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Storm Electricity is a network of game-developers. We are specialised in creating 2d-shooting games. Currently working on a game about a beehive called "Wildhoney". We aim to make games for Windows, OS-X and Nintendo Switch. https://www.stormelectricity.de

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People playing our #wildhoney prototype at #gamescom. Visit us at hall 10.2 Retro Area booth of Scene World. #gamescom2024 #shmup #gamedev #indiedev

24.08.2024 16:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Arcade game with a yellow spaceship fighting flying monsters, including bunny-like stone snakes.

Arcade game with a yellow spaceship fighting flying monsters, including bunny-like stone snakes.

Bunny rock snakes in the game ๐Ÿฐ #screenshotsaturday #pico8

13.04.2024 14:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Theme for Ludum Dare 55 is...

Summoning

#LDJam #GameJam #GameDev #LudumDare

13.04.2024 01:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Progressing my game Wildhoney on the "Meta"-Layer.

#leveldesign #gamedev #indiegamedev #affinitydesigner

13.04.2024 20:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Calling all retro game fans ๐Ÿ‘€

My second video game history book is being published by Bitmap Books soonโ€ฆ

Stay tuned at www.bitmapbooks.com

10.04.2024 06:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
On a blue Workbench 1.3 background, an orange, white, and brown icon with a straw hat wearing cheeky monkey leaning over a banner with the game's name on it and wielding a flint lock pistol.

On a blue Workbench 1.3 background, an orange, white, and brown icon with a straw hat wearing cheeky monkey leaning over a banner with the game's name on it and wielding a flint lock pistol.

Click it and a cutlass wielding monkey burns out of the banner!

Click it and a cutlass wielding monkey burns out of the banner!

Coming with greets this morning (hello!), quite possibly the greatest game icon ever coded.

Commodore Amiga game icons would often have two states, unclicked and clicked. And here, with Lucasfilms' The Secret of Monkey Island, we see how creative some programmers and artists could get with them.

19.03.2024 12:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 150    ๐Ÿ” 49    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Level Design Ideas at Wildhoney

09.04.2024 21:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There is one game, I always some back to. It is the game Fantasy Zone. It is hard, it is challenging. It is colourful. It is great. One of my all time favs...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy...

#shmup

09.04.2024 20:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I share 5 tips to keep motivation up- and running during game-dev on Medium:

medium.com/@nodepond/5-...

#gamedev #gamedevlopment #indiegamedev #solodev

08.04.2024 20:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Magma / Update on Wildhoney A hidden game-gem and update on my own project

This issue of the rainy-seasons newsletter includes also updates to Wildhoney development:

storm-electricity.beehiiv.com/p/magma-upda...

#gamedev #indiegames #2dshooter #indiegamedev

10.03.2024 18:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A pixellated honey-bee, that is the player avatar of the game.

A pixellated honey-bee, that is the player avatar of the game.

Preliminary version of the Wildhoney avatar.

#gamedev #indiegamedev #shmup #wildhoney

07.02.2024 15:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Latest Issue from Rainy Seasons newsletter:

storm-electricity.beehiiv.com/p/euroshmup-...

@stormelectricity.bsky.social

23.01.2024 16:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gun Trails (playdate) / Magic Vigilante 1cc Two tiny shooting game highlights

Join the Storm Electricity Newsletter. Good 2d-shooter news from the community every 2 weeks.

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Lastest issue - meet two nerdy shooters: storm-electricity.beehiiv.com/p/gun-trails...

#bullethell #shmup #stg #playdate

26.12.2023 01:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ho Ho Ho! We wish you a merry X-Mas and this is our present: in this Podcast Episode #180 we welcome gamemusic legend @chris_huelsbeck known for legendary soundtracks for legendary games likeโ€ฆ Ho Ho Ho! We wish you a merry X-Mas and this is our present: in this Podcast Episode #180 we welcome gamemusic legend @chris_huelsbeck known for legendary soundtracks for legendary games like Turrican or Apidya. We are talking with him about his recentโ€ฆ
24.12.2023 23:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Storm Electricity sticker seen in an urban situation in Hamburg / Germany.

Storm Electricity sticker seen in an urban situation in Hamburg / Germany.

Seen at the streets of Hamburg! o.O

#hamburg #sticker

13.12.2023 11:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tool updates: All 219 Nodes in Godot and Aseprite v1.3 with Tilemaps! Tools are magic

New issue if Rainy Seasons newsletter. Subscribe to get hot news on 2d shooting games every 2 weeks.

storm-electricity.beehiiv.com/p/tool-updat...

#2dshooter #gamedev #indiegamedev #shmup #godot #aseprite #tilemap #tools #tool #newsletter

11.12.2023 12:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Aseprite v1.3 Release
Today we've released Aseprite v1.3 as the stable version finally replacing v1.2. This new version includes several new features, mainly the new tilemap layer... Aseprite v1.3 Release

Check out Asesprite V1.3! The #tilemap editor is finally released!

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

#gamedev #pixelart #indiegamedev

30.11.2023 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ShmupWords Visual Glossary / Storm Electricity YouTube-Channel Content from Cologne!

Learn all the expert-terms of shooting-games. The new newsletter issue is released!

storm-electricity.beehiiv.com/p/shmupwords...

#shmup #sta #indiegamedev

21.11.2023 14:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Pixelart Wildhoney - Work in Progress
A timelapse of drawing some assets for the Wildhoney-Game.A game that should get released in 2024. Made by Nodepond / Storm Electricity.I used Aseprite for t... Pixelart Wildhoney - Work in Progress

Working on Wildhoney. Pixelart Work in Progress.

youtu.be/xPBPUUMvCfA?...

#wip #workinprogress #indiegamesdev #gamedev #gamedesign

22.11.2023 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ShmupWords Visual Glossary / Storm Electricity YouTube-Channel Content from Cologne!

Learn all the expert-terms of shooting-games. The new newsletter issue is released!

storm-electricity.beehiiv.com/p/shmupwords...

#shmup #sta #indiegamedev

21.11.2023 14:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿš‹โ›ฐ๏ธ pico-city ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿš—

08.11.2023 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 157    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Read the 4th issue to the Rainy Seasons newsletter:

storm-electricity.beehiiv.com/p/design-blu...

#shmup #bullethell #shooter #stg #indiegames

07.11.2023 14:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Working on Wildhoney - Timelapse
Just a work-in-progress timelapse when working on "Wildhoney" 2D-shooting game.Tools used: Pyxel Edit and Godot Game Engine. Working on Wildhoney - Timelapse

Just published the very first Work-In-Progress video. It's a small work-in-progress timelapse.

youtu.be/5UlSWhkbu2s

#shmup #gamedev #gamedesign #indiegames #rulesofplay #wildhoney #indiegamedesign

05.11.2023 19:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Pixel art image of a horned red-haired girl holding up a sign calling for "Artists!"

Pixel art image of a horned red-haired girl holding up a sign calling for "Artists!"

Trying to fill my timeline with art and artists, particularly #pixelart, but also #gamedev.

If you are one, introduce yourself!

If you know one, please mention them here!

31.10.2023 20:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Working on Wildhoney - Timelapse
Just a work-in-progress timelapse when working on "Wildhoney" 2D-shooting game.Tools used: Pyxel Edit and Godot Game Engine. Working on Wildhoney - Timelapse

Just published the very first Work-In-Progress video. It's a small work-in-progress timelapse.

youtu.be/5UlSWhkbu2s

#shmup #gamedev #gamedesign #indiegames #rulesofplay #wildhoney #indiegamedesign

05.11.2023 19:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Two good Suggestions: a Game and a YouTube Channel Recommendations for shooting-game fans

Read the 3rd issue to the Rainy Seasons newsletter: storm-electricity.beehiiv.com/p/two-good-s...

#shmup #bullethell #shooter #stg #indiegames

25.10.2023 09:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Subscribe | Storm Electricity's Rainy Seasons I will post about every two weeks about game updates, but also about interesting stuff and game-recommondations for 2d-shooter enthusiasts.

There is a newsletter called Rainy Seasons.

I will post about every two weeks about game updates, but also about interesting stuff and game-recommondations for 2d-shooter enthusiasts. #indiegamedev #shmup #bullethell #indiegame #gamesfromcologne

storm-electricity.beehiiv.com/subscribe

17.10.2023 07:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hi all! This is my first post here. Storm Electricity makes 2D-shooters in a very #indiegamedev style. Looking forward interesting stuff finding here!

17.10.2023 06:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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