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The Load Game menu is done! All the title menus are now implemented! #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

Implemented player nudging. If you run into a wall, and the game detects you're near open space, it'll gently nudge you toward it. Should help navigating narrow spaces. #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev

Been doing some work on the title and settings screens. Also finally got the player's weapon sprited! #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev

Been working on implementing a "choose an option" dialogue. But that's boring! So instead, have a before-and-after of me cleaning up my "rocky cliffs" tiles. #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev

Finally landed on a health restoration mechanic I like. #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

Couldn't resist tweaking it. Now it's perfect. Searches 6 pixels in either direction to find an open space. If it finds it, it gently slides the player over at 25% speed. #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev

@espyeen@meow.social oh, yeah, absolutely dig out the various companies'' "Careers" pages. It's more of a pain than centralized job listing sites, but the hit rate tends to be higher. It does mean you have to do some research legwork to find out what companies even *exist*, which can be difficult.

@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club I'd say "occasionally", and the rate at which it occurs is notably distinct between different kinds of workplaces. The more enterprisey, the more likely. Also, interview candidates seem disproportionately more likely to be terrible, but that at least makes sense--the less competent folks are more likely to be interviewing, right? I wouldn't say I've noticed much different pre- and post-LLMs, but I HAVE noticed that post-LLM, you've got a lot of people uncritically drinking the Kool-Aid.

Our protagonist has a new color scheme, and a few new rooms to explore. #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

(fwiw, still not super happy with the tops. It'd make sense from a side-on perspective, but not the top-down perspective I've got. Still, better!) #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev

@dancrescentwolf@pounced-on.me genderfluid! Niche enough that it gets left out a lot, common enough that it's *sometimes* there