#StarSpark progress this week:

- got the new enemy sprites in game with their own decks
- players can now see what zone type the zone selector is currently on
- the zone selector can traverse the entire map instead of just the next zones the player can reach

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The #StarSpark Steam page went live 5 months ago!

Star Spark now has 561 wishlists, +16 from last month.

Marketing was limited to posts on here, Mastodon, and Discord.

I also did a podcast interview with @darthmalks.bsky.social, which will be up next month :)

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It's my birthday, you should wishlist my game 🙂
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#StarSpark is a turn-based fighting game in which you battle your way through a roguelite survival tournament using real time combos and a deck made of attack, defense, and support skills.

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Got to talk about #StarSpark on a #gamedev podcast yesterday where I mentioned that the initial prototype of the game was an extremely simplified version of combat, so I had to find this old gif of it 🙂

Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday, Kitfox!

#StarSpark is a roguelite turn-based fighting game in which you battle your way through a survival tournament using real time combos and a deck made of attack, defense, and support skills.

🌟 s.team/a/3639950

#GameDev #IndieGame #PixelArt

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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I added rarities to skills the other day while taking a break from enemy updates.

1/3 diamonds = common
2/3 diamonds = uncommon
3/3 diamonds = rare

Now skill reward choices take rarity weights into account :)

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Leo knocking out a combat robot as a big red "KO" shows up on screen.

Fan art of Leo and Coda in a grassy fighting arena.

#MonthlyRecap 2026-02

- Job hunting
- Saw some standup comedy
- Started watching Smallville
- Went to several bday parties and a baby shower

For #StarSpark / #gamedev:
- Made a new KO graphic
- Updated the battle UI for the deck system
- Designing new map enemies
- Received some Star Spark fan art

Star Spark fan art by Cardin. It shows a hand drawn Leo on screen ready to battle a hand drawn Coda in a grassy battle arena.

Star Spark fan art by Cardin. It shows a hand drawn Mael, Leo, Coda in poses like their in game idles animations. There's a hand drawn Star Spark logo above Mael and Leo.

Unexpected, but someone made fan art #StarSpark!

It's cool that someone liked my game and its characters enough to spend time doing this 🙂

Thanks for sharing, Cardin!

Star Spark is still a WIP, but available to wishlist on Steam:
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It's been 4 months since the #StarSpark Steam page went live!

Star Spark has 545 wishlists, +32 since last month.

Marketing was limited to posting on here, Mastodon, and Discord. The peaks haven't changed, so no screenshot of that this month.

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Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday!

#StarSpark is a tactical turn-based fighting game in which you'll battle your way through a survival tournament using a combination of real time combos and various attack, defense, and support skills.

🌟 s.team/a/3639950

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This week I added a K.O. graphic to give #StarSpark a bit more of a fighting game feel.

I also started trying out a stat boost reward for winning a tournament round, unsure of it just yet though 🤔

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Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday!

I'm making #StarSpark, a tactical turn-based fighting game in which players battle their way through a survival tournament using a combination of real time combos and various attack, defense, and support skills.

🌟 s.team/a/3639950

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Part of switching #StarSpark over to a deck system was to let players select a new card post-combat instead of a stat boost.

I still want the player's stats to increase during a run, so I've opted to award stat boosts upon clearing the round instead.

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I added a KO graphic to make #StarSpark feel more like a fighting game.

It's simple but it gets the job done.

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Hey, Char, happy to see you hosting #TurnBasedThursday!

I'm making #StarSpark, a tactical turn-based fighting game in which players battle their way through a survival tournament using a combination of real time combos and various attack, defense, and support skills.

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A screenshot from the game Firewatch showing a lookout tower in a forest.

A poster image for Primal. It shows Spear (a male neanderthal) riding atop Fang (a female T-Rex) as the plunge into a battle against enemies equipped with spears.

A screenshot from Better Call Saul showing the characters Charles and James McGill sitting at a desk.

A screenshot from Star Spark showing the combat screen with a deck.

#MonthlyRecap 2026-01
- Job hunting
- Played #Firewatch
- Had a stomach bug
- Watched seasons 1 and 2 of #Primal
- Started watching Better Call Saul

For #StarSpark #gamedev:
- Deck system
- Updated the options UI
- Changed speech bubble layout
- Came up with a plan to release this year!

A friend who play tested a build of #StarSpark with the deck prototype liked it enough that he kept going back to try and finish a run. He finally did, finishing one in ~50 minutes 🙂

Unfortunately I left hardcoded values in the UI (fixed now though 😅)

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Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday, @every1solid.bsky.social!

#StarSpark is a turn-based fighting game where you battle your way through a survival tournament.

Here's a short video of a deck system I've been prototyping the last couple of weeks.

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Some people tried the deck system prototype, so far it's seen as an improvement, still waiting for more feedback though 🙂

This is #StarSpark, by the way.

It's a turn-based fighting game where you're battling your way through a survival tournament.

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UPDATE

I made it so that you can see your deck while in combat along with how many and which skills can still be drawn from it.

Not shown, but if you run out of skills to draw, the deck will just restock the ones that were already used 💪

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This week I kept prototyping a deck system for #StarSpark.

The deck menu is a bit cramped, but it works for testing purposes.

Decks save and load correctly.

Drawn skills get revealed at the beginning of your attack turn.

Combat feels more fun to me.

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Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday, @badgerpunch.com!

#StarSpark is a #roguelite turn-based fighting game where you compete in a battle anime inspired tournament against fighters from across the universe.

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The Steam page for #StarSpark has been up for 3 month, and I wanna share the updated stats.

Right now, Star Spark has 513 wishlists

It's a smaller increase than last month (+61 vs +274), but that's okay -- it's more than zero and I still have more than I expected to have!

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I'm making #StarSpark, a #roguelite turn-based fighting game.

In each tournament round two fighters are sent to a planet to survive while making their way towards the only exit, which only activates when one of them has been KO'd.

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I played through the 1st round of a run of #StarSpark using the WIP deck system and it was actually pretty fun. Battles are more interesting (less predictable/repetitive) and I had some moments of uncertainty (see screenshot).

Too soon to say for sure, but I might keep it.

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Thanks, Casey!

I'm making #StarSpark, a roguelite turn-based fighting game.

In each tournament round two fighters are sent to a planet to survive while making their way towards the only exit. The catch -- the exit only activates when one of them has been KO'd.

🌟 store.steampowered.com/app/3639950

This week I made the speech bubbles feel more comic-like and began a rough prototype of a deck system more like Legendary Super Warriors'.

Idk if I'll keep it versus the equips w/ cooldowns, but I had to try it out.

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Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday, HH!

I'm making #StarSpark, a roguelite turn-based fighting game where you battle your way through a survival tournament.

#GameDev #IndieGame

A screenshot from Star Spark showing Leo and Amara exchanging words before combat. Leo: "Here I come!" Amara: "I won't be gentle!"

A screenshot from Star Spark showing the versus screen during arcade mode. Leo's portrait is on the left, a VS stamp is in the middle, and Coda's portrait is on the right. At the very bottom of the screen are face icons showing the player's progress through arcade mode thus far.

A screenshot from Star Spark showing Serj's attack thwarted by a Thug enemy using the Burst defense move.

A screenshot from Star Spark showing a map of connected zones that the player has traversed as Leo.

During each round of the Star Spark Tournament, two fighters are sent to a planet to survive while making their way towards the only exit. The catch -- the exit only activates when one of them has been defeated.

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