iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 29/08/2026

Haven’t had the time/energy to make progress on Tartlets the past few days - but I did make progress on my Sorbet Games tapestry! Gonna hang it up in my office so I don’t forget about my dreams (it happens, I have adhd) 🍒🧶

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 26/08/2026

We! Have! A! Functioning! Oven!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🍰✨💖 #cozygame #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 25/08/2026

As someone who started using Notion for their game dev project management before they added all the AI nonsense, I am pleased to report that if you simply email Notion, they will remove AI from your workspace ✨💕😌💖💫

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 25/08/2026

Welcome to the Tartlets Bakery! We seem to be missing some ovens...... but you know what they say, you can't edit a blank page! (Don't worry, ovens are up next! 🍰) #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #cozygame

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 23/08/2026

We're movin and groovin!!!!!!!!! Starting over from scratch (which isn't a lot lol) and working once again on getting a playable demo out! Also - this project now has a name - Tartlets! 🍰💕 #gamedev #indiedev #cozygame

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 22/08/2026

Guess who opened Godot for the first time in like 7 months

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 14/02/2026

I’m a plant mama again 🥰🌿

Two plants sitting on a shelf, left is a peperomia marble and right is a hoya mathilde splash

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 06/02/2026

This does seem to be AI - others have pointed out the spelling, but the giveaways for me are the details on the lamp post (one side has an extra screw/bolt) and the bottom cameras are attached to the middle cameras in two different ways and all of them appear to be a little bit different 😩

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 25/01/2026

Aw thank you! Unfortunately my husband lost his job which was our primary source of income and the reason I was able to focus on making a game in the first place 🥲 I’m hoping we’ll get back on our feet sooner than later.

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 18/01/2026

Thank you!!! I figured out icing but am still not sure what offsides are. Will research!!! I pass where the Wild play regularly so I see people in jerseys all the time!! Decided to finally see what all the fuss was about haha

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Stephen Maurice Graham @smgdraws.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

The Nintendo Game Gal - featuring Barbie!

An illustration featuring an alternate take on the Nintendo game boy, it has been renamed the Game Gal and Barbie is popping out of the game screen. The back drop is bright pink and the game gal features lots of Lisa Frank style 90s stickers. The buttons for Start and Select have been renamed What, Ever and the A and B buttons changed to B, U

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 14/01/2026

This means so so much to me, thank you SO much 🥺💕

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 11/01/2026

I did stay up until 2am to watch a cursed speed run of one of my all time favorite games (pokemon emerald!) and soak in the last bits of good vibes from agdq. It would be a dream come true to have a game I made at gdq… but I gotta make one first! back to work next week 💪🏻

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 11/01/2026

hello officer jenny? i need to report a crime (swirlix)

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Gina Giannetti @ginacities.com · 10/01/2026

Every role you have as a solo game developer 💕 #gamedev #indiedev #solodeb

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 09/01/2026

Gosh!!!! I love video games!!!!!!!

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 08/01/2026

yesterday i finished up making some sprite sheets, including our first customer! she's based on my poodle, Lace 💕🍰🐩 taking a break today to take care of myself, my family, and write to my representatives. my timeline for this project did not account for world events happening in my city 👿

A small bakery with a line of apricot colored poodles waiting in line for tarts and a girl carrying a tray of tarts above her head

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 06/01/2026

More art progress today!! I think it's starting to look pretty cute 🍰🥺 #cozygame #indiedev #gamedev

a tiny illustrated bakery with several tarts on display as well as indicators of different stages of tarts (shell, filling, toppings) being ready and a player character holding a tray of tarts

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 06/01/2026

More art progress today!! I think it's starting to look pretty cute 🍰🥺 #cozygame #indiedev #gamedev

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Lya Mgtt ✧ Indie Game Dev @lyamgtt.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Hey #TeaseYaGame ! I'm so excited to reveal my new game project! Trinket Bag Maker is a cozy game where you create bags inspired by the 2000's fashion games ✨ 👜 Pick your bag model 🎨 Customize the color/pattern 🌸 Add lots of charms Thank you @liamtwose.bsky.social & @indiegamelover.com 💜

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 05/01/2026

first workday of the year! my goal is to get a little demo of my bakery game out by February 🍰 Today I reworked the layout of the bakery (more food truck-esque) and it’s no longer floating in a void! Working on getting the v1 assets done this week 💕 #gamedev #indiegamedev #cozygame

A little bakery in a green space with outdoor seating off to the right

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

“Be kind, be involved, believe in your art,” he said. “At a time when people tell you art is not important, that is always the prelude to fascism. When they tell you it doesn’t matter, when they tell you a fucking app can do art you say, if it’s that important, why the fuck do they want it so bad? The answer is because they think they can debase everything that makes us a little better, a little more human. And that, in my book, and in my life, includes monsters.”

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Anni Jyn @annijyn.com · 04/01/2026

the cast of the original charmed series, three white women with dark noughties hairstyles in front of a pink magical background. captions on them read “rest is rebellion, whimsy is revolution, creativity is resistance”

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 04/01/2026

Ohhhh my gosh this is so fun!!!

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 02/01/2026

I am going with the first one for now because I think it’s more engaging (ex: Cake Mania) and it’s how I have it currently implemented in the game. No need to overcomplicate my first game!

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 02/01/2026

Thank you so much!!! As for the gameplay stuff - just deciding what direction to go in: having the whole bakery accessible the entire time and having the day run on a timer OR baking phase -> selling phase (more like an actual bakery) and day ends when everything’s sold out.

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 02/01/2026

made tweaks to our little baker and started mocking up ideas for the new bakery layout! 🍰 also made some decisions about the gameplay that gave me a bit of a headache 😵‍💫 #gamedev #cozygame #indiegamedev

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 01/01/2026

also attempting to make my own tile sheet, which is a little bit off at the moment. mostly just trying to get the ~vibe~ right now!

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 01/01/2026

game update! 🍰 i've decided on the more handrawn/illustration style - mostly because it's closer to my own art style (which seems obvious now lol) so today i did some character sketches, polished one of them up, and made this little breathing/idle animation! #gamedev #indiegamedev #cozygame

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 31/12/2025

Current plan is to get the core baking mechanics and general art direction nailed down enough to release a vertical slice demo by February and get feedback! Then, I'd love to turn this into a full release with tons of different cakes and decorations.

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 31/12/2025

My end goal for this game is for it to be like a less stressful Cake Mania. I've been playing Tiny Book Shop and Sticky Business lately and I really love the idea of setting up a shop and then customers browsing on their own - much more like an actual bakery.

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 31/12/2025

Today's focus is art direction and planning ahead! I want to do some irl baking for new year's so I'm keeping things light(er). I'm torn between pixel art and a more hand-drawn vibe... so I'm going to try both! I'm going to try out making little cakes in both styles and see what makes more sense.

a vision board broken up into three sections, from left to right: general visual inspiration with photos of petit fours and other mini cakes, a first idea for art direction with clean and simple pixel art, and a second art direction with more hand-drawn art with thick outlines.

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 31/12/2025

Aw thank you!!! That means a lot to me!☺️ I have some experience as a web/ui designer so I have a little bit of an idea of what things should be looking like, but implementing them in a game engine is another story 😅 I’m happy to help if you want any tips of another set of eyes!

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 31/12/2025

here's how far we got today! the ui is Not Cute but i'm still trying to focus on figuring out godot. now that i've got the bones, i am bursting with ideas to make it actually fun! i'm pretty proud of it so far for my first non-tutorial game! 🍰 #gamedev #indiegamedev #cozygame #madewithgodot

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 30/12/2025

🥧 progress today: CUSTOMERS!!!! they walk in, find a pie, take a pie, and leave! (or walk in and wander around for a bit if there are no pies available) #indiegamedev #gamedev #madewithgodot

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 29/12/2025

I've figured out how to change the color of the character sprite to make customers (I didn't want to find another sprite and it was a learning opportunity!) and have customers spawning in!! Next, I need customers to walk towards the displays and buy the pies!

Screenshot of a pixel art bakery game with a little white cat (the player) in the center of the screen and a little pink cat (a customer) standing in the entryway

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 28/12/2025

I wanted to try getting as far as I had previously in Gamemaker with making a simple bakery game in Godot - and I actually got a little further! Oven bakes pie, player can pick up pie, and player can set pie on a display for customers to pick up! (Art is placeholder from asset packs)

A screenshot of a pixel art game taking place in a bakery, featuring a little white cat carrying a pie on their head. Three pie displays are shown, with two of them having pies on them.

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TBSkyen @tbskyen.com · 27/12/2025

Tumblr post by and-fishing-equipment reading

"in 2026 DO NOT ask yourself whether your art is GOOD

instead ask:

- Is it SINCERE
- is it CATHARTIC
- was it FUN TO MAKE
- is it MADE BY ME

and don't forget to stay silly"

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 25/12/2025

merry christmas!!! i made cinnamon swirl bread and turned it into french toast 🖤

French toast made using the handmade cinnamon swirl bread

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 23/12/2025

in the year 2025 i realize i must clarify further: art is composite graphics from Canva and the characters are from a picrew - this is strictly to learn the ropes and not something I'm releasing

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Sorbet ✿ Livi @sorbet.games · 23/12/2025

I wasn't lying when I said I was back in my game dev era - I am going to be doing a visual novel game jam in January! But until then, I'm making this tiny tiny game to learn the ropes of Ren'Py. I've been playing with the UI today ☺️ (I have NOT made the art for this)

A screenshot of a visual novel game featuring a blue haired woman named Livi and a text box that says "Welcome to my first Ren'Py game!"

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