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Chris Weisiger

@byobattleship.bsky.social

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Indie gamedev, creator of Waves of Steel, now working on Torment Hexus, a match-3 tactical roguelike about kicking cyberpunk CEOs out of windows. Wishlist on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3238420/Torment_Hexus/ He/him #indiedev #indiegame

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · Mar 31

Announcing TORMENT HEXUS, a match-3 roguelike about putting technofascist CEOs on the wrong side of skyscraper windows!

Please spread the word, and wishlist on Steam at store.steampowered.com/app/3238420/...

And remember: they SHOULD be afraid of us.
#indiedev #indiegame

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Mega Knockdown @megaknockdown.com · 13h

Three years ago Mega Knockdown was in early access with placeholder art and no plans (or money) to add proper character sprites. Then @mrmkl.bsky.social , @flynnjeux.bsky.social and @thatpunk.bsky.social organized an event called the "Niche Fighter Fete" to raise some money for new art..

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infinite brians @infinitebrians.neocities.org · 12h

Jack-o’-lantern mushrooms

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 12h

Love to see that icon <3

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 12h

Daaang, nice work!

Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 1d

That's AAA privilege speaking, I'd say. They can afford to hire moderators for Steam forums. Or more realistically, they add "moderate the Steam forums" to their community managers' pile of responsibilities.

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 1d

I'm told the correct procedure here is to close all the forums but one, and make that one forum (which regular people can't post to) contain a locked thread directing users to the community space you can actually control.

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 1d

Oh dang, congrats! I enjoyed the book, thank you for writing it :)

Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 1d

My entry in the PixelJoint "class photo" collab 2025 #pixelart

Pixel art of a dragon holding a large disc, which contains a galaxy

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for the arts, I enjoyed looking at them. :)

Char Aznable is *absolutely* a prank played on the entire Gundam fanbase

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hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 2d

a fav old art

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🦎 LIZARDBETH 🎨 @lizardbethart.bsky.social · 2d

PLZ LET ME DRAW FOR YOU!! ;_;

#commissionsopen

vgen.co/lizardbethart

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 2d

One of @cuteosphere.bsky.social's brain bunnies, your choice

Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 2d

As a kid I imagined that 3D models were solid, and wondered what you would see if you could remove the surface. IIRC it was Ocarina of Time where I realized that they were just a thin skin, because the camera could get pushed inside of objects/Link.

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Robin Poe @robinpoedev.bsky.social · 2d

like these cool bones i made

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats on the launch, good luck!

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shoy's little quiet spot @shoyslayer.bsky.social · 4d

CYCLE is finally out.
Thank you for waiting.
store.steampowered.com/app/1947160/...
dvtzr.itch.io/cycle

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 2d

It's such a bafflingly terrible decision

Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 3d

Dang, nice work! My only thought was to try using the orange fire for the breath weapon instead of blue, but what you have looks great!

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Anubis Jr. (comms open) @anubis-jr.bsky.social · 3d

More Enemies for #InfiniteAlliance, ranging from scary to cute, yet all pose a threat! #pixelart #gamedev #indiegame

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 4d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Kommander Karl @kommanderkarl.bsky.social · 4d

AI still can’t do this

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Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 4d

Galaxy 2 stripped the hub world way down, but that means less downtime between levels, and the actual levels are much more gameplay-focused, as opposed to the sometimes-gimmicky Mario 1 levels (looking at you, Bee/Spring/Drill Suits). They're both miles better than Sunshine.

Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 4d

salt and umami, yeah makes sense. You could probably get a similar effect by just adding table salt and MSG.

Chris Weisiger @byobattleship.bsky.social · 4d

What kind of effect are you looking for?

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Cherub @polygoncherub.bsky.social · 5d

Scrap is done. It's collected the same way as the fishies.
For added fun, you can kick them around like running through dry leaves.

(I'm pretty happy with myself for mixing coin sounds into their folly.)

#CherubDev #UE5 #GameDev

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