CanisBorealis

Sometimes you can tell you did a good job on a visual effect from the fact that you can hear it before adding sound. 👀🎧
#GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev

There was something I really enjoyed about walking around exploring the overworld of Final Fantasy 1.

I wonder if there's a way to make random encounters fun where they aren't just hindering the exploring part 🤔

#gamedev

Text set in a blackletter pixel font in pale green on a dark blue-green background. It reads: "A pixel font by Not Jam The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. .ttf format CC0 licence"

Text set in a simple 8 pixel height monospace font in pale green on a dark blue-green background. It reads: "A pixel font by Not Jam The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow .ttf format CC0 licence"

Text set in a grungy ultrabold pixel font in pale green on a dark blue-green background. It reads: "A pixel font by Not Jam The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. .ttf format CC0 licence"

Text set in a messy, handwritten style pixel font in pale green on a dark blue-green background. It reads: "A pixel font by Not Jam The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. .ttf format CC0 licence"

oh hey you seem nice would you like 28 free cc0 pixel fonts well ok then here you go

<3

not-jam.itch.io/not-jam-font...

I have the boxes down, but I always confuse HSeparator and VSeparator

YouTube video by Aarimous The Design Choices that made my Demo Fun

Breaking down Orbital Potato's video to talk about the ways we and I designed A Game About Feeding A Black Hole to be simple and fun.

@orbitalpotato.bsky.social

#gamedev #godot #indie #inidegame #game #youtube

youtu.be/XffT_mN0WA8?...

The bee update is coming along nicely! Already got some basic honey production, harvesting, and simple bee behaviours implemented. It's like being back working on Equilinox! #gamedev

I resumed working on this fish tank simulator flash card game again this past weekend.

If anyone would be interested in trying out an early version, I'd love to hear ideas on features you'd like to see!

#godot #gamedev #indiedev

Thank you for sharing! It's really cool what you achieve with such simple shapes!

I've been meaning to devote some time toward studying different styles of particle effects, and this is a great reference 😄

I love that style of pixel particles!

Are they animated sprites or post-processed to get the blocky pixel look?

Jellyfish squid type creature from heytibo's site generated for each of their followers

Little jellyfish-squid looking creature! 🪼🐙

Announcing our new Pico-8 residency game, Lemon Shark by @gleeson.dev !

Lemon Shark is a turn-based play on Pac Man where the ghosts can only move when you do, plus some other fun twists

Come play it in the arcade today!!

Sometimes you'll need to mix and match #gameassets by different artists. Even small tweaks like adjusting outlines or colors can help them feel more unified! Having a consistent art style goes a long way ✨

(Featuring art by GrafxKid & my Pixel Platformer pack)

Some scenes from my stained glass lighting demo. I'm super happy this idea worked out! #godot #gamedev

Nah, didn't get that far. Needs a lot of work still, but someday maybe!

silksong honestly should cost 40 bucks and i'm not even joking

i won't go so far as to say it's bad it doesn't, but! it will have Effects, and not all of those effects are Good

Having toyed with making a roguelike match 3 in the past, it's cool to see someone else's take on it!

(seriously tho if another video game level is called "tilted towers" or "happy hills" i will literally do a murder(s))

new game !! out now ! this one is called

✨ WIZARD'S FOLLY ✨

adamatomic.itch.io/wizards-folly

🏰 Rebuild lost ruins !!
🍄 Create NEW fungus PROBLEMS
📈 HI scores ??? - Refine your builds and your MIND
🧱 Inspired by Falling Block Jam, which didn't start yet !! oops

Did a fun little ocarina experiment - using narrowband spectrum analysis in Godot to detect pitch and recognize songs!
#GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev #Zelda

“In the previous game, you used a single button for everything,”

“but this time we’ve added a second button. Unfortunately.”

he’s so real for this

Off to Gamescom tomorrow! Been preparing loads of decoration for the booth and stuff to give away over the last weeks. Also, a friend very kindly printed some 3D models from the game - and they turned out great!

I'll be in the Indie Arena Booth area, hall 10.2. Hope to see some of you there!

TUNIC (2022)

Kenney Jam x KayKit 2025 winners 1. Amp It Up! 2. SparkNoid 3. Pick me UP! Best environment: Running Out of Power Best Itch.io page: Maximum Voltage Best challenger: SparkNoid (most/best bonus objectives) Best multiplayer: ChargeUp! Chillest vibe: PowerTrack Most challenging puzzles: PowerBot! Funniest game: Mower Power Play & view all games at jam.kenney.nl

The winners of #KenneyJam 2025 have been announced! 🥳 It took a bit longer to expected, but @kaylousberg.bsky.social and me had to play through more than 700 games and decide on winners across many amazing entries. 🎉

Here are the full results:
itch.io/jam/kenney-j...

every single insane tech journalism question about AI can be answered (correctly) by saying "its autocomplete"

is AI going rogue ?? no, its autocomplete

why is AI telling people weird stuff ?? ITS AUTOCOMPLETE

is AI just saying what people want to hear? IT

IS

AUTO

COMPLETE

Meme, upper text: The Myth of Artistic Freedom Man says: I want to draw it Woman says: I want to see it MasterCard and Visa logos say: I DON'T! Bottom text: ISN'T THERE SOME RANDOM PAYMENT PROCESSOR YOU FORGOT TO ASK?

Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy. Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped.

This itch.io NSFW policy change is unfortunately nothing new, the problem isn't the platforms themselves but rather Visa/MC strong-arming these services into revising their NSFW policies.
So if you're eligible I invite you to sign this ACLU petition: action.aclu.org/petition/mas...

Distress Call by CanisBorealis Incrementally Reconstructing an Increasingly Chaotic Spaceship

Almost forgot, you can play it here! canisborealis.itch.io/distress-call

And check out the jam page for all of the other entries!

Another year, another #KenneyJam! This year I made Distress Call which is a spaceship control panel simulator 🚀🖥️

To send an SOS, you need to repair your damaged ship, but things get pretty hectic in the process!

Big thanks to Kay and Kenney for hosting!

#gamedev #indiedev #godot

Added some more visual effects to many of the tools in HomeGrown to make the actions feel a bit more "juicy"!
#gamedev

Who's joining #KenneyJam this weekend? ✨ itch.io/jam/kenney-j...