Max!
@littlepolygon.bsky.social
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
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/...
Gunning for Early Access soon, but solo-dev is hard! WISHLIST: store.steampowered.com/app/3038700/...
Congrats!!!!!
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?...
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
KO_OP Game Reveal & Presentation
YouTube video by KO_OP
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Congrats!!!!!
Hell, I was a Megaman link curator myself for years. People love to volunteer for public goods, given half a chance.
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Hell, I was a Megaman link curator myself for years. People love to volunteer for public goods, given half a chance.
Also, discord has largely supplanted a lot of subject-matter or social forums, moving data out of search and into silos. You can't stumble across something and lurk it, you have to be Invited and Logged In and Present to a Real-Time group, which is categorically different.
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Also, discord has largely supplanted a lot of subject-matter or social forums, moving data out of search and into silos. You can't stumble across something and lurk it, you have to be Invited and Logged In and Present to a Real-Time group, which is categorically different.
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portfolio catch-up post 01
January 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
portfolio catch-up post 01
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November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I think fb & twitter supplanted forums & blogs bc your grandma was on the former and celebs were on the latter. Now gran is alone with AI slop and celebs have wisely all logged off, so this short-form/no-context format is vestigial. I'd love to return to a longform livejournal, lol.
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I think fb & twitter supplanted forums & blogs bc your grandma was on the former and celebs were on the latter. Now gran is alone with AI slop and celebs have wisely all logged off, so this short-form/no-context format is vestigial. I'd love to return to a longform livejournal, lol.
For "fairness" here's stuff I don't exactly miss from the mid-aughts web: browser toolbar extensions, insecure ActiveX controls, pervasive flash-player embeds.
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
For "fairness" here's stuff I don't exactly miss from the mid-aughts web: browser toolbar extensions, insecure ActiveX controls, pervasive flash-player embeds.
The web was never perfect, but it really used to be a lot more like a library and a lot less like a shopping mall.
November 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The web was never perfect, but it really used to be a lot more like a library and a lot less like a shopping mall.
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
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.
I don't need an AI to draw hands badly -- I've been doing that since I was five years old.
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I don't need an AI to draw hands badly -- I've been doing that since I was five years old.
Nightshift Galaxy is AI free, as though there was any doubt.
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
“We can produce results that meet our quality standards without its assistance.”
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Nightshift Galaxy is AI free, as though there was any doubt.
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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
Join us tomorrow at 12 PM EST for an exciting announcement of our upcoming game! youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg
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good afternoon
May 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
good afternoon
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Wood Man Stage - Part II 🌳
For the 'Mega Man 2 Redraw' project!
Each scene is a smaller section of a larger vertical piece.
For the 'Mega Man 2 Redraw' project!
Each scene is a smaller section of a larger vertical piece.
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Wood Man Stage - Part II 🌳
For the 'Mega Man 2 Redraw' project!
Each scene is a smaller section of a larger vertical piece.
For the 'Mega Man 2 Redraw' project!
Each scene is a smaller section of a larger vertical piece.
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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/
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/
October 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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/
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/
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Reposted by Max!
Sometimes Kakizaki's a genius too
November 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Sometimes Kakizaki's a genius too
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let it rain on us forever
November 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
let it rain on us forever
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
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]
It's a solo effort, lol, but for the demo troupe g generously recorded a track troupegammage.com
Troupe Gammage
troupegammage.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
It's a solo effort, lol, but for the demo troupe g generously recorded a track troupegammage.com
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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) 🎵
🎵 Starfox (SNES) 🎵
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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) 🎵
🎵 Starfox (SNES) 🎵
Them "You must have played a lot of Star Fox!"
Me [Sega Kid]: Yeah... something like that...
youtu.be/FqrHabC7xmc?...
Me [Sega Kid]: Yeah... something like that...
youtu.be/FqrHabC7xmc?...
November 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Them "You must have played a lot of Star Fox!"
Me [Sega Kid]: Yeah... something like that...
youtu.be/FqrHabC7xmc?...
Me [Sega Kid]: Yeah... something like that...
youtu.be/FqrHabC7xmc?...