Ariel Coppes 🚀 PLAY Ship Miner DEMO NOW 🚀
@arielsan.bsky.social
Indie Game Dev making ✨Ship Miner✨(on Steam Now!!) a 1bit pixelart mining game 🎮
Previously senior engineer at Ironhide Game Studio
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3113690/Ship_Miner/
https://arielcoppes.dev - Devlog
Previously senior engineer at Ironhide Game Studio
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3113690/Ship_Miner/
https://arielcoppes.dev - Devlog
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This is Ship Miner, a twin stick 1-bit PixelArt mining game I am developing mainly for Steam and Steam Deck (for now).
It is a retro modern game, a tribute to the games I played as kid and what I imagined while playing.
Add it to your Steam Wishlist if you like it.
It is a retro modern game, a tribute to the games I played as kid and what I imagined while playing.
Add it to your Steam Wishlist if you like it.
When you start playing being a gamdev and decide to implement your own pathfinding solution (because you know, there are not 100 already), instead of making the actual game xD.
I promise having path finding will make sense in the game later.
I promise having path finding will make sense in the game later.
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
When you start playing being a gamdev and decide to implement your own pathfinding solution (because you know, there are not 100 already), instead of making the actual game xD.
I promise having path finding will make sense in the game later.
I promise having path finding will make sense in the game later.
Reposted by Ariel Coppes 🚀 PLAY Ship Miner DEMO NOW 🚀
After years of building, it’s finally happening 🤯
Cleared Hot launches into Steam Early Access on Nov 20, 2025!
Can't believe I just typed that. Only 3 weeks away 😮 Any help sharing is appreciated ❤️
🎯 Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
Cleared Hot launches into Steam Early Access on Nov 20, 2025!
Can't believe I just typed that. Only 3 weeks away 😮 Any help sharing is appreciated ❤️
🎯 Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
October 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
After years of building, it’s finally happening 🤯
Cleared Hot launches into Steam Early Access on Nov 20, 2025!
Can't believe I just typed that. Only 3 weeks away 😮 Any help sharing is appreciated ❤️
🎯 Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
Cleared Hot launches into Steam Early Access on Nov 20, 2025!
Can't believe I just typed that. Only 3 weeks away 😮 Any help sharing is appreciated ❤️
🎯 Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
Random video but with full audio (music too) in this case.
Random note: 1-bit graphics are difficult to read from videos/screenshots but they have some kind of magic. Also, they are easier to assimilate by playing the game (demo available btw).
Random note: 1-bit graphics are difficult to read from videos/screenshots but they have some kind of magic. Also, they are easier to assimilate by playing the game (demo available btw).
October 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Random video but with full audio (music too) in this case.
Random note: 1-bit graphics are difficult to read from videos/screenshots but they have some kind of magic. Also, they are easier to assimilate by playing the game (demo available btw).
Random note: 1-bit graphics are difficult to read from videos/screenshots but they have some kind of magic. Also, they are easier to assimilate by playing the game (demo available btw).
Can a simple Ship Miner save the Universe?
October 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Can a simple Ship Miner save the Universe?
Reposted by Ariel Coppes 🚀 PLAY Ship Miner DEMO NOW 🚀
A new episode is out today! Check out here youtu.be/X68IIH4gYlA Where I interview @arielsan.bsky.social where we talk about the challenges of designing for a 1bit art style and lo-fi asteroid mining.
#gamedesign #indiedev #indie #gamedevelopment #podcast
#gamedesign #indiedev #indie #gamedevelopment #podcast
Ship Miner Developer Interview
YouTube video by Paper Prototypes Podcast
youtu.be
October 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
A new episode is out today! Check out here youtu.be/X68IIH4gYlA Where I interview @arielsan.bsky.social where we talk about the challenges of designing for a 1bit art style and lo-fi asteroid mining.
#gamedesign #indiedev #indie #gamedevelopment #podcast
#gamedesign #indiedev #indie #gamedevelopment #podcast
Ship Miner is a relaxing mining experience with combat elements and 1-bit pixel art aesthetics.
Collect minerals from procedural generated asteroids and improve your ship.
Demo available on Steam right now!
Collect minerals from procedural generated asteroids and improve your ship.
Demo available on Steam right now!
October 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Ship Miner is a relaxing mining experience with combat elements and 1-bit pixel art aesthetics.
Collect minerals from procedural generated asteroids and improve your ship.
Demo available on Steam right now!
Collect minerals from procedural generated asteroids and improve your ship.
Demo available on Steam right now!
Ship Miner is a relaxing mining experience with combat elements and 1-bit pixel art aesthetics.
Collect minerals from procedural generated asteroids and improve your ship.
Demo available on Steam right now!
Collect minerals from procedural generated asteroids and improve your ship.
Demo available on Steam right now!
September 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Ship Miner is a relaxing mining experience with combat elements and 1-bit pixel art aesthetics.
Collect minerals from procedural generated asteroids and improve your ship.
Demo available on Steam right now!
Collect minerals from procedural generated asteroids and improve your ship.
Demo available on Steam right now!
Captain Lucky Pixel and his crew got trapped in the Unfortunate Galaxy! Help them explore the galaxy and escape it in our FTL-like adventure named Faster Than Luck!
This is our entry for the GameBoy Game Jam #GBJAM13
PLAY IT HERE:
arielsan.itch.io/gbjam13
This is our entry for the GameBoy Game Jam #GBJAM13
PLAY IT HERE:
arielsan.itch.io/gbjam13
Faster Than Luck by arielsan, Esti
Escape the Unfortunate Galaxy in a FTL-like adventure where bad luck is one step behind.
arielsan.itch.io
September 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Captain Lucky Pixel and his crew got trapped in the Unfortunate Galaxy! Help them explore the galaxy and escape it in our FTL-like adventure named Faster Than Luck!
This is our entry for the GameBoy Game Jam #GBJAM13
PLAY IT HERE:
arielsan.itch.io/gbjam13
This is our entry for the GameBoy Game Jam #GBJAM13
PLAY IT HERE:
arielsan.itch.io/gbjam13
I've just released the Demo of Ship Miner! Weeeee!!!🍻
Ship Miner is a relaxing mining game with some elements of combat. Explore procedural generated asteroids to collect minerals, survive threats and improve your ship.
Play the Demo Now on Steam! 🚀
Ship Miner is a relaxing mining game with some elements of combat. Explore procedural generated asteroids to collect minerals, survive threats and improve your ship.
Play the Demo Now on Steam! 🚀
September 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I've just released the Demo of Ship Miner! Weeeee!!!🍻
Ship Miner is a relaxing mining game with some elements of combat. Explore procedural generated asteroids to collect minerals, survive threats and improve your ship.
Play the Demo Now on Steam! 🚀
Ship Miner is a relaxing mining game with some elements of combat. Explore procedural generated asteroids to collect minerals, survive threats and improve your ship.
Play the Demo Now on Steam! 🚀
Mockups for our GameBoy Jam game, the theme is Unlucky and our idea is to make a FTL inspired game (we casually named it Faster Than Luck) where you have to escape a bad luck galaxy by solving events and saving enough luckies for the space jump.
September 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Mockups for our GameBoy Jam game, the theme is Unlucky and our idea is to make a FTL inspired game (we casually named it Faster Than Luck) where you have to escape a bad luck galaxy by solving events and saving enough luckies for the space jump.
This is Ship Miner, a relaxing mining game with retro aesthetics and modern controls. Explore and collect minerals, improve your ship and survive some threats.
Add to your Wishlist now on Steam and/or join the private Playtest!
Add to your Wishlist now on Steam and/or join the private Playtest!
September 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This is Ship Miner, a relaxing mining game with retro aesthetics and modern controls. Explore and collect minerals, improve your ship and survive some threats.
Add to your Wishlist now on Steam and/or join the private Playtest!
Add to your Wishlist now on Steam and/or join the private Playtest!
Ship Miner is a relaxing mining game where you can buy powerful 💥 tech to simplify your task and make it more fun too. I call this one: the ball of destruction 😆
August 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Ship Miner is a relaxing mining game where you can buy powerful 💥 tech to simplify your task and make it more fun too. I call this one: the ball of destruction 😆
And this is how I ended up making a Pinball game ....
Ship Miner is a relaxing mining retro game with some combat (and some bugs too, for now).
Wishlist or Join the Playtest on Steam :)
Ship Miner is a relaxing mining retro game with some combat (and some bugs too, for now).
Wishlist or Join the Playtest on Steam :)
August 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
And this is how I ended up making a Pinball game ....
Ship Miner is a relaxing mining retro game with some combat (and some bugs too, for now).
Wishlist or Join the Playtest on Steam :)
Ship Miner is a relaxing mining retro game with some combat (and some bugs too, for now).
Wishlist or Join the Playtest on Steam :)
Just a reminder that I have a private Playtest on Steam page if you want to join:
store.steampowered.com/app/3113690/Ship_Miner
I will be activating more and more players each week.
You can also join Discord (link in steam page) and I will send you a playtest key directly.
store.steampowered.com/app/3113690/Ship_Miner
I will be activating more and more players each week.
You can also join Discord (link in steam page) and I will send you a playtest key directly.
August 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Just a reminder that I have a private Playtest on Steam page if you want to join:
store.steampowered.com/app/3113690/Ship_Miner
I will be activating more and more players each week.
You can also join Discord (link in steam page) and I will send you a playtest key directly.
store.steampowered.com/app/3113690/Ship_Miner
I will be activating more and more players each week.
You can also join Discord (link in steam page) and I will send you a playtest key directly.
Reposted by Ariel Coppes 🚀 PLAY Ship Miner DEMO NOW 🚀
Longest-running diversity panel at @officialgdc.bsky.social #1ReasonToBe is looking for panelists for 2026
We are looking for underrepresented women in video games living in the U.S., or from abroad, who normally attend GDC, due to the challenges of entering the country
forms.gle/QWSK8wPjLu5t...
We are looking for underrepresented women in video games living in the U.S., or from abroad, who normally attend GDC, due to the challenges of entering the country
forms.gle/QWSK8wPjLu5t...
August 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Longest-running diversity panel at @officialgdc.bsky.social #1ReasonToBe is looking for panelists for 2026
We are looking for underrepresented women in video games living in the U.S., or from abroad, who normally attend GDC, due to the challenges of entering the country
forms.gle/QWSK8wPjLu5t...
We are looking for underrepresented women in video games living in the U.S., or from abroad, who normally attend GDC, due to the challenges of entering the country
forms.gle/QWSK8wPjLu5t...
This is Ship Miner, a Twin Stick 1-bit Pixel Art Mining Game I am developing for Steam. It has some retro vibes with modern mechanics.
Add it to your Wishlist and/or Join the Private Playtest and/or Join the Discord (check the steam page)
Add it to your Wishlist and/or Join the Private Playtest and/or Join the Discord (check the steam page)
August 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is Ship Miner, a Twin Stick 1-bit Pixel Art Mining Game I am developing for Steam. It has some retro vibes with modern mechanics.
Add it to your Wishlist and/or Join the Private Playtest and/or Join the Discord (check the steam page)
Add it to your Wishlist and/or Join the Private Playtest and/or Join the Discord (check the steam page)
My game has a Steam private Playtest now!!
Ship Miner is a sci-fi twin stick 1bit pixel art mining game.
Explore, gather minerals, upgrade and survive!
Ship Miner is a sci-fi twin stick 1bit pixel art mining game.
Explore, gather minerals, upgrade and survive!
July 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
My game has a Steam private Playtest now!!
Ship Miner is a sci-fi twin stick 1bit pixel art mining game.
Explore, gather minerals, upgrade and survive!
Ship Miner is a sci-fi twin stick 1bit pixel art mining game.
Explore, gather minerals, upgrade and survive!
This is Ship Miner, a twin stick 1-bit PixelArt mining game I am developing for Steam.
I am working on a having a private Playtest before having the public Demo, subscribe to the Newsletter or join Discord at shipminer.arielcoppes.dev to be notified.
I am working on a having a private Playtest before having the public Demo, subscribe to the Newsletter or join Discord at shipminer.arielcoppes.dev to be notified.
July 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This is Ship Miner, a twin stick 1-bit PixelArt mining game I am developing for Steam.
I am working on a having a private Playtest before having the public Demo, subscribe to the Newsletter or join Discord at shipminer.arielcoppes.dev to be notified.
I am working on a having a private Playtest before having the public Demo, subscribe to the Newsletter or join Discord at shipminer.arielcoppes.dev to be notified.
This is Ship Miner 🚀, a twin stick retro 1-bit pixel art mining game.
Multiple people requested color palettes and I decided to experiment, here is a video.
One Discord member said: "how the heck this game is able to look good in every color?" 🫶
Add to your Steam Wishlist!
Multiple people requested color palettes and I decided to experiment, here is a video.
One Discord member said: "how the heck this game is able to look good in every color?" 🫶
Add to your Steam Wishlist!
July 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is Ship Miner 🚀, a twin stick retro 1-bit pixel art mining game.
Multiple people requested color palettes and I decided to experiment, here is a video.
One Discord member said: "how the heck this game is able to look good in every color?" 🫶
Add to your Steam Wishlist!
Multiple people requested color palettes and I decided to experiment, here is a video.
One Discord member said: "how the heck this game is able to look good in every color?" 🫶
Add to your Steam Wishlist!
Did some work to have better support for different resolutions (and wide monitors, yes) this week and I ended up adding an optional scale factor. One downside is that you can see more world than with smaller resolution but not a big deal for Ship Miner I believe.
June 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Did some work to have better support for different resolutions (and wide monitors, yes) this week and I ended up adding an optional scale factor. One downside is that you can see more world than with smaller resolution but not a big deal for Ship Miner I believe.
Started to keep track of player stats for each run in Ship Miner to see how bad I am in my own game 😅 (I can easily kill that enemy but had to take the bullet for the video).
June 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Started to keep track of player stats for each run in Ship Miner to see how bad I am in my own game 😅 (I can easily kill that enemy but had to take the bullet for the video).
This is Ship Miner, a twin stick 1-bit PixelArt mining game I am developing mainly for Steam and Steam Deck (for now).
It is a retro modern game, a tribute to the games I played as kid and what I imagined while playing.
Add it to your Steam Wishlist if you like it.
It is a retro modern game, a tribute to the games I played as kid and what I imagined while playing.
Add it to your Steam Wishlist if you like it.
June 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This is Ship Miner, a twin stick 1-bit PixelArt mining game I am developing mainly for Steam and Steam Deck (for now).
It is a retro modern game, a tribute to the games I played as kid and what I imagined while playing.
Add it to your Steam Wishlist if you like it.
It is a retro modern game, a tribute to the games I played as kid and what I imagined while playing.
Add it to your Steam Wishlist if you like it.
In Ship Miner there are some Space Stations around asteroids where you can build drones to help with the task of mining and more. This also helps making exploration more rewarding I think.
June 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
In Ship Miner there are some Space Stations around asteroids where you can build drones to help with the task of mining and more. This also helps making exploration more rewarding I think.
Reposted by Ariel Coppes 🚀 PLAY Ship Miner DEMO NOW 🚀
Officially announcing my new game:
GARBAGE COUNTRY.
A lonely road trip through the ruins of a forgotten world.
feat. vast wastelands, tower-defense battles, upgrades, mysteries, & lots of driving.
GARBAGE COUNTRY.
A lonely road trip through the ruins of a forgotten world.
feat. vast wastelands, tower-defense battles, upgrades, mysteries, & lots of driving.
June 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Officially announcing my new game:
GARBAGE COUNTRY.
A lonely road trip through the ruins of a forgotten world.
feat. vast wastelands, tower-defense battles, upgrades, mysteries, & lots of driving.
GARBAGE COUNTRY.
A lonely road trip through the ruins of a forgotten world.
feat. vast wastelands, tower-defense battles, upgrades, mysteries, & lots of driving.
The DEMO for Cleared Hot is live!! we worked so hard for this build, PLAY IT!! and tell us what you think, we are putting a lot of effort and love to this game so I hope you enjoy the demo and add it to your STEAM WISHLIST.
The Cleared Hot demo is live on Steam !!!
We have put in a ton of work in the last month for this to happen. Give it a try and let us know what you think!
Play the demo here: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
We have put in a ton of work in the last month for this to happen. Give it a try and let us know what you think!
Play the demo here: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
June 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The DEMO for Cleared Hot is live!! we worked so hard for this build, PLAY IT!! and tell us what you think, we are putting a lot of effort and love to this game so I hope you enjoy the demo and add it to your STEAM WISHLIST.