Fear not the dev who's made 10000 battle systems, but fear the dev who's made the same battle system 10000 times.

deep into refactoring the battle system of wish creatures right now. it's like i logged onto bluesky 5 hours into a 10 hour operation and the patient's organs are everywhere. i promise ill put them back but i need to be funny on the internet first

Wish Creatures is now in proper widescreen 16:9! Check out a new futuristic area and a preview of the new battle animation system!! 🤖👀 #indiedev #indieRPG

i sure Wish that Creature

Hello everyone! 🎵🎵 I have a new portfolio website!! It features some exclusive behind-the-scenes @wishcreatures.bsky.social content! See mockups and project files, hear newly released music, and read about its development process!! fortexp.carrd.co#wishcreatures

Ugh the illness is so hard to contain. I have SO MUCH to talk about for @wishcreatures.bsky.social but every part of the game is eeeever-so-slightly in need of visual work 😭 Soon, I promise!

With development chugging along, I think some @wishcreatures.bsky.social soundtrack previews are due in the near future!! Thank you all for patiently waiting on updates <3 #indiedev #indierpg

there may be a little of this in wish creatures

Introducing the new key art for Wish Creatures, illustrated by @spacemartens.bsky.social! Friends, allies, monsters, and stars... what awaits on your journey through the land of Monstoria? #solodev #indierpg #monstertamer

Consider recruiting the free Wish Creatures demo to your library during Steam's #creaturecollectorfest! 💫🗣️ Talk to Monsters, turn them into Stars, and Wish on them in battle! #solodev #indierpg

I spy with my little eye… one of the characters I designed for this game! Who could this diva be? 👀✨

WISH CREATURES DEMO: OUT NOW ON STEAM!!! Talk to Monsters 🐉 Turn them into Stars 🌟 ...and Wish on them in battle! ⚔️ When it matters most, what will you Wish for? Find out when the game fully releases in 2025! #indiedev #indieRPG #monstertaming

Learning how to upload builds to Steam! Why is it like this? 😭

Now v0.6.85! We will have a trailer once we hit 0.7 in the coming weeks, stay tuned! Currently doing some light post processing and particles to pretty the overworld up some. Def using this for the trailer! #indiedev

Support awesome monster games!!

i think the next major wish creatures news release will be a new trailer made a lot of internal progress but lots of it would be best shown in action :) internally wish creatures is on v0.6.7

It's time. Nekomancer of Nowhere's Demo will be part of Steam Next Fest! Featuring: Cats :3 🐈🐱 World-Spinning Puzzles 🖌️🧩 Un-undead Characters 🐸💜 So Much Magic 🪄🧙‍♂️ The Demo for Nekomancer of Nowhere, available Feb 24: store.steampowered.com/app/3180290/... #Indiedev #Gamedev #nextfest #indiegame

📣 Wish Creatures Progress Updates (a thread)! 📣 Randomizer Mode has been added! This game mode completely swaps which species appear where. Since it directly swaps species, you'll be able to consistently locate where the randomizer places Monsters! #indiedev #indierpg #monstertaming

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watching in sheer horror as Steam changes screenshot requirements to force 16:9 at 1920x1080 or higher (my game is a 2:1 ratio with low res pixel art)

It's been hard to make progress due to time and energy being leeched away by the actions of the new US administration, but I did put together a gameplay video of a recent build of Even Goblins Fall In Love. youtu.be/teEH0yzjShk #indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro

In Wish Creatures, you'll need to convince Monsters to join your team through conversation! Some monsters have more... outlandish requests... 🫣 #indierpg #indiegame

Got a TON of work done the last few days! All monster dialog, a new town, an abandoned observatory, and a full randomizer mode... I'll post details starting tomorrow, but until then, here's a sneak peek of the town! #indierpg #indiedev

long time no bluesky! have yet another set of outfits for sahil and irving <.<' this time for a tango minigame that ISN'T going to be scrapped.

oops added a randomizer mode haha (passes out on the couch)

Lots of behind the scenes work these past few days! Took some improvements made for the MAGfest demo and brought them to the main game. And, oh...? A story monster's recruitment dialog has been written! 👀 #indiedev

On it!

hitting this as of late

Forgot to do an update post. I'm back home from Magfest!! It was my first time going/vending and it was super fun and great! I also ran out of business card!! (I brought about 300) but anyways. Am I exhausted yes did I spend a lot a of yes. Did I make money nope but did I have fun YES #Magfest

omg heart machine hii

packing up booths and getting ready to go home!!! thank you so much to everyone who came by to our booths, and to all the awesome friends I got to hang out with :3 Magfest as always is a blast, will be back!!!!

I made it to the end of #magfest without dying hooray!! That was so fun jeez But now I'm tired af 🪫 Really happy for the opportunity , thank you to @mivsmagfest.bsky.social for letting us showcase our stupid ass game Excited to see what's up next year :O

#MAGfest day 3 baby!!!! Come play Wish Creatures, chat with the devs, get some merch, and stamp that rally! 💫

MAGFEST!!!!!

Day 2 of MAGfest coming up! Team's working hard to transport stuff so our social media updates have been slow. Rest assured we're having a great time out here! #MAGfest2025

We are at MagFest!!! Come see me and @wishcreatures.bsky.social I'm the indie game hall!! We're next to Nekomancer Out of No Where @standingcat.bsky.social

AHHHHH!!!! MAGFEST IS ALMOST HERE!! And I'm not totally freaking out! But also I'll be vending and helping out the @wishcreatures.bsky.social Booth in the Indie Game Show Case! So I Hope to see you all there!

I love the clear jazz influence you can hear in this track. Really nice fusion of the genre with some non-traditional instrument choices to make it sound-for lack of a better word-silly. I mean a boss fight with your neighbor's "dog" is what I'd call serious but silly. "Seriously silly" if you will.

The first Ryu Matrix appearance on Steam 👀 (Courtesy of @fortexp.itch.io @wishcreatures.bsky.social)

‼️NEW MUSIC DROP‼️ Watch out! Your neighbor's dog is on the loose! And he's actually a monster, not a dog. And he wants to fight. #indiedev #vgm #magfest2025

hi new followers !! (art by @lovely03bunny.bsky.social )

Crunch time!!! Getting some thing ready for Magfest!! #magfest #magfest2025 #kandi #kandicuffs

With MAGfest in roughly 3 weeks, guess it's time to make the tutorial area! #indiedev #magfest

Lil update about Wish Creatures! We're planning an overview trailer to release before MAGfest in 2025. Stay tuned!! 💕

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Slowly dawning on me how big of a leap Wish Creatures is for me, compared to prior projects. My previous longest game took like an hour to complete and had ~20 BGM tracks. Wish Creatures playtesting a year ago took 4 hours to 100% and there are currently 57 BGM tracks 🥵 Can't wait to share it all

I did some REALLY nice touch-ups on the Vern Foothills theme tonight. Won't share it just yet, so uh... trust!!

lets try embedding the video on here this time lol wish creatures magfest footage reel!! #indiegame #indiecreators

Bark Bark! (New footage of Wish Creatures, on Youtube!) -Mongrowl #indiedev #indierpg youtu.be/ybDBr2pQ4g4?...