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YouTube video by AevinAbstract The Spectral Web: Yuurei Trailer

The Spectral Web: Yuurei features zeldalike action, with Mega Man-style spells, and metroidvania map design. Here's a trailer. Wishlist it on Steam today!
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The Spectral Web: Yuurei on Steam Explore a giant, shifting Labyrinth and face off against powerful, ancient ghosts in this old-school action game inspired by 8-bit classics!

The Steam store page for the Spectral Web: Yuurei is up! Looking for classic zeldalike action, with lots of hidden items, cool spells, and an intriguing story? Head over there to check out the new trailer and wishlist the game!
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Procedural generation is sometimes treated as a shortcut, but filling your generated levels with enough stuff to feel satisfying takes more time and energy than designing levels by hand, not less. Games that put full time and care into it are the good roguelikes.

A beautiful seductress with pink hair stairs hungrily into the red gem on her necklace. A boy stares her down, a swirl of yellow energy around one hand, and a human heart in the other.

The official art for the Spectral Web: Yuurei is here! Credit goes to the excellent @satrathai.bsky.social.
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Only after posting did I realize that there's some flashing arrows on the wrong layer. It's like a five second fix, but I kept putting it off, and my brain got used to them being there and basically deleted them from my view! Ooops.

YouTube video by AevinAbstract Spectral Web: Yuurei Character Creation

Here's a demonstration of the (WIP) custom character maker for the Spectral Web: Yuurei! Make your character, choose your starting spell and trait, and explore the Labyrinth!
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When deciding your game's price, pricing too low can imply bad quality. The right price balances respect for the time you put into your game with the amount of content you provide for players. Don't make my mistake. Be confident in your game. Price appropriately.
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The developers of PEAK explain pricing

It's also worth noting that working alone doesn't mean not sharing with anyone. Solo devs have friends and partners we share accomplishments with and bounce ideas off. And yeah, sharing my work with those close to me is often reinvigorating.

I respect your position. There's absolutely advantages to working with a team. Solo dev can be lonely, but also has its own rewards. I love the process of learning so many skills and challenging myself to make my own complete vision real. Even my shortcomings make my art uniquely mine.

Today's episode of "Things Going Very Wrong."

The game looks pretty neat, and I might have to check it out!

But it does seem like an odd marketing strategy to associate it with the parents of what is presumably your target demographic.

There's something so wonderfully old-timey about this criminal making his explosive escape from a building simply called Jail, on balloons no less. So much character on display here.

In my mobile RPG side project, Labyrinth Memoria, tool items are used for opening barriers and playing minigames. Here's the Stygian Keys. Symbols and colors help with accessibility.
"Simple" mode is all you'd need to progress, but there's a full mode just for playing around.
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Pixel art of a boy pointing like an ace attorney and shouting "Objection!"

I've been working on poses for character portraits, and just couldn't resist...
Still needs some work, but it's been a good learning exercise for drawing hands.
Oh, and if Eli is representing you in court, you've got big problems.
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It's a tough world for artists competing for attention. It's not a reflection of the quality of your art, just the fact that there's so much competition. I try to focus on the joy of creation, and hopefully recognition will eventually follow. Nobody can take the joy of the process from you.

I'll be at the @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social with the @pigsquad.com! Come see me on Sunday, October 19th and be one of the first to play The Spectral Web: Yuurei! I'll showcase its Fragmented Randomizer, which stitches together a selection of over 70 zones into one big map.
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Yipes, we're going to have quite a few games at the booth. Who's all going to @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social in a couple weeks?

Testing some mechanics with the new Beam spell.
There's still some cleanup to be done, and juice to add, but the mirrors and prisms are pretty fun!
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One of the fun things about Yuurei is the variety of different spells and characters. Here's Will utilizing his flame form signature and other abilities to claim a new attack spell.
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A list of basic enemies appearing in the Spectral Web: Yuurei.

As part of making a nicer level editor, I built a list of enemies that happens to serve as a neat mini bestiary.
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YouTube video by Clyceer The Spectral Web: Hitodama - 1 - A Great Labyrinth

Here's a new let's play of the Spectral Web: Hitodama by @clyceer.bsky.social. Have a look for a taste of the game, and consider checking out his other videos, too.
The Spectral Web: Hitodama is available now on Steam!
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The Spectral Web: Yuurei's Machine Tower features four floors based on different metals. Welcome to the gold floor!

Gold is great for making machines ... right?
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As a solo game developer, I'll soon be sharing all kinds of development updates, including gameplay videos and screenshots, music, art, and more!

In the mean time, here's a picture of my cat, Nori. I hear you guys like those.