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Craig Stevenson

@craigstevenson.bsky.social

The Melkhior’s Mansion graphics guy.

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We're utterly thrilled to announce that "Return to Blacktooth: A Head Over Heels Adventure" is coming soon to Atari ST & Amiga!

Get ready to dive into Colin Porch's epic sequel, a game almost 40 years in the making!

#HeadOverHeels #JonAndBernie #Fish

16.06.2025 21:51 — 👍 133    🔁 33    💬 8    📌 6
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Playing with some of the new tile graphics from @craigstevenson.bsky.social. Still far from the finished look, but coming along nicely. #zyphatron #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #playdate www.bitglint.co.uk

14.06.2025 18:37 — 👍 53    🔁 8    💬 2    📌 0

I also don’t really do much social media these days either, and feeling all the better for it! I also recently installed Blender so learning that in my free time, which I have a lot of these days. It feels good!

31.05.2025 21:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Well, pretty much, aye, but I couldn’t turn this bad boy down. Semi-retired. However, chunky 1-bit robots, Andy! And with thicc outlines.

31.05.2025 21:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I mean, I couldn’t say no! I also get the chance to do 1-bit chunky pixel-y robots!

31.05.2025 21:07 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Back on this PlayDate project. Graphics are starting to appear from pixel supremo @craigstevenson.bsky.social and I've started work on the robot interface sub game. The game is called Zyphatron.

#zyphatron #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #playdate www.bitglint.co.uk

31.05.2025 18:57 — 👍 40    🔁 12    💬 3    📌 1
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Why Yes! Yes I do too!

04.05.2025 18:24 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Added more movement intelligence to the NPC robots in my new Playdate project, and also made the whole play area visible, just for testing, but it actually looks quite good. Might keep it like that.

#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #playdate www.bitglint.co.uk

16.03.2025 20:19 — 👍 61    🔁 12    💬 6    📌 0
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My new Playdate project is progressing well. Maps are created using the excellent Tiled. Rooms can be either small static areas, or larger scrolling areas.

#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #playdate www.bitglint.co.uk

28.02.2025 20:17 — 👍 44    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0
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Yup, barrels stored ✅
#ZXSpectrum #MelkhiorsMansion

24.01.2025 19:12 — 👍 26    🔁 8    💬 2    📌 1

The only 2 things I thought of were cranking open chests or the doors…all while trying to defend yourself.

17.01.2025 09:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

We can’t just leave it like that! What I’m saying is - what needs to be done to have a Playdate version of Melkhior’s Mansion? Could we introduce the crank as some sort of game mechanic?

17.01.2025 08:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Got myself a Playdate, it's lovely! This isn't a real project, just wanted to see what the awesome graphics by @craigstevenson.bsky.social look like on the device. #melkhiorsmansion #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #playdate

16.01.2025 22:15 — 👍 57    🔁 7    💬 3    📌 0

Oh wow! I love how it looks as just pixel line art with only the shadows filled in! It can’t be me that also really likes seeing a section of the surrounding rooms?

16.01.2025 22:41 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

There's a joy in hand-drawn maps..

03.01.2025 12:25 — 👍 37    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 0

There are times when just out the blue that pops into my head and I have a wee chuckle to myself.

13.12.2024 14:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
New Isometric Game Dev - Further Works on the Popups
Rewritten all the existing popup dialogues to use common functionality for the fiddly effects, making future popups and whole loads easier to implement.@hot_... New Isometric Game Dev - Further Works on the Popups

Rewritten all the existing popup dialogues to use common functionality for the fiddly effects, making future popups and whole loads easier to implement. @craigstevenson.bsky.social #gamedev #monogame #indiedev #pixelart #isometric

youtu.be/xx972n2_wyE

11.02.2024 11:01 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
New Isometric Game Dev - More Popup Window Shenanigans
New Isometric Game Dev - More Popup Window ShenanigansFurther work on the popups to make them feel lovely. It's fiddly, and time consuming, but well worth th... New Isometric Game Dev - More Popup Window Shenanigans

More work on the popups to make them feel lovely. It's fiddly, and time consuming, but well worth the effort to ensure the interface doesn't feel hard and abrupt. @craigstevenson.bsky.social #gamedev #monogame #indiedev #pixelart #isometric #screenshotsaturday

youtu.be/gEJC2GlDkEc

03.02.2024 19:11 — 👍 15    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
New Isometric Game Dev - Popup Windows
Adding some nice tactile effects to popup windows, including transparency, animation and wibbly bits. Love doing this sort of thing. @hot_piping #gamedev #mo... New Isometric Game Dev - Popup Windows

Adding some nice tactile effects to popup windows, including transparency, animation and wibbly bits. Love doing this sort of thing. @craigstevenson.bsky.social #gamedev #monogame #indiedev #pixelart #isometric

youtu.be/uCyrs2fMN38

29.01.2024 19:10 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Melkhior's Mansion is 2 years old today, and the cast have been partying hard! Download Melkhior's Mansion, Undrium and Klass of 99 for free at bitglint.itch.io @craigstevenson.bsky.social @mcalby.bsky.social
#melkhiorsmansion #gamedev #monogame #indiedev #pixelart

16.01.2024 18:12 — 👍 26    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1
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Here's Mr Placeholder's world using a CRT shader created by @Jjagg_dev. Been stripping out some stuff I don't need to use, and by some miracle (given my sketchy shader skills) it still works! 😯😀

@craigstevenson.bsky.social #gamedev #monogame #indiedev #pixelart #isometric

14.01.2024 20:28 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
New Isometric Game Dev - Actual Game Graphics
Mr Placeholder takes a walk around his new, exciting looking world. Shame he's not long for this place!@hot_piping #gamedev #monogame #indiedev #pixelart #is... New Isometric Game Dev - Actual Game Graphics

Mr Placeholder takes a walk around his new, exciting looking world. Shame he's not long for this place!

@craigstevenson.bsky.social #gamedev #monogame #indiedev #pixelart #isometric

youtu.be/qzndfsDuQp4

06.01.2024 16:58 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Mr Placeholder's days are nearly up! The world around him has evolved into actual game graphics and it won't be long before he gets the chop. Pixels courtesy of @craigstevenson.bsky.social. This is starting to feel like a real project.

#gamedev #monogame #indiedev #pixelart #isometric

06.01.2024 15:13 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Cheers, man!

29.10.2023 10:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I have absolutely no new artwork to show, so here’s a couple of oldies. Unused portraits of Steve Mayles from Platonic and Rare. Done in 2 resolutions, these bad boys were originally produced for Bitmap Books’ SNES/Super Famicom: a visual compendium.

20.09.2023 14:59 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Melkhiors Mansion - Windows PC Release
Melkhior's Mansion, out now on Windows PC, coming soon to Spectrum 128k and Spectrum Next.http://www.bitglint.co.uk Melkhiors Mansion - Windows PC Release

Testing, testing...

20.09.2023 07:45 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Red tree #pixelart #ドット絵 #zxspectrum

16.09.2023 11:33 — 👍 43    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 0
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Completely forgot I did the graphics for an endless runner for fashion giant Louis Vuitton, a gane that could be played on all their stores worldwide. This was the original mock-up.
#pixelart

16.09.2023 09:58 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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