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Echo of 🐈 vs 👽
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Godot Game Engine Solodev
Krita Digital Artist
Aseprite Pixeler

Developing Cats vs Aliens, a hand made cozy survivorslike with cats, crafting, exploration and a secret.

Cats vs Aliens on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2896390/Cats_vs_Aliens/
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Taking a break from coding for a bit to refresh the start screen. Things are coming along steadily, despite delays.

Worth the effort? TBD.
Keeping me sane? Also TBD.
Fun, at least? Yup!

#CatsVsAliens #IndieGameDev #cats #aliens #digitalart #gaming #solodev #artprocess #indiegaming #takingabreak.
The beginning phase of inking for the new Cats vs Aliens start screen. It features a smaller goblin-like alien on the left in a defensive fighting posture, and a larger, amused cat character pouncing in from the right. The progress on inking The Planet, which features elements from the various biomes a player can expect in the final version of the game. This image features The Planet as a backdrop behind the alien and cast from the first image.
November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Added some rays to notifications so you can feel the godly power you've just acquired!

#CatsVsAliens #indiedev #solodev #indiegaming #indiegame #catgame #cozygame #cats #shader #shadersarethebaneofmygamedevexistence #godrays #shiny #godot #godotengine #gamedev #quests #pixelart #handdrawn #retro
July 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Check out this animation that was a huge pain in the tail to get right. I think I redid it about 12 times T.T

You can find this weird wiggly goo thing at random places in the Jelly Fields. What could it mean?

#catsvsaliens #cats #animation #pixelart #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #aliens #indiegames
April 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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I found this giant strawberry. If it were a video game boss, what would the fight be like?

#gaming #bossfight #videogames #indiegaming #strawberry #giantfruit #question #funny #askingtherealquestions #fun #creativeexercise
A very large strawberry, approximately 6 cm in diameter, resting in a person's hand.
April 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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My favorite laptop sticker. Couldn't be more purrfect for me as the n00b dev of #CatsVsAliens

#indiedev #stickers #cats #catsarealiens #solodev #godot #gamedev #indiegames #gamedevlife #space #catsinspace #seriouslythoughimjustkindatryingmybestoverhere
A sticker on a laptop. The sticker is a cat in a space suit floating amongst the stars featuring the quote "I have no idea what I'm doing but I'm trying anyway".
March 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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My beautiful Save Data flow chart. Cats vs Aliens has been saved so many times by this baddie. I love her 😻

Full view here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1_n8U...

#drawio #flowchart #indiedev #catsvsaliens #solodev #colorful #pretty #solodev #thisishowidocumentmycodewhenmybrainbluescreens #satisfying
A colorful, well organized flow chart for how the game Cats vs Aliens handles player save data.
March 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Spent this week learning Godot's particle system and made a fun floaty bubble effect for Cats vs Aliens. If you're a playtester on Steam, you'll see this in the next minor update.

#IndieGameDev #CatsVsAliens #Solodev #GodotGameEngine #bubbles #particlesarefunidkwhyihaventgottenintothembeforenow
January 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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In less than 24 hours, the playtest for Cats vs Aliens goes live. Here's me playing it on the SteamDeck.

Join the cat-tastic invasion here:
store.steampowered.com/app/2896390/...

#gamesky #indiegamedev #solodeveloper #catsvsaliens #imaprostreamernow #twitch #godot #steamdeck #steamgames
January 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Here's hoping the Cats vs Aliens playtest doesn't go like this.

Sign up by January 10th for your chance to try to break my game!

store.steampowered.com/app/2896390/...

#catsvsaliens #gamesky #programmerhumor #funny #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #indiegame #cozygaming #cute #basebuildinggame
A meme with the quote "programmer: there is no way a user won't know how to use this inerface; user:" Over a photo of a person holding a 2x8 piece of wood out of the window of a pickup truck rather than in the bed of it.
January 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Two days ago, the playable cat characters were warping around unpredictably to golb only knows where.

Yesterday when I went to debug it? See below.

#indiedev #indiegaming #gamedev #solodev #gamesky #shouldibehappyoranxiousaboutthis
#catsvsaliens

Meme mined from the depths of Reddit.
December 11, 2024 at 12:19 PM
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Years into this and still googling...

Holy forking shirtballs... how has it been years already?

#indiegaming #gamedev #gamesky #indiedev #solodev #googleskillsaregamedevskills #programmerhumor #gamedevhumor

Meme plucked from the orchards of Reddit at the peak of deliciousness.
A screenshot from a stand up set with the caption "When someone says that game dev is just googling tutorials". The screenshot haw the closed captioning "you just insulted my entire profession. But yes."
December 10, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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More debugging today. What's the funniest (or most embarrassing) bug you've ever squashed in your project?

#gamedev #solodev #indiedev #gamesky #indiegame #indiegamedev #programmerhumor #hulkwithbuscemisfaceiskillingme

Meme stolen from Reddit. Because of course.
Hulk meme with the text "why won't my function/ event work, I set everything up correctly" over angry hulk Amy the text "I forgot to call it" over a calm hulk with Steve Buscemi's face.
December 9, 2024 at 12:04 PM
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Pushing through imposter syndrome today. Ironing out the bugs before demo launch has me humbled.

Meme stolen from Reddit.
#gamedev #gamesky #gaming #programmerhumor #catsvsaliens #somanybugs #whyaretheresodamnmanybugs #whosefaultisthis
The puppet side-eye meme with the text. Doctors: Googling stuff online does not make you a doctor. Me: (meme image)
November 26, 2024 at 1:05 PM
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A sneak peek at some items from the next Cats vs Aliens update. Can you guess who is getting which bed?
A cat bed themed after an orange A cat bed themed after a cheeseburger
October 10, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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Which color? Blutters got a glow-up, and now they need a new wardrobe.

#catsvsaliens #pixelart #gameart #digitalart #art #animation #aseprite #cats #nekonin #nerd #blutterslovesmath #thinkinguphashtagsisexhausting
12 cats walking upright with 12 different colors of tie/glasses.
June 29, 2024 at 12:37 PM
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This week's drawing practice, courtesy of r/DrawMe on Reddit. Warming up for an asset push for Cats vs Aliens! Draw in Krita on Tab S6 Lite.
P.S. Update 3 is out now. You can play it for free through Steam right now during the playtest phase!

#gameart #drawing #catsvsaliens #digitalart #sketch
Sketch of a bearded man Sketch of a young man with long hair Sketch of a young man with a new hair cut Sketch of a young lady with glasses
June 24, 2024 at 7:09 PM
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Contextless gaming meme for your enjoyment. Have a good one!
June 23, 2024 at 12:28 AM
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It's been a... productive morning.

#programmerhumor #funnymeme #meme #programming #gamedev #funny #solodev #softwaredev #ibrokeitagain
A coca cola bittle with the caption "code that I got from stack overflow" and a hand holding mentos with the caption "me trying to change something"
June 11, 2024 at 1:55 PM
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I think I need to make sure I have my coffee before making commits...

#programmerhumor #funny #gamedev #programming #funny #godotengine #coffee #badbrainday #mybrainbeforecoffee #needcoffee #github #idkhowievenmanagedtospellthatsoincorrectly
A github commit description where "library" is very VERY misspelled as l-i-g-b-r-a-r-b-y
June 11, 2024 at 12:19 PM
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Every single time. It's like my cat is daring me to so say something when she pushes the glass off the table like an asshole...

#funnymeme #funny #meme #cats #itdobelikethat #catsvsaliens
Side eye guilty meme with the caption "dogs when they do something wrong" over two of the same picture of Samuel L Jackson aggressively staring into the camera with the caption "cats when they do something wrong"
May 19, 2024 at 6:38 PM
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New upgrade asset sneak peek. Will be in the game this week.
Can you guess what it's for?
#gamedev #indiegames #gameart #krita #indiedev #gaming #catsvsaliens #comingsoon #gamedesign #digitalpainting
A cropped image that's a sneak preview of an upgrade for Cats vs Aliens. A large golden question mark is prominently featured against a textured brown object.
May 18, 2024 at 1:42 PM
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Today years old, actually... you?

#pokemon #whoknew #nowimgoingtowatchforit #funny #meme #funnymeme

Borrowed from r/funnymemes
How old were you when you realized Jesse and James's Team Rocket speech poses make an R?
May 15, 2024 at 9:45 PM
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My love for logic puzzles started here, even though the vast majority of the rounds I started ended in the first three clicks. I didn't know how you're -supposed- to play for probably about a decade. I thought you just clicked until I got lucky or unlucky.

#gaming #minesweeper #oldschool #clueless
An image of a failed minesweeper game with the caption "Today's kids will never know how to play minesweeper... because neither did we"
May 14, 2024 at 10:41 PM
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Just another day in the life.

#programmerhumor #funnymeme #solodev #indiegamedev #indiegaming #isitnowmoreorlessbrokenidontknow
"When your logs show a different error from the one you've been seeing for the past 3 hours" How it feels: crying from sadness while simultaneously crying from relief.
May 13, 2024 at 1:34 PM
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Me after diving head first into solodev. I owe so many apologies for whinging about pushing back release dates...

#gaming #solodev #indiegaming #godotengine #notaseasyasitlooks #funny #meme #expectationsvsreality #gamedev #relatable
A sign hanging in a gymnasium that reads "we do this not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy"
May 11, 2024 at 3:08 PM