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transmutrix (wishlist Wizwag pls!)

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i make slow games fast // freelancing // building Wizwag (wizwag.net) // games preservationist // JS, C, Lua 💛 // transmutrix.com // Appalachian hermit

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transmutrix (wishlist Wizwag pls!) @transmutrix.bsky.social · Dec 24

don't cut that bush, that's where i keep my skele-ahhh look what you did ;^;

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NamaTakahashi(生高橋)

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Öoo won BEST PUZZLE DESIGN at the Thinky Awards 2025 🎉

February 4, 2026 at 6:47 PM

transmutrix (wishlist Wizwag pls!)

@transmutrix.bsky.social

Mawzipan, you know I always wanted ta be a fish, wight?

A screencap of a fish in the Luau Show in Freddi Fish 3 who looks remarkably like Homestar Runner

February 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM

transmutrix (wishlist Wizwag pls!)

@transmutrix.bsky.social

Need a doting publisher so I can ask them to buy me expensive Hanna-Barbera sound packs 😔

February 9, 2026 at 1:53 AM

transmutrix (wishlist Wizwag pls!)

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I think it's fine when it's real I guess? Like, if the thing I'm doing requires skill and I, the player, can get good at it, then that's awesome, that's what a game is? If the game makes me do the same "press A" task 1000 times to make my _character_ better at it then I don't like it as much.

wet beast @ribbon.dog · 2d

everyone wants realism in video games until repetition to get better at something is implemented

February 8, 2026 at 7:31 PM

transmutrix (wishlist Wizwag pls!)

@transmutrix.bsky.social

chimken friend

February 7, 2026 at 9:15 PM

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Kris (Wishlist Mansion of a Million Monsters!)

@kristruitt.bsky.social

Can you piece together the suspect's alibis to figure out who's under the mask? Try for yourself in the demo!

store.steampowered.com/app/4251230/...

#indiegame #screenshotsaturday #characterdesign

February 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM

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May and the Amazing Bouquet | Wishlist on Steam!

@maygame.bsky.social

It's here!! "May and the Amazing Bouquet" can now be wishlisted on Steam! 💐

Help May to obtain the Eight Prized Flowers in a cozy pixelated top-down action-adventure! 🌼

store.steampowered.com/app/3734760/

#gaming #indiegames #indiedev #majorupdate #pixelart #CozyGame #MayGame

September 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM

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carl // Isle of Reveries on Kickstarter!

@desertcucco.bsky.social

This dungeon has:

Time travel 🕘
Frog magic 🐸
Peacock knights 🦚

Wishlist Isle of Reveries on Steam and support on Kickstarter with late pledges! Links ⬇️ #screenshotsaturday #indiegame

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhwT...

Timelocked Villa Gameplay | Isle of Reveries

YouTube video by Isle of Reveries

www.youtube.com

February 7, 2026 at 4:21 PM

transmutrix (wishlist Wizwag pls!)

@transmutrix.bsky.social

All the Adobe Animate hubbhub has me considering finally buying Moho despite being a broke artist 💀 $400 ain't cheap but they have a 25% discount right now and the tools it offers seem very in line with what I want for 2D animation. Rrrrrrrgh

February 7, 2026 at 3:50 PM

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Freya Holmér

@freya.bsky.social

getting increasingly stressed that I've only got a single lifetime to work on all my projects

February 7, 2026 at 3:52 AM

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The Traveler [COMMS OPEN]

@ekvitki.bsky.social

#repost #pixelart #art #ドット絵 #ピクセルアート

January 7, 2026 at 2:33 PM

transmutrix (wishlist Wizwag pls!)

@transmutrix.bsky.social

Made the mistake of trying to use winget to install zig on my old Thinkpad, which has now been "Extracting archive..." for over an hour and a half. This is apparently expected, but it's more like 15 minutes on a modern workstation. lol.

February 5, 2026 at 6:00 AM

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zaebucca

@zaebucca.itch.io

+ My major project for this 2026 first quarter has been canceled, therefore I am now open for work - preferably under a part-time workframe, preferably gamedev.

+ Tilesets (+anim) & sprites very welcome!

+ New itch tiles are finally coming, too, but I'm looking for a structured gamedev project.

Pixel Art picture featuring the pokemon Blacephalon, standing on a fence atop an old-looking japanese-like coastal town at night. The crescent moon shines bright, its relection shimmering in the bay. A fantastic Luna Park is seen in the distance, right above the water, with its many towers, a ferry wheel also reflected in the calm, dark waters. The starry sky is illuminated by fireworks.

A character sheet with many different monsters in pixel art.
There's a dogu-like magical construct, with its detachable head firing lasers, a giant Squid-like Kraken, a fire skeletal demon. The next row shows a plant-like Alraune entity with a huge rose bud on its head, a Lich with its magic staff wearing an old robe, a skeletal dragon, a chained ghost with two vertical bright eyes and a vampire with a bat's head.
The third row has a lagoon monster, a Slime queen with its lower part being a gown, a griffin, a giant spider and a floating possessed doll monster with shiny eyes and crazy snake-like hair.
The last row has an antlion with huge pincers, a man-eating giant flower, a mud-like construct with shiny stones, a classical wyvern-like dragon and a decaying zombie giant.

A top down, aerial view of a city and its outskirts by a swampy river. The streets are filled with people, and the architecture has a distinctive early twentieth century aesthetic, with rich bent iron structures.

A top-down view of a cathedral-like structure, with many columns. At the very center, a giant baldachin, firmly standing on twisted columns. The altarpiece is mounted in a rich baroque frame, surmounted by stained glass rose window. A tall, bat-headed vampire is guarding the altar, with bats flying around. A richly adorned pipe organ can be seen to the eastern gallery. Along the transept in front of the absis, two enclosed naves host a Pietà statue and a reliquiary.
Many huge chandeliers hang above the central nave, and lots of candles are scattered around the cathedral. A few zombies and skeletons are marching towards the entrance, where a group of adventurers is preparing for battle, being surrounded.

To the side of the absis altar, downward staircases lead to the crypt. A huge skeletal dragon guards a closed gate. Many huge chandeliers hang above the central nave, and lots of candles are scattered around the cathedral.

Below the Cahedral, an underground Ossuary crypt, with walls made out of bones and skulls. An eerie light permeates the various locales, featuring grates, numerous walls of wax, monumental coffins and pillars. A Lich warlock is channeling dark magic by a sarcophagus.

The Tower above houses a giant bell. A faraway city can be seen from the terrace, as a Griffin guards the bell beam.

A secret room with four chandeliers features many tombs. There, a lady-like demon with bat wings floats above a marble coffin.

February 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM

transmutrix (wishlist Wizwag pls!)

@transmutrix.bsky.social

I always have stuff running besides the game I'm playing, and I'll turn on background events for my gamepad in games that support it. As far as I know, most games have this option turned off by default, but I don't know why, since running multiple _games_ at the same time seems less likely?

February 5, 2026 at 12:09 AM

transmutrix (wishlist Wizwag pls!)

@transmutrix.bsky.social

It's cold and snowy back in the hills lately. Just north of Sid's Fork, the townspeople say a strange howling wind comes rattling down off the ridge sometimes. Probably nothing right?

February 4, 2026 at 6:11 PM

transmutrix (wishlist Wizwag pls!)

@transmutrix.bsky.social

I've been pulling 12-17 hour days a lot lately. Last night I decided to be lazy at 10 PM and replay Freddi Fish from when I was 8, and it was, frankly, awesome. I miss when more games had an ink and paint department.

February 4, 2026 at 3:36 PM