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The cover art for the X-YZE soundtrack. It shows the big X-YZE logo at the top, with "Original Game Soundtrack" just below, and "by Chris Logsdon" just below that. Covering the bottom half of the art are 2 fluffy anthropomorphic characters with big ears. One of them has their back turned to the viewer. They are mostly in shadow, but have a ring of light outlining them. They also have visible earrings, and are wearing a cloak of some sort. The other character is facing the viewer, has a serious expression. They are holding a beam sword out in front of them, and the light from that sword illuminates their face. They are wearing some sort of crop-top and skirt, with their midriff showing. They also have a large scarf trailing behind them.

The X-YZE soundtrack (composed by me) is available on Bandcamp!

chrislogsdon.bandcamp.com/album/x-yze-...

#vgm #gamemusic #ost #composer #videogamemusic #gameaudio #gamedev #bumpygame

X-YZE is out now, for free!
chrislsound.itch.io/x-yze

X-YZE is a bump combat action game with a mysterious short story.

Cool bonus stuff is available for $10+!

Trailer by @alixesque.itch.io

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #godot #GodotEngine #solodev #pixelart #bumpcombat #bumpslash #bumpygame

Oh I should probably slap a #bumpygame on here for posterity

#bumpygame news on monday...

#bumpygame is going through true final testing now… still got work to do on the bonus pack, itch page, and bandcamp page but… expect something this month!

#bumpygame I can’t believe I thought coding the bumping was going to be the easiest part of this game. If only I could redo it from the ground up… but alas the game is too close to finished to do that now

A spreadsheet showing percentage completion of various development categories. Basically everything is 100% complete. There are a couple lingering things to do though. The overall project completion percentage, according to this spreadsheet, is 99.01%.

#bumpygame Sep 1 2025 update

- all music done & implemented (will be a ~20 track OST)
- all sfx done & implemented (~140 unique custom sfx)
- arcade mode almost done
- various polish/bugfixing

game's almost done! polishing and testing a lot this month... i'm *hoping* to release late this month

btw it’s gonna be a ~20 track OST #bumpygame

all music is now finished and implemented into #bumpygame... starting sfx next week... the end feels so close...

A spreadsheet showing percentage completion of various development categories. Art, Design, and Code are almost entirely at 100%, but have some lingering places with more to do. Writing is 100% done (though I'm still polishing it here and there). Audio is mostly at 40%. The overall project completion percentage, according to this spreadsheet, is 82.42%.

#bumpygame August 1 2025 update

- final boss + end sequence done
- nearly all music written. not implemented yet, still need to do some mixing + touch-ups for looping. looking to be a ~15 track OST
- should be starting on sfx this month

my foolish hope is to have the game basically done this month

A pendulum with text on its left and right side. The left side says “music is impossible…” and the right side says “i am genius!!!” The pendulum is currently swung to the left side.

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#bumpygame is now fully-playable from start to end, with final art and cutscenes and dialogue!! I start on audio next week…

A spreadsheet showing percentage completion of various development categories. Art, Design, and Code are almost entirely at 100%, but have some lingering places with more to do. Writing is 100% done (though I'm still polishing it here and there). Audio is at 0% across the board. The overall project completion percentage, according to this spreadsheet, is 76.57%.

#bumpygame July 1 2025 update

- all levels done, may make tiny tweaks to some for readability
- 6/7 bosses done, 7th almost done
- definitely starting audio this month

so so so so close... don't wanna jinx myself, but a summer release is looking likely

#bumpygame June 1 2025 update
moving along nicely, excited how it's shaping up!

-spreadsheet cleanup, big % is more accurate

-finished polish for 2 more levels, ~50% done with final level. just a couple more bosses to polish after that

-implemented most of arcade mode

-likely starting audio soon

#bumpygame May 1 2025 update

small % jump but lotsa big stuff

- game name & fancy title screen
- 1st playtests! very well-received, BIG improvements
- lvl 1 done
- lvl 2 90% done
- lvl 3 polish started
- gamepad support
- expanded config & difficulty options
- started adding score
- lotsa polish

A build of #bumpygame with the first 2 levels has now been sent out for the first bit of playtesting… it’s getting so close…

It’s good to be a bumper #bumpygame

#bumpygame Apr 1 2025 update

big % is smaller bc i fixed a spreadsheet error. main things to look at are all the other %s.

- finished final boss
- finished story
- finished intro sequence
- title, game over, credits, settings, help screens
- mostly finished easy mode
- started final art polish

#bumpygame Mar 1 2025 update

- for real finished penultimate boss
- finished final boss pt1, designed pt2
- figured out story FOR REAL THIS TIME, started writing actual text, feeling better than ever about it
- cleaned up task list now that i have a clearer vision of the ending

getting so close!!!

#bumpygame Feb 3 2025 update
- small tweaks to a core mechanic to raise skill ceiling a bit.
- pretty much finished final full level, incl boss. special stuff going on in this one, took extra coding & design consideration, but i think it's turned out to be a good & scary final dungeon.

#bumpygame Jan 1 2025 update
- Refined some mechanics into something simpler
- Made tileset art, most enemies/interactables/hazards for final full level
- HUD overhaul
- Enemy death animation shader
- Player hitbox tweaks

Big jump in total % is from consolidating a audio tasks into a few broad ones

HUD rework #bumpygame

finally made an enemy death animation shader. this was very difficult, so everyone please clap

...wait wait gdi everyone stop clapping the enemies are supposed to flash when they get hit too, but i guess that broke

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There is a good possibility that all of my level objects and non-boss enemies for the whole game are now done…
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Feeling so much pressure trying to figure out my final boss visual design right now... it's gotta be cool and scary and weird... shout out to all the final bosses out there
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#bumpygame Dec 1, 2024 update. Last month I finished a whole level + boss + started really really getting my story figured out. A ton of work and progress, but the sheet doesn't super reflect it since so many of the %s are weighed down by the sheer quantity of audio tasks I've yet to start on.

#bumpygame been working hard on my story all day, and I just wrote this line… I think it’s time for a break.

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Boss #4 is done and y’all… it’s a really good one.

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With this current (penultimate) level, I made all the enemies and obstacles first. I’m about halfway through mapping out the level now, and I’ve had to tweak many many things I thought I was finished with 😌 I’m about halfway done mapping though! Then it’ll be boss time.

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Enemy design, obstacle/hazard design, and level design are weird in that there is no correct answer for what to start with… No matter what, once I start on one of ‘em I’ll need to tweak the others.