Transience - A Story About Forever
@transiencegame.bsky.social
Transience: Explore and live. Find your place.
Discord: https://discord.gg/C8FpnRW7f5
Website: https://www.transiencegame.com/
Discord: https://discord.gg/C8FpnRW7f5
Website: https://www.transiencegame.com/
Aaaaand the System Nav stuff is finally ready to be committed/set down for a while. A bit of polish left for later, but it is functional, which is all I need for now. Moving on to music controls now, which pulls me back to Dev Tool land...
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January 21, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Aaaaand the System Nav stuff is finally ready to be committed/set down for a while. A bit of polish left for later, but it is functional, which is all I need for now. Moving on to music controls now, which pulls me back to Dev Tool land...
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #ui #devtools
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Just a little clip of some cool sounds Ben is putting together here! I feel like we've kind of passed a critical threshold with the music recently. Some important pieces are coming together really well.
#indiedev #indiegame #music #gamedev #modularsynth
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January 19, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Just a little clip of some cool sounds Ben is putting together here! I feel like we've kind of passed a critical threshold with the music recently. Some important pieces are coming together really well.
#indiedev #indiegame #music #gamedev #modularsynth
#indiedev #indiegame #music #gamedev #modularsynth
Surprisingly difficult to get fine controls dialed in for both mouse and controller... trying various things with ever increasing success! More boring menus. XD
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January 16, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Surprisingly difficult to get fine controls dialed in for both mouse and controller... trying various things with ever increasing success! More boring menus. XD
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#gamedev #indiedev #boringmenus #ui
More work on the System Nav system! It's almost at a point where I'm going to leave it for a bit as I move on to other things. There's still the details window on the right, which will also integrate into known space nav...
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January 14, 2026 at 3:45 PM
More work on the System Nav system! It's almost at a point where I'm going to leave it for a bit as I move on to other things. There's still the details window on the right, which will also integrate into known space nav...
#gamedev #indiedev #ui #indiegame
#gamedev #indiedev #ui #indiegame
Sketches of the System Navigation, which is coming together. This will just be the first iteration... I haven't decided whether each system in the game will map one to one with one of the stars within it.
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January 12, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Sketches of the System Navigation, which is coming together. This will just be the first iteration... I haven't decided whether each system in the game will map one to one with one of the stars within it.
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #ui
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #ui
Ok, I am fairly proud of this one. I had a few days full of brick walls and dead ends, but this is what I have been envisioning. The System Map is definitely not yet complete, but this is the LOOK I have been going for.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Ok, I am fairly proud of this one. I had a few days full of brick walls and dead ends, but this is what I have been envisioning. The System Map is definitely not yet complete, but this is the LOOK I have been going for.
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #SPACE
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #SPACE
Rough few days with less to show for it than I was hoping. Currently working on better organizing the music system so that it'll be easy to associate specific characters/races/locations with particular tunes.
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January 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Rough few days with less to show for it than I was hoping. Currently working on better organizing the music system so that it'll be easy to associate specific characters/races/locations with particular tunes.
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #music
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #music
Mostly behind the scenes things and work on developer tools this past weekend. The only really visible thing was a bug fix. Coms Talk now fades behind the pause screen as intended, rather than just hanging out on top of it.
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January 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Mostly behind the scenes things and work on developer tools this past weekend. The only really visible thing was a bug fix. Coms Talk now fades behind the pause screen as intended, rather than just hanging out on top of it.
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #ui #ux
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Just a funny bug this time... transparency in the accessory layer makes layers beneath it transparent as well. So this poor fretzer's upper torso is partly see through. Also a cool new outfit design by Anne!
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January 2, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Just a funny bug this time... transparency in the accessory layer makes layers beneath it transparent as well. So this poor fretzer's upper torso is partly see through. Also a cool new outfit design by Anne!
#gamedev #bug #indiedev #indiegame
#gamedev #bug #indiedev #indiegame
Just menu transitions this time... I will try to have something more exciting for the first post of the new year, though!
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December 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Just menu transitions this time... I will try to have something more exciting for the first post of the new year, though!
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#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame @ui #ux
Check out this production video that Ben put together! This is a rare case where we're showcasing the full track beforehand. It's the theme music for the Zoccoli, the antelope inspired race in Transience. Enjoy!
#gamedev #music #production #indiegame
#gamedev #music #production #indiegame
December 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Check out this production video that Ben put together! This is a rare case where we're showcasing the full track beforehand. It's the theme music for the Zoccoli, the antelope inspired race in Transience. Enjoy!
#gamedev #music #production #indiegame
#gamedev #music #production #indiegame
Got some more fun designs that Anne made for the Fretzers back when they were in the planning phase! I always think it's cool to watch the process of hand drawn design to pixel art.
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#gamedev #characterdesign #indiegame
December 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Got some more fun designs that Anne made for the Fretzers back when they were in the planning phase! I always think it's cool to watch the process of hand drawn design to pixel art.
#gamedev #characterdesign #indiegame
#gamedev #characterdesign #indiegame
This is a little show of the environment that Ben is creating music in! Most of the music he's making is from his synth setup (including legit SNES hardware based MIDI!), but here he's mixing in physical instruments as well!
#music #gamedev #soundtrack #indiegame
#music #gamedev #soundtrack #indiegame
December 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is a little show of the environment that Ben is creating music in! Most of the music he's making is from his synth setup (including legit SNES hardware based MIDI!), but here he's mixing in physical instruments as well!
#music #gamedev #soundtrack #indiegame
#music #gamedev #soundtrack #indiegame
Menus menus menus... might not seem like much going on here, but slow refinement. Also, I have not worked on the System Nav menu literally at ALL. I need to get on that! Been holding off because I'm looking for a cool effect...
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December 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Menus menus menus... might not seem like much going on here, but slow refinement. Also, I have not worked on the System Nav menu literally at ALL. I need to get on that! Been holding off because I'm looking for a cool effect...
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
Playing with different ideas for menu sounds and noises. Not sure if this is the feeling I'm going for with this menu, but I'm definitely getting more of a feel for it! Also gonna lose the magenta button color for something easier on the eyes...
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December 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Playing with different ideas for menu sounds and noises. Not sure if this is the feeling I'm going for with this menu, but I'm definitely getting more of a feel for it! Also gonna lose the magenta button color for something easier on the eyes...
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev
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Mostly bug hunting and stability checking lately, but here's something more visible for folks! The color transition of buttons was happening almost instantly, and I've fixed that to be smoother...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Mostly bug hunting and stability checking lately, but here's something more visible for folks! The color transition of buttons was happening almost instantly, and I've fixed that to be smoother...
#indiedev #gamedev #ui #ux #indiegame
#indiedev #gamedev #ui #ux #indiegame
Added the ability to disable other ships if you zap them with a laser once their shields are down... with special guest appearance of code debugger. XD
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December 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Added the ability to disable other ships if you zap them with a laser once their shields are down... with special guest appearance of code debugger. XD
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Some design work for the Fretzers from our 2D artist, Anne! These little guys bounce off walls, cannot keep track of a thought when they blink, and absolutely want to talk to you about why you should by their DookBux coins.
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#indiegame #characterdesign #indiedev #gamedev
December 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Some design work for the Fretzers from our 2D artist, Anne! These little guys bounce off walls, cannot keep track of a thought when they blink, and absolutely want to talk to you about why you should by their DookBux coins.
#indiegame #characterdesign #indiedev #gamedev
#indiegame #characterdesign #indiedev #gamedev
Did some more work on the nebula system... they blobulate and drift around a bit more now and I'm pretty happy with how they look! I will probably tweak a bit down the road, but for now they're working as intended...
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December 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Did some more work on the nebula system... they blobulate and drift around a bit more now and I'm pretty happy with how they look! I will probably tweak a bit down the road, but for now they're working as intended...
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Just some thruster effects I got wired up! Not pictures: The effects going absolutely bonkers when the ship wraps around from one side of the screen to the other...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Just some thruster effects I got wired up! Not pictures: The effects going absolutely bonkers when the ship wraps around from one side of the screen to the other...
#Indiedev #indiegame #gamedev
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Folks have been asking for more of Brin, so here's a little clip of him explaining a bit about his species, the Jackalopes! All of the different species have histories to them if you care to learn about them, some more intertwined than you might imagine...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Folks have been asking for more of Brin, so here's a little clip of him explaining a bit about his species, the Jackalopes! All of the different species have histories to them if you care to learn about them, some more intertwined than you might imagine...
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev
Just a li'l animation test! Script controlled animations and ship explosion is working for the general ship harness...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Just a li'l animation test! Script controlled animations and ship explosion is working for the general ship harness...
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
Making space much prettier! Planets dominate large portions of the screen now, which I think looks better than having them be tiny little specks. Also, the atmosphere and animated water is working properly now! And in the background, shifting nebulas!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
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November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Making space much prettier! Planets dominate large portions of the screen now, which I think looks better than having them be tiny little specks. Also, the atmosphere and animated water is working properly now! And in the background, shifting nebulas!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM