welp, i finished Prime 4 and it is so mid that it hurts. i wrote up my thoughts longform on my site if you're interested in what i have to say: lateral.is

I was not correct about this. There are many concessions.

I don't get extraction shooters. Let's just accelerate to the logical conclusion of "it raises the stakes to lose stuff you spent real world time gathering": if you die in the game a pneumatic tube in your gamer helmet rockets into your brain, killing you instantly

People talk about "Indie vs AAA" all the time, but the real thing we need to fear is AAA companies masquerading as "indie".

In Metroid Prime Remastered Samus puts her hand on her arm cannon occasionally, this is good, it's immersion increasing and the kind of little detail that elevates a game. In Prime 4 she does not do this.

"you can't please everyone" is passive, an excuse, loaded with shame and regret. instead, be proactive in your work and aim to piss off at least 40% of its audience

alright, I've got it: it's called "cigarette yoga", and it's where you do yoga but you also get to smoke a cigarette

I played Horses this weekend and I wrote down some messy thoughts not only on the game but especially on the specter of formalism that emerged to haunt us all for a moment. transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...

a whole new world to explore

they should make a velocity sensitive laptop keyboard where you do capital letters by hitting the key harder

this tweet prompted me to play HORSES and there's absolutely nothing that's even close to being a problem. And also the game isn't really that disturbing (or scary). I have to assume that someone at Steam watched the fmv parts of the game and assumed they saw something they didn't like? idk

last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')

We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal. youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...

i've been making narrative tools for our writers and working with @yarnspinner.dev for the last year and i have SO MUCH to talk about how we're pulling all of this off. nobody can stop me from gushing about supporting localized realtime multiplayer dialogue salient conversations with yarn spinner

making your own tools is one of the best things you can do in your game development process

ice cubes are ridiculous. like yeah lemme just get a piece of water

for the record: I develop games for people who play games to have fun

I returned to Russia for a short time to visit Picfest art-market (I wl sell such cats in this dark lands)

It's pouring rain and stormy tonight, so I think it's a good as night as ever to share the announcement trailer for the project I've been posting recently: MANOR OPUS!

Join this lovely fellow and play The Pipe Game! A small horror game I made for Halloween: omogonixlachlan.itch.io/the-pipe-game #gamedev #indiedev #horrorgame

I've fully updated my website, including an AMA section where ill respond on the site. please ask me something lateral.is lateral.is lateral.is lateral.is lateral.is

Dorohedoro as an arcade beat'em up 🥟 #pixelart

Made another little jam game in just 3 days, this one's a survivor-like! lateralis.itch.io/basilisk

still true

City block of the future #lowpoly #pixelart #blockbench #commission #cyberpunk #3dmodel #3d

Megabonk proves something we've always known to be true: quality of graphics, story/plot, art direction are all sideline to the most important aspect: the game being just really really fun honestly a master class in effective game design and development

for you it might just be House music, but at my place, it's Home music

I spent 45 minutes with silksong and these are my first impressions: is this real? Events appear to transpire beyond some sort of barrier or screen I cannot influence aside from pressing buttons on my "side" of the dividing medium, but if these bugs are really doing all that it should be on the news

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x files is cool man i've been watching a lot of x files and that shit is cool. I tried watching it back in the day and i thought it was boring and then i sat down as an adult, watched it, and realized that they don't make tv like this anymore

A piece I did for a friend's birthday. I love drawing these two!

Falling Block Jam is now open for sign-ups! In September, let's put our own spin on this classic genre combining blocks and gravity in games. #FallingBlockJam itch.io/jam/falling-...

Yo did anyone spot me today?? I was outside

if you wanna use big sword you gotta carry it around, don't lose it store.steampowered.com/app/1792460/...

i finally got the otxo soundtrack on youtube music if that matters for you youtube heads

I've been working on making cards for a full proxy DOOM themed EDH deck and this card I tasked with painting myself despite never really having done it before. A lot of tracing involved but here's the final card!

cleaning up bow combat, still wip but looking/feeling a lot better

mindless husks wandering the shell

i've finished Doom The Dark Ages and i really, really liked it. it's really tightly designed, most everything has a purpose, and the base gameplay is just fun. I also really like games with a good parry (like sekiro) so I think that may have really made it for me

i called these fuckers the other day before i even saw this. CALL EM DAWG THEY WORK FOR YOU

I don't believe it dude this little fucker plays fetch

the other day i was listening to some DOOM inspired music made by an artist I didn't recognize. it was pretty good for being Mick Gordon inspired metal despite some sub-par parts and more amateur production when I booted up Doom The Dark Ages I found out i was actually listening to the soundtrack

find keys on the remains of shell alchemists

god made me bald to challenge me

shit's hard