Zack

i took a little time over the holidays to document and reflect on the current state of the brilliant.org product UX. Really proud of the progress we've made over the past year.

don't sleep on Brilliant Design in 2025. big things coming!

end of weekend update:

holy shit it's working!

making slow progress integrating this into my pixel art maker thing...

i've figured out how to do it but it's slow work.

so far I've set up the R channel of one of the color options 🥲

made in @rive.app

30 years ago I got a PlayStation for Christmas

tonight's progress: added a color palette preview to the side bar to my pixel art maker thing.

the plan is that you'll be able to adjust the RGB values for each of these colors and have those changes apply to all the active tiles live.

i have no idea if it'll work but 🤞

I'm happy to announce my new game: "The Art of Fauna" for iPhone & iPad.

It will launch on February 3rd 2025, but you can pre-order it right now on the App Store:
apps.apple.com/app/apple-st...

Learn more in this thread 🧵 & please share!

#indiedev #TheArtOfFauna

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"Layout is stylish, Corporate Memphis, like another game we recently discussed. It is used for great thematic effect and offers a clean, easy to reference. However, unlike that other game, it does not use these design tropes to create its own identity; it mostly plays the Corporate Memphis straight but with Scary Death Game words."

The rulebook for the game Triangle Agency.

The rulebook for the game Deathmatch Island.

I was reading a critique of Deathmatch Island that includes this paragraph (the other game is Triangle Agency).

This is one sentence out of a long essay, but allow me to dive into it in far too much detail.

While both corporate, neither game is Corporate Memphis.

Let's talk about them🔺💀🏝️➡️

i made a fully functioning RGB color picker for my pixel art maker thing.

built 100% in @rive.app

where you going lil dude

made with my Pixel Art Maker Thing

Here’s the loop

Made with @rive.app

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testing out the new 10x10 canvas of my Pixel Art Maker Thing

Zack has been building this fun pixel art builder in Rive for a while now. Now with an animation feature too 👀 Go check it out!

this tool was build 100% on @rive.app

you can play with it here:
rive.app/community/fi...

happy turkey day

made with my Pixel Art Maker Thing

Me either tbh

update: i can now expand/condense the canvas area of my Pixel Art Maker Thing ↔️

here's a quick proof of concept. looking forward playing with this more over the holidays.

built with @rive.app

☁️the making of 🐦‍🔥☁️‍

Thanks Josh!

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made with my Pixel Art Maker Thing

keep going lil dude 💪

made with my Pixel Art Maker Thing

you can play with the tool on @rive.app here rive.app/community/fi...

🟥🟪@figma.com 🔵🟩

made with my Pixel Art Maker Thing

the tool is made 100% on rive

you can play with it here:
rive.app/community/fi...

here's a 🦋 made with my @rive.app Pixel Maker Thing

the original is so high quality i couldn't resist grabbing this one as well

Who should I be following

lil tile game update:

i spent the evening building up this state machine to define the tile sets for specific levels.

excited for this bc it should make level creation process much quicker

life update: got a new brilliant.org hat

Today’s office vibes