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@johnrawlings.bsky.social

Musician ๐ŸŽธ Writer ๐Ÿ“– Game Dev ๐ŸŽฎ โ€˜Party on the Beach of Dreamsโ€™ is a cult mystery RPG - chapter 1 coming soon!!

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I was of three minds. Like a room, in which there are three frogs.

#indiegame #jrpg #gamedev

24.06.2025 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œSlime Danceโ€, first battle theme from our game ๐ŸŽต

#indiegame #chiptune #gamedev #gameost

05.06.2025 22:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Any Godot programmers looking to join a small team making a JRPG? If so, give me a shout!

(Game is in early stages, backgrounds being redone, but some screens here and vids on my page of a pre-alpha :D)

#godot #gamedev #indiedev #indierpg #indiegames

30.05.2025 16:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Really love the new intro cinematic from @felofeed.bsky.social ! โ›ˆ๏ธโ›ˆ๏ธโ›ˆ๏ธ

#indiegame #jrpg #pixelart

28.04.2025 16:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am so happy with how it turned out. There was a game from that era called grandia that had really nice dinner scenes like this, where you could just chat with your party for a while. Love the fft style graphics as well.

19.04.2025 13:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The first meal scene is in the game! ๐Ÿœ๐Ÿป

Isometric art by the awesome pixel artist, @pixelhoo.bsky.social

๐ŸŽน โ€œA Meal with Friendsโ€

#screenshotsaturday #indiegame #jrpg #gamedev #pixelart

19.04.2025 11:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 74    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hehehh thank you!!

06.04.2025 03:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Game Over โ˜ ๏ธ

05.04.2025 20:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Been working on the sfx for Sleep and Game Over. Using guyengine v2 for some really nice psx-era samples.

#gamedev #indiedev #gamemusic #indiegame

Sleep ๐Ÿ’ค

05.04.2025 20:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Frog devs unite ๐Ÿ’ช

05.04.2025 19:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Jrpg preview photo of a bunny woman baker.

Jrpg preview photo of a bunny woman baker.

Jrpg preview photo of an old man

Jrpg preview photo of an old man

More character portraits going in the game, courtesy of @pixerelia.bsky.social ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰

#jrpg #indiegame #pixelart #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

05.04.2025 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For sure man, looking forward to seeing it unfold.

I was kinda similar tbh, didnโ€™t have much use for social media. But so far bsky has been pretty good. Waiting to get a steam page and trailer before going too far down the marketing wormhole.

30.03.2025 21:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hahahh. Gotta love bit-crushed bongos.

I saw your teaser trailer - very enticing stuff ๐Ÿ‘€

30.03.2025 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Main character portraits are in the game :D

#screenshotsaturday #indiegame #jrpg #rpg #gamedev

29.03.2025 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!!!

22.03.2025 15:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey! I think itโ€™s debatable whether Iโ€™m cool or not, but Iโ€™d love to join!

21.03.2025 21:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All your graphics look amazing!! Great color palette as well.

15.03.2025 22:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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and 16-bit (snes)
#thanksforlistening

14.03.2025 23:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The same song as 32-bit and 16-bit.

32-bit (psx) \/
#gameost #indiegames #gamedev #jrpg #rpg #chiptune

14.03.2025 23:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Really loving the new 32bit engine! The brave fencer-style samples are some of my favorite.

14.03.2025 12:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cool!! Where in Osaka did you find it? DenDen town?

Still love that psp/vita design.

10.03.2025 13:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ohhh thatโ€™s so cool!!! Thanks for posting about it.

09.03.2025 16:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Really cool aesthetic

08.03.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A little walking tour of the first village. (Still in progress!) If the screen suddenly gets brighter, itโ€™s because my pc wants to melt ๐Ÿซ 
#screenshotsaturday #indiegame #RPG #pixelart #gamedev

08.03.2025 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey thanks a lot man!! Excited to see your game as well ๐Ÿป

23.02.2025 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Right on, thank you!!

22.02.2025 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!!! Yeah I was honestly surprised how much more dynamic it felt even with a simple 2.5d effect.

22.02.2025 19:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Been trying out a new โ€˜disc-basedโ€™ battle environment.

#screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #jrpg

22.02.2025 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yooo thanks so much!! Def hoping to get a demo out within the next 3-4 months, but this is our first game so not totally sure. I just took a look at some of your stuff- it looks so good!!

12.02.2025 01:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey!! Iโ€™m working on my first game, a cult mystery jrpg. Iโ€™d love to join!

11.02.2025 20:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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