CreativeWaste Studio | Making The Old One!

PSA: My steam and discord accounts have been hacked. Please ignore any messages you receive. #fml

The last 2 months have been weird. - working out regularly - getting solid sleep - bought an EA game at launch - bought an extraction shooter - working a job that I constantly get thanked at 2025 made quite the turn toward the end, haha.

Wuant played my demo and the category hit 1.9K viewers on Twitch, quite the achievement! I am beyond honored! The public demo releases in less than 2 days! 🎉 Wishlist now: store.steampowered.com/app/4058240/... #gamedev #indiedev #pointandclick #horrorgames #puzzlegames #wuant

Hey! The #illustrator that created the poster for my game #TheOldOne is running their own #kickstarter. Please do me a favorite and check it out, share it, and if you want an incredible sketchbook, back it! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tin... #art #artist #supportartists #sketchbook

Tomorrow is my last day at my current job before starting my first big kid design job in over a year NEXT WEEK! I'm excited to be doing design work again, but even more excited to never set this alarm anymore. Here's to the last time waking up at 4:30am for work! #jobupdate #graphicdesign #newjob

Happy October! My schedule is about to smooth back out a bit meaning more game updates, more #pixelart, and possibly more streaming in the near future! In the meantime, have a sneak peak of the #kickstarter poster reward by @tinaisoladesign.bsky.social #gamedev #pixelartist #gamemaker #aseprite

Made some solid strides on the monastery boss room today! Added some pretty cool details :) Tomorrow is my last morning stream for a while. Hope to see you there! twitch.tv/creativewaste at 10am CST! #pixelart #leveldesign #enviromentdesign #gamedev #aseprite @gamemaker.io @aseprite.org

Started working on a new dungeon area today! Can't wait to populate this with enemies and progress toward the next boss! #pixelart #theoldone #gamedev #leveldesign #dungeon

Worked on more puzzle interactions today. You can now turn off the fireplace! Wonder why that would be useful :) #pixelart #gamedev #theoldone #puzzles #gamemaker

Started a new animation to display when items are acquired! Ended by raiding @tayrae3streams.bsky.social Go say hi! twitch.tv/tayrae3 #pixelart #gamedev #theoldone #animation

Had an incredible stream today! Made a ton of progress on the point & click puzzle. Might finish it up tomorrow! Huge shout out to @qmezu.bsky.social and @eightbitsabyte.bsky.social for sharing their communities today :) Looking forward to another stream tomorrow at Noon CST! #pixelart #theoldone

Let's do some #gamedev! Happy Wednesday! twitch.tv/creativewaste #pixelart #theoldone #gamemaker #aseprite #art #twitch #livestream

Starting to plan out the screen between zones. Sketched out a layout idea today on stream. I wonder how much of this will make it to production! #gamemaker #gamedev #pixelart #cosmichorror #theoldone #animation #design #layout

Dang it :( This is the main thing I was worried about. I prefer closed weapons, as I'm a battlefield player through and through, but I believe a decision has to be made. How in the world are you going to balance weapons within two distinctly different structures... #bf6 #gaming #pcgaming #beta

Progress is being made! Come hang out while we code, pixel art, and wake up! twitch.tv/CreativeWaste #twitch #gamedev #gamemaker #pixelart #gaming #creative #art #livestream

Nope, I'm good. I loved the beta and I'm excited for the game but EA has to prove they can get it over the line first, and following up a wildly successful beta with "Yearly releases like CoD" is NOT the right call. Do better #EA... #dontpreorder #bf6

This is not a drill. @cdutson.bsky.social is back from a relaxation filled week in the sun. Time to clip every mistake during this playthrough of Otherwar! #twitch #indiegames #indie #pressengine #playthrough #otherwar

As both an indie dev AND an animator, I'm very much here for #IndieAnimationDay!

Working on a new character. This is not what I pictured when I started, and I assume it won't look like this when I'm done. Also got a ton of help from @grogdev.bsky.social today, adding #IMGUI to a new branch of the game for debugging. #pixelart #characterdesign #gamemaker #gamedev #aseprite

Post your jank. Your 7/10 games For me, Too Human takes the cake! I LOVED this game and I truly miss the time of jank Co-op action RPGs. Bring back Champions of Norrath and Hunter: The Reckoning too!

Doing that stream thing. Twitch.tv/TheVisualPine

Its HERE! Its LIVE! The Controller Support Update for #TheOldOne 's #steamdemo is now live and after not 1 but 2 emergency hotfixes, we are GOOD TO GO! Head over to the steam page and download the demo now: store.steampowered.com/app/3722010/... #solodev #gamedev #gamemaker #pixelart #cosmihorror

Today is going to be a big day for #TheOldOne. This will mark the first post #kickstarter update to the #demo build. - New Combat System - Controller Support - Reworked UI - Better Input Detection - Boss Balancing #steam #gamedev #gamemaker #aseprite #update #gamedesign #pixelart #cosmichorror

I've been playing around with Ludocene all day :) It's an extremely cool way to explore and discover indie games!

Hey @kanaratron.bsky.social , did I do @ludocene.bsky.social correctly? #indie #ludocene #indiegames

Does anybody else have a shitty super power? My super power is this. If my family is out of the house, for any amount of time, I can summon them back IMMEDIATELY by starting up a game or a show I want to experience after cleaning while the house is empty. #parenting #superpower

Another day of incredible progress! Controller support is almost ready to test! All the hard stuff is done and the only thing left is interactions in the last room. I'll be updating the steam demo build next week, so get ready! #pixelart #gamedev #solodev #gamemaker #input #progess #steam #demo

Big Controller Support Progress today! Ended by raiding the lovely @tayrae3streams.bsky.social :) Welcome them back to streaming and go say hi: www.twitch.tv/tayrae3

I've been exercising my creative muscles over the past week and I started DM'ing my first ever TTRPG campaign with some friends. Mentally dueling with some of the most creative people I know, while having a common goal in mind of crafting a compelling story is the best! #TTRPG #creative #story

Controller Support Progress! Thanks to @grogdev.bsky.social and @jujuadams.com's INPUT, we have basic controller support for player functions in the game :) Now to clean stuff up and rebind player-npc interactions. #pixelart #gamedev #controllersupport #progress #solodev

I have a problem. I want to work on my game but I also want to play Destiny 2 with friends. But I also want to play Alan Wake 2 but my friends are playing Destiny 2. I know our ancestors had to choose which animal to hunt, balancing the work and the amount of food it would give, but this is tough.

I just want to say that I don’t care if you play your games on easy 🥰 I don’t care if you skip cutscenes 🥰 I don’t care if you save scum 🥰 I don’t care if you use a guide or walkthrough 🥰 I don’t care if you have a preferred console or platform 🥰 I don’t care about you at all 🥰

Gen 3! NES for my 3rd birthday. My grandparents had no idea what they were starting.

Made a new base spell animation today and I have to say, I'm pretty happy with it! I've been making a ton of progress this week. Can't wait to push into the new zone once this new combat is play tested. #pixelart #gamedev #solodev #animation #gamedesign #combat #TheOldOne

Updated visuals for siphon ability today! And started adding collectible tarot cards :) I'm really happy with how this update is feeling. Next steps are to add knockback and more engaging enemies since everything got quicker. #pixelart #solodev #gamedev #gamemaker #progress

And the crowd is SHOCKED as the install had to be rescheduled. The crew that was supposed to run the line...didn't run anything yet. So glad I took off yesterday to make time for everything.

No stream today. New internet is getting installed. This could either be painless or infuriating! Get your votes in now :P

Testing a new combat system! Player siphons mana from the enemy and uses it to cast spells on a key press. Need to clean up visuals and feedback, but mechanically, it works! #gamedev #solodev #gamemaker #gamedesign #pixelart

Not only the stream today ON TIME, but we are also working on the game again. Hop on in and say hi while I work on the new combat system. twitch.tv/CreativeWaste #solodev #gamedev #twitch #TheOldOne #gamemaker

"What you want to be, doesn't change what you are without work." - Iron Flame Dang it. Here I am listening to a cool story about dragons and magic and then, I get hit with this. #fourthwing

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Yet another personal set back is trying to claw at the momentum I've kept going while building this game. Yet another interview process cut short with "moving forward with other candidates". Nearing 500 total applications sent out.

The Major Arcana for #TheOldOne #Tarot deck is complete...for now. Weeks of work and finally, I have a complete set to share. Next step is to get some print samples going while I finish out the minor cards. Ended the stream by raiding @2nerdynerds.bsky.social on www.twitch.tv/2nerdynerds #pixelart