in action rpgs/metroidvanias, do you prefer that death causes you to reload your last save (super metroid, SOTN) or that the world continues on and you respawn (dark souls/hollow knight)? #gamedev

Old Singer death sequence. Doing this stuff was tedious in GS because each enemy had to have separate 2d ragdoll(s) created and fenagled into place for a seamless transition. Most enemy deaths in the game were bespoke. #gamedev

Modretro Chromatic (basically a nice remake of the game boy color) next to my original childhood game boy, which no longer works. Sometime as a hobby I'd love to get into making Game Boy Color games... What a cool challenge that would be! Anyone used GB studio before? #gamedev

Tides of Annihilation looks unreal. Chinese gamedevs are poppin' off lately.

Any other artists/creators put tasks off because you've got high expectations for the results of a given piece and you fear the negative emotional experience of working on it and it not being immediately awesome? And so putting it off becomes easier... This plagues me #gamedev

To heck with bears! Got a playstation TV just to play this (Muramasa Rebirth). I have a few main inspirations for making games and Vanillaware is one. #gamedev

Super Metroid's attract mode always sparked my imagination in a huge way when I was a kid. Why don't games do this anymore? I want to put attract mode into my next game. #gamedev

This animated background water in Muramasa... #gamedev

Ghost Song is 50% off on #SteamSpringSale 🎮store.steampowered.com/app/347800/Gho…

An early look at Yuki in my game The Silver Sun. #screenshotsaturday Note the asymmetrical right shoulder detail, hair and clothes that can blow in the wind, and various head details. I finally get to make a character with a visible face 🤓 #gamedev

Animated Yuki on the status screen. She'll stare into your soul as you equip your gear. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #unity

Fallout 4 came out 4 years after Skyrim which came out 3 years after Fallout 3, which came out 2 years after Oblivion. Now I have to think how old a man I'll be by the time there's a Fallout 5 and how 6 may not be in our lifetimes 🫠What happened

If I wanted to better understand classic shmup design and what makes them tick, what games should I study? I recently played Drainus, which is modern, and it's fantastic but also based around a very specific mechanic.

#screenshotsaturday Hard to notice if you aren't playing on a big tv, but Yuki has emotional states during gameplay and sometimes smiles #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity