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We are slow-cooking, self-doubting, heart-spilling, never-ceasing, take-a-deep-breath-and-releasing gamemakers. ✨ Wishlist Phantom of the Grove! ✨ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3510510/Phantom_of_the_Grove/

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Survansix @survansix.com · Feb 5

Hey there! 👋 We're Survansix, a micro gaggle of game makers from around the world 🇻🇳🇧🇷🇦🇺

For the past 10 years, we've been dreaming up a story that's dear to our hearts and we've made every mistake in the book. We're currently in a training montage as we go from scope creep nightmare to LAUNCH 👊

Survansix @survansix.com · May 4

Cool! Is this for Kinetic Canvas? I guess you wouldn't need much lore for an app like that :)

Survansix @survansix.com · May 2

Here's a quick character sketch of the drog: a curious, feisty creature in Phantom of the Grove, tasked with the total and utter deforestation of your sacred grove.

#indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #cozygame

Survansix @survansix.com · May 2

Thank you! ✨😊

Survansix @survansix.com · May 1

🙌 🙏

Survansix @survansix.com · May 1

absolutely 🐸🔥
if you wanna check out more frog-related espionage we've got heaps of behind-the-scenes stuff on our insta!

www.instagram.com/survansix/

Survansix @survansix.com · Apr 30

Cost of animating one page: 999 hrs
Benefit of NCrafters making us feel 😊😊: Priceless

Survansix @survansix.com · Apr 30

Man, it's more like, *if life is just a hobby, y'know? You can make great money from your hobbies and never have to work a day in your life. Most of success comes down to who your parents are and the colour of their skin. But what's in your control is how much you enjoy what you do. Small games ftw.

Survansix @survansix.com · Apr 30

Animating books takes a lot of work!

#indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #cozygame

Survansix @survansix.com · Apr 30

Balancing localisation costs with lore is a tricky one..

On one hand, giving the player something to discover in our mushroom foraging colony sim is really gratifying. But also, I want our games to be loved all around the world.

How do you approach localisation?

#indiegame #gamedev #cozygame

Survansix @survansix.com · Apr 30

Hopefully you make more than one!

Survansix @survansix.com · Apr 30

I just resent the hustle culture assumption, y'know? Some people learn well by exploring and don't need the pressure of perfection in order to improve.

Survansix @survansix.com · Apr 30

I get what you're saying I just think there's more than one way to go in life. And yeah if you're trying to make games full-time job having a focused way of doing it works well. But also some of the most fun we've had has been making tiny games that don't mean anything.

Survansix @survansix.com · Apr 30

Hot take. Imo your first game is only as important as it is new. Just get it over with and start worrying about the success of your 10th game.

Survansix @survansix.com · Apr 28

Cheers - we're currently pretty happy with table lists and matrices in Odin but if we have a need for a more fully fledged spreadsheet visualiser we'll give it a try ✨

Survansix @survansix.com · Apr 28

Hey! Appreciate the hustle - but sorry, we can actually do that + more with Odin already

Survansix @survansix.com · Apr 27

This is really good, though! What's your secret?

Survansix @survansix.com · Apr 27

😆 we need new sci-fi at this point

Survansix @survansix.com · Apr 26

A long-time friend of our studio drew this crazy amazing concept art (she called it a sketch!)

This is Gaston, the froggy samurai protagonist of a personal letter I once received that we've slowly been making into a game over the past decade.

#indiegame #pixelart #art #gameart #samuraifrog

Survansix @survansix.com · Apr 26

Definitely up our alley! 👀

Survansix @survansix.com · Apr 24

Yeah I like that. More games should turn the spotlight inward and address some of the shared challenges of indie game dev

Survansix @survansix.com · Apr 24

Thanks! Curious: any ideas as to why?

Survansix @survansix.com · Apr 24

🙏 thanks for your vote!

Survansix @survansix.com · Apr 24

Thanks @mobuos.dev! yeah we've been playing with random sprites but it's actually more performance heavy in particle emitters than you'd first think 🤔

Personally I'm not a fan when the resolution is completely out of sync like in A. But I do like C 😁

Survansix @survansix.com · Apr 24

I think maybe my nostalgic inner child is a purist and I've been chasing the completely grid-locked pixel look BUT still want the modern fanciness :')

I'm learning it's about personal taste re where you stick to the grid. E.g. there are some HD effects that are not to my taste (e.g. Octopath)

Survansix @survansix.com · Apr 24

🙌 congrats!