iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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robin @crowwmonarch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Please include the ears, his self esteem depends on it

Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Tailgate is one of the 8 characters coming to NS 0.5.0 (and we've only revealed 6!): store.steampowered.com/app/1826830/... We also have a Discord with emojis for every character you can annoy your friends with: discord.gg/YVdeju6zEw

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Dive straight into Jupiter's atmosphere and take down vast flying fortresses from within in fast-paced, arcade flight combat. Losing your plane is just a setback - return with an upgraded replacement ...

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Rather than trying to fight a Certain Other Game head-on (go play it! it's awesome!) I'm focusing on the things that make #NovaSquadron different. Like a grumpy foxboy who's 6'1"/185cm with the ears. And he'd REALLY like you to include the ears. #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

did my first proper pixel animation today (properly moving and rotating objects, then repainting them in NS’s very detailed art style - more involved than just blinks) and holy crap I now have even more respect for the poor animators who had to work on Perfect Cell

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GREETINGS! @greetings-wort.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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nevrender @nevrender.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Vespers. Illustration for the Armored Core VI zine project RECORDS//ANALYSIS (@armoredcorezine.bsky.social)

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This will hopefully be a bit less janky by the time 0.5.0 comes out in December: store.steampowered.com/app/1826830/... also we have a Discord server where you can tell me off for recording in-Editor: discord.gg/YVdeju6zEw

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The fade to black after the cutscene at the start of each #NovaSquadron mission is kind of a buzzkill. So I'm getting rid of it.* #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday *(heavily WIP and the Editor gave me frame stutters at the worst possible times)

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TeraMechanica @teramechanica.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Fixed the missile scaling by popular request, also did some other visual refinements

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Tara Voelker @tarav.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Well, I finally took my own advice about building accessibility in from the beginning. Rebind Studios is officially underway. I’m excited to help teams solve hard accessibility and production problems and, eventually, to make some games of our own. www.rebindstudios.com

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Rebind Studios – More Ways to Play

Rebind Studios helps game developers, publishers, and platforms create more accessible player experiences.

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Simon S. Andersen @snakepixel.art · 21/09/2026

Anyway! #pixelart #ドット絵

A pixel-art scene from Street Fighter 3 Third Strike with Lottie the calico cat fighting the character Ruy. She's already cleared the first round with a no-hit perfect. Good job.

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robin @crowwmonarch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Take notes on this one, Geoff is actually the most important character in the lore trust me I would never lie on the internet

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Geoff probably isn't coming to 0.5.0 (who even is this guy???) but a bunch of other stuff is: store.steampowered.com/app/1826830/... also we have a Discord server (Geoff isn't in here either): discord.gg/YVdeju6zEw

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Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Pontus is very shy but after hanging out and talking to him for a few minutes (at his preferred 5 meter distance) he suddenly started kneading 🧡

Pontus, a shy, orange long haired tabby cat! he's kneading the ground. one of his eyes has lots of little brown spots, it's neat

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Hey folks, I want to give another shout-out to Torment Hexus, because I found a copy in my inbox, and I flat out cannot accept right now because I am so beyond swamped at the moment, I don't think I've ever been busier, but I have played the demo and it's incredibly neat so check it out.

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Torment Hexus on Steam

Technofascist cyberpunk CEOs must die! Charge spells with the match-3 grid, then cast them on your enemies in turn-based tactical roguelike combat. Climb the tower, kill the boss, and maybe make the w...

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The new cutscene system is going into the 0.5.0 demo, which you can wishlist (and, in 3 months, play) here: store.steampowered.com/app/1826830/... There's also a Discord server where you can tell me to, I dunno, make them do a flip or something: discord.gg/YVdeju6zEw

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I'm finally replacing the crappy placeholder cutscene system I rushed in for #NovaSquadron 0.1.0 5 years ago. I take my job very seriously. #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Sani @sanikkat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Added a small detail that i think adds a lot to aircraft movement. Shader based wing wobble. I'm surprised AC8 doesn't do this with how easy it is to do....

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Sani @sanikkat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Finally fixed my render distance issues and updated my volumetric clouds to be even better. It's not perfect, But I think this looks better than before. In particular i really like the shot from where I'm descending and I switch to the over wing cinematic view. It's the best my game has looked.

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atelier @arainydancer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

any suggestions for what music this guy’s listening to? I’m thinking Ievan Polkka (yes the Miku version)

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Why485 @why485.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

They shoot now!

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

hoo boy I wonder if it’ll ever stop feeling weird referring to stuff I made as “art”, even as part of a trend

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Cross-posting a trend from over on the Other Website: my software and my art! #gamedev #indiedev #pixelartㅤㅤ

The template everyone in the quote chain was using, of a sketched figure gesturing at Blender and saying "I'm using Blender."

Except it actually says "I'm using many things", because we've got:
- Unity for the game itself
- Blender for all 3D modelling and animation
- Clip Studio for UI work
- Aseprite for the character pixel art
- Material Maker for building procedural textures

A staged screenshot I took of a couple of Callisto Lunar Enterprise (CLE) fighter jets dogfighting with the player's Phoenix Mark II in a vast sea of clouds, the sun directly in front of the camera.
Aside from the lack of ground, your other hint that this ain't taking place on Earth is the moon Callisto peeking in from behind the clouds.

Another staged screenshot, this time in the middle of the night. The camera's focused on the moon Ganymede, wreathed in a green-purple aurora.

Three of NS's pixel-art portraits -
Meline, Nova 4 "Snapshot", an android with short pink hair and a blue LED screen for a face. She's wearing her flight suit off one shoulder (revealing part of her white polymer exoskeleton) and grinning like a dumbass. This is because she's a dumbass.

Aina, AWACS "Storm Chaser", a woman in a big fluffy bomber jacket with her long green hair tied into a ponytail. Her pointy ears are covered in piercings, and she's wearing winged eyeliner and purple lipstick that matches her eyes.

Commander Özdemir, "Öz" to...basically everyone, a middle-aged man standing rather stiffly in a pressed white military uniform. One of his eyes is a fairly old-fashioned cybernetic replacement; the other one looks moderately fed-up. His handlebar moustache is magnificent.

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Amalgam @amalgamdev.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Oh she's my favorite

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

that was fast, I thought it’d take at least 5 hours before someone said that

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Mel's one of the many guys, girls and neithers we're adding to Nova Squadron 0.5.0 as part of...the small visual novel we're grafting onto it??? store.steampowered.com/app/1826830/... Join the Discord if you want emojis of all the dumbasses: discord.gg/YVdeju6zEw

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Introducing Meline, another of your wingmen in #NovaSquadron! She's from the free city of Olympus Mons and obsessed with its fashion culture, so do NOT get her talking about clothes or she'll never stop. Or do. I mean, there's dialogue options for a reason. #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Just for clarity, if I ever stop posting for 2 months, it’s because I’ve been secretly invited to work on a game I couldn’t resist like, I dunno, the Mega Drive port of Aggressors Zero: The Prequel That Takes Place After the Main Game: Remastered: Uncut: Director’s Cut

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Anton @antonhand.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

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Why485 @why485.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

How much I like something, and how good I think something is, are two unrelated and orthogonal axes.

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

wait, I’m pretty sure this is how I saw Robot Jox

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Martin Rosner @hotpaper.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

wizard: you only ever wanna go on a quest if it's about saving the queen thousands of bees in a suit of armor: yeah

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Shawn🐶 @puppiesandanime.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

FFT upscale fanart. Original sprites included for reference.

Isometric Sprites of Final Fantasy Tactics Characters. From left to right; Mustadio, Gafgarion, Agrias and Cidolfus. Below them is the original sprite that they are based off. All of the sprites are placed onto a subtle grey isometric grid background.

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This is more work for the Ice Cream part of the Ice Cream Update, coming in December and bringing you wiggly ears AND wiggly moustaches bsky.app/profile/clar...

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Portraits in #NovaSquadron 's briefings, debriefings and dessert chats are now animated! (ssshhh don't look at Storm Chaser overlapping the UI, nothing to see here) #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Okay, after all the new cycles about GTA6 I've been trying to avoid commenting on, I've watched the latest trailers and I kinda feel I have to say something, so I've been collecting some thoughts while out walking about the state of gaming generally. This might be a long thread so bare with me.

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Seerlight @seerlight.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Kingdom Hearts When you walk away... 🥲 #Kingdomhearts #kh4

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Why485 @why485.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Finished CICADAMATA. 100% lived up the hype. I don't know how many more different ways I can say this, but it is so goddamned cool. Watch the trailer, if it looks interesting, give it a go. It's as good as it looks. It's the price of a sandwich and I would gladly have paid more than double.

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

this is more stuff for the Ice Cream Update by the way (still a game where you fly a plane and shoot lasers on Jupiter! really!) bsky.app/profile/clar...

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Another one crossed off the bucket list: I wrote a pixel art animation system from scratch and now Storm Chaser can do this! ... #NovaSquadron is still a game where you fly a plane and shoot lasers on Jupiter I swear #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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FlyAwayNow @flyawaynow.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

More people should give Nova Squadron a try when its V.5 comes out for a demo, Clara does a lot of really cool gameplay forward things advised by the loop of her missions and you'll find that NS is probably one of the most consistent feeling of the Acelikes even at this stage

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

my favourite part of the last #NovaSquadron Screenshot Saturday was this surprisingly clean jump down the mag-railway to get from one furball to another #gamedev #indiedev

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

oh, and we just announced when this is going to be available on Steam! bsky.app/profile/clar...

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

(and yes, we were originally planning to release this in October, but we figured a lot of the playerbase might be a bit busy around then! So we just added an extra 2 months' worth of stuff to the update instead)

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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

There's two ways to get a notification when 0.5.0 drops - you can wishlist/follow NS on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1826830/... or join the official Discord: discord.gg/YVdeju6zEw If you're wondering what you're looking at, here's the latest development footage: bsky.app/profile/clar...

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