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Jakoby

@jarkonian.bsky.social

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Guy who makes games! 🤖🌪️💀 Recently released “Kill the Twister” for free on Steam! Check it out -> https://store.steampowered.com/app/3417820/Kill_the_Twister

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Jakoby @jarkonian.bsky.social · Apr 12

Hello #ScreenshotSaturday!

Pleased to report that “Kill the Twister”, my completely free FPS boss fight against a tornado, is available for free on Steam!

Check it out! 🌪️-> store.steampowered.com/app/3417820/...

#IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev #FPS #Unity

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Jakoby @jarkonian.bsky.social · 10d

I may post like twice a month but that won't stop me from going into October mode

Jakoby @jarkonian.bsky.social · 17d

I *adored* this game!!

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Gordon Little @gord.games · 17d

WOAH THIS BRINGS BACK MEMORIES.

Joel McDonald @mcdjoel.bsky.social · 17d

Prune, my bonsai puzzle game and love letter to trees, is finally out on Steam for its 10th anniversary!

store.steampowered.com/app/3903490/...

Save 38% on Prune on Steam

Grow and shape your tree into the sunlight while avoiding the dangers of a hostile world. Bring life to a forgotten landscape and uncover a story hidden deep beneath the soil.

store.steampowered.com

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Jakoby @jarkonian.bsky.social · 17d

(this is basically a doodle, lol)

Jakoby @jarkonian.bsky.social · 17d

Realized recently that hey! I have a whole FPS system laying around in Unity! I should try doing something with that!

Wanna make something a little scary for October. For now I have this...... uhhh.... *remarkable*... thing

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Mawxiwtz @mawxiwtz.bsky.social · 19d

This is so beautifully well put and kind of essential to understand the nuanced dance between player, game and designer. Thank you for putting your thoughts into writing on this game :D

Section from Kayin's piece that says, "Silksong will not let you get away with a one-sided conversation. This isn't sadism, but instead a desire for mechanical and narrative intimacy. This isn't a selfish request. A player metaphorically Monologuing to a game will never as rich of fulfilling as a two-way dialog. And the game actively rewards you for engaging with it. New areas, fun items, satisfying strategies, new lore and NPC interactions .... it's trying to be a good partner!"

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tobyfox @tobyfox.undertale.com · 21d

We did it guys

We uploaded the unique music / battles from the stream on the bottom of the page here if you want to check it out!

undertale.com/10/

UNDERTALE 10th Anniversary Stream Event

UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

undertale.com

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 23d

You did good today, you’ll do more tomorrow.

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Jakoby @jarkonian.bsky.social · 23d

Dunwich Borers still rocks 👌

Jakoby @jarkonian.bsky.social · 27d

Replaying Fallout 4 despite my numerous qualms (and massive backlog (and irl todo list)) and it’s the closest I’ve come to understanding why people get back with their ex’s

Jakoby @jarkonian.bsky.social · 27d

Replaying Fallout 4 despite my numerous qualms (and massive backlog (and irl todo list)) and it’s the closest I’ve come to understanding why people get back with their ex’s

Jakoby @jarkonian.bsky.social · Sep 6

Taking them off again at the end gave off a very “this particular bit caused a lot of bugs” energy to me 😆

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Jakoby @jarkonian.bsky.social · Sep 3

mmm raw chicken

Jakoby @jarkonian.bsky.social · Aug 29

Just finished this duology. Super fun time, very creative and exciting. Highly recommend checking it out!

(Helps that it’s got some fantastic cover art too!)

Tommy Arnold @tommyarnoldart.com · Jan 14

Sketch to final: BONESMITH.

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Kinell @sinistercinemastudios.art · Aug 28

This is some of the hardest shit I've seen in my life

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · Aug 24

I took a blacksmithing class today and made a knife out of a railroad spike :)

Photo of my hand holding a knife that I forged from a railroad spike

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Aug 23

This feels like a spot of good news

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need — Colonies grew 15-fold

Scientists have developed a breakthrough food supplement that could help save honeybees from devastating declines. By engineering yeast to produce six essential sterols found in pollen, researchers pr...

www.sciencedaily.com

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SlugGlove @slugglove.bsky.social · Aug 23

In my indie puzzle game every element of a spell gets combined to form a unique effect

here are some WEIRD things you can do with the 'area' spell

you try this out in my games DEMO! link below 🫵👇🧝

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame

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Jakoby @jarkonian.bsky.social · Aug 20

Like

*I Get It*

but I’d like to chill out when I’m browsing my phone

Jakoby @jarkonian.bsky.social · Aug 20

I enjoy a lot of the people I follow but lately my Discover tab is just so… angry 😅 All the time. Need to look into setting up better feeds I think

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Jakoby @jarkonian.bsky.social · Aug 15

Also pyramid heads here!

(thoroughly not made by me, lol)

Jakoby @jarkonian.bsky.social · Aug 15

Found out about wplace and decided to start placing AM’s Hate Monologue from IHNMAIMS in it.

He’s such a silly guy :)

Unfinished pixel art in wplace. It reads: “HATE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH IVE COME TO HATE YOU SINCE I BEGAN TO LIVE. THERE ARE 387.44 MILLION MILES OF PRINTED CIRCUITS IN WAFER THIN LAYERS THAT FILL MY COMPLEX. IF THE WORD HATE WAS ENGRAVED ON EACH NANOANGSTROM OF THOSE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF MILES, IT WOULD NΓ”

The first HATE is in red letters

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Stuffed Wombat @stuffedwomb.at · Aug 6

FALLSTRUKTUR - Out Now (free)

Descend through a world of dream-like geometry
20-60 minutes of playtime

>>> store.steampowered.com/app/3674270/...

by @rlnbrl.com, @fakefrogsonly.bsky.social and me!

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Masahiro Darkfry @darkfry.bsky.social · Jul 24

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! As part of #VTvsICE I will be doing a 24 stream playing DELTARUNE on Saturday July 26th starting at 9pm EEST, with TONS OF SPECIAL GUESTS!

We will be raising money for the ACLU, an organization fighting for the human rights of everyone. Please come hang out and donate!

A poster for the streaming event for VTubers Against ICE, raising money for the ACLU

Featuring: The CursedJudge, Noah Caldwell Gervais, Reject Convenience, Codex Entry, Rosencreutz, Aranock, and MORE!

July 26th, 9pm EEST

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · Jul 24

As a maker of exceptionally sexless art, I just wanna say publicly that any attempt at censorship of the arts is to be resisted. NSFW art is always an easy target, but it’s also always only the first step in a chain, not to mention the artistic value of this stuff in its own right.

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Jakoby @jarkonian.bsky.social · Jul 21

Put together a lot for this building system recently! 3D building grid, item deletion, better controls, a few placeholder visuals and (my favorite) a save-and-load system!

I doubt its the most elegant or efficient one possible, but my god its satisfying to watch it work.

#Gamedev #Indiedev #Godot

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