Brendan Steppig

Brendan Steppig

@looloopaa.bsky.social

Lead Pixel artist for the indie game dev team Colorgrave. Currently working on "Curse Chapter: Dawnthief"! You can check out all the games I've worked on here: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/colorgrave

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attempting to optimize performance on big groups of enemies, sure I got more frames but at what cost... what I'm doing is processing their physics process in groups which gives this choppy movement. kinda wacky any suggestions? #godot #gamedev

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Introducing Waveling Island! 🏝️ -A brand new Creature Collecting game! -Battle in real-time -Craft, forage, explore and make new friends and solve mystery surrounding the island! 🏝️Steam Store is live! Wishlist in the link below🏝️ Coming soon, Tell your friends! <3

Over the past couple of years I can't shake this feeling that I am missing something fundamental when it comes to making games. The difference between something shallow and something deep. Something meaningful vs an egotistical tower of babel or a cheap imitation. Or maybe it's just my imagination.

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Game REVEAL: 💀 Curses & Daggers 🗡️ A Twin-Stick HackN'Slash Roguelite inspired by The Binding of Isaac, Risk of Rain 2 and Nuclear Throne About killing a bunch of enemies, looting and exploring. 🔮Steam page is live NOW !! 🔽 Please Wishlist! - RTs are highly appreciated ❤️🙏 #gamedev #indiedev

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⚠️ Just a heads up art friends!!! VISTA PRINT is running stuff through AI if you ask for fixes! My friend made a shirt through them to wear for a con and the first print was too dark so she asked them to please fix it so they uh i guess ran it through AI? stop using vista print

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#portfolioday Hey. Despite everything, it's still Alessandro - an italian guy trying to make a living out of #pixelart. I used to work in the movie art department, but that was just a phase, MOM! I also have game asset packs (tilesets & characters mainly) for sale on my Itch and Patreon pages.

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Replying to @johnsonder.bsky.social

Drew some of the charactets to get a better idea of what they look like. I'm thinking of Rincewind as a guy in his late 30s, still a kid by wizard standards, but with a middling beard. For Twoflower, I kept thinking of a Mr. Magoo type character or that owl Mr. Sambal from Greenblatt's Chowder.

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I drew this back in 2022 but never finished it until now :V As soon as I saw the harbinger art I wanted my necromancer in that outfit lol . . #gw2 #guildwars2

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It’s time to make the first enemy for Pixa to face and since it’s October now I decided to make this extremely spooky witch, sorry if the games too scary for you now #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #pixelgames

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Posted about it on Twitter, but I figured I should talk about it here, too. CQ Act 2 is underperforming to a really disappointing degree. I'm considering my options moving forward, but it's looking very grim for my ability to continue working on games going forward.

goba (ACT 2 out NOW!)@gobadev.bsky.social

REAL WEB LEGENDS: Carter's Quest Act 2 is NOW AVAILABLE!! My solo action-adventure game inspired by Zelda, DMC, and Bayonetta just got bigger. A FREE update to Carter's Quest, adding a whole new chapter to the story, massive graphical updates, and more. Available on Steam now!

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All that's left for the demo!: - Demo boss battle - Polish, polish, polish - Bugfixing, bugfixing, bugfixing (Sorry about the mouse cursor🤪it was late when I recorded this last night.) #indiegame #JRPG #ps1

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Would it really be fun for the testers if you didn't give them an infinite death loop to alt-F4 out of? #indiegame #indiedev #platformer #steam #pixelart

As an exhibitor, it was kinda meh, but as a person I got to see and talk with a lot of people who I like, so that was nice. The weather stayed pleasant all weekend and the people I worked the booth with were both great.

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Here's hoping for a good PAX West

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my Alphonse Elric #cosplay, yes I made it myself, and no I'm not tall. I wear his head like a hat. I used 8mm Eva foam, sealed it with a diy mix of acrylic sealant, black paint and water and rubbed silver rub n buff to make it shine #fma #FullmetalAlchemist

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Stuff from my game project "Pepperbee and the Anarchy". I need to make other ends meet to be able to return to this project, but in the meantime, why not share some stuff occasionally? I am very proud of its art, and I need to get back to it someday. I haven't been sharing art in ages. #pixelart

I recently started playing Melty Blood Actress Again, and I don't think I've ever been so intrigued by the story of the characters in an arcade mode for a fighting game before...