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Mutraex - Play #BeastsofMystery @mutraex.bsky.social · 7h

Update for #BeastsofMystery

BEWARE! Skunk Ape now has a forward dash!

#FGC
#IndieGameDev
#indiegames
#GameMakerStudio2
#indiedev
#fightinggame
#cryptid
#cryptids
#cryptozoology
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mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 7h

I had a really dumb idea how to integrate jump scares into a fighting game (two really) and in a match, not part of a fatality type thing.

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Andrea Demetrio @andreadprojects.bsky.social · 1d

Exploding Judo Federation is taking part in #SteamNextFest! If you fancy playing/streaming 3D fighting games, why not check the demo out? 😈🥋💣
store.steampowered.com/app/3806150/...

Exploding Judo Federation on Steam

It's judo on a minefield! Tech the grab or die, in this fast-paced 3D fighting game where every! single! throw! is lethal!

store.steampowered.com

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RIZE | GriffyBones @griffybones.bsky.social · 13h

The Skeletons are Fighting (Steam Next Fest demo October 2025):

Yor 50% combo using full meter.

This game seems to scale longer combos with lots of L attacks very hard, so it seems better to go for shorter combos with more M and H attacks in order to get big damage.

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mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 1d

I've had challenges lately with unsure of burnt out or not.
Probably am but it does't manifest in like "oh i'm too exhausted to work on stuff."

Lately it's more a matter of being just very defensive and projecting negatively on something that probably wasn't meant to be critical at all.

ritchie @ritchie.bsky.social · 1d

When you're a "high performing" person it easy to acknowledge in the abstract that burnout is something that happens to people but then it's shocking when all of a sudden it happens to you, and even more shocking when clawing back up to a normal level of functioning takes so god damn long.

Natalie Spitzel | Looking for work!! @nat-the-dev.bsky.social · 1d

Believe old game devs when we tell you: burnout is real, it's painful. Be honest with yourself, take the breaks when you need them.
I've been burnt out for so long, I only just realized how long. I went from crunch at Iridium into crunch at Giant Squid with no break. About 3 years. It was too long.

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Natalie Spitzel | Looking for work!! @nat-the-dev.bsky.social · 1d

Believe old game devs when we tell you: burnout is real, it's painful. Be honest with yourself, take the breaks when you need them.
I've been burnt out for so long, I only just realized how long. I went from crunch at Iridium into crunch at Giant Squid with no break. About 3 years. It was too long.

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mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 2d

Works on my machine.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 2d

So #HAFO is officially coming to #Steam!
I'll have the page up soon for wishlisting since I'm told you should do that early or something.

I wrote a more detailed post on my #Patreon for members: www.patreon.com/posts/holdin...

Holding My Horses, But Not For Long! | Mattrified

Get more from Mattrified on Patreon

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mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 2d

Oh...hmmm...that'd be a challenging mode to implement BUT a draft type thing could be fun.
Each player picks which specials get chosen so I pick 6 opp picks 6.

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mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 2d

Yea. A horse mt Rushmore def came to mind.

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mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 2d

Tho word of warning to indie devs excited by this - NONE of these are original IPs and/or younger than 20 years.

But still keep making stuff! Just don't consider this a sudden interest from funding/publishers in the genre...at least imo... *shrug*

🦇doktordrippy💀 | 👻Spooky Edition🎃 @doktordrippy.bsky.social · 2d

Feels like the fighting game genre getting lots of “new” titles/updates now. 🤔

You have:
• T8
• Guilty Gear Strive
• MK1
• SF6
• 2XKO
• Marvel Tōken
• Invincible Vs
• Fatal Fury: City of Wolves
• DBFZ
• GBFVSR
• VF5R
• VF6

And now an Avatar the last Airbender Fighting Game.

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mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 2d

Patterns are in progress!
There is a zebra pattern but I was having issues with the dolor system so I cut for now.

And yea. Honestly, I was contemplating that magic combos are always on by default and SOME challenge modes turn them off.

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mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 2d

I always miss freaking demo fests lol

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mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 2d

#HAFO question.

What is one feature you would want to request for this game?

No promises!

mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 3d

Made a lot of progress on #HAFO.

Levels are now procedurally generated and based on how many "challenges" you want done in a race. This video showcases 1 challenge and 3 challenge (you can do up to 30...for now)

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday

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mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 3d

Made a lot of progress on #HAFO.

Levels are now procedurally generated and based on how many "challenges" you want done in a race. This video showcases 1 challenge and 3 challenge (you can do up to 30...for now)

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday

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mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 3d

youtube.com/shorts/6gXT_...

I feel there is like 1 more image but its this in a nutshell

Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter - Sakura Ending #marvel #capcom #arcade #videojuegos

YouTube video by ComiXmen

youtube.com

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mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 3d

I meant breakfast, child but breakfast chips sound good...

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mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 3d

Didn't that one marvel superheros vs street fighter ending for sakura sort of go like this?
Maybe not the burnout part but the like "eh, i used to fight...now eat ur breakfast chips"

Dylan Macri, Cadhla182, Commissions Open @dylanmacri.bsky.social · 3d

Be really funny if Street Fighter introduces post time-skip Sakura and she's just a burn the fuck out millennial looking as divorced as Ken

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mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 3d

Also I was concerned about using too much memory for the deterministic rollback...using less than 1%. Lol

mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 3d

Made a lot of progress on #HAFO.

Levels are now procedurally generated and based on how many "challenges" you want done in a race. This video showcases 1 challenge and 3 challenge (you can do up to 30...for now)

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday

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mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 3d

I also need (steed?) to set up HAFO's Steam page...blech...

Honestly...have good art...the trailer...bleh...

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mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 3d

Lol.
I would say no physics-based games lol
Fucking Rocket League...

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mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 3d

It was a game jam project so the code is not the cleanest but working on it has been fun and I need to get over making games perfect and just release things more

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mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 3d

Oh also need to add mud and other obstacles...

Also Damage Derby...have a fun idea but it is a bit bigger scope wise than I'd like but...eh...

Also the game is more scalable now so I could do larger matches but probably not gonna do more than 4 local players.

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mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 3d

Other things I need to make procedural - backgrounds
I need a list of like 30 iconic fg stages...

Also need more sub-actions for jockeys - some jump, some block, etc.

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mattrified @mattrified.bsky.social · 3d

But then I was like...hmmm...indie multiplayer games usually don't get a lot of CCU...and then it hit me.
The 100 Horse Tower...
Looe MK9, just a tower of 100 challenges.

Also, I think I'll do a training mode where you can select attacks BUT you have to have used them at least once in another mode

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