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absolutely surreal to see him humming along to the music. i might cry.

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Hades 2 made me pivot my career into indie game music, and it got me hooked on @haelian1.bsky.social videos. His video on The Loopler demo in February made me fall in love with the game, so I asked @mheepdev.bsky.social if I could make its music. Now he's streaming it on launch day. ❤️ #gamedev

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i think i'm the souls guy

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congrats! i can't wait!

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genuienly, almost nothing in my career has brought me more joy than working on this game

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Pulsewith @pulsewith.dev · 07/09/2026

one hour till loopler release. i've been around for some pretty high-stakes launches, but this one feels the most personal to me. so anxious. #gamedev

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it's SUPER uncomfortable! neogrip from savage raven made it usable for me for long hours but i can't believe how straining it is to hold out of the box

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Pulsewith @pulsewith.dev · 06/09/2026

other than that: selling the fantasy, starting on a shot of full-fledged gameplay, bookending the trailer (before the stinger) with the same shot but bigger, and showing, hopefully simply, what you do in the game. storyboarded out showing a unique build, but that arc made it too long.

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Pulsewith @pulsewith.dev · 06/09/2026

i watched a ton of your videos and tried to do roughly what you said in your above post with my first trailer. i'm a composer, not a trailer editor, so i basically had to lean on cuts & "visual transients" (bar filling up, rotation stop of a charm bracelet, flash on a gate) landing on downbeats.

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Pulsewith @pulsewith.dev · 03/09/2026

Hey, DM me and I'll give you a key :)

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Pulsewith @pulsewith.dev · 03/09/2026

I checked with Mheep a few days ago and he emailed you a key since it comes out the 11th. Let me make sure it got to you!

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It was before I was aboard, but I believe Mheep sent out the demo to some creators including Haelian.

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Honestly, it was @haelian1.bsky.social's video. He essentially launched The Loopler into the scene. Without him none of this gets as big as it is.

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NF unlocked it back in March, Haelian made a video during the fest, Sifd followed, RCE & Olexa helped a lot too. So fest into YT coverage got the first 35k, the demo being popular + having leaderboards sustained it, and tiny teams, release date trailer got velocity back and now it's all calendar

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but it IS mheep's first game, and the 75k wishlists are indeed wild. but it's not a surprise because he made a genuinely great game.

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oh no, to be clear, the pivot is *music* for indie games, from music for trailers prior. i'm not actually making the games. i chose the loopler because the early demo was special. scoring and cutting the trailer just felt natural. wishlists came from NF, tiny teams, YT coverage, and the calendar.

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Pulsewith @pulsewith.dev · 26/08/2026

A little story: my new year's resolution was to pivot my music career into indie games. In 10 days, the first one comes out. We're at 75k wishlists and popular upcoming is so close! All thanks to @mheepdev.bsky.social's amazing roguelite, The Loopler: s.team/a/4150860 #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev

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It's thematic moreso than anything else. Other tracks with different shapes change how powerful a drift build might be, or how much you can get from leaning into acceleration. Stuff like that.

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Pulsewith @pulsewith.dev · 26/08/2026

This is what I meant by the boss and infinity loop. It's a roguelite slot car game, where the track shown is literally an infinity loop. And the boss part is just that it's a higher target score with a hazard condition (something like charm count equates to fuel loss) youtu.be/K5lugAFyZ9Q?...

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The Loopler - Official Release Date Trailer

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Pulsewith @pulsewith.dev · 21/08/2026

I cut this trailer for The Loopler, and did the music and sound design for the game. Posted today on IGN's GameTrailers www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5lu... #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #gameaudio

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The Loopler - Official Release Date Trailer

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Pulsewith @pulsewith.dev · 21/08/2026

I cut this trailer for The Loopler, and did the music and sound design for the game. Posted today on IGN's GameTrailers www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5lu... #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #gameaudio

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The Loopler - Official Release Date Trailer

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And it's just a boss *condition*

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I didn't mean to be coy, just the trailer is embargoed till Friday. The boss is on an infinity loop, and the infinity loop is the main course of the rougelite, so that's how they come together

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i'll follow up with context on friday!

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