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Wizard of Trash @trashwizz.bsky.social · 4d

In the Bottomless Dungeon update, the game proudly displays what floor of the dungeon you died on :) This update will be added to the public prototype on October 24th, but it is live now on my patreon for Patron + supporters and above. #Gryptic #gamedev #indiegames #dungeoncrawler #godotengine

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Wizard of Trash @trashwizz.bsky.social · 6d

Tomorrow’s private prototype update is shaping up nicely! The proc gen system is now correctly adding light sources and enemy encounters. I have a few more hours to try to squeeze in some additional content 🤓 #gryptic #godotengine #gamedev #indiegames #dungeoncrawler

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Wizard of Trash @trashwizz.bsky.social · 8d

Starting to work on spawning decor and encounters in the proc gen system now. I may even make a pass at replacing the placeholder enemy with something a little less goofy. Either way the next private prototype update will be a major leap forward for #Gryptic
#gamedev #indiegames

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Sanditio Bayu | MALA PETAKA, OUT SEPTEMBER 26, 2025 ON STEAM @sanditiojitok.bsky.social · 9d

Fun fact: you can play this game with only 215 MB of free space on your PC's hard drive.

Mala Petaka Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/2104460/...

#GZDoom #Gamedev #Indiedev #retrofps #fps #boomershooter #chiptune #pixelart #classicfps

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robeefnik.bsky.social @robeefnik.bsky.social · 9d

krazy klown #gamedev #gm2

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⛧Vikintor⛧ 🇧🇷 @vikintor.bsky.social · 10d

The changes I'm working on will make this alpha trailer obsolete. But it will be much better.

⛧Vikintor⛧ 🇧🇷 @vikintor.bsky.social · 24d

🦎 #Val'tyFPS Alpha Trailer
Val'ty takes "Bring Your Kids to Work Day" seriously, even while her job involves blowing things up and shooting bad guys with her Val'tyRifle.

👽Inspired by MDK, Chasm: The Rift, and Turok.
👽Find hidden plushies.
👽Secret easter egg quests.
👽Short and sweet.
👽Alien dance!

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Wizard of Trash @trashwizz.bsky.social · 12d

Ok! Procedural generation scripts can now dynamically generate an infinite dungeon, set up in a way that there are always 3 regions loaded at a time (the one above, the current one, and the one below). I’ve got 1 week to make that worth playing for the next private prototype build. 😎 #gamedev

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Wizard of Trash @trashwizz.bsky.social · 15d

I think I might have found a bug in my procedural generation script...
#Gryptic #gamedev #godotengine #bugreport

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Wizard of Trash @trashwizz.bsky.social · 16d

Ok, I got MOST of the kinks worked-out in the procedural level generation system, and it now can generate a solid 3 floors of interconnected dungeon. The trouble is that the entrance doesn’t line up quite right with the hand-crafted portion. Thats a tomorrow problem 😅 #gamedev

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Wizard of Trash @trashwizz.bsky.social · 16d

Yeahhhh battle systems be like that.

OttoVonNoob @ottovonnoob.bsky.social · 16d

It took me seven months to complete my original battle system. With all the new knowledge and assets I’ve gained, I’m confident I can finish the updated version within two years!
#meme #programming #godot #gamedev #indiegames #c+ #tech

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Wizard of Trash @trashwizz.bsky.social · 17d

Wrapped up the biggest parts of the procedural level generation code today! Still need to set up some tests, but I’m currently on-track to include a bottomless dungeon in my next patch 🤓
#dungeoncrawler #gamedev #indiegames #godotengine #Gryptic

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Wizard of Trash @trashwizz.bsky.social · 17d

Adorable!!!!

Miguel Sternberg @spookysquid.bsky.social · 17d

Late night #screenshotsaturday!
Getting back to some gameplay portrait fun, adding this quick toothy grin for picking up chests and other important items.

#indiedev #GoblinGirlGame #gamemaker #pixelart #ドット絵

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Lucien Greathouse @lpg.space · 17d

man discovers behavior trees

#indiedev #indiegamedev #gamedev

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Wizard of Trash @trashwizz.bsky.social · 17d

Pizza is just a fold away from being Big Sandwich ™

Lily Cutesmith 🏳️‍⚧️🔩🧟‍♀️ @lilycutesmith.bsky.social · 17d

Pizza is just a type of breadstick that you cut into triangles send tweet

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Wizard of Trash @trashwizz.bsky.social · 19d

The public version of the #Gryptic prototype is now live for everyone on itch io! I'd love to get some feedback while I work on the next update, so would you be willing to give it a try?

Download the game here: trashwizz.itch.io/gryptic-publ...

#gamedev #indiegames #godotengine #dungeoncrawler

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Wizard of Trash @trashwizz.bsky.social · 26d

I’m coming at this from the perspective of someone with experience in tabletop games, and who often does paper-prototyping. Its so easy to solve problems with procedural paper maps on the fly, but you have to *anticipate* those problems when doing it digitally.

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Wizard of Trash @trashwizz.bsky.social · 26d

Been spending the week working on procedural level generation for my dungeon crawler. I’ve done this before on an older prototype, but it always surprises me how complicated this process is.
#gamedev #videogames #godotengine

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Wizard of Trash @trashwizz.bsky.social · Sep 12

The private version of the #Gryptic prototype is now live for my Patron+ level supporters! I’m planning to release the public version on September 26th for anyone else who is interested in playing and providing some feedback. Exciting!
#godotengine #gamedev #indiegames #videogames #dungeoncrawler

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Wizard of Trash @trashwizz.bsky.social · Sep 5

I’ve got an early prototype build now! There are definitely a few tweaks I want to make next week before my first closed play-test, but I’m really proud of what I’ve put together so far!
#Gryptic #godotengine #gamedev #indiegames #videogames

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Wizard of Trash @trashwizz.bsky.social · Sep 1

For folks that want to see the #Gryptic prototype preview without needing to navigate to some other site, here's the clip! I'm planning to release a public play-test build of the prototype on September 26th! (Patron+ supporters will get it early)
#gamedev #indiegames #godotengine #videogames

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Wizard of Trash @trashwizz.bsky.social · Sep 1

Ooooo an early version of the #Gryptic prototype is nearly ready for testing! Details here:
www.patreon.com/posts/grypti...

#gamedev #indiegames #godotengine #videogames #dungeoncrawler

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Wizard of Trash @trashwizz.bsky.social · Aug 25

Going to cancel my streams again for this week. I really want to kick it into high gear for the next few days to get this prototype playable. Going to try streaming again Next week with a slightly different schedule (Tuesdays and Thursdays instead of Mondays and Wednesdays). New previews soon!

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Wizard of Trash @trashwizz.bsky.social · Aug 20

No stream tonight, I want to test-run my eyeballs off-stream since I had to tap out during Monday’s stream

Wizard of Trash @trashwizz.bsky.social · Aug 20

*chanting rhythmically*
Cube! Cube! Cube! Cube!

yukon 😈 @yukonmakes.games · Aug 20

cube

#godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Wizard of Trash @trashwizz.bsky.social · Aug 20

This is visually stunning! Excellent as a concept. I’d love to see this taken further.

⛧Vikintor⛧ 🇧🇷 @vikintor.bsky.social · Aug 20

Imagine Teocida, but more fleshy, graphic, and cryptic. That's what I'm challenging myself to do with "Evangelho da Carne."

This is just a concept, but It already shows what I'm trying to achieve:

(It's inspired by Klonoa. There aren't many Klonoa-like games compared to "Castlevanias" out there)

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