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CabalCrow
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indie game dev; theoretical physics PhD student
Currently making a fighting game.
Worked on trailers for @ultrakill-game.bsky.social

DevLogs at: https://blog.crowsneststudio.org/
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CabalCrow @cabalcrow.bsky.social · Sep 7
Second dev log after *check notes* an year... 20 min read that covers hitboxes and hurtbox design in Fighting Games.

#gamedev #indie #game #fgc #fightinggame #indiegames #gamedesign

blog.crowsneststudio.org/posts/hitbox...
Designing Hitboxes and Hurtboxes for a Fighting Game
When you first get started with a fighting game, you will get tasked with creating hit/hurt-boxes and the question of where to even begin? Some things are obvious - you design them to loosely match th...
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cabalcrow.bsky.social
Aaaaand, done with all 6 ships in Daioujou now. All 1ccs. Here a playlist with all of the runs:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...

#shmup #stg #ddp #doj
Shmups - YouTube
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November 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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cyndaquilnation.bsky.social
I didn't even notice it's been a while since the last new environmental asset was made. Looking to bring the big gains here as well and overall pretty happy with how this came out

Pls like and share! 🔥❤️

#gamedev #indiedev #digitalart #pixelart #art
Japanese Shrine building
November 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
cabalcrow.bsky.social
And first B ship. Honestly it was a cakewalk, had to do some adjustments to the route, but it was nothing hard. The high speard just trivialized a lot of encounters. Boss are slightly harder as you are slow, but main difficulty of the game is in the stages

youtu.be/AevqCAK6kIM
#shmup #stg #ddp #doj
Dodonpachi: Daioujou Black Label 1CC Type B SHOTIA
YouTube video by CabalCrow
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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testamentenjoyment.net
Spoilers for Absolum, but you actually might want to spoil yourself on this, because this is some of the worst meta-progression bait I've ever heard of

(Also a great review overall, one that's for once made from the perspective who gave beat 'em ups a deeper shot)
If you don’t believe that Absolum prioritizes the grind above all else, then I’ll have to pull out my trump card and talk about the last boss of the game. Don’t read the next paragraph if you don’t want that spoiled. Or do, honestly, because I recommend knowing this ahead of time so you don’t make the same mistake I did. Once you complete the game once, you find out that actually you need to beat the game again to fight the real final boss. Kind of obnoxious already, but sure. I immediately started another run, but died early due to the game introducing a new extra-hard challenge that I wanted to try out. No problem, I had unlocked one extra from the progression system. I decided to carry on and actually ended up all the way at the end to fight the final boss. Just before the fight, a merchant warned me that the boss had a fatal scream and recommended that I purchase an absurdly expensive extra life. I kind of figured that merchant was referring to some difficult to dodge attack and braced myself for it. No such luck - the final boss seemingly just instantly and unavoidably kills you at the start of the fight, so my run where I was otherwise super powerful and at full health ended right there. This more or less killed my interest in playing further. The goal of this decision seems clear enough: the developers didn’t want you beating Absolum too fast and this insta-kill gimmick was a good way to keep you in the hamster wheel. Wouldn’t you know it, my very next permanent upgrade gave me another extra life on top of the two I had, so my next run would have definitely been the run! If I were the kind of person who got addicted to the progression system, I could easily see myself getting sucked by this bait, hook line and sinker. Sadly for Absolum, I am not that kind of person. I don’t have an addictive personality. Most of the psychological tricks that modern video games employ don’t work on me – I don’t need things to be addicted to, I want things that enrich my life or give me some personal satisfaction.
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
cabalcrow.bsky.social
BACK TO BACK! Was doing an exploration run of the 3rd ship and then - "amma just win" :)

youtu.be/5jb8UQohZ4I
#shmup #stg #ddp #doj
October 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
cabalcrow.bsky.social
Beat Daioujou with the A Laser ship as well - the hardest ship in my view. Better laser should help with bosses and big enemies, but the extra damage and speed is negligable compared to how much harder the stages become due to the lack of spread.

youtu.be/TsynL5IEe1Y?...
#shmup #stg #ddp #doj
Dodonpachi: Daioujou Black Label 1CC Type A LEINYAN
YouTube video by CabalCrow
youtu.be
October 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
cabalcrow.bsky.social
@herberticus.bsky.social Been reading your rougelike tutorial and I've been absolutely loving it.
I have 1 suggestion for an addition on the generating maps section. I saw a cool modification of the drunkard's walk map algo in a game called Space Beast Terror Fright. The main difference in both...
October 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
cabalcrow.bsky.social
Added rouge style map generation for my #drpg. Worked on a lot of low level functions and structures that would help with various style of map generation.

#gamedev #indie #game
October 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
cabalcrow.bsky.social
Update of the lighting on my #drpg. I'm happy with it and I will move on other stuff. Got it optimised as well (fps is halfed because of the recording).

#gamedev #indie #game
September 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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godot-rust.bsky.social
godot-rust v0.4 released!

Export groups, match_class, easy callables, run_deferred, generic PackedArray and much more!

godot-rust.github.io/dev/septembe...
September 2025 dev update
godot-rust
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September 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
cabalcrow.bsky.social
And the no bomb no miss on the "final boss" (not the secret final one). Strategy included in the description:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfBz...

#shump #stg #ddp
September 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
cabalcrow.bsky.social
Here the video to my 1CC run of Dodonpachi Daioujou:
youtu.be/3o5m2NvJxw8?...

#shmup #stg #ddp
September 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
cabalcrow.bsky.social
Just 1CCed Dodonpachi Daioujou Black Label.
My whole body is filled with needles from that run, I have way too much blood in my hands... the video is processing gonna upload it soon.
September 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
cabalcrow.bsky.social
Working on the lighting for me #drpg I like what I got so far.

#gamedev #indie #game
September 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
cabalcrow.bsky.social
32x32 eye study today

#pixelart
September 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
cabalcrow.bsky.social
Been playing around with #gameoflife #cellularautomata in torodial space. Found some cool stuff - it also works pretty well for a screen saver
September 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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testamentenjoyment.net
What struck me as odd between 2D and 3D melee-oriented games is that while 2D games generally expected you to avoid damage through staying or jumping away, most 3D games decided that a block/dodge/parry/etc. was necessary. Try listing what 3D games do so and don't, and it'll look like this:
Incomprehensive and inaccurate list of what 3D singleplayer melee action games expect you to avoid damage using an on-demand special action (like using blocks/invincible dodges/parrying/clashing/countering) instead of just, like, moving or jumping away from an attack like you would in Mega Man Zero or whatever
September 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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tine5.bsky.social
Theme: #anglerfish
#pixelart #pixel_dailies
@pixeldailies.bsky.social
1bit pixel art, black background and bright light blue details. An anglerfish sits at the centre, with ling teeth, an extended lower jaw, bulging eyes, fins on either side and the glowing light on the stalk from its head. Behind are several partially obscured anglerfish, hidden in the darkness of the deep ocean. There are lights above and the angler fish luminescence is lighting up part of the seafloor.
September 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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tine5.bsky.social
Theme: #priest
#pixelart #pixel_dailies #exorcist
@pixeldailies.bsky.social
A small 1bit pixel art with a medium green background and black details. It shows a man in shadow with a wide brimmed hat, long coat and holding a large bag in his left hand. He is stood facing a large house with walls around it with railings and plants on the posts. There is a lamppost outside creating shadows and one large window on the top floor is glowing extremely brightly It is very unnatural.
September 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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bobablin.bsky.social
#pixelart #silksong
September 9, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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stuntmaenbob.bsky.social
E x p l o r a t i o n t r i p

#pixelart
Guy (right side in the corner) exploring a peaceful world. Pixel art landscape in green colors. Front: lot of high grass. Middle: trees (most of them on the left). Background: some huge mountains.
September 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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ekvitki.bsky.social
Purple

#pixelart
September 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM