SasVel
@sasvel.itch.io
💾- Indie #gamedev based in #Bulgaria. 🃏- Creator of "Kinematic Design" #game studio. ⚔️- Working on Langort, a dark #fantasy #roguelike. 📔- Also do some #writing! 🐧- #Linux enjoyer. 🚫AI Wishlist Langort⚔️ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3071820/Langort/
@godotengine.org on it's path to world domination 😌 #godot
Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit.com · last wk.Well, it finally happened! After 9 years of Unity dominance, Godot was the most used game engine for GMTK Game Jam 2026 submissions. 🤖 Godot - 47% 🎮 Unity - 34% 🛠️GameMaker - 5% 🚀 Unreal Engine - 3% ✨ Other - 11%
I'd like to share a #music pack I bought recently - Ogg Music Mega Pack by soundimage.org. All the tracks are actually #free to use! Only caveat is, you have to download them one by one, and the dude has around 1500 individual pieces...and come on it's 30 bucks. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #sound
Soundimage.org | Thousands of free original music tracks, sounds and images for your projects by Eric Matyas
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📜Koz #Update! This update focuses on 👾- #game feel, 🔧- polishing, 🎵- sound effects 🎷- #music. All the parts that make a game feel good. Read up on substack, or just play the game honestly. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #art #handdrawn #roguelike #deckbuilder open.substack.com/pub/sasvel/p...
Game Feel and a proper little ending
Koz update
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Another #article from yours truly. I've had those thoughts in my head for a long time, good to see them out. #writing #art #gamedev #creativity #creating #text #essay open.substack.com/pub/sasvel/p...
Your Great Work does not matter.
Thoughts about creativity and sacrifice.
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💚These are the first non-combat rooms in my #card #game, Koz! Still work in progress, I feel like they need more colors. What #secrets do they contain? 💀 #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #deckbuilder #handdrawn #art
Updating my PC feels a bit performative after switching to #linux. Love it though, all the love for pacman.
OFFBEAT is in the June #SteamNextFest!! Woooo!!! Please give our demo a spin and send us your silly tunes :) everything you make gets exported to .wav!! store.steampowered.com/app/4468030/... #indiegame #pixelart #musicproduction #electronicmusic #nextfest #steam #demo
Hate it when god forgets to turn on post-processing.
c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 2w agoTwice a year, Hawai'i experiences a strange moment where the sun appears to be exactly overhead & anything that is completely vertical casts no shadow. Let's learn about Lāhainā Noon, subsolar points & 'Kau ka lā i ka lolo', meaning "the sun rests on the brains."
"Create for the sake of creation, not for the sake of accomplishment and you will be truly free from the shackles of normality." A nice #quote from a #text I'm writing. Check out my #substack. substack.com/@sasvel?utm_... #gamedev #writing #art #essay
SasVel | Kinematic Design | Substack
The thought dumps and shower thoughts of an indie game developer. Working on a fantasy roguelike deckbuilder called Langort. Wishlist!⚔️ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3071820/Langort/
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That's my game!
Kaleb.@iksmith.bsky.social · 3w agoWe're bringing the browser back to prime 2000s gaming with free tools and support for game developers. Launch full games, playtests, demos, and more all while earning support! @player3.io is truly hoping to help empower gaming! player3.gg/developers #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev
Did my part! Do the same, #Godot is community driven, so these polls really matter. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev
Godot Engine@godotengine.org · 3w agoThe 2026 Godot Community Poll is here: Takes about ten minutes to complete, and it's one of the more direct ways to influence where things head next. We want to hear from you! 📝 godotengine.org/article/godo...
Bit of a slow work day today, did some art for Koz at least. Game is getting a proper ending! This is one of a couple of non-combat rooms I have planned. #gamedev #indiedev #progress #art #handdrawn #roguelike #game
Got an hour to spare today or tomorrow? Leave some kind comments on things you enjoy. Tell a developer they're doing a great job, or let an artist know their work is incredible. It can make a big difference in someone's day, trust me.
While digging through screeenshots, I found some from the first iteration of Koz. Difference is pretty shocking. You can even play it now in the browser! sasvel.itch.io/koz #gamedev #indiedev #progress #art #handdrawn #roguelike #game
Wishlist Langort for #wishlistwednesday! It's a deck building hack-and-slash about our fabled hero Elric Faust. Help him gather the pieces of his shattered soul in this castlevania-like dark fantasy! #roguelike #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #deckbuilder #game store.steampowered.com/app/3071820/...
Langort on Steam
Langort is a roguelite deck-building hack-and-slash where you are a swashbuckling hero on a quest to defeat the Lich Queen. Fight endless hordes of undead, growing more powerful with every kill.
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Death Dash Crash is out now! Play on www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=184... or voidgazerbon.itch.io/death-dash-c... #pico8 #gamedev #indiegame #zombies #indiedev
While working on the #Tarot card effects, I added elemental types to all cards. Now they can be affected en masse, instead of individually. Every card has a small symbol with the corresponding #alchemical #element. bsky.app/profile/sasv... #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #roguelike #alchemy #occult
SasVel@sasvel.itch.io · last mo.The #Tarot Divination system for Langort has some progress. All the Major arcana are in game, what is left is the Minor and hooking up all in-game effects to the #cards. Hope you don't mind a video for #screenshotsaturday! #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #divination #mystery #occult
The #Tarot Divination system for Langort has some progress. All the Major arcana are in game, what is left is the Minor and hooking up all in-game effects to the #cards. Hope you don't mind a video for #screenshotsaturday! #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #divination #mystery #occult
Wrote another lil article on the importance of personal "Research and Development". Includes some notes on my #Linux setup with #vim keybinds. I swear, it's connected to the subject, it's not just an excuse to yap. #gamedev #indiedev #softwaredev #selfimprovement open.substack.com/pub/sasvel/p...
The true value of R&D
In your own development
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If you think mathematics are boring, give this #essay a read. This quote is quite the poet ragebait - “He didn’t have the imagination […] to make a good mathematician – [so] he became a poet.” #math #books #read #insight #poetry open.substack.com/pub/lyubomir...
The Eternal and All-Encompassing Nature of Mathematics
a college essay about nobody's favorite subject
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Koz update! 🎉 This time my focus was #animations and #polishing. Check it out! #gamedev #indiedev #game #deckbuilder #drawing #doodle #browser #browsergame #godotengine #godot sasvel.itch.io/koz/devlog/1...
Schrodinger's bug states a piece of code is both a bug and a feature until observed.
Can I interest anyone in these cool and trendy noise textures generated from 5 million noisy seagulls? Comes in Top, Bottom, Front, Back, and Side flavors. Perfect for whatever wacky noisy use cases you can imagine! #gamedev #indiedev
Zi@majormcdoom.bsky.social · last mo.5 million
Duuuuude, you can even combine smooth max and smooth min with negative lambda to get effects like this. Mind blown. I previously would have had to do like 50 extra steps with other expensive operations just to achieve similar results. #gamedev #indiedev
Zi@majormcdoom.bsky.social · last mo.Daaaaaamn, this is cool. Knowledge incorporated. Thank you. 🫡 This will definitely come in useful in many ways, huehuehue. #gamedev #indiedev
