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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 25/09/2026

Slightly updated the Steam library capsule art for my game 'Death in a Party' store.steampowered.com/app/3989570/ #indiegame #horror #pointandclick #demo

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 22/07/2026

After considering player feedback, I'm adding maps (in the next patch!) to the 2D areas to help with player orientation. This one in particular looks a bit like a decomposing mickey mouse skull and I really love that for him. #gamedev #solodev #gamemaker #horrorgame

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 07/07/2026

Due to personal circumstances I had to take some time away from development. But I'm back now to making this unique experience I call a game. There's a few priority tasks to do with ACT I first before work on ACT II begins properly.

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 04/12/2025

Most of the time spent making this menu was failing to research 90's theme park food prices, then having to backwards engineer some using modern day prices and converting to account for inflation. A very wise time investment!... #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #indiedev #gamemaker #pointandclick

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 02/12/2025

It's been over 5 years since I started. Now I'm finishing it. This stupid magazine. Wanted to give it the lazy name FASHION but that is/was a real magazine?? It seems the floor is the limit with names. I went lazier and called it MAGAZINE. #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #horrorgame #pointandclick

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 30/11/2025

It's the cyber weekend sale over on my Etsy store until tomorrow. >> www.etsy.com/shop/TheFunc... << 20-25% off ALL my UT/DR fan tat! #UNDERTALE #DELTARUNE #Etsy #Sale #Fanmerch #badges #stickers #comic #spamton

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 29/11/2025

Made some more Steam achievement icons, of which only this one I can share. Aim to get the related new achievements patched in over the weekend after being able to test them properly first. #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #pixelart #horrorgame #steam

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 27/11/2025

Part of a peculiar prop I'm working on for one of the 'secret' areas in my game. Aside from being a static decoration, I cannot divulge anymore about it until it is complete. And even then... #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #3dmodel #lowpoly #gamemaker #horror #horrorgame

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 25/11/2025

Art by guest artists and friends who kindly contributed to this notice board of drawings by imaginary 'customers'. I'm hoping in the future to make another nearby section with even more! #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #gameart #pixelart #horrorgame #pcgame #pointandclick

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 23/11/2025

After tiring of my own ineptitude for long enough, I've been upgrading the scrolling text entry UI to look like the regular kind of low budget. With the powerfully nostalgic forces of dot-matrix printer paper! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #gameui #horrorgame

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 22/11/2025

Working on a small frivolous office drama inspired by an equally bizarre reddit thread I saw recently. It was just the sort of nonsense that felt at home in this game and it amused greatly. #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #pointandclick #horrorgame

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 20/11/2025

Another of these delicious memories. I spend an embarrassing amount of time trying to track down year specific reference images of old food wrappers. And to what end? idk but it's fun. #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #pixelart #horrorgame #pointandclick

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 19/11/2025

The difference 5 years can make if you keep at it. One small challenge at a time. (today i was drawing spoiler-ish textures i can't share. have these random progress images instead) #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #3Denvironments #pixelart #horrorgame #solodev

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 18/11/2025

Spot the difference!... One of the places getting more details patched in this week. There are many things that need improvements, and an unacceptably empty area like this is one of them! #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #pixelart #horrorgame #solodev #pointandclick #gamemaker

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 15/11/2025

Finished some inventory icons that I 'forgot' about until now. A neatly folded bag. A bottle that flaunts the rules of perspective. A key that looks outraged. An aged character keyring. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #pointandclick #horrorgame

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 14/11/2025

Another old pic of my game from 6 years ago while I was teaching myself GML. I'm such an unapologetically cringe UNDERTALE fan that this mystery birb showed up to keep my spirits up. It was fun! #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #gamemaker

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 11/11/2025

Wow, all I've done today is endless amounts of admin and moving around image and video files... Anyway, here's the big artwork I had to throw together for the store page because I think I forgot to share it here?? I don't know, it's all been a blur. #gamedev #indiegame #gameart #pixelart #horror

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 09/11/2025

LOOK Really jazzed up this random sign with this detail. It happened to be on a stream of old UK TV I was watching while drawing. #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #horror #horrorgame #pcgame #pointandclick #solodev #steamgame

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 08/11/2025

As well as lots and lots of bug fixing, I threw together a little animation effect for when this type of menu closes. Also been working on an alternate, and more comfortable, interaction method for the 2D areas. #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #horrorgames #solodev #gamemaker #pointandclick

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 07/11/2025

After some useful feedback, I made slight modifications to the note book! One of the changes was having the check-list tabs stack to make it clear there's more than one. Something I intended to do a while ago (but forgot). #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #horrorgame

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 04/11/2025

This screen transition might not look very interesting. And that's the point. All the other 2D transitions are swapping sprites within the same GameMaker room. This transition however is a room change. It was such a minor detail that I kept forgetting to fix it. For 4 years!... #gamedev #indiegame

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 02/11/2025

Hah hah!! I'm using my powers to reanimate old memes for my own personal ends!! ... and because the desire to work on bug fixing has not left. yet i'm still exhausted after game release yesterday to do anything complex. weird drawing it is! #gamedev #indiegame #pointandclick #deathinaparty

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 01/11/2025

Hooray! My game is now available. To celebrate, here's this really obscure reference to an old sitcom... Happy Halloween! 👻 store.steampowered.com/app/3989570 I must sleep now, before chasing loose ends that were forgotten... zzz #gamedev #indiegame #horrorgame #pixelart #pcgame #solodev

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 31/10/2025

I really wanted to write 'DISGUSTANG' in this text but couldn't break character. I'm so so so tired now though. Worked through the night to get as much stuff done so I could hit that 'release' button. Still some placeholder things here and there that I'll sort over the weekend. #gamedev #indiegame

