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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now!
@claradoth.bsky.social
Game dev making the arcade flight game Nova Squadron in my spare time. Opinions are my own, nothing here is related to my day job.
She/her -- 🇬🇧|🇯🇵 OK

You can play the Nova Squadron alpha demo on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1826830/Nova_
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#NovaSquadron Alpha Demo 0.4.0 just released NOW on Steam! Take the Valkyrie for a spin through two brand-new urban combat missions, both above and below a vast floating cityship in the skies of Jupiter.
#gamedev #indiedev

Blow stuff up here: store.steampowered.com/app/1826830/...
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live to draw for all the hyper niche indie games it's your only purpose in this world
December 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Platform infrastructure and orbital railguns were next on the list for the #NovaSquadron visual overhaul...so I figured why not do both at once, by calling in a little help from above?
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
December 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Karazinevian reverse swept wing "nKZ - 90" cruising
#gamedev #ACECOMBAT #indiegame
December 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Happy Halloween!!!!!!
December 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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More PS1 texture drawing, I think I'm getting better at this. Still not at the level of quality I'd like though. It's all still vector, except for a little grunge texture overlay! #gamedev #gameassets

(will be released as CC0/public domain textures when done)
December 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Thank you very much everyone, 'overwhelmingly positive' is absolutely unreal to me. I started making game assets when my games were failing, I thought I'd never get back to actual game development but here we are. Thank you for every kind comment, review and all the feedback ✨
December 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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My silly naval combat game, Waves of Steel, is 50% off for the Steam holiday sale! Build your own warship, go to ramming speed, and kickflip over torpedoes! store.steampowered.com/app/1482750/...
Save 50% on Waves of Steel on Steam
If you like warships but wish they could kickflip, Waves of Steel is for you! Build your own custom warship and embark on a sprawling campaign filled with enemy ships, planes, submarines, and bizarre ...
store.steampowered.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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I mentioned Bladestorm in my sales roundup - arguably the last of Koei's Kessen series.

Waves Of Steel is a heartfelt tribute to their Warship Gunner games. You'd think a WW2 naval combat game would be (ironically) dry and slow, but nope, they were wacky as hell and WoS doubles down on that.
December 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
BlueSky, this GIF is ELEVEN KILOBYTES, how and why did you compress it that much

okay we're trying again but with it 10x upscaled.
2700x3150 GIF.
December 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
For today's #NovaSquadron post, it's the holidays, so I wanted to do something a little special.

We have an early Christmas present from us to you:

AWACS Storm Chaser smiling.
#pixelart #screenshotsaturday
December 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Brioche the Doughmancer 🫓
December 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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I can confirm, I am a feral little goblin
so I've been working on something for the upcoming Screenshot Saturday, and I can't really expect you lovely folks to be normal about it, because even the rest of the devteam aren't being normal about it
December 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
so I've been working on something for the upcoming Screenshot Saturday, and I can't really expect you lovely folks to be normal about it, because even the rest of the devteam aren't being normal about it
December 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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The most powerful narrative device a game can deploy is "throw you back to the main menu but it's different"
December 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Two lifelong Ace Combat fans give their thoughts on the announcement of Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve with 30 years of context. This is one of the most extensive articles we have ever written about this series. #ACECOMBAT #ACECOMBAT8 #WingsOfTheve #flightsim
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve - Announcement Trailer Thoughts
Two life-long fans of the Ace Combat series provide their thoughts on the announcement of Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve with three decades of context for the Ace Combat series as a whole.
www.skywardfm.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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We are cooking :)
Just adding a new menu to #NovaSquadron ...wait, is that a save select screen?

Why the heck would a roguelite flightcade game need multiple save slots?

What the hell are we cooking in 0.5.0?!
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

(yes that's Fenrir's canon name)
December 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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lamer screenshots
December 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Some cool screenshots I took to start a train with other devs on the evil website :)
December 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Just adding a new menu to #NovaSquadron ...wait, is that a save select screen?

Why the heck would a roguelite flightcade game need multiple save slots?

What the hell are we cooking in 0.5.0?!
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

(yes that's Fenrir's canon name)
December 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Despite everything, i'm still just working on my game.

(I've added a newer hud tracking box as well as multiple other changes I cant exactly remember)
December 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Okay, now that we've got a trailer for Ace Combat 8 (no, really! go check it out! it's awesome!) I wanted to make a thread talking about how it affects Nova Squadron's development.

The short answer: It doesn't affect it at all.
The long answer: 🧵 1/6
December 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Read more about Nova Squadron: www.skywardfm.com/co...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Not even Jovian warship energy shields are safe from the unyielding power of pure burst mass. The swing-wing Valkyrie has had a significant impact on Nova Squadron by @claradoth.bsky.social. #indiegame #flightsim #NovaSquadron
1/2
December 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
yes, AWACS is single
yes, she’s bi
yes, both player characters can romance her
Important question: is she single?
Follow-up, equally important question: does she like girls?
December 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Meet AWACS Storm Chaser, the lady who says things like "Nova One, Fox Two!" and "Bifrost's laser's about to fire, everyone get to cover NOW!" during missions in #NovaSquadron.
Interests:
- fashion
- radar maintenance
- playing support characters
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #pixelart #oc
December 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM