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Alchemist
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Nazis fuck off

Working on the souls-like boomer shooter, "Defier"

weirdalchemy.itch.io
You know, it's been such a long time since I opened Bluesky I totally forgot to post this.

I released something! Really! It's a walking simulator horror game and it's FREE on itch. I'd love it if you gave it a shot!

weirdalchemy.itch.io/underhall
underhall by Alchemist
bear witness to a slice of the infinite
weirdalchemy.itch.io
August 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Apologies for the lack of updates on Defier. I've been working my ass off trying to apply for an awesome indie grant!

I've also struggled with having changes that are interesting enough to post about. "Oh the werewolf is 8% faster/the MP40 does 10% more damage" just isn't very cool in a feed imo
May 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Alright, I've finally sat down and put together a dev video for my souls-like boomer shooter. The art is still very WIP, lots of stuff is being tested, but the gameplay really feels like it's coming together.

You can find it here:
youtu.be/0kVm0IxSw2Y
Defier - Souls-Like Boomer Shooter Devlog-Lite
YouTube video by Dark Portal Gamedev
youtu.be
February 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
so straight up I'm shocked people keep following me I haven't posted anything interesting in quite a while lmao.

hopefully though, cool stuff will start flowing soon. I feel like I just stepped through the burnout that's been holding me back for a few months
January 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I've been thinking about Left 4 Dead for a little while now, it's such an incredible game. Valve is stirring for the first time in ages and I can't help but hope for a third installment.
December 22, 2024 at 7:07 PM
I have to build #trenchbroom locally to use as a level editor for the #boomershooter I'm working on, suppressing the urge to go full hog and become a contributor
December 11, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Finally installing Linux after years of being under Microsoft's boot and Microsoft as a last fuck you bricked the install media before I could use it
December 8, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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December 6, 2024 at 7:18 PM
every few months a guy in the back of my head whispers for me to write a game engine in C, and I have to beat that guy to death every year
December 3, 2024 at 7:29 PM
breaking: local game dev roped into modded minecraft playthrough, productivity expected to drop
December 2, 2024 at 2:52 PM
I've been taking a proper break from game dev, I burned all the way out and didn't notice until I took a second to breathe.

I'll have some cool stuff to show off soon, you're just gonna have to wait and see
November 30, 2024 at 4:38 PM
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Today, I remade te Rewind system ^^

Now it's easy to just add the values that we want to track in the initialisation of an object
And now the rewinding is smoother 🦦
(it will also be useful if I want to compact the rewind data ^^)

#indiegamedev #godotengine #solodev
November 25, 2024 at 2:54 PM
my fucking tummy hurts
November 24, 2024 at 7:19 AM
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school:

I played with bash scripts a lot when I was 12, just basic fork bombs, pinging Google, shutdown scripts, etc.

A teacher contacted the principal about it and they threatened to ban me from the computers and report me to the FBI lmao
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school:

My teachers were all nice...sooo, the incredibly low quality feedback / "guidance" I got from a thesis adviser who let me defend and then failed me without understanding it was their job to be more involved before a defense even happened.
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school:

Hey I’m Jon and I’m a stupid pillock.
November 21, 2024 at 9:17 PM
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Just because I don't think I ever posted it to Bluesky, the demo trailer for The Last Exterminator!

store.steampowered.com/app/811760/T...
November 20, 2024 at 8:13 AM
Rapidly running out of fun things on my to do list. The dreaded inventory refactor is nearly upon me.
November 20, 2024 at 7:16 PM
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I finally got my extremely janky animation system working??? Literally everything is a first pass but this entire thing is actually working. World State -> Behavior Tree -> Animation Manager -> Animation Metadata (hitboxes, scripted actions, etc.)
November 19, 2024 at 5:30 AM
I finally got my extremely janky animation system working??? Literally everything is a first pass but this entire thing is actually working. World State -> Behavior Tree -> Animation Manager -> Animation Metadata (hitboxes, scripted actions, etc.)
November 19, 2024 at 5:30 AM
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Good news, my animation system seems to be working good! The bad news is my AI is scuffed.
November 18, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Good news, my animation system seems to be working good! The bad news is my AI is scuffed.
November 18, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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Someone here made a snide comment about me having furry stickers on my work laptop

My response to their snide comment evidently didn't meet their expectaions as they've blocked me and put me on a blocklist full of TERFs

This has led to trans friends unknowingly blocking me when they use this list
November 16, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Holy shit, I think my new animation system works? Stay tuned I may have some cool stuff to show off very soon.
November 14, 2024 at 4:23 PM
getting reports that my difficult platformer game is in fact too difficult

prove me wrong and beat the developer time at:
weirdalchemy.itch.io/plane-walker
Plane Walker by Alchemist
A game jam love letter to old flash platformers.
weirdalchemy.itch.io
November 11, 2024 at 10:19 PM
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Just finished up releasing the little platformer I was working on for the game jam. I've started hundreds of projects but I think this is the first thing I've actually uploaded lmao

Play it now for free at:
weirdalchemy.itch.io/plane-walker
Plane Walker by Alchemist
A game jam love letter to old flash platformers.
weirdalchemy.itch.io
November 10, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Just finished up releasing the little platformer I was working on for the game jam. I've started hundreds of projects but I think this is the first thing I've actually uploaded lmao

Play it now for free at:
weirdalchemy.itch.io/plane-walker
Plane Walker by Alchemist
A game jam love letter to old flash platformers.
weirdalchemy.itch.io
November 10, 2024 at 6:27 PM