adamatomic
@adamatomic.bsky.social
Directing https://usualjune.com at @finjico.bsky.social
I also make free games and pixel art packs at https://adamatomic.itch.io/
I also make free games and pixel art packs at https://adamatomic.itch.io/
time from reading some new tsutomu nihei to drawing another megastructure: <48 hrs
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
time from reading some new tsutomu nihei to drawing another megastructure: <48 hrs
eventually, a goal emerges - what if you have to get rid of the ruins? well, that's easy, you just need plants to tear them apart... ok, well, if the ruins are in the desert, you'd need water to grow the plants....
the rhythm was still off tho, but a "hand" of tools creates a natural pace i like...
the rhythm was still off tho, but a "hand" of tools creates a natural pace i like...
November 4, 2025 at 3:56 AM
eventually, a goal emerges - what if you have to get rid of the ruins? well, that's easy, you just need plants to tear them apart... ok, well, if the ruins are in the desert, you'd need water to grow the plants....
the rhythm was still off tho, but a "hand" of tools creates a natural pace i like...
the rhythm was still off tho, but a "hand" of tools creates a natural pace i like...
there's still no GOAL or like... gameplay there though, it's just a little stepped sim, no like interference from the player... i initially thought it could just have tile placement, but it was more interesting to have "tools", clicks that affect certain tiles in certain ways...
November 4, 2025 at 3:54 AM
there's still no GOAL or like... gameplay there though, it's just a little stepped sim, no like interference from the player... i initially thought it could just have tile placement, but it was more interesting to have "tools", clicks that affect certain tiles in certain ways...
the adjacency sim was a little flat and mono directional tho... you can see it ends up being "trees take over everything". so, wrinkles - dry dirt vs wet dirt was interesting right away, it creates a connection between water and where plants can spread. i also started experimenting with "ruins"
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
the adjacency sim was a little flat and mono directional tho... you can see it ends up being "trees take over everything". so, wrinkles - dry dirt vs wet dirt was interesting right away, it creates a connection between water and where plants can spread. i also started experimenting with "ruins"
evolution of an idea!
the last game started with hourglasses and then veered hard into a totally different direction, which was fun, BUT i was still interested in the hourglass effect
this time i tried making a super light adjacency sim thing. plants spread across dirt, isolated lakes dry up, etc.
the last game started with hourglasses and then veered hard into a totally different direction, which was fun, BUT i was still interested in the hourglass effect
this time i tried making a super light adjacency sim thing. plants spread across dirt, isolated lakes dry up, etc.
November 4, 2025 at 3:50 AM
evolution of an idea!
the last game started with hourglasses and then veered hard into a totally different direction, which was fun, BUT i was still interested in the hourglass effect
this time i tried making a super light adjacency sim thing. plants spread across dirt, isolated lakes dry up, etc.
the last game started with hourglasses and then veered hard into a totally different direction, which was fun, BUT i was still interested in the hourglass effect
this time i tried making a super light adjacency sim thing. plants spread across dirt, isolated lakes dry up, etc.
a year of free games !!
October 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
a year of free games !!
docseuss.medium.com/i-was-a-teen... starts w some familiar issues and then breaks down this old dynamic w new clarity and i really appreciated this part especially... important for community development but also unpacks a bit of why even escapism kind of HAS to be grounded somehow...
October 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
docseuss.medium.com/i-was-a-teen... starts w some familiar issues and then breaks down this old dynamic w new clarity and i really appreciated this part especially... important for community development but also unpacks a bit of why even escapism kind of HAS to be grounded somehow...
no environment markup here, no special camera guides, just this plugin slamming into some rotated cube colliders !!
October 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
no environment markup here, no special camera guides, just this plugin slamming into some rotated cube colliders !!
it looks like this when you have it equipped
October 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
it looks like this when you have it equipped
tfw its time to program the bosses
October 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
tfw its time to program the bosses
a very happy Bounty Star to all whomst celebrate!! store.steampowered.com/app/1497430/...
Overland's entire programming and animation team powering this, with game design (and COMBAT) by AZTEZ madman Ben Ruiz !!
Overland's entire programming and animation team powering this, with game design (and COMBAT) by AZTEZ madman Ben Ruiz !!
October 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
a very happy Bounty Star to all whomst celebrate!! store.steampowered.com/app/1497430/...
Overland's entire programming and animation team powering this, with game design (and COMBAT) by AZTEZ madman Ben Ruiz !!
Overland's entire programming and animation team powering this, with game design (and COMBAT) by AZTEZ madman Ben Ruiz !!
the only thing i kept thinking on my last watch
October 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
the only thing i kept thinking on my last watch
it can have 1 point and thank me for it
October 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
it can have 1 point and thank me for it
that was running on the original "dragging a satchel" code tho. with a little re-architecting, we can have a more flexible "item + tile = ???" ruleset system, so as you ram things into other things they can proc in more elaborate or interesting ways... e.g. here you can use scissors to trim flowers
October 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
that was running on the original "dragging a satchel" code tho. with a little re-architecting, we can have a more flexible "item + tile = ???" ruleset system, so as you ram things into other things they can proc in more elaborate or interesting ways... e.g. here you can use scissors to trim flowers
That got me thinking though, if shoving backwards is so nice, I bet it would be fun if like... you knwo when you get the key, you don't just walk thru the door, you have to like drag the key back and stuff it in the door proper
i liked how this makes the goblin feel kind of small and weak ??
i liked how this makes the goblin feel kind of small and weak ??
October 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
That got me thinking though, if shoving backwards is so nice, I bet it would be fun if like... you knwo when you get the key, you don't just walk thru the door, you have to like drag the key back and stuff it in the door proper
i liked how this makes the goblin feel kind of small and weak ??
i liked how this makes the goblin feel kind of small and weak ??
the goblin's sack / satchel was initially put in just to make sure there was some extra friction as you maneuvered, but it was kind of bleh (if cute)... so i added the option to shove it backward if there was space. Slightly more forgiving but also opening up gameplay a bit, new solutions appear...
October 12, 2025 at 3:14 AM
the goblin's sack / satchel was initially put in just to make sure there was some extra friction as you maneuvered, but it was kind of bleh (if cute)... so i added the option to shove it backward if there was space. Slightly more forgiving but also opening up gameplay a bit, new solutions appear...
the test level was a little... something. like there wasn't any surprises yet, not much to notice. maybe what it really needed was a little sokoban... here, you have to scootch a crate over in order to have enough space to turn around and avoid the time bombs...
October 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
the test level was a little... something. like there wasn't any surprises yet, not much to notice. maybe what it really needed was a little sokoban... here, you have to scootch a crate over in order to have enough space to turn around and avoid the time bombs...
evolution of an idea!
this morning i was determined to sketch out a new "overworld" game (like sebastian's quest or vampire vs pope army) and i had a cool idea - "time bombs" (hourglasses, here) that would cause your inventory to erode or decay... can you get the key to the door before it rusts?
this morning i was determined to sketch out a new "overworld" game (like sebastian's quest or vampire vs pope army) and i had a cool idea - "time bombs" (hourglasses, here) that would cause your inventory to erode or decay... can you get the key to the door before it rusts?
October 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
evolution of an idea!
this morning i was determined to sketch out a new "overworld" game (like sebastian's quest or vampire vs pope army) and i had a cool idea - "time bombs" (hourglasses, here) that would cause your inventory to erode or decay... can you get the key to the door before it rusts?
this morning i was determined to sketch out a new "overworld" game (like sebastian's quest or vampire vs pope army) and i had a cool idea - "time bombs" (hourglasses, here) that would cause your inventory to erode or decay... can you get the key to the door before it rusts?
happy friday! here's a little braindead loop i use all over my #PICO8 ROMs to do super lightweight adjacency checks (cave of cards, dino sort, etc all lean on this kind of thing heavily)
![adj = {{-1,0},{1,0},{0,-1},{0,1}}
for a in all(adj) do
adj_x = x + a[1]
adj_y = y + a[2]
-- do some adjacency check or op
end](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:opqhlsoh4ntgchxmsdpmtdfq/bafkreift3lykxikpwrthcnk36s56iabjgg4x7flko4sbbmw65xrimuahca@jpeg)
September 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
happy friday! here's a little braindead loop i use all over my #PICO8 ROMs to do super lightweight adjacency checks (cave of cards, dino sort, etc all lean on this kind of thing heavily)
squad rolling up to the B2B function like
September 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
squad rolling up to the B2B function like
