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Eric Billingsley

@sparsegamedev.bsky.social

Indie dev in Ottawa. Made Spring Falls. Making games in PICO-8. Previously worked on TUNIC & Cuphead. website: https://sparse.ca itch: https://sparsegamedev.itch.io/

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Mute City (Arcade) Someone showed up in an online community I frequent, asking around $4000 for a classic SEGA 'Astro City' arcade cabinet. I've always wanted one, but almost immediately I realized I'd have to drive fiv...

Finally got a minute to do a quick writeup on how I printed the arcade cabinet, since many folks asked about making their own.
www.hangedmandesign.com/mute-city-ar...

15.02.2026 23:55 — 👍 20    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 1
A pencil and charcoal drawing of one of the standing stones at Castlerigg Stone Circle; an unusually shaped stone with moss growing around the base.

A pencil and charcoal drawing of one of the standing stones at Castlerigg Stone Circle; an unusually shaped stone with moss growing around the base.

Castlerigg Standing Stone, pencil and charcoal

#art

15.02.2026 02:11 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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KOLYDR by Adam Saltsman Get gems or die trying.

ok this is low key done adamatomic.itch.io/kolydr i'll do a cute post and lexaloffle cart later today!

24.01.2026 16:04 — 👍 21    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0

Tonight, Ottawa!!

21.01.2026 16:55 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Things that you can do in The Shovelling Hour that you can't do in real life:
-Carry up to 6 large trees on your person

Things that you can do in real life but not in The Shovelling Hour:
-Carry a shovel close to your body so you're not constantly bonking into walls

17.01.2026 18:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
CorgiJam Wrap-up Livestream promotional graphic. Featuring photos of Adam Saltsman, Finji Co-founder and Director, Eric Billingsley, TUNIC level designer, and Jonah Davidson, Finji Quality Assurance.

CorgiJam Wrap-up Livestream promotional graphic. Featuring photos of Adam Saltsman, Finji Co-founder and Director, Eric Billingsley, TUNIC level designer, and Jonah Davidson, Finji Quality Assurance.

Next week we're wrapping up #CorgiJam with a livestream! Join us at twitch.tv/finjico on Thursday, January 22 at 6PM EST as we play some CorgiJam games!

15.01.2026 16:39 — 👍 13    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 2
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My very short entry for #CorgiJam is done ! I left a lot of things on the cutting room floor, and I didn't have time to implement a lot of mechanics, so there's only a few levels, but still : I'm happy with the result !

ghettobastler.itch.io/celestial-se...

#pico8 #gamedev

11.01.2026 22:40 — 👍 17    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0
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uh oh it s time for : new game. this one is

❄️ SPACE CORGI 2: SNOWHOUND PROTOCOL ❄️

🐶 pilot my ACTUAL dog s
🔄 switch freely between dogs (UNLIKE space corgi ONE)
🌭 one dog is PRETTY LONG
🍞 the other is NOT USEFUL
🧱 30 levels !! what? in ONE GAME? listen

adamatomic.itch.io/space-corgi-2

10.01.2026 04:04 — 👍 149    🔁 48    💬 7    📌 1
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The Shovelling Hour by SPARSE//GameDev Puzzling shovelling

I made a puzzle game for @finjico.bsky.social's CorgiJam!

Dig holes and fill them in again
Move trees around
Bonk into walls

All this and more in The Shovelling Hour

itch: sparsegamedev.itch.io/the-shovelli...
BBS: www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=154...

#CorgiJam #gamedev #pico8 #puzzlegame

12.01.2026 20:33 — 👍 43    🔁 13    💬 2    📌 0

I didn't have time to make a #pico8 Advent game this year, but I did do the music for bikibird's fantastic sheep herding game! Really happy with how it came out. Go play it!

18.12.2025 17:13 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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CorgiSpace on Steam CorgiSpace is a collection of 8-bit games that have short legs on purpose. This anthology includes more than a dozen action, adventure, arcade, and puzzle games, and each can be thoroughly explored in...

holy moly, ok! we did it?? we made a collection??? it's the first 13 games, bundled up with unlockable dev notes, updated audio, some sneaky bug fixes, cloud saves, and Steam Deck support!! store.steampowered.com/app/4044300/...

10.12.2025 18:53 — 👍 285    🔁 81    💬 17    📌 12
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Long time no see! I’ll be open for contract work again mid-december, so if you’ve got dramatic environments that need painting or pitch decks that need art or really any old (visual) thing I could be YOUR gal 🫵 ameliaherman.artstation.com

24.11.2025 21:28 — 👍 60    🔁 23    💬 2    📌 3

TOMORROW, OTTAWA

14.10.2025 21:27 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Update Notes for v1.24 Version 1.24 has been released! This brings the game up to date with the newly released Android version , including some improvements to the level browser and a patch for a recently discovered vulnera...

