Dark Sun Arts
@darksunarts.bsky.social
Videogame designer, developer, writer, music composer, spriter, digital artist (in training). Graphic designer.
youtu.be/ia5NXXRvHXY new kingor's fieldu music vid featuring art by @salvasalva55.bsky.social
Dark Sun Arts - Wailing Ghosts (Art by Vitruvia)
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November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
youtu.be/ia5NXXRvHXY new kingor's fieldu music vid featuring art by @salvasalva55.bsky.social
youtu.be/ioPSNwRqWSc remixed Bilewater's theme recently (also drew my take on the Twisted Bud)
Hollow Knight: Silksong - Bilewater (Dungeon Synth/Guitar Remix)
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November 4, 2025 at 5:13 AM
youtu.be/ioPSNwRqWSc remixed Bilewater's theme recently (also drew my take on the Twisted Bud)
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Desolate sinking cliffs, ever beset by loathsome rain. Not many Eaters roam despite the harsh conditions, making them a rather safe place for Kin.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Desolate sinking cliffs, ever beset by loathsome rain. Not many Eaters roam despite the harsh conditions, making them a rather safe place for Kin.
#gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelartgame #pixelart
#gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelartgame #pixelart
forgot to say that i made a thing for GB Jam 13 darksunarts.itch.io/yami-requiem
Yami Requiem by Dark Sun Arts
Spend your blessings wisely in this short GB zeldalike.
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September 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
forgot to say that i made a thing for GB Jam 13 darksunarts.itch.io/yami-requiem
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Siphoning the marrow from the bone 🦴
Will probably replace the red flash with something else in the future
#gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelartgame #pixelart
Will probably replace the red flash with something else in the future
#gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelartgame #pixelart
May 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Siphoning the marrow from the bone 🦴
Will probably replace the red flash with something else in the future
#gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelartgame #pixelart
Will probably replace the red flash with something else in the future
#gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelartgame #pixelart
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Being sent from a higher plane has its perks, like conveying your thoughts directly into everyone's heads instead of speaking 💭
#gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelartgame #pixelart
#gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelartgame #pixelart
April 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Being sent from a higher plane has its perks, like conveying your thoughts directly into everyone's heads instead of speaking 💭
#gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelartgame #pixelart
#gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelartgame #pixelart
youtu.be/bDOOcRDibXI some dreampunk I wrote recently
Dark Sun Arts - Luna
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April 25, 2025 at 6:48 AM
youtu.be/bDOOcRDibXI some dreampunk I wrote recently
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Also figured out the resolution after some thought. Going for HD with 32x32 player sprites. Too often have I undershot the ress and lost on visibility. It allows me to come up with big spectacle bosses that feel fair from a top-down perspective.
April 6, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Also figured out the resolution after some thought. Going for HD with 32x32 player sprites. Too often have I undershot the ress and lost on visibility. It allows me to come up with big spectacle bosses that feel fair from a top-down perspective.
Playing Deus Ex again makes me realise something. Perhaps we should go back to an immersive sim *design philosophy*.
I'm going to be trying to capture that with my perk system. Also things like explosive barrels, rolling in water subtracting torch time... Endless small possibilities.
I'm going to be trying to capture that with my perk system. Also things like explosive barrels, rolling in water subtracting torch time... Endless small possibilities.
April 6, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Playing Deus Ex again makes me realise something. Perhaps we should go back to an immersive sim *design philosophy*.
I'm going to be trying to capture that with my perk system. Also things like explosive barrels, rolling in water subtracting torch time... Endless small possibilities.
I'm going to be trying to capture that with my perk system. Also things like explosive barrels, rolling in water subtracting torch time... Endless small possibilities.
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April 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Bluesky's open, quote one art to promote yourself!
October 17, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Bluesky's open, quote one art to promote yourself!
Being able to do everything BUT program, especially being able to design all the game systems and logic in your head and on paper is tortuous.
You can feel bits of your ghost dying inside your human frame whenever you're like "ah, enemy spawners that get reset by bonfires - but I can't CODE that"
You can feel bits of your ghost dying inside your human frame whenever you're like "ah, enemy spawners that get reset by bonfires - but I can't CODE that"
April 4, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Being able to do everything BUT program, especially being able to design all the game systems and logic in your head and on paper is tortuous.
You can feel bits of your ghost dying inside your human frame whenever you're like "ah, enemy spawners that get reset by bonfires - but I can't CODE that"
You can feel bits of your ghost dying inside your human frame whenever you're like "ah, enemy spawners that get reset by bonfires - but I can't CODE that"
Been brainstorming how to actually accomplish TorchSword at my current skill level. I don't want to get anyone involved because I can't pay them. And I don't want talented devs working for free, revshare is borderline cryptobro bs
So the game will be m+kbd only. Mouse to aim attacks, kbd to move
So the game will be m+kbd only. Mouse to aim attacks, kbd to move
April 4, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Been brainstorming how to actually accomplish TorchSword at my current skill level. I don't want to get anyone involved because I can't pay them. And I don't want talented devs working for free, revshare is borderline cryptobro bs
So the game will be m+kbd only. Mouse to aim attacks, kbd to move
So the game will be m+kbd only. Mouse to aim attacks, kbd to move
I've conceptualised 3 classes/perk trees for TorchSword:
1)Singed Blade: Big bonk gameplay, STR build. Enables torch extension that looks like the Beast Cutter in Bloodborne (will elaborate later)
2)Dance of Fire. Basically Dex + elemental melee, lots of flowing moves
3)Scarlet Crozier. Sorcery.
1)Singed Blade: Big bonk gameplay, STR build. Enables torch extension that looks like the Beast Cutter in Bloodborne (will elaborate later)
2)Dance of Fire. Basically Dex + elemental melee, lots of flowing moves
3)Scarlet Crozier. Sorcery.
March 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I've conceptualised 3 classes/perk trees for TorchSword:
1)Singed Blade: Big bonk gameplay, STR build. Enables torch extension that looks like the Beast Cutter in Bloodborne (will elaborate later)
2)Dance of Fire. Basically Dex + elemental melee, lots of flowing moves
3)Scarlet Crozier. Sorcery.
1)Singed Blade: Big bonk gameplay, STR build. Enables torch extension that looks like the Beast Cutter in Bloodborne (will elaborate later)
2)Dance of Fire. Basically Dex + elemental melee, lots of flowing moves
3)Scarlet Crozier. Sorcery.
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Might've gotten caught up with some IRL stuff recently that took the wind out of our sails, but we're getting back to it 👍
#gamedev #IndieGames #indiegame #pixelartgame #pixelart
#gamedev #IndieGames #indiegame #pixelartgame #pixelart
March 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Might've gotten caught up with some IRL stuff recently that took the wind out of our sails, but we're getting back to it 👍
#gamedev #IndieGames #indiegame #pixelartgame #pixelart
#gamedev #IndieGames #indiegame #pixelartgame #pixelart
Alright, so this one is a lil tricky to explain. Remember DS2's torches? Remember how they barely mattered? This is the opposite. The torch timer IS your weapon, health bar, mana bar... all in one. If your timer is too low you can't explore certain areas, also.
It's in pre-preproduction so yeah
It's in pre-preproduction so yeah
March 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Alright, so this one is a lil tricky to explain. Remember DS2's torches? Remember how they barely mattered? This is the opposite. The torch timer IS your weapon, health bar, mana bar... all in one. If your timer is too low you can't explore certain areas, also.
It's in pre-preproduction so yeah
It's in pre-preproduction so yeah
song for my upcoming torch cat game (next post: what torch cat game even is) youtu.be/MVYVEoOnkSM
TorchSword - Chosen Bearer
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March 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
song for my upcoming torch cat game (next post: what torch cat game even is) youtu.be/MVYVEoOnkSM
After months of inactivity I've just had an incredible idea out of the blue. Don't want to give too much away so I don't jinx it, but expect cool stuff soon
February 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
After months of inactivity I've just had an incredible idea out of the blue. Don't want to give too much away so I don't jinx it, but expect cool stuff soon
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February 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM