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@littlepolygon.bsky.social

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Independent Game Programmer solo developing an anime/mecha arcade-game, NIGHTSHIFT GALAXY. He/him. WISHLIST: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3038700/Nightshift_Galaxy DISCORD: https://discord.gg/EAncTCUnHY

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Max! @littlepolygon.bsky.social · Nov 21

Hey bsky! I'm Max, and this is my game NIGHTSHIFT GALAXY about perpetually-broke freelance mecha pilots. Classic arcade gameplay with modern polish.

Gunning for Early Access soon, but solo-dev is hard! WISHLIST: store.steampowered.com/app/3038700/...

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Max! @littlepolygon.bsky.social · 1d

Solo dev here, game to be added?

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Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social · 1d

Another spaceship…

The Wasp, Fast Picket, built by Appledore & Daughters, Devon.

#Spaceship #Illustration

A black and yellow spaceship illustration. Cockpit right at the front, between twin fuselages.

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Chris Wade @luckshotgames.com · 1d

#BigHops is in Steam Next Fest!

It's a good hour long taste of our adventure: you'll use your tongue, learn to climb, find veggies you can build paths with, and borrow a stranger's backpack.

store.steampowered.com/app/1221480/...

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MOTORSLICE | Regular Studio @regularstudio.bsky.social · 1d

steam next fest demo update adds lock-on, dash roll, improved parkour, orb shield and much, much more

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DOKI DOKI CRT PANIC @crtpixel.bsky.social · 2d

BUBBLE BOBBLE
TAITO 1986
ARCADE

Bub the green dinosaur enjoying a quick coctail

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Max! @littlepolygon.bsky.social · 2d

Either way, I'm really coming around on uniform strokes, rather than G-Pen or Turnip-Pen pressure-variable weight (gives it too much of a 70s feel).

Max! @littlepolygon.bsky.social · 2d

Testing out a milli pen inking (90s manga feel) vs. texture pen (80s anime xerography feel).

Experimenting sketching with different simulated manga pens -- the milli pen (made famous by Katsuhiro Otomo), and a textured looks (common when animations were xeroxed onto cells).

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Tiani Pixel @tianipixel.bsky.social · 3d

I know I can't beat the peak aesthetics of Mega Man Legends, but I'm doing the best I can!

(game is ABYSS X ZERO for those unaware! Coming out... eventually)

#gamedev #lowpoly

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Kenny Lauderdale @kennylauderdale.bsky.social · Dec 21

Can't stop thinking about 1950s live action Astro Boy & his cursed sausage hands.

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molegato (Frogun & Twinkle dev) @molegato.bsky.social · 3d

Eavesdropping NPC conversations 👀👂
#lowpoly #gamedev #indiegame

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Eddie Deezenuts @32mbit.bsky.social · 3d

Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition waterfall (my favorite)

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Monj @monjinator.bsky.social · 4d

Struggling to balance my four humors (caffeine, sugar, decongestants, excedrin)

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Max! @littlepolygon.bsky.social · 4d

Isn't that just Belias talking through him?

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Antonio Freyre - Merlino Games @merlinogames.bsky.social · 4d

i love when they accidentally shoot each other

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Max! @littlepolygon.bsky.social · 4d

"they did not even send proper knights to kill her" my man is not a critical thinker

Dialogue screenshot of Final Fantasy Tactics from the Windmill Battle with Wiegraf.

Max! @littlepolygon.bsky.social · 4d

The Wiegraf meme is a pet peeve for me not because it's mistaken for a real screenshot, but because _Milleuda_ should be saying it.

Wiegraf's whole arc is getting jokerfied by his inability to reconcile knight's honor with the radical necessity of his faction. He's not this articulate!

Artemis Octavio @stopcar.ing · 4d

New article is live on Stop Caring

This one from @otomeniki.bsky.social, who argues that Final Fantasy Tactics memes engages audiences in a unique form of reader-response theory. Which *is* art criticism, even if it doesn't *look* like art criticism.

Give it a read and a share!

Final Fantasy Tactics Memes Prove Video Games are Art

Final Fantasy Tactics memes engage audiences in an unique form of reader-response.

www.stopcar.ing

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Max! @littlepolygon.bsky.social · 4d

Inafune: "JK, JK, that one was a joke, haha, anyway, about the new Azure Striker Gunvolt..."

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Max! @littlepolygon.bsky.social · 4d

"I call him the Mighty Ato-ummm... er... Number 9"

The Mighty Number 9, Inafune's failed successor to Megaman -- himself at least partly based on Astroboy AKA "The Mighty Atom"

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Max! @littlepolygon.bsky.social · 4d

Up & Atom!

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Max! @littlepolygon.bsky.social · 4d

The Junji Ito "This is my hole!" Guy. THE JOKE IS THAT THE WORLD IN DOROHEDORO IS CALLED THE HOLE, GET IT. EVERYONE WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH MAX'S WIT, AND THOUGHT LATER UPON REFLECTION HOW HANDSOME HE IS, IN ADDITION TO SMART.

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ananth @ananthhirsh.bsky.social · 5d

The BARBAROUS Chapter 6 Kickstarter is on! ✨ We're
climbing our way up through stretch goals, including the addition of a new Fortuna matchbox sticker to certain tiers... check it out! 💖

www.kickstarter.com/projects/746...

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Max! @littlepolygon.bsky.social · 5d

Rockman!

Doodle of our little blue friend, Mega Man

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Max! @littlepolygon.bsky.social · 5d

Love when I'm debugging a programming problem for half an hour, and the solution is to just add a few iterations to a numeric solver. 🙃

Max! @littlepolygon.bsky.social · 5d

I inadvertently picked the Jehuty colors, huh? www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT_e...

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