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Retro game developer! Currently working on Swampmaster™ for the NES using NESMaker software, FamiStudio, and a mountain of assembly code. www.CaldeumMedia.com / #nesdev #nesmaker #swampmaster #nes #8bit
Check out our February 2026 Swampmaster™ Development video!
It's been a long while since I did a video update, so I wanted to show you all some of the monsters, items, save functionality, and other features we've developed. Come see what's new with the in-dev NES adventure game Swampmaster™!
WOW what a difference between this 1996 Sony CRT TV and the last one I tested... colors look amazing!
Testing #Swampmaster on multiple TVs helps with measuring overscan so I can make sure players have an optimal experience across different devices.
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First time testing out Swampmaster (in-development) on the real NES hardware with a TV! Pretty cool.
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In the world of Swampmaster the trees harbor ancient wisdom... If only we understood their words they might bestow upon us ancient relics of great power.
Follow us for updates on the development of Swampmaster for the NES!
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Must be some way across the river to get that heart piece...
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Today I just put together a beauty: a transparent black NES 😍
It matches perfectly with my 8bitDo wireless controllers.
An ideal machine to enjoy wonderful new games! 🥰☕️
#NES #homebrew #nes
Thanks Dale!
09.11.2025 02:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A forest maze of mushrooms, breakable blocks, and a treasure chest holding a random item! All this and more in the world of Swampmaster, coming soon* for the NES!
*okay not THAT soon, but eventually!
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Having a blast composing 8-bit music for our upcoming *Swampmaster* NES adventure game! This is likely to be used as boss (final boss!?) music.
#8bit #chiptune #GameMusic #RetroGaming #NES
Creating some ominous underworlds for Swampmaster
22.08.2025 03:01 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Think I finally got the HUD sorted out so that everything fits! Plus we now have location names 😎 Now, were it not for all the trees, we'd still know to a certainty that we are clearly in the WOODS.
06.07.2025 05:45 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
How to escape this Swampmaster dungeon full of tricks and traps? A new NES game we're creating at Caldeum!
07.06.2025 23:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Beautiful looking platformer!
02.06.2025 15:13 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Love the color palette. This looks really fun!
02.06.2025 15:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A mysterious, frozen underground cavern that leads into unknown depths...
#nesdev #nesmaker
Did you also want to design NES games when you were a kid? With NES Maker a lot of us now rekindling that passion as an adult and it's just as fun as ever. We've come a long way from drawing Mario maps with pencil and paper. Check out the NES Maker community for more great NES projects.
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New track "Vine and Shadow" from the Swampmaster Soundtrack released today (with gameplay testing footage!)
13.05.2025 15:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
As a big fan of oldschool game randomizers (Zelda 2!), I'm working on scripting as many randomizable elements as possible in Swampmaster to enhance replay value. No telling what item this treasure chest will give.
26.04.2025 05:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Made some accidental glitch art via an actual glitch when I was trying to code something in NESMaker today for Swampmaster, ha!
15.04.2025 18:18 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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08.04.2025 03:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
