aistral
@aistral.bsky.social
one half of epic banana games. i made the game reginald does his thang. currently working on Petunia's House.
detective experiences pain, shock, and cowardice attempting to enter Petunia's House
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November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
detective experiences pain, shock, and cowardice attempting to enter Petunia's House
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phone works! NPC arrives, rings bell and waits to be let in - next up context menus for vendors etc.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
phone works! NPC arrives, rings bell and waits to be let in - next up context menus for vendors etc.
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grinding one's own head grants a valuable grinder upgrade brick. how does one procure... one's own head??
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October 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
grinding one's own head grants a valuable grinder upgrade brick. how does one procure... one's own head??
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zombies!! this leads to implementing a "cannibal" personality trait, and eating gibs etc., up next
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October 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
zombies!! this leads to implementing a "cannibal" personality trait, and eating gibs etc., up next
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now if a "helpful" NPC sees a grindable object, it will grab it and take it to the grinder!
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October 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
now if a "helpful" NPC sees a grindable object, it will grab it and take it to the grinder!
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September 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
energy bricks (a la Back to the Future 3) will allow player to accumulate absurd grinder coin bonus multipliers. basic fireworks are in!
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September 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
energy bricks (a la Back to the Future 3) will allow player to accumulate absurd grinder coin bonus multipliers. basic fireworks are in!
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ok, now if an NPC sees too many suspicious objects (like decapitated heads) it will head to the rooftop phone and ring the authorities!
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September 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
ok, now if an NPC sees too many suspicious objects (like decapitated heads) it will head to the rooftop phone and ring the authorities!
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NPCs can punch now! (if they have the "aggressive" personality trait and are attacked)
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August 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
NPCs can punch now! (if they have the "aggressive" personality trait and are attacked)
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thinking through edge cases, such as if a sleeping NPC is poisoned, and then carried, it needs to be able to die while carried
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August 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
thinking through edge cases, such as if a sleeping NPC is poisoned, and then carried, it needs to be able to die while carried
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NPCs now have basic Follow behavior implemented, i think next i'll work on traversing the floors via using doors.
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July 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
NPCs now have basic Follow behavior implemented, i think next i'll work on traversing the floors via using doors.
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planter growth stages and particle effects are in, much better than the temp assets i had previously been using
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July 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
planter growth stages and particle effects are in, much better than the temp assets i had previously been using
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adding the "grindable" component to vomit chunks allows them to be ground for coins, incentivizing self-inflicted nausea
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June 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
adding the "grindable" component to vomit chunks allows them to be ground for coins, incentivizing self-inflicted nausea
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set bear trap -> amputate legs -> crawl w. grim determination -> bleed out -> success
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May 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
set bear trap -> amputate legs -> crawl w. grim determination -> bleed out -> success
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sleeping status is in! testing here via syringe filled w. horse tranquilizer
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May 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
sleeping status is in! testing here via syringe filled w. horse tranquilizer
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May 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
buffManager handling multiple status effects: here, healing and stun on the same NPC
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May 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
buffManager handling multiple status effects: here, healing and stun on the same NPC
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working on fear / cower status effect - NPCs will flee and drop items etc. #gamedev #pixelart #indiegame
April 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
working on fear / cower status effect - NPCs will flee and drop items etc. #gamedev #pixelart #indiegame
March 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM