Excuse the bad photo, but I'm so excited to be getting closer to a steam capsule look I couldn't stop to export a better quality! I think I've got some more fine tuning to do still, testing text logos and whatnot, but it's almost there! #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #indiegames #solodev

Anyone else really struggle with drafting the Steam page write ups?? I feel like I've never thought of my game once trying to phrase this in a way people would be interested in 😅 #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

Had a bug in my settings menu that has been there for MONTHS. I've avoided touching it because I absolutely dreaded the process to fixing it. Took me less than 5 minutes. Completely threw off the rest of my day #gamedev #indidedev #solodev #gamedevthings

Back from a camping trip today! Realized I had a medical problem going on the whole time, so getting back into the game dev swing might be a bit of a slow endeavor while recovering But, I showed off my game to family and got so much encouragement it really was a big boost 😭💕 #gamedev #indiedev

Ya know, I started Tales of Amythria initially because I landed in a rough spot for hiring juniors in the games industry. If it was going to be unstable, I may as well learn new skills and make something I was proud of. I'm so sad and angry the industry is still at that point today.

Me realizing I messed up an entire menu's format when making final UI assets, so now I've gotta redo it #justgamedevthings #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

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After so much work, I actually finished all the in game UI elements this month! Now all that's left is the main menu, and LOTS of importing and fiddling in engine.... Sneak peak of main menu progress! It's so rough still but I'm excited anyway #gamedev #indiegames #solodev #visualnovel #gameart

Alright, last day of Next Fest, as per usual here's my small 🧵 on the demos I tried out and absolutely loved! • • • • • #indiegaming #indiegames #steam #nextfest

Taking it slooooow 😌 UI work is progressing nicely! #gamedev #indiegames #indiedev #visualnovels #lineart

Found a couple great game demos from #Nextfest, super excited to play them, and I'll be sharing what I play obviously! I don't love that I now have to dig through every steam page for genAI usage, but it does make the genuine ones stand out so much more to me at least... #indiegames #indiegaming

Reminder from Shigesato Itoi: Touch grass.

An indie game where you loot, fight, and extract in the Gyldenmist. - Combine class skills, talents, and gear - Fight creatures and rival Gyldhunters - Extract to return with your haul Try the demo: playtester.io/mistfall-hunter #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

Dream Hollow is a hand-drawn cozy horror game about a little girl trapped in a haunted storybook forest. Here's 25 seconds of gameplay from our upcoming demo!! #indiedev #indiegame Follow our Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cup...

So my bf got me Paralives because I had been basically drooling over how fun it looked for almost a week, and I have now given up any hope of being productive this weekend lol Sorry life, but I simply must build a little seaside cottage for 9 hours

An end of month update on my progress! So, I didn't end up reaching my (very lofty) goal of finishing all the intro illustrations. And that's ok! It's been a big and stressful month, and I still made progress regardless, a lot of it! Small 🧵👇 #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegames

In a turbulent time in general, little things like a book I've been waiting on for ✨MONTHS✨ to come out is probably the best feeling! If you haven't read the first book, "When The Moon Hatched", I definitely recommend! Made me cry so obviously it's great 😂 #books

#screenshotsaturday returns for Tales of Amythria! This month is all about the big illustrations of the life of the character you pick to play the game as. Enjoy me slowly losing my mind over hundreds of roof shingles! #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegames #visualnovel

So it's been a minute, I haven't shared a lot lately, mostly due to a lot of life stresses piling up all at once. Things are starting to calm down now, and I wanted to give a production Timeline update on Tales of Amythria! 🧵🧵 #gamedev #indiegame #solodev #visualnovel #steam

Touching grass for a bit of a break 😊 I kind of want to hide tiny frogs in my games now, as a little developer signature lol

Me to my game devs: You need to rest. You need to have downtime and work-life balance. You need to set boundaries for yourself and be a human outside work. My brain: Not you, though. Me: Oh, God, of course not me. Haha. Can you imagine?

Just realized I haven't posted in a minute... I'm still alive! Just got a new work schedule and have been working most spare moments on Tales of Amythria when I can to avoid burn out ☺️ Fingers crossed for a very exciting announcement in a couple months though! ° ° ° ° #indiedev #gamedev #solodev

Working on some background panels today ☺️😌 Also, how are people getting such smooth videos with this angle??? #gamedev #solodev #digitalart #lineart #visualnovel

I've officially written 3/4 of the branching paths for the final demo chapter! .......On 1/6 of the characters...... I've written so much my software struggles to load it all at once 😅 and there's still so much left to write ° ° ° ° #gamedev #gamewriting #visualnovel #indiegames

Finally have something to show off for #screenshotsaturday! Working on a new character's sprites! She's actually the first person I designed for this game, and it's so wonderful to start to see her come to life! Also some new UI layouts, still tinkering with designs. #gamedev #indiedev

You could say I've been spending a bit of time on UI assets.... This is only one of my files, I have 2-3 others for different sized assets used as needed #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #VisualNovel

Me nudging my UI slightly to the left My game: "so you have chosen.... Death"

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Me adding a new feature. The rest of the game: “Please don’t.” #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #steam

Thought my coffee mug was fitting for working on some mountains today! ° ° ° ° #gamedev #indiedev #visualnovel #fantasymaps #digitalart #solodev

I'm finally home after a month away house-sitting! Very happy to be back to my space, gonna take a couple days of R&R before fully getting back into the swing of things for the game!

💫 2 STRETCH GOALS ACHIEVED 💫 Can you believe it? We’ve just gone past the first 48 hours of the All Will Rise #Kickstarter, and we’ve already unlocked the first two stretch goals! On to the next one: The River Goddess! Link here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe... #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev

I know I could get brushes to do this faster, but I just LOVE the feeling and look of doing these forests by hand 😅 Working on an interactive fantasy map! Thought it would show off locations and give background world lore better than exposition dialogue. #gamedev #digitalart #indiedev #solodev