Spring Falls has also been updated on Steam, itch.io and the App Store.

Patch notes on itch: sparsegamedev.itch.io/spring-falls...
Steam: store.steampowered.com/news/app/104...
App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/sprin...

09.10.2025 19:55 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's been nearly 6 years since the original release of the game (!?)

I'm excited to finally have this out there for more people to experience. Thanks for waiting patiently.

09.10.2025 19:03 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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🌷Spring Falls is now available on Google Play!🌷

Erode the landscape, direct the flow of water, and bring wildflowers to life in this peaceful puzzle game

Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

#puzzle #android #indiegame

09.10.2025 19:03 — 👍 38    🔁 17    💬 4    📌 1
Revertices Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by Fuzzy Void Co Revertices Announcement Trailer

Big news everyone... We officially have a release window for Revertices! Revertices will be releasing on Steam and Itch in *Q4 2026*!!

Please see the latest trailer below!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkCj...

01.10.2025 18:40 — 👍 37    🔁 23    💬 1    📌 7
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/// OTTAWA SHOW & CHILL \\\
||| WED SEPT. 17th 8PM |||
\\\ AVANT GARDE BAR ///

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chill vibes w/ local games and pals
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10.09.2025 11:53 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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Turns out making a #turnbased #mockup is more addictive than I thought.
Here are some updates: I reworked the cliff tiles, but the new version was too detailed compared to the unit sprites so i scrapped it. 😅
What do you guys think?
#gameboy #retro #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart #ドット絵 #gbc

03.09.2025 09:09 — 👍 159    🔁 26    💬 4    📌 0

The Weird Little Guy Games starter pack is LIVE!! For all the games that fit the vibe of weird little guy and the developers that make them! go.bsky.app/Du6YrYP #indiedev #gamedev

07.07.2025 19:21 — 👍 43    🔁 19    💬 5    📌 2
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Hey!! Both Elephantasy and it's sequel/spinoff Elephantasy: Flipside are 50% off on Steam right now!! If you haven't picked them up yet, now's a great time! AND, you'd be helping a queer artist make their rent!! 🐘

store.steampowered.com/app/1459540/...

store.steampowered.com/app/2284310/...

26.06.2025 17:11 — 👍 306    🔁 119    💬 9    📌 14

This is porn for people who become deeply fixated on chaotic energetic fluid things like clouds, nebulae, flowing water, giant fucking explosions, etc. Or so I've heard.

19.06.2025 07:17 — 👍 160    🔁 16    💬 8    📌 0
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. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁. ݁₊ ⊹ .
/Ottawa Show n Chill\
\Wednesday June 18/
. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁. ݁₊ ⊹ .

Games//Friends//Vibes

8PM @ Avant Garde Bar

15.06.2025 14:08 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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The End of Gameplay is out RIGHT NOW!
My masterpiece.
A pixel art adventure through my mind, broken by kill gameplay 🔪

love, droqen

store.steampowered.com/app/3120040/...

12.05.2025 16:57 — 👍 322    🔁 124    💬 11    📌 20
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GOOD MORNING

The Crips for eSims for Gaza Itch Bundle is live!

itch.io/b/2965/crips...

200+ video games, TTRPGs, zines, comics, & more

$16+ to support Palestinians surviving occupation!

On sale April 28-May 20

🇵🇸✊❤️

SPREAD THE WORD!

28.04.2025 12:15 — 👍 1476    🔁 1603    💬 16    📌 63
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Snekburd is finally out!
itchio : werxzy.itch.io/snekburd
Lexaloffle BBS : www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=166...

#pico8 #gamedev #indiedev #itchio

28.04.2025 19:33 — 👍 125    🔁 34    💬 8    📌 0

you've just reminded me that I need to do this

26.04.2025 20:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A screenshot of Taxi Quest 67. Two people sit in a boat travelling down a river. One of the people is saying "I just disagree that a river is a road."

A screenshot of Taxi Quest 67. Two people sit in a boat travelling down a river. One of the people is saying "I just disagree that a river is a road."

"Taxi Quest 67" is a game about a road trip for #RoadTripJam2025.

It's a fourthquel to our Taxi Quest trilogy, and you can play it right now in your browser on itch!

sweetheartsquad.itch.io/taxi-quest-67

23.04.2025 16:46 — 👍 13    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 7

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