Keys - Making Umbra with pico8

Void born by Keys Survive, Die, Repeat.

finished up my submission for the gmtk game jam! I'll post the voting like later, once submissions are complete. hope you're well! im gonna sleep now.
indie-pixel.itch.io/voidborn
#gmtk #gamejam #gamedev #indiegame #deargodpleasehelp

Void born by Keys Survive, Die, Repeat.

finished up my submission for the gmtk game jam! I'll post the voting like later, once submissions are complete. hope you're well! im gonna sleep now.
indie-pixel.itch.io/voidborn
#gmtk #gamejam #gamedev #indiegame #deargodpleasehelp

spent today prototyping for the #gmtk2025 jam. I have yeilded very little in the way of ideas. but my friend had the idea to try and mess with tron disks, and thats somehow turnd into a concrete yoyo. its a bit hard to control but its sorta fun.
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today was a bit slow. Mostly invisible fixes or audio tweaks to make things stand out or be less annoying. I've also determined that he is basically unbeatable with base stats. I'm unsure of leaving it that way. lmk what you think!
#pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

Well thank you! i really appriciate you sticking with my weird junk, im glad you're enjoying it!

also appologies for the repetative posts about the boss, lmk if its getting annoying i'll hold off for a bit while i work on it.

today was a bit slow. Mostly invisible fixes or audio tweaks to make things stand out or be less annoying. I've also determined that he is basically unbeatable with base stats. I'm unsure of leaving it that way. lmk what you think!
#pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

shiny boi officialy reblanced, mabe, still gotta do som playtesting, but I've added some extra sfx to let you know when you can or cant attack. I've also redone how he chooses to attack, but it seems to have a mind of its own sometimes
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shiny boi officialy reblanced, mabe, still gotta do som playtesting, but I've added some extra sfx to let you know when you can or cant attack. I've also redone how he chooses to attack, but it seems to have a mind of its own sometimes
#pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

There is a parry mechanic for the swords but How does one parry a laser?

ive taken your advice, and I think ive settled on a good constant health for the boss. Though now I need to fix his attack patterns. He can get stuck doing the same attack or blocking the whole time, and you cant tell how long for.
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been working on the boss, I cant decide whether its health should adapt based on your stats so its still a challenge at high levels, or if it should be a constant and you may have to replay levels to upgrade completely. Lmk what you think
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thansk for the feed back! ill keep that in mind,also i still need to finish metroid dread, it was awesome.

thankj you for the feedback! im inclined to agree, i think it might help motivate people to find all the secrets in the different areas

been working on the boss, I cant decide whether its health should adapt based on your stats so its still a challenge at high levels, or if it should be a constant and you may have to replay levels to upgrade completely. Lmk what you think
#pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

Thank you! He's a bit easy to beat ATM, but hopefully with some rebalancing it should be fun

I've returned in oen piece (mostly) from my florida trip the con was a ton of fun and it was nice visiting family. Progress updates and art should resume soon, Starting with fixing this guy! Hope You're all well.
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First time doing a cosplay at a convention, went as a tech priest from Warhammer!
#floridasupercon #warhammer #cosplay

First time doing a cosplay at a convention, went as a tech priest from Warhammer!
#floridasupercon #warhammer #cosplay

spent today polishing up some level quirks with the second area, and doing some respriting to hopefully make things feel a bit more cohesive. I've also added text colors to some other carts so you can actualy tell whos talking
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Did some more playtesting with a freind today, and we discovered that he boss is way to easy, and that you can upgrade a bit too fast for it in a normal run. so more balanceing is needed. The writing for the game also needs an overhaul.
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It looks like I won't be able to work on my more art heavy projects for the next 10 days, as I have forgotten my drawing tablet assuming the old one I used here was still here. We're working on finding a solution but otherwise I'm on forced vacation lol

I'd love it if my brain would stop sending the rest of my body the bad chemicals before a flight. Hope youre all doing well.

Testing #picotron 0.2.0h in headless mode by using @arnaught.bsky.social's http server to view the manual.

We're also going to Florida super con so there's lots of stuff to set up for cosplay junk lol

There's gonna be a slight lack of updates for a few days as we're preparing to go visit family across the country, hope you're all well!

Thank you! I'm glad you like it!

thank you thank you!

Did some more playtesting with a freind today, and we discovered that he boss is way to easy, and that you can upgrade a bit too fast for it in a normal run. so more balanceing is needed. The writing for the game also needs an overhaul.
#pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame