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TheMysticSword
@themysticsword.bsky.social
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Game developer, modder and English to Russian translator!
Making Telly No Vision, a first person puzzle shooter where YOU can't see: https://themysticsword.itch.io/telly-no-vision

https://themysticsword.neocities.org/

Fedi: @[email protected]
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spiced up my lore entry menu with a terminal-style reader! feels like it was the final missing piece to make the screen look complete

#screenshotsaturday
video game screenshot that showcases a menu. at the top of the menu, there's a date, "07/11/2006", a text label that says "Avatar Console", and a text label that says "17 coupons" with a coupon icon. below the top, a large title label says "Archive", and a subtitle label below it says "Review the data gathered during your expeditions into the aether." the following contents of the menu are split into two columns. in the left half, there are text labels that say "Entry name: Jammer" and "Entry contents:", and below them is a terminal-styled text box with the following text: "technology of which should've been known only to elite security agents. Strategy: - Moving sideways can help with dodging most of the Jammer's bullets. - Jammers are completely stationary while preparing their attack. Use that opportunity to strike back." below the "terminal", there's a button that says "Close entry". the right half of the menu shows a purple floating drone robot and its sphere-shaped green projectile attack. at the bottom of the menu, there are three buttons with the following labels: "Prev Page", "Next Page", "End Application"
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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New Telly No Vision devlog! 📺

This time, talking about the process of making a new level for the upcoming free demo update, revealing a new enemy, tackling issues that a new player had with the game, and more!

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#godot #gamedev #indiedev
screenshot of a video game. the scene contains a large three-story wooden house with bones sticking out of the ground around it, and a bright red moon in the sky glowing through reddish clouds.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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also i'm kinda proud of how the backdrop for this level turned out. it's pretty simple, but captures *exactly* what i'm trying to go for.
screenshot of a scene in the Godot game engine's editor. the scene has grey light blueish fog, and a red moon in the sky lighting up reddish clouds. all of these scene pieces have a dithering effect on them.
October 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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working on a spooky update for the TnV demo 👁️
#gamedev #indiedev #halloween
screenshot of a low-poly video game character inside the kitchen of an abandoned wooden house at night. the character is looking at an ominous TV with a glowing screen.
October 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Steam Next Fest is live! A great time to try out some upcoming games, including the Telly No Vision Demo! (which isn't on Steam yet 🥲)

Check out the first level of an FPS where *you* can't see, and try your luck at the endless wave mode!

themysticsword.itch.io/telly-no-vis...

#indiegame
October 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Have you ever wanted to see what Balatro would look like if it had an upscaling filter applied to it? ...No? Ok. Whatever. Go my silly mod: codeberg.org/TheMysticSwo...

Pixel Art Upscaler applies the xBRZ filter to all sprites, including modded! I both love and hate it.

#balatro #modding
8 vouchers from Balatro, with the word "Voucher" at the top and different art in the centre, in the following order: 1. a magic hat with a card jumping out of it against a plain dark-blue background; 2. a magic hat with a card jumping out of it with sparkle effects against a red curtain background; 3. the Eye of Horus hieroglyph against a sandstone background; 4. ancient caveman drawings of humans hunting a huge animal against a brown cave wall background; 5. a cassette tape against a plain red background; 6. a smashed cassette tape with green goop coming out of it against a plain red background; 7. a paintbrush with dark-blue paint on it against a light-blue background; 8. a colour pallette with a paintbrush behind it against a light-blue background. the art on the vouchers looks smooth instead of pixelated due to an upscaling shader.
September 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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My Balatro mod, Book of Anecdotes, is out!
The 1.0 release adds 15 new Joker cards, with a focus on being (mostly) vanilla balance-friendly!

themysticsword.neocities.org/mods/bookofa...

