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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam!

@maygame.bsky.social
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A cozy pixelart action-adventure in the style of classic handheld games! Wishlist on Steam: steampowered.com/app/3734760/ Solo-developed by @micalpixel.bsky.social More links: linktr.ee/micalpixel

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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 1h
Hats are an optional cosmetic collectible in my game. But how do you get them? You go into this one cave and exchange tokens for them, of course. A HATOKEN, specifically. Each token is linked to a specific hat, but you won't know which one until you exchange it. #MayGame #indiegame #cozygame
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The protagonist of my game uses a tree stump as a bed. This was revealed earlier. If you find another tree stump... She'll comment on whether it would make a good bed or not. They're all different! Try to find them all! Will any of them measure up? #MayGame #indiegame #cozygame
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The past week was spent researching 32 flowers, animating 32 flowers, putting together 32 flowers puns, collecting 32 flower facts, and of course making the code to run it all. I'm lily glad to be done with this sidequest. 🙃 #MayGame #gamedev #indiegame #cozygame
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Let's see how things look when we add five different subsprites at once... Yep it looks awful. 🫠 Maybe we'll stick to just one or two at a time.
An image showing the protagonist with a giant red ball, a small bug, a pink sparkle, a floating "Z" and tall grass covering her legs, all at once. The code responsible for this is also displayed, and reads:

	SubspriteTools.add_subsprite(self, C.SubspriteType.HEAVYITEM_REDBALL)
	SubspriteTools.add_subsprite(self, C.SubspriteType.BUCK)
	SubspriteTools.add_subsprite(self, C.SubspriteType.SPARKLES_LARGE_PINK)
	SubspriteTools.add_subsprite(self, C.SubspriteType.TERRAIN_GROUND)
	SubspriteTools.add_subsprite(self, C.SubspriteType.SLEEP_ZZZ_16_RIGHT)
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This week I merged a bunch of systems in my game into one. Shadows, held items, sparkle fx, "Zzz" text, pickup animations, and more, can now be added or removed from any object with one line of code. This makes things very flexible and convenient. 😊 #MayGame #indiegame #gamedev #WishlistWednesday
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Lots of pixelated games provide the option of an HD (non-pixel) font. Many players prefer it. I wanted to see how technically feasible it would be, since everything else is forcibly rendered with strict pixel-precision. Fortunately, it wasn't too bad. ^^ #gamedev #MayGame #Godot #gamedesign
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I've begun tidying up the codebase for my game: simplifying the APIs, adding tests, and creating cheatsheets to make adding content easier. For today, this means the screen overlay effects. They can now be used in any cutscene via a common API. #MayGame #cozygame #indiegame #WishlistWednesday
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In my game, you can pick up and carry certain large objects. Here's how they work: - You can pick it up by walking into it. - If you jump, you'll drop it. - You can't throw it (too heavy) - But you CAN whistle (attack) while carrying it. #MayGame #WishlistWednesday #cozygame #indiegame
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The tutorial area for my game is now in a finished playable state, and here it is, from beginning to end. It teaches most of the basic gameplay mechanics. And now has music and lots of sfx too. This is a major milestone for me and I'm very happy with it. ^^ #indiegame #cozygame #GameDev #MayGame
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
How can you tell if there's still something to solve in a room? And what will happen once it's solved? Easy. A Puzzlegeist will be there. Draped over a door. Or a locked chest. Or just hanging out. Maybe your map will even show where they're still around. #gamedev #indiegame #cozygame #MayGame
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Good question!! I'm thinking of ditching them. They could be used to: 1. Create one-way zones (a restraint useful for puzzles) 2. Create mazes The flippable tiles can be used to do both. So, the red directional mushrooms are kinda redundant now.

An image of a top-down pixelart indie game in development. The player character, a girl dressed in pink, stands in a cave area with two blocks in front of her, but they are arranged in a way where the player is unable to move them, from the bottom. But could move them from the top.An image of a top-down pixelart indie game in development. The player character, a girl dressed in pink, stands in a cave area filled with directional blocks which form a maze.
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
On second thought, maybe shattering (nice-looking) destructible crystals into tiny pieces isn't quite the vibe I want to go for. 🤨 So how about instead, a bulb that opens up when you whistle at it? Might be something useful inside. Oh and here's a new rope-climbing mechanic too. #MayGame #gamedev
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Another block type has entered the chat. These blue arrow blocks are similar to your typical ice blocks, but: - They're 2-way only. - You can trigger them from any angle, even if you're in their way. #MayGame #gamedev #indiegame
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Serious question: Are these flip-able blocks easy to understand as a game mechanic? Do they look fun? I'm experimenting with blocks that behave in non-standard ways, and I worry they're too unconventional and players might have a hard time adjusting... #MayGame #gamedev #WishlistWednesday
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The blobs' walk animation always felt a bit off, since the animation frame updates were not synced with their movement frames. No sub-pixel interpolation allowed, so it was kinda noticeable. Fortunately, this long-standing issue is now fixed. #MayGame #GameDev #indiegame #cozygame
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Here's the old cave tileset. - Walls were a lot more "noisy" in terms of pixels. - Their colors were too similar to walkable tiles - Did not handle multi-level floors - Water edge tiles used a different perspective (straight-down rather than angled)
Another image of a screenshot of a pixelated cave. Which, in the author's opinion, is uglier than the new one.
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Hello, everyone! I'm back! Sorry for the absence. Lots of drawing board work the last two weeks. The cave tileset has gotten a complete overhaul - as well as the water edge tiles. This is the first room of the currently-WIP "tutorial cave." #ScreenshotSaturday #indiegame #cozygame #MayGame
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
#MayGame
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
We now have sound effects! 🔊 All created with the audio tool I made earlier this year. That thing took almost 2 months to make but was worth it! 🙌 #WishlistWednesday #indiegame #cozygame #MayGame #gameaudio
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I realized after recording this that the rockslides' down-only movement could be communicated better visually. So here's a different look, showing a clear barrier at the bottom, but from the top there is no such barrier.
A screenshot of the video but with the rockslide having a pile of rocks at the bottom. This should better communicate that the rockslide cannot be climbed.
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Here is how you go up and down cliffs in my game. ^^ Stairs are two-way and impact movespeed. ↕️ Rockslides fast but are down-only. ⬇️ #indiegame #MayGame #gamedev #indiedev
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
My game finally has destructible terrain! They are mushroom-shaped crystals. 🍄💎 Shatter them by whistling. 🎶 They will sometimes drop money. 🟨 #ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev #indiegame #MayGame
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
In this update: added map transition fx, more vertical space, and a shopkeeper. :3 #MayGame #indiegame #gamedev #WishlistWednesday
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Currently working on implementing and testing various game mechanics I want to include. Using placeholder animations but will refine them later. #MayGame #gamedev #indiegame #ScreenshotSaturday
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I've added a mechanic where you can control May's brother, Day, directly. This will enable puzzles where you must alternatively control the two characters. The blue mimics will change appearance depending on who's in your party. #MayGame #gamedev #indiedev #cozygame
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Heya! Good question. There were no obstacles in that video so I can see it was unclear. Mimics will spawn in the wild like any other creature and attempt to move in the opposite direction. You can change their offset relative to May by making yourself or them walk into an obstacle.
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
This being is called a Mimic. They will copy anything that May does. Move. Jump. Whistle. Trigger globe switches. Call a dog over. There's a lot of synergy here and I intend for the game's puzzles to take full advantage of that. #indiegame #cozygame #gamedev #MayGame
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
One of my game's puzzles involves leading these dogs onto these "Paw Pads." It's similar to block-pushing puzzles. But with more dogs. :3 A hidden object tracks which ones are pressed and can make things happen if various conditions are met. #MayGame #indiegame #cozygame #ScreenshotSaturday
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
One thing that always trips me up in games is when the same button is used to advance text AND pick choice #1. I'll frequently pick a choice by accident. :/ What if *no choice* is selected by default? This forces the player to press up or down to pick one. #MayGame #gamedev #gamedesign
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Testing out some new game mechanics this week... These jumpy dogs might look familiar. They were used for a stealth section before. But this time, they respond to your whistle! Can we get one dog to stand on each gray panel? #MayGame #indiedev #cozygame #indiegame
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The signpost gag has been re-added 😁, and an enemy. I can customize their behavior much more easily now. The code refactor is basically done. All the main components were rebuilt and I'm very happy with it now. ^^ #MayGame #indiegame #cozygame
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Turns out getting text-revealing, auto-wrapping text that doesn't make words jump across lines as they get longer is a bit of a pain. 🫠 Newlines were manually inserted pre-refactor. Now they're automated. One less thing I (and localizers?) will need to put up with. #MayGame #indiegame #solodev
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Indie game refactoring continues! Doors leading to other maps work, and barebones cutscene functionality. Plus LOOOOOTS of changes under the hood. Map editing is so much more convenient now; you have no idea. 🥲 #MayGame #indiegame #solodev #cozygame
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
On that note, there's actually a screen-sized ColorRect as a child of said SubViewport that can be equipped with a color-palette shader. So right now this can handle one color shader and one <insert whatever> shader.
An image of a grayscale screenshot of a game, with a dot-matrix shader applied.
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Work on the my game's refactor continues. Jumping, attacks, and scripting are re-implemented. And also... Our first graphical filter! This one reproduces the dot-matrix look of old handheld screens, where you could see individual pixels separated by thin lines. #MayGame #indiegame #solodev
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Work on the my game's refactor continues. Jumping, attacks, and scripting are re-implemented. And also... Our first graphical filter! This one reproduces the dot-matrix look of old handheld screens, where you could see individual pixels separated by thin lines. #indiegame #solodev #MayGame
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
In my game, quests are represented as "Mental Notes." You can see these notes on the map screen. 🗺️🔖 You can also see them on the items screen, on top of items that are part of a quest. 🌻🔖 Quests with no item yet will show an item wireframe. 🌐🔖 #MayGame #indiegame #cozygame #gamedev #gaming
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Did more controller testing the last 2 days (including Bluetooth). Made some minor fixes and optimizations too. I now feel confident enough to update the Steam page with this: 🎮 Full Controller Support! 🎮 #MayGame #gamedev #indiegame #cozygame
A screenshot from a Steam page for a game. It reads: "Full Controller Support: Xbox Controllers, Playstation Controllers"
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
For reference, here's what it looked like in August (bleh) and December (meh). Kinda empty and not as lively.
A pause menu with a black background, showing four options arranged vertically: Return to Game, Options, Save and Go to Title, Save and Exit Application.A pause menu with a parchment background, showing four options arranged vertically: Return to Game, Options, Save and Go to Title, Save and Exit Application. Each has a tiny icon next to it.
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I've overhauled the System Menu for #MayGame. The options are now laid out in a grid and have character animations when active. The Map and Items menus are accessible as tabs, too. Animations need fine-tuning but otherwise pretty happy with this. #WishlistWednesday #gaming #indiegame #cozygame
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
I've seen some indie games with a built-in achievement-tracking screen and decided to make one too. Not every gaming platform has an achievements system, so this would make sure everyone could experience it. #gaming #indiegame #cozygame #MayGame #gamedev
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
May and the Amazing Bouquet was part of @jitspoe.bsky.social's Indie Game #15Seconds Showcase! Watch it and previews of 300 other indie games here: youtu.be/yOUwfZ1N3VU
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
The save file screen for #MayGame is now fully functional. Composed a small song for it and also several sfx using Furnace. May's sprite will change depending on where you are in the game. #gaming #indiegame #cozygame #indiedev #indiegamedev
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
The pause/options menus have gotten a visual overhaul! Added icons and reused the parchment style of the map screen. Still not 100% satisfied but this feels much better than the plain black and white windows from before. #gaming #indiegame #cozygame #MayGame #WishlistWednesday #gamedev
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
The blue cricket shown in earlier clips will accompany May for a while! If you look closely at the start, you can see him perched on May's head. ^^ He is TIIIIINY. May can send him into cricket-sized tunnel mazes to help unlock new areas. #ScreenshotSaturday #gaming #indiegame #cozygame #MayGame
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Like the games it's inspired by (Zelda:LA, For the Frog the Bell Tolls), I'd like to have some brief side-scrolling passages in this top-down game. May's sprites, jump height, and gravity are the same as the top-down areas. So it should feel familiar. #gaming #indiegame #cozygame #gamedev #MayGame
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Hello #PitchYaGame! "May and the Amazing Bouquet" is an upcoming cozy, top-down action-adventure in the style of retro handheld games! Help May collect the Eight Prized Flowers on her island home, as she encounters new people and places along the way! Wishlist: steampowered.com/app/3734760/
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Some cutscenes in this game may play out differently depending on your actions. Like, say, if you're in midair when someone tells you to freeze. (Do NOT tell someone to freeze when they're in midair.) #WishlistWednesday #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #MayGame #pixelart #gaming
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
May encounters a small crying creature. 🦗 And...it does NOT go well. 🤦‍♀️ The first part of this scene was posted a while back, now here's the rest of it! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #MayGame #pixelart
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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam! @maygame.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Trying a narrated video this time! Much easier to communicate what's going on in the video than with text in the post imo. No character limit either. Let me know what you think! 😊 #gaming #pixelart #indiedev #indiegames #MayGame #ScreenshotSaturday
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