This waterfall is just a small piece of the world we’re building 🌍. Follow for devlogs, tactical combat clips, and story teases from the fantasy realm of 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒚 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆!. We post updates weekly — you’ll want to be here when it launches 👇 #pixelart

Wasn't sure how this was going to turn out 😅. Guess life 𝘪𝘴 kinda like a box of 🍫✨.#pixelart #indiedev

Also to anyone curious, Yes, in buildings you can only see what your character can see👁️.

🧱 Unintended shading bugs🐜.We’re adapting how structure collision shading works:. 🌓 Dark overlay shows between separate walls.🚫 Shouldn’t appear when walls are flush. Fixing this will add to the mystery of, ". what's inside that large structure over there?" 👀.#indiedev

⚔️ The gods didn’t build Aerenia in a day. They shaped it piece by piece, with 🔥,💨,🌊, and🪨. Then something beautiful emerged from the chaos. Game dev is the same!. Some days you’re just stacking pixels. Others, you’re shaping legends. 🔥 Keep building! The world you’re.

👾Dev boss battle time.Problem: the pathfinding circles for thin walls go diagonal. 👻. which means players can go from 🟢 to 🟢 diagonally through the wall 😭. Solution! Line collision checks which alter the 🔴 to include 🔵, which means 🙅 no more diagonals! #gamedesign

For context, started developing the 1st version of the game in Gamemaker in March 2022!.

😬Super late to the party, I'm the worst at social media☠️ . Just 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁 first, you can 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 later!. #gamemaker #indiegames #pixelart

By the way, if anyone has a better way of pulling this off in #aseprite please let me know! 😭.

🔦Trying out a new way of adding shadows in #aseprite!. 1) Coloring in where I think shadows are on a shadow layer in 🟥.2) Replacing the color with ⚫.3) Changing the layer effect to Overlay!. Maybe the most unoptimized way to add shadows, but it felt nice to me 🙃 #pixelart

🧠 UI and logic finally syncing = serotonin. Green = go, red = nope. Circles pop up, and suddenly:. 🟢 Moveable tiles feel obvious.🔴 Blocked paths feel 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵. 👉👈 Feels like my fingers are finally touching 😭.#indiedev #pixelart #gamedev #gamemaker

🌸 Isolde’s earliest design pass.Before the trials, the tragedy, the legends - she was just a curious girl. Eldryn’s best friend. 🎒 Explorer’s satchel.✨ A light to the world.🧤 Gentle courage in harsh lands. She’s grown a lot… but this was the start. #pixelart #indiedev

🦘 Jump range isn’t just vertical!.With a jump range of 3, you can leap:.🧱 3 tiles horizontally.🧱 2 up + 1 over or 1 up + 2 over.⬇️ Drop 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 3 + 2 𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 without damage. It’s about freedom, not just height. (Landing FX coming soon 👀).#pixelart #indiedev #tacticsgame

Hope I did this right, please excuse the uneven squares and rectangles 😭.#artvsartist #pixelart #indiedev

☀️ Real-time lighting is finally hitting just right.Sunlight now sweeps across the world, shadows included!.🌗 Time-of-day light shifts.👤 Player shadows (crisper edges coming!).🪨 Terrain changes affect mood. Still tuning, but the feel is 🔥.#pixelart #indiedev #tacticsgame

⚔️ High-level doesn’t mean untouchable.Even the strongest enemies shouldn't feel unfair. 💡 Player 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 must still matter.🧠 Mid-levels should stand a chance.🎯 Tactics & prediction should win fights. Trying to make high-level combat 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 like this. but stay

🧙‍♂️ Magus class animation teaser!.I dropped it directly into 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 Chrono Trigger scene 😈.Couldn’t resist paying tribute before the full FX system is ready!.🔮 Classic dark caster vibes.🌀 Floaty motion + silhouette pop.🧵 Built for future spell layering. Childhood dream

This!!! 💖 The colors! 🎨 The coziness! 🏡 The clouds!! ☁️☁️☁️. Arena’s floating city will be 𝘸𝘢𝘺 more chaotic 🏛️⚔️🧙….but this captures the ✨magic ✨ I’m chasing. Clouds are my final boss 😭 but we’ll get there!!.#MDO #pixelart #indiedev.

What you're seeing here is the start of a biome transition!. New palettes. New terrain logic. New mood entirely. It’s wild how a few mossy tiles can shift the feel of a whole region - that’s the beauty of pixelart!. Follow for more indiedev building blocks! 👇

🫧 This is one of my favorite polish details so far!.YES, you can walk 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 the waterfall. And yes, the water distorts your sprite as you stand behind it 😄. 🌿 What would you hide back here?.#pixelart #indiedev #shaderdesign #madewithgamemaker.

🏜️ Stress test success!.Still a few quirks, but everything 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 good. ✅ New HUD elements survived.✅ Skill bar & UI hotkeys mapped.✅ Player now properly sinks waist-deep into desert sand 😆. One step closer to real terrain traversal!.#gamedev #pixelart #indiedev