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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

played thru the whole thing for the first time in a couple months. made a few last minute changes. uploaded the final version to itch #chorusmachine

DOWNLOAD
Will be available in 5 days.
CHORUS MACHINE Demo.exe 91 MB

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

denver friends!! please come join us at beehive skate shop on march 20th to celebrate the CHORUS MACHINE release demo!!! we’ll be playing thru the whole thing 3 days before proper release, it’s gonna be awesome

Chorus Machine
demo release party!!!

friday, march 20th
8:00-10:00pm

Beehive Skate Shop
2272 S Broadway

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

13 days until the niche CHORUS MACHINE speedrun community returns in full force

a piece of paper that says “CHORUS MACHINE by @rootvegetableboy” with the DADS and BITxBIT logos printed on it. next to it, a second piece of paper that has clearly been ripped from a book or larger piece, and handwritten on it is “Chorus Machine Demo%
(starts & ends @ black screen)” and a bunch of different times ranging from 1:17:52 to 0:59

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

WHO ALL excited to play more WOKE SLOP about MEAN WOMEN and feeling TRAPPED in ENDLESS Cycles OF Creator vs. CREATION !!!!! #chorusmachine

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

i mostly post about game dev on here but in my spare time i study the wheel

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

introducing everyone to my Single Placeholder Art Sprite. its a gray repeating square that says "art here". because art is supposed to go there later. not right now though. thats the point of placeholder art

chorus machine art in-game replaced with a repeating gray square that says "art here"

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

i promise the original DMG holds up just fine

crusty, half-melted game boy in display case with plaque reading:
“GAME BOY DAMAGED IN GULF WAR
This Game Boy was damaged when barracks were bombed during the 1990-1991 Gulf War.
It still works!”

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

im still formulating my thoughts on chapter 3 but for now know that i fully stopped to take a picture of my laptop screen here because i shrieked

Bluebell

Meaning: Eager submission

A bulbous perennial which grows abundantly in woodland regions. The bowing stems and darker flowers depicted in early Aksendi art were seemingly overtaken by a hardier species.

From the Low Verses:
What shame! What sickness, Holy Fayim!
Your servant kneels for the pleasure of kneeling;
She begs like a collared hound.

Loic’s commentary:
Perhaps another time.

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

by the way the chorus machine free demo is coming out in 2026. will be talking about this more in the autumn dev log but fuck it… Hype Train Now #gamedev #gamemaker #chorusmachine

sprout/sam 11/10/25, 6:30 PM
yes its insane
hang on

nov 10 2025
DEMO progress

design
story: 100%
dialogue: 95%
setup: 100%

implementation
art: 85%
cutscenes: 80%
enemies: 100%
boss battles: 95%
audio: 80%
rooms: 95%
UI: 90%
misc: 95%

finishing:
polishing: 0%
balancing: 0%
testing & bugfixing: 0%
release material: 0%

aubs 11/10/2025, 6:50 PM
DUDE. HOLY CRAP

sprout/sam 11/10/2025, 6:52 PM
i know im scared.

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

game dev is all about finding new and creative ways to compliment yourself

scr_text("> You hold up the paper in adirmation. Someone around here really cares about the finer details.",

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

chipping away at replacing placeholder animations with real sprite work <3 not enough buff women holding swords and smoking in video games but Don't Worry Everyone. I will Fix this

frames of thea smoking a cigarette and holding a sword

frames of thea sleeping while sitting down and being woken up abruptly

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

haven’t posted a garden update in a bit but it’s going real swell! should have my first radishes next week ish :0

4 plots in a garden. one has a lot of sprouts and small plants growing in it

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

WE HAVE SPROUTS!!!! how magical!!!!!

my hand on the dirt next to a tiny baby sprout

my hand on the dirt next to an even smaller baby sprout

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

fucking around with growing stuff in the ground for the first time in my whole life… i’ve successfully raised houseplants before but this is a whole diff ballgame. planted radishes and lettuce!! tbh i think it’s a bit early for radishes it’s probably still too hot but what the hell

patch of my yard before i began any yard work

the same patch with a large square cleared of weeds

the large square now has one garden row started

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

the original drawing, pre-separating out all the layers for nefarious gamemaker purposes #gamemaker #solodev #pixelart

a pixel art drawing of a large cavern with a small city in the center

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

really really happy with how this room turned out! parallax backgrounds are soo fun to me #gamemaker #solodev #chorusmachine

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

realized i was in decision paralysis because i didn’t want to write the june dev log. realized it’s my log and i can do whatever i want. SUMMER 2025 LOG (or june&july&aug) coming on sept 1st. getting a lot more work on the actual game done now

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

a reminder for myself and all other hobby devs

book size comparison meme. the first book is very thin and labeled “IDEA YOU START OUT WITH”. the second is three enormous books stacked on top of one another labeled “SHIT YOU NEED TO RESEARCH, MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT, WRITE AND THEN EDIT OUT, ETC”. the third is only slightly thicker than the first book and labeled “STORY THAT TAKES THE READER ON THE JOURNEY YOU WANT THEM TO TAKE”

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

before and after 18 months of development!! (alternate caption: you vs the guy she tells you not to worry about) #gamemaker #solodev

inventory screenshot from december 2023. the inventory is entirely text-based and completely full of beef jerky

inventory screenshot from may 2025. the inventory is now much more image-based but still entirely full of beef jerky

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

finally locking in on drawing proper chathead sprites <3 it's crazy how much life these add to dialogue!! #solodev #pixelart #gamemaker

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

shake text vfx! it's been over a year since i last worked within my dialogue system if i'm being honest but thankfully i was able to implement this during my lunch at work :-) #solodev #gamemaker

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

my partner suggested i make something small to help give me a sense of accomplishment re: game dev burnout so here’s an underpainting i started today

an oil underpainting in magenta of a bouquet of flowers sticking out of a porcelain vase.

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

me when difficult things are still worth persevering through

black and white drawing of a person on their knees wailing

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

testing some tree variations using the same 4-color palette. a fun exercise in shape and depth ^_^ #pixelart #gamedev

3 different mockups of pixel art trees growing out of stone walls

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

save/load system & UI are closer than ever to being complete <3 i only have to do like 3 more things which could be as many as 15 smaller things. yahoo! #pixelart #gamedev #gamemaker

save/load menu screenshot. page is opened to a used save with options to either load or destroy

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

THANK YOU!! looking pretty good in-game too i think :D

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

some process documentation from last night :-) i haven't played a lot with lighting in pixel art so this was a fun challenge. #pixelart #gamedev

unfinished pixel art drawing of a brown woman in medieval dress holding up a wand

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

having a lot of fun coding the save/load system UI ^_^ still a number of things to complete but got a really good chunk of it done last night! #pixelart #gamedev #gamemaker

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

this guy dominated my high school sketchbooks

OFF rpg fight with a huge-headed elsen shouting “HELP”

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

i’ve been thinking over how i wanted the title menu to look for several days, it was so satisfying to finally put this together ^_^ #gamedev #gamemaker #pixelart

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

toby.fangamer.com/snowman/ dess called noelle "elly" do you guys mind if i start screaming and crying for 10,000 years

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

apparently at one point people were LINED UP to play my game last night? absolutely fucking surreal, thank you so much to @oracleio.bsky.social for the opportunity, i’m so happy it was a hit!!

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

chicago friends!! there will be a demo of my game playable TONIGHT at DADS!! there is going to be amazing banger music and incredible art!! they got holograms!!!! they got a hot tub!!!!! DON’T MISS OUT!!!!!!

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

i couldn’t get the image of it out of my head

simple pixel art of a strange desert landscape. there are captions as if a character is speaking but the letters are nonsense arrows and shapes.

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

happy thursday im up to um. normal game dev activity. anyone else plagued by strange dreams of games that don’t exist btw

discord message from sprout/sam at 8:53 am: “had an insane dream i was living in a video game that doesn’t exist and the game started with arriving to this huge mountain in the middle of the desert and then from there you can choose whether you want to try and escape the desert (takes the entire rest of the game) or if you want to start tunneling into/underneath the mountain. also the environment speaks to you in a made up language”
response from aubs at 8:57 am: “puts a hand on your shoulder. hows gamemaker going”

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

thank you for 1k followers woah... that's kinda crazy!! got lots of cool stuff done this weekend but i'm very proud of this death animation i whipped up this morning #pixelart #gamedev #gamemaker

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

this is Alda, player character of the bullet hell soulslite i’m working on right now :^) she likes women & diy electronics & arson

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sprout/sam 🌱 @rootvegetableboy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

top songs / top artists! ^_^ these are never a surprise but always a pleasant reminder

my top songs: 1. cheerleader by porter robinson, 2. knock yourself out XD by porter robinson, 3. the white of noon by strfkr, 4. break the music by vau boy and s3rl, 5. wigglecore by floor baba

my top artists: 1. toby fox, 2. porter robinson, 3. floor baba, 4. chappell roan, 5. strfkr

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