Congrats to Yerk for several huge jumps toward releasing a game, and thank you for the Carpoon cameo. (Wishlist Scarlet Skips!!)
Posts by Tom Arnold
just a quick reminder that i am very good at a lot of stuff, not just music! i was a web developer for over a decade, i'm a generalist programmer (i'll learn whatever you point me at), and you can see a lot of the stuff i've made in my spare time over at skye.computer :)
reposts appreciated!
ChainStaff is finally ready! ๐ธโก๐ฅ
I've been making games since '94 and I love doing new 2D action gameplay.
"Let's make a new grappling hook game!" I said back in 2019๐
ChainStaff is out now Xbox, Steam, Switch, and Playstation.
Please grab a copy and leave a review--thanks!
Found out pausing in GameMaker Studio is waaaaaaay faster using an image buffer to capture what's on screen at that moment rather than a saving a screenshot.
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Is a mushroom the fungus? Then what is mycelium?
Info + SporeBloom Demo promotions rolling out. Please reach out if you give it a try!
#sporegame #mycelium #mycology #indiegames #steamdemo #indies #oystermushroom #gamedev
Come try out Carpoon's boss tomorrow.
Also will be trying Goblin Mode again! www.meetup.com/tokyo-live-m...
Graphic for Vancouver Game Dev Series on April 29 Showing the speakers: Daniel Beaulieu of Goodnight Universe Marlowe Dobbe of Slay the Spire 2 Jonathan Ng of YAPYAP
An incredible lineup of speakers for game dev talks on April 29!
We will be hosting developers from:
โ๏ธ Slay the Spire 2
๐ช YAPYAP
๐ผ Goodnight Universe
Tickets are just $10 - get them here linktr.ee/busgamedevs
Derelict Star is OUT NOW!
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3641010/...
Itch: gate.itch.io/derelict-star
Still waiting for Tetris Sphere version
That was the feeling I was getting from VR initially, until Labo came out.
Yet another chance for an Ocarina of Time remaster to have a playable Sheik segment for 2-3 hours.
Yes, I am asking too much and will throw my wallet regardless.
One day left to get a Dreamcast game made in 2025 (!) during the Steam Sale by Captkuso who is smarter than me!
been completely neglecting to do the bare minimum of marketing on my game due to mental health shit, but you can still grab Flowerdrops for 33% off till the steam spring sale ends tomorrow!
Carpoon game
Finished off the boss sketch.
Fantastic work, loved how Mr. Tenna turned out. (Queen was my favourite so far thanks to Punch-Out!)
Next time I see Tom I'm going to call him an idiot for putting his game on this steep of a discount, so go get it while it's cheap lol
I may try it again later without save states, but I think I would only make it to World 6.
Great work by Sunsoft, which in later years became one of my favourite early developers.
Loved the weirdness at times, and the feeling of getting into more and more of a bizarre world, which did remind of Contra towards the end. Boss intros were still some of the best that I remember on NES, and that was a good fakeout on the last boss.
Backtracking in the game was also unexpected. I did have to start drawing some maps in places, but the levels were smartly designed in a way to head back to a previous level right after a boss. While I accidently looped around a level early on, it was recognizable later.
This is a game I did not get very far at all as a kid, to the point where I donโt remember if I even found out about the vehicle upgrades. My impression of the game was that the top-down dungeons on foot were the best part but I grew to like the vehicle upgrades in this one.
Finished Blaster Master on NSO.
A boy and his frog.
Carpoon is 40% off during the Steam Spring Sale. Continuing work on a new update for it! store.steampowered.com/app/1068840/...
๐ SADDLE UP PARTNERS๐
ITS TIME TO RIDE!!!!!!!
SIDE QUEST: RETRO RODEO
BENEFITTING @starlight.org
BEGINS NOW ๐ค
www.twitch.tv/zeldathon
Tried seeing how fast I could go with my watch and at 60km/h, I thought it might be faster. Great day with good visibility and short lift lines. No major falls.
Went skiing for the first time since 2019. Hard to imagine missing something that I loved to do for so long but can't do everything.
Should be a 4.5 Tier: My game makes enough to cover my Steam purchases.
๐ picoCAD 2 is out! ๐ฅณ
Model, texture, and animate - in a single lo-fi, easy to use package.ย
GIF, GLTF, OBJ, and sprite sheet export.ย
Available now on Steam and Itch!
Check it out! picocad.net
Thanks for boosting! โค๏ธ ๐
Some movement felt slow at times, so I overrode it with lerps. Mostly it's been a good learning experience so far and to think about how to build enemies better in the future with states and less if's.
Development is taking longer than I thought, so I have more respect for games with bosses now.
Part of it may that it's the first boss, and while I can reuse some parts like jumping and driving to a point, there is a lot that conflicts with inherited code.
Made one more boss phase this week.
#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev #gamemaker #carpoongame