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Jeremy // Making Star Spark
@jeremyjackson.bsky.social
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Learning, growing, and staying caffeinated.

Working on #StarSpark, the anime tournament roguelite: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3639950

🎮 https://jeremyjackson89.itch.io
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Working on a teleport effect. The idea is that after selecting a character...

- they'll teleport off screen
- the screen fades to the map
- the character teleports onto the map

This is also how they'll change locations during runs.

#ScreenshotSaturday #GameDev #StarSpark #PixelArt #IndieGameDev
November 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday, KotD! 💪

I'm making Star Spark, a tactical turn-based fighting game in which players battle their way through an anime inspired survival tournament.

Wishlist ➡️ store.steampowered.com/app/3639950/

#GameDev #VideoGames #IndieGames #Roguelite #Anime #GodotEngine
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
The sickos meme but it's Vegeta (Art by Jackie Vecchitto)
November 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
👊💥

The impact frames (the black background with white character silhouettes that shows for a few frames) for the final blow look and feel better to me now.

🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/3639950

#WishlistWednesday #StarSpark #IndieGames #Godot #GameDev
November 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
Kid Goku with a "w-t-f" face
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
For #ScreenshotSaturday I wanna show off some juice I added this week -- hitstop and impact frames! See how the combat area turns black and the characters become white silhouettes?

You can wishlist Star Spark on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3639950

#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGames #Gaming
November 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
Hi #PitchYaGame, I'm making Star Spark!

Inspired by anime tournament arcs, it combines real-time combo inputs, turn-based combat, deckbuilding strategy, and roguelite elements.

Wishlist Star Spark on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3639950

#IndieGame #Gaming #GameDev #GodotEngine
November 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
Am I misunderstanding this bit from the article? It sounds like it's only something they'll do after he's met some expectations.

I'm with ya though, this is... stupid to the say the least.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Snippet from an article that reads: "Tesla shareholders approved a $1tn compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk on Thursday, awarding the world’s richest man what would be the largest corporate payout in history if he meets the goals necessary to receive it."
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
It's cool though.
The "yea" meme from the last panel of mysillycomics' "a true conversationalist"
November 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday!

This is Star Spark, a game about a roguelite fighting tournament inspired by DBZ: Legendary Super Warriors.

This week I've been playing around with sound effects and hitstop :)

Steam ➡️ store.steampowered.com/app/3639950

#GameDev #Gaming #IndieGames #Godot
November 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
Now the hits sound better! 👊💥

I'm also replacing the slow-mo I had before with some hitstop. Next up is adjusting how the hitstop works so I can do more cool stuff with it.

You can wishlist Star Spark on Steam!
➡️ store.steampowered.com/app/3639950

#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGames #WishlistWednesday
November 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
A screenshot from the game Untitled Goose Game showing the titular goose with the dragon balls edited into. There text below the image reads: The goose has collected all the dragonballs the dragon is summoned "What is your desire" the goose honks "...as you wish" the dragon disappears nothing noticeable has changed and that makes you nervous
November 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
Like here in Silver, they do the same thing. The player sprite lines up directly with other world objects like the radio above them here. If the move one tile left, they line up directly with the PC. If they move one tile right, they line up with TV, etc.
A screenshot of Pokemon Silver showing the main character in their room at the start of the game.
November 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
Nappa from Dragon Ball Z looking back in disbelief after Vegeta says Goku’s power level is over 9000
November 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
#MonthlyRecap 2025-10
- Started playing Final Fantasy Tactics
- Staying consistent with the gym and guitar

For #StarSpark #gamedev:
- Finished the Thug sprite
- Made the JoyFlow Games website
- Started on sound effect improvements
- Launched the Steam page for Star Spark 🎉
Capsule art for Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles The JoyFlow Games logo Capsule art for Star Spark
November 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
This week I've been toying with sound effects.

Some feedback I got about Star Spark's trailer was that the hit sounds were too dull, so I've been trying to tweak some anime sound effects to better fit the feel of the game.

Do you think these sound better?

#GameDev #IndieDev #Godot
October 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday 🙇‍♂️

This is Star Spark, a game about a roguelite fighting tournament.

It's got
👊 Fast, tactical, turn-based combat
🎮 Real-time combo inputs
🛠️ Skill customization
🥋 10 fighters

Steam ➡️ store.steampowered.com/app/3639950

#GameDev #Gaming #IndieGames #IndieDev
October 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
I like how the Thug's burst animation frame turned out.

I was gonna show this off a couple of weeks ago, but had to start working on the Steam trailer, Steam page, and JoyFlow Games (@joyflow.bsky.social) website.

#GameDev #IndieGameDev #GodotEngine #StarSpark
October 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
Last week I launched the Steam page for #StarSpark.

So far it has 122 wishlists! Some games have had way better Store page launches and some way worse, but 122 is far more than I'd expected to get within the first week. If you've shared/wishlisted the game, thanks a ton! 🙇‍♂️

#GameDev #IndieGameDev
The Steam wishlist chart for Star Spark from 2025-10-21 to 2025-10-28. The largest spike was on Wednesday, 2025-10-22 with the game added to 45 wishlists, the second largest spike was on 2025-10-26 with the game being added to 30 wishlists.
October 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
Star Spark is about a fighting tournament presented in a roguelite format.

store.steampowered.com/app/3639950/...
October 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
I shared the trailer and store page on reddit yesterday and people immediately clocked the main inspiration for the game (DBZ: Legendary Super Warriors), so I’m gonna take that as a good.
The box, manual, and cartridge for the Game Boy Color game Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors sitting on a desk.
October 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
This week I...

LAUNCHED THE STEAM PAGE FOR STAR SPARK! 🎉

Here's the announcement trailer showing off some gameplay.

There's still lots to do, but it's cool to be at this point 🙂

Wishlist it here!
store.steampowered.com/app/3639950/...

#StarSpark #ScreenshotSaturday #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame
October 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
Hey @gog.com, thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday!

This is Star Spark, my anime tournament roguelite.

The Steam page (my first! 🥳) launched a couple of days ago: store.steampowered.com/app/3639950/...

If you like what you see, please share and wishlist it 🙇‍♂️

#GameDev #IndieGame #Godot
October 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
This is the Steam trailer for Star Spark that I'd been working on!

The game isn't done, but just having the store page is a big milestone for me.

Wishlist it if you like what you see!

store.steampowered.com/app/3639950/...

#IndieGame #GameDev #IndieGameDev #WishlistWednesday #Godot
October 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
jeremyjackson.bsky.social
This week I...

- got the Thug sprite in game
- finished announcement trailer for Steam
- submitted the Steam page for review

There's still more to do, but it's nice to finally be at this point.

#StarSpark #ScreenshotSaturday #GameDev #IndieGameDev #Godot
October 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM