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Reminiscent64

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Taking what I've learned from the games I've grown up with and making the video games that I want to play! 😎 Currently working on the Dark Fantasy kinetic novel A King's Genocide!

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · Feb 14

A little about me: I’m a software engineer who USED to work on some of the worst code in the train industry.

I’ve been laid off.

I’m still working on A King’s Genocide, but finding a job is my main concern now.

I can’t make a game if I don’t have money!

#gamedev #indiegamedev #vndev

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · 1d

After it’s become pretty clear I’m not finding another job anytime soon, I’ve been working on adding Aracelia’s sprite to my game.

I need to get the blinking and talking animation working in Unity, but I might have something to show soon.

Progress!

#gamedev #indiedev

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t listen to the negative voices.

I know you rock and your game will rock everyone’s socks off!

#gamedev #vndev

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · 3d

If you’re telling yourself your game is no good, remember to ask yourself:

“How can I get this game to be good?”

Don’t give up. Take what you have and use it to create something truly good.

#gamedev #vndev

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · 7d

There’s nothing like the sound of putting the N64 cartridge into the console and hearing a game (Mario 64 is first in mind for me) start up.

Remember to make a good start up sequence for your video game! Someday, a person will fondly remember starting yours!

#gamedev #vndev

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · 8d

If someone has an issue with some part of your video game, that’s perfectly fine!

Decide if it’s valid. If it is, tweak the section. If it isn’t, don’t change it.

In the end, it’s your vision you’re bringing to life, no one else’s.

#gamedev #indiedev

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Eternal Skies @eternalskiestcg.bsky.social · 10d

Dear fellow indie game devs,

If your game is single player and someone discovers some broken strat that is against the way you intended the game to be played, you don't need to patch it.

You can just leave it. It's okay if people want to use the broken strat to make it easy.

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · 12d

a picture of a woman covering her mouth with her hand with the words good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor .

Alt: a picture of a woman covering her mouth with her hand with the words good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor .

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · 12d

To the game developers out there who’ve lost your job and are job searching:

Let your friends and family know you love them in these troubling times!

If I didn’t have my parents right now, I’d be homeless. This job market’s just so incredibly bad.

It’s crickets.

#gamedev #indiedev

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · 13d

Video games will forever be awesome to me. Some people burn out, but that has yet to happen for me.

But, you know, if you didn’t think they were awesome, you’d have no reason to make one!

#gamedev #indiedev

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · 14d

Whatever genre you decided your game to be, you should always play and study other games in that genre.

There is always something to learn from the giants of our past.

#gamedev #indiedev

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · 15d

In the wise words of a certain video game:

Never give up. Trust your instincts.

#gamedev #vndev

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · 21d

If you feel like you have imposter syndrome and you’re worried about it, there’s a good chance you’re not the imposter here.

#gamedev #vndev

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · 22d

I think any aspiring game developer should watch at least one video from the YouTuber Game Maker’s Toolkit.

There’s so many nuggets of wisdom in their videos!

#gamedev #vndev

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · 23d

Whatever timeline we’re in, no game could’ve predicted any of this.

If you’re making a game taking inspiration from current events, I guarantee you you’re gonna get hit with a curveball that has you asking why you didn’t think of that for the game.

#gamedev #vndev

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · 23d

a man is making a funny face and saying `` me too ! ''

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · 24d

If you liked Unicorn Overlord’s story you’ll 100% love 13 Sentinel’s.

a man in a suit and tie is saying " i promise you won 't regret it "

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · 24d

If there’s a demo for 13 Sentinels on Switch or PlayStation store, I’d highly recommend playing the demo and see if you like the gameplay.

Outside that, the best I could describe the gameplay is that it’s like an RTS game. But the story is so good it may overcome the gameplay if you don’t like it!

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · 24d

Vanillaware is a very under-the-radar studio and you should play their games.

Odin Sphere, 13 Sentinels, and Unicorn Overlord are all phenomenal games!

#gamedev #vndev

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · 25d

Make whatever progress you can make today.

Every little bit adds up until you’ve got a video game made!

#gamedev #vndev

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · 26d

We go down, down, down, the rabbit hole.

Further and further we go.

Until the light no longer shines down on us.

How else do we make sense of our surroundings but by telling it through a different lense?

Be that a video game, a book, or a movie.

#gamedev #vndev

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · 27d

a pikachu with the word same written on its face

Alt: a pikachu with the word same written on its torso

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · 27d

When I was growing up, I always liked reading gaming magazines if I couldn’t play a video game in that very moment.

The story of how a video game came to be is just as interesting as the video game itself to me.

#gamedev #vndev

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · 28d

If someone tells you not to make your game because of some reason…

Guess what? It’s time to make your game.

Never, ever, let someone talk you out of making that video game you’re dreaming of.

#gamedev #vndev

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · Sep 8

If you’re making a video game you’d play, you’re on the right track.

You’ll be in a territory familiar to you. You’ll be able to apply what you’ve learned from those games you played to the game you make.

#gamedev #vndev

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Reminiscent64 @reminiscent64.bsky.social · Sep 4

As the U.S. descends further and further into chaos, art, be that video games or otherwise, depicting what used to be will become increasingly more important.

How else do you preserve what used to be when all guardrails have been blown sky-high?

#gamedev #vndev

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