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sprout/sam 🌱
@rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
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26 - they/them ⭐️ chiptune popstar & hobbyist game dev 👾
currently creating CHORUS MACHINE, a top-down bullet hell soulslite made with GameMaker 🏰
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rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
by the way the chorus machine free demo is coming out in 2026. will be talking about this more in the autumn dev log but fuck it… Hype Train Now

#gamedev #gamemaker #chorusmachine
sprout/sam 11/10/25, 6:30 PM yes its insane hang on nov 10 2025 DEMO progress design story: 100% dialogue: 95% setup: 100% implementation art: 85% cutscenes: 80% enemies: 100% boss battles: 95% audio: 80% rooms: 95% UI: 90% misc: 95% finishing: polishing: 0% balancing: 0% testing & bugfixing: 0% release material: 0% aubs 11/10/2025, 6:50 PM DUDE. HOLY CRAP sprout/sam 11/10/2025, 6:52 PM i know im scared.
November 15, 2025 at 4:46 AM
rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
game dev is all about finding new and creative ways to compliment yourself
scr_text("> You hold up the paper in adirmation. Someone around here really cares about the finer details.",
November 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
chipping away at replacing placeholder animations with real sprite work <3 not enough buff women holding swords and smoking in video games but Don't Worry Everyone. I will Fix this
frames of thea smoking a cigarette and holding a sword frames of thea sleeping while sitting down and being woken up abruptly
October 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
haven’t posted a garden update in a bit but it’s going real swell! should have my first radishes next week ish :0
4 plots in a garden. one has a lot of sprouts and small plants growing in it
September 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
WE HAVE SPROUTS!!!! how magical!!!!!
my hand on the dirt next to a tiny baby sprout my hand on the dirt next to an even smaller baby sprout
August 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
fucking around with growing stuff in the ground for the first time in my whole life… i’ve successfully raised houseplants before but this is a whole diff ballgame. planted radishes and lettuce!! tbh i think it’s a bit early for radishes it’s probably still too hot but what the hell
patch of my yard before i began any yard work the same patch with a large square cleared of weeds the large square now has one garden row started
August 12, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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the original drawing, pre-separating out all the layers for nefarious gamemaker purposes

#gamemaker #solodev #pixelart
a pixel art drawing of a large cavern with a small city in the center
July 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
really really happy with how this room turned out! parallax backgrounds are soo fun to me

#gamemaker #solodev #chorusmachine
July 19, 2025 at 4:45 AM
rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
realized i was in decision paralysis because i didn’t want to write the june dev log. realized it’s my log and i can do whatever i want. SUMMER 2025 LOG (or june&july&aug) coming on sept 1st. getting a lot more work on the actual game done now
chorus machine mid-combat screenshot
July 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
a reminder for myself and all other hobby devs
book size comparison meme. the first book is very thin and labeled “IDEA YOU START OUT WITH”. the second is three enormous books stacked on top of one another labeled “SHIT YOU NEED TO RESEARCH, MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT, WRITE AND THEN EDIT OUT, ETC”. the third is only slightly thicker than the first book and labeled “STORY THAT TAKES THE READER ON THE JOURNEY YOU WANT THEM TO TAKE”
June 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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progress of sorts
unfinished painting of flowers in a vase
May 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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before and after 18 months of development!! (alternate caption: you vs the guy she tells you not to worry about)

#gamemaker #solodev
inventory screenshot from december 2023. the inventory is entirely text-based and completely full of beef jerky inventory screenshot from may 2025. the inventory is now much more image-based but still entirely full of beef jerky
May 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
finally locking in on drawing proper chathead sprites <3 it's crazy how much life these add to dialogue!!

#solodev #pixelart #gamemaker
alda angry expression alda neutral expression thea angry expression thea neutral expression
May 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
shake text vfx! it's been over a year since i last worked within my dialogue system if i'm being honest but thankfully i was able to implement this during my lunch at work :-)

#solodev #gamemaker
May 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
life has made him cynical and cruel
awesome face meme when the function got x emoji meme
April 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
my partner suggested i make something small to help give me a sense of accomplishment re: game dev burnout so here’s an underpainting i started today
an oil underpainting in magenta of a bouquet of flowers sticking out of a porcelain vase.
March 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
promotional art of The Beginner’s Guide by Davey Wreden. there is top/bottom text that says “COME HERE / I AM A NORMAL VIDEO GAME” overlaid & mostly obscuring additional top/bottom text that says “I WANT TO HURT YOU / I WANT TO CAUSE YOU AS MUCH PAIN AS POSSIBLE”
March 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
using bumble for evil
screenshot of a bumble chat: person 1: What’s your favorite niche indie video game?? person 2: probably the beginner’s guide by davey wreden!! but i have a lot of favs!! that one just particularly changed my neurochemistry person 1: I’ve never heard of it!! I’m gonna have to check it out for sure!!! person 2 has an unsent message typed out that says “it’s a normal game that doesn’t want to hurt you”
March 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
i feel like this one speaks for itself #gamedev #gamemaker
W: Query: Why are you here? (choice between [WIZARD'S GUILD] and [PERSONAL BAGGAGE])
March 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
she’s releasing it on the 13th :)
chappellroan instagram post, caption “The Giver OUT 8pm et 3.13 @dan_nigro and I wrote this together and it was so fun!!! We’ve never done a country song and I have such a special place in my heart for country music. I grew up listening to it every morning and afternoon on my school bus and had it swirling around me at bon fires, grocery stores and karaoke bars. Many people have asked if this means I’m making a country album??? My answer is.. hmm right now I’m just making songs that make me feel happy and fun and The Giver is my take on cuntry xoxo may the classic country divas lead their genre, I am just here to twirl and do a little gay yodel for yall”
March 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
me when difficult things are still worth persevering through
black and white drawing of a person on their knees wailing
March 3, 2025 at 3:58 AM
rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
yooo
passport photo of a white person with a mullet
February 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
testing some tree variations using the same 4-color palette. a fun exercise in shape and depth ^_^

#pixelart #gamedev
3 different mockups of pixel art trees growing out of stone walls
January 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
save/load system & UI are closer than ever to being complete <3 i only have to do like 3 more things which could be as many as 15 smaller things. yahoo!

#pixelart #gamedev #gamemaker
save/load menu screenshot. page is opened to a used save with options to either load or destroy
January 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
rootvegetableboy.bsky.social
THANK YOU!! looking pretty good in-game too i think :D
unfinished save/load menu screenshot
January 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM