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Lex
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Gamedev, pixel artist, TTRPG designer. Rat parent.🐀

In progress:
- 2.5D RPG ala Chrono Trigger
- action-platformer metroidvania
- games re: mental health

AuDHD, queer 🏳️‍⚧️ (they/them)

Mastodon: @snoozingrat@mastodon.gamedev.place
Itch: snoozingrat.itch.io
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The PCs can coordinate together to make the most out of their abilities - like knocking an enemy into the path of an ally's attack. In other situations, this might also include off ledges, or into other environmental hazards. Or each other.

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November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Two adorable sleepy rats, just waking up.
A photo of a pair of adult male hooded rats, poking their heads out of their Sputnik. Flea has a dopey lip from just waking up, and Gus is in the middle of a huge yawn.
November 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Overhauled the combat hud, did a ton of under the hood (hud?) work. I've made some good progress this week, and it was time for a change of scenery!

#gamedev #godot #rpg
November 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Extremely rough week without much progress. But here's Flea, being the chillest little pancake.

#rats #petrats #ratsky
A head-on photo of an adult male hooded fancy rat, stretched out comfortably on a towel next to his food bowl. A side-view photo of an adult male hooded fancy rat, stretched out comfortably on a towel next to his food bowl.
October 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Feels like it's been quite a while since I uploaded anything outside of menus. But I revisited the combat to clean it up a bit more, and it's certainly coming along.

#gamedev #godotengine #rpg
October 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Took another code break, this time to play around with a title screen idea. This is for The Megastructure, the 2.5 Chrono Trigger/Golden Sun inspired game I'm currently prototyping systems for.

#gamedev #godot #pixelart #rpg
The word "Megastructure" on a black background, in blue. The "M" is heavily stylized, constructed out of the arms of a minimalist rendition of the titular megastructure - a spherical mass with long tendrils reaching outward in one direction.
October 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Been upgrading my camera code a bit. Now I've got this smooth transition between open spaces and narrow corridors.

Also testing out Godot's geometry tools and using distance fade material properties to hide the room's external faces if the player is in or near.

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October 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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I have shared anything of Gus or Flea recently, so here's Flea devouring some cucumber.

#rats #petrats #ratsky
October 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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I struggle with executive dysfunction a great deal, and it's also one of those things that feels impossible to explain. That's been on my mind a lot.

I put together a short little game/experience based on how it impacts me, and thought others might be interested.

#gamedev #adhd #neurodivergence
September 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Woke up early and got to catch this moment.

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A photo of two adult male hooded rats, Gus and Flea, cuddled up and sleeping in their Sputnik early in the morning.
September 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Every time I run into Garamond and Zaza all I can picture is:
A screenshot from the movie "Labyrinth" (1986), of the character Sir Didymus, an anthropomorphic fox terrier, who is a knight that rides a sheep dog.
September 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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TIL my phone's camera is good enough to catch my reflection in a rat's eye. That's pretty neat.

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An extreme close up of an adult male rat's face, centred on their eye. The eye is reflecting the ceiling, cage bars, black phone, and pale human holding it (blurrily). An even more extreme close up of an adult male rat's face, centred on their eye. The eye is reflecting the ceiling, cage bars, black phone, and pale human holding it (blurrily).
August 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Flea and Gus, just hanging out in their Sputnik. I wish I could get comfortable as easily as these two.

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A photo taken from above of two adult male hooded rats poking their heads out of a circular hole. A photo taken from above of two adult male hooded rats poking their heads out of a circular hole. Flea is looking up towards the camera.
August 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Gus, rolling 1s on his Stealth checks.

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A photo of Gus, an adult male hooded fancy rat, puddled out on a soft hoodie on a warm evening. The word "Soon" is written at the top of the image, in all caps.
August 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Consumables done! Now working on to the next step - equipping stuff!

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August 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Sometimes I need to do something simple and fun, to get a little win. So I made a splash screen! My rat, Flea, is the model and inspiration behind the sprite and name.

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August 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Rough week (understatement). But here are some loving and lovable balls of fur.

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A photo of Flea, an adult male hooded fancy rat, lounging in a pile of old clothes. A photo of Gus, an adult male hooded fancy rat, laying on the top of his carrier.
August 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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The combat prototype is done, barring some bug fixes and polish, I think. Battles can be played from start to finish, win or lose. Barebones in terms of content, but complete in terms of basic functionality.

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August 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Flea and Gus approve of the new box fort.

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A photo of two adult male hooded fancy rats poking out of the slots of a modified cardboard wine bottle box.
July 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Progress! The new UI is looking nice, but it still needs a bunch of tuning. Characters now have a "cooldown" overlay on their portraits, and separate health bars are finally (!) in.

I am really struggling to find a nice, readable font though.

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July 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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I've been experimenting with different UI mock ups to take a coding break, and this is probably my favourite so far.

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A mock-up of a combat user interface for a Chrono Trigger inspired RPG battle system. Portraits of the three party members are vertically aligned along the top left side of the screen. A simple vertical blue health bar is to the right of each portrait. Beneath them, a semi-transparent menu displays several options. On the left column, four categories are selectable through the D-pad, while the right column displays the available options for that category and the current character (e.g. the selected character's abilities or equipped sidearms). A title nameplate highlighted in gold specifies which character and category is currently being displayed, for clarity.
July 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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My partner made their amazing sweet potato soup last night, and I wasn't the only one excited.

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July 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Quick update with a higher-res recording! UI is almost fully implemented. Gotta make actual health bars though.

The D-Pad cycles through different menus. 8 slots per category per character = two "pages" of buttons for each, drawn from the character's stats sheet/gear loadout.

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July 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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This is how it's going, by the way! Playing around with particles a bit for different kinds of abilities, but combat is looking so good (comparatively)!

Need to add indicators as to which PC is selected and if they are on cooldown. And locate the source of the ghost messages.

#gamedev #godot #rpg
July 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Properly wrote the combat backend, and it went mostly smooth. Now a central bus controls all the signals flying around during combat to keep it orderly.

Didn't count on the just-for-fun notification in-game system being the thing that tripped me up with messages from ghosts.

#gamedev #godotengine
A screenshot of the print output of Godot's editor. It shows a series of signals and notification callbacks, and then suddenly a string of notifications without any triggering signal. NOTIFICATION ** FloatingNotification:<Label#376547838848>, Podling2 makes an attack! SIGNAL ** Handling signal character_damaged, emitted by Emilia:<CharacterBody3D#97391741709>. NOTIFICATION ** FloatingNotification:<Label#379601291858>, Emilia took 5 damage. SIGNAL ** Handling signal character_defeated, emitted by Emilia:<CharacterBody3D#97391741709>. NOTIFICATION ** FloatingNotification:<Label#385825639371>, Emilia has been defeated. SIGNAL ** Handling signal combat_all_allies_defeated, emitted by Encounter:<Area3D#95378475679>. SIGNAL ** Handling signal combat_lost, emitted by Encounter:<Area3D#95378475679>. NOTIFICATION ** FloatingNotification:<Label#386077297528>, YOU DIED SIGNAL ** Handling signal target_changed, emitted by CombatUI:<SubViewportContainer#93516204072>. SIGNAL ** Handling signal effect_completed, emitted by Podling2:<CharacterBody3D#96234113745>. NOTIFICATION ** FloatingNotification:<Label#391831882639>, Podling is ready to act! NOTIFICATION ** FloatingNotification:<Label#404901333948>, Podling2 is ready to act! NOTIFICATION ** FloatingNotification:<Label#406696496002>, Podling is ready to act! NOTIFICATION ** FloatingNotification:<Label#419883387819>, Podling2 is ready to act! NOTIFICATION ** FloatingNotification:<Label#421745658744>, Podling is ready to act! NOTIFICATION ** FloatingNotification:<Label#434496342610>, Podling2 is ready to act! NOTIFICATION ** FloatingNotification:<Label#436358613952>, Podling is ready to act!
July 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM