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Alex Trowers
@bulkpaint.bsky.social
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Industry veteran from the late 1900s. Solo Indie Dev. Design Consultant. Game Dev Dinosaur. Lord of Bullfrog anecdotes. Playability, pitching and prototypes a speciality. Got a project that needs poking with a stick? Let me know.
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · Dec 14
This is my game. 2 Delve 2 Deep (not a sequel).
It's a small game about a little owl with a big dream - to one day become the King Of Explorers.
Or, in mechanical terms - it's a procedural dungeon crawler about exploration, greed and pushing your luck.
#indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 16h
And 'Himself' (Team America: World Police, 2004) :)
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 18h
Who is that handsome fellow with the moody headshot one wonders?
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 2d
I am playing Hades II.
I really enjoyed the original and this one is... well, more. I'm only 17 hours in and haven't completed a run yet. I've reached the big bad (or, at least, one of them).
Mainlining the Axe for now.
And I <3 Frinos.
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 4d
Needs more of a DPS spec?
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 5d
Never get between a woman and wine. That stubborn piece of cardboard was asking for trouble.
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 5d
Would have made a great Weatherwax, no?
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 6d
Pics or it didn't happen
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 7d
There's part of me that wants to ask 'why?' but also I stopped trying to figure out how your brain works a long time ago and generally I just go with it.
Cool man.
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 9d
I feel that #AI is this generation's quick and dirty.
It'll produce something that looks like the finished article to the money folk insanely quickly. But, when you get down to it and actually need to make something usable and scalable for the long term, it falls over.
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 9d
They see the shiny, golden-path-infused goodness and sign up. Then, when milestone 1 drops, get confused as that lovely, fully-realised game gets replaced by a bunch of cubes moving in a circle.
But this is what you had to do to get signed which differed wildly from actually building the thing.
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 9d
These things would be made as quick and dirty as possible. The point being that, as soon as the money came in, you'd tear the whole thing down and rebuild it properly.
Some publishers were often surprised by this.
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 9d
A tricky aspect of #gamedev was always the product demo. This would be a cut-down but shiny version of the project you'd use to convince a publisher to send money your way so you could actually build the entire game.
It's a sales pitch in game form.
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 9d
Why did you feel the need to sign his crotch?
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 9d
Best before date doesn’t even clear October. Merry Christmas ya filthy animals.
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 9d
Technically, I’m an adult. So I can do shit like this if I want and there’s nothing you can do to stop me.
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 10d
Spoiler alert - I DID pick it up. Also, I did not pay £90 for it. The chap seemed pleased it was going to a good home.
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 10d
At a retro fair. I definitely shouldn’t pick this bad boy up, right?
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 11d
If patriotism is a pride and love of ones country, what's the word when you're actually deeply embarassed by what your country is doing?
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 13d
Great fun at the karting yesterday.
This morning, I managed to give myself cramp whilst trying to get out of bed.
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 13d
Finding the right weapon to vibe with is also pretty critical (although at the start it's totally worth migrating between whichever one currently has the bonus resources)
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 13d
An insanely tight battle between Kwalee and Runner Duck who closed to within 2 seconds after 2 hours of racing.
We managed to clinch the final podium slot to take home the coveted 3rd place trophy.
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 13d
Oh, there’s so much repetition- but each little bit drives progress in the meta and Zagreus only gets better and better.
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 13d
It’s a masterpiece - slick controls and excellent narrative
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 14d
And we’re off! Qualifying for Games Aid karting. Our first kart has already broken and been swapped out. Bodes well…

Livestream link
www.youtube.com/live/ipaKtRU...
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Alex Trowers @bulkpaint.bsky.social · 14d
Were the ones in orange - only because those bastards at Kwalee got to the gold ones we normally wear before us.
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