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Freezebeam

@freezebeam.bsky.social

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Making games. Painting, sometimes. Current project: Towerbound, a deckbuilder roguelike/tower defense mashup, where you build wizard towers and defend them. Check it out: freezebeam.itch.io/towerbound https://freezebeam.itch.io/ https://freezebeam.com

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 1d

Wrote up the patch notes for the Towerbound Halloween update - it’s a big one. Should be out this week!

#gamedev

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 8d

Almost done with work on the Fortress-magic deck for the big update. Now you can shoot arrows, which is tricky, but converting them to homing arrows is fun.

Also converting bombs to cherry-bombs (max 1 damage), but always spawns 3 additional cherry-bombs is pretty wild looking.

#gamedev

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 10d

Trick or treat - some enemies are wearing masks during Halloween season!

Now I really have to get this Towebound update out before Halloween.

#gamedev

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 10d

Started in earnest on the third type of Towerbound magic today. It's Coral magic!

Now you can place these coral polyps, which each night spawn new coral shelf blocks on your tower. This can lead to surprising big and fragile tower designs.

#screenshotsaturday

Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 12d

Look, there's even an indicator! Really needed to study draw_arc to make this happen, kept messing up my unit circle.

A semi-circle targeting indicator - amazing!

Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 12d

Big Towerbound breakthrough over here, now directional seeming blocks that shoot things are indeed directional. Right facing ones to the right, left ones, shockingly to the left.

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 18d

Towerbound shops are functional now! Save your money and buy new cards and artifacts!

Also all cards have rarities and a spellbook type. The spellbook type will work sort of the factions in Monster Train where you get a major and minor and use that to help define your strategy.

#screenshotsaturday

Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 19d

Also fixed a nasty bug where if you opened a card pack on the world screen, then quit and reloaded, any unopened artifact packs would be empty.

Sorry if you lost any artifacts friends.

#gamedev

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 19d

Been plugging away at adding shops to Towerbound for way too long now, but I drew a shopkeeper animation, so things are looking up.

Also, now I get to be a cozy/wholesome game right??

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Mr #PitchYaGame ( November 7th ) @liamtwose.bsky.social · 21d

Breaking: Tomorrow #Hades2 goes into 1.0 release..

So, once again in the spirit of #PitchYaGame, let's celebrate and spotlight people making Rogue likes, lites or anything in-between.

Share them via the #PitchYaRogue hashtag. 🥰

Wishlist Hades 2 at: store.steampowered.com/app/1145350/...

a painting of a woman with a crescent moon on her head and the words princessmelinde11 tumblr below her

Alt: The image features Melinoë, the protagonist of the video game Hades II, developed by Supergiant Games.

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 21d

Hey #PitchYaRogue

I'm making Towerbound freezebeam.itch.io/towerbound

It's a coffee-break length roguelike deck builder, where you cast spells to build wizard towers in the day and defend them from tower defense waves at night.

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 25d

Updating from Godot 4.4 to 4.5 was smooth as heck. No issues as far as I can tell.

Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 26d

Also noticed some lingering nasty priest bugs, so hotfix is out to disable them...

freezebeam.itch.io/towerbound/d...

v1.1 Hotfix

Priests have been temporarily disabled from spawning. They still have some nasty bugs that I thought were squashed. Don't worry! They'll be back soon. Meanwhile coins are working and shopping will be....

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 26d

Added some coins to Towerbound now with a nice little ding sound. Shopping is up next...

#gamedev

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 27d

This looks amazing!

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 27d

🚀🚀EXCITING NEWS!!🚀🚀

After four years of development, Little Rocket Lab finally launches on October 7!

Build brilliant factories and forge lifelong friendships

Coming to Steam and Xbox / PC Game Pass

RTs super appreciated❤️

littlerocketlab.com

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · 29d

This is tonight! See you there!

Boston Indies @bostonindies.bsky.social · Sep 9

Join us NEXT TUESDAY 9/16 for another Marketing Mixer!

We'll be reviewing TRAILERS! Bring your released or upcoming trailers, get advice from marketing and video editing experts, or just come learn from the pros!

Submit your trailer via the form on the Meetup page.
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...

Boston Indies: Marketing Mixer - Trailer Revue, Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Time to flex those marketing muscles again. Boston Indies marketing Mixer event is back. This time, let's talk trailers! Whether you have something released or you're worki

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · Sep 15

Woo for Shader Baking!

#gamedev #godot

Shader baking description from Godot 4.5 release notes!

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · Sep 14

Yeah, it's been a mess for me today and yesterday. Either very slow or unreachable.

Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · Sep 14

Towerbound 1.1 is out now. Patch notes and a little roadmap are here:

freezebeam.itch.io/towerbound/d...

#indiegames

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Tsuneko / Catlover_mimi @tsunekomeow.bsky.social · Sep 12

It’s my first time making a long GIF, but I finally finished it! Nekoneko and Tsuneko are having a picnic, meow~! (ฅ^ω^ฅ)

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · Sep 13

Update is ready to go but Itch is like 💀 so we'll post it tomorrow! Sorry friends!

Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · Sep 12

Added some priest type enemies that buff and heal. New update should be out soon, maybe tomorrow, or worst case Sunday.

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · Sep 12

Broke 1000 Towerbound plays on Itch.io last night! freezebeam.itch.io/towerbound

#indiegames

Towerbound stats: 1576 views, 65 downloads 1006 browser plays and so on.

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Freezebeam @freezebeam.bsky.social · Sep 11

Ok, new arrow spire plus homing arrows might be OP.