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Labbed @labbed.net · 29/09/2026

The level exit object is a giant bubble! And you need to peck it to pop it. Whoa, now you can actually complete levels! Music is temporary. #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 01/09/2026

Here's the full progress heatmap, before and after.

Screenshot of Thrush Editor, with a heatmap of progress, where red means more progress and blue mean less progress. Before rework, the bottom line segment is interrupted by the proximity to the point above.

Screenshot of Thrush Editor, with a heatmap of progress, where red means more progress and blue mean less progress. After rework, the bottom line segment has a continuous flow of progress, uninterrupted.

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Labbed @labbed.net · 01/09/2026

I reworked the camera progress system a bit into a more intuitive approach, so it detects the closest line segment instead of the closest node. #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 30/08/2026

I had to make a whole camera waypoint system to get this to work, since "progress" isn't always the same direction.

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Labbed @labbed.net · 30/08/2026

Camera now works with two players! The game will slightly prioritize the player closest to progress. If a player goes out of frame, they will fly-teleport to the other player. #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 13/08/2026

I need something as a level exit object, like a flagpole or similar. Anyone got any suggestions? #gamedev #indiedev

Screenshot of a retro 2D platformer game featuring a fieldfare, in a forest environment. On the right side, a crude flagpole with a raised flag is drawn in red over the screenshot, surrounded by question marks.

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Labbed @labbed.net · 11/08/2026

Overworld multiplayer! Both players can move, but they always stick together. The player who presses a direction will lead, and the other will follow. #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 08/08/2026

Overworld road propagation. And you can enter levels! And an overworld HUD! Wow! #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 23/06/2026

Some people have trouble reading pixel-fonts. I added an "accessible font" option, which renders text on top of the upscaled graphics at a higher resolution, native to your device! The font I'm using is Inclusive Sans, rendered using MSDF. Such a cool technique! #gamedev #indiedev #accessibility

Retro game screenshot featuring a fieldfare in a forest, with an example text in a pixel-font. The text reads "This is a quick example of some text, so you can compare legibility.
You need to gather 300 🪙 to win the game! Did you hear that??
You can also have colored text and it should just work. Maybe icons embedded in the text will look a bit silly with the accessible option, but I'm not gonna make vector graphics out of every icon 🙂. I hope you understand ❤️. I need to finish this game sometime...
Small text works too... 😐"

Same screenshot as in the other image, except with a high-resolution font.

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Labbed @labbed.net · 07/06/2026

Selecting and placing road tiles manually sure is tedious! So I added a more convenient method. Now it's a breeze! #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 04/06/2026

First look at the overworld editor! It shares a lot of code with the level editor, but it's a separate program. Basic stuff works, but I can't save/load yet, and obviously I need to make the overworld work in-game. #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 10/05/2026

I've been posting some old concept art/sketches over on Ko‑fi! Why don't you check it out? ko-fi.com/labbed #gamedev #indiedev #conceptart

Screenshot of a Ko-fi gallery page, showing six thumbnails of various concept art.

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Labbed @labbed.net · 05/05/2026

For some reason this part makes me laugh 😂 Should I keep this ceiling thnail in the finished game? #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 02/05/2026

Not sure how exciting this is to anyone, but I added a couple of event script functions that can trigger other events, synchronously and asynchronously. Comparable to custom subroutines or functions. Yay! #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 22/04/2026

Added a hum sound to the heart piece, so you can hear its presence even when you can't see it. (🔊sound on!) #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 16/04/2026

Border boxes. Could come in handy some day! #gamedev #indiedev

Screenshot of an in-development retro style platformer game featuring a fieldfare in a forest area. 38 rectangles are aligned in a grid, all with blue backgrounds but different border styles and border colors, for testing and showcase purposes.

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Labbed @labbed.net · 12/04/2026

Some levels will have a heart piece pickup (increasing your max life), but if you've already collected it and you revisit the level, you will get a heart and some coins instead. I think I accidentally made it super satisfying? #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 01/04/2026

Added heart and coin pickups. Enemies can also drop these when they die. Suddenly it feels much more like a game?? #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 27/03/2026

Added a health bar HUD.

Cropped retro video game screenshot showing a small pixel art HUD in the top-left corner, featuring a portrait of a fieldfare and three hearts in a row next to it, two of which are fully red and the last one is half-red half-black. The background contains the top portion of a tree, and the sky behind it.

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Labbed @labbed.net · 23/03/2026

And the last portal/transition type: doorways! I'll make the actual entrances look better later, don't worry. #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 05/03/2026

Game design that players won't notice. If enemies are too close to the entry, they are secretly moved away a bit. #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 03/03/2026

Here's a more likely example, where you're actually transported to a different room. A cave!

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Labbed @labbed.net · 03/03/2026

Working on portals/room transitions. There was a bit more to consider than I thought at first, but I got something here that I'm happy with. Gonna add doorways too. This video shows portals in all directions, and how it's gonna work with two players. I also updated the flap sound! #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 10/02/2026

Small thing but I thought it was neat. I can now "place" the player anywhere when pressing the play button. Pressing play again will use the default start position. #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 07/02/2026

Here's some more raycasting 3D. No, I'm not gonna have anything like this in the game.

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Labbed @labbed.net · 07/02/2026

Now that I have a raycast, I just had to make a 3D-looking raycast first-person perspective test just for fun. But then I saw these "holes" in my raycast system, which I hadn't discovered before. So fooling around like that can be useful, too! #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 23/01/2026

Pachinko! ... No, I'm not fooling around, this is a serious and important collision test!! #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 22/01/2026

I've been focusing on optimizing performance and fixing some collision bugs lately, perhaps not the most exciting thing for most of you. But here's some progress I can show! I added a buzz sound to the Bautafly, and some VFX and SFX when they start chasing you. #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 03/01/2026

I made the bautaflies keep a short distance from each other, otherwise they would all bunch up on the exact same spot. Wouldn't wanna break immersion like that! #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 31/12/2025

It's just a simple animation with a noisy expanding circle, but there are several of them created during the enemy death animation, and some are darker. I also rotate and mirror them randomly, to make them less uniform. No fancy shader involved.

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Labbed @labbed.net · 31/12/2025

Introducing: Bautafly! Yeah, a game where you can fly everywhere will obviously need some flying enemies. Otherwise you could pretty much just fly over everything. Oh, and also, you can now peck mid-air! #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 02/12/2025

A little showcase with a HUD element created by the map script. A challenge timer in this case. #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 21/11/2025

I can now display an animated text in the middle of the screen. #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 18/11/2025

I'm still making progress on my game, just not very exciting stuff, like... Dynamic text. Wow! #gamedev #indiedev

Game editor with a script window open, with the following code:
presses += 1;
LogText("You have pressed the button {presses} times.");

Game screenshot, with log text int the lower left corner, showing a few text log entries with the latest being "You have pressed the button 9 times."

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Labbed @labbed.net · 06/11/2025

One thing I love about making games is creating these strange testing environments. This one is to test out stereo sound! #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 27/10/2025

Reworked the sound system so it's easier to make sounds richer/more varied. Added material sounds and a more fitting hopping sound. Also, ice physics!! 🔊 Sound on! #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 16/10/2025

Working on making the event scripting in my editor more convenient, with function helpers! #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 04/10/2025

I can now make solid map geometry explode. #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 02/10/2025

Sometimes it's nice to just look at your WIP stuff. These are supposed to be gates. #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 23/09/2025

Back at it! Haven't worked on this since 2022, so it took a little bit to familiarize myself with my code. Added a few more event script functions! #gamedev #indiedev

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Labbed @labbed.net · 18/09/2025

A new #LabChirp update just released, version 1.75! New features include adjustable window size, mutator improvements, envelope presets and more! Download for free on labbed.net/software/lab... or labbed.itch.io/labchirp #gamedev #indiedev #sounddesign

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