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Grave Reaper Cushions
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Indie game developer working on original material plus fan demakes and remakes.

We don't do soft furnishings.

https://itch.io/profile/grave-reaper-cushions
https://gamejolt.com/@GrvRprCshns
https://www.patreon.com/c/GraveReaperCushions
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Grave Reaper Cushions @grvrprcshns.bsky.social · 25d
Final day of my shameless #horror / #halloween themed #selfpromo 🎃

Top-down #endless #retro #shmup action for the #GameBoy

🎃 #HAPPYHALLOWEEN! 🎃

#indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #pixelart #artpost #artshare #chiptunes #GBStudio #ScreamJam

Link: grave-reaper-cushions.itch.io/skullsskulls...
Cover image for Game Boy top-down shooter demo "SkullsSkulls: The Skulls", the game's title presented in a very heavy metal inspired style over a repeating skull motif in the background. Screenshot from Game Boy top-down shooter demo "SkullsSkulls: The Skulls". The edges of the background imply that the action takes place within a stone-walled trench. The lowermost skull, facing upwards, is the player character, the smaller, upward-facing skulls emerging from it being its projectiles. The significantly larger skull over crossed bones and facing downwards is the enemy.
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rumbleminze.bsky.social
Here it is! Castlevania II: Enhanced Edition on the SNES!

Huge shoutouts to Bizqwit for original NES hack, it make this game so much more polished and approachable.

I'll drop some details in replies here; the hack is available here:

mega.nz/folder/g5Jl1...

or

archive.org/details/cast...
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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infinata.bsky.social
Fine. Here’s my ranking.

1. Apples
2. Oranges
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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low-res.bsky.social
they call it slippers because they cover your grippers, which makes you slip (because you can't grip)
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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tallfroguy.bsky.social
Important message to my younger self
Crude drawing of legally distinct superman holding a pencil saying “take this pencil. Don’t learn to draw. Draw anyway.”
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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virtuware.bsky.social
SADAKO for VOGUE JAPAN
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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michaelwarburton.bsky.social
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.

KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.

His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
grvrprcshns.bsky.social
@vikintor.bsky.social knocked it out of the park again! PULCRA is amazing! Check it out! 👇🫵👍

#FPS #horror #horrorgame #horrorgames #bodyhorror #indiegame #indiegames

vikintor.itch.io/pulcragame
PULCRA (Short Body-Horror FPS) by vikintor
A nightmarish
vikintor.itch.io
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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shweep.dev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=er_5...

doing a #gamedev pulse check update to go over what's in the game atm (also so people don't yell at me when the full game's beginning is not like the demo)
Nov 2025 Update Devlog - Scanning + Persistent Enemies
YouTube video by Shweep Games
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
grvrprcshns.bsky.social
Final day of my shameless #horror / #halloween themed #selfpromo 🎃

Top-down #endless #retro #shmup action for the #GameBoy

🎃 #HAPPYHALLOWEEN! 🎃

#indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #pixelart #artpost #artshare #chiptunes #GBStudio #ScreamJam

Link: grave-reaper-cushions.itch.io/skullsskulls...
Cover image for Game Boy top-down shooter demo "SkullsSkulls: The Skulls", the game's title presented in a very heavy metal inspired style over a repeating skull motif in the background. Screenshot from Game Boy top-down shooter demo "SkullsSkulls: The Skulls". The edges of the background imply that the action takes place within a stone-walled trench. The lowermost skull, facing upwards, is the player character, the smaller, upward-facing skulls emerging from it being its projectiles. The significantly larger skull over crossed bones and facing downwards is the enemy.
October 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
grvrprcshns.bsky.social
Shameless #horror/ #halloween themed #selfpromo (week)Day 22🎃

#ExistentialHorror for #StopKillingGames jam

There's no winning

#indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #GameBoy #SKG #SKGJam #existentialdread

Link: grave-reaper-cushions.itch.io/by-design
Logo for Game Boy/Game Boy Color short "By Design". Screenshot from Game Boy/Game Boy Color short "By Design". The player character stands alone on a flat plain surrounded by a black void. A green bar representing the player's heath is at the bottom of the screen.
October 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
grvrprcshns.bsky.social
Shameless #horror/ #halloween themed #selfpromo (week)Day 21🎃

A #GameBoy #demake of an excellent piece of #interactivefiction by @kittyhorrorshow.bsky.social

Do check out the original:
kittyhorrorshow.itch.io/hornets
(GB demake):
grave-reaper-cushions.itch.io/hornets-glow...

#indiegames #indiedev
Screenshot of a Game Boy Color adaptation of the cover art from "Hornets", a work of interactive fiction by renowned horror game creator Kitty Horrorshow, used in a fan-made port. Screenshot of the opening text from a fan-made Game Boy Color port of "Hornets", a work of interactive fiction by renowned horror game creator Kitty Horrorshow.
October 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
grvrprcshns.bsky.social
Shameless #horror/ #halloween themed #selfpromo (week)Day 20🎃

Very early #GameBoy #demake of Day 3's #Aliens #fangame

Not much to do yet, but that idle flamethrower animation...😁

#indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #GBStudio #Alien #scifi #Xenomorph

Link: grave-reaper-cushions.itch.io/aliens-hunte...
Screenshot of the title logo from Game Boy prototype "Aliens: Hunted - Grotesque Breed", a fan game based on the renowned sci-fi horror franchise Aliens. The logo is stylised using an original font of the developer's creation, as opposed to recreating existing logo types from the series, although the "I" will still animate upon pressing the Start button in a way well-established in Aliens-related media. The original first-person fangame was named "Aliens: Hunted"; the addition of "Grotesque Breed" to the title not only differentiates this game from the first-person game, but also alludes to being software for the Game Boy platform by being a phrase with the initials "G.B.", similar to Konami's "Metal Gear Solid: Ghost Babel". The "B" standing for "Breed" is very much a homage to '90s top-down shooter series "Alien Breed", itself inspired by the Aliens franchise. In-game screenshot from Game Boy prototype "Aliens: Hunted - Grotesque Breed", very much an early build as evidenced by the lack of detail in the backgrounds, plus lack of core gameplay elements: at present it's a top-down shooter with no shooting nor anything to shoot. The player has just picked up the shotgun, with a message appearing in the game world to both confirm this acquisition plus identify the item in case it was unclear (highly likely as these sprites are tiny...!) In-game screenshot from Game Boy prototype "Aliens: Hunted - Grotesque Breed", a recreation of one of the cafeteria rooms from the first-person game. During the development phase, an attempt was made to enable the player to climb on top of the tables in a similar manner to the player being able to jump onto environmental elements in the first-person game, however this wasn't working as intended so has been removed for the time being. Squint a bit and you will notice the player is holding the flamethrower - that flame animates in-game.
October 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
grvrprcshns.bsky.social
Eep, (week)Day 19 of my shameless #horror/ #halloween #selfpromo is dropping a little late 🎃😬

As the name suggests, old #Unity #prototypes; just exercises in movement and atmosphere

Downloads disabled for reasons 😑

#indiegames #indiedev #gamedev

Link grave-reaper-cushions.itch.io/old-unity-5-...
Screenshot of a low-lit, untextured environment from a first-person prototype game made in Unity. The light source is attached to the player's character controller, the game world itself having no light sources. Screenshot from a six-degrees-of-freedom segment from a first-person prototype game made in Unity. The environment is actually low-lit, with the light source coming from the player's character controller. Colliding with the coloured orbs "teleports" the player to different scenes. Every scene is identical aside from the colour, the current scene being the "blue area". Screenshot of an untextured environment from a first-person prototype game made in Unity. If I remember correctly, the game world's skybox is set to plain white, with heavy use of fog, and the walls and floor are plain black. Screenshot from a six-degrees-of-freedom segment from a first-person prototype game made in Unity. The game world for this scene is an iso sphere with all normals inverted - that is, everything takes place inside a large sphere. The orbs in the centre act as teleporters to different areas of the game.
October 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
grvrprcshns.bsky.social
Another extra shameless entry for my #horror/ #halloween themed #selfpromo (week)Day 18🎃

Day 15's entry got a commercial update...!
* Now in color!
* Unlockable outfits!
* Unlockable gallery images!
* ONLY $1.99...! 👀

#indiegames #indiedev #nsfw

Link: grave-reaper-cushions.itch.io/scwsafiispop...
Screenshot from the Halloween-themed version of the opening cutscene to NSFW Game Boy Color action game "Scantily Clad While Smashing Assorted Festive Iconography Into Small Piles Of Putrid Debris With Your Bare Hands". The final version of the game will have six themes: Valentine's Day, Easter, Summertime, Halloween, Bonfire Night and Christmas. Each theme has a slight variation on the intro cutscene, plus different unlockables. Screenshot of the costume select screen from the Halloween-themed portion of NSFW Game Boy Color action game "Scantily Clad While Smashing Assorted Festive Iconography Into Small Piles Of Putrid Debris With Your Bare Hands". Gallery images are unlocked by achieving specific scores in-game, with values changing depending on the difficulty setting. Costumes are unlocked when a whole row of gallery images are cleared. Screenshot from NSFW Game Boy Color action game "Scantily Clad While Smashing Assorted Festive Iconography Into Small Piles Of Putrid Debris With Your Bare Hands". Series protagonist Morag is in the process of smashing a specific piece of festive iconography into small piles of putrid debris with her foot rather than her bare hands here, but hey 🤷‍♂️ Screenshot of the gallery screen from the Halloween-themed portion of NSFW Game Boy Color action game "Scantily Clad While Smashing Assorted Festive Iconography Into Small Piles Of Putrid Debris With Your Bare Hands". Every image is locked in this screenshot, with the different point values required to unlock them on display. It is work noting that, following extensive playtesting, these point values have since been greatly reduced. These reductions are not implemented in the currently available build but will be present in future builds.
October 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
grvrprcshns.bsky.social
Shameless #horror / #halloween themed #selfpromo (week)Day 17 🎃

More #Godot practice for 2023's #7dfps jam
There's not much here yet, but the unintentional #physics are fun...!

#indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #FPS #lowpoly #prototype #shortgame

Link: grave-reaper-cushions.itch.io/cinereum-7df...
Screenshot from indie FPS prototype "Cinereum". All visual elements are made out of arrangements of basic shapes and left untextured, with the odd edit to specular and metallic material values. The title was chosen after a couple of layers of internet searches looking for synonyms for "grey". Screenshot from indie FPS prototype "Cinereum". The player is "holding" the pistol, standing close by and looking towards the shotgun, which floats and rotates in place in a very '90s video game fashion. Screenshot from indie FPS prototype "Cinereum". The player is "holding" the shotgun and looking upwards at the taller features in the environment.
October 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
grvrprcshns.bsky.social
Shameless #horror / #halloween themed #selfpromo (week)Day 16🎃

Entering 2023's #7dfps jam by (sort of) revisiting my first #FPS, this time in #Godot
Based on a tutorial by @miziziziz.deeproot.dev

#indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #pixelart

Link grave-reaper-cushions.itch.io/terminus-pro...
Title image for indie FPS prototype "Terminus: Prologue - Redux" Screenshot from indie FPS prototype "Terminus: Prologue - Redux". The game starts and the enemies immediately start closing in. Screenshot from indie FPS prototype "Terminus: Prologue - Redux", pixel gore on full display.
October 22, 2025 at 5:31 AM
grvrprcshns.bsky.social
Another maverick entry for (week)Day 15 of my shameless #horror / #halloween themed #selfpromo 🎃

Now even more shameless... 👀

#indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #gameboy #gbstudio #lewd #lewdgame #nsfw

