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@snoozingrat.bsky.social

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Gamedev, pixel artist, TTRPG designer. Rat parent.🐀 In progress: - 2.5D RPG ala Chrono Trigger - action-platformer metroidvania - games re: mental health AuDHD, queer 🏳️‍⚧️ (they/them) Mastodon: @[email protected] Itch: snoozingrat.itch.io

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Lex @snoozingrat.bsky.social · 22d

A Week Later: The Responses to DO THE THING (have been awesome) - Do The Thing: A Game About Executive Dysfunction

#gamedev #mentalhealth #autism #adhd #neurodivergence

A Week Later: The Responses to DO THE THING (have been awesome)

So it's been just over a week since I initially conceived and released DO THE THING. And I've been honestly thrilled with the responses and feedback I've received so far. I had no idea if anyone else....

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Lex @snoozingrat.bsky.social · 1d

My province is talking about removing all rent protections. Partner and I might be homeless in a few months.

It is nearly impossible to find reasons to keep creating when so much of my future is uncertain

I will keep trying. I will keep making. But I don't have a ton of hope.

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 6d

made a little shack :3

#EniBlockGame

a 3 block high cobble shack with a window visible in the side and bark blocks in the corners. the front is lined with wildflowers and ferns

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Lex @snoozingrat.bsky.social · 10d

Extremely rough week without much progress. But here's Flea, being the chillest little pancake.

#rats #petrats #ratsky

A head-on photo of an adult male hooded fancy rat, stretched out comfortably on a towel next to his food bowl.

A side-view photo of an adult male hooded fancy rat, stretched out comfortably on a towel next to his food bowl.

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Katherine 🏳️‍⚧️ @quadraticink.bsky.social · 11d

Debugging: Uninspired, mundane, destructive. ❌

Cryptoentomology: Mysterious, cerebral, constructive. ✔

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Blackblooms (indiegamedev) @blackblooms.bsky.social · 11d

bit late for #PortfolioDay, but im an amateur indiegamedev that works on pixelart sidescroller adventure games.

My games are playable for free and feature plenty of big bosses to fight and strange worlds to explore.

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Lex @snoozingrat.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks! I'm working on converting pre-made positioning animations into navigation code to make it more flexible.

And so that enemies and characters can actually walk up to each other when they attack, which will be really neat.

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Beckx @beckx-creates.bsky.social · 13d

tweens tweens tweens, i love 'em!
playing around with timings :)

#godot #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Lex @snoozingrat.bsky.social · 13d

I think I know what my next game about mental health is going to be. DO THE THING worked so well.

Details are being sketched out, but it will be called SCHOOLING.

#gamedev #mentalhealth #adhd #autism

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 13d

no one is safe

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Lex @snoozingrat.bsky.social · 15d

I feel like enough people have played Silksong at this point I can say the game got genuine laughter out of me after beating the Judge.

No idea if intentional if "actually, there are FIVE bells of -" was a DS1 riff, but I did get an extra laugh with Hornet's "Those? Did them on the way." reply.

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 17d

holy shit kitsune tails is gonna be on gdq! :D

Games Done Quick @gamesdonequick.com · 17d

Our FIRST-EVER #GDQueer schedule is OUT NOW!! 🌈🎉

Congratulations to our amazing runners, and a tremendous "thank you" to anyone and everyone who submitted a run for this brand-new event!!

gamesdonequick.com/schedule/61

A graphic reading "Games Done Queer SCHEDULE IS LIVE!!" Our GDQueer mascot, Byte, is in the corner with some pink hearts surrounding them.

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Lex @snoozingrat.bsky.social · 16d

Feels like it's been quite a while since I uploaded anything outside of menus. But I revisited the combat to clean it up a bit more, and it's certainly coming along.

#gamedev #godotengine #rpg

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Lex @snoozingrat.bsky.social · 17d

For anyone interested, I've set up an account on Mastodon: @[email protected]

I will be doing my best to keep both accounts updated until/unless this site implodes.

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Near @skylessblind.bsky.social · 18d

Skyless 1.6 is here, available to everyone! Including a ton of bug fixes, a new secret world, new pages to the Garden Grimorika, new items, and a black hole.
skylessblind.itch.io/skylessblind

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Jakob Scott @jakobscott.bsky.social · 18d

The monumentum demo got a fresh coat of paint just in time for next fest next week. If you were feelin' a bit defeated on your first try, you may find it a bit more forgiving now ;) #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #pixelart

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Lex @snoozingrat.bsky.social · 17d

They really are! They were the inspiration for my name and logo, after all.

Lex @snoozingrat.bsky.social · 17d

Took another code break, this time to play around with a title screen idea. This is for The Megastructure, the 2.5 Chrono Trigger/Golden Sun inspired game I'm currently prototyping systems for.

#gamedev #godot #pixelart #rpg

The word "Megastructure" on a black background, in blue. The "M" is heavily stylized, constructed out of the arms of a minimalist rendition of the titular megastructure - a spherical mass with long tendrils reaching outward in one direction.

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Lex @snoozingrat.bsky.social · 18d

It's @[email protected]! snoozingrat isn't a name I find already taken very much, which is nice.

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Lex @snoozingrat.bsky.social · 18d

I realized I was wrong when I finally noticed the "Other servers" feed.

Lex @snoozingrat.bsky.social · 18d

So, much like here. Good to know I was, indeed, overthinking. I appreciate the starter pack link! That will help.

For some reason I assumed the search and feeds were limited my home instance + anyone I followed, so had no idea how I was supposed to *find* people outside my instance.

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Lex @snoozingrat.bsky.social · 18d

Been expanding to Mastodon and I'm a bit lost. Not really sure how to find people to follow, especially if some people are on other instances.

It seems relatively similar to here in terms of actual post size and content?

I am bad at social media and overanalyze social expectations & etiquette.

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Lex @snoozingrat.bsky.social · 22d

A Week Later: The Responses to DO THE THING (have been awesome) - Do The Thing: A Game About Executive Dysfunction

#gamedev #mentalhealth #autism #adhd #neurodivergence

A Week Later: The Responses to DO THE THING (have been awesome)

snoozingrat.itch.io

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Lex @snoozingrat.bsky.social · 22d

Orthogonal cameras didn't play nice with the SpringArm though, so I had to engineer my own solution. The camera itself would move, but the view wouldn't change.

So I had to "fake" that zoom by shrinking the size of the camera, depending on the camera's position along the Arm.

Lex @snoozingrat.bsky.social · 22d

Been upgrading my camera code a bit. Now I've got this smooth transition between open spaces and narrow corridors.

Also testing out Godot's geometry tools and using distance fade material properties to hide the room's external faces if the player is in or near.

#gamedev #godot #rpg

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Lex @snoozingrat.bsky.social · 23d

Maybe it's time I give Nine Sols a proper go.