David Ventura @ ゲーム開発アトリエ🎶🎨
@gamedeventura.bsky.social
Creative game person @ichigoichieGames.bsky.social. ex-iNiS, ex-Propellerhead. Purveyor of weird indie music games Tactichord, Backbeat, and Hexagroove. https://tactichord.com
ゲームと音楽制作ソフトを作っています。日本とスウェーデンに暮らし、よく四国を一周してる
ゲームと音楽制作ソフトを作っています。日本とスウェーデンに暮らし、よく四国を一周してる
I'm unexpectedly at Stockholm Comic Con today showing our upcoming game Tactichord: Glam Strategy!! 🎸🎊
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I'm unexpectedly at Stockholm Comic Con today showing our upcoming game Tactichord: Glam Strategy!! 🎸🎊
来週弊社のXCOM + ギターヘアメタルゲームのSteam初プレイテストを実施します。ターン制ストラテジーやレトロな雰囲気が好きな方、ゲームを試すのは無料なのでぜひプレイテストに参加していただけると嬉しいです。Steamページにプレイテストの登録できます。🎸💖
今すぐ登録：
store.steampowered.com/app/3389400?...
今すぐ登録：
store.steampowered.com/app/3389400?...
October 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
来週弊社のXCOM + ギターヘアメタルゲームのSteam初プレイテストを実施します。ターン制ストラテジーやレトロな雰囲気が好きな方、ゲームを試すのは無料なのでぜひプレイテストに参加していただけると嬉しいです。Steamページにプレイテストの登録できます。🎸💖
今すぐ登録：
store.steampowered.com/app/3389400?...
今すぐ登録：
store.steampowered.com/app/3389400?...
On the way to #gamescom2025, eventually (delayed ✈️)
August 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
On the way to #gamescom2025, eventually (delayed ✈️)
You know I've been called a lot of things by a lot of home appliances but...
August 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
You know I've been called a lot of things by a lot of home appliances but...
It's the twentieth anniversary of the first production game I worked on from start to finish, Ossu! Tatakae! Ouendan! Thanks to Retro Gamer and Alan Wen for the interview!
August 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
It's the twentieth anniversary of the first production game I worked on from start to finish, Ossu! Tatakae! Ouendan! Thanks to Retro Gamer and Alan Wen for the interview!
I'm really sorry you have to go through all this. I've never had one so I can't fully understand but it sounds terrible. I hope you can get some progress on the condition and a better long term situation! Suzanne sends you hugs.
July 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I'm really sorry you have to go through all this. I've never had one so I can't fully understand but it sounds terrible. I hope you can get some progress on the condition and a better long term situation! Suzanne sends you hugs.
In Japan this week I showed our upcoming game Tactichord at @tokyoindies.com First time at the event, was a lot of fun!
July 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
In Japan this week I showed our upcoming game Tactichord at @tokyoindies.com First time at the event, was a lot of fun!
Our Tactichord cutscene #comic artist Ellen is back in the office this month so I needed to add another monitor to my setup. For most of the administrative things I do this isn't necessary, but it's much appreciated when comparing lots of panels like this. #indiegame #handdrawn
June 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Our Tactichord cutscene #comic artist Ellen is back in the office this month so I needed to add another monitor to my setup. For most of the administrative things I do this isn't necessary, but it's much appreciated when comparing lots of panels like this. #indiegame #handdrawn
To make things a little less physically confrontational, we've migrated the Tactichord "drum slam" to a "drum spin" that is a shout out to Twisted Sister's Dee Snider from "We're Not Gonna Take It". I also added some thunder #sfx to the special attack #vfx.
#lowpoly #indiegame #animation
#lowpoly #indiegame #animation
June 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
To make things a little less physically confrontational, we've migrated the Tactichord "drum slam" to a "drum spin" that is a shout out to Twisted Sister's Dee Snider from "We're Not Gonna Take It". I also added some thunder #sfx to the special attack #vfx.
