Tired of talking about this with people but I feel as a poc person I need to be doing a “certain type of game” to get attention from those promoting poc games (hard societal discussions game) or (wholesome game) otherwise it’s unfitting for my societal place and won’t be accepted for opportunities
A quick heads up; The UK government is currently holding a consultation on the Online Safety Act. The consultation lasts until the end of next month.
Please fill it out if you live in the UK and/or share it around to get more eyes on it.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
my secret indie super power is consistently underestimating how much of my time processing job applications is gonna take
portfolio day is basically christmas to me
if only I had more money to hire all the incredibly talented people on this site
Weathered Sweater is hiring a Gameplay Designer to help craft a Mega Man Battle Network-inspired JRPG!
📍 Remote, Part-time (USA)
🕹️ Made in Unity
🧩 Tiled/SuperTiled2Unity XP a major plus
Work with @spiralhug.bsky.social and apply:
Dosa Divas, our cooking themed turn-based RPG is out now on Steam, Switch, Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox S|X
Two sisters and their upgradable spirit-mech cook delicious meals, fight corpos, build up your reputation with local communities, and reconcile with loved ones.
outerloopgames.com/dosa
Two+ years of work by a wonderful dev team and lot of support to get to launch!
The most bad-ass rebuttal from Tite Kubo, the author of Bleach.
the ~finished chainmail! ⛓️⛓️💥 ended up preferring how it sits and looks with the back sides facing out
would still love to add sleeves, and i may get some resin to seal the cuts bc honestly i gave up on pinching while i fiddled with the shape
Thanks Kai!
Hell yeah. That's great to know!
I actually played and really enjoyed Cosmic Star Heroine a few years ago when looking into other indie JRPGs and what seemed possible. I'm def looking for people with MMBN excitement for this, but I wanted to say CSH was a real inspiration for me to start making this game! Its intro is so good!
thank you! I appreciate that :)
I haven't announced it yet! But I'll be talking about it here on my bsky so you'll definitely see it again if you follow me (which it looks like you have!)
🧟🤜Beatdown City Survivors🤛🧟
🎯A bullet heaven
👥survivors roguelite
🌃set in a gritty destructible city
Is releasing SOON!
🛠️fun weapon crafting
🐱large cast of unlockable characters
🏗️dynamic environments
🔊pumping soundtrack
Play the demo/Wishlist today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm
#wishlistwednesday
normal battle mockup
exploration / location mockup
Do you love Mega Man Battle Network and indie JRPGs? I'm looking for a gameplay designer to help take ownership of combat in my newest project!
⚔️ enemies, combat, deckbuilding, balancing
🎮 MMBN enthusiast / indie JRPG-fan
💰 paid, part-time
🌎 remote, USA-based
Apply 👇🏾
forms.gle/U6xE3rARWdo5...
Photo showing three different methods for soda tab chain mail assembly.
at long last, it is soda tab chain mail time ⛓️⛓️⛓️
my grandmother messages me sometimes and doesn't know how to spell my name lol
it's not hard grandma
GAME GONE GOLD!
Dosa Divas is past certification for Steam, Switch, Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox S/X and ready to launch on April 14th.
✨Wishlist Now!✨
Where do all the pixel art RPG game developers live? Do you all just have your own discord servers for your games or is there a secret place I can join to hang out and talk about game dev woes? 😭
This... isn't joking btw, I've variously spec'ed my budgets out to around $150k-ish on even 2-3 year projects, and I keep seeing AAA coder salaries at $200k+ and it's like
Suddenly remembering that the salary of one AAA developer is twice the budget of an entire shipped indie game.
my rule is if I fail to kill a fruit fly 3 times in a row, it lives a full natural life
A picture of the original Aunt Viv from Fresh Prince on the left with "DLSS 5 Off" superimposed over her and Lightskin Aunt Viv on the right with "DLSS 5 On" superimposed over her.
I need every single male artist that follows me to read this. It's not very long. You need to bear witness to this shit. You have to see it with your own eyes because you never will in your everyday life.
I'm serious, read it all please
Me, right now. And it’s not even an action scene.
mockup of Quote the robot shooting bolts in the Bushlands. I upscaled everything based on the original
a bunch of upscaled sprites
upscaled sprites #2
mockup of the first Sand zone area
the Cave Story mockup that almost came out officially.
I worked with the Cave Story publisher Nicalis for a few months developing a pixel art but higher resolution version of the game.
Pixel approved!
Here's also some upscaled sprites, showing options #pixelart
I've been working on a game pitch and story dear to me, "ENGINE ANGEL", with the team at Ivy Road!
We're still seeking funding, but in the meantime I wanted everyone to still be able to share the work they've done. I'll be sharing more as well as reposting any of the team's posts so stay tuned!
That's wild! I wonder what I'm doing that's weird. Appreciate the responses btw!
I'll have to keep trying things out I guess.
