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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now!
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Game dev making the arcade flight game Nova Squadron in my spare time. Opinions are my own, nothing here is related to my day job.
She/her -- 🇬🇧|🇯🇵 OK

You can play the Nova Squadron alpha demo on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1826830/Nova_
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Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · Jul 24
#NovaSquadron Alpha Demo 0.4.0 just released NOW on Steam! Take the Valkyrie for a spin through two brand-new urban combat missions, both above and below a vast floating cityship in the skies of Jupiter.
#gamedev #indiedev

Blow stuff up here: store.steampowered.com/app/1826830/...
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skywardfm.com
Does the story of Ace Combat 04 still resonate today? T.J. "Millie" Nightwolf takes a critical eye to an Ace Combat series classic. #ACECOMBAT #flightsim
Ace Combat 04: A Modern Day Retrospective
A critical eye of an Ace Combat series classic. Is the story of AC04 something that still resonates today?
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November 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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skywardfm.com
A recent revisit to Thunder Helix by @hiddenasbestos.bsky.social reminded us of its surreal search and rescue mission. This video shows what players are in for. #flightsim #indiegames
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
claradoth.bsky.social
I bet this isn't surviving social media compression in one piece, but #NovaSquadron 's buttons now 'fizz' when you hover over them! Lots of little floaty particles drifting around as an extra visual indicator of what you've got selected.
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
claradoth.bsky.social
And here she is again, but without the CRT filtering!
#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #oc
(it feels really weird using that last hashtag but...yeah, I guess this is my first ever OC?! If only Baby Clara knew what she'd be doing in a few years...)
Pixel art of a woman with tanned skin, long ginger hair and green eyes, wearing a pilot's flight suit. She looks like a bit of a dumbass (because she is in-game).
November 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
claradoth.bsky.social
I've had to keep most of my top-secret #NovaSquadron work under wraps for the last few months, but I can finally start declassifying some of it now that we have...pixel art?!

Introducing the first member of Nova Squadron, callsign Fenrir.
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
A screenshot of one of the briefings from Nova Squadron, now featuring a pixelated, CRT-filtered portrait of a ginger lady in a flight suit in the bottom-left corner. She's saying "Oh, come on Öz, one silly little superweapon isn't going to stop us, especially with the Admiral backing us up! We'll handle it."
November 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
claradoth.bsky.social
I have somehow managed to scope-creep my silly aeroplane game into a situation where I (software engineer with no drawing background) need to learn anatomy.

Not sure how I did that.

0/10.
Do not recommend.
October 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
claradoth.bsky.social
I genuinely do not know where the public perspective of #NovaSquadron as the gayest flightcade game of all time came from. 0.4.1 has, like, three characters, and they only talk about mission objectives. At this point I'm just going along with it
#gamedev #indiedev
A bunch of screenshots of people talking about Nova Squadron: "Its a plane game roguelike that's gay as <redacted>" "guys caution when joining, the game and its community might give you gender dysphoria, have fun tho!" "the lesbian piloted hyperfuturistic space a-10 game has a discord guys"
October 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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kirkwoodes.bsky.social
Made the clouds a little nicer to fly through #gamedev #flightsim
October 28, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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skywardfm.com
Indie Highlight Series 005 is out now! Interviews with the developers creating Delivery Must Complete and Zakon discuss their thoughts on development and what they want their games to be upon full release. #indiegame #indiedev #flightsim
Indie Highlight 005: Delivery Must Complete, Zakon
The fifth entry of the Indie Highlight Series with Mishanya (Zakon) and Yoyoyollie (Delivery Must Complete).
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October 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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starflight.bsky.social
Very fun flight-action indie game, if you're interested in that, please try it!
claradoth.bsky.social Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 17d
I can't believe I'm actually finally saying this but...
we have a Discord server now!

If you're interested, here's the invite: discord.gg/YVdeju6zEw
and if you have any friends who might be interested, please spread the word - let's get this community started!
#gamedev #indiedev
The Nova Squadron key art with a big ol' Discord logo over the top of it.
October 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
claradoth.bsky.social
I can't believe I'm actually finally saying this but...
we have a Discord server now!

If you're interested, here's the invite: discord.gg/YVdeju6zEw
and if you have any friends who might be interested, please spread the word - let's get this community started!
#gamedev #indiedev
The Nova Squadron key art with a big ol' Discord logo over the top of it.
October 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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cobrastrikegame.com
No fuel left on the open sea and no paddles in sight!
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
October 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
claradoth.bsky.social
We’re all going on holiday to Mercury, it’s gonna be great!
Still won’t be warm enough for Storm Chaser somehow though
cobrastrikegame.com COBRA STRIKE - Wishlist now!💥🚁🎮 @cobrastrikegame.com · 20d
The INternational Defense Forces' company outing starts on Saturday?
October 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
claradoth.bsky.social
what could it mean
A rather pixelated screenshot of Nova Squadron's protagonist faction's logo. There's a weird rounded grey border around it, and text over it reading "25/10/25". Huh.
October 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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yoyoyollie.bsky.social
Dogfighting in the procedurally generated mesa

(wishlist the game in pinned)
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #DeliveryMustComplete
October 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
claradoth.bsky.social
Taking a break from all the top-secret #NovaSquadron stuff I can't show you, to do something I can -
the background hexagons now glow around your cursor, and sweep across the screen from different directions!
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
October 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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yoyoyollie.bsky.social
Dogfighting around massive bloody pillars, dont ask why (it was a cool idea ok)

(wishlist the game in pinned)
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #DeliveryMustComplete
October 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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steamdemobot.bsky.social
Great news! I love checking out new demos.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1826830

#gamedev #indiedev #steamdemo #freetoplay #newgame
October 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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dominictarason.com
There's a bunch on my wishlist. If I've missed any, let me know!

store.steampowered.com/app/3911300/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3437690/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2186440/
store.steampowered.com/app/2186420/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1826830/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1602340/...
October 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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dominictarason.com
There's a whole bunch of indie Ace Combats on the horizon and somehow they all look equally great.
October 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
claradoth.bsky.social
So I made a promise to a couple of people in the Discord server for @yoyoyollie.bsky.social's #DeliveryMustComplete.

The promise was that this weekend, I'd put a hat on a plane (long story)

so here you go.
Plane in a hat.
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #NovaSquadron
October 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
claradoth.bsky.social
We've just released the #NovaSquadron 0.4.1 hotfix, updating to that Unity patch you may have heard about recently.

We also managed to fit in some controller support improvements - if you've had problems before, please give this a try!
#gamedev #indiedev
store.steampowered.com/news/app/182...
Nova Squadron - Hotfix 0.4.1 - Steam News
It needed to be done, but we snuck something extra in anyway.
store.steampowered.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
claradoth.bsky.social
hey is it me or does the main menu look different now
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #NovaSquadron
October 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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yoyoyollie.bsky.social
I was practically kissing the ocean at the end there how did I not crash oh lord
(Wishlist the game in pinned)

#gamedev #indiedev #DeliveryMustComplete
October 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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hiddenasbestos.bsky.social
Thunder Helix is on sale !

Grab your copy here:

store.steampowered.com/app/1906230/...

#gamedev #solodev #lowpoly #flightsim #steam 🐪 🚁
Save 25% on Thunder Helix on Steam
Pilot deadly helicopter gunships, battle enemy forces and complete dangerous missions within a thrilling desert warzone!
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September 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM