cain

cain

@cmddx.itch.io

makes weird horror games check out PROXIMATE https://store.steampowered.com/app/2957800/PROXIMATE/ https://cmddx.itch.io/proximate contact@cainmaddox.com melbourne. he/him 🏳️‍⚧️

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cain
@cmddx.itch.io

first post on bsky, might as well plug my game? a few days ago i released PROXIMATE, an indie horror game where you explore an abandoned deep sea lab but your only form of navigation is a shitty AI visor built by incompetent techbros store.steampowered.com/app/2957800/... cmddx.itch.io/proximate

store.steampowered.comSave 15% on PROXIMATE on SteamCongratulations, contractor! You've been approved to trial our cutting-edge AI visor. Use it to explore the Neuras lab and recover the staff's research. Your visor is safe, reliable, and up to 99% acc...
cain
@cmddx.itch.io

every few weeks some friends and i get together to pick one game from steams Released Today page and today we had the lucky delight of stumbling upon Cucina Stellata... good fucking game

cain
@cmddx.itch.io

our criteria for what to play relies less on "will the game be good" and more "will it get us screaming at the tv together" and this one provided both!!

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Heather Flowers (500FF DEMO OUT NOW)
@hthrflwrs.bsky.social

Replying to @hthrflwrs.bsky.social

Definitely picked this up from writing for Fallen London, but it's also a huge mainstay in my work ever since the Snake Farm era. You show an open door with a horrible thing behind it, and you let them walk straight through

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Heather Flowers (500FF DEMO OUT NOW)
@hthrflwrs.bsky.social

One of my favorite and most effective design patterns is "tell the player exactly what you're gonna do to them, then do it." You can be SIGNIFICANTLY meaner to the player if you simply tell them ahead of time that that's exactly what you'll be doing, and also the suspense of the warning is a delight

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Edd Coates | Game UI Database
@eddcoates.bsky.social

Yet again, the Game UI Database is being scraped to the point that it's getting knocked offline. Even Cloudflare's "I'm under attack" mode isn't working. I just wanted to create a resource for real designers. I'm getting so fucking sick of this.

cain
@cmddx.itch.io

okay i DID score freakon tix... for anyone keeping an eye out for me, do not look for the green haired bearded man! thats old news! watch out for this quirked up bitch instead

cain
@cmddx.itch.io

so far i haven't written a single line of dialogue for my narrative game. i have, however, spent almost an hour on Memphis_Ruler.fbx

cain
@cmddx.itch.io

no freakon tickets no parallels tickets.... if u wanna see me this games fest you'll have to find me at the pub 🫡

cain
@cmddx.itch.io

i have such a stupid resistance to using third-party tools and always end up eating my hat when i finally get around to trying them. cinemachine is good, i guess

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Saxxon Fox
@saxxon.bsky.social

River said the airlock malfunction loop was kind of a bop so I turned it into a jam in about 90 minutes (also go check the game out) #proximate bsky.app/profile/cmdd...

cain@cmddx.itch.io

first post on bsky, might as well plug my game? a few days ago i released PROXIMATE, an indie horror game where you explore an abandoned deep sea lab but your only form of navigation is a shitty AI visor built by incompetent techbros store.steampowered.com/app/2957800/... cmddx.itch.io/proximate

store.steampowered.comSave 15% on PROXIMATE on SteamCongratulations, contractor! You've been approved to trial our cutting-edge AI visor. Use it to explore the Neuras lab and recover the staff's research. Your visor is safe, reliable, and up to 99% acc...
cain
@cmddx.itch.io

you are only ever a roll of aliexpress vinyl wrap and a whiteboard marker away from the luxury appliances of your dreams 😊

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Asymptotes.
@asymptotes.au

🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 Asymptotes is running in 3 days. 🟠 🟠 🟠 🟠 🟠 You can check out the schedule and the games that will be on display now. 🟣 🟣 🟣 🟣 🟣 👉 asymptotes.au

cain
@cmddx.itch.io

i love that each rift wizard game is exactly the same as the previous one, just a little better. those guys know exactly what they're cooking

cain
@cmddx.itch.io

i refuse the notion that you need to dumb down any parts of your game for people to get it... the ones who it's made for will know!!!

cain
@cmddx.itch.io

proximate is 20% off this season sale, the same amount off it has been every other season sale. if you would like to buy it for 20% off you can do that now, or you can wait for the next season sale, when it will be 20% off again. store.steampowered.com/app/2957800/...

store.steampowered.comSave 20% on PROXIMATE on SteamCongratulations, contractor! You've been approved to trial our cutting-edge AI visor. Use it to explore the Neuras lab and recover the staff's research. Your visor is safe, reliable, and up to 99% acc...

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Asymptotes.
@asymptotes.au

Announcing... Asymptotes. Asymptotes is a games event in Naarm, Australia, celebrating imperfection. On Saturday July 18th, we're running a showcase of abandoned games, with talks and panels on non-commercial and difficult to commercialise game-making. 👉 asymptotes.au

cain
@cmddx.itch.io

ok last one i'll post for a while... no idea yet what kind of fungus this'll be or why it does this. just wanted to maximise player hostility

cain
@cmddx.itch.io

i'm surprised that so many fungus species are so easy to generate procedurally with quite simple node systems. in the past couple days i've already made 4-5 different species through geo nodes that i can slap onto whatever model i want in the future. going to save me so much time!