Hopefully these monthly posts about wishlist numbers, marketing, and progress are somewhat insightful 🙇♂️
Star Spark on Steam:
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@darthmalks.bsky.social's Indie Game Garden podcast:
🎧 www.youtube.com/@indiegamega...
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The #StarSpark Steam page went live 6 months ago and the game now has 573 wishlists, +12 from last month.
Marketing was limited to posts on here, Mastodon, and Discord. The podcast interview I did with @darthmalks.bsky.social also went live during this period.
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #Steam
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Appreciate the love, as always, Jeremy! You rock, man :)
This week, Indie Game Garden features one of my favorite conversations yet. @jlansing19.bsky.social joins me to discuss his game, Fantasy Football Tactics. John is a game dev beast and all around great human. Don’t miss it!
Audio: indiegamegarden.transistor.fm
YT: youtu.be/YdfbAQdIDZ4?...
There should be a new episode of the Indie Game Garden podcast out in a day or two, so I'm gonna share the episode I was on one more time 🙂
You can listen here:
🎙️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=q75-...
And you can wishlist Star Spark on Steam:
🌟 s.team/a/3639950
#GameDev #IndieGame #WishlistWednesday
I think nearly every ‘Japan is so great’ cliche can be boiled down to the fact that every business/service hires many more than the bare minimum number of workers possible.
I had the wonderful @jeremyjackson.bsky.social on Indie Game Garden this week for a conversation about his new anime battle rogue-lite Star Spark and the way Dragon Ball can inspire us. Give it a listen!
Audio: indiegamegarden.transistor.fm
YouTube: youtu.be/q75-F3P8iqs?...
This week on Indie Game Garden, I interview Ryan Marr, a founding member of FloWHOA, the small studio currently working on Scallywags, a swashbuckling (and tactical) pirate roguelite. Go support Ryan and give us a listen!
Audio: indiegamegarden.transistor.fm
YouTube: youtu.be/PQpcKsMLB58?...
I interviewed Ezra for my podcast if anyone feels inclined to check it out!
indiegamegarden.transistor.fm
youtu.be/cz_PftBvbu0?...
my life story
This week on Indie Game Garden, I interviewed @ezra-szanton.itch.io, the brilliant dev behind Mr. Magpie’s Harmless Card Game and my favorite puzzle game, Domino Grove.
Check out the full episode here: indiegamegarden.transistor.fm
And the YouTube version here: youtu.be/cz_PftBvbu0?...
And ya I mean murder on a train for Loco Motive…what more could you want?
Both have stellar voice acting from @yeoldshrimpeyes.bsky.social, too!
The Drifter is a uniquely inspiring game in my opinion, AJ. From what I’ve heard on dot.zip, I think you’d really adore it
I picked up some adventure games I’ve been eyeing for a while — Loco Motive, Kathy Rain series, Thimbleweed Park, and the Crimson Diamond. I just played through The Drifter and have caught the bug for pixel art adventure games with modern touches :)
I interviewed a fascinating Irish transplant living in Tokyo. Rory Kelly is the solo dev behind FoxHaunt. It’s a compressed take on the JRPG, and it was an honor to talk to Rory about his process. Go check out the interview!
Audio: indiegamegarden.transistor.fm
Video: youtu.be/R9JVrZO0Eq8?...
For sure! Feel free to send me a message
this small piece of diegetic dialogue is but one of the many reasons why @jlansing19.bsky.social's fantasy football tactics demo absolutely slaps. thanks, john, for this gem. can't wait to play the full thing!
playing sparrow warfare with the snow outside is quite a vibe
damn this game is stylish @alphachar.bsky.social
This was on Indie Game Garden! Look out for the Star Spark episode coming early April :)
It’s 🐝 yourself Friday don’t forget to 🐝 yourself today
GDC's 2026 IGF winner calls out U.S. cruelty at home and abroad
new episode of indie game garden is out! i talk to @cyrylsz.4fs.dev about monasteries, programming, and how neurodivergence can be a superpower.
listen to the pod: indiegamegarden.transistor.fm
youtube link: youtu.be/Z__Pa4lhX1o?...
i made a new video to highlight 15 lesser known new indie video games — i’d love it if you gave it a watch and supported these great devs!!
youtu.be/dvGLGrk3foM?...
Screenshot from Star Spark showing the skill panel. The player's deck and other collected skills so far appear on the left side of the panel, while information about the skills appear on the right hand side showing: - skill name - skill ap cost - skill power - skill rarity Rarity is represented by 3 hollow diamonds. 1/3 diamonds indicates common, 2/3 indicates uncommon, 3/3 indicates rare.
Pixel art of a green triclops humanoid wearing a blue outfit, a sentai-like fighter, and an orange cyclops humanoid wearing a blue outfit.
This week I added skill rarity and started making sprites for some non-bot enemies that you'll encounter during the tournament. They aren't competing with you, they're part of the tournament and there to hinder you.
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#ScreenshotSaturday #StarSpark #GameDev #ゲーム開発 #PixelArt #ドット絵
Remember! Unless a generative AI company is making its own database resources or going around and getting licenses from real artists, then their whole business model is based in theft! Most Gen AI isn’t innovative, it’s lazy, illegal and for trend chasers who can’t even make products
12345, dreamfrog lake, xyz.zipcountry, world1000xresistathonDONKEYdoodlejumper
excited to taste some soon!
my latest interview with murder of king mere developer pierce papke is up! you can listen to that here in audio form: indiegamegarden.transistor.fm
it's also on my youtube: youtu.be/u2InljVD6FE
AND i spliced together a video of some of the interview's best moments: youtu.be/eo8XOC4IhF8
just performed an exorcism on the duke of burgundy how’s your saturday going
this is dope to hear
been meaning to check out Room 215 as well, so this is just the kick i needed!!
