Zoomacroom Meadow
@badpantssituation.bsky.social
Video game designer / developer
Making Hematic, a roguelite arpg drawn (almost) entirely in ASCII characters
They / them
Making Hematic, a roguelite arpg drawn (almost) entirely in ASCII characters
They / them
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Making a video game is complicated
Did you know? Before I was a #gamdev #indiedev and after I quit my corporate job I was a large format film photographer with a studio #photography
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Did you know? Before I was a #gamdev #indiedev and after I quit my corporate job I was a large format film photographer with a studio #photography
October 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
October 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
October 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Meet the loot of Hematic, the dungeon-crawling arpg roguelike you don't yet know you need in your life
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #indiegaming #roguelike #gamedesign
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #indiegaming #roguelike #gamedesign
October 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Meet the loot of Hematic, the dungeon-crawling arpg roguelike you don't yet know you need in your life
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #indiegaming #roguelike #gamedesign
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #indiegaming #roguelike #gamedesign
I wrote an entire ASCII scratch-off system for this dumb Gambler class
October 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I wrote an entire ASCII scratch-off system for this dumb Gambler class
October 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
October 22, 2025 at 8:20 AM
October 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It's a beautiful day to spend 16 hours coding!
October 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
It's a beautiful day to spend 16 hours coding!
Our powerful blood shader renders blood as a persistent effect across an entire map that can be manipulated by otherworldly powers, like this BloodZerker subclass with an enhanced blood suction ability 🩸
#indiedev #gamedev #programming #shaders #indiegame #roguelike #indiegamedev
#indiedev #gamedev #programming #shaders #indiegame #roguelike #indiegamedev
October 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Our powerful blood shader renders blood as a persistent effect across an entire map that can be manipulated by otherworldly powers, like this BloodZerker subclass with an enhanced blood suction ability 🩸
#indiedev #gamedev #programming #shaders #indiegame #roguelike #indiegamedev
#indiedev #gamedev #programming #shaders #indiegame #roguelike #indiegamedev
Shrines scattered around our procedural dungeons provide powerful boons like this hyper-speedy melee attack 👹🔨🩸
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #roguelike #arpg
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #roguelike #arpg
October 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Shrines scattered around our procedural dungeons provide powerful boons like this hyper-speedy melee attack 👹🔨🩸
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #roguelike #arpg
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #roguelike #arpg
Explore the dangerous unpredictable and loot-filled ASCII dungeons of HEMATIC! A roguelike ARPG where everything is text, pixels, and viscera! Absorb the BLOOD OF YOUR ENEMIES to grow in strength and descend! Coming soon! 🩸👹🩸👹
#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #indiegamedev #roguelike #arpg #indiegaming
#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #indiegamedev #roguelike #arpg #indiegaming
October 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Explore the dangerous unpredictable and loot-filled ASCII dungeons of HEMATIC! A roguelike ARPG where everything is text, pixels, and viscera! Absorb the BLOOD OF YOUR ENEMIES to grow in strength and descend! Coming soon! 🩸👹🩸👹
#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #indiegamedev #roguelike #arpg #indiegaming
#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #indiegamedev #roguelike #arpg #indiegaming
HEMATIC: SERVANT OF THE BLOOD ORB DEMON
🩸👹🔨🩸
#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #gamedesign #indiegamedev #indiegame #roguelike
🩸👹🔨🩸
#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #gamedesign #indiegamedev #indiegame #roguelike
October 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
HEMATIC: SERVANT OF THE BLOOD ORB DEMON
🩸👹🔨🩸
#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #gamedesign #indiegamedev #indiegame #roguelike
🩸👹🔨🩸
#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #gamedesign #indiegamedev #indiegame #roguelike
A few people complained that our ASCII game's UI wasn't "ASCII Enough" so of *course* I've been busy writing an entire shader based DOS terminal simulation for the entire UI
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #programming #shaders #gamedesign #UI #UX
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #programming #shaders #gamedesign #UI #UX
October 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A few people complained that our ASCII game's UI wasn't "ASCII Enough" so of *course* I've been busy writing an entire shader based DOS terminal simulation for the entire UI
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #programming #shaders #gamedesign #UI #UX
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #programming #shaders #gamedesign #UI #UX
Loading Torment... Assembling Bones... Brewing Blood... Producing Anguish... (What it's actually doing is generating procedural textures. Neato!)
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign #roguelike
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign #roguelike
October 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Loading Torment... Assembling Bones... Brewing Blood... Producing Anguish... (What it's actually doing is generating procedural textures. Neato!)
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign #roguelike
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign #roguelike
A quick look a few of our subclasses and their special abilities! 👹🔥⚡🩸🩸🩸🩸
#indiedev #indiegame #roguelike #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegaming
BRING. 👏 ON. 👏 THE. 👏 BLOOD!
#indiedev #indiegame #roguelike #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegaming
BRING. 👏 ON. 👏 THE. 👏 BLOOD!
October 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
A quick look a few of our subclasses and their special abilities! 👹🔥⚡🩸🩸🩸🩸
#indiedev #indiegame #roguelike #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegaming
BRING. 👏 ON. 👏 THE. 👏 BLOOD!
#indiedev #indiegame #roguelike #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegaming
BRING. 👏 ON. 👏 THE. 👏 BLOOD!
Intense sounds of squelching blood, viscera, gore, the crack of bones, the tearing of ligaments
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #roguelike #sounddesign
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #roguelike #sounddesign
October 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Intense sounds of squelching blood, viscera, gore, the crack of bones, the tearing of ligaments
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #roguelike #sounddesign
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #roguelike #sounddesign
Meet Orbus, your faithful friend and companion, a floating crystal orb filled with blood! Orbus teaches you how to play the game.
#gamedev #gamedesign #indiedev #rougelike #indiegame
#gamedev #gamedesign #indiedev #rougelike #indiegame
October 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Meet Orbus, your faithful friend and companion, a floating crystal orb filled with blood! Orbus teaches you how to play the game.
#gamedev #gamedesign #indiedev #rougelike #indiegame
#gamedev #gamedesign #indiedev #rougelike #indiegame
October 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
October 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Detail: UI: From bottom to top, your health, blood, and portal orbs.
#gamedesign #ui #ux #gamedev #indiedev
#gamedesign #ui #ux #gamedev #indiedev
September 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Detail: UI: From bottom to top, your health, blood, and portal orbs.
#gamedesign #ui #ux #gamedev #indiedev
#gamedesign #ui #ux #gamedev #indiedev
Detail: Grass shader gently rippling the texture to simulate wind.
#shaders #programming #gamedev #indiedev
#shaders #programming #gamedev #indiedev
September 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Detail: Grass shader gently rippling the texture to simulate wind.
#shaders #programming #gamedev #indiedev
#shaders #programming #gamedev #indiedev