Jim Kersey
@jimkersey.bsky.social
Artist, programmer, rare-do-well. Making a game for fun.
https://canaryrpg.com
https://theamokbros.com
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3248880/Canary/
Linux, Python, C, SDL, Emacs
Pencil, paper, ink
https://canaryrpg.com
https://theamokbros.com
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3248880/Canary/
Linux, Python, C, SDL, Emacs
Pencil, paper, ink
Pinned
Jim Kersey
@jimkersey.bsky.social
· Feb 5
Canary on Steam
A sci-fi rpg with turn-based combat. Heartwarmingly primitive graphics and sound.
store.steampowered.com
Anyway, the thing I've been making is officially "Coming Soon" on Steam.
store.steampowered.com/app/3248880/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3248880/...
A lot of code is hiding behind this video... I'm using @aseprite.org to generate the spritesheets and .json files for animations, but I didn't want to pull a whole json library into my code so I'm parsing the .json with Python to create text files with just the data I need. #gamedev #indiegamedev
November 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A lot of code is hiding behind this video... I'm using @aseprite.org to generate the spritesheets and .json files for animations, but I didn't want to pull a whole json library into my code so I'm parsing the .json with Python to create text files with just the data I need. #gamedev #indiegamedev
Not me confused about why the color picker isn't working without realizing I'm trying to grab a pixel on the transparency checkerboard. 😐
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Not me confused about why the color picker isn't working without realizing I'm trying to grab a pixel on the transparency checkerboard. 😐
Happy #screenshotsaturday! Whatcha got!
I'm playing around with color palettes and pixel sprites, also fixed a bug that I didn't know I had where the walls were perpetually shadowed.
I'm playing around with color palettes and pixel sprites, also fixed a bug that I didn't know I had where the walls were perpetually shadowed.
November 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Happy #screenshotsaturday! Whatcha got!
I'm playing around with color palettes and pixel sprites, also fixed a bug that I didn't know I had where the walls were perpetually shadowed.
I'm playing around with color palettes and pixel sprites, also fixed a bug that I didn't know I had where the walls were perpetually shadowed.
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Bodyguard Detail
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Bodyguard Detail
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easy isometric pixel art is still coming... with a ton of new features!
create anything with easymetric soon on @aseprite.org
create anything with easymetric soon on @aseprite.org
June 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
easy isometric pixel art is still coming... with a ton of new features!
create anything with easymetric soon on @aseprite.org
create anything with easymetric soon on @aseprite.org
"Programmer art" #gamedev #indiegamedev #aseprite
Trying to decide between 64x and 32x pixel sprites, my art background is screaming for higher resolution while my programming brain is begging me not to over complicate things.
Trying to decide between 64x and 32x pixel sprites, my art background is screaming for higher resolution while my programming brain is begging me not to over complicate things.
November 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"Programmer art" #gamedev #indiegamedev #aseprite
Trying to decide between 64x and 32x pixel sprites, my art background is screaming for higher resolution while my programming brain is begging me not to over complicate things.
Trying to decide between 64x and 32x pixel sprites, my art background is screaming for higher resolution while my programming brain is begging me not to over complicate things.
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Alternate graphic experiments for the roguelike I'm working on #gamedev #indiegamedev
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Alternate graphic experiments for the roguelike I'm working on #gamedev #indiegamedev
Alternate graphic experiments for the roguelike I'm working on #gamedev #indiegamedev
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Alternate graphic experiments for the roguelike I'm working on #gamedev #indiegamedev
Good morning! More from the archives.
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Good morning! More from the archives.
Hello! Here's a Canary video update showing off some stuff that took a while to code. Progress! #gamedev #indiegamedev youtu.be/BCVEGsSNyBw
Canary Update
YouTube video by Jim Kersey
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Hello! Here's a Canary video update showing off some stuff that took a while to code. Progress! #gamedev #indiegamedev youtu.be/BCVEGsSNyBw
Anyhow, hey, good morning! Go make that comic you feel like making!
I make comics. Do people read my comics? I don’t know. I just know I’m a guy who makes comics. #comics #webcomics
November 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Anyhow, hey, good morning! Go make that comic you feel like making!
I make comics. Do people read my comics? I don’t know. I just know I’m a guy who makes comics. #comics #webcomics
November 3, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I make comics. Do people read my comics? I don’t know. I just know I’m a guy who makes comics. #comics #webcomics
Messing around with colors, etc. Going for something more 'readable' I guess? #gamedev #indiegamedev
November 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Messing around with colors, etc. Going for something more 'readable' I guess? #gamedev #indiegamedev
Hi there! Don't miss a strip! Subscribe to my mailing list to get the whole story as it develops! theamokbros.com/please-stand... #comics #webcomics
November 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Hi there! Don't miss a strip! Subscribe to my mailing list to get the whole story as it develops! theamokbros.com/please-stand... #comics #webcomics
Felt important to me to have a companion in the game, and adding it showed me a lot of assumptions I'd made about how fighting should work. Still more work to do, but dog dispatched its first enemy! #gamedev #indiegamedev (dog is the gray Maximilian-looking guy on the left)
October 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Felt important to me to have a companion in the game, and adding it showed me a lot of assumptions I'd made about how fighting should work. Still more work to do, but dog dispatched its first enemy! #gamedev #indiegamedev (dog is the gray Maximilian-looking guy on the left)
The saga continues #comics #webcomics
October 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The saga continues #comics #webcomics
Getting back in the groove #comics #webcomics (and a bit of retconning)
October 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Getting back in the groove #comics #webcomics (and a bit of retconning)
Just wanted to raise awareness for an alternative method of voting that seems like a good idea to me. Discourse welcome.
fairvote.org/our-reforms/...
fairvote.org/our-reforms/...
Ranked Choice Voting - FairVote
Ranked choice voting makes our elections better by allowing voters to rank candidates in order of preference.
fairvote.org
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Just wanted to raise awareness for an alternative method of voting that seems like a good idea to me. Discourse welcome.
fairvote.org/our-reforms/...
fairvote.org/our-reforms/...
Comics of uncertain timelines.
October 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Comics of uncertain timelines.
Reposted by Jim Kersey
I happen to be quite popular with freaks and weirdos and I consider that the greatest possible honor.
Welcome, you champions of the terminally odd.
Welcome, you champions of the terminally odd.
a blue car is driving down a street with a sign that says l on it
Alt: a blue car is driving down a street with a sign that says l on it
media.tenor.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I happen to be quite popular with freaks and weirdos and I consider that the greatest possible honor.
Welcome, you champions of the terminally odd.
Welcome, you champions of the terminally odd.
Reposted by Jim Kersey
I'm like Muad'Dib, I got the ill communication, Muad'Dib I got the stillsuit for hydration, Muad'Dib I got the worm for transportation
October 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I'm like Muad'Dib, I got the ill communication, Muad'Dib I got the stillsuit for hydration, Muad'Dib I got the worm for transportation
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