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Admiral Alex
@admiralalex.bsky.social
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Ahoy! Just a quick shout-out to say that I'm still alive and working on Tower of Zazel! I am right now working on a way to implement a global timer in the Game Boy. Here's a screenshot of the scenes I have so far!

#indiedev #gamedev #itch #gbstudio #gameboy #retro #fantasy #pixelart #devdiary #WIP
September 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Continuing my experimentation on recreating mid-90s and edutainment style textures. Including both the dithered version and the non-dithered. Would love to read what you out there think of it!

#indiedev #gamedev #itch #vintage #RetroGame #retro #birds #pixelart #WIP
August 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Ahoy! I wanted to ask for some advice and see what people think. Which of these textures do you prefer? I am aiming for textures that look as if they were from an early 90s PC educational game. Your input helps a lot!

#indiedev #gamedev #itch #vintage #RetroGame #retro #birds #pixelart #WIP
August 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Ahoy! I wanted to share with you the latest on the inventory screen since my last post! Added a character portrait. Hair, eyes, and shirt had to share the same colors. But perhaps we can bring green hair back?

#indiedev #gamedev #itch #gbstudio #gameboy #retro #fantasy #pixelart #devdiary #WIP
August 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Ahoy! You are searching a wizard's tower for loot and can only take three things. What do you take and what do you think they are?
Check my Itch page to learn more!
admiralalex.itch.io/tower-of-zazel

#indiedev #gamedev #itch #gbstudio #gameboy #retro #fantasy #pixelart #tutorial #devdiary
July 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
I never used anything like this. But I imagine that it would be cool to make a game based on this!
retrotechdreams.bsky.social Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · Jul 11
SGI's 3D File System Navigator from Jurassic Park was real. It really was a UNIX system.
July 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Ahoy! Been working on on the title screen lately and I really wanted to show off the progress! I think the parallax effect adds to the tension and mystery in the game's setting. I need some really atmospheric music!

#indiedev #gamedev #itch #gbstudio #gameboy #retro #fantasy #pixelart #devdiary
July 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Ahoy! New dev diary, and this one is more tech-focused. Give it a read if you are also interested in how to apply color to a Game Boy game and some tips and tricks!

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#indiedev #gamedev #itch #gbstudio #gameboy #retro #fantasy #pixelart #tutorial #devdiary
Dev diary #3 - Coloring and perspective
The challenges of coloring by tiles This time, I wanted to share some more of my experiences when working with a traditional perspective workflow in GB Studio . I wrote a fair bit already during the l...
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June 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Somewhere we lost the way
retrotechdreams.bsky.social Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · Jun 22
Websites used to look like this
June 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Love the style here. Too far away to see it though
artofnp.bsky.social Art of Nintendo Power ➡️ PAX West! @artofnp.bsky.social · Jun 21
ROSEVILLE GAMERS EXPOOOOO!!!
June 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Woah! This is amazing! Such inpiering work!
thdenwheja.bsky.social Jacob Wheeler - Whejaverse Art and Science @thdenwheja.bsky.social · May 19
Behold! My most complex animated project to date! I learned a lot about Deinonychus and NPR rendering through this, and I'm really happy with how it turned out. What else can we do with this style? Stay tuned!
#animation #sciart #Blender3D #Paleoart
June 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
You did it! 🎉 Synthfall: Bug Byte just passed 100 downloads!

admiralalex.itch.io/bugbyte/devl...

I’m blown away and more motivated than ever to keep making games!

Thank you all!

#indiedev #gamedev #gbstudio #gameboy #pixelart #itchio #milestone #retro #synthwave #vapourwave
June 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Bring this back!
retrocomps.bsky.social Retro Computers @retrocomps.bsky.social · Jun 15
The greatest lie the 80s told young computer users is that programming would be as magical an experience as the programming textbooks of the 80s promised.
The cover for "Dragon Magic: Your First Programming Book," a book about programming the Dragon microcomputer. In it, two kids are flipping through a book and typing into a , while behind them, a minotaur wields an ax, a dragon breathes fire, and a pair of spaceships engage the dragon. To the bottom is the author's name, Richard Wadman, and to the bottom-right is the logo of Dragon Data, reading: "DRAGON DATA APPROVED"
June 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Last weekend, I took part in the Super Bionic Bash Game Jam!

The theme was Swedish folklore, and I had an awesome time!
I want to share the two characters I created for the jam:
🐉 The Lindwyrm
💰 A gold-hoarding gnome

#indiedev #gamedev #gamejam #folklore #swedish #folklore #characterdesign #WIP
June 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Huge congrats to my friends at Red Vault Interactive! 🧟‍♀️
They just dropped the trailer and demo for their game, Departure of Darkness—and it's dripping with classic survival horror vibes.
red-vault-interactive.itch.io/dod

#indiedev #gamedev #horrorgame #survivalhorror #demo #indiegames #WIP
Departure Of Darkness by Red Vault Interactive
A throwback to the golden age of 90's survival-horror, set in a parasite infected airport
red-vault-interactive.itch.io
June 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Synthfall: Bug Byte is sitting at 99 downloads—just one away from the big 💯!
I’m incredibly grateful to everyone who’s played it so far. Thank you all!
admiralalex.itch.io/bugbyte

#indiedev #gamedev #gbstudio #gameboy #pixelart #retro #fantasy #vaporwave #WIP #itch #milestone
June 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Me when "Compiling error"
May 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Love it! Perhaps I should too try this style of retro computer some time?
retroman.bsky.social SAM Retro @retroman.bsky.social · May 24
“Give me steam
And how you feel can make it real
Real as anything you've seen
Get a life with the dreamer's dream”

Jet Set Steamboat Willie (2024)
#ZXSpectrum
#PeterGabriel
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May 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Ahoy! ⚓ This is the logo screen I’m using for my Game Boy projects.
I’m going for a retro-fantasy meets vaporwave vibe—if you’ve got any ideas to make it cooler, I’d love to hear them!

#indiedev #gamedev #gbstudio #gameboy #pixelart #retro #fantasy #vaporwave #WIP #Logo #WorkInProgress #itch
May 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Slowly tying the rooms together! The Sphinx says hello btw.

Check out the game at:
admiralalex.itch.io/tower-of-zazel

#indiedev #gamedev #itch #gbstudio #gameboy #retro #fantasy #pixelart #WIP #WorkInProgress
May 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Sometimes you want to doodle and test a scene with some cowboys. (I totally didn't just finish my first playthrough of Red Dead Redemption)

#indiedev #gamedev #itch #gbstudio #gameboy #retro #western #pixelart #rdr2 #rdr #reddeadredemption
May 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Ahoy! New dev diary for my latest project Tower of Zazel is now out! This time I am sharing my design choices and thoughts when making a first-person game for a Game Boy!

admiralalex.itch.io/tower-of-zaz...

#indiedev #gamedev #itch #gbstudio #gameboy #retro #fantasy #pixelart
Dev diary #2 - Point of view
Ahoy! Planning things out Today, I wanted to share with you the thoughts and design choices I've made regarding the
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April 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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redvault.bsky.social
We just dropped the first ever video from our upcoming survival horror game Departure of Darkness! ٩(× ×)۶

#IndieDev #SurvivalHorror #DepartureOfDarkness
April 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Ahoy! Just made the first devlog for my new project, Tower of Zazel — puzzle adventure meets dungeon crawler on Gameboy. It would mean much to me if you checked it out and spread the word!

admiralalex.itch.io/tower-of-zazel

#indiedev #gamedev #itch #gbstudio #gameboy #retro #fantasy #pixelart
Tower of Zazel by AdmiralAlex
Breaking in was easy, breaking out will be hard...
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April 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Ahoy! It's been a while! But I wanted to show you all a GIF I made for a game jam project that I never finished. It was for a retro-themed dinosaur game where this would visualize the in-game timer 🦖
For more of my work, visit admiralalex.itch.io

#indiedev #gamedev #itch #retro #Animated
April 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM