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"foot through the door" is being generous given the job market is really bad 💀 no one is hiring.

As someone who has worked in industry studios (both on game and non game related projects), most jobs out there are graphic design or multimedia designer and even those are limited due to the economy at the moment. A pixel artist job is a bit too niche, especially since most game studios are looking for 3D artists, though I'm being generous since even studios aren't hiring now. Went to a networking meeting since I did major in 3D and literally it's a job desert at the moment. 

My main and best feature of all my games is they double as mindfulness apps so hopefully they help you to relax lol

Made this little nintendo power game inspired page and have to post it lol https://bloofbloof.itch.io/oomy

I've worked on games in the past, making images and videos for them professionally but indie dev itself is just a hobby.

I have a teeny tiny fanbase that will give me a few dollars and a pack of gum. Idk what I did to receive them lol

https://bloofbloof.itch.io/oomy

Thank you! I may export a mac port later but no definites. Also my VNs allow macs.

No, you will have to use wine. Porting to mac is a pretty complicated process.

A little alien named Oomy is out to explore the world looking for enlightenment, whether it's through a tarot card reading, talking with a mad scientist or simply crashing a wedding, she'll try anything to help you and her find peace of mind. 

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Oomy combines the surreal dream-like exploration of Yume Nikki with the relaxation portion of Mindfulness Apps. You can choose to go an adventure and talk with locals or meet characters who will help you chillout with a bite sized guided meditation.

Link is here: https://bloofbloof.itch.io/oomy

To me it's 10% cute, 90% me joking about hypnosis community's situationships 😭

Animating it would probably help a ton. I found making the tiles look like moving water helped differentiate them to the player from non-water tiles. 

I started out as a kid going on the spriters resource yeaaarrrrs ago ( 2006). It's still a great resource to finding sprite art and learning from it. They not only have clean rips of sprites but also their animations. Also gifs are great too to study sprite art.

I've been animating for years but more first introduction to animation was the Spriters Resource when I was 11. I learned that a lot of sprites are very simple, for instance Mario only has 3 frames of animation. You can do 3-4 frames of animation for your character and use something like mario or other sprites to get started and to give you an idea of what each frame looks like.

I am the worst person to ask what I like in a game but I like surreal games that are more plot focused than mechanics focused. Also just cause I like simple games doesn't mean I enjoy janky games. So many indie walking sim games are so broken, I don't know how you manage to screw up the easiest game in existence.

Guilty of adding memes to my upcoming game

Made an entire game in adobe flash cause I'm stupid and original file is so glitchy that I don't think its salvageable 

I plan to have more comics and games with him in it in the future!

Aw thanks! I always felt meditation or mindfulness apps were super bare bones so I wanted to make something with a story and likeable characters. If you want to see him be silly, I have a comic series: https://bloofbloof.itch.io/bloof-comics

my queen is smashed

well at least the chicken kept you awake

He's a silly dude!

https://bloofbloof.itch.io/drvoldritch

Comfy world goals.

There could be a lot of factors why it does or doesn't work. Sometimes you're just not wanting to relax, sometimes overthinking it. That's why I'm working on more mindfulness and meditation focused games now with more options.

Aw thanks! Yeah, I was heavily inspired by zelda.

Crazy I stumbled upon this in middle school and now 20 years later, I grew up and doing gamedev. Definitely a big inspiration.

Hello! I've been doing sprite art and game design for several years but never released a pack so here's one I've been working on for a while:

https://bloofbloof.itch.io/top-down-fantasy-sprite-pack

Contains music, tilesets, weapons, effects, characters and more!

Some mock ups:

Aw I'm glad it worked! I have a few games too if you wanna try those.

new sussy baka voldritch

If you're mean to him, you hard lock the game haha

I make animations so maybe you saw one of those lol

Uhhhh a lot of games lol mostly mindfulness/meditation/hypnosis apps.

No idea if the thread is still active but here's my story:

I want to create mindfulness and relaxation games but without them being boring. Most apps are pretty bare bones and simple that have minimalist approaches to helping with anxiety. I wanted to change that and add stories and characters that are memorable and stick with people.

The market is also oversaturated with hypnosis content that is almost all exclusively NSFW oriented and wanted to change that to have content that's recreational and is strictly SFW for larger audiences since that niche is non-existent. 

I had no coding skills at first and collaborated with my friend who used Renpy but over time I taught myself Gamemaker. Now I'm developing a new game more complex than my last, inspired by games such as Yume Nikki and Undertale. 

I don't know if this counts but I made hypnosis/guided meditation games where you develop a mentor/friendship relationship with a  mad scientist. The twist is he's not an evil scientist but a silly guy cosplaying as one and also doubles as a mindfulness app. It's more science fiction than fantasy.

https://bloofbloof.itch.io/lavender-labs

https://bloofbloof.itch.io/drvoldritch

Is there Game Jams for show casing pre made games? I want to enter a Jam but they expect a brand new game.

I've had my games reviewed by random people or added to sites like vn database with reviews. It's not like it doesn't exist, it's just more niche? If it's indie, it's going to be niche lol you're not going to find a gaming publication for AAA games reviewing indie games. You gotta look for more obscure websites, zines, etc.

Wanted to promote a game I made a while ago that combines meditation and divination but you can play it just to chill if you're not interested in esoteric stuff. It's open ended and has rather simple randomized gameplay.

https://bloofbloof.itch.io/medivination