Link: grave-reaper-cushions.itch.io/wlwspispopdw...
Title screen from NSFW Game Boy action short "Wearing Lingerie While Smashing Pumpkins into Small Piles of Putrid Debris With Your Bare Hands" Screenshot from opening cutscene from NSFW Game Boy action short "Wearing Lingerie While Smashing Pumpkins into Small Piles of Putrid Debris With Your Bare Hands", series protagonist Morag bemused as to how she's ended up with such a shipment. Screenshot from NSFW Game Boy action short "Wearing Lingerie While Smashing Pumpkins into Small Piles of Putrid Debris With Your Bare Hands", depicting series protagonist Morag a) in lingerie, and b) smashing pumpkins with her bare hands. Results screen from NSFW Game Boy action short "Wearing Lingerie While Smashing Pumpkins into Small Piles of Putrid Debris With Your Bare Hands"
October 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
grvrprcshns.bsky.social
Shameless #horror/ #halloween themed #selfpromo (week)Day 14🎃

My appreciation for terrible puns tells you exactly what this #jokegame is really about...! 🖐️🖐️🖐️

#indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #platformer #pixelart #chiptunes #gbstudio #gameboy #retro

Link grave-reaper-cushions.itch.io/throwing-hands
Logo for the Halloween-themed Game Boy short "Throwing Hands". Screenshot from the opening cutscene from Halloween-themed Game Boy short "Throwing Hands", an oddly-proportioned silhouette with text box displaying the dialogue "Do you have any plans for Halloween?". Ominous music plays during this sequence. Screenshot from the opening cutscene from Halloween-themed Game Boy short "Throwing Hands", the oddly-proportioned silhouette revealed to be a bizarre goblin-man with an intense stare and enormous grin, with what appears to be a glove on his head... (It's not a glove...) Screenshot from Halloween-themed Game Boy short "Throwing Hands", depicting a street scene on Halloween night. The oddly-proportioned goblin-like protagonist, bloody meat cleaver in hand, is standing atop a street light, having used the nearby crates of "Halloween Stuff" as platforms to get up there. Also in this scene are two locals, one dressed as a pumpkin-headed scarecrow, the other a ghost, neither of which are aware of the stomach-churning fate that awaits them...
October 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
grvrprcshns.bsky.social
Shameless #horror / #halloween themed #selfpromo Day 13 🎃

Top-down run-n-gun instalment of the ongoing series, going for #Aliens / #TheThing vibes

#indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #gameboy #gbstudio #retro #scifi #scifihorror #bodyhorror

Link: grave-reaper-cushions.itch.io/underlier-un...
Banner image depicting the logo for Game Boy run-n-gun short "Underlier: Underslung" Screenshot from Game Boy run-n-gun short "Underlier: Underslung". Sprites from left to right: the player character, a former crewman preparing to fire a beam of energy through the suit's visor, another former crewman, former scout with tendril emerging through visor. Screenshot from Game Boy run-n-gun short "Underlier: Underslung", the player character in the lower portion of the image, having just defeated one of the former crewmen with the flamethrower. Note the weapon icon in the top-right of the screen. Screenshot from Game Boy run-n-gun short "Underlier: Underslung". Power-ups are stored in crates, and in this image all four creates in this room have been opened, revealing the four types of weapon power-up available, top-left to bottom right: Arc Shot, Minigun, Flamethrower, Grenade Launcher.
October 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
grvrprcshns.bsky.social
I made a new thing for #ScreamJam 2025! 💀🎃😊

#indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #retro #pixelart #chiptune #chiptunes #8bit #8-bit #gameboy #gbstudio #shooter #verticalscroller #shootemup #shoot-em-up #shmup #gamejam #halloween

Link: grave-reaper-cushions.itch.io/skullsskulls...
SKULLSSKULLS: 💀 THE SKULLS 💀 by Grave Reaper Cushions
💀 SKULLS 💀
grave-reaper-cushions.itch.io
October 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
grvrprcshns.bsky.social
Shameless #horror/ #halloween themed #selfpromo Day 12🎃

A #FanGame based on a #FanFilm

Authentic #SurvivalHorror on #GameBoy? Nearly; ran out of time so no puzzles/inventory management atm

