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Olivenaut

@olivenaut.bsky.social
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Deranged indie dev. Aspiring sincerity elemental. my game: bsky.app/profile/yancygame.bsky.soc…

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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 4h
It’s funny because I had actually been thinking Raya Lucaria (Elden Ring level) might work well as a Mario 64 level, but now that someone smashed Mario inside Elden Ring, I realize I’d like to see the it more thoroughly adapted level mashing seems like a fun design study
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 9h
Yeah that guy ruled
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 21h
watching psychodyssey makes me wanna play psychonauts 2 again. i complained a lot about that game, just because certain sections / elements weren't great. but the parts that were good were *really* special.
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
have you landed a yakuman yet? it is divine bliss
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
(waiting very very patiently)
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
uh oh. what happened
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
is in n out everything they say it is. did it knock you dead. did it kiss you goodnight. did you experience burger apotheosis
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m at like 92%
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I contain my most deranged thoughts. honestly I wish I had the gall to go full mask off on main
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
i'm out of control #dogonline
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
oh… it’s so 2000s digital optimism with it…
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trip World feels like it's a game from another fucking dimension
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
i always had it advertised to me as "just better mayo" so because we went shopping at a chinese market, i figured it'd be ok to use as a substitution in my aioli while cooking for friends. it was culinary chernobyl
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I love top right girl 0:<
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
You are astounded!
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
potentially because Coraline is still in the public consciousness
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Pluey!! @shatteredslime.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
getting really into playing dogshit lately
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
this art of yancy as a tiny chud sucks so bad. i need to replace it asap
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
fuck yeah
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
millennial input
Editor's Note: These patch notes use numpad notation to denote executing moves. For example: 4 means backwards, 6 means forwards. 236 is a Quarter-Circle Forward otherwise known as a "Millennial Input" according to some people on social media
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
i think sometimes people conflate elitism with having standards
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
the electric guitar
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
honestly this painting belongs nowhere near that album. it doesn’t suit it at all frazetta was perhaps too popular
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
$1200.00 dollars for a statue of the frazetta painting that’s on the cover of that Molly Hatchet album… hrmmmm
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
i feel like they shoulda shoved in 6 more chievos just to make it 120
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
i just found out that there is a species of salamander that can be found in edmonton and now my number one goal is finding one
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Legh @leghsoft.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Still working on my stuff. #gamedev #ynfg
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
what do you mean you can *import rivals 1 characters*
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
love that panel work in the first image
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
whats not to get :^)
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
i will NEVER log off
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It sits you down and explains to you why the story matters (badly) for 5 minutes. SotN opens on rapid arpeggiated electric guitar, Richter KILLING Dracula (GAMEPLAY) immediately followed by Alucard ripping 90 in a school zone straight through the castle door
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The more I sleep on it, the more I’m convinced the opening of Belmont’s Curse is a travesty Just compare its first 15 minutes to SotN. It’s not even close
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Overall, I'm pessimistic. But I think I'll still give the game a fair shake.
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
- It's really fuckin' weird that there's minimal / zero hitstop in the game series that brought us holy water - Fuck... That keyart is so good... - It really doesn't feel atmospherically like a Castlevania game at all. But that's not necessarily a complaint, so long as it does enough cool shit later
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
- Game isn't dumb. If it was dumb, there would've been a checkpoint right next to the boss. Instead, there was a short, not very challenging boss run, and a wall chicken near the boss door. That's good game design :) - Don't love how monochrome each room is - But the game is very pretty
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
belmont's curse demo thoughts - The worst expository dialogue I've ever seen - The single track I heard is terminally sauceless in a series renowned for deeply sauceful music - The sound design is very weak and it hurts the game feel - It's *way* better than Dead Cells
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
i like "dog online"
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The Roxy Horror Picture Show @squigglydot.itch.io · 04/10/2026
Beautiful women named Julie are drawn to my posts
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
my nightmares are getting innovative
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We got Rondo of Blood ported to Powerpoint We got Thomas was Alone in the principles of De Stijl We got Cave Story minus We got Kinetic Sims We got Spline Rider
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t think it’s Valve’s fault that lots of indies don’t make it. If Steam didn’t exist, indies wouldn’t suddenly perform more equitably across the board. I don’t mean to exonerate Valve of all wrongdoing, I just think it’s reductive to say Steam is “awful” for indies when it demonstrably isn’t
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I also frankly think they’re more than decent. I think if they took a more reasonable cut, they’d be completely idyllic I don’t deny that the cut is rent seeking behaviour. Just that, there are so many villains in the industry right now, and Valve is largely a source of good for indies
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I think it’s important to note that Steam’s storefront and business model has been a monumental benefit to developers of all sizes, and that the impossibility to succeed off their platform is not because they’ve strangled their competitors, but because there *are* no competitors
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Valve isn’t the only arbiter of that though. Consumers don’t give a shit either. You can launch on itch with no cut, but you’ll make dramatically less The relationship still benefits the dev even *with* the rent seeking 30% cut. I think that’s important to note
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
As opposed to Apple, who offers developers pretty much nothing, and charges annually for the right to even exist at all
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I think it’s a little reductive to say the service that offers a full promotional suite, a download server, a store page and dozens of other benefits with minimal barrier to entry is “terrible” for devs Not that I think 30% is a fair cut. But they offer an invaluable service
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
eight gigabytes??? good lord people are gullible
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DEADi @deadi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I wrote a song then did a mockup for fun. I really do like doing Chiptune Stuff....
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Olivenaut @olivenaut.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
excruciating
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