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I like to spend my free time thinking about Game Design and then turning those thoughts into works // Check out Tiny Tied Demo on Steam: tinyurl.com/tinytied // Find my other works on: merpui.itch.io

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That moment when your fruit preference-based deduction is so shocking that the crowd starts chanting lorem ipsum at you

(aka today's progress update!)

#RenPy #VNDev #IndieDev #ScreenshotSaturday

15.11.2025 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This week's progress! I spent the last few days polishing my latest game jam VN~

- the UI is now fully customized
- the minigame is more reactive and gets more difficult with each try
- I learned how to use Aseprite to add sprite variations and a new CG

#VNDev #RenPy #IndieDev #ScreenShotSaturday

18.10.2025 00:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Results of this Week's Co-Working Session ๐Ÿฅญ

- Firn finished his script revisions
- Blini made more BGM!
- elKortes worked on the UI
- daschoe added Discord Rich Presence
- Mango has almost finished our key art
- Trmin worked on a twitch feature: journal page comments!

#GameDev #RenPy #VNDev

09.10.2025 21:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm currently in japan and loving every minute of being here, but holy shit do I miss my bed.

My back was NOT made for futons ๐Ÿ˜ญ

04.10.2025 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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look at my lamp

#VNDev #RenPy #GameDev #IndieDev

30.09.2025 21:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Currently working in a game jam and facing my new nemesis:

Drawing a human.

What do you mean I now have to pay attention to human anatomy?? How do I draw hands?!

No thanks, I will stick to humanoid animals, demons, robots and other malformed creatures beyond human comprehension.

20.09.2025 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a person 's hands are reaching out towards each other . Alt: Gif of Hannibal Buress looking at own hands meme

I've written over 2000 words for this jam game WHO AM I??

#GameDev #VNDev

20.09.2025 11:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today's progress!

It's a little sequence for when something shocking happens during the court session. The audience is shown and they shout different lines. It will also use our twitch integration to let chat add their own comments (purple)

#GameDev #ScreenshotSaturday #VNDev #RenPy

30.08.2025 20:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm done with the main section of my rhythm minigame!

Here he is... Gyoza!

Fully immersed in his (and your) performance!
๐Ÿ›‘๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿ›‘

#ScreenshotSaturday #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame #Godot

30.08.2025 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm done with the main section of my rhythm minigame!

Here he is... Gyoza!

Fully immersed in his (and your) performance!
๐Ÿ›‘๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿ›‘

#ScreenshotSaturday #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame #Godot

30.08.2025 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Idle pose of Gyoza, the opponent of a rhythm mini game playable in my demo "Tiny Tied".

Idle pose of Gyoza, the opponent of a rhythm mini game playable in my demo "Tiny Tied".

The opponent Gyoza striking a pose while saying "Know this!".

The opponent Gyoza striking a pose while saying "Know this!".

The opponent Gyoza scrossing its stop signs, forming an "X" while saying "No, no!".

The opponent Gyoza scrossing its stop signs, forming an "X" while saying "No, no!".

The opponent Gyoza looking away in shame.

The opponent Gyoza looking away in shame.

Today's progress!

Large Kabuki Mie robot talks incessantly to tiny fox!

I made some dialog and sprites for the (now real) opponent, Gyoza! ๐Ÿ›‘๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ›‘

#ScreenshotSaturday #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame #Godot

23.08.2025 20:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Idle pose of Gyoza, the opponent of a rhythm mini game playable in my demo "Tiny Tied".

Idle pose of Gyoza, the opponent of a rhythm mini game playable in my demo "Tiny Tied".

The opponent Gyoza striking a pose while saying "Know this!".

The opponent Gyoza striking a pose while saying "Know this!".

The opponent Gyoza scrossing its stop signs, forming an "X" while saying "No, no!".

The opponent Gyoza scrossing its stop signs, forming an "X" while saying "No, no!".

The opponent Gyoza looking away in shame.

The opponent Gyoza looking away in shame.

Today's progress!

Large Kabuki Mie robot talks incessantly to tiny fox!

