sithrue

Obligatory monthly skeet to announce I'm still alive and losing my mind over this game I'm making 👍
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I pray the CD edition gets a re-release some day 🙏 Missed it the first time 😞

Obligatory monthly skeet to announce I'm still alive and working on the game 👍
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This was the first and the last time I'll ever try to estimate how long it'll take me to finish a game 😑

I'm back to working on my game after a long few months. Sometimes life throws an unskippable cutscene at you, y'know?
Anyway, look, I'm prototyping a minigame!
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Thanks 😊

I'll amend this statement and say that the game will most likely be completed this year; but, I'll publish it next year so that I have time to promote it properly.

A person pulling their huge hat down, hiding their face. The hat is on fire. The background is a sea of flames, and in the middle of it, words of encouragement are written.

Making a video game feels a lot like playing Thundersnail lately
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I like the muted colors on the old one, but everything else is a clear improvement! Good job!

A hat-wearing person on a road, standing in front of a big red gooey monster. A finish line is in the distance. The person says "oof."

Update as of May '25:
I meant to do a lot more during April, but Life got in the way. Now Life's asking me for a jar of fly honey. Well, at least I'm done writing the common route.
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In big blue letters, "Script: ~20%" is written. Below, in smaller, less visible letters, "Assets: 0%, music: 1%, coding: 0%" is written. A proud person wearing a big hat is saying "Damn, I'm so prolific"

Progress report, 3 months into making a new game 😊
The plan's to complete the script by May. It should be smooth sailing after that, because I'll have a complete outline of everything that I need to do.
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A person wearing a hat (me, sithrue) standing on a celestial body, staring at a planet which looks like a giant eyeball. There are stars in the background.

I've been enjoying a staring contest with a planet... and it blinked!
(also, I figured out a way to export an excel table as a json file, which is of tremendous help for writing game dialogue and will speed up the process a lot)
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Very true. Even when you're not actively working on something, ideas ferment and develop in your brain all on their own, so I don't think of it as wasted time, but a necessary step 🌱

A desk calendar, on which "FEBRUEARY '25" is written, and a red pen next to it. The first 24 days of February are crossed out. On the bottom right, the face of a person wearing a hat, with furrowed brows.

It's almost two months since I started on my new game, and so far, I finished... about 2-3% of the script, and that's about it 🙃At least I have a more detailed idea of all that I need to do, so things should start moving a bit faster henceforth.
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A person wearing a hat sitting and hugging their knees, surrounded by a scribbled mess of lines.

It feels like I'm not ready, but I have to start now either way. There's a loooong road ahead of me. It's time to tune the distractions out and lock in 🫡
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Beyerdynamic dt 990, 80 ohm. I heard VSX headphones are even better, but the price was above my budget. If you end up bying Beyerdynamic, look into the different variants (770/880/990 and the different ohm values). They're all similar but have minor differences, mostly whether they're open-back.

I swear, as a beginner, most of the tutorials I can find online seem way too vague and obtuse, not to mention contradictory. I just gotta put in the hours of practice I guess, even it it feels like I'm messing around without a clear goal

Person with a big hat (me, sithrue) sitting down. Next to me, a big pair of headphones, and an arrow pointing from them to my head. Musical notes scattered around.

Got myself some new headphones for music production 🎧 Now I just need to actually learn how to properly record, mix, master and all that ☺️
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A person wearing a big hat which resembles a rue flower (that's me, sithrue) is sitting at a desk, writing something down. A computer is on the desk, and some text and a picture are displayed on the screen.

I'm doing lots of research these days. Important writing decisions are ahead of me... I need to make sure that what I intend to say is actually correct 😅
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YouTube video by Dorkus64 Dorkus64 - Although the Sky

The #Mindwave demo is so freaking good! Can't wait for the full game to come out! Going to be blasting this banger in the meantime 🎧

Person wearing a huge hat (me, sithrue) is writing something down while sweating. A bunch of papers are there, some filled out, some empty. Math equatuons are hovering in the air: Pythagoras' theorem, the quadratic formula, Euler's identity, the relationship between tan, sin and cos. Also, an ellipse, triangle, graph, and a matrix are there.

Planning a story's like solving a math equation... every step needs to follow from the previous one, and they should all lead to a satisfying, logical conclusion. But, if I mess up at the start, nothing will make sense later on... that's the kind of situation I'm trying to avoid.
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I noticed I get too attached to the first idea I come up with when making any sort of art 😳
It's the kind of thing I have to consciously try not to do... the best way to go about it is to think of as many possibilities as I can, and choose the best one
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In case you missed it, I do have a game out already! It's called Derma, and you're basically just running from a monster. Check it out if you like short horror games 😊
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sithrue.itch.io/derma

Just beat #Psychopomp and it was really good 🤯 A very obscure, moody game. I'm gonna need a bit of time to think about what it all means 🤔

I've noticed some accounts which like my posts immediately whenever I post them, and also constantly repost stuff from 3 days ago, then 5 hours ago, then 2 weeks ago, and so on. I know what you are 🤖

Sorting through my notes rn 📝
Man, did I write a lot 😵‍💫
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A very philosophical question, one Toosebiru will have to find an answer to 🤔

Starting today, my second game is in development! It's going to be about an artificial human, whose creation you witnessed these past few weeks. Hopefully I'll be done in a few months, but I can only guarantee that the game will come out this year. I'll be posting updates 😊
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10 blue spines layed out like sun rays around a blue eye with a red pupil

Toosebiru awakens 👁️
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A silhouette in a coat sleeping in front of a computer, checkmarks are on the screen. Another silhouette in a coat is shaking them, screaming "WAKE UP!!!". Next to them, a third silhouette sits on some sort of table, and is connected by cable to the computer.

It's complete 😳
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