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@eliasdoesathing.bsky.social

I make junk for fun, I go outside sometimes too, when they let me. Game Dev/Writer/Illustrator, 21yo, He/they. Working on Associates and looking for work. Have a pleasant existence! Pfp by @sheevanator.bsky.social - thanks dude!

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messing around with the soul syphon vfx, now youre blood goes straight to the bosses health bar if you die. I still wanna see about the ui breaking up a bit when you're on your last chance, lmk what you think!
#pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

11.10.2025 23:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you thank you!

12.10.2025 01:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you thank you! I'm glad you like it!

12.10.2025 01:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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messing around with the soul syphon vfx, now youre blood goes straight to the bosses health bar if you die. I still wanna see about the ui breaking up a bit when you're on your last chance, lmk what you think!
#pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

11.10.2025 23:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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lots of behind the scenes tweaks today. i added an intro objective to the ruins as a few people thought you could attack without the weapon. i also fixed up soem text overlap in the text boxes, though the font still need a bit of work.
#pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

10.10.2025 07:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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polishing up the boss death state! They now syphon your soul in order to heal themself, limiting you to three chances per atempt, lest you wither away entirely. someone also suggested degrading the ui over time wich I may also try
#pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

11.10.2025 06:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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polishing up the boss death state! They now syphon your soul in order to heal themself, limiting you to three chances per atempt, lest you wither away entirely. someone also suggested degrading the ui over time wich I may also try
#pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

11.10.2025 06:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you thank you!

11.10.2025 00:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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lots of behind the scenes tweaks today. i added an intro objective to the ruins as a few people thought you could attack without the weapon. i also fixed up soem text overlap in the text boxes, though the font still need a bit of work.
#pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

10.10.2025 07:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

drew a portrait of myself after yesterday to celebrate the occasion โœจ

08.10.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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finally figured out how to add a custom font thanks to the help of FReDs on the pico8 discord! It definetly still needs some work, if you have any suggestions on how to make it more readable please let me know!
#pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

04.10.2025 23:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Such an awesome opportunity to get to do the art for this. Tysm!!! :)

06.10.2025 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have aged one (1) year today. My bones are turning to dust. Put me in a home ๐ŸŽ‰

07.10.2025 20:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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finally figured out how to add a custom font thanks to the help of FReDs on the pico8 discord! It definetly still needs some work, if you have any suggestions on how to make it more readable please let me know!
#pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

04.10.2025 23:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The writing continues, hope you're well! Visual updates will return soon #pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

03.10.2025 07:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The writing continues, hope you're well! Visual updates will return soon #pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

03.10.2025 07:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Umbra by Keys Light cant always win.

Finished up the demo for my pico8 game UMBRA! indie-pixel.itch.io/umbra #pico8 #gamedev #indiegame

13.10.2024 07:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Read Wander :: Chapter 2 - Namesake|| Page 29 | Tapas Community Read Wander and more premium Science fiction Community series now on Tapas!

apologies for the repost but I had to revise the page a bit due to some paceing and text errors, (thanks tim!). hope youre all well!
tapas.io/episode/3668...
#comics #webcomic #webseries #furry #scifi #comicart #cyberpunk #wandercomic #digitalart

28.09.2025 05:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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working on polishin gup the end scenes writing. its not quite a satisfying ending anymore(it never really was) and i wanna get it right. heres some in game art in the meantime while i get things set up.
#pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

29.09.2025 04:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Blue and Lefty // a tricky puzzle platformer in 1024 bytes for #pico1k: zep.itch.io/blue-and-lefty

From inside #pico8:
>LOAD #BNL

30.09.2025 13:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 75    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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working on polishin gup the end scenes writing. its not quite a satisfying ending anymore(it never really was) and i wanna get it right. heres some in game art in the meantime while i get things set up.
#pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

29.09.2025 04:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thank you thank you! I hope you like it if you decide to check it out!

28.09.2025 05:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Read Wander :: Chapter 2 - Namesake|| Page 29 | Tapas Community Read Wander and more premium Science fiction Community series now on Tapas!

apologies for the repost but I had to revise the page a bit due to some paceing and text errors, (thanks tim!). hope youre all well!
tapas.io/episode/3668...
#comics #webcomic #webseries #furry #scifi #comicart #cyberpunk #wandercomic #digitalart

28.09.2025 05:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Map story is implamented! Still needs a bit of cleanup just like the bazzar but I wanted to get it in the game so it was at least there. Text is still real weird in pico8. hope youre well!
#pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

26.09.2025 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Read Wander :: Chapter 2 - Namesake|| Page 29 | Tapas Community Read Wander and more premium Science fiction Community series now on Tapas!

Finished up the next page of my comic! its available on tapas if youre into cyberpunk dystopian worlds. and furries. with a lil dnd mixed in there too.
tapas.io/episode/3668...
#comics #webcomic #webseries #furry #scifi #comicart #cyberpunk #wandercomic #digitalart

27.09.2025 07:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Read Wander :: Chapter 2 - Namesake|| Page 29 | Tapas Community Read Wander and more premium Science fiction Community series now on Tapas!

Finished up the next page of my comic! its available on tapas if youre into cyberpunk dystopian worlds. and furries. with a lil dnd mixed in there too.
tapas.io/episode/3668...
#comics #webcomic #webseries #furry #scifi #comicart #cyberpunk #wandercomic #digitalart

27.09.2025 07:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Map story is implamented! Still needs a bit of cleanup just like the bazzar but I wanted to get it in the game so it was at least there. Text is still real weird in pico8. hope youre well!
#pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

26.09.2025 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Spent today implamenting the new writing for the bazzar! theres lots of weird hickups if you edit the text in a docs program and paste it into pico8. jsut gotta make sure text actualy fits in the textbox then its onto the map writing!
#pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

26.09.2025 05:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you thank you! And yeah text is a bit cumbersome with it lol, it just takes a bit of managing though

26.09.2025 17:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Spent today implamenting the new writing for the bazzar! theres lots of weird hickups if you edit the text in a docs program and paste it into pico8. jsut gotta make sure text actualy fits in the textbox then its onto the map writing!
#pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

26.09.2025 05:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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