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Admiral Alex
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https://admiralalex.itch.io/
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admiralalex.bsky.social
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!

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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
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
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
Bonus gnome!
June 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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
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
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! 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
admiralalex.bsky.social
Ahoy! New idea for the puzzle system for my game. So after trying to adapt the old to the new, I decided to rip the old puzzle system out and rebuild from scratch. Of course I ran into new problems but I finally did it! + a cover mock up!

#indiedev #gamedev #itch #gbstudio #gameboy #retro #pixelart
February 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Ahoy! Some progress of my current GBStudio project. The main antagonist, the wizard Zazel! I hope you find him cool! I wish i had more colors to work with, but alas, I was limited to 4 colors per 16x16 pixel tile.

#indiedev #gamedev #itch #gbstudio #gameboy #retro #pixelart
January 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Ahoy! You did it! The game managed to pass the 200 plays milestone and I am so grateful for everyone who tried it out. If you would alsolike to become a hero in cyberspace then check the link out!

admiralalex.itch.io/bugbyte

#indiedev #gamedev #itch #gbstudio #gameboy #retro #synthwave #milestone
January 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Ahoy! I hope you are all well! Here is a small update for the GBStudio project Tower of Zazel. There are 12 different viewpoints so far and when one get new graphics, it often means that all others will need an update too. Hope you like it!

#indiedev #gamedev #itch #gbstudio #gameboy #retro
December 29, 2024 at 6:53 PM
admiralalex.bsky.social
Just finished the minimal viable product for my new game in progress! Here is a peek of all the scenes in GB Studio.
Hope you all had a nice weekend too!
#gbstudio #gamedev #retro #gameboy
December 15, 2024 at 4:15 PM