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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐

@gareththegeek.bsky.social

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I'm making Loadstar, FTL meets Elite space-trader with 16bit retro vibes

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · Oct 1

I am making Loadstar combining FTL style combat with Elite style open world gameplay. Love the 2D tactical combat of FTL but always disappointed that I couldn't keep exploring, improving my ship
#indiegame #gamedev #solodev

🚀Please wishlist on Steam
store.steampowered.com/app/3948030/...

Loadstar on Steam

Captain your own starship in this 2D, open-world space-sim. Explore, trade, mine, smuggle, steal and fight your way across the milky-way galaxy with real-time, tactical combat.

store.steampowered.com

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 6h

That's beautiful, keep it up!

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 10h

Saw an absolutely giant one in Cologne Zoo recently and now it lives rent free in my nightmares!

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 12h

Light goes on, light goes off

Currently working on adding crew to my #FTLike #spacetrader Loadstar. Stress testing this little guy's reactions to me flipping the weapons power on and off.

#indiedev #pixelart #solodev #gamedev #indiegames

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 2d

Rude!

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 2d

Might have got distracted while working on my FTLike #spacesim !

There's a long way still to go!

#gamedev #spacetrader #animation #funny #godot

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 4d

This is the first time I've felt genuinely optimistic about a political party in my adult life, and that's longer than I care to think about!

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 4d

Let's go!

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 5d

When things get serious you gotta break out the unit tests even in #gamedev ! Thanks gdUnit4 for having my back writing C# unit tests for my #godot game and interactively debugging in #vscode 💪

github.com/MikeSchulze/...

#unittest #testing #indiedev #GodotEngine #solodev

GitHub - MikeSchulze/gdUnit4: Embedded unit testing framework for Godot 4 supporting GDScript and C#. Features test-driven development, embedded test inspector, extensive assertions, mocking, scene te...

Embedded unit testing framework for Godot 4 supporting GDScript and C#. Features test-driven development, embedded test inspector, extensive assertions, mocking, scene testing. - MikeSchulze/gdUnit4

github.com

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 7d

Of course!

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 7d

Every time I think I do..I realise I don't

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 8d

10 games to get to know me

I already regret the ones I didn't pick!

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 10d

Just make sure you do a thorough search to make sure no one else is using it. My game Loadstar was called Starborn originally until I found out Zenimax had a pending trade mark on it 😭 naming is the hardest part! I like a short name fwiw, much nicer for graphic design 👍

Good luck!

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 12d

A final goodbye maybe

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks, appreciate it!

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 12d

How #monday feels!

Working on crew animations for my FTLlike space trader Loadstar

#pixel #pixelart #animation #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 13d

Added the first crew member to my FTLlike spacetrader Loadstar. It's hard to draw a person with so few pixels and colours available, what do you think?

#pixelart #retro #gamedev #ftl #spacetrader #elite #godot #GodotEngine

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 15d

Creating a prototype using #godot 's TileMapLayer to let the player design the layout of their #ftl-like ship for my #spacetrader Loadstar!

Link in my profile

#gamedev #solodev #GodotEngine #pixelart #gamedesign #prototype

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 17d

Freaky!

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 17d

Just published my first #devlog !

I completed my first epic focused on combat enhancements, take a look at the devlog for the deets.

Next epic is crew manipulation!

store.steampowered.com/news/app/394...

#spacesim #ftl #spacetrader #indiegames #solodv #indiedev

Loadstar - Loadstar Devlog - Alpha 2 - Combat - Steam News

Welcome to the first Loadstar Devlog! I plan to publish a devlog with the completion of each alpha version tracking my progress towards the finished game and the features I'm adding along the way. `Al...

store.steampowered.com

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 21d

Playing with the new Range feature in Loadstar's FTL-like combat system

Each weapon has an optimal range and sensors work better close up

#ScreenshotSaturday #FTL #indiegames #tactical #spacetrader

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 24d

Happy #WishlistWednesday !

I am making Loadstar combining the 2D tactical combat of FTL with the open world freedom of space traders like Elite with a sprinkling of Sid Meier's Pirates! thrown in for good measure.

Please wishlist store.steampowered.com/app/3948030/...

#ftl #elite #pirates

Loadstar on Steam

Captain your own starship in this 2D, open-world space-sim. Explore, trade, mine, smuggle, steal and fight your way across the milky-way galaxy with real-time, tactical combat.

store.steampowered.com

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 24d

I'm already onboard, Nick doesn't have to keep selling it to me

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 25d

That first guy reminds me of the MCP from Tron a little bit (or Moses from South Park)

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 25d

When you discover Shading Ink in #aseprite

#pixelart #pixelartist #scifiart #indiedev

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 26d

Adding engine exhaust to show which way you're going in my FTLlike space trader Loadstar!

Link in profile, thanks!

#aseprite #pixelart #indiegamedev #spacesim #gamedev #indiegame

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