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Ted Martens

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Artist & Indie Dev. Cadence of Hyrule, Crypt of the NecroDancer & Amplified, Pixel Fireplace, Hexels co-creator. Pixel Fireplace 🪵🔥◻️ Steam: s.team/a/2678480 Itch: https://hammertail.itch.io/pixel-fireplace

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Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · Oct 18

Seems like a good time for a new intro post. Hii (•ᴗ•)╯ I'm an artist and indie game dev. I worked on Cadence of Hyrule, Crypt of the NecroDancer + Amplified, and I made a cozy simulation game called Pixel Fireplace. Working on a new game, and looking forward to sharing more when I can! #gamedev

Screenshot of Cadence of Hyrule with Link and Zelda fighting enemies.

Screenshot of Cadence of Hyrule with Link fighting enemies.

Screenshot of Crypt of the NecroDancer zone 1. Cadence and enemies are in a dirt dungeon floor.

Screenshot of Crypt of the NecroDancer zone 4. Cadence and enemies are in a dark purple dungeon floor.

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Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 12h

I feel like they would be friends

Pixel art sprites of an undead centaur and a chaos mage standing next to each other. The undead centaur is holding a sword and shield and is a purple color with visible bones and horns. The chaos mage has red robes with high pointed golden shoulder mantles and a red hood covering most of their head. They're raising their arms up casting flames from each one.

Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 12h

Chaos Mage 🔥
#pixelart #ドット絵

Pixel art sprite of a mage in red robes with high pointed golden shoulder mantles and a red hood covering most of their head. They're raising their arms up casting flames from each one.

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Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 1d

inside you there are two art styles
small head serious
big head silly

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Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 1d

Hippo sword fighter 🦛
#pixelart #ドット絵

pixel art sprite of a hippo fighter holding a sword

Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 2d

Spectral Megaloceros 🦌
#pixelart #ドット絵

Pixel art sprite of a Megaloceros, a prehistoric deer with very large, broad antlers, in shades of purple and white against a black background.

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Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 3d

his name is Doug

pixel art sprites of the slime monster lined up in a way that their poses look like they spell the name Doug (a coincidence). There are six rows repeated, all different pastel colors.

Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 3d

Flail Slime
#pixelart #ドット絵

Four different pixel art sprites of a slime monster with a spike ball inside of it, one has the spike completely inside, one has it floating on top like a wave, one is reaching, and the last one is about to swing the spike ball like a flail.

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Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you for the compliment! 😊

Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 4d

Art style whiplash compared to yesterday haha 😂

Also, apparently Mobtober is a Mob Psycho 100 fanart hashtag, so I dropped it and I'll just keep drawing enemies every day in October using my word tables. Today's words were: Many legs (eg. centaur-like humanoid), bones, undead, berserk / rage.

Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 4d

Undead Centaur Warrior 🐎💀
#pixelart #ドット絵

pixel art sprite of an undead centaur holding a sword and shield. The centaur is a purple color with visible bones and horns.

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Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 5d

a few more fungus freaks
Mobtober Enemies 03 (part 2)
#pixelart #ドット絵

Pixel art sprites of four enemies based on coral mushrooms. They are each a different color, coral pink, orange, light blue, and creme, and each has a "dormant" version next to it with slightly darker colors.

Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 5d

Fungus 🍄
Mobtober Enemies 03
#pixelart #ドット絵

Three different pixel art mushroom characters with different shapes and faces. The first has a wide blue top and a small body. The second has a purple top with a wide body and a small frowny face. The last one has an orange top and a more detailed face and tiny feet.

Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 5d

These are really cool Jesse! You should make a Mörk Borg supplement with them

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Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 6d

Looks like it in the trailer, the limited flap meter and all the environmental mechanics look like fun! 😄 Congrats on launch tomorrow 🎉

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Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 6d

I love Sink’s games, really looking forward to Vampire’s Best Friend tomorrow! 🦇

sink @sinksadventure.bsky.social · 6d

one more sleep in your cobweb covered casket until Vampire's Best Friend comes out!

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Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 6d

Guinea Pig fighter
Mobtober Enemy 02
#pixelart #ドット絵

Three slightly different pixel art sprites of a guinea pig enemy with claws, and a couple of them have armor.

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Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 7d

Congrats! 🎉 the game looks awesome :D

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Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 7d

I rolled: cook, explode, and decayed.
The first two made me think of an alchemist or a witch with a cauldron, and decayed made me think that they make explosive potions, or they shoot exploding projectiles, using nearby monster parts such as bones from skeleton enemies.

pixel art sprites of a skeleton warrior laying on the ground and some bones that the witch or alchemist might be using to create an explosion attack.

Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 7d

I decided I'm gonna do an October daily challenge where I draw enemy ideas everyday for my game using some Spark Tables I made full of random descriptor words. I roll on the tables to get a few words to help spark some ideas.

Here's number 001 - Witch or Alchemist
#pixelart #ドット絵

pixel art sprites of some witches and alchemists in front of a cauldron. They have various faces including an old man, old woman, a shadowy demon sort of face, a bird-like one, and a penguin-like one.

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Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 9d

Color variants and some tweaks. I like it better without the highlights, and I remembered that I want to try to keep each material at two colors anyway. Some sprites will need more, but that's the goal.
#indiedev

Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 9d

Colors 🦀 #pixelart #ドット絵

Pixel art sprites of a crab in six color variations. The sprites show the crab looking mostly like a rock and then getting up, revealing that it's a crab with big claws.

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Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 12d

Rock Crab 🪨🦀
#pixelart #ドット絵

pixel art sprites of a crab hiding pretending to be a rock, beginning to get up revealing that it's a crab, and standing all the way up with claws held up.

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Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 13d

Whoa, it looks great. Will definitely get it!

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Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 15d

Here's the process of making the snail design.
#pixelart #ドット絵

Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · 16d

Toxic Snail slimin' around 🐌
#pixelart #ドット絵

pixel art of a green snail monster with three eyes on stalks, a purple shell with a large while spike on the top. The snail is leaving behind a trail of toxic slime on the tiles it moves through.

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