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Salman Shurie (recovering HP mode 😵‍💫) @salmanshh.bsky.social · 9h

btw this is just really zoomed in to make it easier to show the example usage

Salman Shurie (recovering HP mode 😵‍💫) @salmanshh.bsky.social · 9h

that was the aim for the game in the clip since one of the challenges comes from having a very limited ammo capacity and enemies having really good hearing (almost to treat attacking as a last resort) 😁

Salman Shurie (recovering HP mode 😵‍💫) @salmanshh.bsky.social · 9h

been using chromatic aberration as an alternative to screenshakes by just offsetting the RGB values towards a set direction and distance which just gets lerped back.

feel like it achieves a similar feeling of intensity without taking away visiblity too much?

thoughts? #gamedev

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Salman Shurie (recovering HP mode 😵‍💫) @salmanshh.bsky.social · 6d

still surprised how chromatic aberration ended up working as a alternative to screenshakes in my projects as of late.

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Detocroix @detocroix.bsky.social · 13d

Btw, as the Itchio noise and all died down, Adult games are technically just banned now.

Some adult games are still being sold, yes, but if you get caught or reported or whatever, all your payment options will be yanked and only a husk remains.

Zero comments from Itchio on this, nothing, at all.

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Britt Brady @brittbrady.bsky.social · 14d

-Buzz Bumper On Planet Pinball-
in development for #GBC
by @zbwmusic.bsky.social , @pearacidicgames.com , and myself.
#gbstudio #gbdev #homebrew

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Salman Shurie (recovering HP mode 😵‍💫) @salmanshh.bsky.social · Nov 27

thread of game concepts that I've worked on that keep me up at night on how I should revisit them.

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first one is Vault-former, this one went viral for me, but it left me uninspired

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Salman Shurie (recovering HP mode 😵‍💫) @salmanshh.bsky.social · Sep 8

feel like I had a galaxy brain moment while working on art direction #pixelart

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Salman Shurie (recovering HP mode 😵‍💫) @salmanshh.bsky.social · 15d

I'm a little salty, canceled multiple projects due to a lot of factors related to this 😭

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Salman Shurie (recovering HP mode 😵‍💫) @salmanshh.bsky.social · 15d

Playtime Duration being the core KPI for whether a game will be able to keep a studio alive is causing so much potential in projects to be drowned out due to so many deriviative games with little to no innovation being pushed cuz they had market validation first instead of the other getting a chance

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Blumgi Studio @blumgi.com · 22d

A new post about the creative process I’ve built over the years to make games fast and detect the fun potential early.

blumgi.games/from-idea-to...

From idea to millions of players

Over the years I’ve built a creative process I love that helps me detect a game’s potential early. It’s still changing and adapting based on what I learn from every new game. Let’s dive into my notebo...

blumgi.games

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Salman Shurie (recovering HP mode 😵‍💫) @salmanshh.bsky.social · 16d

who knew dealing with uncertainty and stress would make you get sick more often. dang it

a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk looking at a book .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk looking at a book .

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Hibernian Workshop @hibernianws.bsky.social · 20d

📢 KICKSTARTER IS LIVE NOW 📢

We came back with a new trailer featuring @benstarr.bsky.social as the voice of our protagonist, Arven 🥰

You can back Fallen Fates now ✨ tinyurl.com/FallenFates

Coming soon: Fallen Fates

A new top-down action-RPG, brought to life through beautiful hand-drawn pixel art, packed with epic, intense combat.

www.youtube.com

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Shotgun Anaconda @shotgunanaconda.bsky.social · 20d

🚨DeadWire is out!!🚨

Get it now on @steampowered.com with a 15% discount.

💥Awesome top-down action
🤖Hack enemies & objects for chain reactions
⚔️Play slow or fast, or mix both
🗒️30+ crafted levels, 80+ sideobjectives, time trials, score mode etc.
♻️RT's appreciated

#indiegame #videogame #gamerelease

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Salman Shurie (recovering HP mode 😵‍💫) @salmanshh.bsky.social · 24d

the devs were never shy about their beliefs especially when it was working to their benefit of getting more sales, now they're doing surprised pikachu face? you're not serious

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Salman Shurie (recovering HP mode 😵‍💫) @salmanshh.bsky.social · 24d

they were better off saying nothing.

now their cowardly statement has sparked the flames that will be cynically used against as weapon repeatedly + hurt/consume their current and any future relationships with developers whose works sustain their business model.

nasty strategy @ Dear Villagers. 🫡

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Salman Shurie (recovering HP mode 😵‍💫) @salmanshh.bsky.social · Sep 8

feel like I had a galaxy brain moment while working on art direction #pixelart

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Salman Shurie (recovering HP mode 😵‍💫) @salmanshh.bsky.social · Sep 3

haven't seen much devs speak about how making games for an audience can paralyse you when trying to design for yourself, you end up second guessing yourself to the point of thinking no idea is good enough.

painful hole to climb out from!

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Salman Shurie (recovering HP mode 😵‍💫) @salmanshh.bsky.social · Sep 1

another quick throwaway prototype. you only have control over hopping left/right

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Salman Shurie (recovering HP mode 😵‍💫) @salmanshh.bsky.social · Aug 21

At first it the shooting was tied to turning clockwise/anti-clockwise , but that was too finicky and it became what you see which is it being automatically attacking when any enemy is within attack range

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Salman Shurie (recovering HP mode 😵‍💫) @salmanshh.bsky.social · Aug 20

looking at my graveyard of dropped projects/prototypes saying "It'll be ok, you'll get a chance eventually"... and they never do (can't afford to make them)

a man is holding a woman in his arms and kissing her on the forehead

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Salman Shurie (recovering HP mode 😵‍💫) @salmanshh.bsky.social · Aug 20

some more screenshots!

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Salman Shurie (recovering HP mode 😵‍💫) @salmanshh.bsky.social · Aug 20

BBBlaster, an old project, started from an idea of trying to create a one-button Hotline Miami.

I eventually dropped the project since I felt no hope in the project being worth it in the end, also fun fact helped me overcome my fear of dogs.

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Salman Shurie (recovering HP mode 😵‍💫) @salmanshh.bsky.social · Aug 14

not surprised by the current publisher game meta is a making a roguelite, just didn't expect them to be using gambling games as the mechanical hook.

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Alan Hazelden / Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · Aug 8

We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉

The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans.

Deadline: September 28th
More info 👇
grants.draknek.org

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