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🩺 Making Cutting Edge: Roots Of Mutation
⭐ Play the demo! - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3639510/?utm_source=bsk&utm_medium=prof
💬 Join Discord - https://discord.gg/ZbH29kNT8Y
📩 Follow devlogs - https://www.patreon.com/c/wizbirdgames
#CuttingEdgeROM
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I overthought whether or not my game qualified for the Steam Animal Fest... (pretty sure it would've)

Well, it may not be in the fest, but you can still try the demo for Cutting Edge: Roots Of Mutation right now!

store.steampowered.com/app/3861240/...

#indiegame #godot #steam
Gameplay screenshot from Cutting Edge: Roots Of Mutation, depicting a stylized surgery on a half-synthetic liver. Gameplay screenshot from Cutting Edge: Roots Of Mutation, depicting a stylized surgery on a tortoise shell. Gameplay screenshot from Cutting Edge: Roots Of Mutation, depicting a visual novel-like screen with a lizard character, Peri, saying, "I've handled emergency patients before, but five of them at once...?!" Gameplay screenshot from Cutting Edge: Roots Of Mutation, depicting a stylized surgery on a broken cybernetic leg.
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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🐢 It's Monday, and work continues...

I'm in the thick of developing Chapter 2 of #CuttingEdgeROM.
Progress is steady, and this chapter's more than 2/3 done!

I also have a new sketchbook devlog for paid tiers:
www.patreon.com/posts/142167...

Have a good week!
#indiedev #indiegame #godot
October 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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⭐ Cutting Edge: Roots Of Mutation's demo hit Overwhelmingly Positive recent reviews this past weekend!

I'm honestly flabbergasted. Thank you so much!

Check it out the demo for free if you haven't already!
store.steampowered.com/app/3861240/...

#indiedev #indiegame #CuttingEdgeROM
Steam page for Cutting Edge: Roots Of Mutation showing Overwhelmingly Positive recent reviews.
October 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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What in the WORLD is that git commit hash?!
Should I be buying a lotto ticket?

#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev
Git commit hash of 9999497
October 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Allow me to take a moment to shill for @whitefoxdesigns.net

They made my simply sublime logo! Go check 'em out if you're looking for logos or business card designs :D
Logo for Wizbird Games, featuring a white sparrow-like bird with a mage's hat and staff on a black background.
October 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Heyo! Hope everyone's week is off to a good start!

For this week in #CuttingEdgeROM, I'm working on improving the the Sutures, as I know it's been giving y'all a lot of strife.

I should be able to do it, wish me luck!
#indiedev #indiegame #godot
Debug lines and points showing mouse input versus actual Suture lines.
September 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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👍 It's Very Positive now! 🥹
Thank you!
Steam review page for Cutting Edge: Roots Of Mutation, showing "ALL REVIEWS: Very Positive (57)"
September 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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⭐ Cutting Edge: Roots Of Mutation's demo has hit Positive reviews!
Thanks so much! I'm glad y'all are enjoying the game :D

Check it out for free if you haven't already!
store.steampowered.com/app/3861240/...

#indiedev #indiegame #demo #CuttingEdgeROM
Crop of Cutting Edge: Roots Of Mutation's Steam demo showing: "ALL REVIEWS: Positive (39)"
September 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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📢📢 Code Blue! The time to wait is over! 📢📢
Cutting Edge: Roots Of Mutation's free Demo has just dropped on Steam!

store.steampowered.com/app/3861240/...

Perform life-saving operations in this fast-paced surgery sim + visual novel-lite!

#indiedev #indiegame #demo #godot #CuttingEdgeROM
September 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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⏱️ It's almost time...

The demo for Cutting Edge: Roots Of Mutation releases TOMORROW on Steam! ✨
store.steampowered.com/app/3861240/...

New devlog on my Patreon, too!
www.patreon.com/posts/devlog...

#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #godot
An anthropomorphic lizard character, holding a scalpel. Cutting Edge: Roots Of Mutation Demo releases tomorrow on Steam.
September 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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💬 Paging all hospital personnel...

⭐ CE:ROM's Discord is live! ⭐
discord.gg/ZbH29kNT8Y

Join to see dev commit messages (along with everything else a game Discord server would have)~

And don't forget, the demo is out this Wednesday! :D
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev
An anthropomorphic bird character, looks like some sort of mechanic. Swoop into the Discord for Cutting Edge: Roots Of Mutation. Demo releases in 2 days!
September 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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📅 Better get ready...
The CE:ROM demo releases in just one week!

#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #godot
September 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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📈 Cutting Edge: Roots Of Mutation has hit 5000 wishlists!

Thanks a ton for the support! :D 💙

I can't wait for y'all to get your claws on the demo. It's out on the 17th, in less than two weeks!

(Okay, okay, I'm done adding stuff to the demo for now...)
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev
"5000 Wishlists. Thank you! Demo out Sep 17." Also pictured is Spark, an anthropomorphic fennec, doing a "🤩" at the words.
September 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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It's hump day (...y'know, I wonder how interesting an operation on a camel would be...)

CE:ROM's demo comes out in just two weeks! 😱

📈 I'm busy implementing a graphics option, hopefully before then. It should significantly boost the game's performance on integrated and lower-end graphics cards!
"FPS: 1259". The uncapped framerate of Cutting Edge: Roots Of Mutation when on the title screen.
September 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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📱 Calling Dr. Shaky Hands. You can totally use a Wiimote to play Cutting Edge: ROM.

(...though I think I prefer mouse and keyboard.)
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #godot
August 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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📢 Get ready to return to the O.R....

Announcing the release date of the Cutting Edge: Roots Of Mutation Steam demo!

#indiedev #indiegame #announcement #godot #demo
August 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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📈 A neat little milestone...
Cutting Edge: Roots Of Mutation has hit 2,222 wishlists!

How exciting... Thank you! :D
I'm working hard to polish up the demo!

Follow me to hear when it's coming out! (It's soonish™)
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #godot
August 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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🎨 Colorblind assist has been added!

Difficulty in CE:ROM should *not* stem from struggling to figure out what color something is.

In cases where it still might be difficult, this option will definitively eliminate any ambiguity!
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #godot #colorblind
A screenshot showing an example of the differences that enabling "Colorblind Assist" mode makes. Letters are shown over colored vials, and a color key to quantity cheatsheet is also displayed.
August 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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📢 Good news, demo's under review!
Plus, announcing a small name tweak...

#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #godot
August 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Other things finished this week:
+ Separate scoring and rank criteria for each difficulty
+ Leaderboards are separated by difficulty, too
+ Novel choreography for 2-1 and 2-2. These two new episodes are basically done!

⭐ Wishlist if you please~ ⭐
store.steampowered.com/app/3639510/...
A screenshot of three characters, with the center stating, "Time is burning. Let us skip the platitudes. I have brought two colleagues for you to meet."
August 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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⏫ Difficulty selection has been added!
You can now freely choose between Relaxed, Standard, and CyberDoc.

But it's not just number tweaks! You might encounter fewer - or more! - things that go wrong during an operation.

Stay on your toes!
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #godot
August 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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🔄 Tool remapping is implemented!

Not only can you rebind your tool keys, you can now also reposition the tools themselves to your heart's content.

In other words... you can't use muscle memory as an excuse for fumbling your tools anymore ;>

#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #godot #WishlistWednesday
July 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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⭐ Happy Friday! Here are the major things I've added this week:
+ Score and time leaderboards, and a new UI to show them
+ A new patient and drapes sprite
+ Lungs and lung implant sprites

With those, Episode 2-1 is nearly complete!
Have a x2.0 good weekend!

#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #godot
July 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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💯 Basic score and time leaderboards are done!
I'd like to add histograms, but that's something for later.

#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #godot
July 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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The demo will feature ~5 full operations out of a planned total of 40+ from the full game.

The demo also includes the associated story, your progress should carry over later on, and I'm working on basic leaderboard support!

Thanks! Have a good weekend~
Screenshot of Cutting Edge's level select screen, showing a Prologue option as well as five locked options.
July 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM