Ian Eborn ~ [Making "Moons in Crystal" 🌖🔮]

To serve as my pinned: Greetings! I'm Ian, and (amongst other things), I'm working on a metroidvania! 🌖"Moons in Crystal" is an isometric fantasy "space" metroidvania.🔮

The GameMaker engine series behind Undertale, Hotline Miami and Spelunky is going free for commercial use on PC https://bit.ly/3TUWFHK

Does game-art count? Artists, QP with your green art! ^_^ #Green #ArtTrain #GameArt #MoonsInCrystal

Vitality in Summer.☀️ 🌖"Moons in Crystal" is an isometric fantasy "space" metroidvania.🔮 #MoonsInCrystal #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #Metroidvania

The first-completed enemy-art in my gamebook/visual-novel side-project!🧟 Plus! Revised combat mechanics!⚔️ #Gamebook #VisualNovel #VNDev #IndieGame #IndieDev

The first-completed enemy-art in my gamebook/visual-novel side-project!🧟 Plus! Revised combat mechanics!⚔️ #Gamebook #VisualNovel #VNDev #IndieGame #IndieDev

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

Game developers fear that thieving AI vibecoders will make free game demos a thing of the past aftermath.site/steam-next-fes...

The recently published PHP vulnerability affects all PHP versions between 5.4 and 8.4 - basically a decade of PHP releases. Wordpress runs on PHP. Drupal runs on PHP. My own presskit() runs on PHP. If you run PHP anywhere, you should go check which version it is -now-, and update if affected.

📣 INDIE GAMES DEVS! 📣 If you have a demo in Steam Next Fest and do not use gen AI, drop it in the comments below. I will repost! Let's create a thread where players can actually find our games! (Image courtesy of @kanaratron.bsky.social)

Idle thought: Sci-fi not-uncommonly presents us with the fantastical idea of energy crystals. But we have that already. It's called sugar. :P

Vitality in Summer.☀️ 🌖"Moons in Crystal" is an isometric fantasy "space" metroidvania.🔮 #MoonsInCrystal #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #Metroidvania

☀️🧚The Summer Moon is a place of life and joy--but that doesn't mean that it doesn't have its challenges! ;) 🌖"Moons in Crystal" is an isometric fantasy "space" metroidvania.🔮 #MoonsInCrystal #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #Metroidvania #ScreenshotSaturday

☀️🧚The Summer Moon is a place of life and joy--but that doesn't mean that it doesn't have its challenges! ;) 🌖"Moons in Crystal" is an isometric fantasy "space" metroidvania.🔮 #MoonsInCrystal #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #Metroidvania #ScreenshotSaturday

From some brainstorming that I'm doing for "Moons in Crystal": "wildlife gains aura?" (It doesn't mean what you think. :P)

holy shit!! artists!!! you guys!! pinlite.app someone made a pinterest facade site that just strips away all the dumb bullshit and gives you only the images this is AMAAZINNNGGGG. Not to mention the web 1.0 grey and blue link vibe lol

The Lord of the Ringu

WARNING: As an author, I am receiving A LOT of scam messages from folks pretending to be literary agents, from publishing houses, etc. I'm exasperated by this scam; it's hard enough making any living as an author, but to be teased by such opportunities is nasty. writerbeware.blog/2026/03/27/w...

I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart

Aha! Back on Vivaldi! :D All thanks to the power of "Not-Using-Snap-Installation"! :D

Cinnamon--the tasty Digimon. :P

A question (sort of two) for the artists in my follows! Are any of you planning a 2027 art calendar? Or know of another artist planning one? (I'm starting to think about what calendar I want!) PS: One that I already know about is @maxinevee.bsky.social's! Seriously, go check that one out! ^_^

2027 Calendar pre-orders are live! 🎉🗓️ maxinevee.com

"Violet Woods", gouache & coloured pencil 💜 Prints and stickers available: lindenshieldarts.com #TraditionalArt

Well, looks like I'm accessing the internet through Firefox again for a bit. :/ (Some sort of bug--currently thought to be a bug in Ubuntu--is causing Chromium-based browsers on my system to consistently fail to load pages. My main browers, Vivaldi, is Chromium-based. Firefox is, I gather, not.)

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

OH!WARE, my first commercial release, IS OUT NOW! Your ancestors whisper guidance. The Gods all watch. They want you to check it out and give it a review 🙏♥️ store.steampowered.com/app/4121430/...

✧･ﾟ:🌙🍄 September Fantasy Mail🍄🌙:･ﾟ✧ #Snailmail #Fairycore #Faefolk

I'm trying to design a hub screen for my game. My mind is blank, I can't think of any good examples 🤔 What's your favorite hub area in a game?

I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed

Oh hey artists, is this YOU? LMK 🌱

2027 Calendar pre-orders will go live on Oct 2nd at 12 PM EST in my shop: maxinevee.com 🎉 International shipping is available! #art

Autumn Fairy 🍂🍁🍄 It's time to enjoy one of the best seasons of the year ☺️ This will be a mini Print for this Month Fantasy Mail~ #fairycore #whimsicalart #traditionalart

Nighthawks is OUT! When the sun sets, outcasts rise. Gather new friends, face old prejudices, and prepare to seize the night in Nighthawks, the vampire RPG where the secret is out... but the hunt continues. Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1221950/... GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/nigh...

Nighthawks! It's out! Please buy and like it! That is the best marketing slogan my tired brain can come up with right now! store.steampowered.com/app/1221950/...

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This isn't a metaphor. Just a story about a roach. COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/roach-2 PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm... STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com

An ancient Egyptian crocodile that bites! 🐊 More than 3,000 years ago, someone carved this crocodile from wood and gave it a movable jaw. Perhaps a child’s toy, it offers a small glimpse into the playful side of ancient life. From Thebes, c. 1540-1075 BC Neues Museum Berlin 📷 me #Archaeology

That age-old question of: "This feature will (I can reasonably assume) make the end-result better--but is it worth all the work incurred...?" #GameDev #IndieDev

🏳️‍⚧️ Sharing one of my favorite trans creature designs~