I made some dialog and sprites for the (now real) opponent, Gyoza! ๐Ÿ›‘๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ›‘

#ScreenshotSaturday #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame #Godot

23.08.2025 20:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today's progress! My little conclusion minigame is mostly functional now, I just need to clean up and document the code~

#RenPy #GameDev #IndieDev

18.08.2025 13:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today's progress of my rhythm mini game.

The (placeholder) opponent is here!

They can give you visual signals about which button to press.

They also respond to your input! ๐Ÿ˜Š

#ScreenshotSaturday #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame #Godot

09.08.2025 15:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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spent today working on a mini-game where you put together a conclusion using a set of different statements ๐Ÿค”

#Renpy #VNDev #IndieDev #ScreenshotSaturday

09.08.2025 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Currently working on a rhythm mini game.

It's still a WIP, the opponent is still missing.

Who could it be? ๐Ÿ”Š

#ScreenshotSaturday #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame #Godot

26.07.2025 13:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A T-Posing robot in Kabuki Mie clothing.

A T-Posing robot in Kabuki Mie clothing.

A combat menu with the options "ATTACK", "INTERACT", "ITEM" and "OTHER".

A combat menu with the options "ATTACK", "INTERACT", "ITEM" and "OTHER".

A screaming sign.

A screaming sign.

A lot of fire bullets.

A lot of fire bullets.

Hey #PitchYaGame !

Do you like RPGs where every action has consequences?

Do you like to have multiple ways to progress, like befriending enemies or get on their nerves?

Or simply doing nothing at all?

Then Tiny Tied is for you! (It's in early development, but still!)

tinyurl.com/tinytied

06.06.2025 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A concept drawing of Gustavo, the unofficial first boss the Player will meet in my Demo game 'Tiny Tied'.

A concept drawing of Gustavo, the unofficial first boss the Player will meet in my Demo game 'Tiny Tied'.

Here's a concept drawing of Gustavo, the unofficial first boss of my demo.

Officially, the Player wasn't supposed to meet him until much later.

Officially, Gustavo wasn't supposed to do a lot of things.

Don't look at him for too long or he'll seduce you.

#art #IndieGame #GameDev

25.05.2025 22:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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22.05.2025 01:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11807    ๐Ÿ” 4263    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 257    ๐Ÿ“Œ 252
Drawing of a small fox in a dress called Mi, the main character of the indie RPG 'Tiny Tied', a game I'm currently working on.

Drawing of a small fox in a dress called Mi, the main character of the indie RPG 'Tiny Tied', a game I'm currently working on.

I noticed that I rarely really drew concepts or sketches for my characters. I've implemented most characters directly into the game during the first draft.

That's why I'm catching up a bit, starting with the main character, Mi ๐ŸฆŠ

#fox #drawing #art #IndieGame #GameDev

01.05.2025 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm proud of today's progress :)

Another meme lives inside my game now ๐Ÿ™

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #yoooooo

18.04.2025 20:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Also I noticed when I select a layer in Aseprite, while in the preview, he kinda looks like

someone

from a certain game

๐Ÿ˜‘

16.04.2025 22:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I just remembered this video of Gustavo's early stage and now his reaction is kinda ironic lol

16.04.2025 22:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Early WIP but I think I'm on the right path with his design :)

#IndieDev #IndieGame #WIP

16.04.2025 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Obligatory โ€œI should post more about my progressโ€ post that I do every three months or so (I should really post more).

Here's some concept art about the next character to meet.

Maybe the next enemy?

Definitely the next obstacle.

#GameDev #IndieDev #drawing #scetch

29.03.2025 15:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just some silly dialog between two allies.

Gustavo challenges Allyzabeth to insult him without using the letter 's'.

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

21.12.2024 13:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โœ‹๐Ÿค๐Ÿคœ

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

02.11.2024 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Former enemies can turn into allies and join your party, if you're nice to them :)

(Ignore the burning environment please I haven't cleaned up yet)

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart

29.10.2024 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Allyzabeth shows you the basics of how to survive in battle in the tutorial.

Not voluntary though.

#gamedev #indiedev #solodev

29.10.2024 19:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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