Harold Krell

Still busy with other projects, but here's a WIP of the next potential level of Louny Balloony, a canyon level including some in-progress background music! #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

Been busy with other projects lately. Here's a snippet of Louny gameplay in the meantime. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

My one date-relevant gamedev gif #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

Some composited sprite animations (made from multiple tweening images) I made for Louny Balloony #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Gonna be streaming Return to Monkey Island in around 30 minutes at around 7:30PST

Never played it before, so it should be interesting!

Pinball... with inverse kinematics? Cooking up some strange pinball concepts lately. #gamedev #indiedev

Here's a little more focused view of Louny Balloony gameplay. The game takes advantage of a full screen resolution to allow you to spot when obstacles are coming.

But even with the extra space, there's always stuff around for the player to interact with!

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Gonna go for a walk and get my car washed this morning.

Afterwards, gonna try to stream some pinball gamedev hopefully around 12PM PST. Keep ya posted!

Got it

Comparison of animation states between the old and new version of the cat balloon boss.

States include:

- boss intro
- boss damaged
- boss defeat

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Cat balloon boss in action!

It launches its whiskers and ears as spikes that home in on the player.

Find an opening and attack to take the wind out of this hot-air menace!

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Some pixel animations I've done throughout the years for my little Louny Balloony platformer #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

Cat balloon boss death animation #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

Comparison of the intros to the cat balloon boss between the old and new versions of Louny Balloony #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

Think I finally got the physics down for a generic pinball board with just paddles and side bumpers. Even supports robust multi-ball! #gamedev #indiedev

Beware the homing spikes on this boss! Especially watch out for those ears! #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

Finally, left and right pinball paddle physics. Bumpers will be next. #gamedev #indiedev

Here's the full lead-up to the cat balloon boss from the beginning of the storm section #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

Comparison of lightning effects between the new and old versions of Louny Balloony #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

WIP animation of the introduction of the cat balloon boss #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

The end of the level was kinda bare, but fortunately a blimp showed up to fill in the rest of it #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

For math too complicated to visualize in my mind, I scratch out and save on MSPaint where I will immediately forget about it the next day. I think the picture was related to solving for a constant about a tangent that I was never able to figure out so I fudged the number anyway.

Did a little more on my pinball side project.

Simulating physics using vectors to get really smooth pinball game feel (ignoring the crappy capture for the gif)

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The storm approaches... #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

I usually just do very casual game stuff around the end of the day at around 7ish (PST). But I've also thrown in some art and gamedev stuff from time to time.

Only need a couple more followers for affiliate! Already have a few custom emotes in mind!

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Without getting into detail about how much dog-water 2025 has been, getting into streaming last year has been one of the more positive respites from life I've had in a while.

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Scaling and positional effects with the cat balloon boss. Notice that while the balloon squashes and stretches, the spikes remain the same shape and size. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

Sleeping enemies that wake up when you get close or something else touches them. Take advantage of their snoozing to get the drop on them! #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

Let's see how many balloons Louny can handle before the game starts to get iffy #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart