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Natasha Handley

@gongylusgames

https://gongylus.co.uk/ Indie Game Developer. Awarded the Dean's Prize For Excellence In Game Art & Design from Leeds Beckett Uni. πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ Trans game dev. She/her. Publish as Gongylus Games. Door enjoyer.

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#gamedev #gamedesign #indiegame #indiedev

10.03.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The demo for The Vaults Below Durn will be shown at #Gamayo in Leeds!

Add the game to your wishlist to be notified when it goes into #EarlyAccess

store.steampowered.com/app/4494830/...

#IndieDev #IndieGame #GameDev #GameDesign #GameRepublic

10.03.2026 15:35 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#BrackeysGameJam results are in! πŸŽ‰

The Vaults Below Durn finished #47 out of 1431 overall. Huge thanks to everyone who played and left feedback. It’s shaping improvements for the Steam version.

Wishlist here πŸ‘‡
store.steampowered.com/app/4494830/...

#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegame

08.03.2026 12:19 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Someone explored the vaults before you.

They left clues.

The Vaults Below Durn: A Field Study Steam page is live!

Wishlists help a ton! πŸ‘€
store.steampowered.com/app/4494830/...

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday #GameDesign #GameTrailers #Wishlist #Steam

07.03.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nice...

#69 #696969

06.03.2026 02:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We've had a power cut so here's a candle lit portrait of my supurrvisor 😺

#CatBoss #Cats #Kitten #AllCatsAreKitten #CatsOfBluesky #Purrfect #Meow

06.03.2026 02:01 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This might look like the same effect as before, but this time the darkness dissolves to show a first person perspective of a note. That isn't just an image. It uses a render texture with another camera. You can see the background moving subtly :)

#VFX #Unity3D #ShaderGraph #GameDesign #GameDev

05.03.2026 01:03 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's one for the #GameDevs

Threw together a nifty (but fake) soundwave shader so people can see when the sound is supposed to be playing if they can't hear it.

#IndieDev #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev #Unity #Unity3D #ShaderGraph #VFX

03.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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And this is what I wanted the dissolve effect for :) In The Vaults Below Durn, I'm going to add a volume calibration screen before the main menu so people can definitely hear the knocking.

gongylus.itch.io/the-vaults-b...

#GameDesign #BrackeysGameJam #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev #GameJams #VFX

03.03.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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🍦🚐 The ice cream van is back! πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

#SpringTime #IceCreamBreak #IceCreamTime #snack #GamerFuel

03.03.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ooh this is even better. My recreation of the #Frostpunk dissolve effect in Unity.

@11bitstudios.bsky.social #Unity3D #ShaderGraph #UI #UX #UXDesign #UIDesign #GameDesign

02.03.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Recreating the #Frostpunk dissolve effect in Unity :)

Just for fun!

#GameDev #IndieDev #Unity #Unity3d #GameDesign #UXDesign #UIDesign

02.03.2026 23:04 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Be honest… did you see it? πŸ‘€
Comment what was wrong with that door.

Or try for yourself
gongylus.itch.io/the-vaults-b...

#IndieGame #GameDev #CanYouSpotIt #PuzzleGame

27.02.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New thumbnail for Vaults Below Durn: A Field Study. More indicative of the game itself ^_^

gongylus.itch.io/the-vaults-b...

#BrackeysGameJam #Brackeys #IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDesign #GameDev #GameJam

24.02.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ€” I'm starting to think The Vaults Beneath Durn is too challenging for anyone who isn't a #Phasmophobia player. πŸ‘»

gongylus.itch.io/the-vaults-b...

#IndieGame #IndieDev #HorrorGame #DeductionGame #ExplorationGame #GameDesign #BrackeysGameJam

24.02.2026 01:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Vaults Below Durn : A Field Study by Gongylus A deduction based dungeon exploration game

Now with touchscreen support ^_^

The Vaults Below Durn: A Field Study. A deduction based dungeon exploration game.

gongylus.itch.io/the-vaults-b...

#BrackeysGameJam #Brackeys #GameDesign #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #disabledgamers #AbleToPlay #inclusivegames

22.02.2026 22:08 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Vaults Below Durn : A Field Study by Gongylus A deduction based dungeon exploration game

Another boost in #accessiblity for The Vaults Below Durn. I've enable mouse controls, so now the game can be played entirely with a mouse and a single button. :)
gongylus.itch.io/the-vaults-b...

#AbleToPlay #InclusiveGaming #BrackeyGameJam #Brackeys #GameDesign

22.02.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That looks sick!

22.02.2026 02:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Glad I made time to add a #HardOfHearing mode. One of the clues is a quiet knocking behind the doors. This would have been an #accessibility problem for a lot of people. So I added a toggle that replaces the knocking with a visual effect. :)

#inclusivegaming #ablegamers #gamedesign #BrackeysGameJam

22.02.2026 01:57 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Vaults Below Durn : A Field Study by Gongylus A deduction dungeon exploration game

The Vaults Below Durn: A Field Study is out now and playable in browser!

Made in a week by a solo dev for #BrackeysGameJam

gongylus.itch.io/the-vaults-b...

#Brackeys #GameDev #GameDesign #IndieDev #IndieGame

22.02.2026 01:44 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! It's gonna be up in the next hour I think. Hope you're all doing ok. Looking forward to seeing what you've been up to at Collide if you're gonna do it.

22.02.2026 00:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Got the ending done on the game so it's mechanically complete now :) I won't post a video of the ending yet, just to avoid spoilers 😁 Still gotta do the home screen, credits, bit more audio, flame effect, endless mode, and hopefully hard of hearing mode. #brackeysgamejam #brackeys #gamedev #gamejam

20.02.2026 04:51 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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As someone who isn't an animator, this πŸ’€ scene was effing difficult. Almost a full day of the game jam spent on this 😰 And I still have the finale cinematic to do.

#Brackeys #BrackeyGameJam #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev #Unity #Unity3D

19.02.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What's behind door number 1?

Ding Ding Ding!

#Tentacles!

#GameDev #IndieGame #GameJam #BrackeysGameJam #Brackeys

19.02.2026 07:24 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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End of Day 3 of #Brackeys Game Jam! Got the procedural generation all working, added UI, and the clues.

The game is about finding your way through a strange dungeon by paying attention to very subtle clues in each room.

#BrackeysGameJam #IndieGame #GameJam #GameDev #IndieDev

19.02.2026 01:38 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I ran an anime club over lockdown where everyone needed to vote on what anime we were going to watch. The best motivation to get everyone voting was to promise them virtual head pats. ^_^

17.02.2026 19:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I haven't forgotten about #BrackeysGameJam!

Took me a day to come up with an idea for "Strange Places". It's pretty broad so doesn't narrow down ideas! This should do the job anyway. Here we are at end of day 1.

#BrackeysGameJam #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev #GameJam #GameDesign #GameDevelopment

17.02.2026 19:32 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We've joined @gamerepublic.bsky.social !

#GameDev #IndieDev #GameDesign #GameRepublic

16.02.2026 12:28 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In The Path Below, running from a room puts the monsters at the bottom of the deck. But when you ARE at the bottom of the deck... panic mode engages.

#indiegame #dungeonmaster #streamer #cardgame #pathbelow #vtuber #envtuber #vtuberen

11.02.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You almost fought a GOD barehanded

#indiegame #streamerfails #roguelike #gaming #funny #indiedev #unity3d #vtuber #gamingclips #cardgame #PathBelow #fail

10.02.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0