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Ted Martens

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Artist, Indie Dev, Fire Keeper. Cadence of Hyrule, Crypt of the NecroDancer & Amplified DLC, Pixel Fireplace, Hexels co-creator. Pixel Fireplace πŸͺ΅πŸ”₯◻️ Steam: s.team/a/2678480 Itchio: https://hammertail.itch.io/pixel-fireplace

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Video game pixel art sprites of a medieval fantasy humanoid fish creature or merfolk, with a catfish-like head, holding a trident and a shield, in four color variants. The character design is part of game development for my indie game.

Video game pixel art sprites of a medieval fantasy humanoid fish creature or merfolk, with a catfish-like head, holding a trident and a shield, in four color variants. The character design is part of game development for my indie game.

Fish Folk πŸŸπŸ”±
#pixelart #indiedev

25.11.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I didn't know they made an Altered Beast figure! It looks really good!
*Walmart exclusive*
NoOOOoooo (I'm in Europe)

22.11.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

awesome! πŸ˜„

22.11.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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20.11.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Video game pixel art sprites of a medieval fantasy undead soldier holding a crossbow and wearing a kettle hat and a chainmail coif, in four color variants. The character design is part of game development for my indie game.

Video game pixel art sprites of a medieval fantasy undead soldier holding a crossbow and wearing a kettle hat and a chainmail coif, in four color variants. The character design is part of game development for my indie game.

Undead Crossbow Soldier πŸΉπŸ’€
#pixelart #indiedev #γƒ‰γƒƒγƒˆη΅΅

19.11.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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You can bounce off guards heads now. Also if you hold crouch on a ledge Buster will take a seat
#screenshotsaturday #pixelart #γƒ‰γƒƒγƒˆη΅΅

15.11.2025 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 307    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3

Oh haha that's great too, didn't see it before

17.11.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ah man these are great, I love all of them haha πŸ˜† Would be really cool to print these out on some nice card stock and have a real deck.

17.11.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Video game pixel art sprites of a fantasy serpent warrior holding a spear with arms, fangs, and tongue out, in four color variants. The character design is part of game development for my indie game.

Video game pixel art sprites of a fantasy serpent warrior holding a spear with arms, fangs, and tongue out, in four color variants. The character design is part of game development for my indie game.

Naga 🐍
#pixelart #indiegames

17.11.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join the GameMaker Discord Server! A community built around the GameMaker software! | 26534 members

The Game Maker community discord’s help channels are great for this kind of thing. discord.gg/gamemaker

16.11.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thank you very much! πŸ˜„

16.11.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The art in this game is insane ❀️

15.11.2025 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow this looks really awesome πŸ‘πŸ‘

15.11.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Video game pixel art sprites of a fantasy giant with a bushy beard, wearing a tunic, and holding fists up, in four color variants. The character design is part of game development for my indie game.

Video game pixel art sprites of a fantasy giant with a bushy beard, wearing a tunic, and holding fists up, in four color variants. The character design is part of game development for my indie game.

Hill Giant β›°οΈπŸ‘Š

15.11.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

GOTY πŸ†βœ¨ Congrats

15.11.2025 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is fantastic

13.11.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep! πŸ‘

13.11.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These are so good 😍

12.11.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A recreation of the death scene in the beginning of Castlevania SOTN in a GB style, akin to Kid Dracula. In black and white.

A recreation of the death scene in the beginning of Castlevania SOTN in a GB style, akin to Kid Dracula. In black and white.

A recreation of the death scene in the beginning of Castlevania SOTN in a GB style, akin to Kid Dracula. In a classic GameBoy palette.

A recreation of the death scene in the beginning of Castlevania SOTN in a GB style, akin to Kid Dracula. In a classic GameBoy palette.

A recreation of the death scene in the beginning of Castlevania SOTN in a GB style, akin to Kid Dracula. In a alternate color palette.

A recreation of the death scene in the beginning of Castlevania SOTN in a GB style, akin to Kid Dracula. In a alternate color palette.

A recreation of the death scene in the beginning of Castlevania SOTN in a GB style, akin to Kid Dracula. In a alternate color palette.

A recreation of the death scene in the beginning of Castlevania SOTN in a GB style, akin to Kid Dracula. In a alternate color palette.

Had this idea in mind for a SOTN in GameBoy for a while.
Finally got time + motivation to actually get it done!

#pixelart #castlevania #sotn

02.07.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 187    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1
How a pixel art shooter achieved a million dollar launch (the ZERO Sievert story) – How To Market A Game

Chris Zukowski's blog howtomarketagame.com/blog/ and discord are good. It's mostly about market research around which types of games tend to sell best on Steam, getting your Steam page/trailer/demo up early, and gaining wishlists for like 6+ months before Next Fest. I do think Chris does consulting

12.11.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great review. Calling out genAI and reflecting it in review scores should be standard practice.

12.11.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
My approach to making small games - Adam Saltsman (ThinkyCon 2025)
YouTube video by Thinky Games My approach to making small games - Adam Saltsman (ThinkyCon 2025)

my ThinkyCon 2025 talk about crankin out little games in my free time is up! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGsl... includes a cute photo of Stegi ((un)official mascot of the corgispace manifesto)

10.11.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

Yeah that always bugs me. Center-aligned typed-out text is also super weird. Feels like the game wasn't tested and never got outside feedback.

09.11.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Video game pixel art sprites of an undead barbarian in four color variants with long hair wearing a circlet, and a large wide torso with big muscles and a sword on his back. The design is part of game development and might be used as a character or enemy in my indie game.

Video game pixel art sprites of an undead barbarian in four color variants with long hair wearing a circlet, and a large wide torso with big muscles and a sword on his back. The design is part of game development and might be used as a character or enemy in my indie game.

Undead Barbarian βš”οΈ
#pixelart #indiedev

30.10.2025 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 137    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/noah...

07.11.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rockstar is union busting. They just fired 34 employees who were organizing with a union. Staff are protesting now outside of Take-Two. bsky.app/profile/pcga...

07.11.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon character with a skull on his face Alt: a cartoon character with a skull on his face

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07.11.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pixel art drawing of a spooky lair that's shaped like a monster head or skull with a precarious stone staircase leading into its mouth between stalactites and stalagmites that look like large pointy teeth. It has a low resolution and limited color palette of black, purple, peach, gray, and white. It resembles an evil lair from 80s and 90s cartoons and toys.

Pixel art drawing of a spooky lair that's shaped like a monster head or skull with a precarious stone staircase leading into its mouth between stalactites and stalagmites that look like large pointy teeth. It has a low resolution and limited color palette of black, purple, peach, gray, and white. It resembles an evil lair from 80s and 90s cartoons and toys.

Think I might share more process stuff from my game. Here's a vibe test drawing I made yesterday. It's a top-down game, but this could be in a story intro to set up the adventure, concept art for an area, or promo artwork.

12.11.2024 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

ah yeah your work is great πŸ˜„ and thank you!
I grew up with NES, Atari 2600, and Apple II games so sometimes I like to draw in that lo-fi minimal style with lots of black. 😊 Cheers!

06.11.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thank you for making this πŸ‘

06.11.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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