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Looking at the 3D scene view of Little Nemo shows off some interesting stuff: * Little Buddy pathfinding gizmos * Chunks loading in around Nemo * World re-centering (this reduces float imprecision as we travel) * Parallax isn't based on z-depth, but the "distance fog" effect is #indiedev #gamedev

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I'm excited to share that Little Nemo will be a part of the digital portion of this year's MIX Summer Game Showcase! We've got an amazing new trailer with loads of new stuff as well as some exciting announcements. Mark your calendar for June 3rd 9am PT/12pm ET mediaindieexchange.com/showcases/su...

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As you get deeper into 🍄Mushroom Marsh🍄 you'll find some scary enemies in the darkness of the underground areas. The Marshwallow here seems to be mimicking Nemo 😱 If you've found your Little Buddy Lampet by this point, the light he emits will be very helpful. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Working on the Crystal Caverns has been a lot of fun because I've made some of the enemies very dangerous (you probably shouldn't come in here until fairly late game) but they can also be quite useful! #indiedev #gamedev

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Mushroom Marsh can be quite a dangerous place. It's full of mushrooms, gunk, bugs, and other awful stuff. Certainly not Little Nemo's most pleasant dream, but it's definitely worth exploring since you'll find some very powerful upgrades here. 🎧🎵 #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Being able to rapidly jump back and forth from authoring to playing is essential for making a world of this size fun to navigate. I'm finishing up Haunted Hollow right now, so here's just over 5 minutes of footage of me working in Nemo Maker packed into under a minute. #indiedev #gamedev

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Share something that made you happy to be an #indiedev It's fun to see my animations come together with the fun tech I've built, so this vid of one of the Little Buddies following Nemo around makes me happy 😊

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

People often assume the In Between is a load screen, but we're always loading the world in/out around you (scene view below). It serves as more of a palette cleanser so that we have time to fade out the previous domain's music and ambience (which linearly fade out as you move). #gamedev #indiedev

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Zooming in/out in my world authoring tool for Little Nemo to roughly show off how the size of Slumberland (this isn't all of it though). Don't look too closely at this or it'll spoil lots of secrets! #indiedev #gamedev

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📺 Wholesome Direct will premiere Sat, June 7 ⏰ 9am PT / 12pm ET / 6pm CET ✨ A vibrant lineup of artistic, uplifting, and emotionally resonant games from developers of all sizes from around the world!

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I just pushed another previously backer-only KS update to our website. This one is from back in November as I was working on finalizing some art for Nightlight City and Crystal Caverns. Check it out! diesoft.games/2024/11/29/n...

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Do y'all ever just keep the task manager at the ready with "Unity" typed into the search bar? #indiedev #unity3d

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i just published my free time-loop puzzle game on @itch.io! supports keyboard and gamepad, plays in browser, and is a quick 'lil game. bclikesyou.itch.io/chronoweaver... #gamedev #pixelart

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

Here's my glyph testing scene. Will anyone care that I've hand drawn glyphs for SNES and Super Famicom? Probably not, but I like using them. #indiedev #gamedev

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment

We're doing a second round of Little Nemo playtesting in 2 weeks! Sign up if you haven't already: 🕰️Estimated play time: 2-4 hours 🔢Age: 18 [yrs old] or older 🖊️NDA: Must be willing to sign an NDA 🐛Report bugs and feedback on our Discord Server 🎮 PC/Steam only Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Just realized one of my tasks for this sprint can basically be boiled down to “tighten up the graphics on level three.” Missed opportunity on that task name.

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submitted 95 days ago • 7 comments

Announcing my next game 💸 SUPER DEBT! 💀 Fight against time in SUPER DEBT, the intense and challenging Twin Stick Bullet-Hell Dungeon-Crawler where everything is tied into one resource... $MONEY$! Check out the free demo in the replies! #gamedev #pixelart www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBCM...

submitted 101 days ago • 6 comments

I don’t have a proper mic stand, just a little tripod, but it’s too short on my desk, so I had to make use of my NES today. #indiedev

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Our Kickstarter backer update from last August just went up on our website for anyone to check out: diesoft.games/2024/08/30/n... It includes some fun updates, so give it a read! #indiegame #gamedev

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Oh, these lil guys think they're helping. They can make navigating around hazards difficult, but least they don't hurt you. Though if that glass were to break, it would be pretty dangerous… #indiedev #gamedev

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Here's a peek at Nightlight City. There are still some placeholder sprites here, but the level design in this domain is shaping up nicely!

submitted 121 days ago • 1 comment

We need playtesters to play a small portion of Little Nemo! 🕰️Estimated play time: 1-2 hours 📆Playtest length: 1 week 🔢Age: 18 [yrs old] or older 🖊️NDA: Must be willing to sign an NDA 🐛Report bugs and feedback to the designated Playtester Discord Channels Form link: forms.gle/4qGWDtZkct6f...

submitted 123 days ago • 1 comment

Sometimes game dev is developing fun levels and gameplay gimmicks, and then other times it's spending 5 hours to hunt down a performance issue you introduced at some point in the last several weeks that only shows up in builds, but ultimately is fixed by a single line. 🫠 #gamedev #indiedev

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The snow is really coming down right now. That's a good enough reason for me to finish up the sprites for these little penguin buddies. #gamedev #indiedev

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When I'm coloring a sprite, it's fun to test it with some other palettes first. Here's Gertie with a bunch of Nemo's PJ colors. #indiedev #gamedev

submitted 142 days ago • 2 comments

💸 GARBANZO QUEST is 41% OFF 💸 my silly bullet-heck pixel-art platformer inspired by Celeste, Undertale, and Super Mario World is 41% off for the Steam Winter Sale! it's consistently ranked in the top 5 of Steam 250's Hidden Gems, so it's gotta be good right? 🤠🤙 #gamedev

submitted 156 days ago • 4 comments

Here's a quick peek at one the gifs I just shared in the latest Kickstarter Backer update. But even if you're not a backer, you can follow along with Little Nemo development (just a few months behind) on our website. Update #25 was just published: diesoft.games/2024/07/26/n... #gamedev #indiedev

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I should have thought to do this sooner, but I re-used my in-game map rendering in my authoring tools. I found myself needing a better way to see what I'm working on at a birds eye view as I'm working on level/world design. #gamedev #indiedev

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Four games that influenced Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland.

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I like how putting two of these Shy Eyes next to each other makes them look like one very silly enemy. #gamedev #indiedev

submitted 172 days ago • 1 comment

I'm trying to come up with a proper name for this enemy I'm currently just calling "Goblin in a Pot". It'll just keep tossing TP at you until you pluck it out of its cauldron. #gamedev #indiedev

submitted 173 days ago • 2 comments

Here's a look at the Shy Eye as it appears in-game as well as the sprite sheets and the default gradient map so you can get a look at how all these aspects come together through the use of a shader to create the final look. #indiedev #gamedev

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