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RefresherTowel

@refreshertowel

I do GameMaker. Currently working on Dice Trek (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3156360?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=profile) and Alchementalist (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1622410?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=profile)

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V1.1 of Statement features Statement Lens: A fully interactive advanced visual debugger for Statement! A very powerful debugger for your #statemachine!

Itch
refreshertowel.itch.io/statement

Docs
refreshertowel.github.io/docs/stateme...

#gamemaker #indiedev #gml #finitestatemachine #statemachines

11.12.2025 14:49 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Statement by RefresherTowel Clean, reusable state machines for GameMaker, with extensive docs!

I've just launched Statement - a highly powerful but easy to use state machine framework for GM. It's got tons of features, -extensive- documentation, and makes handling states super simple!

Get it: refreshertowel.itch.io/statement
The docs: refreshertowel.github.io/docs/stateme...

05.12.2025 04:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This game is definitely worth trying out! Tons of replayability, so much content to do, so many different combat builds to try out and all sorts of crap. More than worth your coin...

24.09.2025 13:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, I just saw this little mini review! I’m the dev for Dice Trek, so thanks for giving it a go! I actually agree with the problems you pointed out and I’m in the middle of a redesign for the dice system. Hopefully it’ll make the game more intuitive and fun! Thanks again for giving it a go!

14.08.2025 23:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bump mapping added by converting the worley samples into a heightmap, and finally, the overspill from the HDR colour range is used to provide a "glow" map which is applied as a mask to the dark side of the planet to let the emissive materials shine through the light.

25.07.2025 07:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Texture is generated on the fly with 3D worley noise, sampling the normals of the sphere to allow seamless wrapping + no pinch at poles. Mild bump mapping added by... (continued in comments)

(Wishlist πŸŽ²πŸš€ shorturl.at/Robw3)

#gamedev #indiedev #games #space #roguelike #turnbased #DiceTrek

25.07.2025 07:22 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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24.07.2025 00:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah I played mass effect as well, hahaha, I’m well aware of how annoying scanning planets can be. This is like a one or two time per run thing, and you don’t have to scan much of the planet AND it’s designed for a mouse 🀣 Planets are going to have more roles than just scanning as well.

23.07.2025 15:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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23.07.2025 15:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Added a dynamic mask so you can explore by scanning to find the lat and long coords. Since planets are dynamically drawn, it'll be cool to "fix" toxic atmospheres and have the planet morph from toxic to good and stuff.

WishlistπŸŽ²πŸš€: shorturl.at/aHwHC

#gamedev #indiedev #roguelike #DiceTrek #space

23.07.2025 14:55 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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I considered adding mini-games involving planets and I may have gone a little overboard writing a 3D shader for themπŸ˜…...Now to write a texture gen algo so I can make each planet look unique!

(πŸ˜‡wishlist here: shorturl.at/neBDR)

#gamedev #indiedev #games #space #turnbased #roguelike #DiceTrek

22.07.2025 15:32 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I self-published Without a Dawn in May. I made zero compromises, and I couldn't be happier how it turned out: store.steampowered.com/app/3145620/... πŸ’›πŸ’š
Unfortunately, I've had very little luck with exposure, including the gaming press. 😩
#visualnovel #gamedev #steam

21.07.2025 10:45 πŸ‘ 2279 πŸ” 763 πŸ’¬ 75 πŸ“Œ 37
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And another big chunk of UI revision is completed...

You can now select your Tier 1 starting bonus effects for each system during ship selection.

#gamedev #indiedev #games #space #roguelike #turnbased #DiceTrek

21.07.2025 18:19 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The most annoying thing about adding content is all the ancillary stuff that comes along with the ideas, lol...Like making icons.

(although, it is kinda fun converting the technobabble jargon into visuals)

#gamedev #indiedev #games #roguelike #space #turnbased #DiceTrek #icons

21.07.2025 15:36 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hey mates! Fancy a chill 1-hour read?

πŸ”₯ Follow Robin, a free-spirited queer pyromancer, on a journey through adventure, love, and self-discovery in a world forever changed by magic.

A vibrant, emotional fantasy tale awaits!

πŸ“– www.webnovel.com/book/magic-t...

#writers #authors #booksky #writesky

19.07.2025 16:39 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hey mates! Fancy a chill 2-hour read?

What happens when magic becomes real? πŸ“œ Albert Weaver’s "A Decade of Magic" chronicles the first ten years, exploring how this force reshaped humanity.

A grounded historical fantasy!

πŸ“– www.webnovel.com/book/magic-t...

#writers #authors #booksky #writesky

19.07.2025 17:20 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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After 3 days of tedious work, I finally have the behind the scenes changes to crew and systems reflected in their popup info boxes!

*cries in UI*...

#gamedev #indiedev #games #roguelike #turnbased #space #DiceTrek

18.07.2025 10:10 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

UI work is the bane of my existence...

15.07.2025 17:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One of my cats, just because she’s cute (and very unladylike at the moment).

#cats #cat #catsofbluesky #catlover

13.07.2025 04:53 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

An example directive would be "Brace For Impact", which reduces Crew damage by 50% for that turn, but increases damage to Systems by 25%. You can move back and forth between directives manually, but it has a cooldown. You can also acquire new directives over the course of a run.

12.07.2025 07:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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At the start of a run, you randomly get assigned a list of "Command Directives" (think captains orders). Each turn of combat, a new directive comes into play. They have wide-ranging and unique effects. (more info in comments)

#gamedev #indiedev #games #roguelike #turnbased #space #DiceTrek

12.07.2025 07:19 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Little games about stuff accurate to the real world always fascinate me. I've got so many concepts for things like orbital mechanics or archaeology/paleontology, etc, but I always find it hard to gamify them in satisfying way without losing the "true to RL" aspect :(

12.07.2025 03:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I have an artist I occasionally work with on side projects, and he always starts complaining to me whenever I ask him to do icons in 16x16 hahahaha.

12.07.2025 00:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

UI stuff is the worst, lol...

11.07.2025 09:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I donut feel so good after seeing that...

11.07.2025 06:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Everybody loves Glornast, because he's a robot with a robot skelington and a cool yellow racing stripe.

(wishlist if you, too, love Glornast: shorturl.at/Id70b)

#gamedev #indiedev #games #turnbased #roguelike #space #DiceTrek

11.07.2025 06:33 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#Steam dev backend is gonna crash when #summersale ends, lol, cuz every dev and their dog is gonna be pressing F5 on their wishlist actions page like their life depends on it πŸ€ͺ

10.07.2025 11:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Who will join your crew?

Wishlist Dice Trek here: shorturl.at/7Oi67

#gamedev #indiedev #roguelike #turnbased #space #gaming #DiceTrek

10.07.2025 05:53 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The visual backbone of the dice editor is done. Just gotta add in the inventory visuals and interactability. Plus a little bonus shot at the end of a slow-mo dice roll because it's cool, lol (it's all done in 2D).

#gamedev #indiedev #gaming #turnbased #roguelike #space #DiceTrek #dice

01.07.2025 15:46 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I've finally gotten all the elements of the Galactic Bazaar finished. Hire crew members, purchase die faces and mods to apply to your crew and buy upgrades for your ship. All are necessary to survive in the lonely expanse of space!

#gamedev #indiedev #gaming #turnbased #roguelike #space #DiceTrek

28.06.2025 19:30 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0