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playing a set in Knoxville Tennessee on March 28 if anyone is around there!

10.03.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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session with an important playtester

02.03.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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this is happening in a few weeks in new lebanon, ny and am honored to be playing a set at it!

01.03.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I once found a beautiful in-game book that I loved and read over and over. A year later, I tried Golgotha and found myself in a situation where I was sure I was beyond dead. Then I remembered what happened in the book and it gave me an idea and I managed to survive Golgotha for the first time!

22.02.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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~some kitten game progress…getting back into it after a short break. trying to get all the mechanics working before adding more art/music/animations/creepy dreamy parts but super happy that it’s working so far!

19.02.2026 17:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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on feb 4, we’ll have my game, bear in the snow, up on the cabana at @wonderville.nyc and i will be there hanging and helping people find secret things. please come and hang out
if you can!

15.01.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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wanting to make weekly updates here:
~momentum to falling
~learned more about sin waves to make that bouncepad
~learning how the music/sound editor works
~condensed code the best I can to reduce token use

feeling pumped because I think I have the whole game mapped in my head and am learning so much

05.01.2026 15:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Two Steppes - Bowl of Flowers Reviews and descriptions of cassettes, tapes, records, labels and vinyl. Including pictures and links to help the reader.

lostseasound.blogspot.com/2025/12/two-...

30.12.2025 18:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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~learning pico 8 and making a game starring our kittens, onion and oyster, where you leap through space
~hoping to learn more about animation and pixel art in the process of making it and feeling excitement

30.12.2025 15:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I really love that you wrote about β€œtrying to subtly influence people to reconnect with reality”. I feel like many independent games I encounter are missing this opportunity and are blocking out the outside world. It’s really cool to speak to a magic we can experience both with and without screens.

17.12.2025 14:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it’s super wonderful and so inspiring

10.12.2025 19:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Cube-based environment art (along with melos’s β€œauto-cuber” tool) allows for the efficiency and complex secrets-hinting of 2D tilesets combined with the benefits of 3D lighting and atmosphere.

Large β€œEnviroChunks” with flexible triplanar materials quickly establish setting in the background of scenes.

Gestural vertex colors quickly and beautifully define characters that pop against the environment and look good small or large onscreen.

iNaturalist.org can be an amazing resource for game artists, featuring species id and many public domain community photos of life on Earth!

Matcap materials are good for creating shiny or translucent objects while maintaining a simplified/stylized look.

Cube-based environment art (along with melos’s β€œauto-cuber” tool) allows for the efficiency and complex secrets-hinting of 2D tilesets combined with the benefits of 3D lighting and atmosphere. Large β€œEnviroChunks” with flexible triplanar materials quickly establish setting in the background of scenes. Gestural vertex colors quickly and beautifully define characters that pop against the environment and look good small or large onscreen. iNaturalist.org can be an amazing resource for game artists, featuring species id and many public domain community photos of life on Earth! Matcap materials are good for creating shiny or translucent objects while maintaining a simplified/stylized look.

Angeline Era is out NOW!!! ^.^ here's a breakdown of some elements and techniques I used to create the HUGE visual world of Era. Ultra-dense action and secrets meant a bigger focus than ever on visual clarity and communication! βš”οΈπŸ”

See it in action!!
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...

08.12.2025 20:54 πŸ‘ 1392 πŸ” 457 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 16
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next weekend on long island!

21.09.2025 13:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So excited!! I love the demo for this

21.09.2025 13:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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some shows coming up

15.05.2025 17:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
the spookfish - berry (bear in the snow level 3)
the spookfish - berry (bear in the snow level 3) YouTube video by mmdannyg
06.04.2025 14:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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28.03.2025 17:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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thursday

01.03.2025 16:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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no bottom pond, by FRANK/ie CONSENT and The Spookfish 1 track album

very proud of this collaboration with FRANK/ie CONSENT ❀️🌳

21.02.2025 16:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bear in the Snow by The Spookfish Play in your browser

~hello friends welcome to my page! please try this game i made if you haven’t yet. thank you :)

05.02.2025 14:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0