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Slightly Sleepy Studios
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The one-man developer of Sequence Break - The Proof of Survival... and very little else, for now at least!
Try it out (runs on Windows and Linux): http://slightly-sleepy-studios.itch.io/sequence-break
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A brand new build of Sequence Break is now available to play! Continue the descent with a new area that'll leave you wanting more!
slightly-sleepy-studios.itch.io/sequence-bre...
#GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #AdventureGameStudio
Version 2 of the Sequence Break Proof of Concept is now available!
Hello World! It may have been all quiet on the itch.io front for a while, but that doesn't mean I haven't been chipping away at Sequence Break. If anything, I've laid the groundwork for the rest of th...
slightly-sleepy-studios.itch.io
slightlysleepys.bsky.social
The thing about developing a game with a heavy story on your own is that unless you’ve got mental fortitude, you don’t. I’m taking a break from developing Sequence Break for the next little bit, but I’ll be back at it in the new year with the resolution to that cliffhanger!
#IndieDev #SoloDev
December 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
slightlysleepys.bsky.social
A brand new build of Sequence Break is now available to play! Continue the descent with a new area that'll leave you wanting more!
slightly-sleepy-studios.itch.io/sequence-bre...
#GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #AdventureGameStudio
Version 2 of the Sequence Break Proof of Concept is now available!
Hello World! It may have been all quiet on the itch.io front for a while, but that doesn't mean I haven't been chipping away at Sequence Break. If anything, I've laid the groundwork for the rest of th...
slightly-sleepy-studios.itch.io
December 15, 2025 at 7:04 AM
slightlysleepys.bsky.social
In all my time coding this game so far, it's only when I start removing the last of the default game engine graphics that it hits me that I'm actually making a game.

Of course, seeing the game and story come to life helps too, but this really drives the point home to me.
#IndieDev #SoloDev #GameDev
A cropped screenshot of a work-in-progress version of Sequence Break. In it, we get a look at the game's current User Interface. The default AGS inventory bar is present at the top of the screen, mostly unchanged from its default blue-azure, rounded off appearance. However, the panel button on the right-hand side of the bar has been replaced with a custom menu graphic - a hamburger menu-esque icon on a green background.
December 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
slightlysleepys.bsky.social
A new build of Sequence Break is finally coming soon! I don't like to drum up hype, but I have a feeling this is going to leave you wanting more... Stay tuned.

#IndieDev #SoloDev #GameDev #AdventureGameStudio
A screenshot from a Work-in-progress build of Sequence Break. In it, the familiar lounge appears to have some slight alterations from the last time Hellbound One has seen it. The room is filled with red mist, as an exit door is shown to be wide open. Hellbound responds to the situation thusly: "...they're here..."
December 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
slightlysleepys.bsky.social
On a lighter note from before, and sad to say I don’t want to show it off just yet. Because it’ll give away a plot point in my game, but I’ve gotten a chance to try out some unique 3D rendering software and ti pair it with my 2D rotoscopes… aw yeah, this is happenin’
December 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
slightlysleepys.bsky.social
Today in things I learned: I'm doing my best to get by coding a game on a crapbox Windows PC, because my high-performance equipment is an M4 iPad that's sandboxed to heck. Meanwhile, I just heard from a sibling that he has a goddamn RTX 5090 and at least 80TB of DISK SPACE!!!!
#WhatTheHeck #IndieDev
December 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
slightlysleepys.bsky.social
With everything I hear about PC hardware getting even more expensive (and make no mistake, the fact that it’s all AI’s fault does not slip by me), I’d like to briefly remind people that in the year 2025, you no longer need the best PC to play the best games of the year. Thank you.
#SupportIndieGames
December 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
slightlysleepys.bsky.social
It's been one of those days...
#IndieDev #SoloDev #GameDev #AdventureGameStudio
A screen grab of a bash terminal, altered to remove potentially identifying information about my code. The window shows me running a git commit command with the following comment: ""Refactor PersisitentStatTracker to save and load to disk only as needed. AKA: Spend way too much time refactoring code that only just so happened to work right becasue it wasn't programmed correctly to begin with, so now it should work right like it should have from the beginning. This change breaks the FULL GAME RESET room, so it's been modified to close the game instead [sic] of calling RestartGame, and risking more stale persistent states."
December 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
slightlysleepys.bsky.social
Do you, good sir? Do you REALLY see what’s going on?

A still from a work-in-progress version of my game - gotta remember to put in a technical blooper reel at some point!

#GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #AdventureGameStudio
A screenshot of a work-in-progress build of Sequence Break. The game screen shows the game’s logo with handwritten text that reads “Visuals not ready yet…” sitting next to a smiley face, written with a colon and close parenthesis, as if writing a text message with that emoticon. Sitting on top of the image is a portrait of a character with text above him: he says “NOW I see it. NOW I know what’s going on.”
December 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
slightlysleepys.bsky.social
While I'm working towards a new build of the game, here's something you might have missed in the first room due to the game's low-resolution.

"Girls like me... are sus. Yee-hee."
(Disclaimer: A bit of a fan of @cs188.bsky.social)
A zoomed in screenshot of the original graphic that was scaled down for a video game. The wide banner at the top right of the image shows a woman laying on her side with a heart-shaped pillow behind her head, reminiscent of a late-nite "chat line" commercial parodied by YouTuber cs188. Other images on this board include a second woman posing for a cover image, and partially obscured text that reads "DO IT FOR HER"
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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commandersterling.bsky.social
I certainly will still complain about the technical horrors of recording/editing and the abusive bullshit of YouTube as a platform, but it hits different when you feel like you’re choosing it rather than doing it because you have to.

Approaching videos more casually is just plain better.
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
slightlysleepys.bsky.social
Here's something I should have done a while ago - implement a sound test!

Pro Tip - if your game relies heavily on an audio soundscape, MAKE A SOUND TEST! It'll be easier than going to each trigger point manually, believe me!
#IndieDev #SoloDev #AdventureGameStudio
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
slightlysleepys.bsky.social
If you've ever wondered why you find stuff like the Minmo sign in Silent Hill 2 or countless other sight gags in the backgrounds of older games... it's because most developers just put together whatever's on their mind at the moment for fake games or products and call it a day lol
#IndieDev #SoloDev
A hastily put together title screen for the fictional arcade game "Straight Shot!" A bullet can be seen screaming comedically as it's literally firing its way off to the upper-right hand side of the screen. On the screen is text that reads, in order from left to right and top to bottom: "STRAIGHT SHOT! Swipe 1 Blue Keycard(s) to play! eArcade cards are not accepted at this location. eArcade Status: Connected - PlayerID: (None - eArcade Login Disabled)." A Systems check for a fictitious game called "Straight Shot." Among other things, it lists that the light gun for player 2 is missing, and that support for game cards from the also-fictional eArcade service are disabled.
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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ruminescence.bsky.social
Thursday the 20, november DJ nagureo
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 AM
slightlysleepys.bsky.social
Me: Cool! Let me get my pre-alpha build set up to test!
Cloudflare protecting itch.io: *dies*
Me: It’s always something -.-

#GameDev #IndieDev
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
slightlysleepys.bsky.social
Progress has slowed down a lot on my game, but only because I'm trying to get more important things moving along in my life.

What I will give away is this - A test render that'll act as my rotoscope base for an art style I plan to shift into later on.

#IndieDev #SoloDev
A dark 3D rendering of a hallway. The walls and ceiling are a dark cherry red. The ground appears to be carpeted, as its rough texture takes on a gray hue underneath the fluorescent white lights of the hallway. The corridor itself stretches far into the distance, blurring out of sight as it's consumed by the dark void lurking at the other end.
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
slightlysleepys.bsky.social
Just going to put in a quick word here about the new Valve hardware that was dropped literally while I was sleeping

Controller mk.2: Maybe
Machine mk.2: YES
Frame: Huh?
November 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
slightlysleepys.bsky.social
You know, some days, you forget that you're working within some comically small resolution limits... YOUR GRU GANG RISE UP!

(For the record, this was supposed to say "Your Girl!" Lmao)

#IndieDev #SoloDev #GameDev
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
slightlysleepys.bsky.social
To all the animators who feel like they’ve been snubbed because the new Coke ad was all AI generated - um… I really don’t have much of a team or budget at all, so I can’t ask for help, but just know there will always be people who truly appreciate the human touch in any kind of medium, ads or not!
November 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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kthorjensen.bsky.social
Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.
October 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
slightlysleepys.bsky.social
I've got a few hours left before I'm technically back, but I wanted to quickly ask: Would you guys want me to release a bug fix version of my Proof of Concept (which would remove a few secrets!) or would you want to wait until I get the next part of my game made, and everything stays as-is for now?
November 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
slightlysleepys.bsky.social
Time for the most terrifying part of a pre-release workflow... bug fixes.

The PR, the announcements and even the upload of the game? Easy! Trying to find as many bugs to quash before release as possible? Not so easy.

#IndieDev #GameDev #SoloDev #AdventureGameStudio
A terminal window, showing the partial output of my current code base's status. It lists numerous files in red text, indicating that I have modified those files, but that I haven't committed - or made permanent - those changes.
October 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
slightlysleepys.bsky.social
Watch this space: I'm closing in on my next build of Sequence Break! This build will be adding two new areas to the game, turning my "Proof of Survival" into a proper Proof of Concept.

Should be out within the next few days. Stay tuned! #IndieDev #SoloDev #GameDev #AdventureGameStudio
October 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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gaelthedev.bsky.social
Be careful not to replay your failures in your head like a broken record.
Once you’ve learned the lesson, move on. Don’t let one rough launch live rent-free in your mind for months.

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev
October 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
slightlysleepys.bsky.social
POV: You're here, but mentally you're somewhere else.

(Unintended bug I stumbled upon during play testing after moving my dev environment - I apparently forgot to check all cutscenes with my new portrait system! This is #art, I don't care!)

#IndieDev #SoloDev #GameDev #AdventureGameStudio
A screenshot of a work-in-progress version of Sequence Break. The main character is looking at himself in the mirror. A portrait image of his face is slapped on top of where his head would be in the actual background image, making his face look cuter than the more gritty take on his visage as intended. He is talking to himself: "That's me... or what's left of me."
October 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM