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Xavi
@xavibell.bsky.social
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Writer and game maker. Sometimes in Melbourne.

Spider Land is out!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3246230/Spider_Land/
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Xavi @xavibell.bsky.social · Aug 25
I wrote a short story (with some nice visuals)

Death to a Merry Car :)

Play it on itch:
xavibell.itch.io/death-to-a-m...
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kadenramstack.bsky.social
This is something that's been really bothering me lately with games. It's not just an aesthetic issue, it's also genuinely harder to read text if it's too wide, so I made this (little sloppy) quick guide to show what I mean.

#indieGames
a guide on text placement for screens. The large text at the top reads "This is fine for large text", slightly below it is the sentence "or even medium text that is only a couple of lines long. it covers the center 610ths of the screen. Below it in the center 2/4ths of the screen is the paragraph "But for visual novels, subtitles and any long blocks of text, especially ones that are several paragraphs long, the text needs to be within the middle 2/4ths of the screen or else it becomes harder to read. When working with different aspect ratios, use your best judgement, you shouldn’t have to move your eyes too much to read everything."
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Many different layers of clouds overlapping to create a mixture of lighter and darker shades of grey. Right side of frame has darker, more foreboding structures, whilst the left side is lighter and less tumultuous.
November 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Close up of a blurry bee about to land on some red flowers.
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Getting kind of attached to the random stock photo guys I'm using as placeholders
Screenshot from project I'm working on. POV of the player holding an iPad in their hands. On the iPad is a dungeon-crawler style game. Player is pointing two revolvers at a generic stock photo guy dressed up as a cowboy. Entire scene is in high-contrast black and white, low detail 3D models.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Just finished Deadwood. Why is Bullock like that
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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columboscreens.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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I watch sports so I can point at players and announce to the room which famous person they look like
October 31, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Screenshot from current project. Monochrome, high contrast scene of a lighthouse at a cliffs edge. A small wooden deck extends off the edge, surrounded by wooden fences. Cliffs are covered in very low detail shrubbery (foliage is hard guys)
October 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Bro you haven’t checked the BOM rain radar recently are you okay
October 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Every indie dev’s first game should be self-titled
October 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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October 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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You wouldn’t interfere with a lighthouse
A sign on the Liptrap Lighthouse. It reads, “THIS MARINE AID TO NAVIGATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR SAFE NAVIGATION AT SEA ANY INTERFERENCE WITH IT COULD ENDANGER LIVES TRESPASSING ON, OR DESTROYING, DAMAGING, OBSTRUCTING OR INTERFERING WITH THIS MARINE AID TO NAVIGATION IS AN OFFENCE UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 2012 OFFENDERS MAY FACE SEVERE PENALTIES”
October 13, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Low angle shot of a train signal tower at East Pakenham, behind which are some scattered clouds and a blue sky.
October 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Thinking of becoming a krautrock guy
October 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Shoutout to all those Silksong NPCs I talked to once and then never saw again because I refuse to use the map markers for some reason.
October 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Watched the new PTA movie. Reminded me of the music video for Stylo.
September 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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xavibell.bsky.social
I wrote a short story (with some nice visuals)

Death to a Merry Car :)

Play it on itch:
xavibell.itch.io/death-to-a-m...
August 25, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Waow…
Talking Heads - The Name of this Band is Talking Heads (vinyl copy I found in a random cupboard at my grandparents place. They didn’t want it)
September 21, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Silksong is officially kicking my ass. I thought I was built different. Nope!
September 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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In Pharloom you need to pay for benches. Hostile architecture is everywhere.
September 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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A magpie sits on a grey wooden fence, left of frame. Overcast skies in the background, with patches of blue.
September 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Two complete strangers complimented my hair today. Something’s in the water…
September 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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seagamesforgood.bsky.social
The Play for Peace: Games for Palestine charity bundle is now live! Nearly 400 games from creators all around the world, with proceeds going directly to Gaza relief efforts.

Bundle link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...

We made a launch trailer to celebrate this moment👇 Please RT.
September 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Doomscrolling Wikipedia, reading through a list of the worst railway disasters
September 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Bit of an ohfuckohfuck moment here. Very humbling.
High angle shot of Rodeo Clown's town, except everything is pink, which is bad. There are no assets in my assets folder, which is also bad. I was not having a good day.
August 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM