iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Novreil @novafril.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's statistically likely that 2 dinosaurs cracked in the same bit of land your house is on at some point by the way

Novreil @novafril.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

First look at a redone bullet-hell styled combat I decided on Yes, I could've added a HUD that shows if he sees you but this is far more efficient and fun.

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Novreil @novafril.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

the movie had me nostalgic for when i used to be obsessed with the wikidot lore... good old days before i spent ages programming stuff #backrooms

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Novreil @novafril.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Small project I'm working on based on a friend's idea (they made the gun model!! + music is a placeholder btw) - Skins can be imported from another game you may play - Has PS1-based graphics - Uses terragen for the skybox although I don't show the full thing in the vid

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Novreil @novafril.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I've got a #SuperMarioBros3 remake I've been making in Godot after deciding to take a break from making Proxima, I think it has a lot of potential!! I've nicknamed it Super Mario 3Dux. #supermario #gamedev #retrogaming #nintendo

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Novreil @novafril.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

to give people a taste of my game developing i'm stepping aside from proxima for now to work on a mini project based on an inside joke with my friend. it will be on my itch.io :]

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Novreil @novafril.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

My vivian post is the most popular post I've made surpassing my game's early showcase.. I'm happy people like it but I rlly want to make a name for myself with other stuff too

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Novreil @novafril.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I have decided to venture into a random part of making my game.. now whenever you play it you'll get a status that pops up along with the area you're in!

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Novreil @novafril.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

i've been playing old mario games recently so here's a new super mario bros ds styled vivian .. #mario #vivian #papermario #ds (btw if you're seeing this and dont know me check out my profile please, i make a game!)

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Novreil @novafril.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

the bulk of my development over the past couple days has been on the rpg aspect of the game, compared to what it was like during the early days things are far better now even if it's not fully done yet. more will be shown soon!

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Novreil @novafril.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

youtu.be/wXVbTZkQul8 After a long time I've finally made a proper showcase video, it's not really much but compared to what we had half a year ago it's HUGE, I really reccomend you check it out :) #proximagame #gamedev

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PROXIMA's Progress!!!! (GoDot is Amazing)

YouTube video by Novafril

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Novreil @novafril.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I've decided to try out procedural generation, possibly for dungeons, mazes or any other scary place you can think of.. Currently, all it is is either an empty space or a space with a purple wall in the middle, but it's cool!!

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Novreil @novafril.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

More news too, I have successfully implemented a mostly-working dialogue system...!!! (shoutout to lipsum.com)

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Novreil @novafril.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Plenty is going on currently behind the scenes.. not many developers I have seen choose to use techniques from early games and tend to go for just making everything low-poly. However, I've decided to use more stuff such as mixing 3D with 2D!!

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Novreil @novafril.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I like the choice of having realism in a 3D game with 8-bit graphics but is blinking too much? I feel like people may find characters blinking randomly a bit creepy.. Maybe it's because of the face though.

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Novreil @novafril.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Extremely rough design for RPG-based combat currently you will click a character's stats which will select them, then you can pick actions to use on enemies with the select above them (very short and sharp actions will be required as the game will switch between shooter and RPG combat, this helps!)

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Novreil @novafril.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Hi everyone, I'm happy to say that despite my silence I have been working hard.. I am now working on Proxima on the new engine (GoDot), and gave Neli some better colours Will post a clip of the NPCs soon, they are quite reactive to Neli while also being very basic. 🙃 #proximagame

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Novreil @novafril.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I haven't done a new design for this character yet but she is meant to be someone who works with who you play as, she's a princess to the queen of a gang of bee bandits (beendits haha).. You're likely wondering: "Why does she wear ragged clothes?" You'll find out why when a proxima demo comes out

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Novreil @novafril.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I got given a medium mocha instead of a small from the coffee shop today I get small for a reason because I can't sit still if I have any more WHY would you do that to me

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Novreil @novafril.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Neli's a darkling beetle which is one of the only beetles that is wingless... is that a relevant fact? idk, nonetheless here's a (second) redesign of him, a big step up from the version in the recording I made but it technically predates that lol #pixelart

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Novreil @novafril.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Posted some footage for my work in progress game and want to get the ball rolling with the help of this website, hope you decide to check it out if you see this. <3 youtu.be/_nr-sAb8Gr8

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OLD PROXIMA DEMO (read description)

YouTube video by Novafril

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