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Xavi

@xavibell.bsky.social

Writer and game maker. Sometimes in Melbourne. Play Calamity Cait: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4200450/Calamity_Cait

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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 3d ago

Staffroom of desolation and dread ❤️

A very uniformly lit staffroom, devoid of any bright colours. It's mostly browns and faded yellows. A shitty table sits in the corner, surrounded by even shittier chairs. There's also a small kitchen to the right, with a sad looking fridge beside it. It's all soul-crushing, and not a place anyone would want to spend their lunch break in.

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 2w ago

Calamity Cait is out! A story of love, whales, pubs, lighthouses and the great outdoors. And it's free! Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4200450 Itch: xavibell.itch.io/calamity-cait

Low angle shot of a small catamaran. A man in a hawaiian shirt sits on the back steps, looking down at the water. A woman stands behind him, hands behind her back, staring longingly into the distance. Behind her, on the roof of the boat, another woman sits, her eyes glued to a pair of binoculars. Orange and blue sky in the background.

A dirt paths winds off into dense bushland, with a wooden fence following it. Powerlines criss-cross the scene, dissolving into the distance. Mountains and wind turbines arejust barely visible in the background, smothered by overcast, purple and orange skies.

An almost empty wharf, overlooked by a large hotel with many balconies. Camera is at the end of a pier, looking back toward the foreshore. Lots of small poles and signs. A large group of clouds sit in the sky.

A small, rectangular lighthouse sits on the edge of a cliff. In front of it is a viewing platform, overlooking the ocean. A woman and kid sit on a bench in front of the lighthouse, looking very small in comparison. The silhouette of a jagged coastline juts out to the right of frame.

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 2w ago

Making another game

A very rough blockout of a subway station I'm making in Godot. Faded yellow tile walls, plus some orange tiles mixed in to represent the subway line colour. Most details from the scene are missing, so really it's just walls, supports and a few low res textures.

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 2w ago

Currently rediscovering how fun it is to draw squiggly coastlines

A very rough map of a fictional continent I made up just now. The coastline is drawn in a thick white line (on a black background), somewhat resembling somewhere like Ireland or Iceland. Lots of jagged edges. Marked with red crosses are a five different places I'd think would make sense for a city to be. They're mostly on the coast or next to a river. I've drawn some rivers in blue, emanating from the centre of the continent. That's where some very tall mountains would be, although I haven't got around to drawing those yet.

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 2w ago

Calamity Cait is out! A story of love, whales, pubs, lighthouses and the great outdoors. And it's free! Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4200450 Itch: xavibell.itch.io/calamity-cait

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 4w ago

Calamity Cait releases July 21, free for everyone. Be there or be square.

Calamity Cait screenshot. A small catamaran is docked in a wooden pier. A pelican sits at the top of its mast. An orange and blue sky looms in the distance, in contrast to the rest of the scene, which is low detail black and white.

Another screenshot. A gravel path winds off into dense bushes. Powerlines criss cross over the scene. In the distance, mountains and wind turbines. A dark, orange and purple mass of clouds smother the sky, then fade to white on the horizon.

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 4w ago

I'll wait till release day before I go ham on the self-promotion, but here's the Steam page. You should wishlist it before you scroll past and never think of it again :)

Calamity Cait on Steam

Calamity Cait is a visual novel about the wonders and horrors of workplace romance.

store.steampowered.com

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 4w ago

Calamity Cait releases July 21, free for everyone. Be there or be square.

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · last mo.

A very unnatural cloud formation (created by cooling towers at a coal power station, out of frame). It's almost in the shape of an uppercase F, backlit by the setting sun. Orange to blue gradient in the sky, black silhouettes of trees and houses on the bottom of frame.

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Wilson’s Prom (from a distance)

Deep blue ocean and sky covered by multiple layers of thin, semi transparent clouds. On the horizon is Wilson’s Prom, jutting out from the water.

