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Huzzah! We finished our #screamjam game in time! Play it here: the-e21.itch.io/the-hollow-men The ending tone of the game ended up being very Over the Garden Wall meets Coraline but I think it works! #indiedev #gamedev #gamejam

Asioaspis brachyotus, a new fossil species of armored jawless fish, from China #pixelart #ドット絵 #SciArt #paleoart

Did a tutorial on the dialogue system I used for AWIP! youtu.be/HjLX8zJM3wc #dialogic2 #godot

Added some Halloween icons to 1bit icons seeone.itch.io/1bit-icons/d... #gamedev #assetpack

'Hallowed' circa 2022

A little game play from “The Hollow Men” game I’ve just spent this last week working on for #screamjam For maximum autumn vibes the spikes are blackberry bushes 🍂 #indiedev #gamedev

A doll roaming through a corn field is bound to run into a few birds. (Could we make a scarecrow platformer without crow enemies? I’ll never let an excuse to draw a bird pass me by) #gamedev #screamjam #crow

More work on my game adaptation of “The Hollow Men” by T.S. Eliot for #screamjam Here we have some of the hollow men! (And a glimpse of my pumpkin patch background). Now I’m on to making all the puzzle assets (my programmer has been cooking and I need to make sure it looks good) #gamedev #indiedev

Jumping for joy at finishing the bulk of our little horror protagonist’s animations for #screamjam! I’m growing attached to her to be honest, she might appear in more projects down the line. #indiedev #gamedev

More work on my team’s #screamjam entry! Our adorable horror protagonist now has a walk cycle. Now to get her to jump… #gamedev #indiedev

Working on the player sprite for my team’s #screamjam entry! Next to make her jump, fall, and walk. #gamedev #gamejam

Hitting the ground running for our “The Hollow Men” themed platformer for #screamjam with a rough design for our player character! Now to polish it up and animate her…

Love reading every comment people have left! Thank you 💜. Polished up a few things, it's much easier to do a second playthrough if you like multiple endings! #gamedev #visualnovel #mysterygame

We have removed Nugget's head from his body. He is fine about it. Unlock Nugget as a badge on @mistershins.bsky.social Twitch stream of Cat With Knife 10/16 11:30 PM PST! The writer & CG artist will be chatting about the process of making the game afterwards!

Tonight @ 11:30pm PDT I'm playing #SpooktoberVNJam entry *In Loving Memory* + talking with the devs for a bit! I hope you will join us! Download, play, and rate it at floramisu.itch.io/in-loving-me...

#inktober day 3: Miniature. A very tiny book horse.

Getting to play the demo for Catalyst: Blind Faith is so much fun. @just-write-studios.itch.io truly is cooking something delicious. Ray is best boy, I love him so much. Best dog ever.

#inktober day two: Relic Maybe I’m still too #magnusarchives brained but this was the first thing I thought of.

#inktober Apple of my eye! —- I’ve been practicing my inking lately and remembered there’s a whole drawing challenge for that, let’s see if I can catch up! —-

Suddenly remembered I have coloured pencils I never use. Now to go back to forgetting :p

Somehow, I am actually not the first person to want to do a T.S. Eliot inspired platformer. I’m doing a different poem, but I have to shoutout this “The Waste Land” inspired metriodvania store.steampowered.com/app/316970/T... I love that this exists.

New items added like the Blood Knife, that lets you absorb the enemy's health! 🗡️🩸 #indiegamedev | #indiegame | #pixelart

🔥 CAT WITH KNIFE : A POP PUNK MIX OUT NOW! 🔥

3.2k followers?!!! 🥳🎉🎉🎉 Thank you all for keeping tabs on our #indiehorror game! We're hard at work on a massively branching VN, Catalyst: Blind Faith. I'm posting progress here, plus tons of #art, #writing, #programming, #accessibility & more stuff we love! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🔥🔥🔥🔥

Not me already signing up for another jam right after Spooktober… I can’t help if the heart wants a TS Eliot inspired platformer.

yay yippee wahooo new #devlog! [ #indiegamedev #horror ] 🎨 beeeeg #art progress 🎮 #programming behind-the-scenes ✍️ #writing & #editing trenches 🔀 anaad updated flowchart spaghetti to show my overall script progress!! 🫶 Out 1 week early for patrons of any donation as HUGE thanks! I hope you enjoy!🔥

