Liza Knipscher
@lize.bsky.social
Game dev who loves making procedurally animated critters and does so as often as possible. Developing Cookie Gardening and Biolune. Owner of Meep Engine: https://www.meepengine.com/
Biolune: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3070190/Biolune/
Biolune: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3070190/Biolune/
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Liza Knipscher
@lize.bsky.social
· Oct 21
Adding some pretty foliage to Cookie Gardening. Are there lore implications to adding flowers to a world of sentient vegetables? Yes, of course
#gamedev
#gamedev
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Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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If you make prototypes for your games, how long do you typically spend on the prototype?
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
If you make prototypes for your games, how long do you typically spend on the prototype?
Particularly strange alien
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Particularly strange alien
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Little preview of the world you can explore in 'AUTOMATON HEART'
November 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Little preview of the world you can explore in 'AUTOMATON HEART'
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#Procedural #pixelart tentacle for #Godot devs with source project and tutorial.
github.com/Smitner-Stud...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h2d...
#indiedev #gamedev
github.com/Smitner-Stud...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h2d...
#indiedev #gamedev
November 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
#Procedural #pixelart tentacle for #Godot devs with source project and tutorial.
github.com/Smitner-Stud...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h2d...
#indiedev #gamedev
github.com/Smitner-Stud...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h2d...
#indiedev #gamedev
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Game design is simple, actually. Except when it isn't. Here are the 12 things you need to know.
Game design is simple, actually
So, let’s just walk through the whole thing, end to end. Here’s a twelve-step program for understanding game design. One: Fun There are a lot of things people call “fun.” But most of them are not useful for getting better at making games, which is usually why people read articles like this. The fun of a bit of confetti exploding in front of you, and the fun of excruciating pain and risk to life and limb as you free climb a cliff are just not usefully paired together.
www.raphkoster.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Game design is simple, actually. Except when it isn't. Here are the 12 things you need to know.
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Ok, so not all of the beasts in Primal Encounters are "common". Check the Appendixes for fresh ways to make waves in your next adventure.
Find new challenges for your party in the depths:
Live on Kickstarter now
Kickstarter.com/projects/aaronbmiller/primal-encounters-5e/
Find new challenges for your party in the depths:
Live on Kickstarter now
Kickstarter.com/projects/aaronbmiller/primal-encounters-5e/
November 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Ok, so not all of the beasts in Primal Encounters are "common". Check the Appendixes for fresh ways to make waves in your next adventure.
Find new challenges for your party in the depths:
Live on Kickstarter now
Kickstarter.com/projects/aaronbmiller/primal-encounters-5e/
Find new challenges for your party in the depths:
Live on Kickstarter now
Kickstarter.com/projects/aaronbmiller/primal-encounters-5e/
Hi #PitchYaGame!
In Biolune, play as a robot fascinated by organic life. Gather friends and resources, and cultivate evolving ecosystems where there were once deserted moons.
Including seriously bizarre procedurally generated plants and animals.
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3070190/...
In Biolune, play as a robot fascinated by organic life. Gather friends and resources, and cultivate evolving ecosystems where there were once deserted moons.
Including seriously bizarre procedurally generated plants and animals.
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3070190/...
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Hi #PitchYaGame!
In Biolune, play as a robot fascinated by organic life. Gather friends and resources, and cultivate evolving ecosystems where there were once deserted moons.
Including seriously bizarre procedurally generated plants and animals.
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3070190/...
In Biolune, play as a robot fascinated by organic life. Gather friends and resources, and cultivate evolving ecosystems where there were once deserted moons.
Including seriously bizarre procedurally generated plants and animals.
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3070190/...
Reposted by Liza Knipscher
made a wormhole lightspeed effect in js today. =)
I photoshopped a star picture into a ring-shaped transparent sprite, then in code draw eight copies at different scales based on the current time. whole thing is 25 lines of code yay
I photoshopped a star picture into a ring-shaped transparent sprite, then in code draw eight copies at different scales based on the current time. whole thing is 25 lines of code yay
November 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
made a wormhole lightspeed effect in js today. =)
I photoshopped a star picture into a ring-shaped transparent sprite, then in code draw eight copies at different scales based on the current time. whole thing is 25 lines of code yay
I photoshopped a star picture into a ring-shaped transparent sprite, then in code draw eight copies at different scales based on the current time. whole thing is 25 lines of code yay
[taking furious notes]
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
[taking furious notes]
November 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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As the dogs and bees continued their attack, I tried in vain to remember my favorite things.
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
As the dogs and bees continued their attack, I tried in vain to remember my favorite things.
Lizard. Mouse. Lizardmouse
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Lizard. Mouse. Lizardmouse
Antler situation out of control
November 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Antler situation out of control
So far the most effective possible organism in the simulation is a sort of Shrubworm. Nothing can compete with the Shrubworm. There is no way to prevent the Shrubworm
November 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
So far the most effective possible organism in the simulation is a sort of Shrubworm. Nothing can compete with the Shrubworm. There is no way to prevent the Shrubworm
I love seeing the variation between animals in this herd. They look like one species, but some have pointy little heads, some have many eyes, some have wings. One's just a skeleton
November 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I love seeing the variation between animals in this herd. They look like one species, but some have pointy little heads, some have many eyes, some have wings. One's just a skeleton
Met a Halloween moose today
November 1, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Met a Halloween moose today
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It's Halloween and I need to make more ghosts-related illustrations. But I found this gif I made some years ago, it was based on a terrible man-eating beast (and totally not on a dog's skull), so be warned!
October 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It's Halloween and I need to make more ghosts-related illustrations. But I found this gif I made some years ago, it was based on a terrible man-eating beast (and totally not on a dog's skull), so be warned!
An unsettling beast
October 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
An unsettling beast
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I have been working on The Florist, a Survival Horror game with flowers and beauty at the forefront. This is a super cool project made by a really excellent team who is putting everything into this game. It would mean a lot if you could wishlist it here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3152440
store.steampowered.com/app/3152440
The Florist on Steam
A classic survival horror experience, set in a town overgrown with deadly yet beautiful flowers. Solve ingenious puzzles, defeat horrifying enemies, and uncover the mystery behind a plan to create new...
store.steampowered.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I have been working on The Florist, a Survival Horror game with flowers and beauty at the forefront. This is a super cool project made by a really excellent team who is putting everything into this game. It would mean a lot if you could wishlist it here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3152440
store.steampowered.com/app/3152440