internet music for @danchidays.bsky.social 👨‍💻

this also got me wondering what a much harder AE would look like (harder in terms of the fundamentals). Idk if it would suit my overall design style/personality but I would like to play it

This also gave me an idea for an AE-like with NO combat levels it's all the strange vignette levels

i do feel like we're headed for a realm of bigger counterculture driven by internet weirdo furries and queer/trans people that many of the establishment, even the more normie left-wing flanks, won't know what to do with. if you're uncomfortable with that stuff, now's the time to work through that.

Thanks for the vid and for playing the game, looking forward to watching! @even-kei.bsky.social

‼️ NEW VIDEO ‼️

In a time where most games bombard players with heaps of excess information, one indie game dared to ask "What if knowing 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 actually made the game more fun to play and actually explore?"

That game is Angeline Era - and it's easily one of 2025's best games.

youtu.be/eckwTyQeflE

Hyper Bun Buster: Rocket Hammer Action's demo is out now!

A top-down arcade bump action game about a bunny girl who uses her hammer to hit enemies into other enemies, now playable in your browser (and as a download!)

ctmatthews.itch.io/hyper-bun-bu...

hey guys - i'm in a pretty dire housing situation right now. i have to move at the end of the month (lease expires) but prior plans w/ people completely fell apart & i'm back to square one. i'm looking for a room in Brooklyn, trans friendly, 1100 a month max, not a temporary sublet. plz let me know.

Love these!

i wrote an article interviewing 16 developers + me working in the toxic yuri visual novel space.

it took over a month and it cost me a laptop. my favorite piece of writing thus far. enjoy: bsky.app/profile/moth...

Nice meeting you and hope your trip is fun!

Angeline Era's is today's Steam daily deal!! i put it on sale at the deepest discount yet.. 25% off (under $19!). a game full of strange places, combat and Bumpslashing awaits!
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...

made our first piece of merch for Angeline Era! you can get it below:

InterfaceX is a cool initiative - if you've got some free time try tagging some of the games with #FakeOS! It could help convince steam to make it an official tag.

Anthology of the Killer is OUT NOW on PS5 and Nintendo Switch!

The groundbreaking and dreamlike, IGF Nuovo-winning horror-comedy series from legendary auteur thecatamites, is finally on console!

Play once and remember forever.

since angeline era bumpslash combat is kind of a buffet of bumpslash combat design, id want to see these more focused takes in the future
- no gun,smaller arenas
- less ranged enemies (more moving enemies)
- no double jump
- single jump w/o air control
- slower movement bumpslash

When I played kh1 for the first time the Tarzan boss kicked my ass the game seems and feels so strange. Like the hit sfx especially

Thanks for reading!

I have had an inexplicable urge to play more kingdom hearts games at some point

Danchi Days: 3600 wishlists through Reddit Ads... was it worth the money?? Intro Hi! I'm Melos Han-Tani. I've released a bunch of indie games over the years - Anodyne 1+2, Even the Ocean, Sephonie, All Our Asias, and most recently...

OK my reddit ads post is HERE!! I spent a bunch of money on getting 3600 wishlists through Reddit Ads for danchi days... was it worth it??
Should you also run ads?? Read to find out + a lot of explanation of my experience with the process if you want to get started!

buttondown.com/melodicambie...

The danchi (apartment complex) can be the setting of an epic adventure! That’s what I want to show with Danchi Days 🙌

love the lighting and colors!

We recently finished the map for Danchi Days (@danchidays.bsky.social) !! It's been a fun design challenge to set a whole adventure in an everyday setting, shrinking down real-world inspired locations into just a few screens each. My experience on Anodyne 1+2 have helped a ton here!

@ckcwrites.bsky.social

Happy birthday!

Yeah it's weird turn based gets blamed when the problem is usually lackluster level design (same easy fight 10 times in a story focused game) or the specific battle system not being designed well. But all that has little to do with taking turns

I feel like every decades-old games genre (FPS, CRPG, gacha etc) has plenty of dubious design conventions that fans generally overlook for the genre's core appeal, it's weird that JRPGs' usage of turn based battles/etc seem to bear a disproportionate amount of criticism

For some reason I remembered playing it a bit today a few years ago (I've been playing a VN) and decided to log it haha

One day quest 64 design will return

Don't have much interest in making a turn based anything atm but I think quest 64 is a compelling thing to think about if I were to do some kinda turn based rpg in 3D where terrain and height were important

I think there's a lot to learn about evocative level design from quest 64, and the way the encounters play out in the world is very cool