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Deckbuilder Mystery Visual Novel Godot

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gba reverse engineering

Modding

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Latest Blog Posts

Anti-Blog - October 25, 2025

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🎨 Pixel Art & Visual Design

✨ Pixel Art Tips & Tricks - October 20, 2025

My journey learning pixel art from scratch! Started with simple 16x16 sprites and now I'm creating full character animations. Here's everything I wish I knew when I started:

• Color palettes - Start with 4-8 colors max
• Anti-aliasing techniques for smooth curves
• Animation principles in low-res art
• Dithering and texture tricks

🎯 Tools I Use Daily:

• Aseprite - Best pixel art software hands down
• Lospec - Amazing palette library
• Piskel - Great free browser-based option
• GraphicsGale - Old school but powerful

🖼️ UI/UX Design Philosophy:

Good game UI should be invisible. Players shouldn't think about your interface - they should just use it naturally. I learned this the hard way after testing Ocean Quest with friends!

Check out my blog for UI mockups, design iterations, and before/after comparisons of my game interfaces! 🎮

🎵 Sound Design on a Budget

Creating Immersive Audio Without Breaking the Bank

Sound design can make or break your game, but you don't need expensive equipment! Here's my complete workflow:

🎹 Free Tools I Swear By:

• Audacity - Industry standard, completely free
• LMMS - Digital Audio Workstation for music
• Bfxr/Sfxr - Retro sound effect generators
• Chiptone - Chip tune music creator
• Reaper - Affordable DAW with unlimited trial

🎤 Recording Techniques:

• Use your phone! Modern phones have decent mics
• Foley sounds - everyday objects make great SFX
• Voice acting with friends (bribing with pizza works)
• Freesound.org - Massive library of free sounds

Pro Tips:

🔊 Layers are everything - combine 2-3 sounds for richer audio

🎼 Music should match your game's emotion, not overpower it

🔉 Sound effects should have varying pitches to avoid repetition

🎧 Always test with both speakers AND headphones

For Ocean Quest, I recorded underwater sounds in my bathtub. Creative solutions > expensive gear! 🛁

📚 Learn From My Mistakes!

Hey there! I've made plenty of mistakes so you don't have to. Here's what I share in my tutorials:

🎓 Tutorial Series:

• Unity Basics - Getting started with game development
• Character Controllers - Making responsive player movement
• Inventory Systems - From scratch in Unity
• Save Systems - PlayerPrefs and JSON serialization
• Shader Basics - Making your game look juicy
• AI Pathfinding - Simple but effective enemy AI

📖 Beginner Tips:

• Start small - Finish your first game before making your dream game
• Join game jams - Best way to learn and meet people
• Version control - Use Git from day one, future you will thank you
• Scope creep is real - Cut features ruthlessly
• Playtest early and often - Your friends will find bugs you missed

U wanna game dev?

Don't let people tell you that using a game engine with a custom language (ie GameMaker, Godot, etc) isn't real coding. The code doesn't matter if the game is good. Pick something you know how to use or will take you as little time as possible to learn and get programming.

For music: Cadence Hira's YouTube channel is a great intro to music theory if you like VGM but are unfamiliar with music theory.

Hey there!!

I'm squiddonaut. I'm currently getting my undergraduate degree in biophysical sciences and music, but in my free time I develop little jits and doodads.

Toolbox:

• C#
• Python
• Aseprite
• Godot
• GameMaker Studio 2
• Studio One
• Blender

Fun Facts

• my day job is researching minerals on Saturn's moons
• probably ranked top 1000 worldwide in the knowledge of obscure Japanese tea history (for foreigners at least)
• I ran a fnaf youtube channel at age 9
• I do the bulk of my programming work on a mediatek chromebook with 2gb of ram
• I sing opera... I'm what we like to call in the industry a "barelytone" or an "approximatura"

🔗 Connect With Me:

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Itch.io
• Discord

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