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MerkMiester
@merkmiester.bsky.social
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Gamerdad, Mechanic, tech enthusiast…game dev????

Currently building a hand drawn horror action platformer in Godot, a raspberry pi powered #cyberdeck, a motorcycle and raising a kid.

www.twitch.tv/merkmiester

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merkmiester.bsky.social
Here are some screenshots of my newly published game. Give it a try! Hope you make it to the leaderboard! Rate it if you can.
itch.io/jam/shovel-j...

#devlog #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #indiegames #indiegame #godot #gameengine #gaming #coding #solodev #indiegames #indie #gamejam #playmygame
July 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
merkmiester.bsky.social
Impact craters!! Fully adjustable, location, depth, radius, and rim height. Now i need to make a randomizer button.

#devlog #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #indiegames #indiegame #godot #gameengine #gaming #coding #solodev #indiegames #procgen
June 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
merkmiester.bsky.social
I think I nailed procedural generation of asteroids! This tool can do spheres, capsules and cylinders. It also has two shaders to color the terrain and water. Planets too!

#devlog #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #indiegames #indiegame #godot #gameengine #gaming #coding #solodev #indiegames #procgen
June 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
merkmiester.bsky.social
One more tonight. Raven enemy.

#devlog #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #indiegames #indiegame #godot #gameengine #gaming #digitalart #gameart #solodev #indiegames
May 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
merkmiester.bsky.social
Wolf enemy. Been cookin over here! I’m really loving how these are turning out.

#devlog #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #indiegames #indiegame #godot #gameengine #gaming #digitalart #gameart #solodev #indiegames
May 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
merkmiester.bsky.social
Game art is coming along nicely. Slime Enemy and Baba Yaga NPC. #devlog #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #indiegames #indiegame #godot #gameengine #gaming #coding #solodev #indie #digitalart #gameart
May 27, 2025 at 3:35 AM
merkmiester.bsky.social
First enemy art work finished. Big Bad Wolf. I think i nailed this one, on to the next. I think I’m gonna. Get all the basic characters done, then start animating. #devlog #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #indiegames #indiegame #godot #gameengine #gaming #coding #solodev #indiegame #digitalart #gameart
May 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
merkmiester.bsky.social
I think this may be close to the final version on my Red Rinding Hood character for my game GrimmRot. With a visible face, I feel more connected to the character. #devlog #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #indiegames #indiegame #godot #gameengine #gaming #coding #solodev #indiegames #digitalart #gameart
May 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
merkmiester.bsky.social
i did another version of my main character. On the left is a dystopian #cyberpunk inspired version on the right is a dark fantasy. Which would you rather play as? #devlog #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #indiegames #indiegame #godot #gameengine #gaming #coding #solodev #indiegames #gameart #digitalart
May 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
merkmiester.bsky.social
I redesigned my character for GrimmRot. Red is looking badass now. Here the idle pose that it still a wip. #devlog #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #indiegames #indiegame #godot #gameengine #gaming #coding #solodev #indiegame #GrimmRot
May 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
merkmiester.bsky.social
MY GAME HAS A TITLE! GrimmRot...Big update, title screen, working menus, game menu, music, SFX. oh and FREE AIM!!! i'm hyped! I really need top work on art now lol.

#devlog #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #indiegames #indiegame #godot #gameengine #gaming #coding #solodev #indiegames #indie #GrimmRot
April 26, 2025 at 3:50 AM
merkmiester.bsky.social
#Update Got a diving “Raven” enemy made. It’s also the first time using the LimboAI add on for #godot. It definitely makes behavioral trees and state machines way easier. Try it out!

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April 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
merkmiester.bsky.social
#Update I feel like things have been going a bit to smoothly...i got knock back implemented, enemy pause while attacking and i cleaned up a bunch of player movement code.

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April 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
merkmiester.bsky.social
Got the enemy attacks working! A sensor node activates the enemy hitbox when the player enters and applies damage! This is the base Enemy Controller that can attach to all enemies.

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April 8, 2025 at 10:16 AM
merkmiester.bsky.social
So i got a enemy that has a working patrol and player chase function, he can even jump over small walls. This is so cool! Next is enemy attack...

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#indiegames
April 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
merkmiester.bsky.social
I now have a working Health system! I rebuilt the attack system, it was clunky and error prone before, now its butter, attacks register cleanly. Got my projectiles working, they carry data from a resource so they can apply weapon status effects.

#GameDev #IndieDev #GameDesign #IndieGames #SoloDev
April 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
merkmiester.bsky.social
Update! Currently working on the player controller. Movement is smooth with single button switching between melee and ranged weapons. Projectiles next...

#GameDev #IndieDev #MadeWithGodot #GameDesign #IndieGame #GameAudio #GamedevLogs #SoloDev #IndieGameDev #Godot #Update #devlog
March 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
merkmiester.bsky.social
So cool to see my character in-game! Still a long way to go but I'm one step closer.

#GameDev #IndieDev #MadeWithGodot #GameDesign #IndieGame #GameAudio #GamedevLogs #SoloDev #IndieGameDev #Godot #GameArt #handDrawn #Proud
February 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
merkmiester.bsky.social
I made my first Sprite Sheet! The #krita plugin is amazing.
Now to try it out.

#GameDev #IndieDev #GameDesign #IndieGame #DigitalArt #GameAudio #GamedevLogs #SoloDev #IndieGameDev #Sprite #HandDrawn #Gaming #DevLog
February 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
merkmiester.bsky.social
Almost done with the rough jump animation. Its good enough for testing at least.

#GameDev #IndieDev #MadeWithGodot #GameDesign #IndieGame #GamedevLogs #SoloDev #IndieGameDev #GameArt #DigitalArt #Sketch #GrimmDark
February 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
merkmiester.bsky.social
Working on a simple UI to get the concept understood. These last two weeks have been a blast! I think I may actually start working on my actual game today!

#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #coding #indiegame #platformer #lostincode #solodev #gamedesign
February 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
merkmiester.bsky.social
Working on the jump animation, vibin...

#gameart #solodev #indiegames #gamedev #Krita #digitalart
February 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
merkmiester.bsky.social
More progress in my Test Game. I implemented player damage along with a working health bar and a ‘’Hit’’ shader on the player. I spent over an hour diagnosing a lost animation due to a capital letter…lol

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February 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
merkmiester.bsky.social
Haha!!!! I figured it out!!!! Now all of my enemies blow up! Imo code was correct but I didn’t have my Area2D node properly linked to my death script.

#godotdev #indiedev #gamedev #2dshooter #2dplatformer #gametesting #godot #indiegame #pcgames #indiegames #coding #pixeart #devlog #unity #unreal
February 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
merkmiester.bsky.social
Built my first state machine for one of my enemies. Although now I can’t figure out how to kill it. lol the hurtbox and death script from a different enemy doesn’t work.

#godot #gamedev #coding #indiegame #indiedev #gamedevelopment #unity #unreal #platformer #2dplatformer #fixmycode #codinghelp
February 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM