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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

New house, new office, new projects desk, new project.

Desk with cutting mat and warhammer 40k commander farsight laid out ready to make.

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

one week into working on Project starship and its already starting to look like... something

pixel art planets with links and names in front of a pixel art starscape

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Honestly it seems like it woulda been a really interesting and well made box. Shame I waited so long

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

lol the link to download the app on the intro takes you here

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Going through it before I bin it. This is cool full set of Google cardboard style vr goggles. And an ‘Augmented soul’ tshirt no idea what that means

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

So. I bought this years ago, for over £100 on kickstarter. It’s an augmented reality puzzle box experience thing. I bought it to be a sort of house warming/ongoing house experience. I am now throwing it out without ever using it or solving a single puzzle.

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Omg, I can't believe I actually did it! I released Kingdom Klicker today! it's out now with a 10% intro discount! check it out here store.steampowered.com/app/4579740/...

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Do you think they put this ladder on a pike as a warning to other ladders?

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

My army’s very first Warhammer 40k marine painted! It’s an infernus marine sergeant. It is not perfect by any means but I think it is a very good first full go. The marines that will be in its squad will be worse cos they are what I practised on but that’s okay they are still usable Also: wrong base

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Oh yeah, making Google more ai based is gonna go well.

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Had a bad month for my step goal but managed to get the monthly average back up by the end of the month. The real question is, can you guess what happened just from the screenshot of my step counts?

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Just ‘finished’ this puzzle at the air bnb we’re staying at… 2 missing pieces?!

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I’ve never claimed to be an artist but this first pass of the bookshop for my bookshop fantasy life sim game ain’t bad. It’s not release quality, but it’s also not throw it in the bin and never mention it level either. #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #cozygame

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

It's always fun to see which games take my super ultrawide monitor into account. Potion Permit is not one of them, if this main menu is anything to go by 😂 totally get why and dont expect most games to, its just interesting. will be switching to window mode now :)

potion permit main menu with sides missing

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

I rolled for how 2026 will be… On the one hand it’s above 10 so good, on the other hand it’s a 13 which is not great luck

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

This year I completed 29 games, here they are and how I rated them. Yes AI limit is higher than Elden ring, but it's about my experience not the quality of the game. AI Limit was the first soulslike type game I got into, while I churned from ER when I first played it.

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Gah! That happened quick! I'm actually abotu 150 higher than this now, but things are moving so quick I can't keep up! Anyway thank you so much! #youtube #indiedev #subscribercount www.youtube.com/@OtherpixelG...

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I know this isn’t a big deal but my first non-short on YouTube reached 100 views so I’m happy 😊

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I still can’t speak Swedish and Duolingo is now all ai all the time so it’s time to quit.

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Just completed #GhostOfYotei! One of the prettiest games ever. I never use camera modes but I couldn’t help myself.

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Last week we went to @phantompeakuk.bsky.social and handed out these tourist trail cards to the residents. I made some for a friends birthday now I guess it’s tradition XD

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

An idea I’ve been mulling around for the first lines of a #darkfantasy revenge novel. Expanded today to the short prologue that can be found as a free update on my #patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/140462... Background art belongs to sareanaddict on freepik.com #snippet #revenge #indieauthor #fantasy

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Yeah send them home to… to their parents where they… wh- where they learned this behaviour?

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Walking down the street at 9:10, people think I’m drinking a Heineken don’t they?

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Bluesky I give you the ingenuity of the Lewisham people. 🤣 #ifitworksitworks #lewishamborough

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Made an account for something recently called Stargazing Dragon so when bored today I decided to make a profile pic

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

I’ve only read the titles, is the met promoting vigilantism?

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Yesterday I got rejected for a job I’d been waiting 5 weeks to hear back about which sucks but on the flip side I got to delete all the research games I hated from my phone! (I didn’t even play the horse one in the end)

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

The Timelapse of me making those pixel art mes :)

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Been back on the pixel art train because I’m thinking about doing the YouTube thing with a channel about the games industry and wanted a representation of me rather than putting me on camera so decided to draw me.

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Ooooh new kickstarter boardgame just arrived let’s open it together! Hello #draculascurse Maybe one for Halloween

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Today I added a basic unmoving enemy and a basic attack. I'm purposely not doing anything fancy with art atm so that I can focus on learning more about code. I do think I'm learning more this time than last time but as with all tings I keep coming up against things I just don't know how to do.

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

keeping up with game dev education. yesterday I got in a basic dialogue and interact system. I also learned how to switch action maps in code for the 'new' unity input system so when your in ui its a different map to in game. After I'm making sure to dissect and understand what I got from tutorials

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Just 1 afternoon so far, but I made a top down character, made them move around the screen, made them dash, made a camera that follows them, made them always face the mouse and I made a super basic box environment. (and if what's linked is just an image then we know that blusky still doesnt do gifs)

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

This line is so funny. So many books/movies/games do this, kill all the way to the boss then be like 'we wont kill you, because we're better than that!' dude you murdered a bunch of people who had no choice but to be there, but you wont kill the guy who caused it?

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Made cool new business cards for #developbrighton this week that link to both sides of my career. Only realised once they were dispatched I forgot to add a way to contact me 😅 thankfully my website has an email form and both have my socials 😅

2 sides of a business card showing my name and websites

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Very close to being able to playtest the card game. Got a single issue left that I’m not happy with which is that it can be viable (maybe optimal) for a player to ignore the core of the game 😅

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Just had my card declined ordering dominos went back to try again and… well… price seems a bit high

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Using coloured stickers instead of just numbers on the dev cards has been a massive improvement. Almost happy with the core game now. I think my frustrations are mostly centered around random discarding as it just feels like you just lost your turn so rethinking the negative cards to something grey

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Was just looking at the instructions of my cough syrup to see when I can have more and now I need to ask: what happens if children see it?!

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Ignore the stains on my parents table cloth but been playtesting my card game today. It’s actually not bad. Bit like century spice road but you can’t get complacent because once you get victory points some merchants you own leave.

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Just back from @phantompeakuk.bsky.social where I gave my friend @sangromancer.bsky.social these reverse-trail cards I made to give out to cast members! Happy Birthday! And happy Burning Blimp festival!

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Here’s a collection of most of the cozy art I’ve been doing for my upcoming #solorpg #journalinggame #gmlessrpg #indiettrpg

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

latest course challenge of the pixel art course I'm slowly making my way through asks that you take a picture from online and recreate it in pixel art

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Some more cozy art for my journaling rpg. Currently just drawing lots of little things to place around the document.

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Back on the pixel art education after the long weekend looking at tile maps today :) #learning #pixelart

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

First attempt at some cozy art for the magic school journaling rpg I wrote. #sologame #journaling #indierpg #fantasy #solorpg #art

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Day 3 of pixel art course, items! Definitely feels nice to build actual tangible things.

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JSRVarma - Solo Dev @dantecross.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Day “2” of pixel art course looking a little at colour theory, much of which I’d inferred looking at art but good to have spelled out. Also looked at some tillable textures (though they didn’t want tileable it made me feel better XD) (not the brick that was a disaster for tiling, just freehand)

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