mattrified
@mattrified.bsky.social
Pittburgh-based Indie Dev, Creator of MerFight and soon-to-be 3D fighter, CupKick, Lead Dev of Battle High series, former Lead Technical Design of Drag Her! the Game
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(Views my own and not that of any current or former employers/clients. Do I need this?)
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Little update: Working on QOL patches for TSAF and Genki Break rn. A lot of GB's changes are already up, but a final round of changes and a sale with being coming out soon.
TSAF will take a bit longer, but a lot more stuff is in the works!
TSAF will take a bit longer, but a lot more stuff is in the works!
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Little update: Working on QOL patches for TSAF and Genki Break rn. A lot of GB's changes are already up, but a final round of changes and a sale with being coming out soon.
TSAF will take a bit longer, but a lot more stuff is in the works!
TSAF will take a bit longer, but a lot more stuff is in the works!
Yea... #Neighvember isn't going as smoothly as I wanted. It's getting awhinney from me. I'll share more soon.
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Yea... #Neighvember isn't going as smoothly as I wanted. It's getting awhinney from me. I'll share more soon.
#Neighvember may have hit a snag, but for the 3rd day of this month I'll just ask: what's your favorite horse movie?
Mine's Horse Girl. Does it count? Probably not but I'll take it.
#HAFO
Mine's Horse Girl. Does it count? Probably not but I'll take it.
#HAFO
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November 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
#Neighvember may have hit a snag, but for the 3rd day of this month I'll just ask: what's your favorite horse movie?
Mine's Horse Girl. Does it count? Probably not but I'll take it.
#HAFO
Mine's Horse Girl. Does it count? Probably not but I'll take it.
#HAFO
Close to getting accessories to load and unload dynamically for #HAFO using AssetBundles but still not sure I'm doing it right or like should every separate accessory be an asset bundle or should I put them into one big one? The former sounds correct but sounds like it'll be too many...
November 3, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Close to getting accessories to load and unload dynamically for #HAFO using AssetBundles but still not sure I'm doing it right or like should every separate accessory be an asset bundle or should I put them into one big one? The former sounds correct but sounds like it'll be too many...
Ham (5)
Roasted Potatoes (2)
Beets (1)
Mac N Cheese (5)
Apple Pie (4)
Biscuits (2)
Cornbread (1)
Roasted Potatoes (2)
Beets (1)
Mac N Cheese (5)
Apple Pie (4)
Biscuits (2)
Cornbread (1)
November 3, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Ham (5)
Roasted Potatoes (2)
Beets (1)
Mac N Cheese (5)
Apple Pie (4)
Biscuits (2)
Cornbread (1)
Roasted Potatoes (2)
Beets (1)
Mac N Cheese (5)
Apple Pie (4)
Biscuits (2)
Cornbread (1)
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if we're mutuals and haven't played fighting games together, theeeeen you should consider pulling up to the stream this coming tuesday and speaking up and also telling your friends that for any donation to manna food to help fight hunger and feed hope in our communities they can suggest games or cha
November 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
if we're mutuals and haven't played fighting games together, theeeeen you should consider pulling up to the stream this coming tuesday and speaking up and also telling your friends that for any donation to manna food to help fight hunger and feed hope in our communities they can suggest games or cha
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Low key, this is why I think you should send fan mail to the niche people you love and not huge people. Bts is gonna get thousands of letters, but that soundcloud rapper may go there entire career getting nothing.
Tell your niche favs you love them in a way that is not weird!!
Tell your niche favs you love them in a way that is not weird!!
The funniest thing about being A Person in a very niche microcommunity is that you suddenly realize that the people you think of as "famous" in other microcommunities are in the exact same boat as you
Systemic imposter syndrome "my niche is so unimportant I promise, unlike yours, SoundCloud rapper
Systemic imposter syndrome "my niche is so unimportant I promise, unlike yours, SoundCloud rapper
November 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Low key, this is why I think you should send fan mail to the niche people you love and not huge people. Bts is gonna get thousands of letters, but that soundcloud rapper may go there entire career getting nothing.
Tell your niche favs you love them in a way that is not weird!!
Tell your niche favs you love them in a way that is not weird!!
