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Daniel Draper

@draperdanman

Solo Indie Dev @ Mirror Door Interactive. Prev EA, Sledgehammer Games, Samurai Punk. Making jank jam games is very appealing to me. He/Him

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Added weapons and armor with the ability to swap them with a suitable item in your inventory. Stat and Affinity changes are displayed in the status menu with nice little coloured highlights like in SMT 4.

(and yes once again the ux is still wip 🫠)

#gamedev #indiedev #godot #indierpg

05.03.2026 09:58 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Catalog Anniversary Sale begins....NOW πŸ’«

πŸ›οΈ play.date/games

05.03.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 8

Daughter Games and Wife Games are an interesting thing. they always come after, never before, the games centered on the men in a storyβ€”as if they have to ask for permission to exist

that doesn't stop a certain sector of absolute fucking babies from whining about the fact that they exist, period

02.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 283 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1

Hoping to make it back this year!

28.02.2026 07:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Both Super Splash League and Teddison Inc will be on sale! #playdate

27.02.2026 04:02 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

oh hell yeah this is awesome!

24.02.2026 09:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ITS ANZ DEMO TIME BAYBEEE!πŸ¦β„οΈ

23.02.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@edmondtran.bsky.social please tell me Nick's new game is on your radar <3

23.02.2026 23:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You must check out the Crabmeat Demo, it's one hell of an experience! Next Fest is a great time to do it because it really helps out with visibility!

23.02.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

can finally say that I've been making VFX for Slay the Spire 2 ✨ such an awesome team behind it and i feel so incredibly lucky and grateful for this opportunity !!

here's a compilation of my favorite ones so far (that were in the trailer πŸ‘€)

19.02.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Demo Preview: Crabmeat – Harvesting Horror πŸ¦€

Catching crustaceans in this point-and-click atmospheric horror game isn't for the faint of heart!

@nicholasmc1.bsky.social

#indiegames #gamedemos #horror

β›“οΈβ€΅οΈπŸ¦€πŸ¦€πŸ¦€

18.02.2026 05:37 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I uploaded a thing. See you tomorrow.

18.02.2026 05:11 πŸ‘ 421 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 14
Screenshot of a word puzzle game. A word in the middle is broken up into syllabic chunks, and a circular player cursor is swapping them two-at-a-time.

Screenshot of a word puzzle game. A word in the middle is broken up into syllabic chunks, and a circular player cursor is swapping them two-at-a-time.

labsylle, my new #wordgame, is OUT NOW for your personal computer and your #playdate!

it's a quick-play game all about the "building blocks" of english. if you like puzzle-y games, i hope you enjoy this one too!

πŸ’» raewtf.itch.io/labsylle
🟨 play.date/games/labsylle

#indie #indiedev #gamedev

17.02.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4

My latest game is available on the official playdate catalog! Woot!

17.02.2026 22:58 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Twitch Twitch is the world

We're doing some Crabmeat dev live at twitch.tv/searchinginteractive

Come hang out while I fix bugs and work on polish.

#gamedev #indiedev #crabmeat #horrorgames

09.02.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

my mental health has been rough last month and I've been making steps to sort myself out, but earlier today my wife was like "does this have anything to do with editing these Disco Elysium videos?" and I had to sit and think about it.

03.02.2026 06:58 πŸ‘ 354 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Announcement: The Crabmeat Steam Demo is Out Now!

An early segment of the game is available for those willing to brave the ice ❄️



Explore the full depths when the game launches March 10th
store.steampowered.com/app/3671850/... 



Please Wishlist and Share!πŸ¦€πŸ¦€
#gamedev #indiedev

02.02.2026 08:39 πŸ‘ 129 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 4

it's out now!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3811020/... #BLASTERMANCER

30.01.2026 01:54 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Experimenting with not always inheriting the ship roll on the player camera. It's a much more cinematic feel but is likely instant motion sickness for many.

21.01.2026 06:24 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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After ~10 years of making PICO-8 games, I bundled 16 of them into one collection ✨

SEBI 16 is out now! πŸŽ‰

16% launch discount for the first week
store.steampowered.com/app/3946490/...

#pico8 #sebi16 #indiedev

16.01.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 148 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4
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❄️⛸️❄️It was amazing to show the first peek of the game to people at @mivsmagfest.bsky.social ❄️⛸️❄️

15.01.2026 21:28 πŸ‘ 1320 πŸ” 379 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 46
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Each object in Melkhior's Tower now has a weight property. This is to facilitate Sir Stamperlot's special ability of strength. #melkhiorstower #playdate #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

More info here: bitglint.itch.io/melkhiors-to...

15.01.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

and here’s some crunchy #lowpoly close-ups

15.01.2026 17:51 πŸ‘ 199 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
Discontrolled - Lies, Control, and Broken Promises (Redacted)

Please Spread the word, these actions don't have a place in the indie game scene docs.google.com/document/d/e... #playdate #gamedev

15.01.2026 07:36 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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we schmovin'

area visuals are WIP (so much so that I forgot to turn off the sun inside the cave, oops)

game: ABYSS X ZERO πŸ‘‡

#gamedev #indiegame #lowpoly #axz

15.01.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 1868 πŸ” 431 πŸ’¬ 69 πŸ“Œ 20
HORSES cover with IGF Laurels

HORSES cover with IGF Laurels

HORSES was nominated for the Grand Prize and Nuovo Award at the 2026 Independent Games Festival! What a great opportunity to give shoutouts to the incredible talent that made this production possible. Check out the following posts to find out who they are, and what else they worked on! Thread:

15.01.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 454 πŸ” 115 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 5
the anime sfx-making tool!
It's called ANIMEVOX, in big letters up top.
Then there's the controls:

In vertical pairs:
Left:
Pitch Rise
Rise speed

Reverb
Room size

On the right:
Wobble Speed
Wobble Amount

Tone Brightness
Volume

Next is a row of keys:
Randomize - randomizes the sound parameters
UNDO/ REDO - go back to parameters you liked
Export Wav - self explanatory, it saves a copy of the latest sound to your hard drive.

Then the fun buttons, with cute art styles:

IMPACT, sparkle, beam, powerUP, PON, BOOM, slash, woosh

Each produces a preset sound, which then goes through the fx chain.

Hope you enjoy it!

the anime sfx-making tool! It's called ANIMEVOX, in big letters up top. Then there's the controls: In vertical pairs: Left: Pitch Rise Rise speed Reverb Room size On the right: Wobble Speed Wobble Amount Tone Brightness Volume Next is a row of keys: Randomize - randomizes the sound parameters UNDO/ REDO - go back to parameters you liked Export Wav - self explanatory, it saves a copy of the latest sound to your hard drive. Then the fun buttons, with cute art styles: IMPACT, sparkle, beam, powerUP, PON, BOOM, slash, woosh Each produces a preset sound, which then goes through the fx chain. Hope you enjoy it!

I made a tool that makes retro anime sound effects. Meet AnimeVox!
I made it for a game, but it's free to use.

I'm using the forgotten (but popular in 80s japan) Schroeder reverb algo, and some wobble.

If you find it useful consider supporting me on itch :)

castpixel.itch.io/animevox

15.01.2026 04:31 πŸ‘ 2581 πŸ” 1051 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 19
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I'm Jenna and I draw retro women βœŒοΈπŸ‘€

#portfolioday

13.01.2026 18:16 πŸ‘ 1501 πŸ” 390 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 3
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The Drifter - Update v1.1! Awards! More Languages! - Steam News The Drifter v1.1 adds official support for Italian, French and Spanish, plus fan translations! And it's 20% off for the Steam Detective Fest!

The Drifter v1.1 update is live! And 20% off for the Steam Detective Fest!
The team at @thewarlocs.bsky.social added Spanish, French and Italian loc, and I've added support for fan translations too, so you can play in like... pirate-speak if ye be wantin'! ☠️☠️☠️ store.steampowered.com/news/app/117...

12.01.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 107 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 8
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Wrote a little tool to debug my buoyancy sampler and it just ended up being kinda mesmerising to watch #gamedev #techart

13.01.2026 02:43 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0