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Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend

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Hi, I’m Larissa! 🌷 Illustrator turned game dev | Making cozy adventure games with great art and a lot of heart | Currently solo developing Mole's Best Friend | Momming everyday Check out my devlogs: https://youtube.com/@lurissu

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Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · 4d

I started drawing this pottery/ceramics studio background a year ago this week, but have procrastinated on finishing it because I want it to be gorgeous and true to the vibes I got from ceramics classes I was in when I was younger. Basically, perfectionism paralyzed me! I gotta get on it. #indiegame

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Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · 9d

Aw thank you! 🤗

Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · 9d

Lucy Dreaming!

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Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · 10d

hope u like puns 😏

Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · 10d

Half of the fun of point n click adventure games is investigating items in any given scene. I added names/descriptions to almost everything in Scrunch the beetle’s bedroom. She is a rebellious preteen who loves fiber art. My personal favorite item is the “fleur” lamp. Get it? Fleur, floor?

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Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · 10d

I sure picked a hell of a time to make an adventure game. Started working on it 5 months postpartum and now I have an absolutely bonkers 1.5 yr old running around. But I will persevere! Game development can happen between naps, no matter how few and far between!

Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · 20d

is it clocking to you that i’m standing on business

Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · 20d

Spent September animating, marketing with said animations, and realized you HAVE to have a growth mindset as a game dev (or anyone with a goal in life) youtu.be/HMV2IgBq04c?...

Animation updates + game dev REQUIRES a growth mindset

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Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · 22d

Hyperventilating because I posted about Mole's Best Friend (with screenshots!) in the new Adventure Game Hotspot forum.

Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · 23d

Small game dev win: I figured out action areas, aka the tadpoles emerge and submerge depending on if you are standing close enough to the creek! Not pictured: me giggling and kicking my feet as I click back and forth. #indiegamedev #pointandclickadventure #visionairestudio

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Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · 25d

breaking: woman who claims to hate animating, keeps animating

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Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · 27d

Animated this grouchy gecko gardener this week. She may look cute but she’s got a bad attitude. #animation #indiegamedev #molesbestfriend #adventuregame

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Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · Sep 17

Post a mage! ✨

A sugar glider witch who loves the element of surprise.

Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · Sep 15

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable #sickandtwisted #disturbingart #cozygame

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Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · Sep 15

I do TikTok stuff and am enjoying the text to speech feature. Here’s an update on me tadpoles. #animation #indiegamedev

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Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · Sep 12

I think it made things much more convenient but apparently it is pretty easy to do yourself.

Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · Sep 12

I used a registered agent in my state to handle stuff like filing with the Secretary of State, but I had to fill out a couple of forms for them.

Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · Sep 12

ahem, hats*

Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · Sep 12

Game dev is a crash course in believing in yourself, wearing a million has, and harnessing a growth mindset. In the last 6 months I’ve done narrative design, puzzle design, animation, coding, marketing, formed an LLC, project management, collaborated with other creatives, and cried.

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Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · Sep 12

thin aughts brows are in rn

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Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · Sep 10

I am struggling a lil with water animation, but I am p happy with my tadpoles. #animation #pointandclickadventure #indiegame

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Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · Sep 10

animating water is like rly hard 😓

Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · Sep 8

late night animatin’

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Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · Sep 7

I’m talking with a storyboard artist friend soon about doing some boards for the opening cutscene for the game. I am pumped. Also going to try to get the Steam page up this month. Full speed ahead!!

Stay Sorta Positive Games 💖 Mole’s Best Friend @staysortapositive.bsky.social · Sep 7

mid pizza > no pizza

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