T START ANY NEW PROJECTS THIS YEAR I WON'T START ANY NEW PROJECTS THIS YEAR I WON'T--

Our next game is Verminsteel! You're a bird with a broadsword, kicking thousands of fascists so hard they fly into the sun PLEASE go wishlist it, it'll make me really happy and help me stop low-key panicking and stuff: store.steampowered.com/app/4352280/... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

definitely made forward progress tonight but also very much a "wow where did the time go?! 😭" sort of night (not nearly enough progress!!) does anyone have some spare Infinite Time i could borrow? thanks

🎶 Now here you go again You say you want your freedom Well, who am I to keep you down? It's only right that you should Play the way you feel it But listen carefully To the sound of your loneliness 🎵

Currently looking for work and projects. Give me a shout or a DM if you have a project - ttrpg, card game, etc that's in need of illustration/art/concepts.

Hm. Pretty happy with where the power-ups are at. Next: Couple new enemy designs, the power-up icons... then I think we can really start building some levels in! 👍 #TyrantSlayer

So I'm working on a weird little game called Shplief. Started in October. Casual budget puzzler, touch/mouse controls. Pretty simple, modest scope. My goal was to put 200 puzzles in there for people to solve. I am at 71... a release by the end of the year feels realistic! 😊

To the gentle gamers of Bluesky. I need your help with a very unique and specific question. What are you favorite videogame transitions/doors ex: the elevator in cyberpunk, the metro the checkpoint before dogtown The vault door in fallout etc.

Power-ups! ✨

*that* game (where you play an "agent" assigned to investigate what remains in office buildings abandoned by corporations) is still a few projects away 😊

my next couple games will have demos you can try :)

VIVIFY VISUAL VOCABULARY!! (i don't think all of these are going to make the cut, but if *you* feel like you can identify most of these icons as the single word they're supposed to represent -- then YOU are ready for Shplief!) #Shplief

explodies #TyrantSlayer

24 hours ago: "i really need to learn how to draw pixel explosions, i'm kinda nervous about this, art has never been my strength" now: "i think i might do nothing but draw explosions tonight"

... y'know what. For drawing my first explosion sprite ever, I'm pretty happy with this. ☺️ It's like they say: Explosions are fun! :D! #TyrantSlayer

I was just playing "Type Gun" :) artbymox-shop.fourthwall.com/pages/play

Hm. Do I know how to draw pixel explosions? 🤔 Looks like it's about time to find out! #TyrantSlayer

yeah i'm not sure the player really needs a fire-mode indicator textbox 🤔

New content!! 🎉

Oh yeah. Really like this font. That'll do! #TyrantSlayer

wrote a new function tonight, please clap

One of the easier Shplief puzzles... or, at least, what I sure HOPE would be one of the easier ones. 😅 hashtag indiedev gamedevelopment etc.

hello, i am shelf

Who wants to play Forbidden Solitaire? We had a think about the potential audience for our '90s-inspired, found media horror: www.patreon.com/posts/forbid...

All right, gonna take this new logo/profile pic out for a spin, see how I like it. It's still very me-oriented and not marketing-oriented lol. I like that color blue, it's my own handwriting, I like the books-on-a-shelf idea per each game release, etc. But it just might do.

maybe the idea of a Tiny Bookshelf just doesn't lend itself well to a logo lol but i'll probably return to this someday 🤔