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StellarMantis
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Developing a gothic retro game for android and PC.
Please support me on patreon for PC early access-
https://patreon.com/StellarMantis?utm_medium=unknown&utm_s
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Worked on the small house interior and some spawners today
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November 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Nothing much new to show, but as an amateur dev this scene transition was kind of an accomplishment! Only took the morning, and I'm feeling ambitious still.

What do I add next? Honest question, as I value feedback.

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November 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
stellarmantis.bsky.social
Snails were big at the time I guess, lol! Is this because they eat mushrooms?
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
stellarmantis.bsky.social
No new animations yet, but I am building out the map.
Could this be a small metroidvania type of map?

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November 10, 2025 at 4:43 AM
stellarmantis.bsky.social
I've been trying so hard to make my game look great, did all I can on my own and realized I should commission some better player animations with 8 directions.

So, that is coming in a few weeks! Stay tuned 👻

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November 7, 2025 at 2:32 AM
stellarmantis.bsky.social
Uh oh... I think I made Eliza far too powerful when testing elemental weakness. The Old Growth should be much scarier!

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November 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
stellarmantis.bsky.social
My game has evolved so much in one year, from "Shoot an ugly kitchen knife at rats 😐" to "Build your spiral shadow scythe and guess which tree will try to kill you!!😱"

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November 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
stellarmantis.bsky.social
The Old Growth follows. Don't fall for its tricks!

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November 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
stellarmantis.bsky.social
Running from the Old Growth, WIP monster implemented today.

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November 2, 2025 at 5:35 AM
stellarmantis.bsky.social
Hey look, that weird door opened!

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October 31, 2025 at 2:17 AM
stellarmantis.bsky.social
The camera bounds are not set yet, but I will show some of this area for tonight anyways. The new shrine is a reliquary where you might set passive abilities like the tentacle whip or crows.

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October 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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The hub area, this room will have many free standing doors or portals to each part of the kingdom. They need to be powered somehow....

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October 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
stellarmantis.bsky.social
The deep forest is coming into focus. This is where my amphibians, snails, skinwalkers and bears will go.

Moth friend is here too.

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October 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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October 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
stellarmantis.bsky.social
The hub area is almost complete. This will be populated with helpful NPCs, eventually.

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October 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
stellarmantis.bsky.social
So I've only had a toad, a snail, a snail wizard, and Abaddon in my game for months. I think its time to add some more enemies.

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October 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
stellarmantis.bsky.social
Got a new chair today so I put the old one out for a peaceful retirement in the hills #gamedev #indiegame #chair
October 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
stellarmantis.bsky.social
The Mausoleum is a kind of tardis that gets you anywhere you need to go. It will be populated with the bug friends you rescue from the lands of Pergamum. Here is a rough draft, just the start!

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October 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
stellarmantis.bsky.social
I feel like I'm actually going insane designing this level. The dual tileset action is mind boggling, and I may need a third. Why can't GIMP handle higher file size so I can use one file?
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October 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Went out and took some IRL photo reference, made it into this graveyard.
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October 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
stellarmantis.bsky.social
Removing the purple CanvasModulate filter for my game did wonders for the clarity and hue variation. What do you think? Can I focus on gameplay now and call the graphics done?
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October 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Compare these two images and you will notice more hue variation in the first.
October 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Trying to improve post processing a bit, I totally removed the purple CanvasModulate node and messed with saturation/contrast. Things have more of their own hues now and still a good amount of the purple shadow haze?
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October 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
stellarmantis.bsky.social
This royal mausoleum will serve as a safe place for Eliza to build weapons and rest. It will be a recurring checkpoint, as well as a method of travel. Graphics WIP
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October 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
stellarmantis.bsky.social
The Shrouded Cemetery tileset is complete, now to really get started on the game. What do you think so far?

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October 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM