Kepler (Developing Thwimbly!)

That’s the most orange cat thing that could happen.

the worst kind of scope creep is when the idea would 100% make the game better

Selaco has a treasure trove of accessibility options, including (and more):

A ton of graphical options (reduced flicker)

Trigger reduction (removing some "intense" scripted sequences, reduced blood)

Difficulty options to reduce enemies and focus on exploration.

And they're all mix-n-match too!

dang playing with hey ily, yall pulling out all the awesome support for this tour. Wish I still lived in Minneapolis!!

making moves

Bruh y'all are opening for Anamanaguchi?! What a time for me to be stranded in the midwest.

at least i was able to use the time for something productive

Oh hype! I thought we were still a long ways out from Emuurom's release! Really looking forward to its release : )

Rebounder is announced! Wishlist it on steam, or play the shareware version right now: reboundergame.com/shareware

yo @noclipvideo.bsky.social this game is going to be nuts, the demo is incredibly fun, and the artstyle is an absolute banger, would love to hear y'alls thoughts on it on the podcast

at this point I realized that I just like working in a sandboxed environment with lua scripting. I really like having everything in one place: Code, music, graphics, maps, etc.

Once Thwimbly is done I want to see if Picotron is closer to what I'm looking for in a hyperpowered fantasy console

That's totally fair. I went back and forth about it for the same reasons

I landed on the other side of the fence because the way Thwimbly stores its levels limits me to 28 levels max, and I was concerned about people beating the game and refunding. I think that's less of a problem for Emuurom

Dang, Thwimbly is at 255107 and I thought that was high.

I forked TIC to add extra banks for Thwimbly, so that's an option for extra code space if you want it. I understand if you want to keep the purist approach though :)

literally every time I try to sing Lieday I end up slipping into skee lo

what if i told you in the next update thwimbly can wear the 7 grand dad hat

Thwimbly! by Kepler Softworks Cute Platforming Action!

kepler-softworks.itch.io/thwimbly

THE THWIMBLY DEMO HAS BEEN UPDATED TO 0.1.3!

Featuring better controls, more graphical juice, and better music/SFX integration.

Made in #TIC80 with the #RES64 palette

Free download, link in replies

Spent a bunch of last week at #sgdq2025

the most fun i've had in years. brought my 3DS along to streetpass folks and took this selfie on the (admittedly lores) 3DS camera.

Definitely want to go again, definitely gonna pick speedrunning back up, it's been too long since i've had a speed game

This clip cannot capture just how loud the chanting was in person. Probably my favorite single moment of the whole week, absolutely hilarious

Planning on staying up till midnight to try and register, finally have the chance to see it in person after watching the stream for years :)

I've been holding off on playing the demo because I know I'll just be sad I can't continue!

loved Tangle Tower, extremely excited for Mermaid Mask :)

It was so hard to look away haha, I had it on constantly over the past week, so many good runs!

Spent this week watching GDQ and working on JUICE for Thwimbly. Trying to get a vertical slice of the first world done soon!

Built in #tic80, I'm trying to push this fantasy console as far as I can graphically. Having only 32 colors is tricky!!

RX7s are some of my favorite cars ever, always a pleasure to see them show up on my timeline

Probably my AOTY 2023. The number of times I've just about lost my voice to Kupo! and Run the Ghouls is staggering lmao

Working with two of the oldest mechanics in Thwimbly today, Doublejump tokens and pipes and doing some rework to make them more usable and versatile

The jump tokens look like candy, I want to eat them, really happy with how my shading has improved over time

Game made with #TIC80, palette is #RES64

Finally getting near photorealism in my Blender Renders. It's the little things that make all the difference.

The background was just downloaded from CGtrader, it's not as polished as optimal, but its decent enough at first glance.

Render is of a new 3lb battlebot for competition : )

Especially so late in the game (this is world 5 of 7), it's going to feel weird as a player if the number of obstacles suddenly halves

Emulating Celeste's Forsaken City is the goal, but maintaining readability with 25 colors (give or take) is a lot harder in a fantasy console

I'll figure it out :)

The number one challenge with this world and theme is the density. It looks great (if I do say so etc.), but it was designed with looks first in mind.

Making gameplay work with this decoration density is going to be a massive challenge.