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Onyx Prism

@onyxprismstudio.bsky.social

Indie game studio. NO AI, all hand crafted. We are avid gamers ourselves. Check out our game! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2499080/Top_Gnome/ We enjoy nature, gnomes, kangaroos and love philosophizing about everything.

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Latest posts by onyxprismstudio.bsky.social on Bluesky

For-Profit (Creative) Software
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I made a video essay! It's a love letter to 3d software crammed in between several hate notes about 3d software companies. Maybe it can be something you put on in the background while you do art. :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4md...

16.03.2025 16:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1566    ๐Ÿ” 569    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 102    ๐Ÿ“Œ 93
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Check out the progress of our first 3 days of #jamsepticeye compared to the final version!

Try Darkest Deal here! v v v
onyxprism.itch.io/darkest-deal

#indiedev #gamedev #gamejam

06.10.2025 21:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Darkest Deal by Onyx Prism, psydyl Captured by goblins and stuck in a cell. Will you take the deal and escape? (Play in browser)

We made a game for #jamsepticeye! Really came down to the wire on this one.

onyxprism.itch.io/darkest-deal

#indiedev #gamedev #gamejam

06.10.2025 07:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Darkest Deal by Onyx Prism Captured by goblins and stuck in a cell. Will you take the deal and escape? (Play in browser)

Oh boy! That was a roller coaster. Just finished our game for the #jamsepticeye game jam.
After 5 days we did it! You can play in browser, so no need to download anything. Let us know what you think!
onyxprism.itch.io/darkest-deal

06.10.2025 04:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Top Gnome on Steam A top down shooter where the only way to move and fight is with the recoil of your blunderbuss. Whirl through waves of garden-destroying pests to defend Bert's garden, strive to reach higher and highe...

Top Gnome is now officially out of Early Access! Haven't been too active on here for (mostly) this reason. Took way longer than it had any right to, but that's just how it goes in gamedev I guess?

Anyways, check out our game below!
store.steampowered.com/app/2499080/...

22.06.2025 23:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have a small design rant I want to spend a minute talking about, as it goes with a conversation I just had with @onyxprismstudio.bsky.social on the subject of studying games. From time to time, I see people talking about games that had an overnight success like Vampire Survivors or Palworld...

05.12.2024 02:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I had a great conversation with @onyxprismstudio.bsky.social that we're going to continue for a podcast, and one of the points that is so important for developers to understand is how difficult and vital it is to get playtesting done and to understand what people are saying about your game.

25.11.2024 06:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Top Gnome on Steam A top down shooter where the only way to move and fight is with the recoil of your blunderbuss. Whirl through waves of garden-destroying pests to defend Bert's garden, strive to reach higher and highe...

Top Gnome is officially out in Early Access!

It's been a long road, still tons of work ahead of us but this is a huge milestone for us and our studio @onyxprismstudio.bsky.social !

Check out the game and try out the demo here! v v v
store.steampowered.com/app/2499080/...

#indiegame #gamedev

20.11.2024 21:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Steam :: Top Gnome :: Top Gnome is compatible with Steam Deck! You can gnome on the Steam Deck!

Did you know?
Top Gnome works really well on the Steam Deck!
#gamedev #steamdeck #game #indiedev #topgnome
steamcommunity.com/games/249908...

20.11.2024 22:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Top Gnome on Steam A top down shooter where the only way to move and fight is with the recoil of your blunderbuss. Whirl through waves of garden-destroying pests to defend Bert's garden, strive to reach higher and highe...

Top Gnome early access released now!
#indiedev #Gamedev #topgnome #game
Special thanks to all our friends, old, new and future.

store.steampowered.com/app/2499080/...

20.11.2024 21:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Virtual Indie Booth Logo and Character picture

Virtual Indie Booth Logo and Character picture

LINEUP ANNOUNCED!

Virtual Indie Booth will feature the following 5 games

@16bitnights.bsky.social
@eatpantgames.bsky.social
@rasterrouser.bsky.social
@markuskoepke.bsky.social
@onyxprismstudio.bsky.social

Join us LIVE on YouTube/Twitch Wednesday 9pm UK

Tell a friend
#gamedev #indiedev

19.11.2024 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Awesome! Looking forward to watching.

19.11.2024 23:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Blue steel!

19.11.2024 23:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Layering things for the shop animations is nuts.
Its kinda funny how the shop screen is the single most involved thing in the game, yet the most rushed through thing by players. (NO micro-transactions, just in-game earned currency)

#gamedev #game #indiedev #topgnome

19.11.2024 21:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@dnbc32.bsky.social Talks about games that blew up with no marketing. For #gamedev #indiedev #indiedevs #solodev, follow her about marketing!

19.11.2024 19:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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One of the cool things about making everything in house, is that you can make any font you need! Saves a lot of money on licensing.
#fonts #gamedev #indiedev

18.11.2024 21:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

An interesting thing we have noticed about our game.
Once you get used to the mechanics and "git gud" it behaves kinda like a mental fidget spinner.
People with ADHD seem to be able to focus in conversation better, including the devs :)

18.11.2024 17:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Give Animation Guild members a fair contract! Members of The Animation Guild (TAG), IATSE Local 839, are facing unprecedented levels of unemployment despite animation outperforming on screens and in merchandise sales. We kept content alive during...

The Animation Guild Petition is so frustratingly close to 60,000 signatures! We have been delivering these signatures DIRECTLY to studio executives. We are going to win a fair contract this negotiation!

Please sign and ๐Ÿ“ˆBOOST๐Ÿ“ˆ and #StandWithAnimation! Thank you!โœŠ๐Ÿป

actionnetwork.org/petitions/sh...

13.11.2024 00:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 122    ๐Ÿ” 106    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Every. Time.

17.11.2024 20:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yep ๐Ÿ˜ช

17.11.2024 20:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That was a damn good read.

17.11.2024 08:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you for that, reading now. These AI companies are a plague.

17.11.2024 08:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Its so good! the guy who made it put so much effort into it.
And no it's not AI either, although the AI companies have been trying to get at it.

17.11.2024 08:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I find confident decisions comes from one of two places:
1) Prior experience and mistakes
2) Reflecting your thoughts off of others

If you donโ€™t have the former, seek the latter.

(cont.)
#gamedev #gamedesign

10.11.2024 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Game UI Database The ultimate interface reference Tool for game designers. Explore over 1,300 games, and 55,000 UI screenshots and videos, and filter by screen category, animation, colour, material, layout, texture, ...

Amazing resource for anyone doing UI, or are just curious about game UI.
#gamedev #ui
gameuidatabase.com/index.php

17.11.2024 07:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

If you have room we would love to be added too. Two person studio here ๐Ÿ˜Š

17.11.2024 05:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Got room for us?

17.11.2024 05:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Coffee time is every time!

16.11.2024 23:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Life tip: Nobody is stopping you from putting a dot on the top of your USB cables

It takes 1 second and saves you trying both sides and somehow only plugging it in right when you look at it

16.11.2024 14:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3552    ๐Ÿ” 243    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 217    ๐Ÿ“Œ 51
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Tried out some of my old pixel art in my 2.5d project.

#indiegamedev #pixelart #gamedev

16.11.2024 20:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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