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Dave Zhang @godsavant.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Today marks the 17-year anniversary of Askiisoft’s ‘Tower of Heaven’. It was the first game project I ever worked on, and my introduction to the world of indie games. 🧵

Intermission room from 'Tower of Heaven'

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Deltarune chapter 5 played through! That was neat. Didn't get any of the secret stuff but I don't really care to.

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Ripper Coyote @sharpteethlabs.com · 22/06/2026

was working on the final boss of #TenguRevenge when @giik.bsky.social had a moment of divine inspiration for how to improve this cutscene

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

make a game that's 10 minutes long

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

hundreds of thousands of dollars to advertise and they can't even keep the audio synced

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

It's kinda satire but I've repeatedly said the threshold whether a game project is real or not is whether it has a keybinds menu or not. If you got keybinds, it's real. Anyway i didn't have a keybinds menu in my latest project until today so now it's a real game. I've finally made it

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

it's real annoying when folks workin on graphical stuff push the fiction that a game's vanilla look isn't intentional. like "nobody worked on those assets they just kind of showed up in a game one day. they're a natural phenomenon and the gpu shader guys REALLY know how to do graphics" fuck that

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Disaster strikes... Development on this is going nicely. Sometimes it's fun to pull little pranks on the player. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Hemiparasitic flowers... Still not ready to properly reveal this project yet but I'm making great progress. I only work on it on the weekends, so I'm not in any rush.

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Snoutbreakers @snoutbreakers.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

SAGE2025 has begun and the Snoutbreakers alpha demo is now out! Go download and play it, we put a lot of work into it! sonicfangameshq.com/forums/showc...

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Snoutbreakers @snoutbreakers.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

This week's #screenshotsaturday comes a day early. Happy friday! One week from now, SAGE2025 starts... and Snoutbreakers will be there! Fight the first three opponents in the game's lightweight tournament plus a late-game extra for genre vets in the Snoutbreakers SAGE2025 demo on Sept 19th!

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

and 15 years later it turns out the setting of minecraft is just kind of there to support your adventures. there's a sort of charm to the deliberate lack of elaboration, y'know? it asks you a question with ruins and monsters, and lets you answer it with buildings and adventures. It's collaborative.

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Settlemoon's been out for 2 years today! Here's a lil' post I wrote (with old development screenshots!!) to celebrate. store.steampowered.com/news/app/244...

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Settlemoon - 2 Year Anniversary! - Steam News

Thanks for playing!

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Pythern @pythern.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Saw this mod and inspired me to make a sprite sheet of my own.

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斑崎 | Hanzaki @hanzaki.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Major balance adjustments for all characters. And Summer Sale! #cent0 store.steampowered.com/news/app/241...

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Cento - 2.0.0 Rebalanced every character - Steam News

Rebalanced every character.

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𝐉𝐚𝐦𝟐𝐠𝐨 @jam2go.com · 26/06/2025

If you're looking for something to play this summer, my game Kitten Burst is on sale! It's an RPG/Racing game where you play as a flying cat named Hapi. It's got a full story with a cast of characters inspired by the early internet, Bullet Hell Bosses, and a massive OST!

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Dreams of Aether is 50% off for the Steam Summer Sale! 🪅🪅🪅🪅🪅🪅🪅🪅🪅💥 Microgames! Furries! That's it. That's the whole thing. I'm so good at marketing. Get the game for a snack-sized $1.49 USD here: store.steampowered.com/app/3463050/...

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Settlemoon is 50% off for the Steam Summer Sale! A unique idle game about building a cozy sidescroller town. Lots of mysterious things to discover...why is this world stuck in a permanent night? Set things up and go AFK! Take your time! Get it here: store.steampowered.com/app/2443780/...

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

A lot of folk say that the hardest part of doing something is starting it. In gamedev it's the second hardest part. The hardest part of making a game is finishing it. Nobody really tells you this part since the tutorials are all about beginning it.

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Ripper Coyote @sharpteethlabs.com · 16/06/2025

PARADROP IS OUT - Use tactical drops to win an island war in this micro RTS. Destroy bases while avoiding anti-aircraft guns and enemy air support. Take on 10 missions in an epic campaign, or challenge another player in battle mode! #paradrop #gamedev #godot #godot2d #indiegame #rts #browsergame

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

You kinda have to be careful with roguelike elements in your game. Randomizing things can lead to a lot of variety, sure, and players learn your game's complex systems faster. ...but it's not necessarily less tedious. It's easy to slip into making something RNG because you don't care about it.

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

if mollo gets in rivals 2 and gets a shirtless skin they should do this happy pride, top scars are cool as hell

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Need to make secrets game

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

For y'all aspiring game designers, try out this exercise: Take a genre you love and REMOVE one of its main mechanics. How do you make a cool game without it?

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Beta C @betac.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I have not stopped thinking about Añi since I played dreams (and credit to @chaokocartoons.bsky.social for designing the wonderful character!) #dreamsofaether #rivalsofaether #blender3d

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Arecacura, The Sway of the Palms, is now available to play on the Rivals Workshop. Download them here: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/... Get their stage here: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/... #rivalsofaether

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CHAOKO🍥 @chaokocartoons.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Since they just released, it's also @giik.bsky.social 's Arecacura's birthday!!! I'm sure they're probably believed in Añi at one point in his life, maybe!

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

"Seems that loud Air Armada fledgling forgot some of my lessons over the years, but the resemblance is still there. He's even attempted to replicate my signature moves with his own element. Tsk. Arrogant." Check out Arecacura on the workshop here: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/... #rivalsofaether

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Starcutter @starcutter.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

I was lucky enough to contribute here! I did the key art you'll see in the youtube thumbnail and the workshop page! Giik did an amazing job with the character so please check them out! 😤 😤 🐓 😤

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Tangle Nathair @tangle.bitch.space · 05/05/2025

SUN-SCORCHED FLAMENCO: The theme for my friend @giik.bsky.social's new Rivals of Aether workshop character! I had a lot of fun working on this, and it's available NOW, alongside the character! Find it on my Bandcamp, YouTube, and SoundCloud! tanglenathair.bandcamp.com/track/sun-sc...

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Tangle Nathair - Sun-Scorched Flamenco - Arecacura's Theme

YouTube video by Tangle Nathair

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

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CHAOKO🍥 @chaokocartoons.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Hey guys! It's Cinco De Mayo! It's also the 4th añiversary of Añi's Rivals of Aether Workshop release! You know what THAT means~! Draw your oc in this outfit and nothing else. I don't care who. Get in the party dress.

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lystless @tallzombie12345.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

settling my moons

rose from settle moon doing an awesome skateboard trick infront of a blood moon

background based off of the steam trading card art for count cerise from the same game! i made this for a friend but i like it so im gonna post it

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Been working on a workshop character. You'll see what it is soon. #rivalsofaether

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Draco | ART FIGHT ARC @dragonofweed.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

"Nothing personal Mooks. You're just another cog in a machine" #rivalsofaether #rivalsOfaetherMollo #ROAMollo #ROA #talesofaether #TOA

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Ripper Coyote @sharpteethlabs.com · 10/04/2025

📢RAT ALERT! 📢cats are attacking rat city!! can you guide your verminous flock to safety? a UFO50-style jam game

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Rat Alert by Ripper Coyote

Use your megaphone to lead rats to the sewers

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

HEY CENTO HAS WORKSHOP SUPPORT NOW steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/... steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/... You can play as Pomme and use her theme! (To use a custom skin, go to Equipment and scroll left onto the animated preview. Custom songs are in Simple mode, selectable in "STAGE".)

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Steam Workshop::Pomme

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Mak n' Cheese @makavo.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

You guys like Mollo, right?

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斑崎 | Hanzaki @hanzaki.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

steam workshop なんとかなりそう

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Pythern @pythern.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

#dreamsofaether Añi and Amarelle my beloved

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

and here's the first draft I had of actual "stage sequences" as I called 'em. We didn't actually know who would be in the first stage for a while, so I sketched a stick figure of Ayala. Felt like a good "neutral" character to contrast the more bombastic ones later.

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Now that Dreams of Aether is finally out, I can start posting in-dev stuff that I thought was neat. For instance, here's the very first gif I recorded of the project. This was testing the main game loop. The lifecounters weren't even in the right spot...

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Rivals of Aether II @rivals2.com · 02/04/2025

Dreams of Aether X Rivals of Aether II ⛈️ If you own our new Aetherverse game Dreams of Aether AND Rivals of Aether II, you'll get a free pack of exclusive crossover icons in Rivals of Aether II!

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Giik @giik.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

As a lil' added bonus...if you have Dreams of Aether in your steam library, you also get these 5 lovely player icons in Rivals of Aether 2!

5 player icons, labelled "Dreams Artemis", "Dreams Hodan", "Dreams Ani" (sic), "Dreams Absa" and "Dreams Sylvanos"

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