#lowpoly #indiegame #animation
#lowpoly #indiegame #animation
Lightning #VFX in Tactichord has been a part of the design since the first concept, but we haven't found a satisfying way to implement it yet. In terms of luminescence I think we're very close, though motion and form we still have a bit of a ways to go.
#lowpoly #indiegamedev #stylized
#lowpoly #indiegamedev #stylized
June 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Lightning #VFX in Tactichord has been a part of the design since the first concept, but we haven't found a satisfying way to implement it yet. In terms of luminescence I think we're very close, though motion and form we still have a bit of a ways to go.
#lowpoly #indiegamedev #stylized
#lowpoly #indiegamedev #stylized
We are making a graphic push right now, many #animation are being produced so we're seeing if our system in #Unity is scaleable. For serious moments it's important to have the characters be able to articulate their feelings.
#indiegame #lowpoly #gamedev
#indiegame #lowpoly #gamedev
June 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
We are making a graphic push right now, many #animation are being produced so we're seeing if our system in #Unity is scaleable. For serious moments it's important to have the characters be able to articulate their feelings.
#indiegame #lowpoly #gamedev
#indiegame #lowpoly #gamedev
@petefrasermusic.bsky.social and colleagues doing a really hot set of Freddie Hubbard in Stockholm tonight. Incidentally we have two of the musicians from @ichigoichiegames.bsky.social title Backbeat playing.
June 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
@petefrasermusic.bsky.social and colleagues doing a really hot set of Freddie Hubbard in Stockholm tonight. Incidentally we have two of the musicians from @ichigoichiegames.bsky.social title Backbeat playing.
Here's some #UI and #conceptart that will be in Tactichord as the story progresses. Our lead 2D artist @mcbrau.bsky.social puts together these amazing tributes to the pulpy 80s magazines, centered around the protagonists of Tactichord, Gemini.
#indiegame #handdrawn #characterdesign
#indiegame #handdrawn #characterdesign
June 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Here's some #UI and #conceptart that will be in Tactichord as the story progresses. Our lead 2D artist @mcbrau.bsky.social puts together these amazing tributes to the pulpy 80s magazines, centered around the protagonists of Tactichord, Gemini.
#indiegame #handdrawn #characterdesign
#indiegame #handdrawn #characterdesign
Ready to go with Brass, Banana Bash, and Tactichord at indie game night!
May 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Ready to go with Brass, Banana Bash, and Tactichord at indie game night!
We have another public playtest this weekend! So I'm getting ready for that and setting up the builds and backup stuff. I think for fun I'm going to turn on the alternate costumes as well, which we can now do via the debug menu in the game.
#lowpoly #indiegame #characterdesign
#lowpoly #indiegame #characterdesign
May 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We have another public playtest this weekend! So I'm getting ready for that and setting up the builds and backup stuff. I think for fun I'm going to turn on the alternate costumes as well, which we can now do via the debug menu in the game.
#lowpoly #indiegame #characterdesign
#lowpoly #indiegame #characterdesign
In Tactichord choices you make in the story affect your party. This required a lot of under the hood work which Magnus put together in short order. Proof of this is everyday Ricky being swapped out for a fantastic 80s robot, MPG.
#lowpoly #80s #indiegame #indiegamedev
#lowpoly #80s #indiegame #indiegamedev
May 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
In Tactichord choices you make in the story affect your party. This required a lot of under the hood work which Magnus put together in short order. Proof of this is everyday Ricky being swapped out for a fantastic 80s robot, MPG.
#lowpoly #80s #indiegame #indiegamedev
#lowpoly #80s #indiegame #indiegamedev
I'm back from adventure on the high seas! Last weekend we joined the Moderskeppet Gaming cruise to do our first public playtest of our upcoming #TBT game Tactichord: Glam Strategy. We got lots of great feedback and even got Cloud from Final Fantasy to give us his thoughts!
#indiegame #gamedev
#indiegame #gamedev
May 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I'm back from adventure on the high seas! Last weekend we joined the Moderskeppet Gaming cruise to do our first public playtest of our upcoming #TBT game Tactichord: Glam Strategy. We got lots of great feedback and even got Cloud from Final Fantasy to give us his thoughts!
#indiegame #gamedev
#indiegame #gamedev
#UX! You can iterate forever making things more clear. There's a reason there are tons of books on pleasing UI/UX.
I changed the quickstart for people that didn't have time to read the story. Here is the game in a single card. Do you have an idea what it's about?
#indiegame #gamedesign #retrogame
I changed the quickstart for people that didn't have time to read the story. Here is the game in a single card. Do you have an idea what it's about?
#indiegame #gamedesign #retrogame
May 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
#UX! You can iterate forever making things more clear. There's a reason there are tons of books on pleasing UI/UX.
I changed the quickstart for people that didn't have time to read the story. Here is the game in a single card. Do you have an idea what it's about?
#indiegame #gamedesign #retrogame
I changed the quickstart for people that didn't have time to read the story. Here is the game in a single card. Do you have an idea what it's about?
#indiegame #gamedesign #retrogame
More Tactichord emotes are here...
I say rejoice, enjoy my dear! 🎵
I say rejoice, enjoy my dear! 🎵
May 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
More Tactichord emotes are here...
I say rejoice, enjoy my dear! 🎵
I say rejoice, enjoy my dear! 🎵
So busy these weeks! I feel like I've been doing a hundred things a day. The last week I've been going around replacing a lot of voice over, audio, sound effects, and writing lyrics. I've been taking screenshots when looking at the post-level playback where the songs you build are played.
May 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
So busy these weeks! I feel like I've been doing a hundred things a day. The last week I've been going around replacing a lot of voice over, audio, sound effects, and writing lyrics. I've been taking screenshots when looking at the post-level playback where the songs you build are played.
YOTTO and Guy-J!
May 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
YOTTO and Guy-J!
As seen in company Slack today. Submitted without context.
April 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
As seen in company Slack today. Submitted without context.
All four members of our Tactichord band now have eyes. For the first time... ever? It's like "duh" to anyone else, but since we started then stopped the face expressions a full year ago and it kept getting pushed down the backlog, this is breathtaking for me. ^^;;
#indiegame #lowpoly #indiegamedev
#indiegame #lowpoly #indiegamedev
April 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
All four members of our Tactichord band now have eyes. For the first time... ever? It's like "duh" to anyone else, but since we started then stopped the face expressions a full year ago and it kept getting pushed down the backlog, this is breathtaking for me. ^^;;
#indiegame #lowpoly #indiegamedev
#indiegame #lowpoly #indiegamedev
When I say camcorder effects what do you think of? Solarization! There are a lot of rendering issues to adjust here but we added some approximation of the old video camera built-in trick using tone mapping in Tactichord.
#indiegame #stylized #lowpoly #postprocessing
#indiegame #stylized #lowpoly #postprocessing
April 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
When I say camcorder effects what do you think of? Solarization! There are a lot of rendering issues to adjust here but we added some approximation of the old video camera built-in trick using tone mapping in Tactichord.
#indiegame #stylized #lowpoly #postprocessing
#indiegame #stylized #lowpoly #postprocessing
Facial emotes are controllable now in Tactichord. Just Diane to start but Julia will have the other band members ready soon, then we can see singing Joey during the level playbacks.
#lowpoly #animation #indiegame #indiegamedev
#lowpoly #animation #indiegame #indiegamedev
April 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Facial emotes are controllable now in Tactichord. Just Diane to start but Julia will have the other band members ready soon, then we can see singing Joey during the level playbacks.
#lowpoly #animation #indiegame #indiegamedev
#lowpoly #animation #indiegame #indiegamedev