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Jason Koohi
@zanrai.bsky.social
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Game Design, Art, Music, Voice. Half of Team Zanrai w/ @excelynx (over on Twitter).

We're developing #VISEGUNNE. Wishlist on Steam today!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2882040/VISEGUNNE/

Originally found over on Twitter as @zanrai_int
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zanrai.bsky.social
Working on NPC portraits a little bit. I animated many of them off a similar base, but I think they round out our random NPCs you can talk to in the overworld. Bunch of civilians, PMC troops, and ally soldiers.
#gamedev #pixelart #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #indiegamedev
November 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
zanrai.bsky.social
Finally redid this boss mech's sprites. It's not 100% my favorite, but at least the new sprites play nicely with the old attack animations. It was a struggle. #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev
November 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
zanrai.bsky.social
More battleship work: underside blows up now! I redid the color scheme to improve silhouette visibility. And there's a mech hitching a ride, too. If you shoot out the armor panel it's standing on, it'll just drift off into space
#gamedev #indiedev #Visegunne #pixelart #shmup #indiegamedev
August 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
zanrai.bsky.social
This battleship is kinda fun to blow up. Still doing some tests, but I dig it.
#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #VISEGUNNE #indiegamedev
August 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
zanrai.bsky.social
So I built all these mechs doing complicated rappelling and dismount animations, but it's the goofy robot carrying a box around that's honestly my favorite.
#gamedev #pixelart #indiedev #shmup #IndieGameDev #VISEGUNNE
July 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
zanrai.bsky.social
Finally, cutscenes are now swapping and switching from the overworld now, whenever we need 'em. I know I showed a prototype a while back but we're cooking for realsies now. I swear I've been working on these damn menus and transitions forever.
#gamedev #pixelart #indiedev #shmup
June 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
zanrai.bsky.social
This is VISEGUNNE, a shoot 'em up about a space megacorp that harnesses the human soul as a power source for mechs.

👉Wishlist on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2882040/...

#gamedev #pixelart #indiedev #shmup #STG #screenshotsaturday #steam #VISEGUNNE
May 31, 2025 at 4:08 AM
zanrai.bsky.social
Was working on a cutscene and kinda liked the background ambience here. Just two mercs watching a battle in the distance.

#gamedev #pixelart #indiedev #VISEGUNNE #gaming #shmups #shmup
May 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
zanrai.bsky.social
A bunch of weapons you can equip in #VISEGUNNE.

#gamedev #pixelart #indiedev #shootemup #shmup #stg
May 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
zanrai.bsky.social
A little more progress on my cutscene animation system for #VISEGUNNE. Characters can emote on command now, yay! This is just a test scene but it's pretty much done. New music, too!
#pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #videogames #shmup #screenshotsaturday
March 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
zanrai.bsky.social
I really needed an easier way to make cutscenes so I built one! We can launch characters, move 'em around, change tints, etc. And not shown but I can also trigger FX like rain or screen overlays which is neat. Here's a test vid.

#pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #videogames #shmup #screenshotsaturday
March 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
zanrai.bsky.social
Finished this character's avatar animation. I also thought it might be fun to include some of previous design iterations. I was aiming for her to have a kind of Amelia Earhart vibe, but the design evolved on its own.

#gamedev #screenshotsaturday #pixelart #indiedev #videogames
March 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
zanrai.bsky.social
This is #VISEGUNNE, a narrative-driven shoot 'em up about space mercs piloting soul-powered mechs trying to stop terrorists from Earth. (Trailer Part 2)

Wishlist now on Steam! Reshares appreciated!
store.steampowered.com/app/2882040/...

#gaming #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev #shmup
March 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
zanrai.bsky.social
This is #VISEGUNNE, a narrative-driven shoot 'em up about space mercs piloting soul-powered mechs trying to stop terrorists from Earth. (Trailer Part 1)

Wishlist now on Steam! Reshares appreciated!
store.steampowered.com/app/2882040/...

#gaming #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev #shmup
March 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
zanrai.bsky.social
Hey! Let's hang out on #VISEGUNNE 's radio screen and listen to some funky #BGM beats!

#pixelart #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #shmup #soundtrack
February 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM
zanrai.bsky.social
Little bit of a glow-up for this character, too. A little bit of a diversion, and I wish I got the new chars in the our trailer, but it's all gravy. dev gonna dev.

#pixelart #indiedev #gamedev #VISEGUNNE #indiegame #shmup
December 2, 2024 at 5:17 PM
zanrai.bsky.social
Making a few refinements to our character portraits. Feels like an improvement. I was luckily able to salvage the animations (after a few mods). Still got a few more characters to go, so I'm feeling a little overwhelmed!
#pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #shmup #indiegamedev #indiegame
Pixel art character sprite for a female pilot.
October 25, 2024 at 4:15 PM
zanrai.bsky.social
✨WISHLIST VISEGUNNE ON STEAM✨

store.steampowered.com/app/2882040/...

Reposts appreciated! Thank you to everyone that's helped us spread the word!

#wishlistwednesday #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #gaming #videogames #shmup
September 25, 2024 at 2:31 PM
zanrai.bsky.social
Working on these gigantic laser cannons. The only reason they're fun is because they rain debris -everywhere- when you blow them up and I kinda love it.
#shmup #gamedev #pixelart #indiedev #VISEGUNNE
September 23, 2024 at 10:18 PM
zanrai.bsky.social
🔥 Finishing up some new destruction sequences for #Visegunne. Still have a little more animation work left but I can feel this level starting to come together.
#shmup #indiegame #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #IndieDevs
September 22, 2024 at 10:26 PM
zanrai.bsky.social
No one will care about this but... fuck this tree! The one in the foreground. It refused to sort correctly with my foreground enemy and it has murdered my soul today. Finally got it working by spawning it in as an "enemy" which is apt. 😖
#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #visegunne
September 17, 2024 at 8:40 PM
zanrai.bsky.social
Totally kitbashed this carrier sprite together just so I could let this jet boss do a mid-air vertical takeoff. It's silly but I kind of love it, haha.
#gamedev #indiedev #indiedeveloper #screenshotsaturday #pixelart #VISEGUNNE
September 17, 2024 at 8:38 PM
zanrai.bsky.social
Some test footage from VISEGUNNE. Never had a chance to try BlueSky's video upload. #gamedev #pixelart #indiedev #shmup #VISEGUNNE
September 17, 2024 at 8:10 PM
zanrai.bsky.social
A spritesheet I whipped up for a hooded android character in our game.
#gamedev #pixelart #indiedev #Visegunne
May 23, 2024 at 7:53 PM
zanrai.bsky.social
Revised the look of our mech. I had done this for the smaller in-game sprite some time ago, but I never corrected the larger sprites used for cutscenes and UI so here's a quick shot. #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev
December 9, 2023 at 10:42 PM