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 30/10/2025

Working on a last couple of 3D models (WIP texture). I didn't realise how unsettling this was going to look. It's cute. #gamedev #indiegame #horrorgame #pixelart

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 29/10/2025

After years of meaning to, I made the clouds slowly move. Now you can really enjoy the outdoors atmosphere. In this spooky game~ #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #horrorgame #3denvironment #solodev #pcgame

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 28/10/2025

Unrelated to anything I worked on today; some magnificent shops! ... there was supposed to be sound but desktop audio was muted and it was too late to re-record hahaha. 💀 #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #pointandclick #3denvironment #horror

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 27/10/2025

Here's this strange machine with some of my very own and newly added SFX. Still a WIP in both visuals and audio. Like the text entry sound effect needs calming the F down. atm it's like BAM!! new text entry!! #gamedev #indiegame #pointandclick #gameaudio #horrorgames #pcgames #solodev #pixelart

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 26/10/2025

Made a few versions of this bit of music in various levels of displeasure. This is the slightly annoyed one. All the soundtrack music for ACT I is now done! I can't believe how much work 25~ mins worth of music would be... #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #gamemusic #horrorgame #pcgames #animation

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 25/10/2025

More audio work done today. Hopefully can share some of that tomorrow! For now, please enjoy these standard issue theme park mascots. I based them on some real 90's shows, and you get bonus points if you know which ones. #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #horrorgames #pcgames #pointandclick

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 24/10/2025

Been busy with audio work today. So here's a small area that I think looks quite nice with one of the recently added dead trees. And gosh, 7 days now until ACT I is available on Steam and Itch! I'd be nervous if I wasn't so tired. #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #3Denvironment #horrorgame #solodev

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 23/10/2025

The closest thing to a gacha mechanic in my game. Little plastic toy capsules mostly full of maybe pointless tat to clutter your inventory with. At no extra cost!!! wow #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #pointandclick #horrorgame #pcgames #steamgames

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 22/10/2025

On the final visual touches to the Park area now. Added in some broken branches (final texture coming in a few days) and now placing more dead trees about. #gamedev #indiegame #3Denvironment #pixelart #horrorgames #themepark #solodev #steamgames

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 21/10/2025

A new tiny 3D area I made today for my game. Another day of 3D related tasks tomorrow before the Sound Design hat goes on. #gamedev #indiegame #3Denvironment #pixelart #horrorgames #pcgame

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 20/10/2025

Recreation of how I jump scared myself yesterday while testing. I didn't realise page zoom was accidentally enabled on this item. #gamedev #indiegame #pointandclick #pixelart #horrorgame

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 18/10/2025

While this account is still suspended in the BlueSky shadow realm for reasons that allude us all (it's not just mine either. support are looking into it), it's time for a super secret salacious staff note I added in this week: wild!!1 #gamedev #indiegame #forbiddencontent

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 17/10/2025

I put a colour changing mood ring in my game and it really works!... Works at keeping track of something, at least. #gamedev #pixelart #indiegame

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 16/10/2025

For some reason my posts don't seem to be showing up in hashtag feeds anymore... Contacted support but idk what to do. I guess this is the perfect time to share this never-before-seen journal entry!!!(because for the past 3+ years i'd forgotten it wasn't programmed in hah hah)

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 16/10/2025

Almost all of today was taken up with rearranging the notebook entries into their final places. It's been pretty much all spoiler heavy material. I can share this new, and very important, initial objective the player is given: #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #questlog #horrorgame

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 15/10/2025

While adding in the final parts of story content, I was pushed to make a special storage box to keep items in. It's not looking very pretty right now but it'll get there later this week. #gamedev #indiegame #horror #pointandclick #gamemaker #pixelart

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 14/10/2025

Needed a new type face and quickly made this one. I accept a certain level of crapness is part of this journey but I really need to fix the g and f. #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #font #horrorgame #keming

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 13/10/2025

We have entirely reasonable kitchen hygiene precautions around here. #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #horror #pointandclick #solodev

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 12/10/2025

tfw you failed art class thrice but lived to make a joke about it in your game. My word, the last few days were a lot of work with words and ctrl+v. There's lots more things to click on now. #gamedev #indiegame #horrorgame #pixelart #pointandclick

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 10/10/2025

Whoops. Forgot to fully detail this background. Weekend me is going to be thrilled to do that. And more! #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #horror #pointandclick #beanmouth

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 09/10/2025

Look at all these nice numbers I wrote down today. Tomorrow me will be very happy. #gamedev #notebook

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 07/10/2025

Aside from a few continuity errors that need fixing, all the backgrounds for ACT I are properly finished. Here's a very annoying one where I had to detail a fish and chip shop cooking station. Something I never want to do again. #gamedev #pixelart #indiegame #pointandclick #horror

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 06/10/2025

welcome to ARCADE we have one game and it doesn't work :'( Some of the backgrounds from this week, now in place. #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #pointandclick #horror #solodev

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 05/10/2025

Player character reveal!!... Sort of. and wow, i'm finally on the last set of 11 backgrounds that need finishing out of the 200. can't wait to get tired of other game dev tasks once more. #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #horrorgame #steamgame #spooky

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 04/10/2025

Had to draw all sorts of odd things today. It required a surprising amount of research into CRT monitors. #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #horror #pointandclick #spooky

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TheFunctionCreep @thefunctioncreep.com · 03/10/2025

All the fire extinguishers in the Park were seemingly repossessed when Manny Land shut down. This is very convenient because it means I don't have to draw them! #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #horror #pointandclick #gameart

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