Warren 🏳️⚧️
@phenometal.bsky.social
21 he/him 💿 Indie Game Dev 📍 Midwest USA
Brava Games & Water Bear Interactive Art
VKEI enthusiast, Metalhead, Maximalist fan
Brava Games & Water Bear Interactive Art
VKEI enthusiast, Metalhead, Maximalist fan
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Tired of just using dry toppings and drizzles? Look no further than our new topping: smears! More art for these scrumptious new toppings will be coming soon.
#indie #gamedev #dev #indiedev #game #gamer #art #digitalart #2Dart #wip #indieteam #indiestudio #artist #indiegamecommunity #gameart #design
#indie #gamedev #dev #indiedev #game #gamer #art #digitalart #2Dart #wip #indieteam #indiestudio #artist #indiegamecommunity #gameart #design
March 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Tired of just using dry toppings and drizzles? Look no further than our new topping: smears! More art for these scrumptious new toppings will be coming soon.
#indie #gamedev #dev #indiedev #game #gamer #art #digitalart #2Dart #wip #indieteam #indiestudio #artist #indiegamecommunity #gameart #design
#indie #gamedev #dev #indiedev #game #gamer #art #digitalart #2Dart #wip #indieteam #indiestudio #artist #indiegamecommunity #gameart #design
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There's been a lot of talk recently about game discoverability on Steam, so here's a reminder to check out Ludocene, a game discoverability app which is powered by people, not algorithms. It's nearly reached its goal but needs a little more to make it happen:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
Ludocene: Game Discovery From People You Trust
A dating app that matches you with games rather than people. A deck-builder that profiles your gaming taste.
www.kickstarter.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
There's been a lot of talk recently about game discoverability on Steam, so here's a reminder to check out Ludocene, a game discoverability app which is powered by people, not algorithms. It's nearly reached its goal but needs a little more to make it happen:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
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Too sauceless, Too much slop. Not enough swag, not enough metal. That's the problem with 2025 game's.
March 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Too sauceless, Too much slop. Not enough swag, not enough metal. That's the problem with 2025 game's.
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the best joke in videogames development is replying "ship it" to every broken ass prototype no I will not be taking questions
March 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
the best joke in videogames development is replying "ship it" to every broken ass prototype no I will not be taking questions
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I’m excited to announce that due to popular demand, we will release the full animatic of Flow aka Float aka the Crazy Frog Edition. Instead of using storyboards, all the scenes are designed directly in 3D. Everything was made in Blender and rendered in EEVEE.
February 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I’m excited to announce that due to popular demand, we will release the full animatic of Flow aka Float aka the Crazy Frog Edition. Instead of using storyboards, all the scenes are designed directly in 3D. Everything was made in Blender and rendered in EEVEE.
I'm between RPG Maker & GameMaker for my first solo project. I feel like RPG Maker games have a dedicated fanbase and a solid genre designed by the platform, and I really like the community. However, I feel like GameMaker might be easier to do what I want to do in. Does anyone have advice?
March 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I'm between RPG Maker & GameMaker for my first solo project. I feel like RPG Maker games have a dedicated fanbase and a solid genre designed by the platform, and I really like the community. However, I feel like GameMaker might be easier to do what I want to do in. Does anyone have advice?
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ok, cis folks—if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
a cloture vote for the way-harder-to-undo-than-an-executive-order federal anti-trans sports ban is now set for monday. that means there's more time to make calls.
no on cloture means it doesn't get a vote. the GOP needs 7 dems to advance it.
please call. there is *so* much evil downstream of this.
no on cloture means it doesn't get a vote. the GOP needs 7 dems to advance it.
please call. there is *so* much evil downstream of this.
February 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
ok, cis folks—if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
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What better to do than make friends this friday! All sorts of characters are waiting to meet you in Bearly Baking. Come hear their stories!
#indiedev #indieteam #indiestudio #art #game #cozygame #videogame #gamedesign #friends #friday #digitalart #gamedev #writing #characterdesign #writingcommunity
#indiedev #indieteam #indiestudio #art #game #cozygame #videogame #gamedesign #friends #friday #digitalart #gamedev #writing #characterdesign #writingcommunity
February 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
What better to do than make friends this friday! All sorts of characters are waiting to meet you in Bearly Baking. Come hear their stories!
#indiedev #indieteam #indiestudio #art #game #cozygame #videogame #gamedesign #friends #friday #digitalart #gamedev #writing #characterdesign #writingcommunity
#indiedev #indieteam #indiestudio #art #game #cozygame #videogame #gamedesign #friends #friday #digitalart #gamedev #writing #characterdesign #writingcommunity
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Indies will not save us until y'all start demanding Valve take a smaller cut of revenue from them. Because that 30% cut is responsible for more indie studios folding after their 1st game than anything else in this industry
I get really irked when I see people post “indies will save us” or “the laid off devs should go indie” THERE IS NO MONEY publishers are cancelling contracts, angel investors/venture capital don’t want small returns. I think they mean hobbyists with a day job working doubletime & that is a rough ask
February 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Indies will not save us until y'all start demanding Valve take a smaller cut of revenue from them. Because that 30% cut is responsible for more indie studios folding after their 1st game than anything else in this industry
Here’s some of the artwork I did for Bearly Baking that I never posted! I did Character Art, UI Art, and some Portrait Art for NPC friendship levels.
