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@badpantssituation.bsky.social
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Video game designer / developer
Making Hematic, a roguelite arpg drawn (almost) entirely in ASCII characters
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Zoomacroom Meadow @badpantssituation.bsky.social · Dec 1
Making a video game is complicated
badpantssituation.bsky.social
Hematic is getting needlessly complex, which is just the way I like a game to be. (Can't speak for others)
#screenshotSaturday #gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign #roguelike #arpg
November 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
badpantssituation.bsky.social
I try really hard not to be precious about my #gamedev #indiedev ideas. If I put it in the game, I can viciously rip it out if its not fun. Case in point: The block that makes you drunk.
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
badpantssituation.bsky.social
Sure, I'll do one of these. Hematic started as a silly ASCII rendering experiment.
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev #gaming #roguelike #arpg #rpg
November 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
badpantssituation.bsky.social
Orbus has various things to say to you.
#indiedev #gamdev
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
badpantssituation.bsky.social
This is Orbus, coming "soon" in plushie form. Orbus is a mid-level demon, a floating orb of swirling crimson blood. When the earth is rocked by a cataclysmic sundering Orbus is cast out of hell and latches on to you, empowering you to kill.

#indiedev #gamedev #roguelike #roguelite #arpg #gamedesign
November 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
badpantssituation.bsky.social
Just a funny lil' guy and the blood demon orb who follows him everywhere 🩸💖
#indiedev #gamedev #gamedesign #roguelike #roguelite #arpg #dungeoncrawler
November 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
badpantssituation.bsky.social
STATUS REPORT FROM EARTH
#indiedev #gamedev
STATUS REPORT FROM EARTH: YEAR- UNCLEAR WORLD- APOCALYPSE YOU- SERVANT TO A BLOOD DEMON CORPSES- EVERYWHERE AND ON FIRE GIRAFFES- ALSO ON FIRE YOUR HOUSE- FULL OF BLOOD EVERYTHING ELSE- FULL OF BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD! GOBLINS- EVERYWHERE LIVING- BARELY WORTH IT
November 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
badpantssituation.bsky.social
Meet Orbus, who lives in your BloodHome. Orbus is a mid-level blood demon and the font of your power. Collect blood from fallen enemies and he will grant you otherworldly powers. VOLUME UP 🔊🔊
#indiedev #gamedev #gamedesign #gamelore #indiegamedev #roguelike
November 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
badpantssituation.bsky.social
So should I jump in the weird portal, or...
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign #roguelike #arpg #rpg
October 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Reposted by Zoomacroom Meadow
emoticonhub.bsky.social
Skeleton ASCII Art

If you wish to copy, here it is:

　　　　　　　　／⌒ヽ
　　　　　　　　l＿0..0
　　　　　　　　　}{l冊
　　　　　　　　-=-v=-
　　　　　　　　}{ 彡ミﾉ{
　　　　　　　　}{　非　}{
　　　　　　　 匁OTO)匁
　　　　　　　　　}{　}{
　　　　　　　　　}{　}{
　　　　　　　 　 及 及

#ascii #asciiart #Emoticon #Kaomoji
October 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
badpantssituation.bsky.social
Guys I think people might have been tortured in here idk
#gamedev #indiedev #roguelike #gamedesign
October 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
badpantssituation.bsky.social
Things are looking GRIM
#gamedev #indiedev #roguelike
October 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
badpantssituation.bsky.social
Meet the loot of Hematic, the dungeon-crawling arpg roguelike you don't yet know you need in your life
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #indiegaming #roguelike #gamedesign
October 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
badpantssituation.bsky.social
I wrote an entire ASCII scratch-off system for this dumb Gambler class
October 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
badpantssituation.bsky.social
E TO DRINK THE RUM
#gamedev #indiedev
October 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
badpantssituation.bsky.social
Any guesses what the "Rum Totem" does?
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #roguelike
October 22, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Reposted by Zoomacroom Meadow
emoticonhub.bsky.social
Halloween (ASCII Art)

If you wish to copy, here it is:

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　　,'⌒i⌒i⌒ヽ
　 （　　 ●　● ）
　　 ヽ　 i　■　ノ
　　／/ f]つつ
　 ヽ /,.く/_|l
　　　 'ｰ'し'

For more Emoticons and ASCII Art visit our Official Site: EmoticonHub

#ascii #asciiart #Emoticon #Kaomoji
October 22, 2025 at 6:52 AM
badpantssituation.bsky.social
HOT TIP
#gamedev #indiedev
October 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
badpantssituation.bsky.social
It's a beautiful day to spend 16 hours coding!
October 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
badpantssituation.bsky.social
Our powerful blood shader renders blood as a persistent effect across an entire map that can be manipulated by otherworldly powers, like this BloodZerker subclass with an enhanced blood suction ability 🩸
#indiedev #gamedev #programming #shaders #indiegame #roguelike #indiegamedev
October 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
badpantssituation.bsky.social
Shrines scattered around our procedural dungeons provide powerful boons like this hyper-speedy melee attack 👹🔨🩸
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #roguelike #arpg
October 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
badpantssituation.bsky.social
Explore the dangerous unpredictable and loot-filled ASCII dungeons of HEMATIC! A roguelike ARPG where everything is text, pixels, and viscera! Absorb the BLOOD OF YOUR ENEMIES to grow in strength and descend! Coming soon! 🩸👹🩸👹
#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #indiegamedev #roguelike #arpg #indiegaming
October 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
badpantssituation.bsky.social
HEMATIC: SERVANT OF THE BLOOD ORB DEMON
🩸👹🔨🩸
#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #gamedesign #indiegamedev #indiegame #roguelike
October 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
badpantssituation.bsky.social
A few people complained that our ASCII game's UI wasn't "ASCII Enough" so of *course* I've been busy writing an entire shader based DOS terminal simulation for the entire UI
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #programming #shaders #gamedesign #UI #UX
October 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
badpantssituation.bsky.social
Loading Torment... Assembling Bones... Brewing Blood... Producing Anguish... (What it's actually doing is generating procedural textures. Neato!)
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign #roguelike
October 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM