Kay 🔪
@kayillustrations.bsky.social
✨️ Artist and Game Developer
✨️ Home of the Cuties, the Cryptids and the Claras
Working on stuff I promise
Kayillustrations.itch.io
✨️ Home of the Cuties, the Cryptids and the Claras
Working on stuff I promise
Kayillustrations.itch.io
Life gets crazy. Step away if you need to. Even if you're solo.
But keep your game in your thoughts. Just sitting down for 30 minutes to think and reflect is invaluable to the process.
Study inspo. Analyze milestones. Reflect on your accomplishments.
Game dev is far more than just production.
But keep your game in your thoughts. Just sitting down for 30 minutes to think and reflect is invaluable to the process.
Study inspo. Analyze milestones. Reflect on your accomplishments.
Game dev is far more than just production.
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January 25, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Life gets crazy. Step away if you need to. Even if you're solo.
But keep your game in your thoughts. Just sitting down for 30 minutes to think and reflect is invaluable to the process.
Study inspo. Analyze milestones. Reflect on your accomplishments.
Game dev is far more than just production.
But keep your game in your thoughts. Just sitting down for 30 minutes to think and reflect is invaluable to the process.
Study inspo. Analyze milestones. Reflect on your accomplishments.
Game dev is far more than just production.
It's been nearly a year.
I won't beat around the bush: Cryptid Camp has been and will continue to be on hiatus.
Like most gamedev hobbyists, I underestimated the scope of my project and didn't properly prototype.
I'd rather pivot now then promise something I know I cannot accomplish yet
...
I won't beat around the bush: Cryptid Camp has been and will continue to be on hiatus.
Like most gamedev hobbyists, I underestimated the scope of my project and didn't properly prototype.
I'd rather pivot now then promise something I know I cannot accomplish yet
...
January 24, 2026 at 4:22 AM
It's been nearly a year.
I won't beat around the bush: Cryptid Camp has been and will continue to be on hiatus.
Like most gamedev hobbyists, I underestimated the scope of my project and didn't properly prototype.
I'd rather pivot now then promise something I know I cannot accomplish yet
...
I won't beat around the bush: Cryptid Camp has been and will continue to be on hiatus.
Like most gamedev hobbyists, I underestimated the scope of my project and didn't properly prototype.
I'd rather pivot now then promise something I know I cannot accomplish yet
...
March 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Lots of behind the scenes managers being worked on these past 2 weeks, so nothing super cool to post yet😥
BUT❗❗❗Hopefully I'll have some NPC sprites to showcase this coming week so look forward to some mothmom-ahem I mean mothwoman! #cryptidcamp
BUT❗❗❗Hopefully I'll have some NPC sprites to showcase this coming week so look forward to some mothmom-ahem I mean mothwoman! #cryptidcamp
March 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Lots of behind the scenes managers being worked on these past 2 weeks, so nothing super cool to post yet😥
BUT❗❗❗Hopefully I'll have some NPC sprites to showcase this coming week so look forward to some mothmom-ahem I mean mothwoman! #cryptidcamp
BUT❗❗❗Hopefully I'll have some NPC sprites to showcase this coming week so look forward to some mothmom-ahem I mean mothwoman! #cryptidcamp
Out of energy or health? 💔 Want time to fly faster?
Hop on into your trusty tent and nap the night (or day) away!💤
It's a little janky, but working and that's all that matters to me right now lmao😂
#indiedev #cryptidcamp #gamedev
Hop on into your trusty tent and nap the night (or day) away!💤
It's a little janky, but working and that's all that matters to me right now lmao😂
#indiedev #cryptidcamp #gamedev
February 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Out of energy or health? 💔 Want time to fly faster?
Hop on into your trusty tent and nap the night (or day) away!💤
It's a little janky, but working and that's all that matters to me right now lmao😂
#indiedev #cryptidcamp #gamedev
Hop on into your trusty tent and nap the night (or day) away!💤
It's a little janky, but working and that's all that matters to me right now lmao😂
#indiedev #cryptidcamp #gamedev
⌛Time is an illusion... but also a fun excuse for colorful overlays!🌈🌞
For testing purposes I sped up the sec/hr to showcase the new implementation of passing time (definitely not a jojo reference😉)
#indiedev #cryptidcamp #gamedev
For testing purposes I sped up the sec/hr to showcase the new implementation of passing time (definitely not a jojo reference😉)
#indiedev #cryptidcamp #gamedev
February 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
⌛Time is an illusion... but also a fun excuse for colorful overlays!🌈🌞
For testing purposes I sped up the sec/hr to showcase the new implementation of passing time (definitely not a jojo reference😉)
#indiedev #cryptidcamp #gamedev
For testing purposes I sped up the sec/hr to showcase the new implementation of passing time (definitely not a jojo reference😉)
#indiedev #cryptidcamp #gamedev
Is the car 3d or 2D? Why can't be both😉
Had lots of fun playing around with the 2D layers to get the car to look convincing 🤩🤩🤩
Seriously, the things I put myself through just to avoid 3D modelling is wild🤣
#indiedev #gamedev #cryptidcamp
Had lots of fun playing around with the 2D layers to get the car to look convincing 🤩🤩🤩
Seriously, the things I put myself through just to avoid 3D modelling is wild🤣
#indiedev #gamedev #cryptidcamp
January 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Is the car 3d or 2D? Why can't be both😉
Had lots of fun playing around with the 2D layers to get the car to look convincing 🤩🤩🤩
Seriously, the things I put myself through just to avoid 3D modelling is wild🤣
#indiedev #gamedev #cryptidcamp
Had lots of fun playing around with the 2D layers to get the car to look convincing 🤩🤩🤩
Seriously, the things I put myself through just to avoid 3D modelling is wild🤣
#indiedev #gamedev #cryptidcamp
This is not a drill ❗❗ Cryptid Campsite is expanding 😱
So excited to finally get the scene switch working
🤩🤩🤩
Each scene properly saves and loads when player triggers the "doorway". Eventually I would like it to trigger upon enter but I'm just happy it works lmao
#indiedev #gamedev #cryptidcamp
So excited to finally get the scene switch working
🤩🤩🤩
Each scene properly saves and loads when player triggers the "doorway". Eventually I would like it to trigger upon enter but I'm just happy it works lmao
#indiedev #gamedev #cryptidcamp
January 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is not a drill ❗❗ Cryptid Campsite is expanding 😱
So excited to finally get the scene switch working
🤩🤩🤩
Each scene properly saves and loads when player triggers the "doorway". Eventually I would like it to trigger upon enter but I'm just happy it works lmao
#indiedev #gamedev #cryptidcamp
So excited to finally get the scene switch working
🤩🤩🤩
Each scene properly saves and loads when player triggers the "doorway". Eventually I would like it to trigger upon enter but I'm just happy it works lmao
#indiedev #gamedev #cryptidcamp
Hm... I wonder what's being hidden behind these locked gates? 🤔🤔🤔
Guess you'll just have to wait to find out 😊
#indiedev #gamedev #cryptidcamp
Guess you'll just have to wait to find out 😊
#indiedev #gamedev #cryptidcamp
January 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Hm... I wonder what's being hidden behind these locked gates? 🤔🤔🤔
Guess you'll just have to wait to find out 😊
#indiedev #gamedev #cryptidcamp
Guess you'll just have to wait to find out 😊
#indiedev #gamedev #cryptidcamp
I'm thinking about making some #cottagecore #pixelart pack that I can make available on itchio 🤔💭
So far my list of things to add are:
🌿flowers and succulents
🐞bugs and mushrooms
🍶 jars and pots
🏡wooden/earthy interiors
👩🌾gardening tools
Anything else you'd want to see?
#gameart #indiedev
So far my list of things to add are:
🌿flowers and succulents
🐞bugs and mushrooms
🍶 jars and pots
🏡wooden/earthy interiors
👩🌾gardening tools
Anything else you'd want to see?
#gameart #indiedev
December 16, 2024 at 10:16 PM
I'm thinking about making some #cottagecore #pixelart pack that I can make available on itchio 🤔💭
So far my list of things to add are:
🌿flowers and succulents
🐞bugs and mushrooms
🍶 jars and pots
🏡wooden/earthy interiors
👩🌾gardening tools
Anything else you'd want to see?
#gameart #indiedev
So far my list of things to add are:
🌿flowers and succulents
🐞bugs and mushrooms
🍶 jars and pots
🏡wooden/earthy interiors
👩🌾gardening tools
Anything else you'd want to see?
#gameart #indiedev
Wow! Another amazing #artfair at Columbus College of Art & Design.
Thank you to everyone who supported my #smallbusiness 💕 I'm super proud of the turnout to my booth! This was my best year yet in sales 🤩
Thank you to everyone who supported my #smallbusiness 💕 I'm super proud of the turnout to my booth! This was my best year yet in sales 🤩
December 8, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Wow! Another amazing #artfair at Columbus College of Art & Design.
Thank you to everyone who supported my #smallbusiness 💕 I'm super proud of the turnout to my booth! This was my best year yet in sales 🤩
Thank you to everyone who supported my #smallbusiness 💕 I'm super proud of the turnout to my booth! This was my best year yet in sales 🤩
A tool hotbar that can be customized through drag and drop??? Sign me the HECK up! 🤩
This was my first time making a hotbar so let me bask in this glory for a moment 🥰🥰🥰
#indiegame #indiedev #cryptidcamp
This was my first time making a hotbar so let me bask in this glory for a moment 🥰🥰🥰
#indiegame #indiedev #cryptidcamp
December 1, 2024 at 9:14 PM
A tool hotbar that can be customized through drag and drop??? Sign me the HECK up! 🤩
This was my first time making a hotbar so let me bask in this glory for a moment 🥰🥰🥰
#indiegame #indiedev #cryptidcamp
This was my first time making a hotbar so let me bask in this glory for a moment 🥰🥰🥰
#indiegame #indiedev #cryptidcamp
Cleaned up lots of the visuals for the foraging 🏞
✨Particles : Damaged Grass, Trees, Rocks
🎞 Animations: Trees shake / fall opposite of Player
🖼 Sprites: 1/2 Clipped grass disappears when damaged
Not the most fun, but necessary for that good feel 👌
#indiegame #gamedev #cozygame
✨Particles : Damaged Grass, Trees, Rocks
🎞 Animations: Trees shake / fall opposite of Player
🖼 Sprites: 1/2 Clipped grass disappears when damaged
Not the most fun, but necessary for that good feel 👌
#indiegame #gamedev #cozygame
November 16, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Cleaned up lots of the visuals for the foraging 🏞
✨Particles : Damaged Grass, Trees, Rocks
🎞 Animations: Trees shake / fall opposite of Player
🖼 Sprites: 1/2 Clipped grass disappears when damaged
Not the most fun, but necessary for that good feel 👌
#indiegame #gamedev #cozygame
✨Particles : Damaged Grass, Trees, Rocks
🎞 Animations: Trees shake / fall opposite of Player
🖼 Sprites: 1/2 Clipped grass disappears when damaged
Not the most fun, but necessary for that good feel 👌
#indiegame #gamedev #cozygame
🎨Playing around with some logo design today for my game cryptid camp(site?)
Thinking of leaning more into the campfire motif...
Thoughts? 🤔💭 #indiedev #gameart #LogoDesign
Thinking of leaning more into the campfire motif...
Thoughts? 🤔💭 #indiedev #gameart #LogoDesign
November 10, 2024 at 5:07 PM
🎨Playing around with some logo design today for my game cryptid camp(site?)
Thinking of leaning more into the campfire motif...
Thoughts? 🤔💭 #indiedev #gameart #LogoDesign
Thinking of leaning more into the campfire motif...
Thoughts? 🤔💭 #indiedev #gameart #LogoDesign
Blacked out Wednesday and woke up the next day with a finished Save/Load system😳😳😳
Funny how much can get done when you're disassociating from reality.
Silver linings I guess 😅
Funny how much can get done when you're disassociating from reality.
Silver linings I guess 😅
November 8, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Blacked out Wednesday and woke up the next day with a finished Save/Load system😳😳😳
Funny how much can get done when you're disassociating from reality.
Silver linings I guess 😅
Funny how much can get done when you're disassociating from reality.
Silver linings I guess 😅
Lmao I finally figured out the reason I'm not getting reply notifications. Weird setting is off now 😎👍
November 3, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Lmao I finally figured out the reason I'm not getting reply notifications. Weird setting is off now 😎👍
YOOO forageables can now auto generate for players to collect daily!!! 🤯
🤖Spawning only occurs in viable locations on the map that are not already taken up by another object
#indiedev #indiegame #cryptidcamp
🤖Spawning only occurs in viable locations on the map that are not already taken up by another object
#indiedev #indiegame #cryptidcamp
November 2, 2024 at 5:58 PM
YOOO forageables can now auto generate for players to collect daily!!! 🤯
🤖Spawning only occurs in viable locations on the map that are not already taken up by another object
#indiedev #indiegame #cryptidcamp
🤖Spawning only occurs in viable locations on the map that are not already taken up by another object
#indiedev #indiegame #cryptidcamp
As a gamer myself, I'm always critical about the inventory of other games 😤
So it was a no-brainer that I needed to implement drag-drop to Cryptid Campsite's inventory system too!
It so satisfying to just shuffle items around now~ 🥰
#indiegame #gamedev
So it was a no-brainer that I needed to implement drag-drop to Cryptid Campsite's inventory system too!
It so satisfying to just shuffle items around now~ 🥰
#indiegame #gamedev
October 27, 2024 at 2:39 PM
As a gamer myself, I'm always critical about the inventory of other games 😤
So it was a no-brainer that I needed to implement drag-drop to Cryptid Campsite's inventory system too!
It so satisfying to just shuffle items around now~ 🥰
#indiegame #gamedev
So it was a no-brainer that I needed to implement drag-drop to Cryptid Campsite's inventory system too!
It so satisfying to just shuffle items around now~ 🥰
#indiegame #gamedev
Reposted by Kay 🔪
Cryptid Campsite is now a farming sim ⁉⁉😱
Okay maybe not actually a simulation but at least it now has gardening which is fun lol 😂😂😂
#indiegame #gamedev #cottagecore
Okay maybe not actually a simulation but at least it now has gardening which is fun lol 😂😂😂
#indiegame #gamedev #cottagecore
September 22, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Cryptid Campsite is now a farming sim ⁉⁉😱
Okay maybe not actually a simulation but at least it now has gardening which is fun lol 😂😂😂
#indiegame #gamedev #cottagecore
Okay maybe not actually a simulation but at least it now has gardening which is fun lol 😂😂😂
#indiegame #gamedev #cottagecore
🎨🖼 My favorite art hack is making the scene in Sims and playing around with angle and lighting to find the perfect reference image.
The actual cover art for Cryptid Camp is COMING SOON ❣❣❣ So excited to show the before and after🤩
#indiegame #gamedev #conceptart
The actual cover art for Cryptid Camp is COMING SOON ❣❣❣ So excited to show the before and after🤩
#indiegame #gamedev #conceptart
October 19, 2024 at 4:03 PM
🎨🖼 My favorite art hack is making the scene in Sims and playing around with angle and lighting to find the perfect reference image.
The actual cover art for Cryptid Camp is COMING SOON ❣❣❣ So excited to show the before and after🤩
#indiegame #gamedev #conceptart
The actual cover art for Cryptid Camp is COMING SOON ❣❣❣ So excited to show the before and after🤩
#indiegame #gamedev #conceptart
Really proud of the journey this camping bag has gone through. 😊✨
To think it all started by me sitting on the floor at work just doodling ideas while waiting for smoothie orders to come in 😂😂😂
#indiegame #gamedev #gameart #cottagecore
To think it all started by me sitting on the floor at work just doodling ideas while waiting for smoothie orders to come in 😂😂😂
#indiegame #gamedev #gameart #cottagecore
October 13, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Really proud of the journey this camping bag has gone through. 😊✨
To think it all started by me sitting on the floor at work just doodling ideas while waiting for smoothie orders to come in 😂😂😂
#indiegame #gamedev #gameart #cottagecore
To think it all started by me sitting on the floor at work just doodling ideas while waiting for smoothie orders to come in 😂😂😂
#indiegame #gamedev #gameart #cottagecore
Landing Page LIVE 🔴http://cryptidcamp.carrd.co
🗺Explore Cryptid Camp's journey with ease and follow us on all your favorite socials!🌐
Hope to see you there!👋💕
#indiegame #gamedev #cozygame
🗺Explore Cryptid Camp's journey with ease and follow us on all your favorite socials!🌐
Hope to see you there!👋💕
#indiegame #gamedev #cozygame
October 10, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Landing Page LIVE 🔴http://cryptidcamp.carrd.co
🗺Explore Cryptid Camp's journey with ease and follow us on all your favorite socials!🌐
Hope to see you there!👋💕
#indiegame #gamedev #cozygame
🗺Explore Cryptid Camp's journey with ease and follow us on all your favorite socials!🌐
Hope to see you there!👋💕
#indiegame #gamedev #cozygame