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TheFunctionCreep

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Art and Video Games. [Death in a Party] Coming soon, wishlist on Steam! https://www.deathinaparty.com

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · Sep 10

It happened!
My game has a real Steam store page now.

ACT I releases next month on the 31st... For free!
You can then click on all of the things. Spooky.

#indiegame #steam #horror #pixelart #gamedev

Death in a Party - ACT I on Steam

Point and click horror game about nostalgia. You begin in a theme park forgotten to the world for over a decade. What you uncover will take you further down, below the surface, to man-made horrors you...

store.steampowered.com

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 7h

Almost all of today was taken up with rearranging the notebook entries into their final places. It's been pretty much all spoiler heavy material.

I can share this new, and very important, initial objective the player is given:

#indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #questlog #horrorgame

TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 1d

oh no don't encourage me (thank you!)

TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 1d

While adding in the final parts of story content, I was pushed to make a special storage box to keep items in.
It's not looking very pretty right now but it'll get there later this week.

#gamedev #indiegame #horror #pointandclick #gamemaker #pixelart

TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 2d

The secret rendering technique of "how much work could it possibly be to draw all these backgrounds"

TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 2d

Needed a new type face and quickly made this one.
I accept a certain level of crapness is part of this journey but I really need to fix the g and f.

#gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #font #horrorgame #keming

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 2d

Thank you! And yes, you are correct. It was an insane thing to do but the result isn't too bad I don't think.

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 3d

We have entirely reasonable kitchen hygiene precautions around here.

#indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #horror #pointandclick #solodev

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 4d

tfw you failed art class thrice but lived to make a joke about it in your game.

My word, the last few days were a lot of work with words and ctrl+v. There's lots more things to click on now.

#gamedev #indiegame #horrorgame #pixelart #pointandclick

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 6d

Whoops. Forgot to fully detail this background.
Weekend me is going to be thrilled to do that. And more!

#gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #horror #pointandclick #beanmouth

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 7d

Look at all these nice numbers I wrote down today. Tomorrow me will be very happy.

#gamedev #notebook

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 9d

Aside from a few continuity errors that need fixing, all the backgrounds for ACT I are properly finished.

Here's a very annoying one where I had to detail a fish and chip shop cooking station. Something I never want to do again.

#gamedev #pixelart #indiegame #pointandclick #horror

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 10d

welcome to ARCADE
we have one game and it doesn't work :'(

Some of the backgrounds from this week, now in place.

#indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #pointandclick #horror #solodev

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 11d

Player character reveal!!... Sort of.

and wow, i'm finally on the last set of 11 backgrounds that need finishing out of the 200.
can't wait to get tired of other game dev tasks once more.

#gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #horrorgame #steamgame #spooky

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 12d

Had to draw all sorts of odd things today. It required a surprising amount of research into CRT monitors.

#gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #horror #pointandclick #spooky

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 13d

All the fire extinguishers in the Park were seemingly repossessed when Manny Land shut down.

This is very convenient because it means I don't have to draw them!

#indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #horror #pointandclick #gameart

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 14d

Using old carpets is a personal fave means to render an area inaccessible. They're easy to draw from any angle.

#gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #horrorgame #pointandclick

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 15d

Couldn't stretch the budget enough for Supaplex. Had to settle for the regular kind of Plex instead.

#gamedev #pixelart #indiegame #horrorgame #pointandclick

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 16d

Desperately running around adding fire alarms and safety signs in the buildings.
You know, for that 𝕚𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟.

#gamedev #pixelart #indiegame #horrorgame #pointandclick #gamemaker

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 18d

I enjoy adding mysterious pipes.

#gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #horrorgame #liminal #solodev #steam

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 18d

Part of a small 3D area I'm working on at the moment as a tiny break from drawing backgrounds. Hoping to get it in the game later today to see how it looks.

#gamedev #pixelart #3Denvironment #indiegame #horror #gamemaker

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 19d

thank you!

TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 19d

Somewhere far off in the distance you can almost hear it.
The call.
"Blobby blobby blobby!!"

#gamedev #pixelart #indiegame #horror #gamemaker #pointandclick

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 21d

someone broke the box of LIES

and also, my game passed the steam build review earlier! i can let my game testers loose on the steam version now.

#gamedev #pixelart #indiegame #horror #pointandclick

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 23d

Installed a new suspiciously man-shaped stain on the floor in this room. And some bonus protein on the sofa.

#indiegame #horror #pixelart #gamedev #pointandclick

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 24d

this looks like a fun sort of place.

Took a little break from drawing backgrounds to code this little area (work in progress) into my game.

#gamedev #indiegame #gamemaker #horrorgame #pixelart

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