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Xavi
@xavibell.bsky.social
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Writer and game maker. Sometimes in Melbourne. Spider Land is out! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3246230/Spider_Land/
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · Aug 25
I wrote a short story (with some nice visuals)

Death to a Merry Car :)

Play it on itch:
xavibell.itch.io/death-to-a-m...
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 3d
Listens to Tago Mago once
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 3d
Thinking of becoming a krautrock guy
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 5d
The bellbeast is actually my cousin
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 7d
Shoutout to all those Silksong NPCs I talked to once and then never saw again because I refuse to use the map markers for some reason.
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 11d
Watched the new PTA movie. Reminded me of the music video for Stylo.
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · Aug 25
I wrote a short story (with some nice visuals)

Death to a Merry Car :)

Play it on itch:
xavibell.itch.io/death-to-a-m...
2 9 25
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 18d
I also found these in the same cupboard 👍
Vinyls for Straight to Hell by The Clash (should I stay or should I go is on the other side), Bizzare Love Triangle by New Order (state of the nation on the other side) and Red Sails in the Sunset by Midnight Oil.
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 18d
Waow…
Talking Heads - The Name of this Band is Talking Heads (vinyl copy I found in a random cupboard at my grandparents place. They didn’t want it)
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 22d
It’s a minor roadblock. I remember I spent a whole week trying to beat Sif in Dark Souls 1. I literally didn’t leave Darkroot Garden until I’d killed that dog. Then I felt bad afterwards.
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · 22d
Silksong is officially kicking my ass. I thought I was built different. Nope!
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · Sep 8
Some of the bosses remind me of this video. I won’t elaborate.
Felonious Bolus
YouTube video by PilotRedSun
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · Sep 5
Game is great so far. I love all the weird noises the bugs make.
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · Sep 5
In Pharloom you need to pay for benches. Hostile architecture is everywhere.
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · Sep 5
Bird ponders the meaning of it all
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · Sep 5
A magpie sits on a grey wooden fence, left of frame. Overcast skies in the background, with patches of blue.
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · Sep 3
Two complete strangers complimented my hair today. Something’s in the water…
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SE Asian Games for Good @seagamesforgood.bsky.social · Sep 2
The Play for Peace: Games for Palestine charity bundle is now live! Nearly 400 games from creators all around the world, with proceeds going directly to Gaza relief efforts.

Bundle link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...

We made a launch trailer to celebrate this moment👇 Please RT.
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · Sep 2
Somewhat related, this is one of the best videos on YouTube
Melbourne's Runaway Train // The 2003 Broadmeadows Runaway!
YouTube video by Taitset
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · Sep 2
Doomscrolling Wikipedia, reading through a list of the worst railway disasters
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · Aug 28
Bit of an ohfuckohfuck moment here. Very humbling.
High angle shot of Rodeo Clown's town, except everything is pink, which is bad. There are no assets in my assets folder, which is also bad. I was not having a good day.
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · Aug 28
The moral of the story: here's a photo of my dog.
My dog, Boo, looking up at the camera. She's a Jack Russell Terrier.
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · Aug 28
One day after the release of Rodeo Clown, I started Spider Land. Then I immediately burnt out. The end.
Early screenshot of Spider Land. An empty cargo container with a single light on the roof, as well as a very low detail computer on the back wall.
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · Aug 28
The night scenes are the best. I don't think anyone bothers to look around during this portion of the game, but they should.
Night time scene from Rodeo Clown. Two wooden chairs sit under an outdoor gas heater. Off screen light illuminates the area.
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · Aug 28
This is one of the things I was whining about during my Parallels talk. Every one of those options leads to a different conversation, and to see them all you'd need to play this scene 9 times! Nobody is doing that!
A scene from Rodeo Clown where the player is sitting in front of their ex-wife. They have 9 different options to pick from in the dialogue UI, all leading to different conversations the player can have.
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · Aug 28
Another very late addition: character descriptions. I had lots of fun with these, although I don't think anyone read them. I spent a lot of time on useless shit in this last month of development.
A character description for Lucia. It reads: "Grandma? My grandma is dead. Lucia is nothing like her. My grandma hit me over the head with the TV guide and wouldn't let me eat any of the apples she had sitting in a bowl on the dining table. Hag."
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