twewyb

> After playing Discover the World, I started to wonder: are these effects really 'mechanics'? We teach people at game design school that games are made up of mechanics, and mechanics are rules that are invented by the game designer to control the flow of play. Of course it sometimes happens that a side-effect of the rules or maybe an unintended effect of the implementation will be enjoyable and will end up being kept. But couldn't someone try to make a project of creating whole games out of 'allowing effects to exist' instead of 'inventing rules to produce specific effects'? I think that would look a lot like your library of work.

bennett foddy posted a deeply insightful comment on @sylviefluff.bsky.social’s games and i think it captures a lot why i found her games so reinvigorating to play.

rather than finding rules to solve problems, why not find funny interactions?

itch.io/post/14821693

Here it Is!
RUIN Ch.0
A Short Narrative Adventure

Please Enjoy, Free, In Browser on Any Device
officialelectric.itch.io/ruin

Our debut title, sword action shooting game BIRDCAGE, is out now! Shoot, slash and weave through bullets and enemies in this challenging, story-driven arcade shooter!🕊️🥚

store.steampowered.com/app/2158550/...

i don't think there is such meaning in the distinction but for me it's closer to my experience of gamedev as i prefer just vibing until i run into a problem from a design perspective instead of just starting by creating problem before doing anything

besides all the kill gameplay lore, i remember that japanese people used to call designers "planners" and i think it is more accurate as for me designing is more like creating principles that will shape the game, whereas planning is more about finding the principles that correspond to your game

Forum topic title "UNDERSCORE JAM #1" "in a day"

The forum's first jam will start tomorrow! It'll be very low barrier to entry and there'll be plenty of time, so if you're even thinking about participating, you probably should! Stay tuned to theunderscore.xyz/t/underscore... for when I post the details.

Amazing game!

I released my new game yesterday, it’s free and playable on your browser! #screenshotsaturday

Played and finished it last night, took me like 3 hours. At first il felt like a roguelike of sorts then changed to the most epic turn based boss fights

Try it out if you like RPGs and exploration games

Bitsy is super cool! And the community is very active

www.bitsy.org

A tour de force of minimalist design! Absolute marvelous exercise in the power of ellipsis! Also? Just really fun!

Cannot recommend this game enough to anyone who wants to see some of the best JRPG designers narrow the genre down to the very core pieces. Amazing, amazing, amazing.

NOCTURNE | A Bitsy RPG Adventure by twewyb A short JRPG made on Bitsy. Will the light ever return ?

twewyb.itch.io/nocturne
#bitsy #gamedev #indiedev #rpg #jrpg

NOCTURNE - A BITSY RPG ADVENTURE IS OUT !!!

⚔️ Face the Dark Knight and defeat him! Explore the world, gather items and discover secrets!

My new game is out! Don't hesitate to share and comment if you like it.

🎮 It's free and playable on your web browser
🕐 30-45 min long
🔗 Link in the post below

c'est trop trop bien, bravo !

Today is bitsy rpg release day !!!

this is my favorite trope of all time, I LOVE when jrpg do that and they always do that

Hey #PitchYaGame people 👋 Here is my game

🛡️G l o o m G a t e⚔️

It's a pocket-sized, 1-bit action RPG/Dungeon Crawler exclusively for @play.date 💛
It has reaction based fights, a node based overworld and of course Souls-Like elements 😏

I hope you like it 🥰

Adding boss fight was definitely a good idea, no regret

This is so cool !! Kinopio is the BEST

trop bien ! je suis tombé dedans aussi y'a 2-3 ans, j'avais toujours entendu parler de silver case, flower sun and rain etc. mais je m'étais jamais plongé dedans et maintenant c'est mes jeux prefs lol

Libération Maiden est super cool aussi, j’avais trop aimé le faire !!

It took me like 10 years to play most of megaten games and now I think I will play SaGa for the next 10 years………

I discovered the game recently and i love it !! I’m waiting for aftermath now

J′ai fait un kit pour le homebrew francophone sur bluesky.

- Les comptes parlant FR (si j′en ai oublié dites moi)
- j′ai créé un flux d′actu des posts utilisant #GBhomeFR

Vous pouvez vous abonner à tout ça en un clic. Postez avec #GBHomeFR → alimentez le flux FR !

go.bsky.app/3AutEhk

J’ai rien sorti mais j’ai passé quelques mois dessus dans l’année j’aime trop trop trop le fait de bosser avec les contraintes de la cartouche gb

Je joue à unicorn overlord (c’est super)

Je pense y’a pleins de manières de faire mais à mon avis une qui pourrait marcher c’est de swap les tiles du background la ou tu veux faire apparaître tes AOEs et d’utiliser juste une box de collision pour savoir si t’es dedans ou pas, comme ça t’utilises pas d’actor

Je sais que c’est pas une réponse prem deg mais je te répondrais quand même que si c’est possible en faisant du tile swap !!

enemies can cast AOEs ????