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Adam Holmes🍟Holmade Games
@holmadegames.itch.io
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🇨🇦 Retro game dev (NES/Game Boy/PC)
Bustina, Hurdle Turtle, Bit of War, Purple Chicken Spaceman

Making sPoOky Mickey Mouse GB Game!

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Working on a #Cryptsmasher cutscene! It's nice to take a break and do art for the project. 🐭 ✏️

Project Page: holmadegames.itch.io/mtm-cryptsma...

#pixelart #solodev #indiedev #retrogame #gamedev #mickeymouse #gbdev #gbstudio #indiegamedev #gameboy
A photo of a cutscene from Cryptsmasher being drawn on a tablet
June 21, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Been sick the last few days so not much done on #Cryptsmasher except I've been laying down the music and sound effects. Amazing how much music provides polish to the game! I'll have a video soon ☺️

#pixelart #solodev #indiedev #retrogame #gamedev #mickeymouse #gbdev #gbstudio
June 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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I'm happy to share the official poster art for the #Cryptsmasher Demo! I'm hoping to have a version you can try ready in the next few weeks! Final art by @strayyleafy.bsky.social based on my sketchy doodles 👻

#pixelart #solodev #indiedev #retrogame #gamedev #mickeymouse #gbdev #gbstudio
poster art showing Mickey running from skeletons and bats
June 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Starting to work on rough artwork for the cover of the #Cryptsmasher demo. 👻💀🐁

#pixelart #solodev #indiedev #retrogame #gamedev #mickeymouse #gbdev #gbstudio #homebrew #gameboy
Pencil sketch of Mickey the Mouse running from monsters
June 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Working on a new area for the #Cryptsmasher demo with criminally tall trees and aerial platforming. Brace yourself for a fall..or three!

Project Page: holmadegames.itch.io/mtm-cryptsma...

#pixelart #solodev #indiedev #retrogame #gamedev #mickeymouse #gbdev #gbstudio #gameboy #homebrew #gameboydev
Screenshot of GB Studio with a close up of the new area
June 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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"Mickey follows the voice in his head into the graveyard. In a dark cave below the graveyard, Mickey stumbles upon a mysterious object."

Project Page: holmadegames.itch.io/mtm-cryptsma...

#pixelart #solodev #indiedev #retrogame #gamedev #mickeymouse #gbdev #gbstudio #gameboy #homebrew #gameboydev
June 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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"Mickey continues to explore the graveyard and begins hearing a voice in his mind.. he feels inexorably drawn towards it..."

Project Page: holmadegames.itch.io/mtm-cryptsma...

#pixelart #solodev #indiedev #retrogame #gamedev #mickeymouse #gbdev #gbstudio #gameboy #homebrew #gameboydev
June 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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"As the night goes on, the darkness looms deeper and Mickey finds himself in exceedlingly creepy and dangerous environs..."

Project Page: holmadegames.itch.io/mtm-cryptsma...

#pixelart #solodev #indiedev #retrogame #gamedev #mickeymouse #gbdev #gbstudio #gameboy #homebrew #gameboydev
June 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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I've been posting lots so for #screenshotsaturday I wasn't sure what to post. I figured this shot of the new heart pickups was as good as any! But wait.. is there something behind that heart? Be careful!

#pixelart #solodev #indiedev #retrogame #gamedev #mickeymouse #gbdev #gbstudio #indiegamedev
June 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Enemies are starting to get a little creepier... flying eyeballs anyone?

Project page: holmadegames.itch.io/mtm-cryptsma...

#pixelart #solodev #indiedev #retrogame #gamedev #mickeymouse #gbdev #gbstudio #indiegamedev
June 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Hey #PitchYaGame !
Adam Holmes' Tales of Mickey the Mouse: Cryptsmasher is a sPoOkY black & white platformer for the Game Boy Color! Mickey searches for an ancient artifact that grants special powers to help defeat the darkness. In development now!

Project Page: holmadegames.itch.io/mtm-cryptsma...
June 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Playing with dialogues for the first cutscene but when my brain gets silly and I start writing stuff like this it's usually time to call it a day 😜

#pixelart #solodev #indiedev #retrogame #gamedev #mickeymouse #gbdev #gbstudio
June 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Discovering the magic of palette swapping so that the owls can be in the background more and also so you can actually see Mickey in darker, Crypt-ier environments. 👻

#pixelart #solodev #indiedev #retrogame #gamedev #mickeymouse #gbdev #gbstudio
June 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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The new skeleton walk cycle is in the game! What do you think? I like it, but feedback is welcome!

Project page: holmadegames.itch.io/mtm-cryptsma...

#pixelart #solodev #indiedev #retrogame #gamedev #mickeymouse #gbdev #gbstudio
June 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Just busted out the old iPad 1 and working on laying the bones for the skeleton walk animation for Cryptsmasher!

#pixelart #solodev #indiedev #retrogame #gamedev #mickeymouse #gbdev #gbstudio
June 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Updated footage of Tales of Mickey the Mouse: Cryptsmasher! Demonstrating the game loop a little bit. I gotta animate those skeletons! Game project page: holmadegames.itch.io/mtm-cryptsma...

#pixelart #solodev #gameboydev #indiedev #retrogaming #mickeymouse #gbstudio #gbdev
June 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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I'm pretty happy with how these little bats and background owls turned out. And I got them working without compromising too much resources! I'm getting the hang of this Game Boy stuff!

#pixelart #solodev #indiedev #retrogame #gamedev #mickeymouse #gbdev
Cryptsmasher screenshot showing Mickey with a skeleton, bat and owl
June 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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For #screenshotsaturday, thought I'd show off I'm getting the important stuff in to Cryptsmasher - Health UI and SGB border! You know, the essentials 😎👍

#pixelart #solodev #gbstudio #mickeymouse #gameboy #indiedev #homebrew
Cryptsmasher running in SGB mode
May 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Just learned that the cause of slowdown on Mickey the Mouse: Cryptsmasher was because my sprites are too animated and large. Now I'm crying because I don't want to go back to my old 16x16 sprites. Gonna have to rework a lot I think.

#gbstudio #pixelart #homebrew #gameboy #gbdev #indiedev #solodev
Close up of way too many tiles in my player character
May 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Hello folks! I'm getting back into the development of Mickey the Mouse: Cryptsmasher! I've also updated the itch page for it, check it out here and follow along with development: holmadegames.itch.io/mtm-cryptsma...

#GBStudio #GameBoyDev #IndieDev #PixelArt #RetroGames #Chiptune #Homebrew
Title Logo for Cryptsmasher
May 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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🎵 Calling all chiptune musicians! 🎵
I'm looking for someone with experience composing for GB Studio to create music for a Spooky Mickey Mouse Game Boy game I'm working on.

If you're interested, please DM me!

#Chiptune #GBStudio #GameBoyDev #IndieDev #PixelArt #RetroGames #ChiptuneMusic #Homebrew
Screenshot of Cryptsmasher for Game Boy, currently in development
May 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Going back to my roots with a new simple retro-style arcade game for PC called Chucky McBomb 💣💥 Just started on it, here are some early sprites! Thoughts about my little spaceman bomber?

#indiegame #indiedev #solodev #retro #pixel #indievideogame #gamedev #pixelgame #aliens #explosions #indiepcgame
Spritesheet showing main character, aliens, bombs and explosive barrels from a new game in development, Chucky McBomb.
May 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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I’ve been working hard on revamping my community site The Fun Zone, and it’s now the official hub for Holmade Games! Come by to chat about my games, share bug reports, fan art and more. Let me know what you think! 😁

#IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #GamingCommunity

Link: hgfunzone.com
screenshot of the Holmade Games Fun Zone, my community site
April 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Working on Tales of Mickey the Mouse: Cryptsmasher. Getting some weird performance issues when I instantiate too many skeletons but my test room is getting there. 👻🐁

#gamedev #retrogame #indiegamedev #gbstudio
GB Studio with Mickey the Mouse Cryptsmasher opened for editting
February 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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i was planning on polishing this to look arcadey like Hurdle Turtle .. but I'm falling in love with the placeholder art which is making me laugh the whole time I'm coding this little microgame 🤣 paintbrush aesthetic for the win?

#indiegamedev #screenshotsaturday #paintbrush #gamedev #retrogame
screenshot of Yippee Surf with placeholder art
February 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM