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We're working on a new Ines game for the #AdvXJam2024! Here's some footage from the intro cutscene 🥳On related news, I finally...

We're working on a new Ines game for the #AdvXJam2024! Here's some footage from the intro cutscene 🥳

On related news, I finally created a separate account for our game studio @relativelypainlessgames. You can follow that if you're only interested in updates about our games, or keep following me if you like the other stuff I do as well. Or both, if you really want to complete your collection.

We'll start posting more updates on the game soon!

#pixelArt #indieDev #gameDev

Today's Halloween, the perfect time to play our *free* spooky comedy #pointAndClick adventure game "The founders of...

Today's Halloween, the perfect time to play our *free* spooky comedy #pointAndClick adventure game "The founders of [redacted]".

It features gorgeous #pixelArt graphics, witches, ghosts, romance, mystery, magic, inept public officials, and mail carrier demons. What else could you ask for!?

https://apicici.itch.io/the-founders-of-redacted

It's short (1-2 hours, depending on your playing style), free, and it can be played directly from the browser (including smartphones). Really, you have no excuse not to play it.

We made a new #pointAndClick #adventureGame! We submitted "Dumbass/smartass" as our entry for the #108AdvChal jam. You can play it...

We made a new #pointAndClick #adventureGame! We submitted "Dumbass/smartass" as our entry for the #108AdvChal jam. You can play it here: https://apicici.itch.io/dumbass-smartass

This one was a roller coaster. It took us the whole first week to come up with our story idea, then we spent the first half of the second week flip-flopping between "what a great idea" and "this idea is terrible", then whipped up the game in the last 3 days. We ended up making something we are really proud of 🙂

#gameDev #indieDev

We're planning to participate in the #108AdvChal game jam. We're not 100% sure we'll be able to finish in time (the theme is...

We're planning to participate in the #108AdvChal game jam. We're not 100% sure we'll be able to finish in time (the theme is annoyingly restrictive, and on top of that the idea we had gives us a huge storytelling challenge) but we'll try!

So far we have a rough idea of the story, have decided on the characters and we also decided on the title of the game.

Art-wise, I designed 3 of the four characters and gave them talking animations. We're using a bigger resolution than usual!

#pixelArt

Decided to go back to the unfinished #vulkan renderer in my engine. If I'm not back in a week send help.#indieDev #gameDev

Decided to go back to the unfinished #vulkan renderer in my engine. If I'm not back in a week send help.

#indieDev #gameDev

🧵 2/2If you didn't enjoy the game we'd still love to hear from you, as long as you can provide constructive criticism.And if you...

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If you didn't enjoy the game we'd still love to hear from you, as long as you can provide constructive criticism.

And if you haven't played the game yet, you can find it here: https://apicici.itch.io/the-founders-of-redacted

#foundersOfRedacted #indiedev #gamedev

The founders of [redacted] released two weeks ago! According to the @itchio analytics quite a few people have played it.Now, numbers and...

The founders of [redacted] released two weeks ago! According to the @itchio analytics quite a few people have played it.

Now, numbers and graphs are nice an everything, but I have no idea if people actually liked the game!

If you have played it and enjoyed it, we would love to hear from you! It doesn't matter how you reach out—we're not trying to drive any algorithm, we just want to know your opinion 😊

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#foundersOfRedacted #indiedev #gamedev

🇮🇹 The #Italian translation of "The founders of [redacted]" is ready!Good thing I thoroughly tested it, I had introduced a...

🇮🇹 The #Italian translation of "The founders of [redacted]" is ready!

Good thing I thoroughly tested it, I had introduced a couple of nasty game-crashing bugs in the process of getting the game ready to load translations!

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🇮🇹 La traduzione italiana di "Le fondatrici di [rimosso]" è pronta!

Meno male che l'ho testata a fondo, avevo introdotto alcuni bug rompi-gioco nel processo di aggiungere al gioco la capacità di caricare le traduzioni!

https://apicici.itch.io/the-founders-of-redacted

#gameDev #indieDev

Ok, *now* the translation Is done. I just need to do some testing to make sure the changes I made to the code to switch languages on the fly...

Ok, *now* the translation Is done. I just need to do some testing to make sure the changes I made to the code to switch languages on the fly don't break anything, then I'll update the public builds of the game!

#foundersOfRedacted #gamedev #indiedev

Finished translating all the lines, added the button in the menu to change languages... and then I remembered that I also have a bunch of...

Finished translating all the lines, added the button in the menu to change languages... and then I remembered that I also have a bunch of images to translate 😩

#Translation update: I just translated a pun-based joke that couldn't be translated literally into a pun-based joke in the target...

#Translation update: I just translated a pun-based joke that couldn't be translated literally into a pun-based joke in the target language that captures EXACTLY the essence of the original.

In took me three day to come up with it. I'm very proud of myself.

(I'm the one who wrote the original pun, I did this to myself)

#foundersOfRedacted #indieDev #gameDev

Italian #translation status update: 1509 translated lines, 245 to go. We'll be done tomorrow!I also have a couple of minor bugs to fix....

Italian #translation status update: 1509 translated lines, 245 to go. We'll be done tomorrow!

I also have a couple of minor bugs to fix. I should have the updated version of the game out later this week.

#foundersOfRedacted #indieDev #gameDev

Working on the #Italian #translation of "The founders of [redacted]"!Current status: 796 translated lines, 958 to go.For...

Working on the #Italian #translation of "The founders of [redacted]"!

Current status: 796 translated lines, 958 to go.

For comparison, the previous games in the series had respectively 215, 155, and 645 lines of text. This game has almost twice the amount of text of all the previous games put together!

Go play it and experience the beautifully crafted text first-hand! It's free!
https://apicici.itch.io/the-founders-of-redacted

#foundersOfRedacted #gameDev #indieDev

It's #sourcecodeSunday!I started working on the Italian translation of "The founders of [redacted]". Here is the code that...

It's #sourcecodeSunday!

I started working on the Italian translation of "The founders of [redacted]". Here is the code that loads the translations, which I just rewrote this morning to use TSV files instead of Lua files to store them.

A decision I regret a bit, since I just spent over an hour fixing the unspeakable things that spreadsheet programs insist on doing to the poor double quotes in my strings. Oh well.

#foundersOfRedacted #indieDev #gameDev

The lead artist installed Linux on his laptop a few months ago, so even the graphics assets have been (in part) created on Linux using...

The lead artist installed Linux on his laptop a few months ago, so even the graphics assets have been (in part) created on Linux using @aseprite!

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I never specified what platforms "The founders of [redacted]" works on!As a #Linux user myself I'd like mention that the game...

I never specified what platforms "The founders of [redacted]" works on!

As a #Linux user myself I'd like mention that the game is fully supported on Linux. In fact, it is developed on Linux, and it's the platform that get the most testing. Take that, platforms with higher market share!

We also support Windows and macOS, and phones/tablets through the web version (all platforms have touch support).

https://apicici.itch.io/the-founders-of-redacted

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#Release day! 🥳 🎉 "The founders of [redacted]" is OUT!It's a *free* point & click adventure game, just waiting for...

#Release day! 🥳 🎉

"The founders of [redacted]" is OUT!

It's a *free* point & click adventure game, just waiting for you to play it!

https://apicici.itch.io/the-founders-of-redacted

If you enjoy it, please share it with your friends!

If you don't like it, share it with your enemies! That will teach them!

Either way boosts are appreciated, I'm terrible at marketing and I'm only advertising it on the fediverse—help me reach more people 🙂

#pointAndClick #gameDev #indieDev #adventureGame

Less than one day before "The founders of [redacted]" is out!https://apicici.itch.io/the-founders-of-redacted#foundersOfRedacted...

Less than one day before "The founders of [redacted]" is out!

https://apicici.itch.io/the-founders-of-redacted

#foundersOfRedacted #gameDev #indieDev

Turns out the problem was that I wasn't updating the javascript FMOD module fast enough! (I was updating every 1/10 second, switching it...

Turns out the problem was that I wasn't updating the javascript FMOD module fast enough! (I was updating every 1/10 second, switching it to 1/60 fixed things).

The sound effect in question is very short and begins with a fade in (so the volume starts at 0). By the time FMOD was updated to adjust the volume, the sound had finished playing and I couldn't hear anything.

Bug squashed!

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#foundersOfRedacted #indieDev #gameDev

Yesterday I did a final playthrough of the browser version of "The founders of [redacted]" on my phone. Touch controls worked...

Yesterday I did a final playthrough of the browser version of "The founders of [redacted]" on my phone. Touch controls worked great! But...

I found the weirdest bug! There was a single sound effect that I couldn't hear. Just the one!

I had given up on it since it wasn't a game breaking bug, but I had an idea for a solution while trying to fall asleep last night.

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