Dustpocalypse 🐱 Wishlist on Steam!@dustpocalypse.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hello Bluesky! 👋 This is Dustpocalypse, our cute twin stick/bullet heaven game where you play as a little cat fighting off hordes of evil dust monsters with a vacuum! We have a demo coming out soon, so be sure to wishlist on Steam and follow us! LINK: bit.ly/4xhFrTq #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

EXCLUSIVE first look at Calamity Cait gameplay

Last.fm @last.fm · 2mo ago

It's been a big week, and the response so far has been incredible. Thank you 🤘 https://support.last.fm/t/last-fm-is-now-independent/118591

Last.fm is now independent

Today, Last.fm begins a new chapter as an independent company. Ownership has changed, but the product you use every day has not. Your account, your listening history, and your data remain exactly wh...

support.last.fm

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Just finished Obra Dinn for the first time. I got about halfway in 2022 before accepting I was too stupid to deduce any more. Nice to know I’ve become slightly less stupid since then

Slideshare Gems @goodslides.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Just listened to the whole thing. Pretty rare that I enjoy an album this much on first listen. Two thumbs up 👍👍

Xavi@xavibell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The teaser tracks for the new Iceage album are so good. Maybe I’ll get excited about something before it releases, as a treat

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Southern right whale 😀

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Southern right whale 😀

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Close enough?

Low poly pelican (made for Calamity Cait) standing in a grey void. Black and white, high contrast textures. There isn't a single thought in its head.

Xavi@xavibell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Low angle shot of a pelican sitting on top of a street lamp. Blotchy clouds in the background.

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Pelican standing on a street lamp, looking left. Funky clouds in the background, kinda like flour spilt over a blue tabletop.

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Steam page for my next game is up. Calamity Cait! A visual novel about the wonders and horrors of workplace romance. store.steampowered.com/app/4200450/...

Screenshot of Calamity Cait. Low angle shot of a catamaran boat. In the foreground a woman stands, looking longingly towards the sky. Behind her, on the roof of the boat, another woman sits, binoculars held to her face. In the background are long orange clouds, contrasting against the low detail black and white 3D models.

Screenshot showing a section of dialogue in Calamity Cait. The main character, Cait, is talking to a child about something bad that has happened to her, and also whales. The scene shows the two of them sitting on a bench beneath a small lighthouse. In the background are powerlines and distant mountains. Same artstyle as first image.

Screenshot of an environment from Calamity Cait. Camera looks across an empty wharf, overlooked by a large hotel/apartment block. Large orange clouds loom over the scene. In the distance wind turbines stand atop rolling hills. Same artstyle as previous images.

Screenshot from Calamity Cait, showing an eftpos machine at the Bayside Hotel. On the screen, it says "Would you like to add a tip?" There are four options: 50%, 20%, 10% and "No thanks, I don't support local business." Same artstyle as previous images.

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The teaser tracks for the new Iceage album are so good. Maybe I’ll get excited about something before it releases, as a treat

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Had two incredibly friendly Facebook marketplace interactions this morning

Dark Souls character resting at the Firelink bonfire, HUMANITY RESTORED text on the screen.

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Calamity Cait screenshot. Birds eye view of two women laying on the ground in an empty carpark. In the center is a black circle with a white outline, meant to be an abstract visualisation of a street lamp (it makes more sense if you look at it from a different camera angle). Two bikes lay in the circle. There's also a shopping trolley turned on its side.

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Watched Andrei Rublev today. That final act is the most motivating shit I’ve ever seen.

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Steam page for my next game is up. Calamity Cait! A visual novel about the wonders and horrors of workplace romance. store.steampowered.com/app/4200450/...

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

At the beach

Photo taken at Woodside Beach, looking parallel to the ocean. Bushy dunes on the left, wide beach covered in tracks in the centre, ocean on the right. Clear blue sky above.

More beach, slightly wider angle than first photo. Ocean and small waves on the left, wet, compacted sand on the right.

Now perpendicular to the water. Small waves crash into the sand. Some wispy, vague looking clouds in the sky.

cécile @haraiva.bsky.social · 4mo ago

DAWN CHORUS -- demo out now! an interactive fiction story about two losers trying to make music and stay friends as the world is ending around them. after years of secrecy/procrastination i am proud to reveal the demo for my esoteric pre-apocalypse story :) PLAY → haraiva.itch.io/dawn-chorus-...

DAWN CHORUS key art: two characters facing away from each other. the title is overlaid on top of them.

a central column with text in it. on each sides, placed diagonally from each other, lines of dialogue. there's a portrait of one of the characters on top of a background that shows a view of skyscrapers from street level.

a screen that has a lot of minimalistic browser-like interface windows open in a lot of different colours and writing styles.

a screen that looks like a screenplay with multiple dialogue choices. there's an image of the setting the scene is in, a river under two merging overpasses

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Just heard Boronia station is being redeveloped. How will this affect Spider Land’s legacy

Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Pub classics

Screenshot from my current project. A line up of various dishes, all pub style, in high contrast black and white. Very low detail. Highlights include a bowl of chips, a steak, some trout, the most dubious Caesar salad ever, and four nondescript pizzas.