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It's time to stoke the plasma, it's time to fight the sprites, it's time to blast some pixels in Plasma Sky tonight! Plasma Sky DEMO launches NOW! Try out my shmup on Steam, demo includes the full seeded weekly Challenge mode. store.steampowered.com/app/4951340/... #gamedev #indiedev

I just played the Alexus 2040 demo. It's a shoot 'em up with a great arcade feel and plenty of cool little ideas 🚀 🌌 👾 ➡️ Demo: store.steampowered.com/app/3584730/... And it's perfect for quick play sessions! #Alexus2040 #Shootemup #Shmup #Arcade #IndieGame #SteamNextFest @romainmacre.bsky.social

Dearest sound designers selling sound FX to game devs- We need short basically instant attacks, especially for impacts. I don't know about the impact in advance, it's happening right now. Also instead of footsteps for every surface, I could use a GIANT sledgehammer smashing all of them Thanks!

Day 2 is OVER! Another casual 12 hour stream. Tomorrow... is factory day, but I'll probably look at some more afterwards anyway! Here's a list of everything* I covered today :3 It should even be in order in case you wanna go check out the VOD (each demo got ~20 minutes)

Beany loves the beach

Plasma Sky is a vertical shmup with five modes and over 100 handcrafted levels. On a Steam Deck the whole screen rotates — controls rotate with it — so the handheld becomes a little vertical cabinet. The dev added that mode specifically for the Deck. @spikepitgames.com

I made my shmup Plasma Sky with Steam Deck in mind and added a rotation mode just for Deck. Screen and controls rotate together and its like a portable vertical arcade screen! 🔊 Demo out now! store.steampowered.com/app/4951340/... #ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev #indiedev #tate

Here's a look at the back half of the demo for my shmup Plasma Sky! The demo has its own level set and scoreboard, a super condensed version of the full game's campaign mode. I know you can beat my score, but getting to number 1 will be a challenge. Show us what you got! #gamedev #indiedev

Alexus 2040 demo is out on Steam! Play and wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/3584730/... Thanks! #shmup #indiedev #indiegame #arcade

Many say that around book 9 or 10

This run was so close to finishing the weekly challenge! The demo is up on Steam now, and includes this whole mode for free. Come on shmup fans, show us what a real high score looks like! store.steampowered.com/app/4951340/... #ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev #indiedev

Downloaded an emulator to see if Legendary Wings on NES was actually a better shmup than I remember, and I can confirm that it was not. Child me was right to return it and get Punch Out. 🎮

Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow

This scene should be part of management training #communication

Baby Driver is set in the John Wick universe. #movies #facts

Table done, it’s all over but the curing Look at these pictures though. It was a big rough slab of wood, and now it’s a table. They seem so unrelated. You’re holding a piece of wood, and then it’s a table leg. When did it change? In the slab pic it’s cut into legs, top, and apron #woodworking

The Indies page now has 12 shmups, shared by the developers making them. Bullet Banshee, a roguelite with stacking items, lists September 29 as its release date. Ominous Descent, Plasma Sky, Cataclyzm and Wirehawk have open betas. https://shmupindex.com/indies

See, better legs! Looks less clunky. #woodworking

Whoa, I forgot the name of the series had an actual meaning in the first game #sages

Dry assembly, next up is leg shaping! Speeding this up because apparently the plants need this to come inside for winter. #woodworking

They say plasma can take many shapes. In this example, it’s taking the shape of bot guts. #screenshotsaturday #indiegame

Anyone else just poke their head the door a few times a day and sniff the air to see what’s going on out there? Am I a badger?

No much to show, making the final changes for the demo (will be out next month). Showing a ship design made with the in-game editor. I'm pretty pleased with it, could have been in the game (very sped up). Wishlist Alexus 2040, if you dare. Thank you. #screenshotsaturday #shmup #indiedev

I hear you all like snakes, so this week's seeded run of my shmup Plasma Sky is extra snakey! Wait, you don’t like snakes? Well there’s bombs for that. 🔊 Demo Oct 2! That’s next Friday!! store.steampowered.com/app/4951340/... #ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev #indiedev

There’s one mortise in 8 done. This’ll be a fancy lil plant stand!

Alexus 2040 is a 'fixed shooter' in the style of early 80's arcade. Release planned for end of 2026 (wishlist if you are interested): store.steampowered.com/app/3584730/... #WishlistWednesday #shmup #indiedev

YESSSS!! Took a couple days, but I now have one motor function that can lets penguins hit any point on anything with any point on any other thing. Probably one of the most versatile motor tasks I've made. SO happy with this! 🐧🐟🔨🙏🧊🚿🪵 #GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev

I think I’ve posted this before, but I have a weird existential reaction whenever this is mentioned. I become genuinely angry and sad that a mini Star Trek theme park existed but at a time where I couldn’t go to it. Like. People got to sit in Quark’s ffs. And walk around the TNG bridge. Ffs.

🎮 Screenshot Saturday! Having a little fun with one of the Stage 2 sub-bosses 😈 Sometimes you don’t need to rush the fight. Just toy with it a little first. 💥 store.steampowered.com/app/4282220/... #ScreenshotSaturday #indiedev #shmup #bullethell #gamedev #bulletballet

Not really swimming weather, but that's okay! #ScreenshotSaturday #pixelart #indiegame #gamedev #gaming

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When you love Game Boy, Japan, and SHMUPS. I am pretty sure that’s all the Japanese ones. How many of these have you played?

This week's seeded challenge run of my shmup Plasma Sky. It's a good run until I get greedy at the end, and as a bonus it's in Japanese! Yeah I got it working! Are the fonts good? Worried they're Japanese papyrus. 🔊 Demo Oct 2! store.steampowered.com/app/4951340/... #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

Garrrr, achievements need translation too? And rich presence? Y'all ever notice how features just keep kind of like creeping? I'm probably the first one. #gamedev #gameloc

Got to travel without heavy smoke this week, such a relief

Who in their right mind would launch a website NOW? Us, actually! 😀 Welcome to @steamhype.com! We've assembled a compact but talented team in @dominictarason.com & Noah McFerran (very much a relation) to keep you updated on the wild & wacky world of Steam! Visit and be sure to tell your friends!

🆕🎮Plasma Sky is coming to Steam My 2013 shmup rebuilt for PC with a ton of new stuff! Weekly challenge gauntlet, friend leaderboards, score tracer, TATE and Steam Deck modes. It looks super pretty on deck! Demo Oct 2! Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/4951340/... #shmup #indiedev #gamedev

Finally started playing Road Warden, really liking it. My character is definitely too nice and going to end up starving in the woods though.

It’s #ScreenshotSaturday in the indie gaming world, and we wanted to celebrate with a sweet Garden snap 🌱 Flame, Forest & Flood is a cozy strategy game, but you also get a sweet Garden of your own to customize & chill in! 🙇✨ store.steampowered.com/app/3096460/... #indiegaming #cozygame

Progress on the plant table. My layout didn’t quite match my guide, but it won’t show so oh well. I’ll taper these legs later so they aren’t giant chonky blocks #woodworking #handtools

The new final boss (final final). It takes some liberties with the colour palette: the 'hairs' use a gradient that wouldn't be possible using my 16-colour palette. It's the final boss after all. Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3584730/... #screenshotsaturday