iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I was trying to make visual equipment and fashion a part of the inventory system but looks like its going in its own tab now lmao. oh no #phaserjs #phaser #indiedev #indiegamedev #gamedev

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

rudimentary inventory manager stuff! lots to fix but getting there. you can create as many categories and sub categories as you want, and add custom fields to the categories that trickle down into their sub categories #phaserjs #indiegamedev #indiedev #phaser4

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

never played a witcher game in my life but so excited for #witcher3remaster tomorrow @_@ no shame gonna put that on easiest difficulty imaginable and go

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

hello I'm back. :3 have had a rough few months healthwise but working on my little editor again.

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

sorry for ppl that are following for updates on Starcake, its been slow-going since husband's surgery. i've not forgotten, just haven't had the time. thank you for staying with me #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #phaser #phaserjs

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Smiling Dog Says Thank You

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I’m thinking of creating an in development page over on @itch.io for Starcake. Someplace to show it off a little better and talk about it more #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #phaser #phaserjs

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

.@Sony if buying isn’t owning, then piracy isn’t stealing

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

finally sat down to work on starcake after husband's surgery (he's sleeping so well sobsob). improved the input manager, much clearer what buttons do what in the left panel. Player Profile now has suggested Actions, not just templates #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiedev #phaser #phaserjs

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Husband is back home from surgery 💕 we are very tired haha

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I don't think I showed you guys the main ui yet??? Here's the default screen, game in the middle, panels on left / right. panels can be rearranged, stacked however you want, and collapsed. there's layers, and tabs for every open scene at the top #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #phaser #phaserjs

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

husband is having surgery next week, very sorry about the delays but my mind's been somewhere else.

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

sorry for not posting anything new, I'm needing a little break. ❤️ I'll be back soon with more Starcake updates!

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I'm really proud of the Input Manager. You pick from templates and can edit controls from there. there's diagrams that let you view/map buttons, and filters at the top for easier viewing. I tried to make the controls as agnostic as possible #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #phaser #phaserjs

All the currently mapped inputs in a Starcake game

All the Player control inputs in a Starcake game

All the Keyboard-only inputs for a Starcake game

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

you add Behaviors to Actors, like specialties / features. I've been adding to them as I go, there'll be more. you got Input for making them playable, Region for Hit/Hurt box (and anything else, like dialogue!), and Character for convo support #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #phaser #phaserjs

Showing how Starcake attaches Behaviors to Actors.

The current available Behaviors in Starcake. Input for Controllables, Region for Hit/Hurt boxes, Dialogue zones (and anything else!), Character for Dialogue purposes.

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

them steam machine prices are insane. and I'm sure people are going to preorder them anyway. You do what you want with your money but dang. talk about a luxury 😂

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

the bulk of tile painting and stamping is in! (with some kinks to iron out lmao) #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #phaser #phaserjs

A clunky preview of how the tile tools come together in a scene

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Animation editor. pick a direction on the left, click/drag to select frames on the right. dimmed frames are used up by other Directions & initialed by other Anims all together, so you can tell how much of the sheet is being used and who owns what #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #phaser #phaserjs

Starcake's spritesheet animation editor. it dims frames used by other directions or animations all together.

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

. @discord.com and age verification is a wild concept to me. it screams dystopian and witch-hunty. For the children, you say? this has nothing to do with children in the grander scheme of things. discord needs to be on the side of protecting human rights.

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

needed a quick win today, been working on tileset and dialogue stuff for a long time (and nauseated today). Asset manager! scan your /assets folder & list all your assets, can manually delete the unused ones / mass-delete for a quick clean-up #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #phaser #phaserjs

starcake's new Asset Manager, allows the user to view all the assets in their project and clean-up unused ones

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

just realized it's absolutely possible to make a full adventure game with starcake as it is right now. whoa.

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Butt-Head's Stunned Reaction

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

tweaked the default dialogue formatting so you can center-align the dropshadow. now you can make stuff glow :D #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #phaser #phaserjs

Starcake's default dialogue formatting got dropshadow centering update to allow for glow effects

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

a little peek into the Animations tab for actors 👀 every actor comes prepopulated with a default Idle animation, and you can add more as you go (even custom ones!). custom anims are marked with a colored pip and you can rename them on the fly #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #phaser #phaserjs

Starcake editor's Animation tab for Actors, lists all the associated animations for that actor

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

here's the Actor's Collider editor. you can enable the grid and guide lines to help you get it just right #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiedev #phaser #phaserjs

Starcake editor's collision builder for Actors

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Taking a look at Actors, they're entities that have movement and can be interacted with to some extent (can be a player, NPC, monster, whatever!). gonna add Acceleration / deceleration another time #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiedev #phaserjs

Starcake editor's Actors default settings tab

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Been working on the tileset editor, its finally coming together. you can assign collision types by selecting the type on the left and drawing them in. Starcake automatically ditches empty cells (grayed out). #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiedev

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Starcake's Scene Manager toolbar. these are Modes you work in to achieve stuff in a scene. we got: Actors/Props (characters/NPCs, stationary Items inside the scene), Tile Drawing, Portals (how a player moves scene to scene), & Blockers (block areas/paths) #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

next up are starcake's themes. Luna is the default, theres a light version called Sol, and an additional dark Magic theme. you can make your own themes, too. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev

the three themes starcake ships with, Luna is the default

You can easily create your own starcake themes

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Something that is really important to me is accessibility and customization. so starcake has an accessibility tab that will be added to as time goes on #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #accessibility #accessibilityingames

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I wanna show you guys starcake's settings panels. here's the game settings, support for crispy pixel art / smooth art right outta the gate, and player silhouette when you duck behind stuff in the world (favorite thing so far, ngl, other than the dialogue stuff) #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev

Default game settings for starcake editor.

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

What’s something you wish your game engine made easier? (looking at you #rpgmaker #gdevelop #construct3)

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

more dialogue settings~ you can manage fonts, and set how dialogue text displays across the whole game (can tweak lines individually in the convo editor) #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev

starcake's default settings for dialogue that span the entire game project

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

here are some of the toolbar settings and how they work in the dialogue editor! we got bold (dynamic to the font weights your font has), outline/stroke, color, motion effects, speed effects, and wait for input #gamedev #indiedev

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I'm maklng a game editor inspired by #rpgmaker and other easy-to-use engines like #construct3 #gdevelop. they're all levels of frustrating and I want to address some of those frustrations for my own sake

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

dialogue manager also has a preview window, you can test a convo in a simulated game window and track it through the nodes as the convo progresses #gamedev #indiedev

starcake has a live preview for the conversation editor

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

dialogue manager has a Settings panel, you can apply stuff for the entire game (some of this can be overwritten though). currently got typewriting, bloops, message speed, and color palette. you define colors you want to use in the convo editor, so they're consistent #gamedev #indiedev

global dialogue settings for Starcake, a 2D game editor

color palette creator for starcake to be used in the conversation writing area

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

gave Mutagen a quick test. It's really intuitive! I love the color mixing aspect. made me go "OH!"

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

The pay-to-progress part is the real kick in the teeth. I’m all for slow-burn games but when you can pay to skip, then it’s a purposeful inconvenience meant to rob wallets. No thanks.

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

when you create a conversation, they're in a list view in the dialogue manager. you can create groups so you can organize the convos easier (and you can color the groups, too!) #gamedev #indiedev

A screenshot from Starcake, a 2D game editor, showing off the Dialogue Manager's List View of Conversations, and the Grouping mechanic for organization

Starcake allows the user to name a Group, and select the group color for easier organization

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

wow, image compression is a nightmare on all platforms, huh. completely crushes my screenshots, womp womp

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

stuff I'm most proud of for Starcake: the dialogue manager. branching choices, text effects, typewriter options, dialogue bloops #gamedev #indiedev

A visual of the dialogue node-editor tool inside of Starcake, a 2D game engine

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I'm not very good at the marketing thing so here's what the engine's called.

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✨ kiki ✨ @kikistarcake.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

hihi I'm working on a game engine in my spare time and gonna post about it here. :D

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