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Max!
@littlepolygon.bsky.social
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Independent Game Programmer solo developing an anime/mecha arcade-game, NIGHTSHIFT GALAXY. He/him.

WISHLIST: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3038700/Nightshift_Galaxy
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/EAncTCUnHY
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Max! @littlepolygon.bsky.social · Nov 21
Hey bsky! I'm Max, and this is my game NIGHTSHIFT GALAXY about perpetually-broke freelance mecha pilots. Classic arcade gameplay with modern polish.

Gunning for Early Access soon, but solo-dev is hard! WISHLIST: store.steampowered.com/app/3038700/...
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shawnthemiller.bsky.social
A quick warmup animation this morning to get the day started! #IndieDev #GameDev #Animation
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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cosimog.bsky.social
The well
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
littlepolygon.bsky.social
Congrats!!!!!
ko-op.com KO_OP @ko-op.com · 22h
We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.

youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
KO_OP Game Reveal & Presentation
YouTube video by KO_OP
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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sssvvv.bsky.social
portfolio catch-up post 01
January 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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wurmfud.itch.io
-cat-

#pixelart
Pixel art portrait of the most unreasonably beautiful cat you've ever seen
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
littlepolygon.bsky.social
I've been online since 1995 & take it for granted that others share my memory, but just for any young folks: nobody needed "AI" in the mid-aughts because web search used to work. New "innovations" online today are just inferior version of stuff that's been intentionally sabotaged.
November 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
littlepolygon.bsky.social
Nightshift Galaxy is AI free, as though there was any doubt.
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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ko-op.com
Join us tomorrow at 12 PM EST for an exciting announcement of our upcoming game! youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg
KO_OP Game Reveal & Presentation
YouTube video by KO_OP
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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sandwichcolonel.bsky.social
good afternoon
May 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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rephildesign.bsky.social
Wood Man Stage - Part II 🌳

For the 'Mega Man 2 Redraw' project!

Each scene is a smaller section of a larger vertical piece.
A scene of Mega Man running through Wood Man's stage. Various enemies block his path. A scene of Mega Man descending into the the lower regions of Wood Man's stage. Bat-like enemies stand in his way. A scene of Mega Man confronting a dog-like robot enemy.
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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vgdensetsu.bsky.social
I wrote a long article about Rieko Kodama, her career at Sega, the evolution of her company, the games she worked on (including some canceled games and/or games for which she is not credited), the status of women and working conditions in the video game industry, etc.
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/
Illustration: a portrait of Rieko Kodama with some of the games she has worked on. The dominant colors are yellow, purple and red. Counterclockwise from top left: Rieko Kodama, Alis and Lutz from Phantasy Star, Sonic in a maze, Alex Kidd and his motorbike next to Flicky on a waterfront pier, Joe Musashi and his dog near the Statue of Liberty facing a skyline, the three playable characters from Golden Axe seen from behind on the edge of a cliff, and one of the flying ships from Skies of Arcadia.
October 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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mecha-tho.bsky.social
Four Murasame from Zeta Gundam saying "I'll always love you, but I become a different person when I pilot the bicycle." A bicycle is visible behind her.
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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sundownmcmoon.bsky.social
Sometimes Kakizaki's a genius too
Screenshot of Kakizaki from SDF Macross in his pilot uniform, looking thoughtful while speaking. Subtitles read: If I lived in a society where I couldn't hang out with women, I'd wanna die!
November 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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sssvvv.bsky.social
let it rain on us forever
November 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
littlepolygon.bsky.social
Cocktail was served with a Sichuan peppercorn fruit, and the waiter said -- and I quote -- "on the street they're calling these 'buzzballs'" [stuck in my head in Ice T's voice, now]
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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littlepolygon.bsky.social
I've prioritized idiosyncratic floating-cursor aiming in Nightshift over generic rotation-based aiming to allow fixed-cameras and other "curated" arcade-style experiences, differentiating from generic shooters and feeling more "shmuppy".

🎵 Starfox (SNES) 🎵
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
littlepolygon.bsky.social
Them "You must have played a lot of Star Fox!"
Me [Sega Kid]: Yeah... something like that...

youtu.be/FqrHabC7xmc?...
November 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
littlepolygon.bsky.social
People posting about Angel's Egg, now re-released in theaters for a limited time, and I still think of it as "Grimdark Beautiful Dreamer" youtu.be/mHJlMnJUfRU?...
Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer | Official Trailer [HD] | Directed by Mamoru Oshii
YouTube video by Midnight Pulp
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
littlepolygon.bsky.social
I've prioritized idiosyncratic floating-cursor aiming in Nightshift over generic rotation-based aiming to allow fixed-cameras and other "curated" arcade-style experiences, differentiating from generic shooters and feeling more "shmuppy".

🎵 Starfox (SNES) 🎵
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
littlepolygon.bsky.social
"this isn't about _her_"
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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manifestephanie.bsky.social
KIRYU-CHAN! 🔪✨
#yakuza
Isometric fanart of multiple Majima Everywhere encounters from Yakuza Kiwami. Majima runs into Kiryu in different parts of a Kamurocho street corner in various disguises or hiding spots. Goromi, Hannya-Man, and 24-Hour Cinderella are among Majima's disguises.
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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christinelove.bsky.social
Star Sword Nemesis is now available! Read about the most fashionable girl in a utopian collective of Trans-Neptunian Objects falling in love with her fencing instructor, the deadliest turncoat milf in all of space, feat. art by @mightyatom.bsky.social! loveconquersallgames.itch.io/star-sword-n...
October 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
littlepolygon.bsky.social
Remember when Microsoft lost an antitrust suit just for packing a web browser with Windows? Wistful for those days.
November 20, 2025 at 2:12 AM
littlepolygon.bsky.social
Apropos of nothing, I'm thinking about Adam Curtis. His work's productive move is the slightest shift in perspective. We think of historical people and foreigners as products of their circumstances, but ourselves as liberated individuals. The shift reveals ourselves as circumstantial, as well.
November 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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brandon.insertcredit.com
This thing took so much work, from so many people - RPGs have so many little working parts, and we did so much to try to make this world feel alive. The team is just vibrating right now, seeing how this all goes, but for now it's great to just have it out there, in people's hands.
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM