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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I made some neat effects for my status effects. You can tell what each one is suppose to represent right? right?? -- #screenshotsaturday #indiegamedev #vfx #jrpg

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

More VFX, this time fire. It's all billboards so it looks pretty flat when I move the camera around. -- #vfx #gamedev #godot

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It's entirely procedural, all it needs is a noise texture and some gradients. Only issue i've noticed with it is that increasing the particle count too much creates this odd "visual residue". Idk might be something with the shader lol.

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Experimenting with VFX again. Kinda amazed how good this electric fx turned out ⚡ -- #vfx #gamedev #godot #indiedev

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Added new ways to open chests. I have some devious ideas now that you don't need to be beside a chest to open it... -- #gamedev #jrpg

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

You should check out the game our team made for the #GMTKGameJam! It has fairies, vampires, and some good ol' fashioned punching. Check it out! -- #gamedev #gamejam #GMTK

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

My main OC, Kiwi, that I need to redraw one of these days...

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I made a game about a silly office romance in 8 days for the #VerySeriousJuniperDevGameJam! If you like spinning pie charts and playing 7 way rock paper scissors, you should check it out! -- #gamedev #gamejam #JuniperDev

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

If you see this, post a looooooooooooooooooooooong screenshot of your game 🖼️ -- #gamedev #indiegame

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Alright, now imagine a secret door somewhere opened and a satisfying jingle played. It'd be cool right? Right??? -- #gamedev #jrpg #rpg

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Decided to add zelda-esq object targeting. This is very important for characters that can shoot stuff and gives me more options for object placement. The system can help players pinpoint what objects around them are receptive to force abilities. -- #gamedev #jrpg #godot

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Have you ever caught a fish that, that you, um, you had, your, you— you could, you'll do, you— you wants, you... -- #screenshotsaturday #godot #indiegamedev

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Working on a new minigame instead of doing level design... this one's a classic tho. -- #gamedevelopment #gamedev #jrpg

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

While I've been working on this swapping feature, I've been thinking about an enemy I encountered in DQ5, it was like an elephant looking thing and it could fling members in your party into the wagon (bench). I might explore something similar... -- #JRPG #gamedev #godot

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Saw some other people doing this and decided to give it a shot. I can barely remember what games I've played 😅

A grid of game covers.
Favorite Game: Tower of Heaven
Best Story: Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
Favorite Art Style: Octopath Traveller
Biggest Personal Impact: Little BIG Planet
Best Combat: Zenless Zone Zero
Overheated: Paper Mario: Color Splash
Underrated: Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of a Forgotten Past
Overrated: Chrono Trigger
Needs a Remake: Final Fantasy IX
Criminally Overlooked: Radiant Historia
Favorite Protagonist: Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Favorite Antagonist: Final Fantasy VII
Best Soundtrack: Nier Automata
Best Multiplayer: Minecraft: Java Edition
Not Usually My Thing, But...: Nayuta no Kiseki
Turn My Brain Off: The Adventure of Nayu
Best with Friends: Pico Park
Best Retro Game: Terranigma
Nostalgic Childhood Game: Mario Kart DS
Game Everyone Should Play: Void Stranger

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Characters properly jump into the fray when swapping now. Also added some UI so you can see the status of the character you're swapping to. -- #screenshotsaturday #jrpg #indiegamedev

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

My very thorough market research (eg. scrolling reddit) led me to adding a "swapping character mid-battle" mechanic. Although, I think I'm missing a negative somewhere... -- #JRPG #RPG #gamedev

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I should've looked into squash and stretch sooner haha. -- #gamedev #godot

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Trying to add some simple effects so characters aren't as stiff, just gotta hook it up to the dialogue system and see if I can add a sway. -- #godot #jrpg #indiegamedev

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Kinda surprised I modeled this myself... Who knew you get more proficient at something the more you do it...

A giant thorn like plant can be seen surrounded by the interface of the 3D modeling software Blender.

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Add cloud shadows to your game. This is non-negotiable and I won't be accepting any excuses -- #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #rpg

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Ground pound ability, this one is pretty fun to use so I gotta make sure I add dedicated environmental obstacles for it. -- #rpg #godot #indiegamedev

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

A sensory pulse ability. Can't break stuff but some objects maybe be receptive to it. -- #gamedev #jrpg #godot

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

My sharpshooter character can now shoot sharp... er? -- #rpg #indiegamedev #godot

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I should add a crate destroying mini game... -- #jrpg #indiegamedev #godot

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Working on a new overworld ability, I think I need to tweak it a bit. Maybe add a restriction or two also... What do you think? -- #indiegamedev #jrpg #godot

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

This means I don't need to add map markers and way points right? -- #indiegamedev #jrpg #godot

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

I've been stumbling into a lot of bugs lately. I think a suspicious actor has infiltrated my codebase... -- #screenshotsaturday #indiegamedev #jrpg

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Gotta tweak the encounters to have variable detection heights lol -- #indiegamedev #jrpg #godot

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday! Here is a WIP look at my turn-based RPG, pearlessential. I've been working on a dungeon area recently. Wishlist? s.team/a/3163190/

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Now that saving and loading works (+ some other data management features) the title screen has some actual utility, yippee -- #godot #indiegamedev #JRPG

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Mmm, love it when my code works, I need to tweak the double confirmation module though... -- #godot #jrpg #indiegamedev

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Getting some work on done on UI for the save and load system, just gotta work out a few bugs... -- #indiegamedev #screenshotsaturday #godot

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Just add that feature you've been thinking about. It's not scope creep, you wanted to add it from the beginning anyway. Don't worry about the roadmap, everyone does this all the time. It won't hurt.

A painting of a man holding a brush and easel. Behind him a skeleton playing a violin whispers into his ear.

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Saving and loading is tricky. I got most of the basics down but I can't help but worry lol. -- #indiegamedev #godot #jrpg

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Hi #PortfolioDay I make games and vector art ✦.✦

Awesome image of a sword with gears on it and a pillar like blade

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

feels kinda magical to have the dialogue system talk to the game beyond filling the box. -- #indiegamedev #jrpg #godot

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday! Here is a screenshot of a WIP location in my isometric turn based rpg, pearlessential! Wishlist? s.team/a/3163190/

Screenshot of a video game. The image features a zoomed out top down shot of medieval walls surrounding homes.

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Ali ✦ @yoctosphere.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

hmm... I don't remember telling it to do that -- #gamedev #rpg #godot

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