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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 19h

As a kid I loved the black Game Boy cartridges the most. And I still do #Gameboy #retro

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

And don't get me started on the graphics. Love 'em!

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Go check out Soda-Powered Penguin! Haven't had this much fun with a game's movement in a long time. The demo is already a blast... a SODA-POWERED blast 😃

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's always a roll of the die: one day you know what you're doing, the other you're a golden retriever in a lab 😂

A golden retriever in a science lab acting like a chemist, smiling for the camera. The text says "I don't know what I'm doing"

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Being a bit delusional is sometimes the only way to stay sane

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sometimes I'm fiddling around with my code and have no clue what I'm doing, and everything still neatly falls into place. Then there's today, when suddenly not a single line that should make sense does. Time to go for a walk; it is!

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Love it! I'd love to see that in an actual game, too. The stare is extremely unsettling ^^ I could imagine something like a community where a stramge disease broke out, which turns out to be Lycanthropy. People who were once close friends turn into your biggest nightmares.

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yeah, thought so. These 3D models can be such lifesavers. And they're really good for studying purposes ^^

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Looks great! Little fella definitely has some attitude 😄

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Wow! That's really smooth! Did you use a 3D model as a reference or something? 😃

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Since a main pillar of my game is exploration, I had the questionable idea to add secret areas to each map... like caves! This means, of course, that each map is now twice the work. Yay! 😅 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #retro #pixelart #shmup #roguelike

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Whoa! 😮 How good does that look? I fricking love the enemy design!

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Absolutely! I'm also currently collecting images with color combinations or gradients that I like so I can study them ^^

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

All hail the Flying Spaghetti Monster!

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yeah, I know Lospec. I'm just a "re-invent the wheel" kind of guy and try to do it all by myself. Probably should just ditch that attitude and go with some Lospec palettes 😅

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Awesome! Thanks for letting me know. I'm asking because I need to update my game's palette one day again and try to gather as much info as possible on how to improve it. 😅

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Totally. Even though I still dig the artstyle of the current game for the most part, the old stuff just had this "cursed fantasy" feel to it. Now it often is complete overkill of many themes 😅

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I've been making this retro roguelite exploration shooter, Leticulus, for the past few years, and there's so much I could say about it 😃 But a small trailer is probably worth a thousand words. So, go ahead and give it a watch. #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #roguelike #gamedev #steam #wishlist

youtu.be

LETICULUS - Reveal Trailer

YouTube video by Leticulus

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Damn, that's nice! I love temple themes in games 😀

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I know XY isn't perfect, but I also really enjoyed my stay in Kalos. I don't even remember how many random playthroughs I did with Wonder Trade 😄

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Whoa! So good! Love the colors 😍

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

That's really neat! Love the color choice, and the dog under the table adds a nice extra :)

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Aw, thank you so much! This means a lot to me :)

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

wtf, this is so awesome! All the classics I grew up with 😍 Makes me wanna play old-school Yu-Gi-Oh! again!

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Good god, I recently did some 32px icons as well. But now I don't feel as confident about them anymore 😂 My favorite? I can't decide between the cheese and the fish. But all of them are awesome!

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ooh, nice website! Love that you extended the pixel art aesthetic to the page as well! 😃

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Nice! Love the color choices. Do you use color palettes, or just go with the flow when picking your colors?

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Well done! Gives me fantasy vibes somehow. Like someone set the table for royalty.

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Oooh, I love it. I would actually grab it in a record store, just because it looks very promising 😀

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Haha, you can feel her attitude. Awesome job! 😀

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Couldn't find the original so I had to take a snapshot from my old Insta 😅 Proportions are a bit off, but I still remember how fun it was drawing it.

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Wow, really nice pixel art! Love the creepy feeling. I once drew a terror bird after visiting a museum and falling in love with not just how they look but also my imagination running wild because of their name ^^

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Very cute. Love the text box. 😊 At the very first moment I thought that's Darth Vader from behind, though. The sillhouette is quite similar 😂

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I love how a day off can be the spark for new ideas in your projects, be it in game dev, writing, drawing, whatever. Because even though you're not physically working, subconsciously you're still on it. Do you know what I mean, or is this just a me-thing? 😅

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just wanted to try something out in my game, found a bug, fell into the rabbit hole ... and returned 8 hours later with a mushy brain and twenty more bugs in my pocket to squish next week 🤕 At least it looks somewhat pretty, right? #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev #bullethell #pixelart

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

No, until now I haven't even heard of it 😅 Looks pretty useful, gotta look into it. Thanks!

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thanks for your suggestions! :) I'm already pooling bullets. The bigger issue is very old code that is in dire need of refactoring + the current update loop 😅

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Don't get me wrong, I'm still not done here. The FPS are still slightly below 60, and I found further friction points. But working on them would result in a big overhaul of the current system. I don't want to tackle that on a weekend, haha. Today, I'd rather continue with smaller tasks 😃 4/4

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Instead of removing that (which would mean also removing a big part of the fun, in my opinion), I spent all day attacking friction points. It was a lot of work, but definitely worth it. 3/4

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This should happen rarely, but players may stumble upon item combinations that not only decrease reload time but also allow them to shoot additional bullets. That way, they may spawn immense amounts of projectiles. 2/4

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Achievement of the day: From < 10 FPS to ~ 60 FPS with ~ 1.000 bullets on screen. 1/4 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What a lovely idea! As a writer, I have to check it out 😃

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Gosh, I had exactly the same when I was little, but sold it when the GameCube came out 😭

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Years ago, my flatmate’s cats managed to topple the cat tree onto a 2.000€ acoustic guitar. After that, the cat tree was better secured, but the guitar was a goner

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Cool challenge and nice end result! Maybe I'll participate too. Never tried 1bit, though :D

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Leticulus Game @leticulus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Who doesn't have fond memories of their cats vomiting indescribable gunk on their favorite couch? I know which one I take 😅

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