Nico ⚡️| Wishlist A Stranded Spark on Steam!
@tomatecebolla.bsky.social
Small independent video game developer 🎮
Making games as a handcraft✨
Play the demo and wishlist A Stranded Spark on Steam! 🦊📝
https://linktr.ee/tomateycebolla
Making games as a handcraft✨
Play the demo and wishlist A Stranded Spark on Steam! 🦊📝
https://linktr.ee/tomateycebolla
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A Stranded Spark on Steam
Follow the story of Guina, the lost puppet, exploring the Forgotten Island, meeting new characters, helping them and trying to find a way back home through a wholesome and cute story.
store.steampowered.com
So it seems Bluesky doesn’t punish posts with links, so if you want to try and wishlist my little indie game, here’s the Steam page of A Stranded Spark! 🦊🧡🏝️
store.steampowered.com/app/2945720/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2945720/...
Fellow indie devs, did you or are you planning to release your game for Linux? If so, did it take too much of your dev time? I'm playing with the idea to release for Linux, but I've never done it before and at the moment I don't have access to a Linux machine (I would need to set it up) #gamedev
October 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Fellow indie devs, did you or are you planning to release your game for Linux? If so, did it take too much of your dev time? I'm playing with the idea to release for Linux, but I've never done it before and at the moment I don't have access to a Linux machine (I would need to set it up) #gamedev
Hey! ⚡️ If anyone is around Budapest at the end of September, I’ll join the Budapest Game Dev Day event as a speaker! I’ll yap for a bit about level design, mostly. So if you are around, interested in cool talks about game development, and want to meet nice people, come! 🙋🏻♂️
September 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Hey! ⚡️ If anyone is around Budapest at the end of September, I’ll join the Budapest Game Dev Day event as a speaker! I’ll yap for a bit about level design, mostly. So if you are around, interested in cool talks about game development, and want to meet nice people, come! 🙋🏻♂️
Reposted by Nico ⚡️| Wishlist A Stranded Spark on Steam!
unreal engine: I CAN HANDLE RENDERING SIXTILLION TRIANGLES AT ONCE
me: can u handle renaming this file
unreal engine:
unreal engine: 😃🔫
me: can u handle renaming this file
unreal engine:
unreal engine: 😃🔫
September 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
unreal engine: I CAN HANDLE RENDERING SIXTILLION TRIANGLES AT ONCE
me: can u handle renaming this file
unreal engine:
unreal engine: 😃🔫
me: can u handle renaming this file
unreal engine:
unreal engine: 😃🔫
Guys, I don’t mean to brag, but, Pablo, who made the song for this ad with Sabrina Carpenter, is also making the music for A Stranded Spark (ok I meant to brag)
Check his work: www.pablogarcialozano.com
youtu.be/F2iFWwpMKRY?si
Check his work: www.pablogarcialozano.com
youtu.be/F2iFWwpMKRY?si
Dunkin' Daydream Hotline ft. Sabrina Carpenter
YouTube video by Dunkin'
youtu.be
September 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Guys, I don’t mean to brag, but, Pablo, who made the song for this ad with Sabrina Carpenter, is also making the music for A Stranded Spark (ok I meant to brag)
Check his work: www.pablogarcialozano.com
youtu.be/F2iFWwpMKRY?si
Check his work: www.pablogarcialozano.com
youtu.be/F2iFWwpMKRY?si
I’m not a huge fan of Apple, but I have to admit that the Macbook Air M1 works impressively well after five years. Thinner than my notepad, comfy trackpad and keeps up perfectly for developing A Stranded Spark! Of course I’m not expecting to make anything visually heavy, but works for me! #gamedev
September 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I’m not a huge fan of Apple, but I have to admit that the Macbook Air M1 works impressively well after five years. Thinner than my notepad, comfy trackpad and keeps up perfectly for developing A Stranded Spark! Of course I’m not expecting to make anything visually heavy, but works for me! #gamedev
How the “Create the save/load system” task in my backlog looks at me when I grab any other task but that one. Am I the only one avoidant with tedious tasks? 🤔 #gamedev
a man wearing glasses is talking to another man in a dark room .
ALT: a man wearing glasses is talking to another man in a dark room .
media.tenor.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
How the “Create the save/load system” task in my backlog looks at me when I grab any other task but that one. Am I the only one avoidant with tedious tasks? 🤔 #gamedev
Before and after finally sitting down and working a bit in the overall colors of my tiny game (and a bit of dressing, too) 🏝️
#indiegame
#indiegame
September 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Before and after finally sitting down and working a bit in the overall colors of my tiny game (and a bit of dressing, too) 🏝️
#indiegame
#indiegame
Aaaaa I cannot believe that A Stranded Spark is almost on the 1400 Wishlists!! I cannot wait to start seeing people play it and tell me their thoughts about it! 🧡🦊
September 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Aaaaa I cannot believe that A Stranded Spark is almost on the 1400 Wishlists!! I cannot wait to start seeing people play it and tell me their thoughts about it! 🧡🦊
The finish line is closer! I planned A Stranded Spark to be a 6 month project, but life, work, nice feedback and falling in love with the project made me extend the development for almost 2 years. But I regret nothing!🦊🧡🏝️
I hope soon I can share a build and start testing! Would you be interested? 🤔
I hope soon I can share a build and start testing! Would you be interested? 🤔
August 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The finish line is closer! I planned A Stranded Spark to be a 6 month project, but life, work, nice feedback and falling in love with the project made me extend the development for almost 2 years. But I regret nothing!🦊🧡🏝️
I hope soon I can share a build and start testing! Would you be interested? 🤔
I hope soon I can share a build and start testing! Would you be interested? 🤔
I found between thousands of papers the first design I intended for Guina, quite a change to the last version 😆
Her design is inspired on the traditional catalan puppets called “putxinel•lis” but with a “foxy” look. Also “guineu” in Catalan means “fox”, hance her name 🦊
#indiegame
Her design is inspired on the traditional catalan puppets called “putxinel•lis” but with a “foxy” look. Also “guineu” in Catalan means “fox”, hance her name 🦊
#indiegame
August 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I found between thousands of papers the first design I intended for Guina, quite a change to the last version 😆
Her design is inspired on the traditional catalan puppets called “putxinel•lis” but with a “foxy” look. Also “guineu” in Catalan means “fox”, hance her name 🦊
#indiegame
Her design is inspired on the traditional catalan puppets called “putxinel•lis” but with a “foxy” look. Also “guineu” in Catalan means “fox”, hance her name 🦊
#indiegame
Reposted by Nico ⚡️| Wishlist A Stranded Spark on Steam!
So it seems Bluesky doesn’t punish posts with links, so if you want to try and wishlist my little indie game, here’s the Steam page of A Stranded Spark! 🦊🧡🏝️
store.steampowered.com/app/2945720/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2945720/...
A Stranded Spark on Steam
Follow the story of Guina, the lost puppet, exploring the Forgotten Island, meeting new characters, helping them and trying to find a way back home through a wholesome and cute story.
store.steampowered.com
October 19, 2024 at 11:13 AM
So it seems Bluesky doesn’t punish posts with links, so if you want to try and wishlist my little indie game, here’s the Steam page of A Stranded Spark! 🦊🧡🏝️
store.steampowered.com/app/2945720/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2945720/...
Every moment I can grab to improve a feature, retouch the layout of the level or add more detailed corners (like the one in the video 🤖🚨) makes the process 100% worth 🧡🦊
Stay tuned for more things about A Stranded Spark, and add it to your Steam Wishlist if you didn't yet! 📝
#indiegame
Stay tuned for more things about A Stranded Spark, and add it to your Steam Wishlist if you didn't yet! 📝
#indiegame
July 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Every moment I can grab to improve a feature, retouch the layout of the level or add more detailed corners (like the one in the video 🤖🚨) makes the process 100% worth 🧡🦊
Stay tuned for more things about A Stranded Spark, and add it to your Steam Wishlist if you didn't yet! 📝
#indiegame
Stay tuned for more things about A Stranded Spark, and add it to your Steam Wishlist if you didn't yet! 📝
#indiegame
More and more creatures are appearing around the island! 🐙🦊🏝️
#indiegame #gamedev #ScreenshotSaturday
#indiegame #gamedev #ScreenshotSaturday
May 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
More and more creatures are appearing around the island! 🐙🦊🏝️
#indiegame #gamedev #ScreenshotSaturday
#indiegame #gamedev #ScreenshotSaturday
Reposted by Nico ⚡️| Wishlist A Stranded Spark on Steam!
headline:
“how [game] sold [high number] in just one week!”
my mind:
20% trying everything, 80% luck
article:
(lies) 100% intentional and reproducible
every fucking time
“how [game] sold [high number] in just one week!”
my mind:
20% trying everything, 80% luck
article:
(lies) 100% intentional and reproducible
every fucking time
May 21, 2025 at 5:35 AM
headline:
“how [game] sold [high number] in just one week!”
my mind:
20% trying everything, 80% luck
article:
(lies) 100% intentional and reproducible
every fucking time
“how [game] sold [high number] in just one week!”
my mind:
20% trying everything, 80% luck
article:
(lies) 100% intentional and reproducible
every fucking time
Reposted by Nico ⚡️| Wishlist A Stranded Spark on Steam!
Love your game, but don't let that love blind you.
You need to be able to disconnect emotionally from it.
This helps massively when taking on feedback and changing course if things aren't feeling right.
It's obvious, but not easy as with most things in this world
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev
You need to be able to disconnect emotionally from it.
This helps massively when taking on feedback and changing course if things aren't feeling right.
It's obvious, but not easy as with most things in this world
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev
May 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Love your game, but don't let that love blind you.
You need to be able to disconnect emotionally from it.
This helps massively when taking on feedback and changing course if things aren't feeling right.
It's obvious, but not easy as with most things in this world
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev
You need to be able to disconnect emotionally from it.
This helps massively when taking on feedback and changing course if things aren't feeling right.
It's obvious, but not easy as with most things in this world
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev
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Viv is 100% correct here. Your options are always one of three:
1. Do not make an indie game.
2. Get funding, usually by making something that fits a very narrow and useless definition of "safe", and subsequently losing agency over your production reality.
3. Have another income or means.
1. Do not make an indie game.
2. Get funding, usually by making something that fits a very narrow and useless definition of "safe", and subsequently losing agency over your production reality.
3. Have another income or means.
ok but for real if you want to make a really good indie (or AA) games the number one way is "be financially comfortable via other means"
blue prince guy owned a popular website generating income, toby fox was a successful musician...
frankly if we had a UBI youd get SO MANY GOOD GAMES
blue prince guy owned a popular website generating income, toby fox was a successful musician...
frankly if we had a UBI youd get SO MANY GOOD GAMES
May 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Viv is 100% correct here. Your options are always one of three:
1. Do not make an indie game.
2. Get funding, usually by making something that fits a very narrow and useless definition of "safe", and subsequently losing agency over your production reality.
3. Have another income or means.
1. Do not make an indie game.
2. Get funding, usually by making something that fits a very narrow and useless definition of "safe", and subsequently losing agency over your production reality.
3. Have another income or means.
Did you know that all the story of A Stranded Spark happens only in ONE OPEN LEVEL? That makes it a tiny open world game 🦊🏝️
May 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Did you know that all the story of A Stranded Spark happens only in ONE OPEN LEVEL? That makes it a tiny open world game 🦊🏝️
Since December many things happened and kept me away from working in A Stranded Spark as much as I would, but I'm coming back! 👋🏻🦊
One of the most important ones was that I had a talk about the role of game designers at the University of Technology and Economics of Budapest! Check it out on Youtube!
One of the most important ones was that I had a talk about the role of game designers at the University of Technology and Economics of Budapest! Check it out on Youtube!
XXII. Simonyi Konferencia – IB028
YouTube video by Budavári Schönherz Stúdió
www.youtube.com
April 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Since December many things happened and kept me away from working in A Stranded Spark as much as I would, but I'm coming back! 👋🏻🦊
One of the most important ones was that I had a talk about the role of game designers at the University of Technology and Economics of Budapest! Check it out on Youtube!
One of the most important ones was that I had a talk about the role of game designers at the University of Technology and Economics of Budapest! Check it out on Youtube!
February 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
February 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A cactus and a balloon and they are brothers
February 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A cactus and a balloon and they are brothers
Reposted by Nico ⚡️| Wishlist A Stranded Spark on Steam!
Hi everyone! 🦊🧡 My name is Nico and I’m developing a small indie adventure game called A Stranded Spark! The demo is available on Steam! 🏝️
I want to connect with people that share the love for indie games: gamers, developers, streamers or anyone else! 🎮✨
I want to connect with people that share the love for indie games: gamers, developers, streamers or anyone else! 🎮✨
October 19, 2024 at 8:41 AM
Hi everyone! 🦊🧡 My name is Nico and I’m developing a small indie adventure game called A Stranded Spark! The demo is available on Steam! 🏝️
I want to connect with people that share the love for indie games: gamers, developers, streamers or anyone else! 🎮✨
I want to connect with people that share the love for indie games: gamers, developers, streamers or anyone else! 🎮✨
I'll try something new this 2025: Every time I want to open League of Legends, I'll spend those 30-40 mins working in my little game.
Wish me luck 🍀🦊
Wish me luck 🍀🦊
January 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I'll try something new this 2025: Every time I want to open League of Legends, I'll spend those 30-40 mins working in my little game.
Wish me luck 🍀🦊
Wish me luck 🍀🦊
Wiiiii 🍄
December 30, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Wiiiii 🍄
I took the Christmas holidays to rest from game development and I focused in playing games, which I haven't done in a very long time. I played 6-7 titles so far and I feel already full of ideas and energy to keep developing✨
With this, I just wanted to say: TAKE TIME TO REST AND PLAY MORE GAMES! 🧡🦊
With this, I just wanted to say: TAKE TIME TO REST AND PLAY MORE GAMES! 🧡🦊
December 29, 2024 at 10:49 AM
I took the Christmas holidays to rest from game development and I focused in playing games, which I haven't done in a very long time. I played 6-7 titles so far and I feel already full of ideas and energy to keep developing✨
With this, I just wanted to say: TAKE TIME TO REST AND PLAY MORE GAMES! 🧡🦊
With this, I just wanted to say: TAKE TIME TO REST AND PLAY MORE GAMES! 🧡🦊