Have you ever been through the desert on a horse with no mane? For the 2nd day of #Neighvember, here's a quick look at some work I'm doing so manes and tails can be customized more easily in #HAFO.
#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #screenshotsunday
#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #screenshotsunday
November 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Have you ever been through the desert on a horse with no mane? For the 2nd day of #Neighvember, here's a quick look at some work I'm doing so manes and tails can be customized more easily in #HAFO.
#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #screenshotsunday
#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #screenshotsunday
Rented this game forever ago when Blockbuster still existed.
Probably my biggest gaming rental regret.
Probably my biggest gaming rental regret.
My first time playing Sub Zero mythologies. Its going great.
November 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Rented this game forever ago when Blockbuster still existed.
Probably my biggest gaming rental regret.
Probably my biggest gaming rental regret.
Realized...need to actually plan out the rest of Neighvember...
Tomorrow...hmmm...
Tomorrow...hmmm...
November 2, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Realized...need to actually plan out the rest of Neighvember...
Tomorrow...hmmm...
Tomorrow...hmmm...
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он,
PEG --THAT'S CORNY
PEG --THAT'S CORNY
November 2, 2025 at 12:52 AM
он,
PEG --THAT'S CORNY
PEG --THAT'S CORNY
It's the first day of #Neighvember! In this first, free #Patreon post for the month, I talk about the indie game showcase I showed the game off during and about some rewards I'm offering for the game: www.patreon.com/posts/neighv...
November 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
It's the first day of #Neighvember! In this first, free #Patreon post for the month, I talk about the indie game showcase I showed the game off during and about some rewards I'm offering for the game: www.patreon.com/posts/neighv...
I'm torn. Wanted to use #Patreon for allowing users to commission things for #HAFO; however, I don't like that you pay first. Like what if someone wants to commission something I can't do and pays already? Hmmm...maybe I just make it a google form? Blech...don't love that either...
November 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
But then have someone tell you you're a bad designer cause you don't have enough M&Ms (they take a potato every time)
this is gamedev
People are not lying about what happens when you do this. I've had five kids so far take potatoes and three take apples.
November 1, 2025 at 5:25 AM
But then have someone tell you you're a bad designer cause you don't have enough M&Ms (they take a potato every time)
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this is gamedev
People are not lying about what happens when you do this. I've had five kids so far take potatoes and three take apples.
November 1, 2025 at 5:02 AM
this is gamedev
On this late #Neighvember Eve, I'm enjoying a horse-themed cocktail, a Kentucky Oaks Lily - creative-culinary.com/kentucky-oak... - or at least my own twist of it (Blue Curacao instead of orange liquor)
I'll be making #HAFO related posts all month! Saddle up for Neighvember!
I'll be making #HAFO related posts all month! Saddle up for Neighvember!
November 1, 2025 at 5:04 AM
On this late #Neighvember Eve, I'm enjoying a horse-themed cocktail, a Kentucky Oaks Lily - creative-culinary.com/kentucky-oak... - or at least my own twist of it (Blue Curacao instead of orange liquor)
I'll be making #HAFO related posts all month! Saddle up for Neighvember!
I'll be making #HAFO related posts all month! Saddle up for Neighvember!
I feel I read this somewhere...but marketing is just...
* Making people know about your product
* Answering why people should invest their time, money, etc. in your product.
But damn is it hard...
Noise + just feeling inauthentic...blech...esp. now...
* Making people know about your product
* Answering why people should invest their time, money, etc. in your product.
But damn is it hard...
Noise + just feeling inauthentic...blech...esp. now...
November 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I feel I read this somewhere...but marketing is just...
* Making people know about your product
* Answering why people should invest their time, money, etc. in your product.
But damn is it hard...
Noise + just feeling inauthentic...blech...esp. now...
* Making people know about your product
* Answering why people should invest their time, money, etc. in your product.
But damn is it hard...
Noise + just feeling inauthentic...blech...esp. now...
See...should have been world's fattest cat hes world's thinnest kittens...
November 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
See...should have been world's fattest cat hes world's thinnest kittens...
Ok. I am probably not doing a #HAFO #Kickstarter - bad month + too much work - but I still want to do #crowdfunding, so I think I'm going to sell features / parts of the game for supporters to design.
Accessories, attacks, stages, etc. A new thing and I'll see how it goes.
#gamedec #indiedev
Accessories, attacks, stages, etc. A new thing and I'll see how it goes.
#gamedec #indiedev
Ok. This HAS to exist, whether it's something you can do on Patreon or KoFi, but essentially a way to "sell" content to for a WIP game as a way of crowdfund it.
November 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Ok. I am probably not doing a #HAFO #Kickstarter - bad month + too much work - but I still want to do #crowdfunding, so I think I'm going to sell features / parts of the game for supporters to design.
Accessories, attacks, stages, etc. A new thing and I'll see how it goes.
#gamedec #indiedev
Accessories, attacks, stages, etc. A new thing and I'll see how it goes.
#gamedec #indiedev
Ok. This HAS to exist, whether it's something you can do on Patreon or KoFi, but essentially a way to "sell" content to for a WIP game as a way of crowdfund it.
November 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Ok. This HAS to exist, whether it's something you can do on Patreon or KoFi, but essentially a way to "sell" content to for a WIP game as a way of crowdfund it.
Besides writing about the state of merfight, I sort of still want to do the game vs game product blog post.
Idk why that's on my head a lot lately
Idk why that's on my head a lot lately
November 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Besides writing about the state of merfight, I sort of still want to do the game vs game product blog post.
Idk why that's on my head a lot lately
Idk why that's on my head a lot lately
If I didn't want to work on #HAFO next month, I feel like I'd want to try and do a Prototypember where I try to do one prototype every month for a type of gameplay I've never really done before.
BUT I feel I would probably need a "base" to fit prototypes into first so they can be actually playable.
BUT I feel I would probably need a "base" to fit prototypes into first so they can be actually playable.
November 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If I didn't want to work on #HAFO next month, I feel like I'd want to try and do a Prototypember where I try to do one prototype every month for a type of gameplay I've never really done before.
BUT I feel I would probably need a "base" to fit prototypes into first so they can be actually playable.
BUT I feel I would probably need a "base" to fit prototypes into first so they can be actually playable.
#MerFight 1.8.0 is live on #Steam and #itchio (tbh I may just remove the GameJolt version, 3 sites is too many to maintain...)
I wanted to do a more elaborate #Halloween video / update video, but I sort of ran out of steam, which I'll be writing about in a blog post in November.
I wanted to do a more elaborate #Halloween video / update video, but I sort of ran out of steam, which I'll be writing about in a blog post in November.
October 31, 2025 at 11:17 PM
#MerFight 1.8.0 is live on #Steam and #itchio (tbh I may just remove the GameJolt version, 3 sites is too many to maintain...)
I wanted to do a more elaborate #Halloween video / update video, but I sort of ran out of steam, which I'll be writing about in a blog post in November.
I wanted to do a more elaborate #Halloween video / update video, but I sort of ran out of steam, which I'll be writing about in a blog post in November.
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TSAF IS OUT ON STEAM NOW!!! I'M FREEEEEEEEEE
THE SKELETONS ARE FINALLY FIGHTING 💀💀💀
#gamedev #indiedev #fightinggame #godot #fgc
THE SKELETONS ARE FINALLY FIGHTING 💀💀💀
#gamedev #indiedev #fightinggame #godot #fgc
The Skeletons Are Fighting!
My upcoming fighting game that's been in the works for almost a year now has store page on Steam!
Check it out! Playtests are coming soon!
#gamedev #indiedev #fgc #fightinggame
My upcoming fighting game that's been in the works for almost a year now has store page on Steam!
Check it out! Playtests are coming soon!
#gamedev #indiedev #fgc #fightinggame
October 31, 2025 at 1:04 AM
TSAF IS OUT ON STEAM NOW!!! I'M FREEEEEEEEEE
THE SKELETONS ARE FINALLY FIGHTING 💀💀💀
#gamedev #indiedev #fightinggame #godot #fgc
THE SKELETONS ARE FINALLY FIGHTING 💀💀💀
#gamedev #indiedev #fightinggame #godot #fgc