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spookysquid

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Designer at Spooky Squid Games
Making pixel art and games.
They Bleed Pixels: Steam and Switch!
Russian Subway Dogs: Steam, Xbox, Playstation, PS Vita!
(He/Him)

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spookysquid, to pixelart
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Messing around with this little mascot character.

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Itch Palestinian Relief Bundle is now over $300k, let's get it to 500k!
https://itch.io/b/2321/palestinian-relief-bundle

They Bleed Pixels and lot of other great games in this one including Wandersong, A Short Hike, Bleed 2. Great list of highlights and hidden gems here:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1781661844362424354.html

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Sunday Stream continues this weekend! Myself, @christinelove , @mcc and @spinningmind (behind the scenes) continue ascending Death Tower in Flashback!

Sunday March 3rd ~3pm ET

https://www.twitch.tv/spookysquidgames

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Game design tip: Don't play the battle music based on proximity to enemies. Play the music once I engage the enemies.

When I'm running past enemies in a game avoiding them. it's just weird to hear the battle music fade in, and out, then in, then out again. Especially with weaker enemies that don't pose a major threat.

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@Nifflas Can't think of an exact example right now but I like it when games have a low key danger music track when you're close to enemies and then a full on battle track when you engage.

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So excited! River by Junta Yamaguchi will finally be streaming tomorrow.

He's the director of "Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes" which is the single best and funniest time travel movie made, despite being so low budget it's shot on an iPhone.

I bet this is going to be awesome \o/

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@Nifflas Oooh! I loved Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes! Have to see if this is available in Canada.

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After a small 1421 day delay, Sunday Streams with myself, @christinelove @mcc and @spinningmind are back!๐ŸŽ‰

Continuing from where we left off with some Heart of the Alien, the sequel to Another World, followed by Flashback!

Sunday Feb 4th 3pm ET
https://www.twitch.tv/spookysquidgames

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@zandra @christinelove @mcc @spinningmind

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@mcc @zandra @christinelove @spinningmind Going to tell my future pets this is Death Stranding 2

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Spooky Squid Games incorporated 15 years ago today!

What!? Honestly it feels like I wrote about our 10th anniversary only a year ago.

To celebrate I've uploaded some classic free games we made on itchio๐ŸŽ

Info and links below!

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They Bleed Pixels is on sale on Nintendo Switch for around two bucks in all regions!

US eShop: https://nintendo.com/games/detail/they-bleed-pixels-switch/
UK eShop: https://nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/They-Bleed-Pixels-1859334.html
Japan eShop: https://store-jp.nintendo.com/list/software/70010000028528.html

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The DRM free standalone build of Russian Subway Dogs is finally out on @itchio for Windows/Mac/Linux!

This long promised release finally gives Mac players a way to play the latest updates on modern OS!

On sale 60% off for the next week w/ Steam key.
https://spookysquid.itch.io/russian-subway-dogs

spookysquid, to random
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Went to the absolutely massive march in Toronto today. The last five weeks have been heartbreaking. It still feels like so little, but I wanted to at least do something.

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After some misadventures getting through Canada customs our box of They Bleed Pixels physicals from Premium Edition Games finally arrived!

Took a bunch of photos unboxing my personal copy of the fancy Retro Edition, which looks incredible!

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spookysquid, to pixelart
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A little screen mockup for an arcade action mech game with a heat management gimmick I've been thinking about. Hoping to do more of these mockups while I'm between games!

Also looking for freelance pixel art gigs. If anyone could use an extra pixel pusher hit me up!

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@eniko Thanks! It's nice to know I didn't get too rusty during the last couple years of porting hell. ๐Ÿ˜…

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Another mockup for the heat management mech game idea. This is for a mini game that pops up when your mech overheats. The side portrait would also get chibified while she fixes things!

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There's going to be a batch of They Bleed Pixels physical edition for Switch going up for sale tomorrow! Great chance to pick it up if you missed the pre-orders!

https://twitter.com/PremiumEdition1/status/1711049327441805435

https://premiumeditiongames.com

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Our gothic-cute, platforming slash โ€˜em up, They Bleed Pixels is currently on sale for Nintendo Switch in all regions!

US eShop: https://nintendo.com/games/detail/they-bleed-pixels-switch/
UK eShop: https://nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/They-Bleed-Pixels-1859334.html
Japan eShop: https://store-jp.nintendo.com/list/software/70010000028528.html

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Question for other indie devs here on Mastodon. Is it worth switching to one of the indie game or game dev specific instances? If so which ones are working well for people?

spookysquid,
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@SirTapTap I'm mostly wondering if people have found it helpful for discoverability, connecting with other devs/indie game fans etc.

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Started learning how to write shaders for GameMaker this week! Here's my first, an attempt at "what if a Gamboy style dot matrix display could do color?"

Looks odd shrunk, you'll need to click to view it full size.

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RUSSIAN SUBWAY DOGS IS
(FINALLY) COMING TO CONSOLES! ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰
Launching JUNE 28th on PS4 and XBOX ONE!
(also playable on the new stuff of course)

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