Adjusted strafing to feel a lot more smoother and natural. #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

Playing around with a feature where blocking allows for a locked-on strafe around an enemy to help with combat flow, since turn-looking is slow (and this game will not have mouselook). #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

Arm sway animation while running, yay or nay? (ignore giant skeleton) #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

Would you prefer a prompt that hints at secret areas? Or do you prefer the old-school style of button-mashing against walls? I think I like the prompt better, but let me know what you think. #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

A different (and hopefully less seizure-inducing) approach to damage effects. Check out my previous post to compare. #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

Damage effect w/ screen shake and knockback. Am I finally going to implement combat? We'll see. #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

Not much of a progress update on the game itself, but wanted to share how rad it is being able to test it on a PowKiddy RGB20SX #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

Implementing the ability to pickup and read notes so that a story can be told. #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

A lot of recent optimizations have allowed for both greater scene complexity and greater render distance #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

Finally added some dither effect to objects that go beyond the max render distance. Looks much better. #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

Big shout out to composer and music educator François Gérin-Lajoie who reached out and asked to do some music for my PICO-8 game. I was delighted and really love the pieces he came up with. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yoP... www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Yt... #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

Chapel Perilous - Main Theme (2025)

YouTube video by François Gérin-Lajoie

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Can now load into different levels. #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

Another vibe post. Currently working on ability to transition between levels and save progress. Hopefully more to come soon! #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

𝓪 𝓶 𝓫 𝓲 𝓮 𝓷 𝓬 𝓮 #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

Playing around with a star twinkle effect. Will probably reduce the frequency. #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

Vibe check. #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

Blocking and strafing! Think it's time I actually worked on some combat & animation stuff. You know, gameplay? #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

hello 👽 announcing my new game: Bernband, a remake of the old Bernband from 2014 wander through an alien city, hang out with locals, find secrets, get lost… check it out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2789170

In learning; if you're focused on finding a shortcut, you've forgotten that the destination wasn't the point.

It's a good habit of the soul to listen more often than you act on the need to feel heard.

Refactored and re-added the message log system to provide context for the game world. #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

Secret push walls! Unsure if I'll keep the UI prompt but for now it's useful for development. #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

Moving walls! One step closer to secret areas! #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

Working on secret push walls! Not quite the effect I'm looking for but we're getting somewhere :) #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

Dismissing the relevancy of a programming paradigm which you don't understand is a force that acts against your growth and learning. All paradigms have their place; their positives and negatives. #indiedev #gamedev

With the collision system refactored, I've been able to reintroduce trigger collisions and the interaction system :) #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

Sorry for the delay since my last post but I had been spending a lot of time working on a Swept AABB collision system to fix a bunch of issues with my old collision system. Behold! #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

I'll have an update soon. Just deep into a collision system refactor.

Developers with large egos are a dime a dozen—stand out by having less of one. In general, treat others as if they have more to teach you than you have to teach them. #indiedev #gamedev

Lighting for floors and ceilings that match up with wall lighting (more or less). #pico8 #indiedev #gamedev