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DrBossKey

@drbosskey.bsky.social

Game developer, producer, director, tech & software dude, and life long gamer since the Atari 2600 & C64 days of olden times. While I professionally produce games & tech, my passion project, Interstellar Sentinel, a shooter/shoot'em up/shmup.

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DrBossKey@drbosskey.bsky.social · 6d ago

Inviting blue, regal bronze demons, or a remix of both? Club V1z00v1us needs to look spectacular, but this building is also an enemy that shoots back and takes damage. Color has to sell the fantasy and help you read the fight. youtu.be/Fd3NVnmJ59A #shmup #gamedev #ModernRetro #videogames🌟🎮

Cyberpunk Red Light District Ep. 22 | Club V1z00v1us Colors Popping Your Face Like Demon Pimples

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DrBossKey@drbosskey.bsky.social · 3w ago

A rip tears open space. Your warning: don’t let anything escape. Clear the wave while the Space Ripper is active, and you earn more trouble: a quantum entangler portal opens, and more enemies pour through. www.patreon.com/UpliftingGoa... #IS2 #Shmup #indiegame #ModernRetro #videogames🌟🎮

Uplifting Goat - Hand Crafted Game Development Worlds: The Space Ripper (rewarding skill play) One of the more advanced enemy spawn systems in Interstellar Sentinel is built around creating addi

The Space Ripper (rewarding skill play) One of the more advanced enemy spawn systems in Interstellar Sentinel is built around creating addi

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DrBossKey@drbosskey.bsky.social · 4w ago

What if a missed skill opportunity helped teach the next one? A design musing on delayed gratification, survival-first players, and skill expression. www.mothershmupper.com/missed-skill... #Shmup #indiegame #ModernRetro #videogames🌟🎮

Missed Skill Expression Feeding Into Delayed Gratification Loops To Teach Skill Expression

On the Interstellar Sentinel Discord I dropped a great video that popped up in the Shmup-o-sphere BLUE REVOLVER Convinced Me to Care About Scoring in Shmups. A community member and shmup lover descri...

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DrBossKey@drbosskey.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Player shots as percussion. Enemy pops as reward. Boss telegraphs you can hear while your eyes are busy elsewhere. And yes, pointsplosions. New on MotherShmupper: www.mothershmupper.com/the-sound-of... #Shmup #indiegame #ModernRetro #videogames🌟🎮

The Sound of a Shmup: Rhythm, Identity, and Audio Clarity

I thought it would be fitting to listen to the Interstellar Sentinel OST while reading this :) Enjoy as we channeled Super Metroid, Super Turrican, and The Terminator as inspirations, along with 80s S...

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DrBossKey@drbosskey.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Can you build a shmup where everyone reaches the credits without sanding off parts that makes arcade games worth mastering? A rabbit hole on death, power loss, rank, comeback curves, & the weird line between kiddie-pool floaties & earned fun. www.mothershmupper.com/risk-rank-an... #ModernRetro 🌟🎮

Risk, Rank, and the Shmup Comeback Curve

With no risk there is no meaningful reward. When you die and try to retrieve your body/XP, the risk is dynamic to your greed. If you were carrying 3 levels’ worth of XP, that is a very different kind ...

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DrBossKey@drbosskey.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Learn how better recovery design keeps one death from killing the run, why Gradius Syndrome still matters, and how a bad run can become a great comeback. Read the full piece for free. www.patreon.com/UpliftingGoa... #Shmup #indiegame #ModernRetro #videogames🌟🎮

Power Loss, Gradius Syndrome, and the Value of a Bad Run | Uplifting Goat - Hand Crafted Game Development Worlds

A question popped up in the Shmup Creator Discord recently: How do you feel about losing your power-ups after dying in a shmup? A lot of the

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DrBossKey@drbosskey.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Gotta love when you connect parts of your work together for those ahhah moments www.patreon.com/UpliftingGoa... #IS1 #Shmup #indiegame #ModernRetro #videogames🌟🎮

Uplifting Goat - Hand Crafted Game Development Worlds: Today I connected the game title screen to the Art of Interstellar Sentinel digital art book! Super swanky! https://youtu.be/UH6duv4vH20

Today I connected the game title screen to the Art of Interstellar Sentinel digital art book! Super swanky! https://youtu.be/UH6duv4vH20

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DrBossKey@drbosskey.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Exploring our new Patreon space for our Uplifting Goat game studio. Making weird, fun places for our fans to connect with us! A long time in the making & feels great; thanks @jackconte.bsky.social for the inspiration & creator stewardship- you inspire me! www.patreon.com/c/UpliftingG...

Uplifting Goat - Hand Crafted Game Development Worlds — Indie PC games, Shoot'em Ups & Arcade Culture. DrBossKey Style

Get more from Uplifting Goat - Hand Crafted Game Development Worlds on Patreon. Indie PC games, Shoot'em Ups & Arcade Culture. DrBossKey Style. Support Uplifting Goat - Hand Crafted Game Development ...

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DrBossKey@drbosskey.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Was doing some thinking today post Shmup Slam 8 and some of my core design thinking. www.mothershmupper.com/super-i-fram... #IS1 #Shmup #indiegame #ModernRetro #videogames🌟🎮

Super I-Frames, Giant Bosses, and Letting Players Cheat a Little

I just got back from Shmup Slam 8, and I've been talking, watching, and chatting with all manner of Mother Shmupper lovers. Super i-frames are not just mercy. They solve a feel problem for normal pla...

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DrBossKey@drbosskey.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Ever want to dream in the TouHou universe? Shmup Creator, our studio's preferred toolset, makes it silly fun to craft gameplay without needing to be a coder. #Shmup #indiegame #ModernRetro #videogames🌟🎮

bulo studio@bulostudio.bsky.social · 3mo ago

SHMUP Creator is -20% OFF until tomorrow! Steam Bullet Fest forever. Bulet patterns editor, scoring mechanics, optimized bullet engine: Create your own Danmaku without any code. #steamBulletFest #shmup #danmaku #SHMUPCreator