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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Been away for a while, trying to get better at art! Also, I'm doing art trade with @detectonomicon.bsky.social now so some amazing 2D animations are coming. #pixelart #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #horror

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

What else am I working on? Glad you asked! This is a custom RPG campaign engine called Project Astar which I'm doing environmental art and level design for. With @uncertaincat.bsky.social and @detectonomicon.bsky.social #gamedev #indiegames #godotengine #rpg

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

She gets stuck in an infinite loop of wilderness upon walking left from here. Not implemented yet.

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I wonder how a soundtrack could portray this, maybe it starts with the warm cacophony of summer and instruments fall off over time until there is only the hollow hum of winter. If there were 3 versions of the same track with different instruments subtracted, it could change in time with the scenery!

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The first dream sequence, where Eliza gets lost in the woods. #pixelart #gamedev #indiegame #godotengine #horror

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Testing some basic combat and sfx. This thing can babble like a maniac now! #pixelart #indiegame #godotengine #horror

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Added a light switch so the player can use my favorite feature, palette cycling. #WIP #Gamedev #IndieDev #Indiegames #PixelArt #GodotEngine

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I'm making a FEZ style survival horror game in #Crocotile3D called Midnight in Pergamum. Eliza has been confined to a single room her entire life- but she finally finds a way out. #Gamedev #IndieDev #PixelArt #Horror #GodotEngine

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Hello again! I've been slowly improving Eliza's new 2D animations and planning out the map/story. #gamedev #IndieGame #IndieDev #PixelArt #WIP

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The Vicar's twisted essence crawls out from this once holy place and spreads across Pergamum with a will of its own. #gamedev #IndieGame #IndieDev #PixelArt

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

It's okay, she finds 3 new heads with different personalities! If you've ever seen Return to Oz you will understand.

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

He has been pixelled from a sketch and sketched from the pixel once more

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Vicar Egregore Octavious. His tower of atonement has started to feel empty now that all his enemies are dead. #art #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I am taking architecture from Quinta De Regaleira #portugal pictures I took and turning it into pixel art, with my own touch. #gamedev #IndieGame #IndieDev #PixelArt #Aseprite

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Slowly building a spiral stairway in Leda's sanctuary, and here's a new way to get across the room. #gamedev #IndieGame #IndieDev #PixelArt #Horror #godot

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Here's how enemies will appear when on the other side of the room.

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Modified my lighting system to look cleaner and I'm testing a simplified #Crocotile3D sanctuary area. #gamedev #IndieGame #IndieDev #PixelArt #Horror #godot

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Modified the #MinaTheHollower palette so it can be used for my palette cycling lighting system. This is a statue of Leda from Quinta de Regaliera in #Portugal, from my own photo. #pixelart

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The palette based lighting in my #Crocotile3D game is now mostly color accurate. That was tricky to pull off! #gamedev #IndieGame #IndieDev #PixelArt #Horror #godot

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Palette cycling lighting with modified #MinaTheHollower colors. This is how I will do lighting in the Pergamum prologue. #gamedev #IndieGame #IndieDev #PixelArt #GodotEngine

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

More colors swap properly now. It's looking pretty dramatic!

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Added palette cycling. I can edit every color on screen at every light level in a .png now. Modified #MinaTheHollower colors. #gamedev #IndieGame #IndieDev #PixelArt #GodotEngine

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I love 2.5D so this was the natural thing to do for Pergamum's prologue. #pixelart #indiegame #godotengine

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

And here is their GBC inspire palette. While they strictly used an NES palette with a couple added skintones for Shovel Knight, here they crafted their own palette including a lot of their favorite colors from games on the GBC.

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

A screenshot of the prototype and the complete game

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StellarMantis @stellarmantis.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Designing an enemy for the cave area in my last post - bsky.app/profile/stel... #gamedev #IndieDev #PixelArt

A purple crow or raven-like bird looms large in the blue haze of a sunken catacomb. It carries a large metal cage in its curled talons, releasing 3 smaller crows in the direction of a maiden in white dress standing on a rickety wooden bridge. A lantern hangs oddly behind her emitting a blue glow, and a secret journal can be seen laying higher on the scaffold under an ornamental arched recess.

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