Nick Shooter - Mouseward 🐭⚔️
@nshooter.bsky.social
Level designer for Mouseward, a Soulslike Collectathon where you play as a mouse knight!
http://s.team/a/1188410
- Formerly a designer on Grand Theft Auto 6 and Madden
- Level designer for Void Sols
- Also making a lil Metroidvania!
http://s.team/a/1188410
- Formerly a designer on Grand Theft Auto 6 and Madden
- Level designer for Void Sols
- Also making a lil Metroidvania!
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wake up babe, new banger soulslike from @finitereflect.bsky.social just dropped 🐭⚔️🦉 finite-reflection.itch.io/mouseward
Mouseward by Finite Reflection, SECRET SAUCE
Available for Windows, macOS
finite-reflection.itch.io
*psst*
Mouseward, our new Soulslike Collectathon, has a free alpha demo up on itch if anybody wants to try it early 👀
Mouseward, our new Soulslike Collectathon, has a free alpha demo up on itch if anybody wants to try it early 👀
Gonna get a bit sentimental on main, but I'm incredibly grateful that I'm at a point in my career where I can work on a game that combines all of my biggest influences into something I'm genuinely excited to show people.
No idea how long I'll get to keep doing this, but for now I'm having a blast!
No idea how long I'll get to keep doing this, but for now I'm having a blast!
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Gonna get a bit sentimental on main, but I'm incredibly grateful that I'm at a point in my career where I can work on a game that combines all of my biggest influences into something I'm genuinely excited to show people.
No idea how long I'll get to keep doing this, but for now I'm having a blast!
No idea how long I'll get to keep doing this, but for now I'm having a blast!
My 2 cents on the games difficulty discourse is that people dramatically underestimate how stubborn gamers are when it comes to turning down the difficulty.
With Void Sols, most of our players stuck with the default difficulty even if they were struggling and knew about the accessibility options.
With Void Sols, most of our players stuck with the default difficulty even if they were struggling and knew about the accessibility options.
November 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
My 2 cents on the games difficulty discourse is that people dramatically underestimate how stubborn gamers are when it comes to turning down the difficulty.
With Void Sols, most of our players stuck with the default difficulty even if they were struggling and knew about the accessibility options.
With Void Sols, most of our players stuck with the default difficulty even if they were struggling and knew about the accessibility options.
2025 really is a generational year for indie games whose budgets strain the definition of the term
(Just rolled credits on Hades 2 😆)
(Just rolled credits on Hades 2 😆)
November 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
2025 really is a generational year for indie games whose budgets strain the definition of the term
(Just rolled credits on Hades 2 😆)
(Just rolled credits on Hades 2 😆)
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come on you little champ 🥺
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
come on you little champ 🥺
Woah, we're Forbsillionaires now
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Woah, we're Forbsillionaires now
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Looking for past Garfield Macy's balloons. Found a new reaction image
November 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Looking for past Garfield Macy's balloons. Found a new reaction image
No wonder steam has a monopoly with the way their competition keeps kneecapping themselves
Opposing Steam’s AI Disclosures, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney Says Game Stores Should Drop "the AI tag" Because "it makes no sense" When "AI will be involved in nearly all future production"
www.gamesradar.com/games/opposi...
#ai #gamedev #steam #epicgames #videogames #gaming
www.gamesradar.com/games/opposi...
#ai #gamedev #steam #epicgames #videogames #gaming
Opposing Steam's AI disclosures, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says game stores should drop "the AI tag" because "it makes no sense" when "AI will be involved in nearly all future production"
Steam has actually made AI disclosures even more prominent
www.gamesradar.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
No wonder steam has a monopoly with the way their competition keeps kneecapping themselves
Why didn't anybody warn me about Back Pain ™️ when I turned 30? 🥲
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Why didn't anybody warn me about Back Pain ™️ when I turned 30? 🥲
We need more "completely unrelated thing I was inspired by" gamedev posts, it's always so cool to see what gets people's creative juices flowing.
Did you know 7 Days to Die was one of the inspirations for our game? 👀
Don’t worry! There are no zombies in Winter Burrow 🐭
We were inspired to explore the contrast between the stress of wandering the cold unknown VS the relief of returning to your safe, warm home ❄️
Don’t worry! There are no zombies in Winter Burrow 🐭
We were inspired to explore the contrast between the stress of wandering the cold unknown VS the relief of returning to your safe, warm home ❄️
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We need more "completely unrelated thing I was inspired by" gamedev posts, it's always so cool to see what gets people's creative juices flowing.
The desire to post random intrusive thoughts to be free of them, versus the fear of poster's remorse.
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The desire to post random intrusive thoughts to be free of them, versus the fear of poster's remorse.
I had Legos and an N64 growing up, becoming a level designer for videogames was all but guaranteed.
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I had Legos and an N64 growing up, becoming a level designer for videogames was all but guaranteed.
The older I get, the more I gravitate to games for vibes more than mechanics.
Give me a neat looking space and some moody lighting and I'm sold, lol
Give me a neat looking space and some moody lighting and I'm sold, lol
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The older I get, the more I gravitate to games for vibes more than mechanics.
Give me a neat looking space and some moody lighting and I'm sold, lol
Give me a neat looking space and some moody lighting and I'm sold, lol
Man, it's tough finding that balance between making a novel game, and making a marketable game.
If it's too bizarre it's hard to get people to play it, but if it's too safe it can get boring.
Curious to hear what other folks' experience with this has been.
If it's too bizarre it's hard to get people to play it, but if it's too safe it can get boring.
Curious to hear what other folks' experience with this has been.
November 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Man, it's tough finding that balance between making a novel game, and making a marketable game.
If it's too bizarre it's hard to get people to play it, but if it's too safe it can get boring.
Curious to hear what other folks' experience with this has been.
If it's too bizarre it's hard to get people to play it, but if it's too safe it can get boring.
Curious to hear what other folks' experience with this has been.
I think that the kind of games I'm most excited to work on is anything I haven't done before. Especially if it's a genre I'm less familiar with, it's an opportunity to learn to appreciate something new.
If I don't like it, why? What do I want to change to make it interesting to me?
If I don't like it, why? What do I want to change to make it interesting to me?
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I think that the kind of games I'm most excited to work on is anything I haven't done before. Especially if it's a genre I'm less familiar with, it's an opportunity to learn to appreciate something new.
If I don't like it, why? What do I want to change to make it interesting to me?
If I don't like it, why? What do I want to change to make it interesting to me?
Now that I've had some time to mull it over, it's been good getting some constructive criticism on Mouseward while we're still early in development. While I can't promise we're gonna suddenly shift to a platformer, I would like to better represent Collectathons with a bit more gameplay variety.
November 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Now that I've had some time to mull it over, it's been good getting some constructive criticism on Mouseward while we're still early in development. While I can't promise we're gonna suddenly shift to a platformer, I would like to better represent Collectathons with a bit more gameplay variety.
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Please read this in the gentlest possible voice but we HAVE to divest from mil-sims as gamedevs. Even before this AI bullshit in the latest Black Ops, these games have done so much harm and contributed massively to the dehumanization of several populations worldwide. It’s US foreign pol propaganda.
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Please read this in the gentlest possible voice but we HAVE to divest from mil-sims as gamedevs. Even before this AI bullshit in the latest Black Ops, these games have done so much harm and contributed massively to the dehumanization of several populations worldwide. It’s US foreign pol propaganda.
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Mouseward featured in here!
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Mouseward featured in here!
ggs Spirit and the Mouse, I quite enjoyed that
November 9, 2025 at 4:09 AM
ggs Spirit and the Mouse, I quite enjoyed that
Finally picked up The Spirit and the Mouse, and this game is so good?!
I've been really enjoying running around this chill little french town collecting bulbs. The level design, the art direction, and the music are all top notch, just a lovely little game.
I've been really enjoying running around this chill little french town collecting bulbs. The level design, the art direction, and the music are all top notch, just a lovely little game.
November 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Finally picked up The Spirit and the Mouse, and this game is so good?!
I've been really enjoying running around this chill little french town collecting bulbs. The level design, the art direction, and the music are all top notch, just a lovely little game.
I've been really enjoying running around this chill little french town collecting bulbs. The level design, the art direction, and the music are all top notch, just a lovely little game.
This describes Void Sols better than anything I could come up with
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This describes Void Sols better than anything I could come up with
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The speedrun.com/mouseward leaderboard is now up and running! Come and get your runs in and let's see who the fastest rodent of all is! Massive thanks to @finitereflect.bsky.social for making such an amazing game.
Mouseward - Speedrun.com
View Mouseward speedruns, leaderboards, forums and more on Speedrun.com
speedrun.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The speedrun.com/mouseward leaderboard is now up and running! Come and get your runs in and let's see who the fastest rodent of all is! Massive thanks to @finitereflect.bsky.social for making such an amazing game.
Rats together strong 🐭🤝🐀
The best weapon combo is of course the dual wielded rats...
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Rats together strong 🐭🤝🐀
My cat is such a doofus dude
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
My cat is such a doofus dude
Posting on socials started making a lot more sense to me once a friend described it to me as a trashcan for your 2 AM intrusive thoughts 🤔
November 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Posting on socials started making a lot more sense to me once a friend described it to me as a trashcan for your 2 AM intrusive thoughts 🤔