Afterglow

Rather happy with the outcome of this equipment switching animation & effect. It's nanomachines🤖, of course. #indiedev #gamedev #pcgaming #rpg #indiegamedev

Character Customisation in my 2D RPG Afterglow! Thousands of possibilities (more spritesheets than you'd believe). #indiegamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indiegames

Put a transport shuttle in my sci-fi RPG for fast travel. Though I want it to be the luxury method of transport so tickets aren't cheap 🪙 #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiegame #indiegames #sandbox

One of the benefits of making a futuristic sci-fi RPG is getting to add cool things like transport ships. I'll fly when I get the animations in. #gamedev #indiegame #indiegames #indiegamedev #scifi

A little town scene from my RPG game Afterglow. Let me know what you think & how I could make it feel more alive! #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiegames #unity #indiegame

The Aurora Borelias, at this time of day. #indiedev #gamedev #pcgaming #rpg #indiegamedev

There's something wrong with my Pig (band name?) Looks good though! #indiegame #indiegames #gamedev #indiegamdev #pixelart

When you're finally able to get your dream village in-game 😍 #indiegame #indiegames #indiegamedev #unity #spiders #pixelart

Just added relationships & the ability to talk to my game 💬. Check out the whole process! #indiegamedev #indiegame #indiegames #pixelart #unity

Have you ever wanted to throw up in a game? Now you can. (I needed a break from making a dialogue system) #indiegames #indiegame #indiegamedev

A little showcase of character customisation thanks to my modular system. All fully 2D 8 directional! 👀 #indiegame #indiegames #gamedev #indiegamedev #pixelart

Interior decoration! Here's a little glimpse into how you can decorate your house in Afterglow 🏠🪴🛏️ #indiegame #indiegames #gamedev #unity #indiegamedev

Just chilling. I seem to obsessed with shaders & particle systems ✨ #indiegame #indiegames #indiegamedev #gamedev #unity

Everyone seemed to enjoy the nanite construction, and so did I. So I expanded it to work with pretty much all world objects in my game ✨Now you can both have your own house & decorate the surrounding area. #indiegame #indiegames #gamedev #unity

Ever wondered how nanites could construct buildings? now's your chance to find out ✨ #indiegame #indiegames #gamedev #unity

Just overhauled the health UI in my game. Should look a bit more satisfying & tech-like now hopefully! #indiedev #gamedev #pcgaming #rpg #indiegamedev

The Duelist profession, one of 4 combat professionals, allows you to engage in stylish sword combat with the enemy. Your blade can be energised with nanotech which adds bonus damage. The colour of the nanotech totally customisable of course. #indie #gaming #pcgames #indiegame #steam #games

Replaced my old sword animations with a new more dueling/fencing focused feel. Even the idle pose is cool. Will post a vid tomorrow. #fencing #duel #indiegame #indiegames #gamedev #pixelart

When you forget to to make 'baby' characters animal only 👀 #gamedev #indiegamedev #screenshotsaturday #unity #pixelart

Total vehicle customisation in 2D pixelart format. #unity #gamedev #indiegames #indiegame #pixelart

A little video on tile variation in my pixel-art RPG. #gamedev #indiegame #indiegamedev #devlog #aseprite

Which hover-bike are you buying? It's the black & teal for me. Lights & effects colour customisable. #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev #pixelart

Updated Ajax hover bike. Improved directional changes, added trail, sparks, and sound effects. All colour customisable. #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev #gaming #pixelart

Just made a devlog on how I handle vehicles in my 2d game (spoiler, they're 3d models). #indiegame #gamedev #blender #gaming #screenshotsaturday www.youtube.com/shorts/VU9ef...

A few more vehicle colour variants. In order to appease my rendering system your legs will have to be tucked into the back. I'm a fan of the blue/orange myself. #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #gaming

Afterglow is now big enough to require a vehicle, so here we are. Made in Blender then pixelated into a sprite. Sort of reminds me of wipeout? I need to add a lot more detail but it's a start. #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #gaming

Well I wondered when I should do it. And someone finally asked for it. So alas, a discord for Afterglow has been created. Feel free to join! discord.gg/bEsbCnfH #indiegamedev #gamedev #pcgaming #rpg

A Stock Exchange terminal for use in game. Hopefully it does look like a hologram at the top. 💷 #indiedev #gamedev #pcgaming #rpg #indiegamedev

Just posted my first devlog on how I make rather good looking 2D animations & character customisation via Blender - if you're interested! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhPN... #indiedev #gamedev #devlog #pcgaming #indiegamedev

To other indie/solo Devs: When did you set up a discord for your game? I know it's a vital step but I don't yet have a steam page and don't enjoy my own company quite enough to talk to myself. Not yet anyway. Although I suppose it's a good way to post/track progress? #indiedev #indiegamedev

Decided to spend the week making a stock market 📈 in Afterglow. The market will be affected by certain events/actions in game. Now I need to make sure it isn't a guaranteed way to speedrun yourself to a million credits. Made the music myself too. #indiegamedev #indiedev #gamedev

What kind of sci-fi game would this be without an interactive stock exchange? (WIP) #indiegamedev #gamedev #rpg #pcgaming #indiedev #stonks

Through nanites all sorts of recycling possibilities open up. #indiedev #unity #indiegamedev #screenshotsaturday #pcgaming

It's easy to get a bit overwhelmed and lost as an indie/solo dev. Looking back at the work you've done genuinely helps, I recommend it. I spent a lot of 2025 thinking how I'm barely making progress - I think my brain lied. Happy new year! #indiedev #gamedev #pcgaming #rpg #indiegamedev

Any other devs put in something especially for christmas? seemed appropriate. You'll have to ignore his rifle at the back. #indiedev #gamedev #pcgaming #screenshotsaturday #indiegamedev

I like how 🌈colourful my backpack looks. So glad I went with the system to be able to colour any item in any colour. #indiedev #gamedev #gaming #rpg #indiegamedev

A quantum computer, sort of? I both like this and dislike it. #pixelart #indiegamedev #indiedev #pcgaming

Pretty sure my irl cat had an existential crisis watching me animate this. And occasionally had a swipe at it 🐾🐈 #pixelart #blender #unity #indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

Melding, also known as skill learning/forgetting. This is probably worth watching with volume turned up. #indiegamedev #indiedev #solodev #logicpro #pcgaming

Who said learning a skill had to be dull? #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #solodev #pcgaming #indiegamedev

Welcome to the Melding chair. Learn skills through absorbing the knowledge that others already possess. Of course you still have to prove you should have access to that knowledge. Cannot be used without a skill pass! #indiedev #gamedev #pcgaming #rpg #indiegamedev

16 skills have now turned into 12 professions, which consist of many skills. Saved my sanity, as well as feels better game wise. #pixelart #IndieGameTrends #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGameDev #pcgaming

I've been in programming hell for a month, and now I'm back. Anyway, here's a giant lizard chasing me. #indiedev #gamedev #pcgaming #rpg #indiegamedev

How to lose 3 weeks of time: 1 - Create a new animal for your game as a fun side task. 2 - Discover sprites in general are using too much vram to be loaded at all times. 3 - Move to addressables so you can dynamically load in both sprite atlases & animation clips. #indiegamedev #indiedev #unity

Decided to do something entirely different this weekend and make a very big lizard (think house size). The slowless hopefully shows that off a bit. Need to pixelate it and put it ingame next. #indiedev #gamedev #pcgaming #rpg #indiegamedev #pixelart

Added a subtle object highlight 🟨 & a new radial menu for when you open up additional options on objects. It's fun finishing a huge feature like a character creator & then getting to these little bits that add a lot of character themselves. #indiedev #gamedev #pcgaming #rpg #indiegamedev #pixelart

Finally, a fully working character creator. Full UI sound effects & music. Very glad to have this done. Need to add in default clothing options next but this is a big milestone hit. #indiedev #gamedev #pcgaming #rpg #indiegamedev #pixelart

Who knew making a UI keyboard for controller support would take so long. Happy with the result though. Music was my own creation too. #indiedev #gamedev #pcgaming #rpg #indiegamedev #pixelart