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Dominick John

@dominickjohn.bsky.social

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Game dev working on Project Shadowglass, 1/2 of @spacebards.com Portfolio: https://www.dominickjohn.com

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Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · Feb 5

Hey bsky, I'm Dom! I'm a game dev who creates experimental tech like this:

I'd love to connect with other indie game devs and innovators! Let's make this a space where we help support and inspire each other 🚀

#promosky #gamedev #indiegame

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Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · 4d

THANK YOU all for 50k(!?!?) Steam wishlists 💙💙💙. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a metric ton of pixels to push for you 😍

Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · 5d

Gotta give a little bit of realtime pixel sunshine back to you all today… because, 40k wishlists!?!? 🫠🫠☀️

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Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · 8d

Nighttime arrives. #darkfantasy #pixelart #indiegamedev

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Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · 10d

CRT filter: Yea or Nay? #indiegamedev #godot

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Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · 11d

Holy shit, my game’s first week and 5k wishlists already... is this real life? 😭😭 store.steampowered.com/app/3970690/...

Project Shadowglass on Steam

A stealth-focused immersive sim set within a dark fantasy kingdom. Plan daring heists, infiltrate forbidden locales, and escape with priceless artifacts. Features revolutionary 3D pixel art graphics a...

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Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · 11d

Early interior test for my true3d pixel art engine 🧙‍♂️

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Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · 12d

Man the video compression is doing horrible things to this! 😭 trailer up on steam that shows the actual pixels store.steampowered.com/app/3970690/...

Project Shadowglass on Steam

store.steampowered.com

Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · 12d

So many devs said this wouldn’t be possible, but I made it real!! 🥹 #pixelart #darkfantasy

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Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · Mar 9

2199 jam entries, and my little story game “omw home” ranked 12th overall?? 😱

Ratings were from fellow jammers only, so I’m shocked and honored to be on that first page of incredible games!! ❤️

#indiegamdev #gamejam
itch.io/jam/brackeys...

Top ranked games in the Brackeys Game Jam 2025.1

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Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · Mar 1

As a game dev, I know I should be all things PC... but honestly consoles have the strengths of being so much more simple to use, which means less in the way of you and the game, and having a standardized spec sheet devs can directly optimize for everyone. Also couches, man.
#indiegamedev

Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · Feb 26

Whew, made a game from scratch in 4 days! The jam's theme was "Nothing can go wrong".

My experiment was having environmental interactions having an effect on narrative.

It's browser (and on a phone) playable if you care to check it out 😊 dominickjohn.itch.io/omw-home

#indiegamedev #indiegames

omw home. by Dominick John

Can you prevent heartbreak by being absolutely perfect?

dominickjohn.itch.io

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Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · Feb 23

Whewww.. I crossed that Game Jam finish line with only 5 min to spare! Haven't pull an all nighter dev mission like that in so long 🫠 #indiegamedev #gamedev #gamejam

dominickjohn.itch.io/omw-home

omw home. by Dominick John

Prevent heartbreak by being absolutely perfect.

dominickjohn.itch.io

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Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · Feb 20

Later start than I’d like for Brackeys Game jam, but got a full idea and basic controls down!

Making it mostly a mouse / touch controlled game as that’s how i assume most people will be playing these in browser or on a device.

Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · Feb 17

Just a girl and her squeaky beach ball doing whatever Disney tells them to 💁‍♀️🎱
#starwars #pixelart #rey

Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · Feb 16

The irony of this theme for a jam meant to help me forget all the things that possibly can 😂

Brackeys @brackeys.com · Feb 16

The #BrackeysGameJam 2025.1 has just begun! 🔥 The theme is: 🤞 Nothing can go wrong... 🤞https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-13

Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · Feb 16

nothing can go wrong and mechanical mayhem sound fun, but I'm down to try something totally out of my wheelhouse!

Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · Feb 15

hell yeah same! stay in touch would love to see what you create 😁

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Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · Feb 15

Love it! Used unity and unreal for the longest time, and then found Godot and never looked back

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Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · Feb 15

Hell yeah! Post your work I'd love to see what you make ☺️

Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · Feb 15

sadly no it was for an unreleased project, but maybe it's time to dust it off!

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Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · Feb 15

🙈 maybe time to revisit this project!

Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · Feb 15

thanks means a lot! Used a custom game camera + gyroscope to get the effect

Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · Feb 15

haha thanks! made this a while back on a super slow phone I'd love to revisit

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Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · Feb 15

Yess, same here I came from Unity and I'm in love with it

Dominick John @dominickjohn.bsky.social · Feb 15

Any fellow indie devs gonna be doing the Brackey's game jam next week? 👀 My first one in years, super stoked! #indiegamedev itch.io/jam/brackeys...

Brackeys Game Jam 2025.1

A game jam from 2025-02-16 to 2025-03-09 hosted by Brackeys, Duxez, AquaXV & Yasahiro. We challenge you to make a game in ONE week! 🕹️ The Brackeys Game Jam runs twice a year and is a fun way to try o...

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