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TIS HERE MAHAHAHA!! (｀∇´) My #SpooktoberVNJam game: Millie & Finny has now RELEASED! ✨ 🧙‍♀️ Contains 🌿 - Potion Crafting Minigame - A CAT /ᐠ - ˕ -マ Ⳋ - Unhealthy levels of cuteness (You've been warned) ( ｡ •`ᴖ´• ｡) Play it now 👉 otojang.itch.io/millie-and-f... #vndev #visualnovel #indiedev

orribu.itch.io/phantom-of-t... I helped make this! SO proud of the team and what we made. If you're an OG phantom fan please do give this a try! #spooktober #vn #indiedev

That feeling when you write a phantom of the opera visual novel and your favourite characters end up being Carlotta and Madame Giry…

September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. In recognition of this important day we are highlighting books by Indigenous creators that can help young readers of all ages on the journey toward reconciliation. blog.orcabook.com/kids-books-f...

Phantom of The Opera visual novel is now live and playable for free! orribu.itch.io/phantom-of-the-opera-spooktober2026 It was a pleasure to write for such an amazing team :3 Loved making the phantom as creepy as possible. #phantomoftheopera #indiedev #spooktober #gamejam

m.youtube.com/watch?v=JwR9... Trailer for our spooktober entry! A phantom of the opera visual novel, based on the 1910 book. #phantomoftheopera #spooktober #gamedev

If you ever feel bad about botching your indie game release, remember that you'll never be as bad as Ubisoft. They literally forgot to upload the actual game.

Non-official art of a running gag that somehow made it into our phantom of the opera visual novel script. May I present Fishtine. #phantomoftheopera #gamedev

I haven’t posted about it but I’ve been spending the last month writing a #phantomoftheopera visual novel for #spooktober. With the script finally done I feel like I have breathing room in my head again Everyone else on the team’s been fantastic, so excited for release :)

While I am still working on the new game idea (formal announcement later this year!)... I made this incredibly short game for fun with! #calming #itchio #gamedev softservegames.itch.io/worrisome-wa...

Exciting news! A Week in Paradise was featured on NPR's "Best Games of 2026 so Far" list. I am shocked and grateful to be included with these fantastic games! Thank you so much to Fidelholtz for the kind review, and everyone for their continued support! 💜 www.npr.org/2026/07/21/n...

haha custom ui for optional player reference goes brrrr [ #indiegamedev #vndev #horror #art #writing ]

Gameplay for Midnight Blood Drive, a 1bit game you can play for free on itch.io! I’m so pleased with how it came together. #gamedev #1bit #gamejam #indiedev

Our entry for b1t jam up now! Play it for free at romainvause.itch.io/midnight-blo.... Flowers for Romain(programmer) and Fable(music), for my first time as game designer I could not have asked for a better team. #1bit #gamejam #gamedev #vampirebat

Last day of the jam and we’re on to playtesting, smoothing out any issues+ working on the itch page. Feels good to have had time to do that properly, these shorter jam are usually a bit of a rush. #gamejam #1bit #gamedev #vampirebat

Finished all the backgrounds for Midnight Blood Drive, it’s tricky to do clouds in 1bit. #1bit #gamedev #gamejam #nightsky #moon

Currently working illustrations for very simple story for our game Midnight Blood Drive, nursing your sister back to health (your sister is a vampire bat and you need to bring her blood) #1bit #gamejam #gamedev #vampirebat #bat

We’re starting to put in final assets for the untitled Vampire Bat game, the programmer really cooked with this shader. It definitely took some trial and error with dark mode but we’re in a great spot with four days left 💪 #1bit #gamejam #vampirebat #gameart

Next up for the vampire bat game: a bat slash for collecting blood. We also decided to change up the flight mechanic into a single flap triggered by the space bar. #gamedev #1bit #vampirebat #gameart #gamejam

Next step on the vampire bat game: Our programmer created a building editor so I mocked up some quick assets to test out how how the 9-slicing works with the 1bit style. It’s working pretty well, just have to polish these and make a bunch of variations. #1bit #gamedev #gamejam #gameart #vampirebat