Eric

Snowpeel by radicalslice Snowboarding game inspired by Excitebike

Finally posted my snowboard-y Excitebike-y game that I made with #pico8. Decided in the closing days of development that it needed a minimap and pseudo-achievements, so no doubt I broke something, but it's going out the door anyway! Now available on the BBS and on Itch: radicalslice.itch.io/snowpeel

Photo of Nintendo's new Virtual Boy shell thing, set up on a kitchen table

Early thoughts: dialing in eye distance / screen size settings takes a little doing, not sure I've fully got it yet. Teleroboxer is hard as heck. Red Alarm is somehow cooler than I remember? And Wario is immediately charming. Looking forward to many more awkward kitchen table gaming sessions

Screenshot of the Pico-8 game Snowpeel. A little snowboard dude stands before a downward ramp, as snowflakes blow by in the foreground

I think... I think it's done. Done-ish. Will spend the next few days making people play it and then it's going out the door! As long as nothing is totally busted! #gamedev

Adding this minimap nearly killed me... but now that it's in there, I love it and it's definitely going to be in the 1.0 release. #pico8 #gamedev

The timing of angling your board gets interesting when you're landing on an uphill slope. Wanted to include a level with lots of uphill bits so the player get the change to mess with it a little. Called it "Improbable". #pico8 #gamedev

Still working my way through the last few Playdate Season 1 games, and got to Saturday Edition. Holy hell, what a game. Story and mood really grabbed me, loved the sound design, loved how the pace and intensity ramp up towards the end. One of my faves from S1 for sure.

Artdink announced ARTDINK GAME LOG, a new project bringing their classic games to Switch and PC! Tail of the Sun is coming December 16, with Aquanaut’s Holiday hitting in 2026! Japan only for now, but here’s hoping we get worldwide releases!

www.gematsu.com/2025/11/artd...

Made a "snow is melting, grass everywhere" level for the snowboarding game. Stoked with how ragged the grassy edges turned out. Got a dev video almost ready on all the changes I had to make to the level parser to make this work too, gonna be a code-heavy one

#pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

I want The Outfoxies to be more easily accessible so that my wild-eyed rants to friends about Smash Bros having Outfoxies DNA can become evidence-backed wild-eyed rants

We. Have. BULLET PATTERNS!!!

#pico8 #indiedev #gamedev

To distract myself from the Mets utterly collapsing, I made this #pixelart baseball guy. He's got a decent cut! Maybe the Mets should sign him

Got an email from Nintendo that some of my wishlisted items are on sale, but of course clicking through returns the "maintenance mode" error. My mental map of "which of Nintendo's services are actually functioning right now" has been enriched

New Rhythm Tengoku! Hell yes let's do this thing... in 2026

Thanks a ton for checking it out! 💯 on your P8 comment too, it's the ol' "constraints liberate" maxim in action

What is it Like to be a Bubble by mabbees, Acedio, Douglas Driving, radicalslice Play in your browser

Found myself on a team of absolute rockstars at Global Game Jam last weekend, and we made a Pico-8 game together. Playable in the browser! Bubbles and bullet hell with a dash of existentialism!

mabbees.itch.io/what-is-it-l...

#pico8 #ggj2025

Much obliged!

Jetlagged as heck, worked up a version of the SMB3 W1 map in #pico8 's palette and resolution. Particularly happy with how Mario and the Hammer Bro turned out

#pixelart

Here's an early look at a run in my new #playdate game, HELLEVATOR

#indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

Messing with a "lane change" mechanic, which... when it's on a snowboard instead of an exciting bike, I guess just makes it a carving mechanic!

#pico8 #gamedev

YouTube video by Radical Slice How I'm Thinking About Speed in Racing Games | Indie Game Devlog

Took a while to get this one edited, but at last! Some updates on my Excitebike-like project in #pico8

youtu.be/7C46lubwa3s

A pixelart rendition of the first screen of the first level of Super Mario Brothers 3

As an exercise in trying to improve my pixelart, I did a take on the opening screen of SMB3 W1-1. Used the GBC resolution and the DB32 palette

#pixelart #aseprite

In which we attempt to get at what makes Excitebike cool, and then proceed to implement some of that in the Pico-8 fantasy console.00:00 Intro3:09 Forward mo... Implementing Excitebike's Core Mechanics in Pico-8

For my next exercise in reimplementing game mechanics, I did an Excitebike thing. Once again, on Pico-8

youtu.be/9Akme1byO1A

In which I summarize my efforts to take the basic mechanics of Kung Fu (Master) and make something new with them on the Pico-8 platform.Play it on Itch.io!ht... Reimagining Kung Fu, but in Pico-8: Treefella Retrospective

For my first post on this here thing, I present my latest Pico-8 creation and associated retrospective video. Feels good to finally get this out the door:
youtu.be/tO17syfT2qE