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Cameron Gazey

@skaarjslayer

Senior software developer working in video games for 10+ years. I post about my raycaster game and the occasional bit of gamedev wisdom. #gamedev #indiedev #pico8

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Home | François Gérin-Lajoie, Video Game Composer

You can see more of his stuff on his YouTube channel and website:

francoisgerinlajoie.com/home/
www.youtube.com/@Francois_Ge...

11.11.2025 00:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Chapel Perilous - Main Theme (2025)
Chapel Perilous - Main Theme (2025) YouTube video by François Gérin-Lajoie

Big shout out to composer and music educator François Gérin-Lajoie who reached out and asked to do some music for my PICO-8 game. I was delighted and really love the pieces he came up with.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yoP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Yt...

#pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

11.11.2025 00:19 👍 16 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0

Hey, another raycaster! Looks awesome.

28.10.2025 14:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

In other words, I'm not trying to directly emulate classic RPGs/dungeon crawlers, but rather thinking to myself: "what if we had a game with the retro RPG look but with modern game design sensibilities?"

05.10.2025 15:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'm about 500 away from the limit but have a few changes in mind to save more.

The game's story will hopefully be more nuanced. It's heavily inspired by classic RPGs/dungeon crawlers, but I'm going for something that will also have a little more depth than those old games did :)

05.10.2025 15:40 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yea and Arena :)

05.10.2025 04:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Can now load into different levels. #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

04.10.2025 20:00 👍 45 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 0
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Another vibe post. Currently working on ability to transition between levels and save progress. Hopefully more to come soon! #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

22.09.2025 00:54 👍 32 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
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𝓪 𝓶 𝓫 𝓲 𝓮 𝓷 𝓬 𝓮

#pico8 #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

02.08.2025 21:30 👍 36 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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Playing around with a star twinkle effect. Will probably reduce the frequency. #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

02.08.2025 18:29 👍 20 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

my game that I'm currently making :)

28.07.2025 02:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Vibe check. #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

28.07.2025 00:12 👍 30 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0
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Blocking and strafing! Think it's time I actually worked on some combat & animation stuff. You know, gameplay? #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

22.07.2025 23:31 👍 22 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

I have waited a decade for this.

09.06.2025 15:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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hello 👽

announcing my new game: Bernband, a remake of the old Bernband from 2014

wander through an alien city, hang out with locals, find secrets, get lost…

check it out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2789170

08.06.2025 21:22 👍 1597 🔁 347 💬 47 📌 55

In learning; if you're focused on finding a shortcut, you've forgotten that the destination wasn't the point.

05.06.2025 22:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It's a good habit of the soul to listen more often than you act on the need to feel heard.

14.05.2025 19:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Refactored and re-added the message log system to provide context for the game world. #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

20.04.2025 15:21 👍 28 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0

It's most certainly a love letter of sorts to old CRPGs.

10.04.2025 14:56 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It's where I drew inspiration from :)

10.04.2025 14:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Definitely possible! I had also thought about adding a Search action for objects in the world to get random loot.

10.04.2025 14:23 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Correct!

10.04.2025 14:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Secret push walls! Unsure if I'll keep the UI prompt but for now it's useful for development. #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

10.04.2025 13:20 👍 220 🔁 11 💬 17 📌 0

You will be well prepared for this game when it comes out :)

29.03.2025 22:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Feel like I should add this is non-trivial to do when walls must exist on grid boundaries for efficiency reasons.

29.03.2025 22:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Moving walls! One step closer to secret areas! #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

29.03.2025 18:44 👍 20 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
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Working on secret push walls! Not quite the effect I'm looking for but we're getting somewhere :) #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

29.03.2025 17:06 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 0

Dismissing the relevancy of a programming paradigm which you don't understand is a force that acts against your growth and learning. All paradigms have their place; their positives and negatives.

#indiedev #gamedev

21.03.2025 01:51 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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With the collision system refactored, I've been able to reintroduce trigger collisions and the interaction system :) #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

16.03.2025 22:35 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Sorry for the delay since my last post but I had been spending a lot of time working on a Swept AABB collision system to fix a bunch of issues with my old collision system. Behold! #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

14.03.2025 22:51 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0