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pixel low-res photo of a pigeon in a strange-color 16-color palette. the image is made out of little dots.
After much bug-fixing and making tiny imperceptible adjustments (in the end, I actually ended up coming up with my own dithering algorithm), I created a really nice-looking version of my avatar using only colors from the palette of Small Ponds!
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pixel low-res photo of a pigeon in a strange-color 16-color palette. the image is made out of little dots.
Working on some type of color dithering algorithm. I converted my avatar to the 16-color palette used in Small Ponds. I think it still needs some work, but it's getting there. I think this might be a cool effect to use in a game.
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I featured 150 browser games on my blog this year and just dropped my personal top 10
www.bontegames.com/2025/12/2025...
!NEWLY COMMISSIONED FOR INDIEPOCALYPSE!
Arvo Pond is a renowned jewel thief who happens to be a frog. Help him steal 9 diamonds from various locations around the world in SMALL PONDS in your quest to 'liberate' diamonds from their owners.
By @cassowary.me
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-72
Today, I created sound effects for various actions in the game. The waveforms are generated by the game, rather than playing audio files, giving them some authentic crunchiness.
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I created an interesting menu system. It finds any map files in the map directory and reads their titles to create the level select menu. Then, you can select a map to load. It might make it easier in the future if people want to have custom levels, for example.
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Hello! There has been a... significant amount of work done on the game since I last posted.
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The electrical engineers in the audience may be pleased to note that we can now build any type of circuit we want.
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I created circuit blocks with logic gates
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We can now open a door with a key!
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The physics engine has really become quite robust. I'm so proud.
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very cool and fun ludum dare concept by @cassowary.me – i'm no game designer but as a UX/UI guy I love it when someone plays with language, labels, etc
Hello! For Ludum Dare 58, cassowary games inc. in cooperation with the Project for Interplanetary Cultural Exchange is proud to bring you a port of the famous Stamp Collector Game from Planet Q.
cassowary.itch.io/stamp-collec...
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Pretty happy with how the "stand on top of things and move with them" code worked out here, usually this kind of thing is my nemesis... Perhaps my skills have improved.
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Wow! The entities can now collide with each other, which means we can finally actually have interesting behaviors! (Note: None of the behaviors are actually interesting yet.)
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Well, things are certainly becoming interesting around here.
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Hello there everyone!
Putting together little puzzle rooms for the third "dungeon" area. I don't think I've ever heard of an RPG whose mechanics work like this, possibly because it's a stupid idea, but hey, maybe it's actually a cool idea, you never know.
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Hello! I made a new game for Ludum Dare 57 called "Continental Shelf."
In this game you move blocks around to try to let all the fish find each other, without getting eaten by a shark. Please enjoy!
cassowary.itch.io/continental-...
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Ooh, I will give this a try next time.
Oh, I guess I didn't mess this up -- Bluesky just doesn't support GIFs. Hmm... I'll have to rethink how I post updates here then, I guess.
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Dungeon layout design is coming along!
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Happy Year of the Snake! I made a puzzle game featuring snakes, please enjoy!!
cassowary.itch.io/year-of-the-...
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Happy Year of the Snake!
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Glow-up for some of the earliest sprites I drew for this game. I think after two years of practice I'm finally learning how to draw people...
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Hello! Everyone seems to be migrating to Bluesky lately so I am thinking I will also start posting my game development updates here. I figured out how to set my website as my Bluesky handle... very cool.
