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Ted Martens
@tedmartens.bsky.social
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Artist & Indie Dev. Cadence of Hyrule, Crypt of the NecroDancer & Amplified, Pixel Fireplace, Hexels co-creator.

Pixel Fireplace 🪵🔥◻️
Steam: s.team/a/2678480
Itchio: https://hammertail.itch.io/pixel-fireplace
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Ted Martens @tedmartens.bsky.social · Oct 18
Seems like a good time for a new intro post. Hii (•ᴗ•)╯ I'm an artist and indie game dev. I worked on Cadence of Hyrule, Crypt of the NecroDancer + Amplified, and I made a cozy simulation game called Pixel Fireplace. Working on a new game, and looking forward to sharing more when I can! #gamedev
Screenshot of Cadence of Hyrule with Link and Zelda fighting enemies. Screenshot of Cadence of Hyrule with Link fighting enemies. Screenshot of Crypt of the NecroDancer zone 1. Cadence and enemies are in a dirt dungeon floor. Screenshot of Crypt of the NecroDancer zone 4. Cadence and enemies are in a dark purple dungeon floor.
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Undead Barbarian ⚔️
#pixelart #indiedev
Video game pixel art sprites of an undead barbarian in four color variants with long hair wearing a circlet, and a large wide torso with big muscles and a sword on his back. The design is part of game development and might be used as a character or enemy in my indie game.
October 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Think I might share more process stuff from my game. Here's a vibe test drawing I made yesterday. It's a top-down game, but this could be in a story intro to set up the adventure, concept art for an area, or promo artwork.
Pixel art drawing of a spooky lair that's shaped like a monster head or skull with a precarious stone staircase leading into its mouth between stalactites and stalagmites that look like large pointy teeth. It has a low resolution and limited color palette of black, purple, peach, gray, and white. It resembles an evil lair from 80s and 90s cartoons and toys.
November 12, 2024 at 6:00 PM
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Mage 🪄
#pixelart #indiedev
Video game pixel art sprites of a fantasy mage woman holding a staff and lighting a magical flame in her hand, in four color variants. The design is part of game development for my indie game.
November 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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An assortment of nasties for my magic tower.
October 30, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Have a safe and Happy Hallowe'en, everybody! (Music by Dan Policar dantheband.bandcamp.com). 🎃👻 Note: it doesn't get THIS dark in The Crimson Diamond -- Pun intended! 👹
October 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Studio Ghibli - but it’s 1bit pixel art 🌿
Ghibli inspired 1bit pixel art - drawing in the peaceful landscape.
August 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Undead Pikeman Soldier 💀⛓️
#pixelart #indiedev
Video game pixel art sprites of an undead medieval soldier wearing chainmail and a helmet and holding a pike or spear, in four color variants. The design is part of game development and might be used as a character or enemy in my indie game.
November 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Here are all the creatures and color variants I made in October. Glad I set out to draw something everyday, now I have a bunch of new enemies to think about and iterate on for my game :)
#pixelart #indiedev
Video game pixel art sprites of many creature designs with color variants. The designs are part of game development and will be used as characters or enemies in my indie game. The creatures are: lizard fighter and archer, ghosts, jelly worm, barbarian, treant, rogue, wizard, floating weapons, enchanted armor guardian, vampire, gargoyle, cleric, large centipede, werewolf, alchemist, undead centaur, cloaked fire mage, megaloceros prehistoric deer, flail slime, ghoul with a gravestone and hands emerging from the ground, guinea pig warrior, hippo or orc fighter, several mushroom creatures.
November 1, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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hey my tiny fireplace sim game is $1.24 for Halloween. what people are saying:
"this game is fire"
"that's lit bro"
"will it burn my house down?"

s.team/a/2678480
October 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Happy Halloween! 🐺👻👹🎃
#pixelart #NES #halloween
Video game pixel art sprites of six monsters. A gargoyle, vampire, ghoul, werewolf, treant, and a ghost. The colors are from the NES color palette and limited to 3 or 4 colors per sprite (plus transparency). The designs are part of game development and will be used as monsters in my indie game.
October 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Undead Barbarian ⚔️
#pixelart #indiedev
Video game pixel art sprites of an undead barbarian in four color variants with long hair wearing a circlet, and a large wide torso with big muscles and a sword on his back. The design is part of game development and might be used as a character or enemy in my indie game.
October 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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it feels awesome to like sit down and just make a feature then be done
October 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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a dark and twisted forest 🌳
#pixelart #indiedev #halloween
Video game pixel art sprites of four treant (tree monster) color variants with mouth open, four branch-like arms with stick-like claws. The designs are part of game development and will be used as monsters in my indie game.