#balatro #modding
a screenshot of 15 custom joker cards in the video game Balatro. the art on the jokers is as follows: 1. a joker card with a crying jester instead of a happy one; 2. a joker card crumpled into a ball; 3. stars falling out of space into clouds; 4. a faded voucher with the words "BIG WIN", "$200" and "VALID THRU: 01/97" on it 5. a blue sundial with golden accents on a metal pedestal in a desert 6. dark silhouette of a jester posing behind a cloud of smoke and stage lights; 7. two laughing jesters at a party holding each other by the shoulders; 8. a green alien with a large orange ring around their neck, wearing a blue hat with two pointy ends with small floating orange rings around them; 9. a bandit in a black suit, black round glasses and a cap smoking a cigarette; 10. a crudely-drawn joker card; 11. a joker card with a jester in a yellow-and-black coloured hat with black antennae; 12. an old scroll with the word "CONTRACT" at the top, a signature at the bottom written in red ink that says "joker" and a purple seal next to the signature; 13. a regular green fire exit sign, but the human drawn on it is wearing a jester hat; 14. multiple 12-hour clocks floating in the air, with the hands on all of them displaying exactly 12 o'clock; 15. a pen that leaked some ink over a notebook while writing the word "Joker" in cursive.
September 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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And the last one I'm gonna show for now. Actually had to work a little for this one, since there's no pre-made in-game event I could use for "on any card destroyed" effects! The closest there is is "on playing card destroyed", which is mostly used for glass card interactions I think?
a custom Balatro joker card: a joker card crumpled into a ball. joker name: Crumpled Joker. joker description: +2 Mult for each sold or destroyed Joker this run (Currently +0 Mult).
September 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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I'm particularly proud of the artwork on this one. I had to draw actual humans this time. I couldn't "just add a lot of effects and visual noise to make it look cool" my way out of this one!
a custom Balatro joker card: two laughing jesters at a party holding each other by the shoulders. joker name: Good Company. joker description: X1 Mult for each Joker with the word 'Joker' in the name (Currently X1 Mult).
September 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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You've heard of Dramatic Entrance, now get ready for...
Literally a "fire exit". Leave the fight with a burning chip counter!
a custom Balatro joker card: a regular green fire exit sign, but the human drawn on it is wearing a jester hat. joker name: Fire Exit. joker description: Earn $8 if final hand scores 100% of required chips.
September 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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This one's *kinda* inspired by an item from Dicey Dungeons - it shares the same name, and *almost* shares the effect. The one in Dicey doubles the first action you take in a fight, with no downside
a custom Balatro joker card: dark silhouette of a jester posing behind a cloud of smoke and stage lights. joker name: Dramatic Entrance. joker description: X2 Mult, first hand each round is drawn face down.
September 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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To pass some time during my last few days of gamedev break, I decided to try my hand at Balatro modding! Here's what I've got so far. Gonna post some of the jokers' gameplay effects in the replies as well!
#balatro #modding
a screenshot of 10 custom joker cards in the video game Balatro. the art on the jokers is as follows: 1. dark silhouette of a jester posing behind a cloud of smoke and stage lights; 2. a crudely-drawn joker card; 3. a joker card crumpled into a ball; 4. an old scroll with the word "CONTRACT" at the top, a signature at the bottom written in red ink that says "joker" and a purple seal next to the signature; 5. stars falling out of space into clouds; 6. a regular green fire exit sign, but the human drawn on it is wearing a jester hat; 7. a pen that leaked some ink over a notebook while writing the word "Joker" in cursive; 8. a joker card with a crying jester instead of a happy one; 9. a joker card with a jester in a yellow-and-black coloured hat with black antennae; 10. two laughing jesters at a party holding each other by the shoulders.
September 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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This month's Telly No Vision devlog is up! 📺

Talking about my progress on the new level, gameplay mechanics that it introduces, and my thoughts and reasoning regarding the changes I've made for last month's demo release:

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#godot #gamedev #indiedev
August 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Each level in Telly No Vision will show a unique TV overlay that fits the channel - for example, the music channel will show karaoke lyrics!

Try the demo: themysticsword.itch.io/telly-no-vis...

Music: Pop Pinned by JamesHeart, licensed under CC BY 3.0

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #godot
July 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Beat-synced platforms for the "music TV channel"-themed level of Telly No Vision!

Try out the demo: themysticsword.itch.io/telly-no-vis...

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #godot
July 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Telly No Vision now runs natively on Linux!
It's honestly amazing how easy the process was. I literally just downloaded Godot, opened the same project folder I use on my Windows installation, and added a Linux export template. That's it.

#godot #gamedev #linux
Header: Download demo Text on button: Download Text beside the button: telly-no-vision-windows-demo.zip 134 MB Version 0.4.2 Windows icon beside the button. Text on button: Download Text beside the button: telly-no-vision-linux-demo.zip 121 MB Version 0.4.2 Linux icon beside the button.
July 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Made an 'endless' mode for Telly No Vision! Thought it'd be fun to include something similar to ULTRAKILL's Cyber Grind. Except in a more... puzzley? way?

(music used: Horoscope by URAYSan, GrantTheHierophant, TeffyD, chris-marcell and Aalasteir, licensed under CC BY 3.0)

#godot #gamedev
June 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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It's time for the Telly No Vision monthly devlog #3! 📺

Reworked bonus objectives system, character customisation menu, new ammo system and a sneak peek at the next level's new enemy!

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#godot #gamedev
starry space sky with dark-blue fog and white transparent cubes floating around
May 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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this is what i had
April 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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nvm we're so backlatro!!
April 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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cool full house build i had going on. unfortunately, the win just wasn't in the cards
#balatro
April 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Telly No Vision monthly devlog #2 has been released! 📺

Introducing channel 02 - the new, puzzle-themed level of the game and the various new mechanics it utilises!
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#godot #gamedev
April 2, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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the rooms are moooooving
#gamedev #godot
March 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Telly No Vision monthly devlog #1 is out! Some insight on the progress I've made on the game over the last month, and a teeny bit of thoughts on the future of the game:
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comparison of old and new 3D models of a TV in two panels. the first panel shows a blocky vintage yellow-ish TV model with knobs on the right and a label that says "VTECH" on it. on the top-left part of the panel there is a text label that says "Old". the second panel shows a curvy dark-brown TV model with antennas. on the top-left part of the panel there is a text label that says "New".
March 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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ultrakill attack colours flag, as of the ULTRA_REVAMP update
pansexual flag
February 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM