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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · 2h

NEW! Over 1,400 sprites for use in your top-down adventure games, with a tile size of 16 x 16 and a limited retro color palette for that authentic feel. Every graphic you need to make your own GB-style adventure! #GameDev #PixelArt

8-bit Adventure Pack

A massive pack of 1,489 sprites for use in your top-down adventure games. With a limited retro color palette for that authentic feel!

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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · 21h

If you're adding obscenely high numbers to your own game, then you'll probably want to abbreviate them too. We're sharing two scripts today which show you how to abbreviate large numbers in GameMaker! #gamedev

Abbreviate Large Numbers in GameMaker

If you're adding obscenely high numbers to your own game, then you'll probably want to abbreviate them too. We're sharing two scripts today which show you how to abbreviate large numbers in GameMaker!

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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · 23h

Thanks! Hope you find it helpful :)

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Daniel Johnston Menezes @danjohnston.uk · 23h

Happy #WishlistWednesday! Nildigo is mine-sweeping puzzle roguelite with power-ups, perks and an infinite amount of cash sloshing around. If you like Picross, Minesweeper or Balatro - why not give it a try? Demo available now! store.steampowered.com/app/3769010/... #gamedev

A screenshot of Nildigo showing the full game board and a whole bunch of cash, perks and multipliers on the left.

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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · 1d

New Event! @danjohnston.uk will be at Bristol Indie Developers' Playtest Party on November 27th showing Nildigo! Come along, play the game & give your feedback :) www.meetup.com/bristol-indi... #gamedev

Bristol Indie Developers Playtest Party - Thanksgaming Edition

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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · 1d

See game dev screenshots every day of the week with @danjohnston.uk's GameDev Screens BlueSky Feed! Includes posts about game development that include at least 1 image and the word "screen" in the text / alt text bsky.app/profile/danj...

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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · 1d

One effect that can elevate your game to a higher level is drawing your text in a circle. Whether you're using it for a dynamic user interface, or some piece of background scenery, this simple GameMaker script will help you out! #gamedev

Draw Text in a Circle in GameMaker

One effect that can elevate your game to a higher level is drawing your text in a circle. Whether you're using it for a dynamic user interface, or some piece of background scenery, this simple script will help you out!

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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · 1d

One effect that can elevate your game to a higher level is drawing your text in a circle. Whether you're using it for a dynamic user interface, or some piece of background scenery, this simple GameMaker script will help you out! #gamedev

Draw Text in a Circle in GameMaker

One effect that can elevate your game to a higher level is drawing your text in a circle. Whether you're using it for a dynamic user interface, or some piece of background scenery, this simple script will help you out!

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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · 1d

Keylocker Heart Strings Update Out Now On Nintendo Switch

The latest patch of Keylocker | Turn Based Cyberpunk Action has just released on Nintendo Switch, bringing new languages, weapons, romance and jam sessions to the game.

Keylocker Heart Strings Update Out Now On Nintendo Switch

The latest patch of Keylocker | Turn Based Cyberpunk Action has just released on Nintendo Switch, bringing new languages, weapons, romance and jam sessions to the game.

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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · 1d

Announcing My Account for Chequered Ink

Today we're announcing My Account for Chequered Ink, a new way to stay in touch with us and the whole game dev community!

Announcing My Account for Chequered Ink

Today we're announcing My Account for Chequered Ink, a new way to stay in touch with us and the whole game dev community!

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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · 3d

Does your player need to mix potions to get the right color? Maybe your game features an animal who needs to hide in a place where they're well camouflaged? Use this simple script to compare the closeness of two colors in GameMaker. #gamedev

Compare Colors in GameMaker

Does your player need to mix potions to get the right color? Maybe your game features an animal who needs to hide in a place where they're well camouflaged. Now you can easily test the visual similarity between two colors with this GML script.

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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · 2d

We're making good progress on our 2D platformer pack - patrons can download every tile set we've made so far on this new post on our page :D Sign up to help us keep making free #GameDev assets for everyone! www.patreon.com/posts/more-p...

More Platformer Tile Sets | Chequered Ink

Get more from Chequered Ink on Patreon

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Daniel Johnston Menezes @danjohnston.uk · 2d

From Monday to Friday this week we have a new GameMaker script tutorial releasing every day on our blog! Be sure to check them out here: chequered.ink/category/lea... and/or follow us on bluesky @chequered.ink so you don't miss them #gamedev #indiedev

Learn GameMaker - Chequered Ink

We make fonts, games & assets for your own creations!

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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · 3d

Does your player need to mix potions to get the right color? Maybe your game features an animal who needs to hide in a place where they're well camouflaged? Use this simple script to compare the closeness of two colors in GameMaker. #gamedev

Compare Colors in GameMaker

Does your player need to mix potions to get the right color? Maybe your game features an animal who needs to hide in a place where they're well camouflaged. Now you can easily test the visual similarity between two colors with this GML script.

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Daniel Johnston Menezes @danjohnston.uk · 4d

If you're looking for Halloween Fonts for your spooky GMC Jam games we've got a bunch! 🎃👻 And since a jam game is non commercial use you can just go ahead and use them! (Download from fontspace or dafont) chequered.ink/the-best-fon... #gamedev #fonts

The Best Fonts For Halloween - Chequered Ink

With autumn in full swing, and October right around the corner, it's time to start looking for spooky fonts for your Halloween designs.

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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · 4d

GMC Jam 57 🌽 starts soon! Make the best GameMaker game you can in 5 days while matching the theme. We're offering a free copy of our All Fonts Pack to the winner 😊

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GMC Jam 57 Starts Soon! - Chequered Ink

Make the best GameMaker game in 5 days and win a copy of our All Fonts Pack! Allison and myself have entered the GMC Jam dozens of times.

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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · 5d

Nildigo is a mine-sweeping roguelite where you use perks, power-ups and the power of reasoning to clear the grid of "Nils" and amass a FORTUNE in cash! Play the demo + Wishlist it on Steam now :) store.steampowered.com/app/3769010/...

#gamedev #screenshotsaturday

A screenshot of Nildigo showing the minesweeper/picross-like grid on the right hand side of the screen, and the player's money, perks and power-ups on the left.

A screenshot of Nildigo showing the power-up grabber which appears between rounds. It looks like a slot machine.

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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · 4d

GameMaker Awards 2025 announced by YoYo Games

YoYo Games, the creators of GameMaker, have announced the opening of nominations for the 2025 edition of the GameMaker awards.

GameMaker Awards 2025 announced by YoYo Games

YoYo Games, the creators of GameMaker, have announced the opening of nominations for the 2025 edition of the GameMaker awards.

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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · 4d

GMC Jam 57 🌽 starts soon! Make the best GameMaker game you can in 5 days while matching the theme. We're offering a free copy of our All Fonts Pack to the winner 😊

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#gamemaker #gamedev

GMC Jam 57 Starts Soon! - Chequered Ink

Make the best GameMaker game in 5 days and win a copy of our All Fonts Pack! Allison and myself have entered the GMC Jam dozens of times.

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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · 5d

Of the power ups the best two are definitely the ones that let you clear a whole row, and reveal all of the $1 squares. Most useful but also rarest!

The perks, they're really interesting because you can have so many different combinations that make for wildly different runs, so it's hard to say!

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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · 5d

Nildigo is a mine-sweeping roguelite where you use perks, power-ups and the power of reasoning to clear the grid of "Nils" and amass a FORTUNE in cash! Play the demo + Wishlist it on Steam now :) store.steampowered.com/app/3769010/...

#gamedev #screenshotsaturday

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Chequered Ink - Wishlist Nildigo @chequered.ink · 6d

Come and try Nildigo and send us your feedback on the GameMaker Community forums! forum.gamemaker.io/index.php?th... #GameDev #GameMaker

A screenshot of nildigo, a game with elements of minesweeper and picross where you have to clear the grid without hitting any "Nils"... but in the process you build up a HUGE pot of cash, buy crazy perks and power-ups etc.

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Daniel Johnston Menezes @danjohnston.uk · 5d

Managed to make another 2D platformer tile set today! This one is for icy levels. Brings the total tile sets ready for this pack up to five. Really want a good amount of visual variety so people can make HUGE games with it 😁 #gamedev #digitalart

A screenshot of an icy platform game level, where the cliff faces are dark blue crystalline rocks, the floor is snow, there are little igloos as houses and pine trees of varying heights and shapes.

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Daniel Johnston Menezes @danjohnston.uk · 5d

Finally, I've updated my GameDev Screens feed. It shows game development posts with screenshots. I noticed it had been missing some things lately, so I improved the keywords for this one too and now it works much better! bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Daniel Johnston Menezes @danjohnston.uk · 5d

Allison just pointed out to me that the "Animanga" part of the logo actually uses one of our fonts lmao www.dafont.com/saveloy.font...

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