October 29, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Vampire 🦇⚰️
#pixelart #indiedev #halloween
Video game pixel art sprites of four vampire color variants with fangs, long hair, a long gothic pea coat, and a cape.
October 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Gargoyle 👹
#pixelart #indiedev
Video game pixel art sprites of four gargoyle color variants with wings, fangs, and claws. The designs are part of game development and will be used as monsters in my indie game.
October 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Spirits of a haunted castle 🏰👻
#pixelart #indiedev
Video game pixel art sprites of spirits in a medieval fantasy setting. One is a guard in armor holding a battle axe, one is a king or lord with a white beard in armor holding a sword, two of them are a boy in a tunic and a girl in a dress in a similar pose floating with arm stretched out. The designs are part of game development and will be used as enemies in my indie game.
October 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Werewolves 🌕
#pixelart #indiedev #halloween
Video game pixel art sprites of four werewolf color variants with fangs and claws. The designs are part of game development and will be used as monsters in my indie game.
October 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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some ghouls hangin' out. 🪦🖐️
#pixelart #indiedev #halloween
Video game pixel art sprites of some spooky ghouls from a medieval fantasy setting, using the NES color palette but not the sprite restrictions. They have fangs, an extra long gross tongue, and claws. There's a tombstone and hands reaching up from below, as well. The designs are part of game development and will be used as monsters in my indie game.
October 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Deinonychus.
#dinosaur #raptor #indiegame #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #ドット絵 #gameboy #gameboyart
October 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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some ghouls hangin' out. 🪦🖐️
#pixelart #indiedev #halloween
Video game pixel art sprites of some spooky ghouls from a medieval fantasy setting, using the NES color palette but not the sprite restrictions. They have fangs, an extra long gross tongue, and claws. There's a tombstone and hands reaching up from below, as well. The designs are part of game development and will be used as monsters in my indie game.
October 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Here are all of the October Enemies I've made so far.
#pixelart #indiedev
20 or so video game pixel art sprites of various fantasy creature designs with color variants. The designs are part of game development and will be used as an enemy monsters in my indie game. The creatures are: Undead centaur holding a sword and shield. The centaur has visible bones and horns. Chaos mage in robes with high pointed shoulder mantles and a hood covering their head and face. They're raising their arms up casting flames from each one. Megaloceros, a prehistoric deer with very large, broad antlers. A hippo fighter holding a sword. Slime monster with a spike ball inside of it, one has the spike completely inside, one has it floating on top like a wave, one is reaching, and the last one is about to swing the spike ball like a flail. Four enemies based on coral mushrooms. Each has a "dormant" version next to it with slightly darker colors. Mushroom characters with different shapes and faces. The first has a wide blue top and a small body. The second has a purple top with a wide body and a small frowny face. The last one has an orange top and a more detailed face and tiny feet. Guinea pig enemy with claws, and a couple of them have armor. Witches and alchemists in front of a cauldron. They have various faces including an old man, old woman, a shadowy demon sort of face, and a bird-like one. Centipede type bugs made out of several segments. Suits of armor standing with arms crossed holding two swords each. A hooded rogue character holding two daggers. Cleric holding a mace and one hand is raised with a magic aura around it. Lizard fighters holding a sword and archers holding a bow. Wizards wearing robes and holding a staff. Worm type creature with four teeth and two eyes and a shiny jellyfish type texture, coiled in one image and stretched, lunging in another image. Ghosts: a guard in armor holding a battle axe. A lord with a white beard in armor holding a sword. A boy and a girl in similar poses floating with arms stretched out.
October 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Spirits of a haunted castle 🏰👻
#pixelart #indiedev
Video game pixel art sprites of spirits in a medieval fantasy setting. One is a guard in armor holding a battle axe, one is a king or lord with a white beard in armor holding a sword, two of them are a boy in a tunic and a girl in a dress in a similar pose floating with arm stretched out. The designs are part of game development and will be used as enemies in my indie game.
October 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Colors 🦀 #pixelart #ドット絵
Pixel art sprites of a crab in six color variations. The sprites show the crab looking mostly like a rock and then getting up, revealing that it's a crab with big claws.
September 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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A giant snake 🐍
#pixelart #ドット絵
pixel art sprite of a large orange snake and a smaller theropod dinosaur with feathers. There are jungle trees and vines around the creatures.
September 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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A Jelly Worm enemy for my game.
#pixelart #indiedev
Video game pixel art sprites of a fantasy creature design of a worm type creature with teeth and eyes and a shiny, purple jellyfish type texture. The design is part of game development and will be used as an enemy monster in an indie game.
October 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM