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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 22h

Past few days have been a blur while I've been getting feedback from my latest #StarDancers release, but in-between playtests and notes I've been working on the game's Mob system! But now I must sleep. Goodnight @everyone! #coding #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart #solodev #godot #indiegame

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Keep in mind that ANY feedback is appreciated, even negative. If you think my game is horrible, then tell me my game is horrible and WHY.

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Oh, hey, just noticed you were already following. My bad!

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

...experience later! This is under no means a fully playable experience, but any feedback given greatly appreciated. TLDR: This game sucks, plz try it!

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

DISCLAIMER: As the name suggests, this is only a stability test version of the current build. I rely on tiny releases like this to help me see how the game operates on different machines, any machine specific bugs, and to see how players interact with the current game so I can improve the...

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

STAR DANCERS TEST BUILD v0.0.12 AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD!!! If anyone wants to stream over Discord while I watch, ask questions, answer questions, take notes, and get feedback, please let me know! #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #godot #game #pixels kryptic-null.itch.io/star-dancers

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Star Dancers: Seed of Eternity (Alpha) by Kryptic: Null

Play as a travelling sage, flitting between stars as you fight in both space and ground.

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Whenever I get messages on Discord I just aggressively advertise my game to them until they either block me or I get bored and start ignoring their replies. I usualy hate pushing ads, but for scammers that morality just flies out the window. tenor.com/view/james-l...

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I added this to my collections! I'mma play it when I'm off from work next!

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KentehQuest @kentehquest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I recently finished a game jam with a team of people, which we unfortunately got disqualified for accidentally breaking one of the jam rules due to something we missed in the last moments of the jam, but I'm still pretty happy with how it turned out! revmagames.itch.io/gold-diggin-...

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Adventures of Darwin: Gold Diggin' Dwarf by Trio, Dasmish, PixelGuitar, MasterQuest, SomeMachine

Dig for gold, upgrade your gear, guard your lamp, and delve into the mines.

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

BUT, when the feeling to create comes back, YOU PICK UP THAT HAMMER AND YOU SWING IT WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT! At least that's my opinion on it. On that note if you're seeing this, show me what you've been working on! #solodev #indiedev #creativity

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

...If you're feeling down because you think you're lazy, unfocused, or unskilled at whatever you want to pursue, it's okay to experience those feelings. It's okay to feel burnt out, it's inevitable in today's fast-pace information driven age. We didn't have time to adapt to it as a species...

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

...Despite all that I feel the current state of the game is a testament to my dedication and consistency over time. Once the doubt wears off and I look at this profile, I feel genuine pride in myself for how far I've come in life. Maybe those 'flaws' are the reason I've made it this far. Who knows?

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

...I noticed I have and INSANE amount of drive given my circumstances, I just can't direct it in one place all the time and instead alter that direction when I get burnt out. That's why you'll see me post insane leaps in progress one month, then the next I'm radio silent while fixating on games....

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

...Then after I burn myself out, slack off, and do almost nothing for an equall amount or greater months because I get sick of looking at my game and suffer from crippling self-doubt that it will ever be fun or if I'll ever finish it, all while focusing on playing games with the same attention....

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Something I've come to accept as a wannabe #gamedev is that I SUCK at maintaining focus. My mind goes through these 'hyperfocus' phases. I'll spend months working on #StarDancers, skipping sleep and disregarding responsibilities because I'm SO hyperfocused on working on it....

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Me: *Finishes the current test/stability build of #StarDancers and announces public playtest this Friday and swears to take a break until then.* Also Me: "What if I started working on mobs?" #coding #gaming #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #pixelart #Godot

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Primarily lighting updates for planetary exploration. It's not noticeable under normal gameplay, but I want to see how actual players interact with the game before I continue working on it. No point in adjusting it if I'll just have to redo it later on top of other features.

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Primarily stability. Before I start adding in more features like mobs, I need to make sure the game runs efficiently on different machines first. A solid ground framework is super important in a game of this scale since I'm doing it solo.

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Regardless of whether you want to offer direct feedback, or just tinker around with it, I'll still post the link for anyone to download when it releases!

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Star Dancers v0.0.12 Test Build will release Friday, October 2nd! Anyone who's interested in playing and offering feedback, I'd love to hear from you! #coding #godot #solodev #gamedev #indiedev #StarDancers

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The new testing build of Star Dancers: Seeds of Eternity v0.0.12 is FINALLY finished, and should be ready to release October 2, 2026! I could TECHNICALLY release it now, but I want to schedule play tests on release and that's my next day off from my real job. 😅

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Biome detection and background swap framework is in place. I plan on having more dynamic backgrounds later down the line, but that's a WAY future me problem. My current hyper-fixation has been elsewhere (cough cough #Valheim), so progress has kinda slowed. 😅 #coding #gamedev #solodev #godot #indie

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I have no idea what caused this bug yet, but once I do I'll probably implement it as an actual feature later down the line. Loving the vibe here. #coding #bugs #gamedev #happyaccidents #solodev #indiedev #godot #StarDancers

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Thank you! This also adds in framework for death specific quotes that WILL be seen by the player as well, such as boss deaths taunting the player.

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

That's a fair point, satisfied players don't request refunds either! Legit tho, I love this. 💕

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Started to put a checklist of things I needed to add before the next release and noticed it started to sound more like a threat than a to-do list. Dead players can't request refunds. #StarDancers #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #meme #funny #gamedevelopment

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I might take you up on that later down the line, thank you!

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Thank you! Yeah, I'm having to throw a LOT of different things against the wall here to make it work. 😅

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I've been working on the Star System Map, adding in sounds and transition effects. Sounds are a mix of different paid and free packs, and they likely won't stay, but it gives off a general feel I'm going for. #coding #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #StarDancers #Godot

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Reposted because the video posted separately for some reason.

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I'm not experienced in #SoundDesign at ALL, but I've been tinkering with the game's audio while working up to the upcoming #StarDancers update. The game still sucks by the way. There's near nothing for content, and it's barely stable. #coding #godot #solodev #indiedev #gamedev

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I've made a LOT of progress on #StarDancers over the past year, so before I get TOO ahead of myself in development I've decided to pump the brakes and polish up a rough development build to get some feedback before continuing!

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

This is also the reason I develop on multiple devices. If it doesn't run on my $200 crap laptop during development, there's something fundamentally wrong with me as a developer and I need to backtrack a little. Then again I'm not under a time and money crunch, so it's probably easier said than done.

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

This is actually the philosophy I'm maintaining while working on my own game. I feel like a lot of developers, primarily AAA studios, rely HEAVILY on everyone having the latest hardware. It's caused this dynamic where devs can just slop things together since modern tech picks up their slack.

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens, I Hate Doing UI But This Menu's Bitch'n. 🔥💯 Spent the past few days hyperfixating, trying to impliment as many QoL improvements as possible without it being overbearing. #coding #godot #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #StarDancers

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

That depends on their reactions to it, and on how familiar they are to the survival crafting genre. If a lot of less experienced players catch on quickly, then I'll keep it the way it is. Sometimes hostile UI architecture is a great teacher, within reason.

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Not yet, I'll probably address that during playtesting after getting player feedback.

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Honestly? I might just make the ItemID the base default for sorting. It's highly unusual, but I think it would encourage players to tinker with the sorting mechanics sooner rather than later without the need of a tutorial.

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Nah, Alphabetical is first because I'm still tinkering with the system. A lot of crafting is context based using crafting stations, so I'll iron out a proper default once I add in some more sorting systems and have it playtested.

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I'm trying to keep everything as simple and intuitive as possible. Gonna organize it based on alphabet, rarity, material type, and crafting station next. I had a similar system from another project I made, so I just cleaned it up and ported it over. #coding #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #StarDancers

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I'm revisiting the crafting system, you guys have any tips, ideas, or sins to avoid before I get too far into it? I've got an idea of what I want to do, but I'm not the one who's going to be playing this at the end of the day. 😅 #coding #godot #StarDancers #indiedev #solodev #gamedev

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I've mad a LOT of graphical improvements to my game recently, but visual progress is probably going to slow down again while I refine new and old systems and prepare for another test launch. There's a LOT of backend stuff that needs to be done beforehand, but I'm still pleased with recent results!

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Ores not only lights up 50% more than it's host block depending nearby lighting, they also sparkle now. Eventually you'll be able to craft accessories to make spelunking even easier! #coding #godot #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #StarDancers #gamedevelopment

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Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev @krypticstudios.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

At one point while tinkering with the trees, I noticed that they weren't spawning as often as they should despite the Print logs telling me they were. Apparently 3/4 of them were spawning in the planet's (horrendously unfinished) core, whoops. #coding #fail #StarDancers #indiedev #solodev #gamedev

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