Dakota // Syncaroonie

I posted the Steam page for my game, Solaire, earlier! Here's the first trailer I posted on there as well! #gamedev #indiedev #godot #solaire

Solaire — JRPG #66 by @syncaroonie.com The Hot-Blooded RPG where each character features a unique twist on Turn-Based Combat! Shoot enemies' weak points; Sing songs of healing; Absorb and use your enemies skills, and more! #Steam

Bumper Bout has a hugely extended demo that's OUT NOW as part of #SteamNextFest! It's PvP pinball that let's you attack each other like a fighting game! There's unique stages and every character has an ult! If you try it I'd love to hear what you think! Thank you! ❤️ #indiegame #indiedev #gamedemo

Much better. Need to break the checkerboard pattern up more but for now this is fine and I can start work on refining the props.

Unrelated to previous skeet I caved and bought an AYN thor cause I thought it'd be cool to TRY and get bottom screen functionality working for Solaire. As much as the obvious inspirations are PSX/2 RPGs I also love the 3DS SMT games so having like the map or character info down there would be cool.

www.bfxr.net BFXR major update. I need to spend a *lot* more time with the presets of the instruments, but I was so immediately sold by the Mixfxr tool (that just overlaps two existing synths) that I had to put it live RIGHT AWAY. Try it out!

This game looks really unique and it just got on my radar in a major way thanks to @chickenfillets.bsky.social . Definitely check it out

Originally Solaire was gonna look basically exactly like this (but worse) but I really struggle with drawing and animating small character sprites so I decided to do 3d models instead, and at that point abandoned the isometric camera too.

Gender is a performance and before the show someone came up to me and said “MacBeth” like 50 times.

I don’t know why we’re talking about Random Encounters today but Solaire has them and I’m glad that there’s a lot of push back on the “they’re bad cause I don’t like them” thing. They’re in my game cause I do like them (and they make a lot of other design stuff much simpler).

It's quite frustrating that there's been a lot more conversations lately about friction and how we should meet games halfway and accept their quirks. Yet every time when it comes to RPGs it's always "nooooo random encounters are inherently bad".

Idk if this is a hot take but I do sometimes feel like people's experiences with Pokémon as a child have tainted their entire view on RPGs as a genre. Got annoyed at one too many Zubats so now all random encounters are inherently bad. Never had to use buffs to win, so clearly they're useless.

Happy bisexuality visibility day!

Another reason to switch to Godot

Dear trans people who see this: you are all very brave, and I could never be as brave as you. I cannot express the respect I have for being yourself even if it makes the world hate you. That is all.

In Massachusetts, we have a responsibility to protect the vulnerable and stand up for those who need it. We don’t throw trans kids under the bus for political points. We protect them—and all of our neighbors—because trans rights are human rights.

Sometimes I think UX designers must just be really hungry based on how they name stuff. I mean, Snackbar?? Bread crumbs??? BURGER Menu????? Like buddy go have lunch jeez

I am very excited for Metroid Ravenous. I am also very excited for lunch. It’s eat or be eaten.

Daniel is sharing his starter pack of game devs that don't use AI, so I figured rather than just repost it, I would quote post it with my three no AI game dev starter packs. go.bsky.app/6DRdowf go.bsky.app/AS5R4p7 go.bsky.app/7K7JDCJ

Creating this no-ai indie games starter pack is one of the best things I ever did on BlueSky. Lots of great developers in here, making things with their own hands, some of whom I might not have found otherwise!! go.bsky.app/78u8M6Y

that’s wild. he’s tanking damage for us.

Im not only going to outlive every transphobic fossil in office but im gonna turn their grave into a gender neutral restroom when they die

I've thrown out some optimistic dates about the Solaire demo coming out but realistically it'll probably be a couple months more until it's like, actually ready. I don't think it'll be later than Q1 next year though, most of the meaty content is done I just want to give myself ample time to polish.

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Hey! Are you an indie dev who doesn't use gen AI and have a game you're currently promoting? I'm looking to make a starter pack and you could be in it! Reply below with a link to your game 👇 go.bsky.app/78u8M6Y

Got a lot of new followers from people doing starter pack reposts (ty!!!! <3) so it’s once again time to repost the trailer for my weird funny rpg.

Figured I'd put this out there again! Under 1k follower creatives! Mostly gamedevs and artists, but a few music folks in there too! Still some space for more people, too! #starterpack #gamedev #art #creativity

Yes, this was made in RPG Maker MZ.

Currently asking friends for feedback on WIP music for Solaire and I'm having to preface my strange instrument choices with the fact the brief I gave myself was "Battle bgm for when Queen Elizabeth comes back from the dead and oh no she's got a gun!!!!" Game dev is awesome