Jon Annal

Jon Annal

@jonannal.bsky.social

🧙‍♂️COO and games wizard at Nitrome (ive got the beard and everything). 🎮Maker of many fine console, mobile and browser games. 👾Latest released creation Shovel Knight Dig! 👶🏻Proud dad. 🌿Love houseplants (ones that behave!) 🍻Partial to a cheeky beer.

261 Followers 90 Following 26 Posts Joined Nov 2024
1 month ago
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How to make a cool new Boss for #TwinShotDeluxe... PART1

Come up with a cool Colossus climbing idea and hire an amazing lead artist talent like @juanitomedinart.bsky.social to start sketching.

Wishlist on steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3618520/...

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1 month ago
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Due to popular demand we are proud to announce that the Nitrome Classics range is now Localized in 13 languages.

Our community is really important to us so we hope that this update allows even more of you to enjoy our games on a deeper and more personal level.

Much love to our global fans ❤️

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1 month ago
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Introducing HATS! A brand new addition to #TwinShotDeluxe that has us all brimming with excitement!

Unlockable hats come with super special buffs.
However... only the player with the most coins gets to wear the crown 👑

Any idea what some of the hats might be? #ThinkingCapsOn

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2 months ago
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The Angel Cats are BACK and better than ever before in this complete remaster. Take aim and relive your childhood in Twin Shot Deluxe!

🏹Wishlist on steam now: store.steampowered.com/app/3618520/...

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1 month ago
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🎯

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2 months ago
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The new Switch 2 Joy-Con colours are giving me 80’s Shell suit vibes…

Who’s with me? 🤔

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2 months ago
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Announcing Nitrome Classics!

We are bringing back beloved games of old re-equipped for modern gamers.

Re-live your childhood. Wishlist Twin Shot Deluxe now:
store.steampowered.com/app/3618520/...

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3 months ago

No problem I will just shoot a text over to Capcom. 👍

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3 months ago

Gosh I would play the crap out if this. There is a special place in my heart for Megaman 2. I loved this growing up as a kid.

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3 months ago
A scene of Mega Man running through Wood Man's stage. Various enemies block his path. A scene of Mega Man descending into the the lower regions of Wood Man's stage. Bat-like enemies stand in his way. A scene of Mega Man confronting a dog-like robot enemy.

Wood Man Stage - Part II 🌳

For the 'Mega Man 2 Redraw' project!

Each scene is a smaller section of a larger vertical piece.

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4 months ago
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Our action platformer Bomb Chicken is part of #SteamAnimalFest from 10th -17th Nov.
Even better you can pick it up now for as little as $6!

store.steampowered.com/app/658780/B...

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4 months ago
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I was trying to think of a good pun, but I'm stumped!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN everyone! 🎃

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4 months ago
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Looking to try and improve our score by 1% on Steam for Bomb Chicken. Would really appreciate your time if you can leave a review 💕💣🐓💕

store.steampowered.com/app/658780/B...

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5 months ago
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Toying with new hair tech for #MouseWork , our upcoming #NintendoSwitch2 game featuring mouse controls!

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5 months ago
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Long hair tech COMPLETE! ✂️🐭
#MouseWork #NintendoSwitch2

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5 months ago
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Another entry for #RandomThingsInMouseWork . This time we have…’Larpers’ which appear in one of the jobs that we already showed…can you guess which one? Look forward to this and much more when our multiplayer mouse controlled #MouseWork comes to #NintendoSwitch2 !

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5 months ago
Pixel art of an old ruin under cloudy skies. A man in a loincloth, holding an axe faces agains a gigantic bearded man, horribly mutated by a black goop littered with eyes and glowing veins

The Legendary Axe concept mockup. Been a while since I made one of these. Research was tough. I have no connection to the game or the turbografx-16 whatsoever, but the final boss being a weird and unsettling merger of confused cavemen held together by an eldric mass was captivating.
#pixelart #ドット絵

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5 months ago
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We have a 50%OFF sale happening on our Switch titles💸

For those who want an explosive beautiful pixel art platformer we have Bomb Chicken. The perfect come down after finishing #SilkSong

Feel like putting your brain to the test? Hop onto Gun Brick: Reloaded and take a joyride!

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5 months ago

Yeah have done an MRI last year. Its otherworldly being inside it.
Sounds exactly like an old spectrum loading. Very LOUD too!
Hope you get to the bottom of the injury.

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5 months ago

Silksong is yesterdays news. Step aside there is a new hornet in town 🐝

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6 months ago

Agreed it is so sick.

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6 months ago
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New Shovel Knight Dig Start-Up

#ShovelKnight #ShovelKnightDig #Indie #YachtClubGames #Nitrome

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6 months ago

We are making some PC titles. So your prayer might come true in that respect.

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6 months ago
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Look Metroid is almost as cool as Flip-Side 😎👌

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7 months ago

This is one if my dream games to make. 😍

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7 months ago

I will be honest I almost bounced off it fairly quickly.

The first few areas are all just smashy smashy and nothing else. It had no real structure for me.

Smash…scoop gold… repeat

I had to persist and it took me hours to get into it before it clicked.

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7 months ago
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Let’s take a closer look at some BRAND NEW minigame jobs in #MouseWork!

A multiplayer party game being developed for #NintendoSwitch2 using the mouse functionality of the Jon-Con 2 🐭🐭🐭🐭

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9 months ago

Thanks ben. The wicked wishes imo has some of the games best bits.

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9 months ago

We worked SO hard on this. Wicked wishes is imo the most fun campaign of the game. Am very proud of what we achieved.

@romainmacre.bsky.social
@juanitomedinart.bsky.social
@joaosdev.bsky.social
(+ Jesse Parsons who isnt on bluesky).

very proud of you all for your dedication and hard work. 💪

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10 months ago
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Ready your shovels🪏
Shovel Knight Dig is tunneling onto Xbox & PS5 TOMORROW!

It'll include the base game & all expansions, including the upcoming DLC, Wicked Wishes.

This final update adds new bosses, quests, secrets, & game-changing upgrades, making this the definitive version.

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