SasVel / Game Dev

Hi #GameDev community! I'm Sas, a solo #game developer from #Bulgaria. I create some weird games: - #Dinosaurs with #guns - Hand scribbled #dungeon crawler - Alchemy inspired #roguelike #deckbuilder mashup. Currently working on Langort! Wishlist on Steam! ⚔️ store.steampowered.com/app/3071820/...

Ambush the Romans is getting close to release! Set up the ambush, then control only your leader once the fight starts. 🛡️ More: www.reddit.com/r/godot/comm... #godot #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev

Last weekend I also took place in the weekly #trijam 395, a 3 hour #gamejam hosted every weekend. 📚I did a #typing game about a poet distributing the #magic of #poetry!✨📔 Check it out! sasvel.itch.io/magical-poet #godot #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #jamgame #game

I was part of a local #gamejam, and we created this for 2 days! 🍔A game about a #burger joint emplyee in the hood! ✍️Decipher your weird slang orders and watch out for criminals!🔫 Play now! sasvel.itch.io/burgers-in-d... youtu.be/BIVQhlRjb34?... #godot #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #psx #lowpoly

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How my girl is shining after getting her little treat (enough food for 2 people. She will eat it at 3 separate sittings)

I've never had much luck promoting my game on social media, but it would be deeply appreciated if you could share this post, especially if you enjoy weird little experimental and artsy narrative games, that are the same price as a cup of coffee! store.steampowered.com/app/4693460/... #indiegames

Everyone wants a piece #pixelart #horror #pixel_dailies theme #gradient for @pixeldailies.bsky.social

Another awesome pack with amazing gamedevs. Genuinely inspiring! go.bsky.app/4mLnBDY #gamedev #indiedev #game #art #noai

What happens if you look up? We've been getting heaps of questions like this. Our whole game is made out of 1000s of layers of hand drawn illustrations, so understandable that people are curious. Here's how we handle how the player looks around: #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

Feeling pretty drained due to my day job lately. Doing something with my hands always gets my #creative juices moving and #drawing little #MTG #proxies is just so fun. I just doodle something and if it turns out good - BAM I have a new #card! Just realized I forgot the cost. And that is... okay.

⚔️🍄Some more #stylized renders of the new #boss! Long forgotten, beaten and defeated, it rises with a new purpose. store.steampowered.com/app/3071820/... #gamedev #indiedev #mushroom #pixelart #pixel #roguelike #deckbuilder #dither #godotengine #godot

🍄🦴"Where it walks, the roots remember." Long forgotten, beaten and defeated, it rises with a new purpose. ⚔️This is a #stylized #render of a #boss in Langort, #wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/3071820/... #gamedev #indiedev #mushroom #pixelart #pixel #roguelike #deckbuilder #dither

Been using them in Langort, being able to spot which custom node is which from a glance is a gamechanger. Highly recommend if your node tree looks like a Christmas tree.

Been hard at work figuring out all the bits and pieces for the #campaign mode in Langort. Have it all planned out now! The #shroom #folk are walking #mushrooms, using Salvein #ore to store their #memories. These weird dudes have a #quest chain all about them! #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

Creativity is the most important and least valued skill in engineering disciplines.

I've been working on a solid pipeline for creating enemies. A #Blender script exports sprites from 8 directions and sorts them in folders. I've standardised the #animations from the #Godot side too. In theory, making enemies would be a breeze now! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev

All of this applies to games too, btw :)

@godotengine.org on it's path to world domination 😌 #godot

I'd like to share a #music pack I bought recently - Ogg Music Mega Pack by soundimage.org. All the tracks are actually #free to use! Only caveat is, you have to download them one by one, and the dude has around 1500 individual pieces...and come on it's 30 bucks. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #sound

📜Koz #Update! This update focuses on 👾- #game feel, 🔧- polishing, 🎵- sound effects 🎷- #music. All the parts that make a game feel good. Read up on substack, or just play the game honestly. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #art #handdrawn #roguelike #deckbuilder open.substack.com/pub/sasvel/p...

Another #article from yours truly. I've had those thoughts in my head for a long time, good to see them out. #writing #art #gamedev #creativity #creating #text #essay open.substack.com/pub/sasvel/p...

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Updating my PC feels a bit performative after switching to #linux. Love it though, all the love for pacman.

OFFBEAT is in the June #SteamNextFest!! Woooo!!! Please give our demo a spin and send us your silly tunes :) everything you make gets exported to .wav!! store.steampowered.com/app/4468030/... #indiegame #pixelart #musicproduction #electronicmusic #nextfest #steam #demo

Hate it when god forgets to turn on post-processing.

That's my game!

Did my part! Do the same, #Godot is community driven, so these polls really matter. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

⚔️ Small snippets of the new "Eternal Arena" for the Eternal gamemode. The demo will release with this gamemode, which would be an endless arena with ever-stronger enemies as you progress, gameplay without the story basically. #gamedev #indiedev #progress #art #roguelike #game

Bit of a slow work day today, did some art for Koz at least. Game is getting a proper ending! This is one of a couple of non-combat rooms I have planned. #gamedev #indiedev #progress #art #handdrawn #roguelike #game

Got an hour to spare today or tomorrow? Leave some kind comments on things you enjoy. Tell a developer they're doing a great job, or let an artist know their work is incredible. It can make a big difference in someone's day, trust me.

While digging through screeenshots, I found some from the first iteration of Koz. Difference is pretty shocking. You can even play it now in the browser! sasvel.itch.io/koz #gamedev #indiedev #progress #art #handdrawn #roguelike #game

Wishlist Langort for #wishlistwednesday! It's a deck building hack-and-slash about our fabled hero Elric Faust. Help him gather the pieces of his shattered soul in this castlevania-like dark fantasy! #roguelike #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #deckbuilder #game store.steampowered.com/app/3071820/...

Death Dash Crash is out now! Play on www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=184... or voidgazerbon.itch.io/death-dash-c... #pico8 #gamedev #indiegame #zombies #indiedev

Willowsal is growing and it's people are happy! What decorations should I add to the map? Maybe a light for the lighthouse. #gamedev #indiedev #map #pixelart #roguelike #game

The #Tarot Divination system for Langort has some progress. All the Major arcana are in game, what is left is the Minor and hooking up all in-game effects to the #cards. Hope you don't mind a video for #screenshotsaturday! #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #divination #mystery #occult

I am a professional vibe coder and this is my website

Wrote another lil article on the importance of personal "Research and Development". Includes some notes on my #Linux setup with #vim keybinds. I swear, it's connected to the subject, it's not just an excuse to yap. #gamedev #indiedev #softwaredev #selfimprovement open.substack.com/pub/sasvel/p...

If you think mathematics are boring, give this #essay a read. This quote is quite the poet ragebait - “He didn’t have the imagination […] to make a good mathematician – [so] he became a poet.” #math #books #read #insight #poetry open.substack.com/pub/lyubomir...

Koz update! 🎉 This time my focus was #animations and #polishing. Check it out! #gamedev #indiedev #game #deckbuilder #drawing #doodle #browser #browsergame #godotengine #godot sasvel.itch.io/koz/devlog/1...

Schrodinger's bug states a piece of code is both a bug and a feature until observed.