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Nicholas McDonnell

@nicholasmc1.bsky.social

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Game Designer/Generalist Wishlist Crabmeat on steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/3671850/Crabmeat Prev - Design / Co Founder @samuraipunk https://nicholasmc1.itch.io/

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · Jun 25

|| Serve the Fuedostate
|| Catch King Crabs
|| Survive

Crabmeat is a short fishing-first-person-point-and-click-survival-horror releasing later this year.

Wishlist now on steam to make sure you meet quota.
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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 12h

Good haunted bob walking home last night

SpongeBob plush lying on a ratty couch on the side of the road in Melbourne

Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 12h

Well....there is the script execution order dropdown

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Haunted House FearFest @hhfearfest.bsky.social · 5d

Dive into the eerie depths of Crabmeat with indie developer Nicholas McDonnell. From solo dev challenges to building atmosphere and tension, Nicholas shares how he transformed his vision into a unique indie horror experience.

#HauntedHouseFearFest #LooksCreepyCoolPodcast #GameDev #CrabmeatGame

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 7d

Punched up the Crabmeat key art a bit for better contrast and weight on steam, what do ya'll think?
#gamedev

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 7d

Hopefully see you on the wednesday!

Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 7d

This is my first year not going so I might be doing this or some variant thereof

Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 7d

Or you can hang at boat builders for free?!

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 8d

a Feather speedrun was not on my 2025 bingo card
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Feather (All Birds) PB 8:16 - 666al on Twitch

666al went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Feather VOD now.

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Christopher Yabsley @christopherdev.bsky.social · 8d

Instant Dark Messiah vibes when duel wielding Kriss daggers.

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 8d

Crabmeat dev is live, tooling around with some backlog features now the major milestone is done.

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 10d

Text version here
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Crabmeat - Development Update: 3 - Steam News

Store Update, Ship Controls and More

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 10d

I'm made another trash devlog going over some recent changes in Crabmeat. As you can tell video production is my passion.

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Crabmeat Devlog 3 - Highlights

YouTube video by Searching Interactive

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 10d

Working on new assets and marketing copy for the steam page today in prep for some upcoming events.

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 11d

Don't explain this.

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 11d

Sorry, missed that response.

Good luck with the changes!

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 11d

One thing I think contributing to KM feeling bigger is everything else in the scene (at least in this comparison)

The FX and props help give the scene a sense of greater scale your shot is missing.

Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 12d

I enjoyed it, but I was also like 19 when I played it, so my taste was dubious.

Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 15d

Fixing bugs and working on VFX for Crabmeat today. Come hang out over at twitch.tv/searchinginteractive

If we get enough people in chat I'll show the jam project I worked on last week.

#gamedev #unity3d

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Neon Doctrine 🍃Altheia: The Wrath of Aferi OUT NOW on PC!🍃 @neondoctrine.games · 16d

BLOOD, BULLETS, AND PURE CHAOS: KILLBUG crashes #Boomstock Showcase 2025 by Fulqrum Publishing!

Decimate endless swarms of insects from above and rise to the top as the #1 KILLBUG, now 70% OFF: bit.ly/KillbugSteam

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 17d

Back on my bullshit, doing some shader work and more art polish today for Crabmeat.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 24d

man rolling rock up hill
how it started how its going

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Quad Damage Podcast @quaddamnpodcast.bsky.social · 18d

🪲 Welcome to the swarm.

@samuraipunk.bsky.social's Killbug is what happens when you mix @ultrakill-game.bsky.social's speed with Devil Daggers’ dread - and then throw in bugs. Hundreds of them.

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 20d

Going be a weird games week for me. But I'll be around.

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 20d

Fuck mate, hopefully I'll see you around Melbourne

Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 21d

One to watch.

Veselekov @veselekov.bsky.social · 21d

Trailer for our new #inidegame called Penguin Colony! We are collaborating with Lenval Brown (Disco Elysium, Ultrakill) to bring this unique re-imagining to life

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