Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now!

Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now!

@claradoth.bsky.social

Game dev making the arcade flight game Nova Squadron in my spare time. Opinions are my own, nothing here is related to my day job. She/her -- πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§|πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ OK You can play the Nova Squadron alpha demo on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1826830/Nova_

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! reposted

the evolution of the Tower of Victory As you can see, a high tower with cables leading to it was one of the first things that led zakon to where it is now #indiedev #gamedev

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Well if you count the ears he's basically as tall as perigee

Someone in the official Discord noticed that Tailgate's emoji looks much shorter than everyone else's (to make room for the big-ass ears), and was joking that it'd be really funny if he was that short in-game. We aren't joking. He really is this short. #gamedev #pixelart #NovaSquadron

Someone in the official Discord noticed that Tailgate's emoji looks much shorter than everyone else's (to make room for the big-ass ears), and was joking that it'd be really funny if he was that short in-game. We aren't joking. He really is this short. #gamedev #pixelart #NovaSquadron

Most of them have only been running for a few days, yet almost all of them that I've seen have already been hidden as spam by BlueSky. You have to click a button just to see the reply at all, and AFAIK that's an account-wide restriction. There are better uses of your money than this.

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One of the easiest ways to get me to fall in love with your game is to have really cool lens flares.

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Replying to @skywardfm.com

From October 19th through October 26th, 2026, try demos for upcoming flight games for free. It is a week of flying! We will be trying many of them and expressing our thoughts in detail later. www.skywardfm.com/po... 2/2

skywardfm.comFly Now! Steam Next Fest October 2026Steam Next Fest October 2026 is live and there are new indie flight games to try out! See direct links to find them all fast and follow them on social media.

Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! reposted

Steam Next Fest October 2026 is live! There are new flight #indiegame demos to try out! See our post below for quick direct links to the entire #flightsim genre and some titles that have caught our attention. 1/2

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I had an intrusive thought at lunch time today and I let it win. This is some of the fanciest graphics I've ever done in a game. After seeing so much slop, I wanted to make everything that felt REALLY polished, and yeah, I'm pretty happy with the results.

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I've MOSTLY finished my aircraft's animations. All of my control surfaces, airbrakes, wheels plus suspension, are working. (aside from the wheel stutter, and the missing bone parent relationship...) Next thing I'll be working on is proper thruster animations and effects... πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«

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Current look at my night time city environment, been working on this for a very very long time. So far I'm very proud of how its looking.

who the heck is that idiot in the bottom right corner

Skyward Flight Media@skywardfm.com

With Ace Combat 8 bringing massive attention to the flight shooter genre, we capitalize on the interest and suggest similar indie flight games from upcoming developers that can be played right now. #indiegame #flightsim #ACECOMBAT www.skywardfm.com/po... 2/2

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New game assets (Tiny City) on Monday πŸ’•

Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! reposted

Replying to @skywardfm.com

Don't let the animal ears fool you, Aggressors F.A.C. by Sani has simlite style combat with low time to kill. This in development game has ambitious concepts in working order. It is one of our most anticipated upcoming games. Consider this an intro.

skywardfm.comAggressors F.A.C. - Kemono KombatAggressors Fantasy Air Combat is an indie flight game in development by Sanikkat. This flight shooter features a slightly more realistic style of gameplay alongside its animal eared characters and greatly changed planet Earth.

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I've been analyzing of Ace Combat 8's NPC Flight patterns for reasons obvious and currently obsessing over F-18 #9 in mission 21 who chooses to do nothing but spin in a circle.

Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! reposted

Sometimes I get complaints, or see complaints about certain aspects of UI, Camera & Input. You can customize a good portion of the way those things work, look and I have robust rebinding system with more features than it really needs. I think accessibility is very important for these kind of games.

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Follow me for free game assets (my complete marketing budget went into this post)

Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! reposted

I just realized I never posted what I did with my PHYSICAL copy of the hit 2023 video game, Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines. Before framing it, I made an ISO of the disc to have a backup, because it's really neat actually that it comes with a 100% completely standalone version of the game!

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Please include the ears, his self esteem depends on it

Rather than trying to fight a Certain Other Game head-on (go play it! it's awesome!) I'm focusing on the things that make #NovaSquadron different. Like a grumpy foxboy who's 6'1"/185cm with the ears. And he'd REALLY like you to include the ears. #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

Rather than trying to fight a Certain Other Game head-on (go play it! it's awesome!) I'm focusing on the things that make #NovaSquadron different. Like a grumpy foxboy who's 6'1"/185cm with the ears. And he'd REALLY like you to include the ears. #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

did my first proper pixel animation today (properly moving and rotating objects, then repainting them in NS’s very detailed art style - more involved than just blinks) and holy crap I now have even more respect for the poor animators who had to work on Perfect Cell

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Well, I finally took my own advice about building accessibility in from the beginning. Rebind Studios is officially underway. I’m excited to help teams solve hard accessibility and production problems and, eventually, to make some games of our own. www.rebindstudios.com

rebindstudios.comRebind Studios – More Ways to PlayRebind Studios helps game developers, publishers, and platforms create more accessible player experiences.

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Pontus is very shy but after hanging out and talking to him for a few minutes (at his preferred 5 meter distance) he suddenly started kneading 🧑

Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! reposted

Hey folks, I want to give another shout-out to Torment Hexus, because I found a copy in my inbox, and I flat out cannot accept right now because I am so beyond swamped at the moment, I don't think I've ever been busier, but I have played the demo and it's incredibly neat so check it out.

store.steampowered.comTorment Hexus on SteamTechnofascist cyberpunk CEOs must die! Charge spells with the match-3 grid, then cast them on your enemies in turn-based tactical roguelike combat. Climb the tower, kill the boss, and maybe make the w...

Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! reposted

Added a small detail that i think adds a lot to aircraft movement. Shader based wing wobble. I'm surprised AC8 doesn't do this with how easy it is to do....

Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! reposted

Finally fixed my render distance issues and updated my volumetric clouds to be even better. It's not perfect, But I think this looks better than before. In particular i really like the shot from where I'm descending and I switch to the over wing cinematic view. It's the best my game has looked.