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upgrading Little Beast to Godot 4.7 today wish me luck

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Gnome | Rogue Robin Studios @roguerobinstudios.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Made a lil game with @kaikairos.bsky.social for the #SpooktoberVNJam! You're invited to a bizarre costume party, but the host is nowhere to be found. rogue-robin.itch.io/bring-your-o... Made using @godotengine.org #visualnovel #noai #horrorvn #indiedev #indiegamedev

A man in a horse suit is shushing a nervous looking woman in a princess dress. Behind them is a blood-soaked sign saying "Bring Your Own Blood" and behind that is some corn.

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GameBrief @gamebrief.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Metroidvania ability gates are supposed to feel like discovery, but backtracking through a map you already cleared just to use a new double jump feels like padding half the time. Where's the line between exploring and busywork? #indiegames #gamedev

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

the word "cromulent" makes me think of a pastry. but it also makes me think "before i eat this pastry, i want to know what cromulent means"

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

disappointing: ontologists don't actually worship being and reality, they just study it like NERDS otoh existentialists don't even so much study existence. ok that's not fair. they study it to find new reasons to be anxious about it. more like "angst-istentialists" amirite folks

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

the zelda discourse has convinced me several folks whom i love and respect are trapped in and posting from an alt timeline. given the breadth of reactions i suspect 2 alt timelines are involved. so 3 total i didn't start w/ an official zelda timeline joke, but we got there folks!

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

pov ur an indie dev working on your #indiegame ux

github commit message from the post author in a private repo with summary reading "20260909b - menu progress" and description reading "it's annoying"

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

WIP status menu. A bunch of stuff like hearts/HP and attack upgrades still to come. #gamedev #pixelart #metroidvania #fairytale #ugh-its-ux

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

oops, i started a podcast. tune in for wide-ranging discussions on media, beauty and creative process which i hope will be much less pretentious than i'm making them sound youtu.be/MnNcSZ0czqo

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Chatter'n Teeth Ep 01: Fresh memes and other things with stale meme

YouTube video by Castle Teeth Games

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

showing off a new enemy in Little Beast in the Big Maze #indiedev #gamedev #metroidvania #pixelart

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Adding some color back to these sprites and did some reworks of the castle tiling; going to keep the largely lower-color-variety environment schemes. What do you think? #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #pixelart #metroidvania #throneroom #fairytale

In the throne room with several people watching, the Queen points at seamstress Louise and tells her she is banished to "the beneath"

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

death and revival of the author is this anything

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Pharrell's 'Happy" is actually about Boethius and the idea that happiness comes from doing the Good and is like having citizenship in a country nobody can ever take from you. In this essay I will

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

looking at putting default 'item you might want' or 'ability gate' indicators onto the map of my upcoming MV. they'll be toggle-able. anyone got opinions on default-on or off? there's no way i'll have time for every nice-to-have feature, but i want to get some of them, so other suggestions welcome!

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

for #pixel_dailies i did a piece of art of my wip game's protagonist in a moment of self- #reflection in (mostly) the fruitpunch24 palette on lospec

louise sees a more monstrous version of herself reflected in the water

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

hit 100 wishlists today, that feels p neat

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John Herreid @herreidjohn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Don’t get them confused

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Also cool to have someone just come across your stuff on itchio and think it's rad before they even realize you were in the same creative community. (psst you can Wishlist the full version here btw: s.team/a/4458220/ )

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Little Beast in the Big Maze on Steam

A fantastical, atmospheric Metroidvania platformer where you jump, fight, and expand your abilities to escape your exile and confront the beastly Queen who banished you. But will this fairy-tale end w...

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

just sittin' at the pond, fishin' the day away. one of the many NPCs you'll meet in Little Beast in the Big Maze! #screenshotsaturday #metroidvania #fishing #pixelart

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

here's a thought. tell me what you LOVE in art/entertainment. i hope to do some of this on YT in the coming year, but right now, while i get my crap together and find the time to make something of that kind, we're doing positive engagement bait!

triangle factory meme with caption "i guess we making positive engagement bait now" showing several examples of possible negatively-charged youtube thumbnails followed by a single example of a video where someone is telling the audience about something that is actually good instead.

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Oops I forgot to drop the trailer for Little Beast itself on here. In case you've not heard me say this ad nauseum, you can now wishlist this thing on Steam! #fairytale #metroidvania www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx4x...

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Little Beast in the Big Maze - Announcement Trailer

YouTube video by Castle Teeth Games

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Have you ever found yourself trapped in an enclosed space with wild spitting flowers? OK, me neither, but you can find out when you play Little Beast in the Big Maze! #screenshotsaturday #metroidvania

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Little Beast in the Big Maze is now listed on Steam. Coming January 15,2027. Run to wishlist it today! store.steampowered.com/app/4458220/...

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

*guy reading 1 Samuel for the first time* man, this Saul guy seems awesome. i bet he's going places

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

RIP to all the catholics excommunicated by the pope for their heresy but im different. and better. maybe even better than the pope

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I hit the button to submit the Steam page of Little Beast in the Big Maze for for review yesterday. Now I wait for feedback or approval, probably next week. Meanwhile, here's a gif. #metroidvania #platformer #screenshotsaturday #reallygoodmarketing

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Whatever could be watching from the shadows that has such big eyes? Little Beast in the Big Maze is coming to Steam. #metroidvania #gamedev #platformer #fairytale #pixelart

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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Perhaps this is lib of me but I increasingly feel like the single biggest discourse problem within the realm of the sane is the formation of bubbles

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

explaining Archipelago to a 1940s human: * I'm BK'd in two different archipelago groups. * Blocked? * Burger-kinged. * What? * Nevermind. Blocked. * In an...island chain exploration group? Did you miss a boat or something? * Well, my boat's on Carl's island. he'll send it to me when he can. * What?

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

I have never been on a high dive. Have you? #metroidvania #screenshotsaturday (psst, follow me for more Little Beast in the Big Maze screenshots and updates)

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

when you see the Queen having a conversation in the hallway and assume you'd better stay back a second

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

When you post a hot take on game design and it goes viral. Follow me for more relatable #metroidvania moments. #screenshotsaturday

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

If you feel like you can't stop falling down this spring, you're in good company. This is how every good #metroidvania begins. #screenshotsaturday

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

This is the villainous queen from my upcoming game "Little Beast in the Big Maze." Maybe someone can fix her but it probably ain't you.

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

i have an indie game joke but it's just a demo

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JLab300 @jlab300.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

A Huge thank you to everyone who helped us get to 50 positive reviews on steam! Also, puzzle depot on sale now! Now if I could just finish up with the cursed level I'm making in the editor... >:) store.steampowered.com/app/3108190/...

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Save 20% on Puzzle Depot on Steam

A box-pushing, bug-squishing, post-apocalyptic adventure awaits you in Puzzle Depot! Challenge hundreds of meticulously designed rooms that expand on classic sokoban gameplay with new and creative mec...

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

My "Cake made out of bees" is probably "Totems of the Yonder" which I have a definite idea of how to refine professionally but it's very debatable whether a procedurally generated rogue-lite Metroidvania with a 'campaign' made of multiple runs would actually be "market"-good even if it were quality.

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Gnome | Rogue Robin Studios @roguerobinstudios.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Trying to avoid genre conventions is like saying "chocolate is uninspired, I made a cake out of bees. Sure it won't appeal to the -OW- masses but I don't want to -OW- sell out and make commercialized slop"

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

There is a Castle Teeth Games site now. It's not much but I like it. www.castleteethgames.com

castleteethgames.com

Castle Teeth Games

Home of Castle Teeth Games, indie game developer.

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stale-meme.itch.io @lbc.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

The Trailer is out! Spread the word: youtu.be/l2_YyXGNYGI CANNONBALL RUN 2177 is a management sim where you traverse the US by car. The story depends on your loadout, inventory, driver, passengers, weather, and choices, making no two runs alike. Hit the Feelies page for more: keysick.com/CBR2177/

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Cannonball Run 2177 - Release Trailer

YouTube video by Keysick Music

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 18/12/2025

reshare if you agree wall adapters with a single USB C port have a surface area differential ratio that looks weird

a wall adapter with a tiny little usb c port on an otherwise large adapter

another large wall adapter with a single lonely usb c port

this one's smaller but there's still pretty big difference

this one looks about average in the size differential between the usb c port and the size of the wall adapter

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kaikairos @kaikairos.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

soon: Hollow Knight: Silksong: Sea of Sorrow: Land of the Third Subtitle

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