Tiny Bookshelf

Been making strides in being more disciplined, more consistently using time in gamedev toward focused progress (been going well past month or so!).

... which makes it sting when "life stuff" gets in the way and I have to put development on the back-burner again.

I'm trying, folks! I promise! 😅

open world Pac-Man

um,

there is a groove you hit in gamedev sometimes where it's like... my quality of work right now may not be the best but, gosh darn it, i sure am iterating quickly

like a pure hack-and-slash flow state haha

production timeline goals:

* end of 2025 -- multi-game burst reveal video
* 2026 -- two game releases
* 2027 -- one game release
* 2028 -- one game release

we are sorta on track for this 😶

welp

am now not just changing the tone and style of one of my projects but even the whole dang resolution lol

there's a first time for everything i suppose

...

gamedev woooooooooooooo

(officially in my lo-rez era 🥳)

no pressure

but if i can pull off a couple pieces of art tonight, i will be completely pivoting one of my projects into a new direction/tone/style

really hoping i can pull it off, will be really cool

(totally, i promise)

it's okay

it's nice to occasionally come across a piece of pixel art that makes you think yeah, maybe i am a little too hard on myself sometimes, just draw the thing

pixel art is hard 😭

i cry 😭

fun to see my kids' sentiments shift as to which of my games i should be working on more diligently 👀

I had a thought: Ah! I'll make 'Sirtet.' It's Tetris, but in reverse!

I go to search, aaand obviously other people have already had the idea.

Interestingly though, none of them are *actually* Tetris in reverse (start with large mass, remove piece by piece under restriction). 🤔

🙏

no, YOU made two different 12x24 fonts this week

i appreciate the encouragement 🙏

'cause i'm trying but dang, sometimes i'm just not feelin' it haha

although i'm sure my pixel art will (continue to) improve naturally over time, i can't help but feel like my next few games exist very much in a vibe of "just grab a hold of your personal style and stick to it -- for better or for worse" heh

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gonna do some gamedev tonight 😏

this is awesome, truly the dream! love it

the amount of armchair gamer commentary centered on visuals being entirely tied to engines (and not, y'know, art direction or assets or textures or...) is so absurd

It's taken several years, heh. But it feels really good, in my game development... development, to move from challenges that mostly used to be mechanical ("how do I make this move the way I want?") to now largely polish ("ooo maybe I can add a squish-and-sparkle on hit, here").

last night i had a gamedev goal

a small goal, but a goal nonetheless

and... i think i hit it

i wanted to do something, and i did it

...

kinda shocked at how well and smooth and seamless it went, this is nice

might need to actually 'art' some things tonight, sigh

nice

Octobug by TinyBookshelf A short, strange 2D platformer about a spider in a world with many flies.

If you're wondering what the heck I'm talking about, well, uh, the game is three bucks! Try it! :p

tinybookshelf.itch.io/octobug

Back when Octobug released, in the height of folks streaming it, there was talk about the Kills counter and people wondering what the max was.

I want to confirm (several years later lol): That number is 78.

If you're going for a max Kills run, you're aiming for 78 Kills! 👍 🕷️

please stop saying friendslop

Indie game booths at Brilliant Indie Treasures in Brighton, UK.

Indie game booth with moss and figurines at Brilliant Indie Treasures in Brighton, UK.

Indie game booth featuring lots of artwork from Heart Sworn at Brilliant Indie Treasures in Brighton, UK.

Indie game booth with concept sketches at Brilliant Indie Treasures in Brighton, UK.

Some of the booths at @brilliantindietreasures.com ! Such a lovely celebration of upcoming indie games ❤️

kinda cool: having enough old project files to be able to go back into stuff to see/remember how to do certain things

less cool: having enough old project files that i sometimes can't even remember which one did the thing i wanna see/remember 😵‍💫 oops lol

had to touch something called "vector math" last night, ew