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This looks great. The sillouettes vaguely remind me of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles somehow.

For sure. From what I can gather they all look really cool!!

I have never even heard of it before! I need to check it out, if I find it online I'll let you know lol

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I think you're putting a lot of stock in everything being just like real puppetry, when link doesn't even look like a puppet - he looks like a shiny 3D model. Compare this to Wooly World, Paper Mario or Links Awakening. All of these games pull of their specific look way more confidently. 🤷

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Also regarding your second point: Art is always created under the constraints that material realities impose on the artist. All of this exists in the video game world. I do not believe they approached the townsfolk in this screenshot as "lesser made puppets", otherwise they would read as such.

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Yes, that is basic character design. You would usually still like the player to believe that the individual actors are inhabiting the same world. Ofc you can deliberately juxtapose things, but if that was the goal, they didn't go far enough. As it is, it just looks like mismatched 3D models.

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Jon Keller @jonkeller.de · 08/09/2026

The Ocarina of Time Remake being supposed to look like Ningyōgeki is cool and all, but why doesn't everything look like this then. The execution is still very, very inconsistent.

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"Bad" games that didn't quite come together can still be fun to experience, because between all the mess you still see the developers intent shine through. This experience may now be gone. (2/2)

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Jon Keller @jonkeller.de · 08/09/2026

What sucks is that outsider art in the gaming space will probably be mostly AI pretty soon. The confounding "why would they design it this way" will no longer be a question to answer, because there was no intent. The machine just spat something out and nobody bothered to reevaluate. (1/2)

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Jon Keller @jonkeller.de · 14/08/2026

dont worry he was really, really bad

Jon Keller @jonkeller.de · 09/08/2026

True I guess. At least we still have Beanies.

Jon Keller @jonkeller.de · 07/08/2026

whatever happened to wearing a headband

Jon Keller @jonkeller.de · 17/06/2026

come on join my mantra please

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Jon Keller @jonkeller.de · 17/06/2026

I solemnly swear that I will never design another indie game protagonist with a big cloak and maybe their little feed sticking out at the bottom

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Jon Keller @jonkeller.de · 13/06/2026

Why cant chiptune be chill why does it always have to be haunted house mega man circus stage type music

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Jon Keller @jonkeller.de · 09/06/2026

Years ago I decided to release all of Arclands assets under a CCBY4.0 licence. Even though the game hasn't released yet and I only uploaded a tiny fraction of the assets, I keep seeing art inspired by it. That's so cool! HOWEVER releasing commercial asset packs inspired by my art is corny as hell

Jon Keller @jonkeller.de · 09/06/2026

indies are kinda stuck with a very narrow definition of what made the original mechanics great. If indies don't experiment nobody will!

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Jon Keller @jonkeller.de · 09/06/2026

It would have been so easy for Yacht Club Games to add a dodge roll to Minas combat, but they didn't. In turn they created a system that values positioning over reflexes, and I admire that. I love Soulslikes as much as the next person, but (1/2)

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Jon Keller @jonkeller.de · 29/05/2026

Loving Mina so far, but does anybody know when the meta changed to the player getting knocked back themselves when a meele attack hits? A lot of indies are doing it this way nowadays, and it feels so bad to me. To me the knockback communicates that my attack has been blocked in some way 🤷‍♂️

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Jon Keller @jonkeller.de · 23/04/2026

Oof woke up and the first thing I saw on the youtube front page was an indie game trailer with completely ai generated pixel art. Expecting to see this more and more, sadly :(

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Jon Keller @jonkeller.de · 03/03/2026

theres something so satisfying and neat about isometric interiors #pixelart

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Franek @franekk.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

I'm a game design genius

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Jon Keller @jonkeller.de · 27/02/2026

2026 will be the year of the zx spectrum

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Jon Keller @jonkeller.de · 25/02/2026

It's crazy how many banner images of games in the steam next fest are AI generated

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Jon Keller @jonkeller.de · 24/02/2026

These copy pasta repost chains people have been doing on X are so cringe. Why can't you just talk about your game normally I guarantee that would be more effective

Jon Keller @jonkeller.de · 16/02/2026

But maybe the heal from the level up i get from the fight will be more important for the incoming boss fight? So many interesting choices!!!!

Jon Keller @jonkeller.de · 15/02/2026

personally im done playing games where you have to choose your progression on a top down map, deciding if you want to fight another battle or mayhaps visit the shop