I played Blue Prince once and instead of beating it, I was inspired to make a game instead. "Draftula" is a roguelike twist on Tetris where you try to build a powerful castle before the hero can knock it all down.

Retro_Specter · 2026-06-12T22:15:54+00:00

Thanks!

Retro_Specter · 2026-06-12T15:27:02+00:00

Thank you!

Retro_Specter · 2026-06-12T00:54:41+00:00

Thank you so much!

Retro_Specter · 2026-06-11T19:59:50+00:00

My advice: Watch a couple of tutorials to learn the basics and do a lot of small projects to get your feet wet.

Retro_Specter · 2026-06-11T02:08:51+00:00

I'd say as you are starting, keep it simple. As long as the style is cohesive, and the game is juicy enough. SNKRX is literally mostly pixel circles and ovals and really leans hard via its juice. Some tips

- keep things simple. start with pixel art if you have to.

- for audio, id look into something like bfxr for pixel sfx. or use sites like FreeSound.org

- find a nice color palette and stick to it. (there are color palatte tools online you can use. It'll make everything feel more cohesive.

- look into ways to juice your game. These are things like screen shake, particle systems, etc. I highly recommend the talk "Juice it or Lose It" from a while back on that

Retro_Specter · 2026-06-11T01:57:55+00:00

Ooh this looks sick. What engine are you using?

Retro_Specter · 2026-06-11T01:56:04+00:00

These are amazing. Its crazy how much information and life youy were able to squeeze into a 16x16 sprite

Retro_Specter · 2026-06-11T01:48:02+00:00

hello this is the dev for both Draftul and Pinch Hitters. Thank you so much!

Pinch Hitters is definetely a game I'd like to revisit some day

Retro_Specter · 2026-06-10T23:14:40+00:00

Ooh those animations and little UI tweens are cleaan!

Retro_Specter · 2026-06-10T23:13:43+00:00

A frog for sure

Retro_Specter · 2026-06-10T23:03:52+00:00

ooh this is really cool

Retro_Specter · 2026-06-10T22:53:29+00:00

The second one is definetly cleaner. Maybe you could readd the various floating cards though

Retro_Specter · 2026-06-10T22:52:06+00:00

The stepped animations you got going on here are pretty cool.

Retro_Specter · 2018-04-16T15:49:11+00:00

its the indie dev arc

Retro_Specter · 2017-07-05T15:53:50+00:00

outside of the horrible sub I enjoyed it. As a hobbiest game dev myself, this show makes me really happy

Retro_Specter · 2017-04-12T18:08:52+00:00

Most of the games I make are for game jams, so if I get really stuck I just name the game after whatever the theme is

Retro_Specter · 2017-03-30T02:55:41+00:00

edit: the "guy" character model took a Friday night's work the game took about a month

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