Mark (Nocturne) Alexander

Mark (Nocturne) Alexander

@nocturne.bsky.social

Indiedev, Goth, Tech Writer. Working at Asobo on MS Flight Simulator. BIG fan of everything science, tech, gamedev. Technical editor on many GameMaker books, and I wrote the original GM manual! (GM feed here! https://tinyurl.com/GameMaker-Feed ) He / Him

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I was already honored to be a voice in their game, but now I’m DOUBLY grateful to have @doublefine.com’s continued support as they unabashedly celebrate our collab! (And please don’t worry. While my success & public joy seem to be upsetting to some, I feel like I’m getting to live my dream life!)

TheGamer@thegamerweb.bsky.social

Double Fine's decision to cast Erika Ishii has sparked harassment and abuse online, prompting the studio to shut down replies.

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12 days left to get our All Fonts Pack 90% Off - all human made and you keep your license to use the fonts in pretty much anything you want FOREVER including game dev, videos, logos, physical merch etc. It's a massive bargain vs. licensing this many fonts elsewhere! ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack

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We finally made a trailer for our 13,000 Game Assets pack! Check out a bunch of the assets 🌟 in motion 🌟 and grab the pack while it's 50% off until the end of August ci.itch.io/all-game-ass... #GameDev #ScreenshotSaturday

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I know that I don't post my daily coding posts here, but I wanted to celebrate my 1000th day of coding. Here, I've learned how to gradually zoom I have come a long way since day one, and I will continue to code and learn for the days to come #coding #dailycoding #gamedev #indiedev #celebration

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My favourite little dude turned 10 years old yesterday! Time flies 😭

Chequered Ink@chequered.ink

Gyro Boss is ten years old today! Our cheeky little alien mascot has been locking his victims in his orbit for a decade now - join us on a short tour of Gyro Boss history and find out what's next for our favourite villain and his wacky weaponry. 🎮

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Working on updating and creating a bunch of systems, including Overdrives: equippable abilities to give you a temporary boost of power or utility #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #gamemaker

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none of the projects im a part of use AI or genAI. i cannot believe i have to say this. nobody else in the games industry with a shred of dignity uses that shit either

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Spot the difference!... One of the places getting more details patched in this week. There are many things that need improvements, and an unacceptably empty area like this is one of them! #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #pixelart #horrorgame #solodev #pointandclick #gamemaker

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It was today I learned that you can use #markdown in #GameMaker 's method descriptions and it will render correctly in the IntelliSense tool tip 😮 Pretty method descriptions here we come! #gamedev

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Unrelated to anything I worked on today; some magnificent shops! ... there was supposed to be sound but desktop audio was muted and it was too late to re-record hahaha. 💀 #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #pointandclick #3denvironment #horror

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Testing and fixing some small issues Also made it so he actually aims at the player Keeping the projectile is fast, but if your the right distance and a swing when you hear/see the cue should deflect it every time Few more things to do/fix #indiedev #IndieGameDev #indiegames #GameMaker #RPG

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Hi friends! We've put all 1200+ of our commercial use fonts in one big pack for you to use in game dev, book covers, art, TTRPGs, merchandise, videos, and more - and it's 90% off for the whole of September, check it out: ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack 💙📚 🎮 #art #gamedev

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Pretty interesting small game by @chequered.ink and if you aren't familiar with them yet, check out their itch.io. A lot of interesting assets can be found there!

Mark (Nocturne) Alexander@nocturne.bsky.social

My dear friends over at @chequered.ink have created a very fun and replayable card game to celebrate 10 years making quirky indie games and beautiful fonts! Congratulations to them and here's to 10 years more!!!! ci.itch.io/decadence #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev