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Squish Reef Studio

@squishreefstudio.bsky.social

Game Development social media for SherbertThePode's indie game, P.O.D.E. P.O.D.E. is a small, Tamagotchi-style game about raising small creatures called P.O.D.E.s, (aka, Portable Orbs of Delight and Excitement) to restore the reef.

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Squish Reef Studio @squishreefstudio.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

So, was doing a dive into game stores for the eventual publishing and distribution of P.O.D.E. I know for a FACT I will not be using Steam, as it's dirty and underhanded practices against developers and customers are icky to me... But should I use Epic Games Store? Thoughts?

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Squish Reef Studio @squishreefstudio.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Today's zero-context screenshot of a very specific mechanic I'm trying out in P.O.D.E.

screenshot shows a black coding window with code extending a label and a few variables for use in the code. two such variables are 'reaction', defined as a string type, and 'monocle', defined as an array type. The array 'monocle' has several sentences: "Yes, this is quite the distinguished look, I say!", "Good heavens, this monocle is superb!", "Yes yes, much clearer, now!", and "An eye, for a monocle, eh?".

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Squish Reef Studio @squishreefstudio.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I got a save and load system working!!! So freaking happy! A lot of the time spent working on it was doing troubleshooting... turns out it was a simple spelling error, lol

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Squish Reef Studio @squishreefstudio.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Here is the current progress of how the game look has evolved so far!~ I start out with a small sketch on my phone, just enough to get a rough idea of the concept I want, and then I refine it through Krita, and eventually implement an even more refined version in Godot!

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Squish Reef Studio @squishreefstudio.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Welcome to this side of the Reef, friends!~ I am SherbertThePode, an amateur artist and indie game developer, and this is my game development channel! Currently, I am working on a game called P.O.D.E. (Portable Orbs of Delight and Excitement), a quaint, cozy game about raising Podes!

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