Matt White
@mattwhitedev.bsky.social
Artist, game developer.
Created Ghost Song: https://store.steampowered.com/app/347800/Ghost_Song/
🎮Working on a new game called The Silver Sun
Created Ghost Song: https://store.steampowered.com/app/347800/Ghost_Song/
🎮Working on a new game called The Silver Sun
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Matt White
@mattwhitedev.bsky.social
· Oct 11
Demonstrating in a test environment a high impact mace weapon that can send enemies flying. #gamedev The methodology of enemy deaths is similar to my previous game GS, but more advanced. Its original inspiration is actually fallout 3! #metroidvania #actionrpg
January 26, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Demonstrating in a test environment a high impact mace weapon that can send enemies flying. #gamedev The methodology of enemy deaths is similar to my previous game GS, but more advanced. Its original inspiration is actually fallout 3! #metroidvania #actionrpg
So there's a "chill" button on the controller and on pressing it you just kinda hang out. #screenshotsaturday You can then use the right analog stick to do stuff, like move your head around. Yes, I have my priorities straight dev-wise. Thank you for noticing! #gamedev #metroidvania #actionrpg
January 24, 2026 at 5:11 AM
So there's a "chill" button on the controller and on pressing it you just kinda hang out. #screenshotsaturday You can then use the right analog stick to do stuff, like move your head around. Yes, I have my priorities straight dev-wise. Thank you for noticing! #gamedev #metroidvania #actionrpg
In Ghost Song -- this is never mentioned in game and I've never seen anyone do it -- but the Sprinkler bombs can be directly controlled by the right analog stick if you hold L2 down. I made some odd decisions lol #gamedev I wonder if anyone ever stumbled on this on their own. #metroidvania
January 22, 2026 at 4:21 PM
In Ghost Song -- this is never mentioned in game and I've never seen anyone do it -- but the Sprinkler bombs can be directly controlled by the right analog stick if you hold L2 down. I made some odd decisions lol #gamedev I wonder if anyone ever stumbled on this on their own. #metroidvania
Kill all clankers. Never before has this been more relevant. #screenshotsaturday WIP demoing some destruction stuff. Sword type weapons can sometimes cut enemies clean in two! #gamedev #metroidvania #animation #actionrpg
January 17, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Kill all clankers. Never before has this been more relevant. #screenshotsaturday WIP demoing some destruction stuff. Sword type weapons can sometimes cut enemies clean in two! #gamedev #metroidvania #animation #actionrpg
my niece got me this extremely cool Metroid shirt!
January 15, 2026 at 3:10 PM
my niece got me this extremely cool Metroid shirt!
Ghost Song is 50% off on Steam, happy holidays! #SteamWinterSale
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store.steampowered.com/app/347800/G...
December 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Ghost Song is 50% off on Steam, happy holidays! #SteamWinterSale
store.steampowered.com/app/347800/G...
store.steampowered.com/app/347800/G...
in 2008 I was working on a comic called The Silver Sun. It never got finished, but some of the ideas ended up in Ghost Song. This is how Charley and Pasha were designed in 2008. Pasha got aged up a bit for the game, and Charley didn't appear... exactly... #art #characterdesign
November 27, 2025 at 6:58 AM
in 2008 I was working on a comic called The Silver Sun. It never got finished, but some of the ideas ended up in Ghost Song. This is how Charley and Pasha were designed in 2008. Pasha got aged up a bit for the game, and Charley didn't appear... exactly... #art #characterdesign
November 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Ghost Song is 50% off on Nintendo eshop and Playstation store. If you have a Switch 2, it runs perfectly in my tests at steady 60 fps (it had some FPS issues on Switch 1, sadly).
Eshop: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
PS: store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
#gamedev #metroidvania
Eshop: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
PS: store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
#gamedev #metroidvania
October 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Ghost Song is 50% off on Nintendo eshop and Playstation store. If you have a Switch 2, it runs perfectly in my tests at steady 60 fps (it had some FPS issues on Switch 1, sadly).
Eshop: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
PS: store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
#gamedev #metroidvania
Eshop: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
PS: store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
#gamedev #metroidvania
#screenshotsaturday It can be hard to tell unless you have a big screen and eagle eyes, but Yuki can smile. She can also turn her head and look around while moving, which took an embarrassing amount of work to make happen #gamedev #solodev #metroidvania
October 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
#screenshotsaturday It can be hard to tell unless you have a big screen and eagle eyes, but Yuki can smile. She can also turn her head and look around while moving, which took an embarrassing amount of work to make happen #gamedev #solodev #metroidvania
#screenshotsaturday Heavy attack button can be held for a charged version. This character is made from multiple different 2d skeletons which are sometimes substituted for traditional animation. #gamedev #solodev #metroidvania The goal is to avoid the paper doll or "flash" look as much as possible.
October 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
#screenshotsaturday Heavy attack button can be held for a charged version. This character is made from multiple different 2d skeletons which are sometimes substituted for traditional animation. #gamedev #solodev #metroidvania The goal is to avoid the paper doll or "flash" look as much as possible.
Ghost Song is 50% off on Steam Autumn Sale! store.steampowered.com/app/347800/G...
It has spooky parts for your halloweeny needs #metroidvania #gamedev #solodev
It has spooky parts for your halloweeny needs #metroidvania #gamedev #solodev
October 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Ghost Song is 50% off on Steam Autumn Sale! store.steampowered.com/app/347800/G...
It has spooky parts for your halloweeny needs #metroidvania #gamedev #solodev
It has spooky parts for your halloweeny needs #metroidvania #gamedev #solodev
Ghost Song was originally created as a different game in a different engine before I scrapped almost everything about it and started over in 2019. The original version was different in quite a few ways, but to sum it up it was darker, edgier, and had a silent protagonist.
#gamedev
#gamedev
August 10, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Ghost Song was originally created as a different game in a different engine before I scrapped almost everything about it and started over in 2019. The original version was different in quite a few ways, but to sum it up it was darker, edgier, and had a silent protagonist.
#gamedev
#gamedev
my pet project that I may or may not ever make is a fantasy beatemup rpg. Sometimes I doodle ideas for it. #gamedev For a bit I was considering making it my main project, but I felt that business-wise beatemups are too risky to create unless you have a popular ip attached. #art #characterdesign
July 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
my pet project that I may or may not ever make is a fantasy beatemup rpg. Sometimes I doodle ideas for it. #gamedev For a bit I was considering making it my main project, but I felt that business-wise beatemups are too risky to create unless you have a popular ip attached. #art #characterdesign
I made a 2d model (like in Ghost Song) that makes things very dynamic. Unlike GS, however, is that I switch to traditionally animated frames when needed to make the posing more exciting. Ie, these weapon attacks are all traditionally animated #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #madewithspine
July 18, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I made a 2d model (like in Ghost Song) that makes things very dynamic. Unlike GS, however, is that I switch to traditionally animated frames when needed to make the posing more exciting. Ie, these weapon attacks are all traditionally animated #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #madewithspine
Ghost Song is 50% off on Nintendo Eshop! www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... --- Switch 2 has been a huge upgrade for it. I captured some 60 fps footage directly from the system. #gamedev #metroidvania #switch2
July 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Ghost Song is 50% off on Nintendo Eshop! www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... --- Switch 2 has been a huge upgrade for it. I captured some 60 fps footage directly from the system. #gamedev #metroidvania #switch2
Ghost Song is 50% off for the #SteamSummerSale store.steampowered.com/app/347800/G... #gamedev #metroidvania #gaming
June 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Ghost Song is 50% off for the #SteamSummerSale store.steampowered.com/app/347800/G... #gamedev #metroidvania #gaming
Ghost Song is 50% off on Playstation systems for a few more days store.playstation.com/en-us/concep... --- #metroidvania #gamedev #ps4 #ps5
June 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Ghost Song is 50% off on Playstation systems for a few more days store.playstation.com/en-us/concep... --- #metroidvania #gamedev #ps4 #ps5
Ghost Song is running at a pitch perfect 60 fps on Switch 2. 🙌 I was never quite happy with its performance on Switch 1. If you're a Nintendo player and are interested in my game, this is a great time to play it! #switch2 #metroidvania
June 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Ghost Song is running at a pitch perfect 60 fps on Switch 2. 🙌 I was never quite happy with its performance on Switch 1. If you're a Nintendo player and are interested in my game, this is a great time to play it! #switch2 #metroidvania
Holy crap
Here's my new tattoo of @mattwhitedev.bsky.social's Deadsuit/Blue from Ghost Song, @marthawells.com's Murderbot and @teamcherry.bsky.social's Vessel from Hollow Knight. All protecting my old lotus. Just as they did for my identity journey and life.
May 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Holy crap
spent the past day trying to improve the look of Yuki's dress a bit. Tricky getting it to move right.
Also -you'll see this soon enough- she can equip various weapons, hold them, swing them, etc.
#gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #indiegame #characterdesign #art
Also -you'll see this soon enough- she can equip various weapons, hold them, swing them, etc.
#gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #indiegame #characterdesign #art
May 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
spent the past day trying to improve the look of Yuki's dress a bit. Tricky getting it to move right.
Also -you'll see this soon enough- she can equip various weapons, hold them, swing them, etc.
#gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #indiegame #characterdesign #art
Also -you'll see this soon enough- she can equip various weapons, hold them, swing them, etc.
#gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #indiegame #characterdesign #art
#screenshotsaturday Hard to notice if you aren't playing on a big tv, but Yuki has emotional states during gameplay and sometimes smiles #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity
May 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
#screenshotsaturday Hard to notice if you aren't playing on a big tv, but Yuki has emotional states during gameplay and sometimes smiles #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity