Helianthus Games - making Astro Focus
@helianthus-games.itch.io
Indiedev making AstroFocus - a pixelart productivity game where you grow a galactic Roman empire while focusing on your IRL tasks!🚀
https://bio.link/helianthus_games
https://bio.link/helianthus_games
I wish Equipe was included
November 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I wish Equipe was included
I feel something silly fits, how about colorful pillars of jelly (bonus points if they jiggle reacting to the environment)?
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I feel something silly fits, how about colorful pillars of jelly (bonus points if they jiggle reacting to the environment)?
What program generated this?
November 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
What program generated this?
Pretty solid. Maybe if the shading on the belly wasn't a straight line it would be an improvement?
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Pretty solid. Maybe if the shading on the belly wasn't a straight line it would be an improvement?
The pandemic I would imagine.
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The pandemic I would imagine.
I am impressed with your UI then, must have taken a while with their non-existent UI systems. Also is the coin toss somehow pre-rendered?
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I am impressed with your UI then, must have taken a while with their non-existent UI systems. Also is the coin toss somehow pre-rendered?
Is it still in Game Maker?
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Is it still in Game Maker?
The Mark Overmars era...
November 1, 2025 at 6:11 AM
The Mark Overmars era...
Can I ask what is the pixel art font seen in your screenshots in steam?
October 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Can I ask what is the pixel art font seen in your screenshots in steam?
Love the derpy doggo 🐶
October 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Love the derpy doggo 🐶
Could you pleaseee do something about your downtime... 😑🙏
October 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Could you pleaseee do something about your downtime... 😑🙏
Astro Focus
September 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Astro Focus
Damn that is one cool cat!
September 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Damn that is one cool cat!
Oh god please no, they haunt me as they are, no need for an upgrade...
September 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Oh god please no, they haunt me as they are, no need for an upgrade...
And sometimes it is just for myself, seeing my game get prettier gives me a morale boost even though that might not be the most "optimal" thing I should be doing production wise.
September 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
And sometimes it is just for myself, seeing my game get prettier gives me a morale boost even though that might not be the most "optimal" thing I should be doing production wise.
This is such a struggle - should I make this prototype game thingy pretty so I have something to share, even though I might end up reworking it all later?
I am in the process of trying not to do it anymore in the hopes that the overall cycle takes less, but man I do need that affirmation sometimes
I am in the process of trying not to do it anymore in the hopes that the overall cycle takes less, but man I do need that affirmation sometimes
September 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
This is such a struggle - should I make this prototype game thingy pretty so I have something to share, even though I might end up reworking it all later?
I am in the process of trying not to do it anymore in the hopes that the overall cycle takes less, but man I do need that affirmation sometimes
I am in the process of trying not to do it anymore in the hopes that the overall cycle takes less, but man I do need that affirmation sometimes
Reposted by Helianthus Games - making Astro Focus
what players want is not Fun, but Feeling.
fun can facilitate feeling, but feeling is not always fun.
fun is what a toy is; games are more than that and bigger than that.
you can be engaged because you are horrified, or interested in a story, or persisting Despite Everything. these are not Fun.
fun can facilitate feeling, but feeling is not always fun.
fun is what a toy is; games are more than that and bigger than that.
you can be engaged because you are horrified, or interested in a story, or persisting Despite Everything. these are not Fun.
November 28, 2024 at 4:51 AM
what players want is not Fun, but Feeling.
fun can facilitate feeling, but feeling is not always fun.
fun is what a toy is; games are more than that and bigger than that.
you can be engaged because you are horrified, or interested in a story, or persisting Despite Everything. these are not Fun.
fun can facilitate feeling, but feeling is not always fun.
fun is what a toy is; games are more than that and bigger than that.
you can be engaged because you are horrified, or interested in a story, or persisting Despite Everything. these are not Fun.
Switching to having everything typed in my project has helped me catch so many bugs in the editor that I would have caught only in runtime otherwise... It is well worth the additional time investment!
August 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Switching to having everything typed in my project has helped me catch so many bugs in the editor that I would have caught only in runtime otherwise... It is well worth the additional time investment!
Best of luck 🤞
August 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Best of luck 🤞
Graphically intensive!
August 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Graphically intensive!