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MicalPixel
@micalpixel.bsky.social
Solo game developer of @maygame.bsky.social
programmer • gamer • book lover • he/him • aro/ace • adult person • 🗽

My upcoming game is on Steam! https://steampowered.com/app/3734760/
Other links: https://linktr.ee/micalpixel
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After about 1.5 years in development, my game "May and the Amazing Bouquet" can now be wishlisted on Steam!

This is my first real game, and I'm so excited it's gotten to this point! 🥲

Thank you to everyone who's followed and supported so far!
It's here!! "May and the Amazing Bouquet" can now be wishlisted on Steam! 💐

Help May to obtain the Eight Prized Flowers in a cozy pixelated top-down action-adventure! 🌼

store.steampowered.com/app/3734760/

#gaming #indiegames #indiedev #majorupdate #pixelart #CozyGame #MayGame
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One of my weaknesses is that I can't just make a throwaway joke and be done with it. I obsessively MUST make any place, people or event mentioned in the joke show up in the game later, which usually means making a bunch of new assets, implementing items and so on... #gamedev #indiedev #Burgertale
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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About 1 week left to submit!
Attention Indie Devs!

I just need 15 seconds ... of your game footage! A lot of people jumped on the 15s video trend, so I thought it would be cool to make a compilation to help indies get some visibility.

The anti-spam key is "kook".

lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas...
Lone Wulf Studio 2025 Indie Showcase Submission
Submit 15 seconds of game footage from games you worked on in 2025!
lonewulfstudio.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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In Link’s awakening, if you can sequence break and bring date Marin up to Tal Tal Heights and rescue Marin from the bridge post D7, not only will there be two Marins, but the wrong one will move over thin air to go offscreen in the cutscene iirc, hard locking you into that room w/ no control
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago

so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Good morning, everyone.
(this doesn't happen often, promise) #funny #memes
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Use only One art to convince people to follow you! 🌿 #pixelart
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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In The Labyrinth of Time, entering the Ziggurat without a lantern is supposed to show a black screen. However, the developers put in the wrong filename for the black screen, so it fails to render, showing a black screen instead
November 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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I am sure bluesky will eat the quality, but this is a mockup for the stream game. Some of it is repurposed and cleaned up massively from past prototypes since this is more or less supposed to be a really quick project :)
November 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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winter hideaway #pixel #pixelart
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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🎉Claire a la Mode is OUT NOW on Steam!🎉

It's time to get baking! Be like butter on bread and spread the word!

Share with friends, strangers and enemies!
They'll ALL love Claire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPGh...
store.steampowered.com/app/2292860/...
#indiedev #indiegame #platformer #steam #arcade
Claire a la Mode - Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Colorgrave
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Every time you use AI slop in your game, even as a placeholder, even if it's supposed to be temporary, you're helping to destroy the video game industry little by little.

aftermath.site/the-alters-a...
I'm Getting Real Tired Of Not Being Able To Trust That A Video Game Doesn't Have AI Crap In It - Aftermath
It sucks that players are having to scour every asset and line of dialogue
aftermath.site
November 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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touring the water tower in danchi days ₊˚⊹♡ #cozygames
November 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Hi #screenshotsaturday! Appyling debuffs by painting baddies in different colors? Sure, why not! Memo to myself: change the battleroom, it gets old! #santria #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #gamemaker
November 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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November 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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The art stream really made me feel better. Thank you friends for coming :>
SOO here's the Grandia, Nights, and Adeleine drawings!! #grandia #adeleine #nightsintodreams #fanart
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Like the games it's inspired by (Zelda:LA, For the Frog the Bell Tolls), I'd like to have some brief side-scrolling passages in this top-down game.

May's sprites, jump height, and gravity are the same as the top-down areas. So it should feel familiar.

#gaming #indiegame #cozygame #gamedev #MayGame
November 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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don't worry everyone! my contacts at nintendo have informed me that after the first hour of metroid prime 4, miles mackenzie leaves and is replaced by the guy from the best buy spider man commercial
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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With much of the music, jingles and sound effects implemented, my Game Boy RPG is starting to sound more like a finished product! 🎵

#GameDev #GBStudio #Retro #IndieGame #GameBoy #PixelArt #8Bit
November 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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The Snowy World
#yumenikki #pixelart
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Oh no... 😱
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Random person who plays indie games, you are the most important cog in an indie game's success.

Most gamers don't know or care that indies exist.... unless a friend tells them.

Our games succeed because you tell other people you liked our game. Word of mouth is the best marketing there is.
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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The Petrichor steam page is up!!

You can wishlist ⬇️⬇️
store.steampowered.com/app/4168440/...
Petrichor on Steam
Petrichor is a JRPG about a space cub going on a quest to find the perfect houseplant. Make friends, defeat monsters, help people, save the stars and maybe get his plant. Maybe.
store.steampowered.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Following a trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Nintendo has revealed new details about the upcoming Legend of Zelda movie.
paletteswap.site/dif...
November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Players using Emulators shouldn't have a better experience that players on a physical NES! 💢

For example, Super Sunny World will feature a QUICK SAVE, similar to "SLEEP MODE" found on some GBA games, to allow you to take a break without losing all your progress.

#nesdev
November 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM