borb 🐌 wishlist EMUUROM
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making #emuurom, a cryptic nonviolent exploration game ("metroidbrainia", i guess) with #tic80, a fantasy console best suited for far smaller games than this.
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borb 🐌 wishlist EMUUROM
@borbware.itch.io
· Oct 17
Cryptic nonviolent exploration like in ANIMAL WELL...
with a scanner like in METROID PRIME...
And yet, this game is like no other.
EMUUROM - Document an ancient paradise before it's lost forever.
with a scanner like in METROID PRIME...
And yet, this game is like no other.
EMUUROM - Document an ancient paradise before it's lost forever.
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5 more days to make Castle Game Jam happen. That's right... it's a game jam in a castle! What's not to like.
Need 12 more tickets reserved in 5 days. Get on it.
www.castlegamejam.com
Need 12 more tickets reserved in 5 days. Get on it.
www.castlegamejam.com
Castle Game Jam
www.castlegamejam.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
5 more days to make Castle Game Jam happen. That's right... it's a game jam in a castle! What's not to like.
Need 12 more tickets reserved in 5 days. Get on it.
www.castlegamejam.com
Need 12 more tickets reserved in 5 days. Get on it.
www.castlegamejam.com
My game is for EMUUROM FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM!
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
My game is for EMUUROM FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM!
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In The Labyrinth of Time, entering the Ziggurat without a lantern is supposed to show a black screen. However, the developers put in the wrong filename for the black screen, so it fails to render, showing a black screen instead
November 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
In The Labyrinth of Time, entering the Ziggurat without a lantern is supposed to show a black screen. However, the developers put in the wrong filename for the black screen, so it fails to render, showing a black screen instead
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Every once in a while, I check my son's Steam reviews.
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Every once in a while, I check my son's Steam reviews.
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This is Sektori! A twin-stick shooter I've been making (and documenting the journey) since April 2021. And it finally launched TODAY on Steam, PS5 and Xbox! Here's a fresh launch trailer, all shares highly appreciated. More game info in replies.
#indiegame #ps5 #xbox #steam #indiedev #gamedev
#indiegame #ps5 #xbox #steam #indiedev #gamedev
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Suddenly thought of Deluxe Horoscopes for some reason, I have no idea why these speak to me so much
Your Deluxe Horoscopes for September
YouTube video by Jam2go
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Suddenly thought of Deluxe Horoscopes for some reason, I have no idea why these speak to me so much
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Rebecca Heineman is a goddamn legend among women. She did SO much great stuff, from her impossible game ports, to tirelessly keeping the mac gaming scene alive, to making sure that the Kinect works when you're wearing a skirt, to making the worst version of DOOM kinda glorious in its own way.
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Rebecca Heineman is a goddamn legend among women. She did SO much great stuff, from her impossible game ports, to tirelessly keeping the mac gaming scene alive, to making sure that the Kinect works when you're wearing a skirt, to making the worst version of DOOM kinda glorious in its own way.
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Little behind the scenes on how Duncan did the camera move on our end slate - almost set up like it would be in a game engine!
On some recent trailers I've been using Davinci Resolve to do fancy end slates with 3d camera moves. Here's a behind the scenes from Demonschool with art by @einzbern.bsky.social. Notice how the date at the end is in LESS THAN TWO DAYS!!
November 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Little behind the scenes on how Duncan did the camera move on our end slate - almost set up like it would be in a game engine!
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I wanted to repost my Void Stranger Sylvie art because I really love Void Stranger!
November 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I wanted to repost my Void Stranger Sylvie art because I really love Void Stranger!
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(trying and failing not to make this about me) I'm not really a journalist but I am on a gaming podcast called VGBees. I cover indies from my perspective with no particular timeline or timeliness, we discuss gaming news across the board, and we have a damn good time making fun of executives
The best way journalists can support indie games is to cover more than whatever the current indie hits/darlings of the moment are. Games like Hades, Blue Prince, and Silksong do not need help with visibility, but discoverability is the biggest challenge facing many indie devs today.
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
(trying and failing not to make this about me) I'm not really a journalist but I am on a gaming podcast called VGBees. I cover indies from my perspective with no particular timeline or timeliness, we discuss gaming news across the board, and we have a damn good time making fun of executives
how emuurom development is going rn
November 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
how emuurom development is going rn
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Secret Waterfall
November 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Secret Waterfall
i- i'm speechless
if you still have any hype for prime 4 left in you, check how the gameplay video begins. i couldn't come up with a more anti-metroid sequence if it tried
if you still have any hype for prime 4 left in you, check how the gameplay video begins. i couldn't come up with a more anti-metroid sequence if it tried
HANDS-ON: "So far, Metroid Prime 4 doesn’t feel much like Metroid at all – and I’m worried."
www.videogameschronicle.com/features/so-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/features/so-...
So far, Metroid Prime 4 doesn’t feel much like Metroid at all – and I’m worried | VGC
As a Metroid fan, Nintendo’s hands-on demo left me cold…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
i- i'm speechless
if you still have any hype for prime 4 left in you, check how the gameplay video begins. i couldn't come up with a more anti-metroid sequence if it tried
if you still have any hype for prime 4 left in you, check how the gameplay video begins. i couldn't come up with a more anti-metroid sequence if it tried
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Of course the Prime devs didn't understand Metroid, Nintendo doesn't understand Metroid, *Metroidvanias influenced by Metroid speficically* don't understand Metroid, Metroid fans don't understand Metroid!
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Of course the Prime devs didn't understand Metroid, Nintendo doesn't understand Metroid, *Metroidvanias influenced by Metroid speficically* don't understand Metroid, Metroid fans don't understand Metroid!
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"can we please make the game on the assumption that whoever is playing has decided to so" has always got me blank stares at work unforch
it's certainly been frustrating to see devs say more and more "sorry guys but we need to make our games shout out every thing and handhold every last point so that someone who doesn't give a fuck about it can sleepwalk through it"
like why pander to people who, essentially, do not like your work?
like why pander to people who, essentially, do not like your work?
November 15, 2025 at 5:42 AM
"can we please make the game on the assumption that whoever is playing has decided to so" has always got me blank stares at work unforch
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i wrote an article recently about how powerful silence is in super metroid and i am thinking about it today for i guess no reason www.avclub.com/super-metroi...
The strength of Super Metroid's soundtrack is in its silences
Super Metroid's music is crucial to the game's unsettling, hostile atmosphere--and especially the way that soundtrack uses silence.
www.avclub.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
i wrote an article recently about how powerful silence is in super metroid and i am thinking about it today for i guess no reason www.avclub.com/super-metroi...
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I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
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PSA: AffinityOnLinux is a handy guide to get either the old Affinity suite or the new canva version working on linux! i just confirmed it works on manjaro with Affinity Designer 2.6.4
github.com/seapear/Affi...
github.com/seapear/Affi...
github.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
PSA: AffinityOnLinux is a handy guide to get either the old Affinity suite or the new canva version working on linux! i just confirmed it works on manjaro with Affinity Designer 2.6.4
github.com/seapear/Affi...
github.com/seapear/Affi...
istg if ANYONE figures out the most obscure jokes in emuurom i'm gonna implode. then i'm gonna buy them a beer
if you get to make art today, add something fucking dumb that cracks you up
that is the specific humanity in your work
everything else, no matter how necessary (and it is!! it's vital!), everything else is redundant context, it's safety
you have plenty of tortilla
it is time for the meat of joy
that is the specific humanity in your work
everything else, no matter how necessary (and it is!! it's vital!), everything else is redundant context, it's safety
you have plenty of tortilla
it is time for the meat of joy
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
istg if ANYONE figures out the most obscure jokes in emuurom i'm gonna implode. then i'm gonna buy them a beer
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Borb gives us a look inside the fantasy console EMUUROM is being developed in! Steam's first ever TIC-80 demo is for this upcoming metroidbrainia!
@borbware.itch.io
@borbware.itch.io
EMUUROM: Using a fantasy console for serious gamedev - Perttu "Borb" Tuovinen (ThinkyCon 2025)
Perttu "Borb" Tuovinen - @borbware - joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "EMUUROM: Using a fantasy console for serious gamedev"
Talk description: As Celeste has proven, fantasy consoles like Pico-8 or TIC-80 are great for prototyping serious commercial video games. But what if you were
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Borb gives us a look inside the fantasy console EMUUROM is being developed in! Steam's first ever TIC-80 demo is for this upcoming metroidbrainia!
@borbware.itch.io
@borbware.itch.io
very soon!!
You ready for ThinkyCon? 👀
I'll be speaking there on Friday 22:30 UTC, with a talk straight from inside the TIC-80 fantasy console!
I'll be speaking there on Friday 22:30 UTC, with a talk straight from inside the TIC-80 fantasy console!
November 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
very soon!!
i have been trying to start a personal playtesting session for like a month now. now i finally got it going and immediately there's stuff to fix
November 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
i have been trying to start a personal playtesting session for like a month now. now i finally got it going and immediately there's stuff to fix
blog post blog post blog post
borbware.itch.io/emuurom/devl...
borbware.itch.io/emuurom/devl...
little blog post, as a treat
Hellurei! I came across this comment recently: And… why not? It’s about time for a tiny update on how’s EMUUROM development going. Let’s get the big news out of the way first: I’m giving a t...
borbware.itch.io
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
blog post blog post blog post
borbware.itch.io/emuurom/devl...
borbware.itch.io/emuurom/devl...
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I've always heard: "video games hate to be made"
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I've always heard: "video games hate to be made"