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🇮🇹 CET (UTC+1) 🎮 Web dev turned indie game dev

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fedetibaldo @fedetibaldo.com · Dec 11

My follower count is changing for the worse, so either some bot accounts were given the boot, or I should reintroduce myself

Hello, I’m Federico and I am a 🆕 indie #gamedev. I post my progress and repost what I like: all kinds of games, visual arts, hardware stuff… Here’s hoping it’s your thing too

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fedetibaldo @fedetibaldo.com · 5d

This one. I mean, I’ve seen the part 2 but I had to dig up this skeet to understand it, so I’m saving you one click bsky.app/profile/some...

SOME_RAN_DEV @someran.dev · 8d

So the programming language I'm working on is named "SillyScript". It's intended for scripting scenes in my games by generating JSON that the game interprets. It's technically more of a markup-language disguised as a traditional coding language.

#coding #gamedev #dev #programminglanguage

An image showing text from SillyScript language and its JSON equivalent.

SillyScript:
1;
2;
3;
"MyString";

def moveCamera(start: int, end: int) -> dict:
kind: 0;
range:
start;
end;

"Start Actions";
moveCamera(1, 2);
moveCamera(2, 5);
:
kind: 2;
loop: false;

JSON:
[
1,
2,
3,
"MyString",
"Start Actions",
{
"kind": 0,
"range": [
1,
2
]
},
{
"kind": 0,
"range": [
2,
5
]
},
{
"kind": 2,
"loop": false
}
]

fedetibaldo @fedetibaldo.com · 5d

This is the second project on my timeline that is really just a more ergonomic way to write JSON. If I had one penny yadda yadda, I’d have two pennies but it’s curious that it happened two times

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fedetibaldo @fedetibaldo.com · 6d

Or read the postmortem 🪦 fedetibaldo.itch.io/kuro-neko-ma...

Postmortem

The game as uploaded on the JS13K website is now also here, on itch.io. I have mixed feelings about this game. On one hand, I've received some unprompted, enthusiastic feedback. On the other, I haven'...

fedetibaldo.itch.io

fedetibaldo @fedetibaldo.com · 6d

Or watch the "long" play (11 minutes) www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYkS...

Kuro Neko Market - Gameplay 100% + hidden difficulty

YouTube video by fedetibaldo

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fedetibaldo @fedetibaldo.com · 6d

My #js13k entry made it into the top 10! 9th overall, and 4th in innovation 🎉

Congrats to all those who participated. Maybe see you next year :)

If you haven't yet, you can try it out on the comp's website 👉 js13kgames.com/2025/games/k...

#gamedev #gamejam #indiedev

The overall winner of this year's edition, as displayed on the JS13kGames website. On the bottom left, in 9th position, my game (Kuro Neko Market) is highlighted

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fedetibaldo @fedetibaldo.com · 11d

I see, thank you. They’re good prompts, and the more relaxed timeline might be exactly what I need. Thank you for sharing

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fedetibaldo @fedetibaldo.com · 11d

I don’t understand just two things: what is guild 11 and do we have to be part of it to take part?

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fedetibaldo @fedetibaldo.com · 12d

But some people read a number online and take it as gospel, I guess

fedetibaldo @fedetibaldo.com · 12d

It was something like “look it up you lazy.” They blocked me too as soon as I pressed them a bit more. I can’t have a discussion with you if I don’t know what your number means! Give me the methodology argh

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fedetibaldo @fedetibaldo.com · 12d

Otherwise it’s an endless cycle of me saying “it’s not true” and you saying “it is.” Because your statement probably is true, given the conditions set by your source… but I can’t know if you don’t share 🤦‍♂️ I could look for a similar one but I’d like us to talk about the same thing, if possible

fedetibaldo @fedetibaldo.com · 12d

You can find any claim on the internet. Do you really want me to cherry pick another source and barge into the conversation like “nah-ah, look what I found” instead of discussing what the stats we cite really indicates? E.g., are we talking Steam games? Is this true for every price range?

fedetibaldo @fedetibaldo.com · 12d

Where are you getting this average game length statistic from?

fedetibaldo @fedetibaldo.com · 14d

Where’s this table from?

fedetibaldo @fedetibaldo.com · 19d

One adage I’ve learnt is: unfortunately, anything that starts with “if everyone would” is bound to fail. It’s always been true so far

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𝖘𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖙 𝖛𝖚𝖑𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊 @stvulture.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hello friends! Ive taken the last couple of months off from doing direct work to find a publisher who could help me hire some help to make this game. Sadly theres no interest to fund it, but due to all of the positive feedback you gave this thing I will do it myself! contd.

𝖘𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖙 𝖛𝖚𝖑𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊 @stvulture.bsky.social · May 22

Discover the secrets of alchemical processes, the hidden secrets of world and even deeper secrets hidden within us…

All Living Things has a steampage, wishlist to be notified for the upcoming early demo!

store.steampowered.com/app/3681340

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fedetibaldo @fedetibaldo.com · 26d

And +1 on the enemies. Honestly, the most difficult parts so far have been the enemy rooms. Jesus, those damn crows

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fedetibaldo @fedetibaldo.com · 26d

You either get to the point where you basically do them no-hit, or you won’t go past them. On my final fight with most bosses so far I was walzing lol—it was a dance. And yeah, it felt good, like badass-level good, but clutching is no option: only mastering. Definitely different from HK

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