February 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Here’s some of the artwork I did for Bearly Baking that I never posted! I did Character Art, UI Art, and some Portrait Art for NPC friendship levels.
hey look i drew that matcha drizzle 😋
Topping Alert - Matcha! A whole new way to enhance your baking experience. Mix and match this new topping to create the most mouthwatering baked goods ever!
#indie #indiedev #indiestudio #cozygame #cookinggame #art #2Dart #videogame #gamer #game #devteam #indieteam #gamedev #dev #digitalart #artist
#indie #indiedev #indiestudio #cozygame #cookinggame #art #2Dart #videogame #gamer #game #devteam #indieteam #gamedev #dev #digitalart #artist
February 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
hey look i drew that matcha drizzle 😋
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Topping Alert - Matcha! A whole new way to enhance your baking experience. Mix and match this new topping to create the most mouthwatering baked goods ever!
#indie #indiedev #indiestudio #cozygame #cookinggame #art #2Dart #videogame #gamer #game #devteam #indieteam #gamedev #dev #digitalart #artist
#indie #indiedev #indiestudio #cozygame #cookinggame #art #2Dart #videogame #gamer #game #devteam #indieteam #gamedev #dev #digitalart #artist
February 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Topping Alert - Matcha! A whole new way to enhance your baking experience. Mix and match this new topping to create the most mouthwatering baked goods ever!
#indie #indiedev #indiestudio #cozygame #cookinggame #art #2Dart #videogame #gamer #game #devteam #indieteam #gamedev #dev #digitalart #artist
#indie #indiedev #indiestudio #cozygame #cookinggame #art #2Dart #videogame #gamer #game #devteam #indieteam #gamedev #dev #digitalart #artist
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Demo launches tomorrow! Wishlist now 💌
store.steampowered.com/app/3376990/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3376990/...
Kabuto Park on Steam
Enjoy summer in Kabuto Park! Capture the cutest bugs, train them and win the Summer Beetle Battles Championship in this little bug collection game! Upgrade your equipment to find rarer, stronger and s...
store.steampowered.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Demo launches tomorrow! Wishlist now 💌
store.steampowered.com/app/3376990/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3376990/...
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Hello! We are Water Bear Interactive Arts, a small team of developers working on a full release of our game Bearly Baking. The game is currently in early access on Itch. Here is the link: alexisbliesener.itch.io/bearly-baking.
#gamedev #indiegame #cozygame #videogame #collegedev #earlyaccess #itch
#gamedev #indiegame #cozygame #videogame #collegedev #earlyaccess #itch
Bearly Baking by AlexisBliesener
We serve muffins and bread! Pull up a chair!
alexisbliesener.itch.io
February 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Hello! We are Water Bear Interactive Arts, a small team of developers working on a full release of our game Bearly Baking. The game is currently in early access on Itch. Here is the link: alexisbliesener.itch.io/bearly-baking.
#gamedev #indiegame #cozygame #videogame #collegedev #earlyaccess #itch
#gamedev #indiegame #cozygame #videogame #collegedev #earlyaccess #itch
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"Sorry, your game sold millions of copies but our projections said it should have sold at least fifteen trillion for shareholders to be satisfied, so we're going to have to fire all of you. Now watch the news unquestioningly report that your game was a commercial failure. Probably because of woke."
January 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"Sorry, your game sold millions of copies but our projections said it should have sold at least fifteen trillion for shareholders to be satisfied, so we're going to have to fire all of you. Now watch the news unquestioningly report that your game was a commercial failure. Probably because of woke."
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I can't handle the cognitive dissonance: Every day, I see headlines about record profits for tech companies, then open my mailbox to find dozens of messages from desperate writers and gamedevs who can't find work. Make it make sense
January 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I can't handle the cognitive dissonance: Every day, I see headlines about record profits for tech companies, then open my mailbox to find dozens of messages from desperate writers and gamedevs who can't find work. Make it make sense
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You want to help immigrants and migrants?
Flood ICE tipline with bullshit. Donate to reputable charities that help protect their rights, like the Immigrant Legal Resource Center. And most importantly, contact your representatives.
Do not stay complicit.
www.ilrc.org/donate-now
Flood ICE tipline with bullshit. Donate to reputable charities that help protect their rights, like the Immigrant Legal Resource Center. And most importantly, contact your representatives.
Do not stay complicit.
www.ilrc.org/donate-now
Donate Now | Immigrant Legal Resource Center | ILRC
The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) is a national nonprofit at the forefront of promoting and defending immigrant rights. We believe immigrants share a common vision with all Americans: a produ...
www.ilrc.org
January 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
You want to help immigrants and migrants?
Flood ICE tipline with bullshit. Donate to reputable charities that help protect their rights, like the Immigrant Legal Resource Center. And most importantly, contact your representatives.
Do not stay complicit.
www.ilrc.org/donate-now
Flood ICE tipline with bullshit. Donate to reputable charities that help protect their rights, like the Immigrant Legal Resource Center. And most importantly, contact your representatives.
Do not stay complicit.
www.ilrc.org/donate-now
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🌲☀️ Kabuto Park has a TRAILER 🌸🪲
🪲 Catch the cutest and strongest bugs
🦋 Win the tiniest sumo fights
🐝 Collect, upgrade and train your team
Share with your bug friends (and human friends too maybe idk) 💌
#indiegame #gamedev
🪲 Catch the cutest and strongest bugs
🦋 Win the tiniest sumo fights
🐝 Collect, upgrade and train your team
Share with your bug friends (and human friends too maybe idk) 💌
#indiegame #gamedev
January 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🌲☀️ Kabuto Park has a TRAILER 🌸🪲
🪲 Catch the cutest and strongest bugs
🦋 Win the tiniest sumo fights
🐝 Collect, upgrade and train your team
Share with your bug friends (and human friends too maybe idk) 💌
#indiegame #gamedev
🪲 Catch the cutest and strongest bugs
🦋 Win the tiniest sumo fights
🐝 Collect, upgrade and train your team
Share with your bug friends (and human friends too maybe idk) 💌
#indiegame #gamedev
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You have to. You have to find joy even in the struggle, when and where you can. In the community, in the closeness, in the conviction that a better world is possible and in refusing the one they want us to accept in order to cultivate the creation of the better one.
You are allowed to feel joy.
Yes, even now.
Joy is resistance.
Yes, even now.
Joy is resistance.
January 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
You have to. You have to find joy even in the struggle, when and where you can. In the community, in the closeness, in the conviction that a better world is possible and in refusing the one they want us to accept in order to cultivate the creation of the better one.
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art direction > anything
we don't need better computers
we don't need better computers
metal gear solid 2: substance / ps2
konami computer entertainment japan, 2002
konami computer entertainment japan, 2002
January 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
art direction > anything
we don't need better computers
we don't need better computers
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Announcing.... Trans Joy Jam 2025, a short game jam about creating a brighter future!
Any kind of game or fiction about trans & gender queer identities with an optimistic or happy outlook on the future are accepted 💙 This event runs until February 15th!
Sign up: itch.io/jam/trans-jo...
Any kind of game or fiction about trans & gender queer identities with an optimistic or happy outlook on the future are accepted 💙 This event runs until February 15th!
Sign up: itch.io/jam/trans-jo...
January 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Announcing.... Trans Joy Jam 2025, a short game jam about creating a brighter future!
Any kind of game or fiction about trans & gender queer identities with an optimistic or happy outlook on the future are accepted 💙 This event runs until February 15th!
Sign up: itch.io/jam/trans-jo...
Any kind of game or fiction about trans & gender queer identities with an optimistic or happy outlook on the future are accepted 💙 This event runs until February 15th!
Sign up: itch.io/jam/trans-jo...
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Starting as a homework project, this small portion is now officially only a *demo* since we are continuing the project! Stay tuned!
#indiedev #gamedev #devlog #cozygame #indiegame
alexisbliesener.itch.io/bearly-baking
#indiedev #gamedev #devlog #cozygame #indiegame
alexisbliesener.itch.io/bearly-baking
Bearly Baking by AlexisBliesener
We serve muffins and bread! Pull up a chair!
alexisbliesener.itch.io
January 26, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Starting as a homework project, this small portion is now officially only a *demo* since we are continuing the project! Stay tuned!
#indiedev #gamedev #devlog #cozygame #indiegame
alexisbliesener.itch.io/bearly-baking
#indiedev #gamedev #devlog #cozygame #indiegame
alexisbliesener.itch.io/bearly-baking
Starting as a homework project, this small portion is now officially only a *demo* since we are continuing the project! Stay tuned!
#indiedev #gamedev #devlog #cozygame #indiegame
alexisbliesener.itch.io/bearly-baking
#indiedev #gamedev #devlog #cozygame #indiegame
alexisbliesener.itch.io/bearly-baking
Bearly Baking by AlexisBliesener
We serve muffins and bread! Pull up a chair!
alexisbliesener.itch.io
January 26, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Starting as a homework project, this small portion is now officially only a *demo* since we are continuing the project! Stay tuned!
#indiedev #gamedev #devlog #cozygame #indiegame
alexisbliesener.itch.io/bearly-baking
#indiedev #gamedev #devlog #cozygame #indiegame
alexisbliesener.itch.io/bearly-baking
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January 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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When in doubt, make art.
January 25, 2025 at 5:14 AM
When in doubt, make art.