Dinosire
@dinosire.com
🇨🇦👾 Canadian #gamedev that likes cute stuff and #pixelart
🦖🧼 Making Dino Cleanup (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3031750/Dino_Cleanup/)
🗡️⚙️ Made CranKnight for the Playdate (https://play.date/games/cranknight/)
🔗🌲 My stuff (https://dinosire.com)
🦖🧼 Making Dino Cleanup (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3031750/Dino_Cleanup/)
🗡️⚙️ Made CranKnight for the Playdate (https://play.date/games/cranknight/)
🔗🌲 My stuff (https://dinosire.com)
Testing out adding a little train of the dino friends you save in Dino Cleanup. Been reworking the hub level so I thought this would be a fun touch while you’re running between levels!
#indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #lowpoly #dinosaurs
#indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #lowpoly #dinosaurs
January 13, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Testing out adding a little train of the dino friends you save in Dino Cleanup. Been reworking the hub level so I thought this would be a fun touch while you’re running between levels!
#indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #lowpoly #dinosaurs
#indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #lowpoly #dinosaurs
Happy #screenshotsaturday! Here's some WIP of the overdrive upgrade, which super powers the vacuum for a limited time. Thought it would be fun if it let you blast through obstacles you otherwise couldn't traverse. What do you think? 🌪️ 🦖
#indiegame #indiegamedev #gamedev #madewithunity
#indiegame #indiegamedev #gamedev #madewithunity
January 11, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Happy #screenshotsaturday! Here's some WIP of the overdrive upgrade, which super powers the vacuum for a limited time. Thought it would be fun if it let you blast through obstacles you otherwise couldn't traverse. What do you think? 🌪️ 🦖
#indiegame #indiegamedev #gamedev #madewithunity
#indiegame #indiegamedev #gamedev #madewithunity
Please consider voting for CranKnight in the 2025 #playdate community awards!
I had so much fun making CranKnight and iterating on the awesome feedback from everyone, I hope you had just as much fun playing!
If so, you can vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#indiegame #solodev #roguelike
I had so much fun making CranKnight and iterating on the awesome feedback from everyone, I hope you had just as much fun playing!
If so, you can vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#indiegame #solodev #roguelike
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Please consider voting for CranKnight in the 2025 #playdate community awards!
I had so much fun making CranKnight and iterating on the awesome feedback from everyone, I hope you had just as much fun playing!
If so, you can vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#indiegame #solodev #roguelike
I had so much fun making CranKnight and iterating on the awesome feedback from everyone, I hope you had just as much fun playing!
If so, you can vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#indiegame #solodev #roguelike
Currently visiting Japan and I’m loving this little dino logo in the National Museum of Nature and Science, lookit his lil arm! 🦖 🇯🇵
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Currently visiting Japan and I’m loving this little dino logo in the National Museum of Nature and Science, lookit his lil arm! 🦖 🇯🇵
Made a little video giving an overview of Dino Cleanup, what do you think?
#indiegame #wholesomegames
#indiegame #wholesomegames
November 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Made a little video giving an overview of Dino Cleanup, what do you think?
#indiegame #wholesomegames
#indiegame #wholesomegames
Here’s some of the friends you’ll make in my wholesome dinosaur game. What do you think? Any other dinosaurs I should add? Going for a late-Cretaceous ish vibe.
#indiegame #dinosaurs #wholesomegames #n64 #papermario #psx #pixelart #ドット絵 #friends #madewithunity #lowpoly
#indiegame #dinosaurs #wholesomegames #n64 #papermario #psx #pixelart #ドット絵 #friends #madewithunity #lowpoly
November 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Here’s some of the friends you’ll make in my wholesome dinosaur game. What do you think? Any other dinosaurs I should add? Going for a late-Cretaceous ish vibe.
#indiegame #dinosaurs #wholesomegames #n64 #papermario #psx #pixelart #ドット絵 #friends #madewithunity #lowpoly
#indiegame #dinosaurs #wholesomegames #n64 #papermario #psx #pixelart #ドット絵 #friends #madewithunity #lowpoly
Messing around with adding a little hat store. The idea is to exchange secret golden dragonflies in each level for a random hat, gachapon style (but no duplicates). I need to add many hats still, and animations haha
#indiegame #wholesomegames #hats #pixelart #dinosaurs #unity #collectible #gachapon
#indiegame #wholesomegames #hats #pixelart #dinosaurs #unity #collectible #gachapon
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Messing around with adding a little hat store. The idea is to exchange secret golden dragonflies in each level for a random hat, gachapon style (but no duplicates). I need to add many hats still, and animations haha
#indiegame #wholesomegames #hats #pixelart #dinosaurs #unity #collectible #gachapon
#indiegame #wholesomegames #hats #pixelart #dinosaurs #unity #collectible #gachapon
Everything’s better with hats! Made this lil witchy hat for my game 🧙♀️ The idea is to make these unlockable after getting enough secret collectables hidden in each level. What hat should I add next?
#indiegame #dinosaur #witch #halloween #spookyseason #hats #nomicrotransactions #unity3d #pixelart
#indiegame #dinosaur #witch #halloween #spookyseason #hats #nomicrotransactions #unity3d #pixelart
October 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Everything’s better with hats! Made this lil witchy hat for my game 🧙♀️ The idea is to make these unlockable after getting enough secret collectables hidden in each level. What hat should I add next?
#indiegame #dinosaur #witch #halloween #spookyseason #hats #nomicrotransactions #unity3d #pixelart
#indiegame #dinosaur #witch #halloween #spookyseason #hats #nomicrotransactions #unity3d #pixelart
🎃 👻 CranKnight is on sale for two weeks starting today! Get it for 20% off! 🔥 💀
#playdate #playdateconsole #solodev #indiegame #fallsale
#playdate #playdateconsole #solodev #indiegame #fallsale
October 31, 2025 at 2:38 AM
🎃 👻 CranKnight is on sale for two weeks starting today! Get it for 20% off! 🔥 💀
#playdate #playdateconsole #solodev #indiegame #fallsale
#playdate #playdateconsole #solodev #indiegame #fallsale
Here’s a new concept level for Dino Cleanup I’ve been cooking up during the Halloween season. It was a ton of fun arranging all the awesome new 3D assets my wife cooked up. What do you think?🎃🪦🦖
#indiegame #gamedev #halloween #spookyseason #madewithunity #platformer #pixelart #dinosaur #graveyard
#indiegame #gamedev #halloween #spookyseason #madewithunity #platformer #pixelart #dinosaur #graveyard
October 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Here’s a new concept level for Dino Cleanup I’ve been cooking up during the Halloween season. It was a ton of fun arranging all the awesome new 3D assets my wife cooked up. What do you think?🎃🪦🦖
#indiegame #gamedev #halloween #spookyseason #madewithunity #platformer #pixelart #dinosaur #graveyard
#indiegame #gamedev #halloween #spookyseason #madewithunity #platformer #pixelart #dinosaur #graveyard
Here’s a sneak peak at a spooky new level I’m adding to Dino Cleanup, I’ll post a longer vid soon! 🎃 🪦 🦖
#indiegame #halloween #spookyseason #dinosaur #madewithunity
#indiegame #halloween #spookyseason #dinosaur #madewithunity
October 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Here’s a sneak peak at a spooky new level I’m adding to Dino Cleanup, I’ll post a longer vid soon! 🎃 🪦 🦖
#indiegame #halloween #spookyseason #dinosaur #madewithunity
#indiegame #halloween #spookyseason #dinosaur #madewithunity
Thought it’d be fun to try playing my game Dino Cleanup on a CRT since I’m going for a retro aesthetic. It’s kinda hard to capture the magic of the CRT but I hope some of it comes through in this video! 🦖 🧼 📺
#retrogaming #indiegame #screenshotsaturday #y2k
#retrogaming #indiegame #screenshotsaturday #y2k
September 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Thought it’d be fun to try playing my game Dino Cleanup on a CRT since I’m going for a retro aesthetic. It’s kinda hard to capture the magic of the CRT but I hope some of it comes through in this video! 🦖 🧼 📺
#retrogaming #indiegame #screenshotsaturday #y2k
#retrogaming #indiegame #screenshotsaturday #y2k
I’m finally getting back to working on my favourite little dinosaur game, Dino Cleanup! My wonderful wife made tons of level assets so I’ve started reworking all the levels. What do you think?
#madewithunity #indiegame #dinosaur #gamedev #lowpoly #pixelart #platformer #collectathon
#madewithunity #indiegame #dinosaur #gamedev #lowpoly #pixelart #platformer #collectathon
September 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’m finally getting back to working on my favourite little dinosaur game, Dino Cleanup! My wonderful wife made tons of level assets so I’ve started reworking all the levels. What do you think?
#madewithunity #indiegame #dinosaur #gamedev #lowpoly #pixelart #platformer #collectathon
#madewithunity #indiegame #dinosaur #gamedev #lowpoly #pixelart #platformer #collectathon
Had a lot of fun making another concept scene in #aseprite. This time I tried to make something in a medieval faery story style. What do you think?
#pixelart #gameconcept #conceptart #indiegame #solodev #fantasy #faery #fairytale
#pixelart #gameconcept #conceptart #indiegame #solodev #fantasy #faery #fairytale
September 9, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Had a lot of fun making another concept scene in #aseprite. This time I tried to make something in a medieval faery story style. What do you think?
#pixelart #gameconcept #conceptart #indiegame #solodev #fantasy #faery #fairytale
#pixelart #gameconcept #conceptart #indiegame #solodev #fantasy #faery #fairytale
BIG updates to the catalog version of CranKnight are live! 💀🐌 A new “Challenge” mode has been added to the game, with scoreboards! Test your mettle and see if you are the best CranKnight across the land! Whatever you do, don’t touch the snail.
#playdate #indiegame #solodev #1-bit
#playdate #indiegame #solodev #1-bit
September 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
BIG updates to the catalog version of CranKnight are live! 💀🐌 A new “Challenge” mode has been added to the game, with scoreboards! Test your mettle and see if you are the best CranKnight across the land! Whatever you do, don’t touch the snail.
#playdate #indiegame #solodev #1-bit
#playdate #indiegame #solodev #1-bit
Did a little art exercise/concept in the #gameboycolor style in #godotengine today, had a lot of fun. Gotta get used to using colours again after doing so much black and white art lately lol
(P.s. if you can’t tell, Gojira is my favourite band)
#pixelart #indiegame #ドット絵 #gojira
(P.s. if you can’t tell, Gojira is my favourite band)
#pixelart #indiegame #ドット絵 #gojira
September 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Did a little art exercise/concept in the #gameboycolor style in #godotengine today, had a lot of fun. Gotta get used to using colours again after doing so much black and white art lately lol
(P.s. if you can’t tell, Gojira is my favourite band)
#pixelart #indiegame #ドット絵 #gojira
(P.s. if you can’t tell, Gojira is my favourite band)
#pixelart #indiegame #ドット絵 #gojira
I’m working on another big update that adds a “challenge” mode to the catalog version of CranKnight with official Scoreboards! In this mode enemies score you points, and you can layer additional challenges to score even higher!
#playdate #indiegame #roguelike #challenge #cranknight #solodev
#playdate #indiegame #roguelike #challenge #cranknight #solodev
August 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I’m working on another big update that adds a “challenge” mode to the catalog version of CranKnight with official Scoreboards! In this mode enemies score you points, and you can layer additional challenges to score even higher!
#playdate #indiegame #roguelike #challenge #cranknight #solodev
#playdate #indiegame #roguelike #challenge #cranknight #solodev
After two weeks on the @play.date catalog, CranKnight has reached 89 sales, which is way more than I was expecting! Thank you, it means the world to me!
If you’re having fun with CranKnight I’d super appreciate if you spread the word! I’d also love to hear what your favourite weapon combos are!
If you’re having fun with CranKnight I’d super appreciate if you spread the word! I’d also love to hear what your favourite weapon combos are!
August 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
After two weeks on the @play.date catalog, CranKnight has reached 89 sales, which is way more than I was expecting! Thank you, it means the world to me!
If you’re having fun with CranKnight I’d super appreciate if you spread the word! I’d also love to hear what your favourite weapon combos are!
If you’re having fun with CranKnight I’d super appreciate if you spread the word! I’d also love to hear what your favourite weapon combos are!
Mark your calendars 🗓️🖋️ CranKnight is coming to the @play.date catalog in just one week! Get ready to spin attack countless enemies on August 5th!!! 🗡️ ⚙️🛡️
#playdate #1bit #indiegames #gamedev
#playdate #1bit #indiegames #gamedev
July 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Mark your calendars 🗓️🖋️ CranKnight is coming to the @play.date catalog in just one week! Get ready to spin attack countless enemies on August 5th!!! 🗡️ ⚙️🛡️
#playdate #1bit #indiegames #gamedev
#playdate #1bit #indiegames #gamedev
Super excited to be showing off a demo for Dino Cleanup at this year’s @aikonwinnipeg.bsky.social ! Come by the games room all day Sunday to get your hands dirty cleaning up some dinosaurs! See you there!
#madewithunity #dinosaur #summervibes #indiegame
#madewithunity #dinosaur #summervibes #indiegame
July 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Super excited to be showing off a demo for Dino Cleanup at this year’s @aikonwinnipeg.bsky.social ! Come by the games room all day Sunday to get your hands dirty cleaning up some dinosaurs! See you there!
#madewithunity #dinosaur #summervibes #indiegame
#madewithunity #dinosaur #summervibes #indiegame
I added a new mode to my #playdate game in the upcoming 1.1 release, Random! After you clear the game once, you can select this new mode from the title screen. In this mode, upgrades and rooms will be randomly selected, adding a new challenge to the game!
#indiegame #gamedev #solodev #cranknight
#indiegame #gamedev #solodev #cranknight
July 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I added a new mode to my #playdate game in the upcoming 1.1 release, Random! After you clear the game once, you can select this new mode from the title screen. In this mode, upgrades and rooms will be randomly selected, adding a new challenge to the game!
#indiegame #gamedev #solodev #cranknight
#indiegame #gamedev #solodev #cranknight
Here’s another sneak peak for the upcoming update to my #playdate game CranKnight! Every 3-4 levels, you can choose a different room to progress through, which adds unique enemies that carry forward to other rooms. This should make each run feel a little more different!
#indiegame #solodev #gamedev
#indiegame #solodev #gamedev
June 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Here’s another sneak peak for the upcoming update to my #playdate game CranKnight! Every 3-4 levels, you can choose a different room to progress through, which adds unique enemies that carry forward to other rooms. This should make each run feel a little more different!
#indiegame #solodev #gamedev
#indiegame #solodev #gamedev
And an action shot showing an amulet being used
June 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
And an action shot showing an amulet being used
Here’s a look at how the amulet charges up and indicates it’s ready to use
June 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Here’s a look at how the amulet charges up and indicates it’s ready to use
Bah these were supposed to be gifs, I forgot bsky doesn’t handle those right now lol, here’s so mp4s
June 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Bah these were supposed to be gifs, I forgot bsky doesn’t handle those right now lol, here’s so mp4s