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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Spent some time brainstorming for the first level of my new wip game. I'm going with a simple city theme. Don't try to read my handwriting... even idk what I've written in some areas. #gamedev #wip #indiegame #concept

A sheet showing scribbles about Obstacles that can't be destroyed by the player

A sheet showing how the level progresses through different settings

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Hey! Been a while! I'm very happy to have this video out. I always wanted to discuss certain subjects about Cathy and the Crow, so check it out if you're interested! youtu.be/HVWlKxEqDLU?... #gamedev #commentary #indiegame #youtube

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Just messing around in Godot for a new project. Maybe it'll get somewhere. Who knows. This is nothing crazy. I just wanted to put smth out, considering it has been ages since I've posted a devlog here. P.s: I forgot to show the dash in the video #gamedev #indiegame #godot

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

I was out of ideas for a while, but here's smth I drew yesterday! Cathy and her friend, Camille, spending the holidays together. #gameart #digitalart

A digital art taking place in a living room with two people sitting on two red sofas, holding mugs.
The one on the left is Cathy, my game character wearing a purple and cyan sweater, looking at her friend, Camille.
Camille is sitting on the right, eating a cookie. A small decorative Christmas tree and a plate of cookies sit on a round table in front of the sofas.

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

"A forced accomplice" Drawing anything about Cathy and the Crow has a depressing undertone for me for obvious reasons. Either way... here's what I think a scene related to one of the murders Cathy was forced to help with would look like. #digitalart #gameart #art #drawing

A digital drawing of a frightened woman kneeling on the floor of a dimly lit room.She has long dark hair, a yellow shirt, and a gold skirt. She’s shielding her face with one of her arms. Dark feathers are scattered around her on the floor. On the right side of the image a text reads: “Now Cathy, tell anyone about this and you’re next…”

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

"The New You" I wanted to try a different style. Tell me how I did and where I could've done a better job! I've decided to share artworks about my games here as well. #gamedev #drawing #digital_art

A digital drawing showing a woman drawn in a white silhouette, her knotted hands under her chin.
Her hair is afloat behind her, a black brush at the end of it.
The drawing is on a gray background

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

My game is now on android! Unfortunately it's not on Google play (I can't pay its fee easily) so you'll have to download it from ariigames.itch.io/cathy-and-th... ℹ️The promo video on my yt channel was made by this amazing team: www.instagram.com/Am1rhossein96 #indiegame #gamedev #android

A vector based art of a desk. A keyboard is poking from above. In the middle, a phone is showing my game beside a mug. Above the phone, the words "Cathy and the Crow Now for android" are read.
There are paperclips beside the mug and a charget beneath them.

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Are you too lazy to boot up your pc to play my game? Well, don't worry. I'm working on a simple android port for my game. You can see the work in progress in the screenshots. It'll be done soon #gamedev #indiegame #godot

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Cathy and the Crow merch out now! Nah, I'm just kidding. It had been a whole year since I'd made a plushie, so I decided to make Cathy. I'm generally bad at making human plushies, but I did way better here. #gamedev #plushie #handmade #sewing

A small handmade plushie of a game character. It's that of a woman, having black hair in a ponytail and gray eyes, smiling. She's wearing a purple shirt and blue pants, along with white and purple sneakers. In this image she's holding a small and fake plant pot while sitting in a yellow background.

The same plushie sitting without a plant pot.

The plushie standing, having her hands behind her back. The camera angle is from the side.

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

After a little break and organizing some things, I'm ready to brainstorm about a new game I have in mind! This project will require me to learn and try some new things! I'm excited to see how it will turn out. I probably won't show anything until I've made good progress. #gamedev #indiegame

An image of an open notebook. A blue pen is placed in the middle of the two pages and in the pages, scribbles and drawings can be seen.

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Hello everyone! I'm very happy to announce that after about 7 months, Cathy and the Crow is released! Any review would be appreciated, positive, or negative. ariigames.itch.io/cathy-and-th... #gamedev #indiegame #godot #release

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Just thought I'd show off the ranking screen! It's simple ik but I think it works for my game. Btw... I've actually FINISHED everything for the game now! I just need to playtest and market it a little! . . . #indiedev #gamedev #godot #indiegame #showcase

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Sitting in the cafe and drafting the extras menu stuff! I love it when games have such a menu. You see char info, behind the scenes, and early concepts in them! Mine will be similar to them as well. Just more text heavy. #gamedev #planning #indiegame

A picture I tool while I was sitting at a cafe table. My notebook is open in the middle of the shot. A red and a blue pen are resting beside it.

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

No... I certainly hadn't thought my phone's mic would do the job and didn't spend a lot of time recording and trying to remove the noise and then not liking the result so I had to buy a cheap mic and redo things... I certainly didn't... #indiegame #gamedev #meme

It's a digitally drawn meme consisting of two panels. The first panel shows my persona pointing to a small mic she's holding saying: So, you've ever seen one of these? It's called a microphone. Turns out if you record with these, your voice is clearer and editing clips takes way less time.
The second panel also shows my persona with a big smile saying : WHO'D HAVE THUNK?!

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Pause screen with a simple blur effect? Yes! Also transitions! The polish phase is going well. All that's left is the score screen... #gamedev #indiegames #godot #showcase

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Menu rework time-lapse! I need to adjust the position of the buttons a bit. (Maybe move them down a little) If you think there are other things I can do to improve, tell me! #indiegame #gamedev #menu

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Time to get started on changing some fonts! I was using the default Godot font the whole time before this. It's not a big change. Just font strokes and shadows. Btw I swear the font for the dialogue and timer are different!I didn't wanna choose a crazy font cuz of readability. #gamedev #indiegames

A collage showcasing what the fonts for the main game looked like before vs now. The left column shows the old and the right one shows the new version. The new version looks nicer and has font strokes

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

I can't believe I had been sleeping on using Audacity for such a long time! The best feature for me is the limiter option. It makes it really easy to level the volume for game tracks. I don't even wanna talk about how I edited audio before this.. it was a nightmare... #gamedev #indiegames

A screenshot taken in the Audacity workplace. It shows two audio tracks being edited.

A screenshot of the contents of the sfx folder. It has various sub folders named " Cathy, Crow, cutscenes, game, sfx" holding their respective sfx tracks.
There are 7 other tracks not belonging to any folder labeled "idk". These are scrapped.

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

It's time to do what I dread the most in game making. I just always find adding audio to my games tedious. Ik it's very necessary but I don't find it fun. Today, I gathered the game's sfx. They just need editing, and they'll be ready to be put in the game. #gamedev #indiegames #meme

It's a meme. It has 4 panels. Top left has the silhouette of a man saying, "I fear no man." In the next panel, he says, "But that thing..."
The next panel has text that reads "Getting and adding music and sfx for my game."
The last panel has the man saying, "It scares me."

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

A simple light system for my game! What you see in the video is a test to show it off. I was surprised to see it only took 10 minutes to implement such a thing. I underestimate myself sometimes. Why does it get dark? You'll have to wait for that. Next up is dialogue #gamedev #indiegames #games

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Cathy and the Crow meet! This is a screenshot of the intro cutscene for my game. And yes! All the animations have been placed. I just need to test them to make sure they work properly and then I'll move on to adding audio! We're close to the final stretch! #gamedev #indiegames #games

A screenshot of my game I'm the Godot engine. On the left side of the screen there's Cathy, a woman in a purple shirt and her black hair in a ponytail, looking sad. She's walking to a crow flying in front of her. The background is a simple grassy field.

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Sorry for the lack of posts. I've been working on animations and I've finally finished creating the last few! (I just need to add them to the game) Anyway! My awesome friend @heynara.bsky.social made me this logo! I'll be using this from now on! #indiegame #gamedev #logo

A digital red star in a beige background. The star is bent in a way that resembles the letter A

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Won't you look at that! Half of the animations have been made and implemented so far! It's a little tedious but I'll get it done eventually. #gamedev #godot #indiegame

A screenshot of the game I'm working on. It is a platformer level. Beside the level borders the two characters Cathy and a Crow stand. Above the border a label says "level 15"

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Cathy wishes you all a good day in her second outfit! #gamedev #gameart #indiegame

A digital drawing.
It shows a woman in front giving a thumbs up. She has black hair in a ponytail and is smiling. She's wearing a yellow short sleeved shirt and a dark gold skirt.
In the distance, there's a tree. A crow is perched on one of the branches looking at the woman.
Behind them, there's a simple grass field and a blue sky.

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I've been slowly creating animations and putting them in the game. I don't wanna share them much cuz I want people to experience them for the first time when the game is done. This intro for the first level is just to inform people that I'm still working on my game. #indiegame#gamedev #animation

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Cathy says hello! I created the rig and was like "oh I'll make a small animation for Cathy. Shouldn't take too long." And then I spent 3+ HOURS on it lol. It was fun though. I think it turned out fine. #gamedev #indiegame #animation

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Waiting for animations to get finished be like: I created the rig for the Crow yesterday and decided to make smth small as a test. Animation is certainly not my forte, but I've gotta at least make them passable and avoid complex things. Let's hope I can do that. #gamedev #indiegame #animation

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Ever wondered what your game characters' thoughts are when you shape the world around them? I'm drawing the objectives of my levels; the things you reach at the end of them, and thought to draw smth silly about it. #gamedev #drawing #indiegame

A digital drawing. The canvas is halved. Top part shows the drawn persona of the developer opening her arms toward the audience, presenting things like ice cream, scissors, broom, decorative box, bucket and hair pin and shouting "I present to you, these random things!"
The bottom half shows the player character of the game confused at what these random things mean for the game and her adventure.

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

It had been nearly 2 months since I'd sat behind a screen to draw smth! Anyway... All the technical stuff for my game is done, so next up, I have to tell the story, and that requires a lot of art and animations! I'll be starting today. #gamedev #indiegame #gameart

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I had just realized that I hadn't updated my game screenshots after the first demo lol. It was showing some older levels and some sprites didn't have color. I fixed it last night along with some other stuff! ariigames.itch.io/cathy-and-th... #indiegames #gamedev #games

A screenshot of a playformer level. In center there's a rectangle which holds the level assets, the player, the ground and some gimmicks like falling spikes and conveyor belts. Outside of this rectangle, drawings of a woman and a crow stand. The woman is wearing a purple shirt and has a happy expression. The crow is sitting on a rock. Above the rectangle, words level 6 indicate the level number

A screenshot of a playformer level. In center there's a rectangle which holds the level assets, the player, the ground and some gimmicks like lava,spikes, spring and a moving platform. Outside of this rectangle, drawings of a woman and a crow stand. The woman is wearing a purple shirt and has a happy expression. The crow is sitting on a rock. Above the rectangle, words level 14 indicate the level number

A screenshot of a playformer level. In center there's a rectangle which holds the level assets, the player, the ground and some gimmicks like flying enemy, spinning chain of diamonds, falling spikes and conveyor belts. Outside of this rectangle, drawings of a woman and a crow stand. The woman is wearing a purple shirt and has a happy expression. The crow is sitting on a rock. Above the rectangle, words level 17 indicate the level number

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Ariigames 🇵🇸 @ariigames.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Hello everyone! I'm a hobbyist game dev and am working on a platformer. I want to get some early feedback on my levels and so I decided to upload a demo of the game on my itch.io page. It would mean a lot if you could check it out! ariigames.itch.io/cathy-and-th... #indiegame #gamedev #game

A cover art for a game called Cathy and the Crow. It shows a woman with black hair wearing a purple shirt who is looking at a crow on a branch next to her. Behind them is a blurry scene hinting at the genre of the game which is a platformer.

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