Chris Totten - Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends
@totter87.bsky.social
Award-winning gamedev. Animation/games Associate Professor. Level design author. SAAM Arcade founder. Making Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2229030/Little_Nemo_and_the_Nightmare_Fiends/
Oh yeah…happy with this
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Oh yeah…happy with this
Aaaahhhh so excited about this! Congrats @maxoakland.bsky.social!!!!
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Aaaahhhh so excited about this! Congrats @maxoakland.bsky.social!!!!
The new adaptation of Frankenstein is wild
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The new adaptation of Frankenstein is wild
Had an absolutely phenomenal time at the opening of the Free Olay game exhibition at the Cleveland Institute of Art tonight! Our game Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends is part of it - on display until February 8th!
November 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Had an absolutely phenomenal time at the opening of the Free Olay game exhibition at the Cleveland Institute of Art tonight! Our game Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends is part of it - on display until February 8th!
The Gold Master Series games being used for Animation class today. The Mortal Kombat Kollectionwas used for “Games for Impact” class earlier ( @digitaleclipse.bsky.social , @kohler.bsky.social )
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The Gold Master Series games being used for Animation class today. The Mortal Kombat Kollectionwas used for “Games for Impact” class earlier ( @digitaleclipse.bsky.social , @kohler.bsky.social )
These 2 posts next to one another tell a little story ( @hannahnicklin.bsky.social and @radiatoryang.bsky.social)
October 30, 2025 at 1:09 AM
These 2 posts next to one another tell a little story ( @hannahnicklin.bsky.social and @radiatoryang.bsky.social)
My dumb brain every time I hear The Monster Mash and it says “Dracula and his son…”
October 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
My dumb brain every time I hear The Monster Mash and it says “Dracula and his son…”
People always ask us if Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends is going to have references to the NES Little Nemo game, I’m here to confirm at least 1 #retrogaming #indiegames #indiedev
October 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
People always ask us if Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends is going to have references to the NES Little Nemo game, I’m here to confirm at least 1 #retrogaming #indiegames #indiedev
Played the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on NES, with Game Genie codes on, with my kids today, and it’s amazing how good that game can actually be if you…you know…completely rebalance it at a fundamental level
October 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Played the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on NES, with Game Genie codes on, with my kids today, and it’s amazing how good that game can actually be if you…you know…completely rebalance it at a fundamental level
Y’all know me…know how I earn a livin’… (on candy hand-out duty)
October 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Y’all know me…know how I earn a livin’… (on candy hand-out duty)
Kids’ masks done
October 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Kids’ masks done
October 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Our local retro game store gets the most absolutely bonkers things sometimes. An art games maker’s Nintendo handheld game about the diamond trade
October 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Our local retro game store gets the most absolutely bonkers things sometimes. An art games maker’s Nintendo handheld game about the diamond trade
More Goemon research for @flashback64.com, playing Ganbare Goemon 3 on Super Famicom
October 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
More Goemon research for @flashback64.com, playing Ganbare Goemon 3 on Super Famicom
Oh man - this is the TRUTH (in the spirit of the post, here are some late game bosses from Kudzu - really proud of these)
October 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Oh man - this is the TRUTH (in the spirit of the post, here are some late game bosses from Kudzu - really proud of these)
I made a scary furnace
October 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I made a scary furnace
Me: “that one type of enemy is surely a magic elf, and those bottles it throws are potions…oh…”
October 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Me: “that one type of enemy is surely a magic elf, and those bottles it throws are potions…oh…”
Post a mage!
(A rough test animation from an upcoming trailer for our #indiegame Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends!)
(A rough test animation from an upcoming trailer for our #indiegame Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends!)
October 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Post a mage!
(A rough test animation from an upcoming trailer for our #indiegame Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends!)
(A rough test animation from an upcoming trailer for our #indiegame Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends!)
October 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
They’re also terrible as models for serious/transformational games: “YOU ZAP THE SPACE INVADER BUT INSTEAD OF AN ALIEN, ITS CAPITALISM! DONT YOU GET THE METAPHOR?!?!” The asst. prof yells at you, beating you with the 120 page paper you must also read to understand the nuances of the “experience”
October 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
They’re also terrible as models for serious/transformational games: “YOU ZAP THE SPACE INVADER BUT INSTEAD OF AN ALIEN, ITS CAPITALISM! DONT YOU GET THE METAPHOR?!?!” The asst. prof yells at you, beating you with the 120 page paper you must also read to understand the nuances of the “experience”
Always fun to see stuff like this in games
October 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Always fun to see stuff like this in games
October 6, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
October 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
October 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Yo-yo
September 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Yo-yo