What a day. Went for NMR, found out I have a broken bone, and our snail eggs hatched

Went for an NMR. The machine is very loud so they give you noise cancelling headphones with music. I just wished they asked you if you have requests.

It's the 4th time I join the $1xx Adventure Game Challenge. I skipped 2022 and 2023 because I was busy with Arthur Flabbington, but in 2022 I was a judge. Here are the four opening screens of my entries from 2020, 2021, 2024 and 2025. It's nice to see how my style evolved. #109AdvChal

I don't know what happened, but my Reddit profile just won't work. I feel like I've been shadowbanned or something, I can't post, I can't change my avatar, my comments get marked as deleted.

📢 NEW GAME ALERT 📢 I just published my entry for #109AdvChal titled "Eulogy for Nonno". It's a FREE point and click adventure / detective game, with Windows, Linux and Mac builds available. Get it here ➡️ gugames.itch.io/eulogy

Finishing up character art for my #109AdvChal game "Intern's First Day": Dr. Flora Fauna (biologist), Prof. Ray Gamma (nuclear physicist), Prof. Cogswell Crank (engineer) #indiedev #pointandclick #adventuregame

I see I'm making a very mature game for #109AdvChal #gamedev

#109AdvChal - for the first time in years I don't feel like I'm the best choice for the Italian translation of one of my games. If I want it to be more authentic, I should have a Sicilian review the text. Luckily decades of Internet usage landed me a few Sicilian friends.

A game called "Intern's First Day" where an intern starts at a lab that has a pet piranha cannot be considered complete without a sign like this. #indiedev #pointandclick #adventuregame

#109AdvChal - Last 4 days. I'm done with sounds and I can start with music, but playtests confirmed an issue: the game lets you enter the last chapter before you have all the info, so some testers just gave up and did it anyway and tried to wing it. I guess it's fine, but it annoys me.

#109AdvChal - day 10 of 14 is almost gone. I'm working on sound effects while listening to The Godfather's soundtrack to get in the mood for my last task: music!

- Dad, I saw a bat! - That's cool - I even pet it a bit - You pet a bat?! - Yes, it was dead. Have kids, you'll never get bored

Screenshots should capture your audience's attention and make them want to play the game. I hope this one sparks your curiosity. #109AdvChal #screenshot #indiegame #gamedev #adventuregame

#109AdvChal - day 9 has gone and I sent my first alpha to my testers. It's sounds and music from tomorrow!

#109AdvChal my game is completable! Time to add a few things here and there and I can work on sound and music. And convince my wife to play one of the characters so I can add voices.

Schedule for this week! We missed Monday for a self care day but we're starting The Will of Arthur Flabbington by one of my favourite indie devs @gugames.eu tonight from 7pm BST! Friday is a potential extra stream to continue our current cosy games, too. 🍻 👉 Twitch.tv/villainyvs

#109AdvChal - day 8 is over and I'm way ahead of schedule. Act 2 is done. Act 3 is very short, so I should have the game ready for tomorrow. Then it's sound, music and a bit of polish here and there. Meanwhile here's the title screen.

#109AdvChal - We're halfway through! And since I feel comfortable with my production state, I even spent some time to draw a small intro cutscene.

#109AdvChal - day 6 is almost over. I'm happy with my progress. I still need to design one room and then I can start coding everything. I can do it! Meanwhile I present to you the Giannuzzo brothers. They all look the same because of genetics. Not because I copypasted them.

As expected, I lost. The worst part is that despite going there with absolutely no interest and ready to accept a defeat, I found myself with a clear advantage. So I started to care about the game, and the eventual loss burns even more now. I'll recover a bit and then I'll get back to the game jam

#109AdvChal - morning of day 6, I only have half a day because I have a chess game at 2PM and it's a classical time control so it's going to last 3 or 4 hours... unless I resign. Meanwhile I can reveal the title: "Eulogy for nonno"

#109AdvChal - Five days have passed and I'm happy with how things are turning out. As usual, the more I draw the more I get ideas for possible puzzles. I know you should leave graphics for last, but that's just not how my mind works.

#109AdvChal - I did nothing in the afternoon because we had our biweekly open doors day at the chess club, and I'm the one who runs it. BTW if you're around Lugano, we have an open tournament planned for the 28th. Now back to jamming!

#109AdvChal - day 4 has been hard. I drew two new rooms and three new characters. I still need three characters and two rooms, and then I can start with the puzzles. I hope it's a fun game.

#109AdvChal - I'm in that phase where part of me is like "it's all awful and nobody will like it". The good thing is that game jams give you no time to listen to that voice. Maybe it's shit, but I need to move on.

#109AdvChal - it's time for me to refine Act 2. I like the way the puzzle chart looks, but this is going to be a very different game. There will be fewer "actual" puzzles, and a lot more observational stuff. Oh, and I think I'll make it so that you can die in the game.

Our snails laid eggs! 🐌 And if what I read on Reddit is true, now we're facing a big choice - get rid of them now, or get ready to play Mother Nature on the runts. Either way I'm happy because it means the snails are healthy and comfortable.

The first completed background for my upcoming short point and click adventure for the #109AdvChal jam, titled "Intern's First Day" #indiegame #pointandclick #adventuregame

#109AdvChal - day 3 is over for me. I finished intro and act 1. Now the hard part begins... I have so many ideas, I don't know if I'll be able to implement them all. But I'm having lots of fun! #adventuregame #indiedev #screenshot #gamejam

#109AdvChal - as usual, I'm making a single-room first act. All graphics for it is ready, I just need to implement the puzzles. I'm not too happy about them, but I need to move fast. I can always revise them later if inspiration strikes. #screenshot #adventuregame #indiedev #indiegame

#109AdvChal - day 1 is almost gone but I'm happy with how things are going. I have a clear plot and some sort of structure. No puzzles yet, nor a drawing. Tomorrow I'll define the first act and start implementing that, I want to have it ready by day 3. Act 2 will be the hard part!

#109AdvChal since typing still hurts my hand, I'm doing things the analogic way. I finally found a use for my notebook! Also please don't comment on my handwriting.

#109AdvChal - as usual I'm letting my ideas ferment for a while, but I'm really tempted by my dream. My only hesitation is that a mafia themed game won last year and I don't want @duckmadeofwood.bsky.social to think I'm trying to copy him 😂

#109AdvChal is on! I woke up just in time to read the theme ("You are the wrong person") and went back to sleep... and dreamed of a possibile plot. I was forced into a mafia funeral and everyone looked at me like "how dare HE show up" itch.io/jam/109-adve...

I can type, but it hurts. I'm definitely going to be slowed down during this jam. So, which of you jinxed me? 😠

Welp... I hope this won't slow me down 😅 #109AdvChal

As I feared, I'll be busy on the first Friday and Saturday. It's almost 8 hours of gamedev I'll be missing, so I gotta be quicker than usual!

Only 2.5 days before the #109AdvChal starts. 78 people joined. I can't wait to get back to making an adventure game after a year. I'll probably miss my first Saturday so I'll have to be faster than usual. I'm very very hyped.

Last day of summer vacation, went out for a bike ride with my daughter. There's a long cycle path in the woods not far from home, it's all slightly uphill, but this means that on the way back you can just chill and let gravity do the rest. A perfect spot to train handless riding 😁

I don't have much time today, so this will do. A #painter finds his inspiration. #pixel_dailies @pixeldailies.bsky.social

Is it just me or the original post looks blurry? Let's try again #pixel_dailies #Submarine

Slightly inspired by the ending of one of the best adventure games of all times. Today's #pixel_dailies theme is #Submarine @pixeldailies.bsky.social

BTW while I was drawing my daughter wanted to try too so she downloaded a pixel art app on her tablet and started placing pixels by hand. I'm proud of her.

I haven't colored a single pixel in almost a year, so in preparation of the #109AdvChal I'll be doing some #pixel_dailies. Today's theme was #DisplayCase. Why the banana? 🍌 I don't know, my daughters suggested it. @pixeldailies.bsky.social

Starting in 10 days! I just noticed I haven't drawn or coded anything in almost a year, so I'm excited to see what I can do this time. itch.io/jam/109-adve...

My daughter thought I wasn't grooving enough with my bald head so she made me a wig. But she didn't have enough beads so she made just a couple of braids. I look fabulous though, I might make it my permanent style.

I don't know if it was like that where you live, but during the pandemic we used to give the birthday person a separate cupcake with the candles. Can we please bring this back? I've always hated seeing people blow candles thinking they might be spitting on the cake.

I can accept if someone doesn't like my jokes or the plot or the graphics or think it's too difficult and they give a negative review to my game. You can't please everyone and that's fine. But "the puzzles are illogical"? 🥲 That feels unfair. store.steampowered.com/app/2174720/...

So, who's doing the #109AdvChal this year? Less than three weeks before it starts! itch.io/jam/109-adve...

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