Solid template tho🤔

#indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #SilentHill

Link grave-reaper-cushions.itch.io/rot-demo
Screenshot from Game Boy Color survival horror prototype "ROT", depicting a first-person, point-and-click puzzle scene Screenshot from Game Boy Color survival horror prototype "ROT". Being a Silent Hill fangame, and homage to classic survival horror in general, ROT attempts to capture a number of the elements associated with the genre, not just in terms of game mechanics, but in presentation such as with multiple camera angles. ROT, being a 2D game, alludes to the idea of alternate camera angles in a 3D space by having scenes set at different scales: in this image, the characters and environment are at a "default" scale; other scenes present the game world as if the camera has zoomed out, achieved by usign sprites that are half the size of those seen here. Screenshot from Game Boy Color survival horror prototype "ROT", part of a cutscene in which the protagonist answers their phone, an unknown caller ominously asking "...can you remember?" Screenshot from Game Boy Color survival horror prototype "ROT". Being a Silent Hill fan project, ROT of course features a "dark world" and collapsed roads, both of which are depicted in this image. Additionally, this image is an example of a "zoomed-out" scene, a workaround in 2D space in order to pay homage to the dynamic camera and alternate angles of the original series.
October 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
grvrprcshns.bsky.social
#DarkAmbient #GameOST for $1.99, anybody? 👀

#indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #gamemusic #gamesoundtrack #music #soundtrack #ambient #horror #LMMS #FPS #ESPSE #boomershooter #retroFPS #Doom #Heretic

Link: grave-reaper-cushions.itch.io/underlier-ga...
UNDERLIER GAIDEN: The Ancient OST by Grave Reaper Cushions
Soundtrack to the retro-styled FPS, plus bonus tracks. MP3 format.
grave-reaper-cushions.itch.io
October 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM
grvrprcshns.bsky.social
Shameless #horror / #halloween themed #selfpromo Day 11 🎃

That burgeoning series needed a side-story, hence this distant prequel made in #EasyFPSEditor

That #soundtrack... 🎧😊

#indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #FPS #EFPSE #boomershooter #Eldritch

Link: grave-reaper-cushions.itch.io/underlier-ga...
Screenshot from retro-styled FPS "Underlier Gaiden: The Ancient", demonstrating the player's sword swing. Screenshot from retro-styled FPS "Underlier Gaiden: The Ancient". As relatively grounded as the previous games in the series had been, "-Gaiden" is gleefully anachronistic: the game is supposedly set around the tenth century - this isn't going to keep the player from mowing down enemies with what is essentially a flamethrower... Screenshot from retro-styled FPS "Underlier Gaiden: The Ancient", depicting the player escaping their village, mowing down enemies with a crossbow. Screenshot from retro-styled FPS "Underlier Gaiden: The Ancient". The player has gone underground. The glowing eyes and inhuman voices of the former villagers are but a hint of the strangeness to come. Also pictured: a cluster of pellets from an enemy's blunderbuss. The player's current weapon shoots blades.
October 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
grvrprcshns.bsky.social
Another maverick entry for my (week)daily shameless #horror/ #halloween #selfpromo Day 10🎃

This is a #jokegame but...
Pseudo #FPS #atmospheric #walkingsim for the #GameBoy? 🤨

There's potential here, sure🤔

#indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #gbstudio

Link grave-reaper-cushions.itch.io/punch-agbic-...
Screenshot of the title screen from Game Boy/Game Boy Color short game "punch", based on an entry for 2023's Famicase Exhibition - original work by Kaito Hayashi. Screenshot of the opening screen from the browser version of Game Boy/Game Boy Color short "punch", detailing the control layout for both QWERTY keyboard and Game Boy. The game is a pseudo-3D first-person experience with "tank controls" (Up and Down to move forwards and backwards, and Left and Right to turn in those directions). Screenshot from Game Boy/Game Boy Color short "punch". The game features a jokey take on menu-based interaction, and this screenshot depicts part of the resulting animation if the player selects "punch". There are only two options in the menu, the other one also being "punch". Behind-the-scenes image produced during development of Game Boy/Game Boy Color short "punch". Internally, the game keeps track of the player's position and direction with a numerical variable: this image illustrates the values for that variable in every possible position.
October 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
grvrprcshns.bsky.social
Not to brag, but I've only absolutely nailed recreating the Round Vulcan weapon from #SNES classic #Axelay in #GBStudio... 😁

(not for an actual #fangame #demake, but still)

#indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #GameBoy #shmup #retro
October 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM