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Keys - Making Umbra with pico8 @keysthings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Umbra's not dead I promise! Im working on the trailor and any last minute bug fixes between school and work and life junk. This game is coming out this year if it kills me. #pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

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Petrakor @petrakor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Old news here but celebrating 300 followers on Twitter + BSky :) [ #art #furryart #furry ]

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˚❀ 𝒜𝑜 ༄ @aousian.com · 29/09/2026

babi ⭐ #ocart #art

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˚❀ 𝒜𝑜 ༄ @aousian.com · 22/09/2026

current obsession, drawing my partner 💜 #art #furry

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Keys - Making Umbra with pico8 @keysthings.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Ive finished up the demo Update for UMBRA!! You can play it on itchio or the lexaloffle bbs! (itch) indie-pixel.itch.io/umbra (bbs) www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=155... #pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

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Keys - Making Umbra with pico8 @keysthings.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Still makin' progress, a lot of bugs with the boss have been fixed. Im also working on fixing up some issues with enemies spawning double in certain areas for some reason. Apologies for the slowdown in posts work's made it a bit difficult #pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

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Keys - Making Umbra with pico8 @keysthings.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Polished up the pogo mechanic. you can now pogo to hit the boss in the face to deal a good chunk of damage. Though you can still hit the head from the ground if you're skilled enough but its a fun challenge so i've left it in! #pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

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Keys - Making Umbra with pico8 @keysthings.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Prototyping soem pogo mechanics for the boss, you can now bounce off the ground blades and falling swords if you attack straight down. if you can reach the bosses head and do the same thing, it deals a good chunk of damage! #pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

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Keys - Making Umbra with pico8 @keysthings.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Went to replay through the game again and thought a pogo mechanic might make combat a bit more interesting. I've had it sitting in my list of ideas for a while, figured Id give it a shot and its kinda fun! Though lmk what you think #pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

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Keys - Making Umbra with pico8 @keysthings.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Ive created a Cara account! Since this account is mostly for gamedev stuff(though this may change over time) I figure this would be a good place post my art junk for the time being #art #digitalart #illustration #cara cara.app/keysthings

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Keys (@keysthings) | Cara - Artist Social & Portfolio Platform

I make junk for fun, I go outside sometimes too when they let me. Gamedev/writer/illustrator 22yo they/them Have a pleasant existence!

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Keys (@keysthings) | Cara - Artist Social & Portfolio Platform

I make junk for fun, I go outside sometimes too when they let me. Gamedev/writer/illustrator 22yo they/them Have a pleasant existence!

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Keys - Making Umbra with pico8 @keysthings.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Im not dead! I apologize for the lack of posts but a lot of the progess has mostly been behind the scenes. Some of it not related to the game itself. I'll post more when I have more time, its just been a lot lately. hope youre well! #pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

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Keys - Making Umbra with pico8 @keysthings.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

managed to fit the credits into the end scene cartridge, now theres no more transtion stutter! i just gotta get all the sound effects and music set up again #pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

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Werxzy @werxzy.itch.io · 06/08/2026

Added a friend. :) #pico8 #lowrezjam #gamedev #indiedev

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Keys - Making Umbra with pico8 @keysthings.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Polishing up stuff for levels in the background and got the sfx and music working for the end credits (not that you can tell with a gif) #pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

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zep.p8 @lexaloffle.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Periodic reminder that you can find most #pico8 folks over at bsky and/or mastodon, and it's pretty nice over there: www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/superblo... Here's a pre-made PICO-8 feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Keys - Making Umbra with pico8 @keysthings.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Polishing up stuff for levels in the background and got the sfx and music working for the end credits (not that you can tell with a gif) #pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

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Petrakor @petrakor.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Bury me in static [ #art #furryart #furry ]

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˚❀ 𝒜𝑜 ༄ @aousian.com · 13/07/2026

Sweet Euinie 💚 #witchhatetelier #Δ帽子 #art #fanart

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˚❀ 𝒜𝑜 ༄ @aousian.com · 12/07/2026

My 2 favorite creatures⭐️ #witchhatatelier

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˚❀ 𝒜𝑜 ༄ @aousian.com · 10/07/2026

Art revenge ⭐ @nymphdae.bsky.social 🐸 #artfight #artfight2026 #art

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˚❀ 𝒜𝑜 ༄ @aousian.com · 30/06/2026

🌙🌿 #ocart #art #worldbuild

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Keys - Making Umbra with pico8 @keysthings.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Working on polishing up the end scene for the game, and thought it might be cool to have a it used the demo's end screen since i liked the art. But im not to fond of the awkward transition that happens when loading. More testing is needed #pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

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Keys - Making Umbra with pico8 @keysthings.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Fixing up some bugs with the boss, among them being that falling swords no longer hurt you if theyre in the ground. A friend said he felt like he'd dodged them already so having them still hurt felt unfair #pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

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Keys - Making Umbra with pico8 @keysthings.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I haven't had a ton of energy after work, but im touching up the second area little by little. Its starting to fit into the progression a bit better now! apologies for the lull in posts, hope youre well! #pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

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Keys - Making Umbra with pico8 @keysthings.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Spent the last couple days trying to cleanup the bossfight cart, and balance it a bit. Their attacks still need a bit of tweaking since they can get stuck in an endless sheild mode #pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

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zep.p8 @lexaloffle.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Heads up, the Lexaloffle terms of use will change later this week to disallow genAI content. The proposed update aims to protect the current BBS culture without excluding usability. Any comments welcome (here or hey at lexaloffle dot com). Draft: pastebin.com/raw/v8cvrdgv #pico8 #picotron

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Keys - Making Umbra with pico8 @keysthings.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Made the boss a bit more fair to fight against. They cant just yoink you into an attack now when blocking you in, and they cant get stuck abusing the same attack for too long any more! #pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

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Keys - Making Umbra with pico8 @keysthings.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Was able to playtest pretty much the entire game with some friends yesterday! We discovered some interesting bugs and a slew of balancing issues with the boss. It turns out area 2 needs a bit of love as well since it hasnt changed much #pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

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˚❀ 𝒜𝑜 ༄ @aousian.com · 11/06/2026

💜 ⭐ #wip #doodle #art

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Petrakor @petrakor.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Still life Petra [ #art #furryart #furry #backrooms #backroomsmovie ]

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Keys - Making Umbra with pico8 @keysthings.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Case in point for unfair rooms... I think enemies might need to stop moving while youre dead. The missing context is I was trying to speed run though to get to the story section I was gonna work on, and got stuck here for 5 minutes #pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

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Keys - Making Umbra with pico8 @keysthings.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Spent some time today polishing up the wargroud a bit, its sufficiently hard (I hope, still gotta playtest) but some sections are just plain unfair. #pico8 #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #pixelart #umbragame

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