Yolwoocle · Léo Bernard 曹宇

Yolwoocle · Léo Bernard 曹宇

@yolwoocle.com

✨ Somewhat professional creative fella 🐛 My game: http://s.team/a/2957130 🍋 My band: @ninesliced.com 🌐 My website: yolwoocle.com he/him

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How did we go, in just a few years, from caring so much about code architecture and doing things with care, to treating giving everything to AI as not only the "proper way to code", but also not willing to do this as an roadblock to ever becoming a "proper programmer"?

Si vous êtes à Toulouse jeudi prochain, j'y animerai une conférence sur le développement d'une mon jeu !

Toulouse Game Dev@toulousegamedev.bsky.social

Nouveau Meet-up le jeudi 15 Octobre ! Ce mois-ci nous accueillons @yolwoocle.com, dev et artiste indé. Léo parlera dans cette conférence des décisions qui ont été prises dans le design du jeu et les choix qui ont été faits pour concevoir volontairement un jeu restreint dans son design.

First time playtesting my new game, and despite the prototype being very scrappy and buggy, people had fun! Reassuring to know that this might be the green light to continue working on it, hope to share more soon ✌️

Yolwoocle · Léo Bernard 曹宇 reposted

Envie de découvrir et tester les prochaines sorties JV toulousaines ? La rentrée des playtests du TGD aura lieu ce Samedi 12 Septembre après-midi aux 500 de la Cartoucherie. Et pour cette première session de l'année, pas moins de 12 jeux seront présents, la liste ci-dessous ↓

I feel like there's a severe lack in COUCH co-op games that provide a real sense of challenge. No shade to more party-like games, but I want to see more games that mix the fun of overcoming challenge with the fun of being with friends on a couch. Do you have any recommendations?

Yolwoocle · Léo Bernard 曹宇 reposted

Turnflower 🌻 My new game has a Steam page! And a demo is available at #SteamNextFest!!! Wishlist 🌻✨👇 #indiegame #gamedev

Yolwoocle · Léo Bernard 曹宇 reposted

Here is our next Ninesliced game ! Montic was made for the GMTK 2026 and we plan to release it on steam ! available on Itchio : ninesliced.itch.io/montic Montic is a turn-based tower defense game where monkeys defend the spacetime from time-eating termites. #indiegames #gmtk #gmtk2026 #gamedev

Yolwoocle · Léo Bernard 曹宇 reposted

Heyo! I am open to work starting around mid-August to September. Short-term projects are welcome too. Send dm or email.

l&y@lampy.casa

Heyo #portfolioDay, you came just in time! I draw #pixelArt (mostly #gameArt) and sometimes explore the third dimension. Mainly cozy or colorful but secretly open to other things. More stuff in portfolio at cara.app/lampysprites. Open to work (short or long) - email lampysprites@hotmail.com or DM

Yolwoocle · Léo Bernard 曹宇 reposted

Montic OST - Board This is the other track I made for the GMTK game jam. It plays during gameplay. It was kinda tough to make a slower track that still fit my style, but I think it worked out. I especially like the second section. It also kind of uses a motif from the title track. #DTM #gamedev

Yolwoocle · Léo Bernard 曹宇 reposted

It was really fun to work on. Please try it!

Here's our submission to this year's GMTK Game Jam!! Protect spacetime from an invasion of time-eating termites in a turn-based defense game 🐒⌛️ Really proud of what we made this year!! It was so much fun!! ninesliced.itch.io/montic #gamedev

Yolwoocle · Léo Bernard 曹宇 reposted

I made music and SFX for this game! I had a lot of fun doing the jam, and the game turned out great! It was really cool to work with such a skilled team of people

Here's our submission to this year's GMTK Game Jam!! Protect spacetime from an invasion of time-eating termites in a turn-based defense game 🐒⌛️ Really proud of what we made this year!! It was so much fun!! ninesliced.itch.io/montic #gamedev

Yolwoocle · Léo Bernard 曹宇 reposted

POINPY IS BACK! 🎉 And now it's FREE! No ads, no paid unlocks, just the full game. There's a tip option if you feel like it 😉 Available NOW on iOS and Android!

Yolwoocle · Léo Bernard 曹宇 reposted

This weekend we made a tiny game with the amazing Blukulélé! ✨ Made in just a few hours for the TriJam, the theme was "Eye Contact"... so naturally we made a love-at-first-sight game. ❤️👀 Hope you enjoy it! #gamedev #indiegames

Here's the numbers I made so far with my game! (For reference, I'll keep about half of net revenue) I never made this to earn money so I'm honestly super chuffed. I'm aware both of how hard it was but also how lucky I am to have such a moderate success. Thank you so much! 💚

One fact that almost made me consider never doing game dev commercially, is that the kind of game you make matters. The genre of a game is one of the earliest decisions you make and it's also one of the most important marketing-wise. Let me explain...

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Please, make games because you care and you love doing them. If you start from the idea that what you make is going to make money, you're dooming yourself creatively. Make good things, and maybe money will come later, maybe not. Success is not just measured in dollars. ❤️

One fact that almost made me consider never doing game dev commercially, is that the kind of game you make matters. The genre of a game is one of the earliest decisions you make and it's also one of the most important marketing-wise. Let me explain...

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With due respect to Chris Zukowski (great guy, love him), while his advice is effective marketing advice, it's sometimes miserable game design advice. My least favorite is "make the genre of your game super obvious and take their tropes in the presentation".

When I design games, genre is one of the last things I think about. I like to design systems and mechanics first, and sometimes different problems just so happen to have the same solutions. Retraining myself from the start in a genre, for me, is just not a fun way to do things.

One fact that almost made me consider never doing game dev commercially, is that the kind of game you make matters. The genre of a game is one of the earliest decisions you make and it's also one of the most important marketing-wise. Let me explain...

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Yeah I know that you can choose something in the intersection of what you love and what sells, but I got into game dev because of the infinite possibilities and creativity it offers. I don't want to open a new project and have marketability to be the first thing I think about.

There's basically no way I can find to frame this in a nice way. It's just something you need to accept if you want to sell a game. There's no "fix" because it's an inherent part of markets and supply and demand.

One fact that almost made me consider never doing game dev commercially, is that the kind of game you make matters. The genre of a game is one of the earliest decisions you make and it's also one of the most important marketing-wise. Let me explain...

Basically, the genre of a game affects the success that you can expect out of it. It doesn't mean that it's impossible to succeed in a tough genre, and vice-versa, but if a genre is saturated, the law of supply and demand just means that it will be harder.

Thank you so much for the response to Bugscraper's release. It's been incredibly fulfilling and I could not be more grateful. It's also been intense and overwhelming, so I will take some time off to rest (and play games). I still have plans for the game but please stay patient! 💚🐛