PureAsbestos

PureAsbestos

@pureasbestos.com

Developer, pixel artist, creator of cool stuff. https://pureasbestos.com/links Game developer at @egandt.com (opinions are my own)

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The more I do gamedev the more I realize that to do it properly, you are making the legos that you will put together to make the game. Unless you are using a highly specialized engine, the pieces you are given are too small, too granular. Powerful but unwieldy. It's engines all the way down

... a reframing of the classic nursery rhyme as a story of sisyphean persistence in the face of adversity. In this essay I will—

Tibo@heytibo.com

There has been a recent influx of new followers on this account. So I added a silly Easter egg to my site: everyone who follows this account receives a little generated creature inspired by Space Invaders :)! Hope you like your invader. heytibo.com/bsky-invaders

One of the things I worked on in this update was the system to show a little toast notification when you pick up materials, which are now sent directly to the Armory. (looks like we forgot to add that to the patch notes, whoops!)

We recently released a patch for our game with lots of little improvements. Check out the patch notes here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/417... #gamedev

Creating a Google Play Console account feels disgusting. Why do I have to divulge so much personal information, and pay $25 before I can even see the backend? 🤢

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Replying to @miriamne.bsky.social

"how it feels to be an indie dev" [guy sitting in chair typing away] [gets smushed by comically large boulder] "indie dev. stimulate your senses"

Everything is so alien to me. The terminology, the crafting system, the environments. I'm sure it can be broken down into its game-y pieces after playing for a while and reading the wiki. But in these early stages of play, it is very opaque. Which adds both mystique and frustration to the experience

My team has been working on a big update for this game (to be released later this year). Today only, get the current version and all future updates for 50% off! #gamedev

Labor Day sale: today only, get Master of the Maze 50% off on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/4178030/...

can confirm, I'm the asbestos

Sebas@ohlookbirdies.bsky.social

If you're not using asbestos yet, you are being left behind. Everyone is using asbestos, there's no point in trying to fight it. Asbestos is the future.

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“the unburdened you trimmed of your darlings says i have fought, and in whole one darling is sweeter wine” — #fridgle 4 fridgle.net/p/4G

fridgle.netfridgledaily fridge poetry toy
ivy sly@ivysly.com

felt like rngdle's ultralimited poetry composer was the only actually interesting part of the whole thing, so i spun it off into my own daily web "game". everyone gets the same 30-40 words each day to compose a prose poem with fridge magnet poetry tiles. fridgle.net #gamedev

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felt like rngdle's ultralimited poetry composer was the only actually interesting part of the whole thing, so i spun it off into my own daily web "game". everyone gets the same 30-40 words each day to compose a prose poem with fridge magnet poetry tiles. fridgle.net #gamedev

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calibration process #pico8 #dailycarts

SaKo@sako.works

260801 pico-8-edu.com?c=AHB4YQzHBc... #pico8 #dailycarts

dreamed that you had to fight a dragon in Easy Delivery Co. and you needed a crystal to do it. but the regular one wouldn't work, you needed one from the flipside, so to speak