tophatsquidgames
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I'm Bea, I make games under tophatsquid :)
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![american indie developer deciding on a setting: in a cozy mountain town surrounded by wholesome yokai, ghibli inspired cooperative sustainable cherry blossoms and you can pet the dog
french indie developer deciding on a setting: in a world where the gestalt misery of colonisation's victims has manifested into a sort of misery elemental, three church-like religious organisations hav[nine more paragraphs that leave you feeling like you know less than you knew before you started reading]
polish indie developer deciding on a setting: warsaw👍🇵🇱 it is very bad](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bd5w6iipngycpaldvydcslbd/bafkreifwfovv2nzqcjd2cygzz5a6xqmqrcjclghyc37haz5rwygbg2krsa@jpeg)
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December 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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"Tiny Tim, who did NOT die" heartwarming, reassuring
"Tiny Tim, who CANNOT die" existentially horrifying
"Tiny Tim, who CANNOT die" existentially horrifying
December 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
"Tiny Tim, who did NOT die" heartwarming, reassuring
"Tiny Tim, who CANNOT die" existentially horrifying
"Tiny Tim, who CANNOT die" existentially horrifying
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happy holidays. here's a Bevy Beach.
December 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
happy holidays. here's a Bevy Beach.
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my pixel art mockup collection
December 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
my pixel art mockup collection
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Merry christmas everybody
December 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Merry christmas everybody
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A new level editor for my multiplayer falling sand game: www.slowrush.dev/news/falling...
(You would not believe how much time I spent reading about how undo and redo works in image editors just to make this go, but it was worth it)
#fallingsand #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev
(You would not believe how much time I spent reading about how undo and redo works in image editors just to make this go, but it was worth it)
#fallingsand #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev
December 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A new level editor for my multiplayer falling sand game: www.slowrush.dev/news/falling...
(You would not believe how much time I spent reading about how undo and redo works in image editors just to make this go, but it was worth it)
#fallingsand #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev
(You would not believe how much time I spent reading about how undo and redo works in image editors just to make this go, but it was worth it)
#fallingsand #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev
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[first day as a shepherd]
boss: where are you going?
me: [pointing] star
boss: what? why
me: [shrugging] baby
boss: where are you going?
me: [pointing] star
boss: what? why
me: [shrugging] baby
December 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
[first day as a shepherd]
boss: where are you going?
me: [pointing] star
boss: what? why
me: [shrugging] baby
boss: where are you going?
me: [pointing] star
boss: what? why
me: [shrugging] baby
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Minesweeper is cool.
But how about 4 dimensional minesweeper?
In the terminal too. 🤯
💥 minesweeper_4d_rs — A 4D Minesweeper game.
🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui.rs
⭐ GitHub: github.com/itabesamesa/...
#rustlang #ratatui #tui #terminal #minesweeper #game #opensource
But how about 4 dimensional minesweeper?
In the terminal too. 🤯
💥 minesweeper_4d_rs — A 4D Minesweeper game.
🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui.rs
⭐ GitHub: github.com/itabesamesa/...
#rustlang #ratatui #tui #terminal #minesweeper #game #opensource
December 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Minesweeper is cool.
But how about 4 dimensional minesweeper?
In the terminal too. 🤯
💥 minesweeper_4d_rs — A 4D Minesweeper game.
🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui.rs
⭐ GitHub: github.com/itabesamesa/...
#rustlang #ratatui #tui #terminal #minesweeper #game #opensource
But how about 4 dimensional minesweeper?
In the terminal too. 🤯
💥 minesweeper_4d_rs — A 4D Minesweeper game.
🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui.rs
⭐ GitHub: github.com/itabesamesa/...
#rustlang #ratatui #tui #terminal #minesweeper #game #opensource
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Elden Ring is about having a beautiful dream that you're Welsh. Bloodborne is about waking up in England.
November 16, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Elden Ring is about having a beautiful dream that you're Welsh. Bloodborne is about waking up in England.
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What you're doing is the equivalent of asking a StarWars addled 10 year old for design ideas on your scifi game
I'm not joking that's literally how these models work
Can you argue him off StarWars? Sure. But do you know enough Extended Universe lore to catch when he sneaks back into it? You don't.
I'm not joking that's literally how these models work
Can you argue him off StarWars? Sure. But do you know enough Extended Universe lore to catch when he sneaks back into it? You don't.
December 22, 2025 at 4:22 AM
What you're doing is the equivalent of asking a StarWars addled 10 year old for design ideas on your scifi game
I'm not joking that's literally how these models work
Can you argue him off StarWars? Sure. But do you know enough Extended Universe lore to catch when he sneaks back into it? You don't.
I'm not joking that's literally how these models work
Can you argue him off StarWars? Sure. But do you know enough Extended Universe lore to catch when he sneaks back into it? You don't.
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Obviously, this is amazing BUT the thing I love most, is that it's directly poking fun at the desire/fetish to overanimate overlapping action & smears.
Asking someone of James Baxter's calibre to *intentionally* do this (as well as mess up the spacing on a bounce) is funny in the nerdiest way.
Asking someone of James Baxter's calibre to *intentionally* do this (as well as mess up the spacing on a bounce) is funny in the nerdiest way.
James Baxter’s 2D animation in ‘The Wonderfully Weird World Of Gumball’ new episode.
December 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Obviously, this is amazing BUT the thing I love most, is that it's directly poking fun at the desire/fetish to overanimate overlapping action & smears.
Asking someone of James Baxter's calibre to *intentionally* do this (as well as mess up the spacing on a bounce) is funny in the nerdiest way.
Asking someone of James Baxter's calibre to *intentionally* do this (as well as mess up the spacing on a bounce) is funny in the nerdiest way.
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inbox is where things come to hurt you.
outbox is where you put things to hurt others.
outbox is where you put things to hurt others.
"hitbox" vs "hurtbox" is so ambiguous in my head, is it established which is which?
hitbox is either the box that can hit others, or it's box that gets hit
hurtbox is either the box that can hurt others, or it's the box where you get hurt
are there better names for these?
hitbox is either the box that can hit others, or it's box that gets hit
hurtbox is either the box that can hurt others, or it's the box where you get hurt
are there better names for these?
December 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
inbox is where things come to hurt you.
outbox is where you put things to hurt others.
outbox is where you put things to hurt others.
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the two people alive most likely to be the actual biblical Antichrist are the president and Mr Beast
In Mr Beast’s new video, a woman is alone for two weeks on a platform in the sky. and each day, a balloon is released at an inopportune moment for her. And if she fails to shoot the balloon with an arrow, they take a small portion of the platform that is her home
December 22, 2025 at 4:14 AM
the two people alive most likely to be the actual biblical Antichrist are the president and Mr Beast
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Reposting with alt text because I felt it too important no to share
December 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Reposting with alt text because I felt it too important no to share
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hey man you don't need to talk about my business this doesn't need to go in the paper
December 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
hey man you don't need to talk about my business this doesn't need to go in the paper
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And Kelvin is done!
The ice wight stands at about 3"/8cm tall and is 3D printed in colorized resin and assembled from 45+ parts, with custom decals for his eyes and face.
He'll be flying out to Japan tonight as a gift to my hubband. As a bonus the sigils on his stupid rock glow in the dark!
The ice wight stands at about 3"/8cm tall and is 3D printed in colorized resin and assembled from 45+ parts, with custom decals for his eyes and face.
He'll be flying out to Japan tonight as a gift to my hubband. As a bonus the sigils on his stupid rock glow in the dark!
October 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
And Kelvin is done!
The ice wight stands at about 3"/8cm tall and is 3D printed in colorized resin and assembled from 45+ parts, with custom decals for his eyes and face.
He'll be flying out to Japan tonight as a gift to my hubband. As a bonus the sigils on his stupid rock glow in the dark!
The ice wight stands at about 3"/8cm tall and is 3D printed in colorized resin and assembled from 45+ parts, with custom decals for his eyes and face.
He'll be flying out to Japan tonight as a gift to my hubband. As a bonus the sigils on his stupid rock glow in the dark!
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feels like i caught this spindrift ingredients list in a lie and now it’s scrambling to double down
December 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
feels like i caught this spindrift ingredients list in a lie and now it’s scrambling to double down
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capybara listening to good music
December 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
capybara listening to good music
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It would be great if there'd be an app that would generate all capsule images of Steam, Itch.io, EGS, GOG, Microsoft Store, Game Jolt, Google Play, App Store and Unity Asset Store in a single click... 👀
(subtle foreshadowing, announcement soon)
(subtle foreshadowing, announcement soon)
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It would be great if there'd be an app that would generate all capsule images of Steam, Itch.io, EGS, GOG, Microsoft Store, Game Jolt, Google Play, App Store and Unity Asset Store in a single click... 👀
(subtle foreshadowing, announcement soon)
(subtle foreshadowing, announcement soon)
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robot picks up a signal 🤖
September 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
robot picks up a signal 🤖