iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

trying out a more 16-32 bit style for the enemy sprites for this hypothetical rpg. always hard to know when to draw the line on colors. #pixelart

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 4h

i'm taking adhd meds at the moment but ive never really found medication or tactics that really get around it. i didnt mind switching things a lot, its the genuine nausea and panic attacks though that are really starting to be a problem

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 6h

I feel like I should start investing in vigor but at the same time it's like I made it this far, maybe I should keep pushing my luck

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 9h

I wish it was as easy as "just stick to one" but so far that has been a shortcut to burnout. I don't know what precise mental illness is going on there but after years of this cycle I'm pretty convinced it's something neurological

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 9h

I think partially it's also the fact that people get exasperated whenever I change projects, and mentally check out when I'm talking about what I'm working on because they know it's not going to be finished. As a people pleaser this is extremely difficult.

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 9h

Sometimes I wonder if the advice about making a game properly has turned into some weird trigger or something. I didn't used to freeze up and panic and feel sick when I was brainstorming games, and I used to get further into their development at least.

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 17h

This sends me every time

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Might just steal the FF1 GBA stats/calculations tbh

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Do any of my gamedev mutuals have a basic rpg stat/calculation framework I can steal? Or is there like a generic one? Whenever I reach this point in the prototype I freeze with indecision

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mr show would nail this sketch

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Inverse of the ice cream one where her frown keeps getting deeper

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

every single thing here utilizes nice repeatable style scripts, so these ui boxes are as easy to set up as can be

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

hooking up the basic shell, also known as my favorite part. seriously someone should pay me to program their ui, I'm one of those freaks who likes it. #gamedev

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Omg queens domain release date finally

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I love that sort of thing, it gives each arc a mythic quality and makes them easy to discuss

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

God the name actually makes it so much funnier, when this goes to print it needs a title page

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Where is the 9 games template

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Obtuse and inaccessible art is beautiful and I think games would be stunted creatively if they all decided to prioritize accessibility. It takes all kinds. There's a bigger deficit of accessible games right now so the push for more is good, but I don't think it should be aiming for the whole pie.

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I support accessibility initiatives but I'll aways also support the existence of games that don't bother. The accessibility conversation relies too heavily on the unspoken idea that games are a product, and that more people playing them is the singular goal and merit.

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

To me it's the most elegant solution, and it's why I tend to enjoy immersive sims. They give you a huge toy box that meaningfully shifts the difficulty. Even games like Halo so rarely truly control how you approach and accomplish a task, the large levels become accessibility wiggle room.

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is my favorite example of it being done well, because it leads you down a narrative path informed by the friction and the solution. The solutions become personal and meaningful

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wait is there random encounter discourse? That's so weird, I'm specifically daydreaming about making a random encounter game right now because I love them so much.

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

nah, this right here. actions should remain a sub-menu because i dont know how many there will be. i'm picturing the cursor starts on items, so you can press up to get to actions quickly and down to get to everything else.

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

maybe this instead? trim down the stats and keep all the actions player-facing?

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

SP might end up on the chopping block tbh

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

decided i wanted gba size and put together this version. the stats are a bit much but at the same time i can make the case for them so maybe its okay for it to be overwhelming. also on the fence about the top bit; i like the idea of the location and time always being visible, but we'll see.

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

invisible random encounters 90% of the time but with special wandering encounters and even field damage opportunities depending on what the scene calls for

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm imagining traditional FF1 turn-based combat, but with gameplay slightly more akin to Baldur's Gate 1 outside of combat.

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

another day, another hypothetical game framework that's stuck in my head. this time it's "what if FFI but with a dash of crpg flavor"

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

this goes both ways; there should also be a rare and delightful encounter, which gives each "interruption" the specter of opportunity. this is what pokemon shinies got right in the context of invisible random encounters

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Not that I think one way or the other is right, mind you, mostly i just support the coexistence of both

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Eventually swapping back to default ended up being the answer for me because I realized thinking about it was the problem

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is big for me, I spend the entire playthrough questioning whether I did the settings right. And it's not a matter of "then don't touch them". Knowing they can be changed is like pandoras box, I can't forget it. I restarted mina the hollower 3 times because of this.

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I think about it more akin to a physical puzzle or challenging environment, or even a book. What you're asking for is valid, but it's an expense and as such needs to be balanced against the goals and the means of the creator.

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

God I'm sorry that bunny mob is like baby's first mod shit what on earth

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Myles McCoy @coolbug.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm like "damn judee sills is giving huge Ben Folds vibes, I wonder if he's ever talked about her" and then immediately discover it's one if his top two albums

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