Indie Game Dev - Blog Posts

A super normal text between two besties! [Image Description: On a light blue background, a person with a brown paw and black claws is holding a smart phone. The red phone case is mushroom themed with light red spots. Tiny mushrooms, rocks, and flowers charms are on the top right of the case. The phone screen shows a text message window with the group chat titled “B F F 4 E V A.” There are two people in the chat, L and F. Person L is colored lilac, and person F is colored green. L texts: “we’re out of trash bags.” L adds: “*trash bags*" F replies: "darn that auto-correct!" END ID]

I had a lot of fun figuring out how these lil' critters would look and animate in my latest game jam!

Our game is called Hopper's Bugs, and it's free to play on itch io!

Meet Leafette! They are the main character for my itch io Devtober game jam entry (currently) titled, Foliage Conversations. You can read more about Leafette on my blog, here!

Leafette is a resident of Foliage Falls, a cozy little town known for its beautiful lakes and rivers.

Although well-known by the locals, Leafette can be a bit shy around new people. And with a love for books, they are a familiar face at the local book store, the Cozy Reader.

[Image Description: On the left is a pen sketch of a character with a leaf for a head and a human body wearing a sweater and ripped jeans. On the right against a light brown background, is the pixel art drawing of the same character with a brown colored, leaf for a head. They are wearing red earrings with a dark green knit sweater that has light green patches on the shoulders, cuffs, hemline, and collar. They are wearing blue jeans with heart-shaped patches at the knees and red shoes. END ID]

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My First Game Dev Vlog for my First Indie Game!

Hopefully the video loads. If not, here's the link: https://youtu.be/W7zDP6tF2gg

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[ID: GIF of a pixel art styled bumble bee that is flying inside a bubble. The bee has a small green bag with a brown strip around its body. Surrounding the bee are pink flowers inside bubbles. The text above the bee in all caps is "First-Time Pixel Artist plus First Indie Game". Everything is on a yellow-hued, honeycomb patterned background. END ID]

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Soooo I'm back on YouTube. This time I'm sharing my journey into game development, how I learned pixel art and animation, and how I created my first indie game, Bubble Bumble!

I also made a blog post version here: https://www.bloomzeyestudio.com/post/first-time-pixel-artist-and-first-indie-game-devlog-1

And an audio version here via my podcast "Bloomzeye Studio Chats": https://open.spotify.com/episode/4hgGc3duCFmRzXVUMnZlbM?si=db5dLS7-TNiZFXk0U2lOBw&dl_branch=1

I know I sound all markety and I just started this account, but I'm excited to share this!

I forgot the password for this account, so I was posting via my personal art account 😅

My first indie game is almost ready on itch.io!

Again, not logging into my game dev tumblr (@bloomzeye) for reasons, but my first indie game, Bubble Bumble, is almost ready to play! Here's the itch io page for it: https://bloomzeye.itch.io/bubble-bumble

Ahhhhh! I have basically zero followers on this page, but I don't care! I've made a video game, something I never thought I could even do, and I'm happy about it!

A lil' about me

Hi, I’m Bloomzeye! I'm an indie game designer and developer, and I'm working on my first mini-game called... Bubble Bumble! 🐝 I'll be sharing my game dev journey along the way, and I have A LOT to learn about pixel art and game development. You can keep up with my progress through my Game Dev blog: www.bloomzeyestudio.com.

*I legit don't like social media, so I make NO promises on post consistency 😅

Meet Kiwi!

Meet Kiwi, the smallest bee in her hive with a broken stinger. But, that doesn't stop Kiwi from gathering pollen for her hive, or collecting the best flowers to make a bouquet for her Queen Bee! Now...just...to get...outta this...bubble!

Kiwi is the main character for my debut indie mini-game*, Bubble Bumble. I’m creating my art in Aseprite, a pixel art and animation program, and it’s been a wild learning curve.

*and I mean mini! This will be my first time designing and programming a game, so it will be basically a demo level.

Website/Devlog | Twitter (@)bloomzye | Instagram (@)bloomzye

I regret nothing, from playing the demo to pledging with my hard earned allowance. Congratulations to this amazing team!

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for your unbelievable support for TOUCHSTARVED! 🌙

BARK BARK BAKR RAWR GRRRR BARKK GRAA GRRR BORK!!!

I actually finished playing the demo last night and OMFG— IM IN LOVE ♥️😭♥️😭♥️😭 i cant wait for the full release ♥️😤

The brilliant crew at Knights of the Light Table knocked it out of the park with this animation 🔥 Especially paired with the "Every Time We Touch" cover ft. Dan Avidan!

Hear the whole song by backing our Kickstarter! Animation: Director ✦ Patrick Stannard Supervising Animator ✦ Abroo Khan Animation and Clean Up ✦ Kaya Horiya, Imogen Osborne-Sobers Background Illustration ✦ Sean Randolph

Trailer by ✦ val.

TOUCHSTARVED by @redspringstudio