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Small is Beautiful @smallisbeautiful.bsky.social · 20h

I like TO DO lists. I use them all the time for my projects and developed a bunch of quick to draw icons to organize them.

Here's the legend I use:

Hand written list of icons and their meaning that I use for my TO DO lists.

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Richard Lems @rilem.nl · 2d

Was working on some new area art when I stumbled onto this cool diagonal brush mountain technique 🖌️
Used to see this in bob ross videos lol, but it works in #pixelart too!

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 1d

Spooky bird stories. Last year's Halloween comic.

A comic titled Spooky Bird Stories. In panel 1, a turkey vulture is telling stories to other vultures, and it says, "She walked toward the source of the terrible smell. She got closer and closer, and then, to her horror, she saw... No dead body." A black vulture says "No!" and a turkey vulture says "Did someone already eat it??"
In panel 2, a northern cardinal is telling a story to some songbirds. It says "They peered through the windows of the house at the gory scene. Zombies had smashed through the door in the night. The homeowner was dead. But worst of all... He hadn't refilled the feeders." An eastern bluebird says "Aaah!" and an American goldfinch says "It can't be!".
In panel 3, a screech owl is telling a story to other owls. It says "And then the ghost fluffed itself up really big to appear scarier." A saw-whet owl gasps, and a long-eared owl says "Horrifying!".
In panel 4, a downy woodpecker is telling a story to other woodpeckers, and says "The eerie sound rang through the dark woods. Tap-tap. Tap-tap. It was the distinctive two-part knock of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The species had returned from the dead... FOR REVENGE." A red-cockaded woodpecker says "Yesss".

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Small is Beautiful @smallisbeautiful.bsky.social · 2d

Soooo... What was in it? (Cause let's be honest, who wouldn't open it?)

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Matt White @mattwhitedev.bsky.social · 5d

#screenshotsaturday Heavy attack button can be held for a charged version. This character is made from multiple different 2d skeletons which are sometimes substituted for traditional animation. #gamedev #solodev #metroidvania The goal is to avoid the paper doll or "flash" look as much as possible.

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🜏 Machine Saint 🜏 @shoehead.itch.io · Oct 20

If you see this post a Witch

At one point I wanted to make a very Satanic wotch farming game... These are about 8 years old Holy crap

#pixelart #ドット絵 #art

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Small is Beautiful @smallisbeautiful.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks! 🤩

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Small is Beautiful @smallisbeautiful.bsky.social · 7d

We are honing in on a visual style for our garden themed hidden object game. Here's a work in progress scene from the desert biome.

We use a few shaders to add papery texture to the objects, a blur around the mouse position and a heat haze for this specific biome.

#gamedev #indiedev #hiddenobjects

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Small is Beautiful @smallisbeautiful.bsky.social · 7d

We are honing in on a visual style for our garden themed hidden object game. Here's a work in progress scene from the desert biome.

We use a few shaders to add papery texture to the objects, a blur around the mouse position and a heat haze for this specific biome.

#gamedev #indiedev #hiddenobjects

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Small is Beautiful @smallisbeautiful.bsky.social · 8d

Angèle Dubeau (reknown Québec violonist) and La Pietà, interpreting music from Secret of Mana.

Makes me want to play that game again.

#gamemusic #retrogaming

Secret of Mana

YouTube video by RubyDragonStar

www.youtube.com

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Kommander Karl @kommanderkarl.bsky.social · Jul 15

I am at a loss for words. I cannot believe this happened

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Kommander Karl @kommanderkarl.bsky.social · 9d

AI still can’t do this

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matt🌻 @eiffel.art · 12d

mario bros commission!

illustration of the super Mario brothers driving recklessly down the street while chased by a red car with two mean looking koopas in it

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SickFreaks @jackbewack.bsky.social · 15d

The ninja is animated!
I should have a fully completed first area within the month!!
#gamemaker #aseprite #solodev #1bit
#indiedev #pixelart

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Threads of Time - Wishlist Now on Steam! @riyogames.bsky.social · 14d

Incredible! We’re thrilled to share that Threads of Time has now surpassed 350,000 wishlists on Steam. Thank you all for the amazing support!

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Small is Beautiful @smallisbeautiful.bsky.social · 15d

Fancy a short, free, weird game to play? Check out my game Sprite Sequence Chapter 1.

Project started webcomic like with weekly releases but I eventually compiled the result into small downloadable games. This is the weirdest thing I've ever made.

#freegame #indiedev

Chapter 1 - The Creation by Small is Beautiful

The whole first chapter of the weekly adventure.

small.itch.io

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Small is Beautiful @smallisbeautiful.bsky.social · 15d

Fancy a short, free, weird game to play? Check out my game Sprite Sequence Chapter 1.

Project started webcomic like with weekly releases but I eventually compiled the result into small downloadable games. This is the weirdest thing I've ever made.

#freegame #indiedev

Chapter 1 - The Creation by Small is Beautiful

The whole first chapter of the weekly adventure.

small.itch.io

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Small is Beautiful @smallisbeautiful.bsky.social · 16d

I'm very happy about the map generator for Mega Drill. It churns out very varied and interesting maps and can be easily customized (adjust map size, how much mountains, water, population there is).

Here are a few random maps.

#indiedev #gamedev #procedural

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 16d

Oh Buns

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Small is Beautiful @smallisbeautiful.bsky.social · 16d

I'm very happy about the map generator for Mega Drill. It churns out very varied and interesting maps and can be easily customized (adjust map size, how much mountains, water, population there is).

Here are a few random maps.

#indiedev #gamedev #procedural

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mit | LOOKING FOR WORK!! @mitsame.art · 16d

i'm currently looking for work! i'm an animator that focuses in #pixelart having worked on plenty of titles indie and otherwise.

i'm available for both full or part-time work, feel free to reach me over DMs or email (linked in my portfolio!) mitsame.carrd.co

pixel character lineup for Sonic the Hedgehog 2, a film by paramount pictures and sega

a selection of character sprites in the style of dr. robotnik's ring racers

a reimagining of super mario bros, with all original graphics at a higher fidelity

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BirdiBirdson @birdibirdson.bsky.social · 18d

Hello! here's a little bit of gameplay from the platformer I'm working on 🏹

#pixelart #gamedev #GameMaker

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Small is Beautiful @smallisbeautiful.bsky.social · 19d

What have we become?

Screenshot from a random linkedIn post:

"Back in 2022, a random thought struck me — why not build a chess game from scratch?

I first started with the basic UI, then slowly added the movement checks for each piece. At that time, there was no ChatGPT to instantly help. Every single logic — from valid moves to checkmate detection — had to be written by hand."

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Small is Beautiful @smallisbeautiful.bsky.social · 21d

I'm worried my UI is getting a little crowded. But then some parts won't be shown during the early game (skills and salaries for example).

Got to make it work first, hope it can get more elegant later!

#gamedev #indiedev

Main UI for Mega Drill, showing an over-world map and a bunch of useful information (date, funds, skills, policies, inventory, tax rate and a popularity bar).

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Small is Beautiful @smallisbeautiful.bsky.social · 21d

I'm worried my UI is getting a little crowded. But then some parts won't be shown during the early game (skills and salaries for example).

Got to make it work first, hope it can get more elegant later!

#gamedev #indiedev

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