iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Lantz B Ellis

Mence @mence.dev · 30/08/2026

day/night cycle enhanced ( now the lanterns glow up only at night \o/ ) #indiegames #gamedev #indiegamedev #2d #gamedevelopment #SFML #pixelart

0234

Lantz B Ellis @elantzb.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Pretty much every part of these menus are now defined in XML rather than being hard-coded. There are only 2 so far but there was a lot of duplicate code between them--now folded into a superclass. There will be more menus leveraging this in the upcoming combat scene mvp. #gamedev #indedev #SFML

A pixelly "game paused" menu with buttons for "Resume," "Save," and "Quit."

A pixelly game start screen with a stand-in title at the top stating "ADVENTURE... AWAITS!" in all-caps and a menu below that with buttons for "Continue," "New," and "Quit."

093

Lantz B Ellis @elantzb.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

lol yeah I was gonna say, this guy wants me to install FFmpeg

020

Reposted by Lantz B Ellis

Count Trashula 🎃🔪 @trashlevania.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Siren should be studied by anyone interested in making horror games. Atmosphere is crazy, the face animations are unsettling, and the central mechanic is both unique and kinda terrible. The perfect PS2 era horror game.

0102

Reposted by Lantz B Ellis

Videogame Beaches🏳️‍⚧️ @videogamebeach.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Cliff over the beach (Falcom Classics: Ancient Ys Vanished Omens, Saturn, Nihon Falcom, 1997)

2518

Reposted by Lantz B Ellis

Nic Boone @nicboone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

check this out, its so cool to see something i did a bit of work on go live, and this is a particularly cool experience. anticapitalist splinter cell, kind of!

0114

Lantz B Ellis @elantzb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yeah, I don't know how. That's not within my area of expertise. Must mess with something in a shared boot region or flip some bits on the GPU itself. (nvidia btw)

020

Lantz B Ellis @elantzb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I love when I switch over to windows to do something and it forces a GPU driver update before I can leave, and then I have to spend a while fixing it all on the Linux side with a single monitor, 420p resolution /s

130

Reposted by Lantz B Ellis

Eag @psychic-eag.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

revamped an old piece I made ❄️ #pixelart #lowpoly

1141976

Reposted by Lantz B Ellis

VEXED (commissions OPEN) @v3x3d.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hey! 👋😊 New post with plans for October🎃 + September recap! www.patreon.com/V3X3D/posts/... Lots of exciting releases on the way! Cheers! 💕 #pixelart #ドット絵 #gamedev #indiedev

2687

Reposted by Lantz B Ellis

Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Colour cycling and hi-res Amiga AGA landscapes: A clip from the Mark Ferrari art slideshow production from 2023.

251200348

Reposted by Lantz B Ellis

VEXED (commissions OPEN) @v3x3d.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Still having a really bad month of sales! 😅 v3x3d.itch.io If you like my work, and want to help me through this mess, buying an asset would have me forever greatful! 🙏 Thank you! ❤️ #pixelart #ドット絵 #gamedev #indiedev

25620

Reposted by Lantz B Ellis

pave+ @paveplus.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

no. 19: armoured #sst26 #spaceshiptember

021460

Lantz B Ellis @elantzb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Moving on to the next part of my roadmap, putting in the bones of combat. Going for random encounters rather than object encounters. Nothing to show yet, just arranging data structures. #indiedev #gamedev #c++

092

Reposted by Lantz B Ellis

SeverLink - Wishlist NOW! @severlink.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

SeverLink crowdfunding campaign is LIVE We have a playable prototype - just grab it at: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c... If you long for early 2000s stealth revival and you like what you see in our build - GO FUND US and make it happen! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #lowpoly #y2k

415781

Reposted by Lantz B Ellis

VEXED (commissions OPEN) @v3x3d.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Bad month in terms of income & expense 😅 Want to help keep me full time pixeling? I would be ever so thankful! ❤️ v3x3d.itch.io Support my work on my itch, or commissions if you are interested 👍 Thank you! 🫶 #pixelart #ドット絵 #gamedev #indiedev

1489

Reposted by Lantz B Ellis

Eric @mokkograd.net · 13/09/2026

It's been a week since I published the Steam page for Eswahr Eternal. I can't see the game's numbers, so I just assume that it is, as the people might say: "trending". Have you visited said steam page? You should go there and do what needs to be done: store.steampowered.com/app/5198420/...

0128

Lantz B Ellis @elantzb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I find that my gamedev posts get 0 attention here unless I put tags on them

121

Lantz B Ellis @elantzb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

love honorifics for inanimate objects.

030

Lantz B Ellis @elantzb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

MVP start menu. All the buttons work. Last few implementations feel "loose and inelegant" but I'm telling myself that as future features demand more elegance or reusability, I will make that happen. Not stressing it now. This has got me thinking that I need a working title... #gamedev #indiedev

Pixelly "start menu" for a game project. At the top is the text, "Adventure awaits!" and below are buttons that say, "Continue," "New", and "Quit."

0173

Lantz B Ellis @elantzb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm sorry what do you mean @chiitan.love liked my dry indie dev post about a save menu?? This is like finding a celebrity in your kitchen! #indiedev #gamedev

0181

Lantz B Ellis @elantzb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I now have a very taped-together save system (it just loads when I start the application). Had to build-out my XML IO logic to include the "O" part. It needs some cleaning-up and then I'll MVP a start menu. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

0141

Reposted by Lantz B Ellis

Eric @mokkograd.net · 06/09/2026

"Eswahr Eternal" is a fantasy role-playing game about becoming a King. You will travel an empty land, slay Giants, sacrifice your principles for power and then you will rule. For Eternity. Go and wishlist it on Steam, or else: store.steampowered.com/app/5198420/...

store.steampowered.com

Eswahr Eternal on Steam

Eswahr Eternal wants you to become a King. You will wander across an eternal Kingdom. You will slay the four Giants of the Land. You will sacrifice your Principles for Power. You will take the Throne....

24540

Reposted by Lantz B Ellis

VEXED (commissions OPEN) @v3x3d.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

HD Video of me chilling by the Pyramids. 😎🏜️ itch.io/s/119322/chr... Well, something like that at least 😋 #pixelart #ドット絵 #gamedev #indiedev

0549

Lantz B Ellis @elantzb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I now have a pause menu that does something! Next we'll put in the bones of a save system. #indiedev #gameddev #SFML

0162

Reposted by Lantz B Ellis

VEXED (commissions OPEN) @v3x3d.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Last 7 hours for my sales (font and others)! ⚠️🗓️ itch.io/s/107531/meg... Thanks for the support through August! 😄 Font bundle going up in price after that. 👍 Cheers! 💕 #pixelart #ドット絵 #gamedev #indiedev

0192

Lantz B Ellis @elantzb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

the music not the flag, of course

000

Lantz B Ellis @elantzb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

that motif at the end *hnnng*

120

Reposted by Lantz B Ellis

Nic Boone @nicboone.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

first attempt at the style mimicry- trying to recreate @vor-bokor.bsky.social 's incredible look a bit. absolutely check him out if you havent yet

2526

Reposted by Lantz B Ellis

VEXED (commissions OPEN) @v3x3d.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I often get asked, does Mini Medieval have to have the black boxes? 🤔 v3x3d.itch.io/mini-medieva... Not at all! 😄👍 I make my assets as customizable as possible, and I'm updating each page to show it! ❤️ #pixelart #ドット絵 #gamedev #indiedev

0326

Lantz B Ellis @elantzb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Figured out the horizontal centering, was definitely truncating some floats. Next there is a small tweak I want to do for vertical-centering. I swear this is a good use of my time! #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart

0153

Reposted by Lantz B Ellis

Nic Boone @nicboone.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

fuck it, im going to make entropy and dread delusion art. i know im supposed to be working on my own games- but i dont think i can resist the chance to try a new style or approach

2311

Lantz B Ellis @elantzb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Been back deep in the UI mines, but luckily I am less aimless now that I've roadmapped what I need to do. Just doing a lot of yak-shaving right now. UI Panels are reworked and some menus have been started. I'm thinking I'm losing some precision somewhere with this text placement. #gamedev #indedev

0112

Lantz B Ellis @elantzb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

awesome stuff Mrs. RPG towns

000

Lantz B Ellis @elantzb.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

you look like you're eating well

000

Lantz B Ellis @elantzb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

"but with a little optimization this could be a bit better" you sound like an alcoholic

000

Lantz B Ellis @elantzb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

It will never be perfect. The first line of code will be flawless. Once you have two, it's over.

000

Lantz B Ellis @elantzb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Guy who went down a 2-month optimization rabbithole: hey guys don't go down an optimization rabbithole

010