iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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VieWableImages @viewableimages.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Things look a little different after the trains stop for the night. #photography #streetphotography #tokyo #japan #sony

CabalCrow @cabalcrow.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I wish more shmup games tried more traditional checkpoint systems & level progressions. And also more non-shump gamse to try marathon style 1cc systems. The progression design must spread across genres.

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CabalCrow @cabalcrow.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

A bit of an update on the 8ball game I'm working on. A new enemy - which made the minefield level way harder and way more fun. Just pure chaos. #gamedev #indie #game

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CabalCrow @cabalcrow.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Working on a project with a friend, which eventually evolved into superhot 8ball and the game is already making me sweat :D #gamedev #indie #game

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CabalCrow @cabalcrow.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Worked on a new #ambient. This time I experimented with sequences and a beat. #music #electronic youtu.be/GF8Yyap6FcM?...

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BP Crucis

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CabalCrow @cabalcrow.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Old free improvisation of mine. Has some cool ideas no super clean. #music #improvisation #piano youtu.be/9jZFkCr1jZU?...

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Old free improvisation

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CabalCrow @cabalcrow.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Was working on this ambient for like 2 weeks. Quite happy with how it turned out. A lot of layers, I was afraid the mix would become way too cluttered xd. #music #electronic youtu.be/qGqGJl4Kn9E?...

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19 Cephei

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CabalCrow @cabalcrow.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Worked on a short #ambient sound. Was experimenting a bit with relayer. #music #electronic youtu.be/o7Uv6c7h5tM?...

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HD 111232

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CabalCrow @cabalcrow.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

eye studies are paying off, quite happy with this one - still a lot of issues, but big progress #pixelart

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Nauris @nauris.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Roots and fungi for Songs of Conquest #pixelart

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Franek @franekk.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

alt version of the castle diorama #pixelart

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CabalCrow @cabalcrow.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

study into colors and bigger resolutions, got some issues, but I like how the iris came out #pixelart

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CabalCrow @cabalcrow.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Aaaaand, done with all 6 ships in Daioujou now. All 1ccs. Here a playlist with all of the runs: youtube.com/playlist?lis... #shmup #stg #ddp #doj

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Shmups - YouTube

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CyndaquilNation @cyndaquilnation.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I didn't even notice it's been a while since the last new environmental asset was made. Looking to bring the big gains here as well and overall pretty happy with how this came out Pls like and share! 🔥❤️ #gamedev #indiedev #digitalart #pixelart #art

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CabalCrow @cabalcrow.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

And first B ship. Honestly it was a cakewalk, had to do some adjustments to the route, but it was nothing hard. The high speard just trivialized a lot of encounters. Boss are slightly harder as you are slow, but main difficulty of the game is in the stages youtu.be/AevqCAK6kIM #shmup #stg #ddp #doj

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Dodonpachi: Daioujou Black Label 1CC Type B SHOTIA

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TESTAMENT✙ENJOYMENT @testamentenjoyment.net · 09/10/2025

Spoilers for Absolum, but you actually might want to spoil yourself on this, because this is some of the worst meta-progression bait I've ever heard of (Also a great review overall, one that's for once made from the perspective who gave beat 'em ups a deeper shot)

If you don’t believe that Absolum prioritizes the grind above all else, then I’ll have to pull out my trump card and talk about the last boss of the game. Don’t read the next paragraph if you don’t want that spoiled. Or do, honestly, because I recommend knowing this ahead of time so you don’t make the same mistake I did.

Once you complete the game once, you find out that actually you need to beat the game again to fight the real final boss. Kind of obnoxious already, but sure. I immediately started another run, but died early due to the game introducing a new extra-hard challenge that I wanted to try out. No problem, I had unlocked one extra from the progression system. I decided to carry on and actually ended up all the way at the end to fight the final boss.

Just before the fight, a merchant warned me that the boss had a fatal scream and recommended that I purchase an absurdly expensive extra life. I kind of figured that merchant was referring to some difficult to dodge attack and braced myself for it. No such luck - the final boss seemingly just instantly and unavoidably kills you at the start of the fight, so my run where I was otherwise super powerful and at full health ended right there. This more or less killed my interest in playing further.

The goal of this decision seems clear enough: the developers didn’t want you beating Absolum too fast and this insta-kill gimmick was a good way to keep you in the hamster wheel. Wouldn’t you know it, my very next permanent upgrade gave me another extra life on top of the two I had, so my next run would have definitely been the run! If I were the kind of person who got addicted to the progression system, I could easily see myself getting sucked by this bait, hook line and sinker. Sadly for Absolum, I am not that kind of person. I don’t have an addictive personality. Most of the psychological tricks that modern video games employ don’t work on me – I don’t need things to be addicted to, I want things that enrich my life or give me some personal satisfaction.

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CabalCrow @cabalcrow.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

BACK TO BACK! Was doing an exploration run of the 3rd ship and then - "amma just win" :) youtu.be/5jb8UQohZ4I #shmup #stg #ddp #doj

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Dodonpachi: Daioujou Black Label 1CC Type A EXY

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CabalCrow @cabalcrow.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Beat Daioujou with the A Laser ship as well - the hardest ship in my view. Better laser should help with bosses and big enemies, but the extra damage and speed is negligable compared to how much harder the stages become due to the lack of spread. youtu.be/TsynL5IEe1Y?... #shmup #stg #ddp #doj

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Dodonpachi: Daioujou Black Label 1CC Type A LEINYAN

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CabalCrow @cabalcrow.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

@herberticus.bsky.social Been reading your rougelike tutorial and I've been absolutely loving it. I have 1 suggestion for an addition on the generating maps section. I saw a cool modification of the drunkard's walk map algo in a game called Space Beast Terror Fright. The main difference in both...

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CabalCrow @cabalcrow.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Added rouge style map generation for my #drpg. Worked on a lot of low level functions and structures that would help with various style of map generation. #gamedev #indie #game

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CabalCrow @cabalcrow.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Update of the lighting on my #drpg. I'm happy with it and I will move on other stuff. Got it optimised as well (fps is halfed because of the recording). #gamedev #indie #game

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godot-rust @godot-rust.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

godot-rust v0.4 released! Export groups, match_class, easy callables, run_deferred, generic PackedArray and much more! godot-rust.github.io/dev/septembe...

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CabalCrow @cabalcrow.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

And the no bomb no miss on the "final boss" (not the secret final one). Strategy included in the description: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfBz... #shump #stg #ddp

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Dodonpachi Daioujou - Stage 5 Boss - No bomb No Miss (description contains strategy)

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CabalCrow @cabalcrow.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Just 1CCed Dodonpachi Daioujou Black Label. My whole body is filled with needles from that run, I have way too much blood in my hands... the video is processing gonna upload it soon.

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CabalCrow @cabalcrow.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Working on the lighting for me #drpg I like what I got so far. #gamedev #indie #game

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CabalCrow @cabalcrow.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Been playing around with #gameoflife #cellularautomata in torodial space. Found some cool stuff - it also works pretty well for a screen saver

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TESTAMENT✙ENJOYMENT @testamentenjoyment.net · 17/09/2025

What struck me as odd between 2D and 3D melee-oriented games is that while 2D games generally expected you to avoid damage through staying or jumping away, most 3D games decided that a block/dodge/parry/etc. was necessary. Try listing what 3D games do so and don't, and it'll look like this: