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Kenn @ Pinebox Games
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• hobbyist solodev 個人ゲーム制作
• WIP 2D p&c/RPG ❴Future Ghost❵
• mostly indiegame adjacent stuff
• he/him EN/日本語 in 🇦🇺 on [-o-]
• http://www.pineboxgames.com/
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Kenn @ Pinebox Games @pineboxgames.bsky.social · Oct 24
Hi, I'm Kenn! Hobbyist #solodev from Naarm (Melbourne, AU) making an '80s #comic book-inspired narrative adventure #indiegame called ◀Future Ghost▶

I'm a dad who likes to draw and program and boost my mutuals' #indiegamedev related posts.

ブルースカイではけして珍しくなささそうですけど、日本語も一応出来ます。宜しくです。🙇
Pop art or retro comic book-styled self-portrait with the title "It's Kenn" and the flavour text "Realistic grey hair, sucked-in belly and imposter syndrome!" in a yellow flash-shaped text box. The name "Kenn" is in type imitating the traditional Barbie "Ken" design. The self-portrait itself shows a man in his mid 40s with a side part, light brown hair greying at the temples, light blue eyes, thick-rimmed glasses and a greying beard with a large moustache. Detail of an internal environment from the currently-in-production game 'Future Ghost', showing a study strewn with papers in loose piles, a desk with high-backed chair and curved monitor, and a small bookshelf crammed with books and adorned with a globe of the Earth and a superhero action figure. A frame from a "vignette comic" created to introduce the world and characters of the work-in-progress game 'Future Ghost'. Eloiz, a young woman with short dark hear wearing dungarees and glasses, leans over a fire escape to watch a thick glass table being winched up towards her open apartment window. Dialogue appears in a speech bubble stylised to indicate a broadcast of some kind: "It might be tricky getting the table inside, but I'm sure the delivery people will manage." It is a gift from her parents to help her feel more at home living alone.
pineboxgames.bsky.social
Discovered a new (to me) #retrogaming and JP pop culture store in a shopping centre I don't visit often. Decent selection. I snagged 'Parodius da!' (GB) for AU$15.

Dude said he had no idea about the JP games, so I told him what this one was (a parody of Gradius) but he just looked at me blank. 😅
Storefront: Super Retro Japanese GB, GBC & GBA carts My GB Pocket and Parodius da! cart
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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jlansing19.bsky.social
The demo reviews are in!

"A really fun homage to Final Fantasy Tactics!"

"A clever mix of sports and strategy… shows strong potential for fans of both."

"It felt like something entirely new to the genre."

Play the FREE Demo! 💫
store.steampowered.com/app/3035460?...

Thanks #PitchYaGame! 💖
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
pineboxgames.bsky.social
Check out the nice write-up Jeff (Yokozona) did for his renewed website, based on the interview he did with me earlier this year. It covers insights into my ideation and practical processes for the development of my narrative adventure #indiegame, 'Future Ghost'...
yOKzONa - Indie Game Dev & Viral Formula Expert
Indie game developer, entrepreneur, and host of Waiting For Players podcast. Helping devs make games go viral.
yokzona.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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pineboxgames.bsky.social
I remembered some players at the expo in March trying to see what happens when you walk into an "invisible wall" on the edge of the stage in the opening of my wip narrative adventure #indiegame ◀Future Ghost▶...

Decided to do something about it...
September 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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🔥😵 Pepper Odyssey is OUT NOW on STEAM and ITCH!!! 😵🔥

store.steampowered.com/app/3622840/...

wavey-games.itch.io/pepper-odyssey

#majorupdate #indiegame #rpg #turn-based #indiedev #survivalgame #roguelite
Save 10% on Pepper Odyssey on Steam
Pepper Odyssey is an RPG about surviving a shipwreck in an unruly outlandish island. Survive the lawless island: fight, trade and explore. Gather scrap to trade, improve your shelter and build yoursel...
store.steampowered.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Demo time. Go easy on me.

#gamedev #indiegame

store.steampowered.com/app/2906320
Whelm on Steam
Whelm is an open world, physics playground. Save animals. Tidy up beaches. Restore strange machines. Grow plants and, more importantly, your collection of hats.
store.steampowered.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
pineboxgames.bsky.social
A turn-based RPG, but the special moves are all named after Muse songs.
October 31, 2025 at 6:38 AM
pineboxgames.bsky.social
I wonder if sighted players will choose 'Screenreader mode' just for the additional #comic style text boxes and cute robot bat sidekick?

Narrative adventure #indiegame ◀Future Ghost▶ will have a bunch of #accessibility features, including this special mode for players with impaired (or no) vision.
Screenshot from WIP indiegame 'Future Ghost', which is presented in a retro comic print visual style. The player character, wearing a blue-grey jumpsuit and thick white gloves with red highlights stands at the bottom of the screen, facing camera, on a red earth mountainside with patches of green on some rocks. A popup visual appears at right, showing a view that is almost this character's point of view; a high angle shot of hit feet and legs standing right on the edge of a precipice. A text popup is also shown: "Momentary vertigo chills the nape of his neck as a sheer cliff yawns up at him."
October 31, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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doubleedgegaming.bsky.social
#solodev making Battle Fortress Terra.

A third-person strategic action shooter for #pc.

Control a huge tank/battleship on wheels

Players can customise weapons, armor, shields and abilities.

Check out my progress in the video below

#unrealengine #gamedev

youtu.be/GYM4ZqWdI9E?...
Battle Fortress | Game Update | Oct 2025
YouTube video by Double Edge Gaming
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
pineboxgames.bsky.social
Been doing #gamedev stuff that isn't so easily shared, of late. Like 🧠-driven EN→JP #translation for the in-game timeline, not 🤖-driven (pictured).

Improving the screen reader compatibility for greater pronunciation accuracy has been another, for #accessibility and pedantry purposes.
October 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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We take a look at the cozy word puzzle game RITA and give our early thoughts on this wholesome exploration into family legacy. @sporktank.bsky.social

youtu.be/6teu3Tp7-BY

#indiegame #indiegamedev #puzzlegames
Rita Review & Gameplay — Cozy Word Puzzles with Heart
YouTube video by QuietHydra
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October 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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waveygames.bsky.social
I've published the date and Pepper Odyssey is coming out November 5th 2025. On a Wednesday three weeks from now! 🙌

store.steampowered.com/app/3622840/...

#indiegame #wishlistwednesday #rpg #turnbased #pixelart
October 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
pineboxgames.bsky.social
Dynamic timeline for #comic styled #indiegame Future Ghost now 95% functional!

Video shows...
• player character on a mountain + idle animation
• menu opening & Timeline selected
• Timeline opening, most entries locked, accessed using keyboard, then mouse
• start of a cutscene, played from Timeline
October 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
pineboxgames.bsky.social
Simple stuff never is.

This WIP in-game dynamic timeline took a weekend. Building for multiple input methods has been the real kicker.

Choose from perfect mouse input with "laggy" keyboard/gamepad (press twice to move b/w active entries) or broken mouse input!

Cutscene playback *basically* works.
October 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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scree.bsky.social
Talk to me, despite the fact that I was absolutely cooked every time I entered the indies.
I'm grateful to the Qualbert team for making me feel like such a welcome member.
I'm grateful to Untitledgaming.net for giving my videos a platform.
Untitled Gaming
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October 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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jlansing19.bsky.social
Hail Mary is the ultimate risk/reward play. The receiver has a 50% chance of instantly being walloped and super fumbling the ball! Luckily I kept Rewind enabled so I could try again :)

Wishlist and Play the Demo:
🌋 store.steampowered.com/app/3958090?... 🏈

#indiegame #srpg #football #lava
October 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
pineboxgames.bsky.social
All the PAX AU posts are making me feel like I'm missing out, as both a potential exhibitor and attendee.

But then I remember my family and two jobs, and that gamedev is just my hobby. Maybe one day it will be something more.

Exhibiting at TGX in March was great but so impractical and costly... 😓
October 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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pineboxgames.bsky.social
Mockup of the timeline UI for my wip narrative adventure game ◀Future Ghost▶

It will fill in as the player character experiences or learns about the events included in the timeline. Most will have cutscenes, but not all.

#indiegamedev #ui #retro #comics #storygame
October 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
pineboxgames.bsky.social
Mockup of the timeline UI for my wip narrative adventure game ◀Future Ghost▶

It will fill in as the player character experiences or learns about the events included in the timeline. Most will have cutscenes, but not all.

#indiegamedev #ui #retro #comics #storygame
October 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
pineboxgames.bsky.social
Is 31 key plot points over a span of 1500+ years too many for one narrative game?

If so, too bad!! ✌️😄
Laptop computer showing spreadsheet detailing the 31 plot points mentioned in this post, deliberately out of focus because spoilers!
October 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
pineboxgames.bsky.social
Discovered today that yet another game feature I thought I had covered with a plugin is not screen reader compatible and will therefore need to be built from scratch.

Now to try and resist the temptation to make it super fancy.
October 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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pineboxgames.bsky.social
Been implementing and improving on QoL features for my wip narrative adventure game ◀Future Ghost▶

Here's a look at how the environmental hint system works, on a basic level. No pixel hunting in the #pointandclick adventure side of this #indiegame!

#storygame #comics #indiegamedev
October 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
pineboxgames.bsky.social
Been implementing and improving on QoL features for my wip narrative adventure game ◀Future Ghost▶

Here's a look at how the environmental hint system works, on a basic level. No pixel hunting in the #pointandclick adventure side of this #indiegame!

#storygame #comics #indiegamedev
October 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
pineboxgames.bsky.social
Got some nice playtest feedback from my daughter's boyfriend today, amounting to basically: "I really enjoyed the puzzle, even though I sucked at it. Will there be more like it?" 😁

#indiegamedev
September 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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🎉👾 The wait is over!
The Catch & Defense DEMO is now LIVE on Steam 🏰⚡
🎴 Build your deck
⚡ Catch enemies & turn them into towers
🌊 Survive endless waves

👉 Play it FREE today in Steam!!
#IndieGame #Demo #CatchAndDefense #TowerDefense #CardGames #IndieDev
September 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM