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Monochromesoft

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Queer game developer and artist, making a 2d fighting game/visual novel called Heatwave, available in early access on itch, coming soon to steam Rated "M" for Mature [She/They] [24] https://monochromesoft.itch.io

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Monochromesoft @monochromesoft.bsky.social · Mar 10

Please wishlist my fighting game/visual novel :)
store.steampowered.com/app/2980420/...

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Monochromesoft @monochromesoft.bsky.social · 4h

I think I'll write a summary for each one and post them leading up to the release date....

Monochromesoft @monochromesoft.bsky.social · 4h

😅 not sure where to start, there's 6 different "branches" each from the perspective of different characters, and which all have a different narrative focus/ "ending". It's like a collection of 6 interconnected short stories that depend on each other to make sense.

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Monochromesoft @monochromesoft.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah, those are parts of the story, but I feel like I haven't really talked about like, the plot very much (sorry, Leaf isn't one of the main characters)

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Monochromesoft @monochromesoft.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe I should start telling people what heatwave's story mode is actually about lol

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Monochromesoft @monochromesoft.bsky.social · 1d

not really anything I'm ready to share yet, literally started it last night, but to give you a vague idea, it's like umihara kawase + megaman zero + revolutionary girl utena, if that's comprehensible lol

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Monochromesoft @monochromesoft.bsky.social · 1d

wow, starting a new project and the compile time is literally seconds compared to 1-3 minutes for heatwave lol

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Monochromesoft @monochromesoft.bsky.social · 2d

If someone writes at least one gay fanfiction after reading my game, I'll be satisfied (I will do it myself if no one else will...)

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Monochromesoft @monochromesoft.bsky.social · 5d

all the rewritten lines are done now :)

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Lily Cutesmith 🏳️‍⚧️🔩🧟‍♀️ @lilycutesmith.bsky.social · 5d

anyways i think more games should beat you over the head with their messaging and themes even if you think that's "boring" and "overbearing". like idk there's some shit you really can't be subtle about anymore and I think its important that you just smash the player's head with that shit

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Monochromesoft @monochromesoft.bsky.social · 5d

finished all the easy edits, (commas, changing some facial expressions, etc.) going to do the lines that need to be rewritten tomorrow.

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Monochromesoft @monochromesoft.bsky.social · 6d

Finished my third full playthrough, going to edit everything now :P and then I'll have to play through everything a fourth time....

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Monochromesoft @monochromesoft.bsky.social · 8d

so many of my notes this time are "this sentence needs a comma here." lol

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shoy's little quiet spot @shoyslayer.bsky.social · 10d

CYCLE is finally out.
Thank you for waiting.
store.steampowered.com/app/1947160/...
dvtzr.itch.io/cycle

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Monochromesoft @monochromesoft.bsky.social · 12d

I've begun the third full playthrough.... I kinda like this higher res font better...

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Monochromesoft @monochromesoft.bsky.social · 13d

really good!! ❤️

Monochromesoft @monochromesoft.bsky.social · 15d

R u anti aliasing, or anti-anti aliasing....

Monochromesoft @monochromesoft.bsky.social · 15d

this also means I will have to read through story mode again (I was already planning to lol) to make sure there are no weird spacing issues with this font. I'm not anticipating any, since, it actually takes up less space.

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Andrea Demetrio @andreadprojects.bsky.social · 16d

EXPLODING JUDO FEDERATION DEMO OUT NOW!
(featuring INABA, Barion, Beatriz and Junrao - Chaingear not included)
#FGC #indiedev #gamedev

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Monochromesoft @monochromesoft.bsky.social · 15d

decided to add a second font style for the story mode text, for people who might have trouble reading the default pixel font (this was actually a lot more work than it looks lol)

A screenshot of a pixel-art videogame, in the style of a visual novel. Text is overlaid ontop of an image of a bedroom, it reads "She wrapped herself in a towel, and stepped out into her room." The font used is rendered at a noticeably higher resolution than the rest of the image.

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Monochromesoft @monochromesoft.bsky.social · 17d

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POLYGON BIRD Games @polygonbird.games · 17d

The WORLD-EGG has begun its descent!

Our sword action shooting game BIRDCAGE, launches on PC; Tuesday November 18th.

Play our new DEMO on Steam, right now!
store.steampowered.com/app/2618150/...

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Monochromesoft @monochromesoft.bsky.social · 18d

finished testing all the combo trials again :P

Monochromesoft @monochromesoft.bsky.social · 19d

amazing colors!!!

Monochromesoft @monochromesoft.bsky.social · 19d

PSA: Game Developers, DO NOT use windows media player to listen to your own soundtrack, it WILL fuck things up if the name of the track is generic, and/or shares a name with another song, possibly one from another, more popular video game...

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Monochromesoft @monochromesoft.bsky.social · 22d

10 hours and 51 minutes is the total time, just for story mode, and not anything else :P (your mileage may vary obviously, I also was taking notes on things to change while playing)