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Shadow64

@shadow64.bsky.social

It's Thing Thursday! 🛠️🎮 (I'm making this up. But why not?)

Got most of the UI in and working for the Options menu. Just a couple more elements to do...but hey! I did The Thing!

Did you do The Thing today? What's your Thing? Whatcha do?

#gamedev #indiedev #gameui #uiartist #uidesign #thingthurs

August 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM

Shadow64

@shadow64.bsky.social

Working on the pause menu for my horror game. I hate when you open a menu by mistake and have to wait for the animation to finish, so here you can reverse it instantly. Godot helped make that easy.

store.steampowered.com/app/3818140/...

#indiegames #horrordev #horrorvn #ui #gamedev #godotengine

August 1, 2025 at 4:26 AM

Shadow64

@shadow64.bsky.social

TFW your game about manipulation and passive aggression mirrors that messaging in its menu system.

But at least the music is meditative. 🎧

store.steampowered.com/app/3818140/...

#gamedev #indiedev #creepy #severancefans #portal #scifigames #scifihorror #horror #horrorgames #blackandwhite #vngames

July 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM

Shadow64

@shadow64.bsky.social

I'm pretty vocal in my skepticism of wishlists or relying on their conversion. But today marks 1 month of my game being on Steam to wishlist and I just crossed my first 100!

I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning
store.steampowered.com/app/3818140/...

#gamedev #indiedev #horrorgame #vn #visualnovel

July 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM

Shadow64

@shadow64.bsky.social

I know gamers were sooo mad at Portal for not getting any cake.

So my scifi corporate office horror VN solves that in the first five minutes.

If you're hungry, come eat.

store.steampowered.com/app/3818140/...

Available for Wishlist

#gamedev #horrordev #visualnovel #severancefans #portal

A screenshot from a black-and-white visual novel video game. The image shows a close-up of a smiling man in a suit, surrounded by unnervingly cheerful coworkers in patterned office clothing. The characters’ exaggerated expressions and tight framing create a surreal, claustrophobic tone. A dialogue box at the bottom reads: “COWORKER 5: Did you have any cake yet?”

July 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM

Shadow64

@shadow64.bsky.social

My game's chaotic intro is "dev heavy" on purpose.

Starting with the most complicated scene forced me to refactor early so I dodge pain later.

store.steampowered.com/app/3818140/...

#horrorgaming #gamedev #godot4 #screenshotsaturday #portalfans #severancefans #scifi #visualnovel #godot #indiedev

July 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM

Shadow64

@shadow64.bsky.social

Yay! It feels gross to look at this! 🥳

store.steampowered.com/app/3818140/...

Just another creepy day at the office.

I'm sure it's fine.

(Why can I smell his breath? 😬)

#horrorgames #gamedev #visualnovel #godot4 #gamedev #psychologicalhorror #freakyfriday #horrordev #horrorstreamers #scifigames

July 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM

Shadow64

@shadow64.bsky.social

Still some sfx and polish passes left, but it's fun bringing this creepy story to life. I'm a big fan of games where choices actually matter, and here, they define you.

store.steampowered.com/app/3818140/...

You can wishlist now. 😰
Out this summer. 😎

#indiedev #gamedev #vn #horror #ホラーゲーム #選択肢

July 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM

Shadow64

@shadow64.bsky.social

Spent the weekend adding lines to the intro for my upcoming horror game: I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning.

store.steampowered.com/app/3…

Still some testing to do, but I should be able to set up save/load from anywhere AND a story flow menu soon.

🤞🙇🤞#gamedeve#indiegamese#horrorgamese#godot4t4

July 7, 2025 at 6:29 AM

Shadow64

@shadow64.bsky.social

Yes, I'm making a deeply uncomfortable short sci-fi horror game designed to fill you with anxiety.

That doesn't mean it can't have absurdist elements inspired by Phoenix Wright.

store.steampowered.com/app/3818140/...

#visualnovel #horrorgames #indiedev #gamedev #absurd #horrorscifi

July 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM

Shadow64

@shadow64.bsky.social

Whatever do you mean? You're safe here.

July 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM

Shadow64

@shadow64.bsky.social

Implementing dialogue for my dystopian horror game "I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning" like:

"Don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes... all day."

store.steampowered.com/app/3818140/...

#indiegamedev #visualnovel #horrorgame #ナラティブゲーム #ゲーム開発 #gamedev #dystopia #officeick

July 2, 2025 at 7:24 AM

Shadow64

@shadow64.bsky.social

Excited to bring my drum & bass work back in my upcoming horror game: I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning.

Music will be a huge part of the experience.

For an idea of how I use sound, here’s an older track I scored & animated: "On Your Tail"

#gamedev #gamemusic #indiemusic #indiegames #solodev

July 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM

Shadow64

@shadow64.bsky.social

Good morning!

The trailer and Steam page for I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning has launched!

If you're into dystopian science fiction like Severance/Portal, have an ever-growing fear of AI, and enjoy short psychological horror stories, then check it out!

#horrorgame #indiedev #creepy #gamedev

June 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM

Shadow64

@shadow64.bsky.social

As of a few minutes ago, the Steam store page for my game is all set and approved for launch!

The page and the trailer will both go live on Friday morning on Silhouette Games:

@silhouettegames.bsky.social

Thanks again to everyone following along.

#IWLTWYGM #gamedev #horrorgames #visualnovel