rare
@rarelike.bsky.social
I want to make things that make you smile. Queer thirtysomething game dev, he/him, PDX. Developer of Astra And The New Constellation.
https://rarelikeaunicorn.itch.io/
No AI / crypto / NFT / etc., please and thanks.
https://rarelikeaunicorn.itch.io/
No AI / crypto / NFT / etc., please and thanks.
Still not feeling well enough to stream 🤕 Working offline as much as I can though, and doing bits of polish here and there. Eyeroboros is my favorite of the games (so far), so I'm cleaning it up a little extra. UI for your score and your health meter, plus a little extra juice on the eyedrops. 👁️
September 17, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Still not feeling well enough to stream 🤕 Working offline as much as I can though, and doing bits of polish here and there. Eyeroboros is my favorite of the games (so far), so I'm cleaning it up a little extra. UI for your score and your health meter, plus a little extra juice on the eyedrops. 👁️
Not feeling great physically, so no stream today for the game jam project. I'm still spending the day on it so I should have a few things to show later on, at least. For now I'm continuing some of the structural work from yesterday, and now getting palette swaps and the cart selection grid going.
September 16, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Not feeling great physically, so no stream today for the game jam project. I'm still spending the day on it so I should have a few things to show later on, at least. For now I'm continuing some of the structural work from yesterday, and now getting palette swaps and the cart selection grid going.
Welcome to (the beginning of) Dollartown, your one-stop shop for retro games and hidden treasures. Going live with some #gbjam dev work!
www.twitch.tv/rarelike
www.twitch.tv/rarelike
September 15, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Welcome to (the beginning of) Dollartown, your one-stop shop for retro games and hidden treasures. Going live with some #gbjam dev work!
www.twitch.tv/rarelike
www.twitch.tv/rarelike
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hello, new game!!
Snake's Digits 🐍🖐
😤 snake hungry, but snake no like mess.
🧹 snake tidy up.
✌️ snake count snake's digits.
🍽️ snake eat!
😬 ... but snake fragile.
made for #pico1k, holds in 1023 bytes!! #pico8 #nerd
play now! punkcake.itch.io/snake-digits
Snake's Digits 🐍🖐
😤 snake hungry, but snake no like mess.
🧹 snake tidy up.
✌️ snake count snake's digits.
🍽️ snake eat!
😬 ... but snake fragile.
made for #pico1k, holds in 1023 bytes!! #pico8 #nerd
play now! punkcake.itch.io/snake-digits
September 15, 2026 at 3:31 PM
hello, new game!!
Snake's Digits 🐍🖐
😤 snake hungry, but snake no like mess.
🧹 snake tidy up.
✌️ snake count snake's digits.
🍽️ snake eat!
😬 ... but snake fragile.
made for #pico1k, holds in 1023 bytes!! #pico8 #nerd
play now! punkcake.itch.io/snake-digits
Snake's Digits 🐍🖐
😤 snake hungry, but snake no like mess.
🧹 snake tidy up.
✌️ snake count snake's digits.
🍽️ snake eat!
😬 ... but snake fragile.
made for #pico1k, holds in 1023 bytes!! #pico8 #nerd
play now! punkcake.itch.io/snake-digits
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Long stream today, but we've got two more prototypes knocked out and ready to get properly gamified later. Most notably, @seckswrecks.bsky.social provided the cursed idea yesterday that I combine two of the planned prototypes into one. I present to you, for better or worse: Flappy Bird Breakout.
September 15, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Long stream today, but we've got two more prototypes knocked out and ready to get properly gamified later. Most notably, @seckswrecks.bsky.social provided the cursed idea yesterday that I combine two of the planned prototypes into one. I present to you, for better or worse: Flappy Bird Breakout.
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We've been working on Iron Bramble for about 8 months now and excited to show what we've made! Please check out our demo. It'll be out on Steam Sept 17! (and give Iron Bramble a wishlist)
Wishlist Iron Bramble on Steam! Our demo is about to be released very soon...
Hope you like:
- Grappling hooks
- Pretty dresses
- Metroidvanias
Hope you like:
- Grappling hooks
- Pretty dresses
- Metroidvanias
September 15, 2026 at 2:48 AM
We've been working on Iron Bramble for about 8 months now and excited to show what we've made! Please check out our demo. It'll be out on Steam Sept 17! (and give Iron Bramble a wishlist)
👁️
Game #2 is coming along well, so let's add a few more details and then move on to game #3!
www.twitch.tv/rarelike/
Game #2 is coming along well, so let's add a few more details and then move on to game #3!
www.twitch.tv/rarelike/
September 14, 2026 at 2:40 AM
👁️
Game #2 is coming along well, so let's add a few more details and then move on to game #3!
www.twitch.tv/rarelike/
Game #2 is coming along well, so let's add a few more details and then move on to game #3!
www.twitch.tv/rarelike/
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September 13, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Holy crap, today's minigame for the jam is coming along super quick! Going to do a night stream (4ish hours from now) and I'll go over this one and probably start the next. Neither game is "done" yet, but I'm gonna keep getting them all up and running before polishing.
September 13, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Holy crap, today's minigame for the jam is coming along super quick! Going to do a night stream (4ish hours from now) and I'll go over this one and probably start the next. Neither game is "done" yet, but I'm gonna keep getting them all up and running before polishing.
I did some more work after the stream yesterday and a bit this morning to make progress on the Frogger clone. Made the vehicles bigger, added a second type, and got the logs working. It's borderline a game now, which means I can move on to prototyping the next minigame!
#gbjam #gbjam14 #pico8
#gbjam #gbjam14 #pico8
September 13, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Alrighty, let's do this! Streaming some initial work on my GB Jam project.
www.twitch.tv/rarelike
#gbjam #gbjam14 #pico8
www.twitch.tv/rarelike
#gbjam #gbjam14 #pico8
September 12, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Alrighty, let's do this! Streaming some initial work on my GB Jam project.
www.twitch.tv/rarelike
#gbjam #gbjam14 #pico8
www.twitch.tv/rarelike
#gbjam #gbjam14 #pico8
No (visual) GB Jam progress today, but that's okay. It was a good day behind the scenes:
• Set up my library of go-to Pico-8 functions and have ready to go.
• Core concept is pretty solidly locked in,
• Lots of concept/vibes art doodles got made.
Maybe a development stream tomorrow? 👀
• Set up my library of go-to Pico-8 functions and have ready to go.
• Core concept is pretty solidly locked in,
• Lots of concept/vibes art doodles got made.
Maybe a development stream tomorrow? 👀
September 12, 2026 at 4:02 AM
No (visual) GB Jam progress today, but that's okay. It was a good day behind the scenes:
• Set up my library of go-to Pico-8 functions and have ready to go.
• Core concept is pretty solidly locked in,
• Lots of concept/vibes art doodles got made.
Maybe a development stream tomorrow? 👀
• Set up my library of go-to Pico-8 functions and have ready to go.
• Core concept is pretty solidly locked in,
• Lots of concept/vibes art doodles got made.
Maybe a development stream tomorrow? 👀
Oh frick, I think the GB Jam theme is perfect for me 👀
September 11, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Oh frick, I think the GB Jam theme is perfect for me 👀
GB Jam starts tomorrow... do I set aside all my current small projects to work on a new one for a week?
(Probably.)
(Probably.)
September 10, 2026 at 9:01 PM
GB Jam starts tomorrow... do I set aside all my current small projects to work on a new one for a week?
(Probably.)
(Probably.)
Oh hell yeah!
Twinkle's Galactic Tour is coming to @sagexpo.org with a playable demo tomorrow! 👽💙
Platform around a lowpoly city as an anime alien girl!
#lowpoly #gamedev #indiegame #platformer
Platform around a lowpoly city as an anime alien girl!
#lowpoly #gamedev #indiegame #platformer
September 10, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Oh hell yeah!
"I will move [thing] to a different spot on my sprite sheet to make it more organized, and update the literal only spot in the codebase where [thing] is referenced."
*everything breaks*
"... game dev :)"
*everything breaks*
"... game dev :)"
September 10, 2026 at 4:32 AM
"I will move [thing] to a different spot on my sprite sheet to make it more organized, and update the literal only spot in the codebase where [thing] is referenced."
*everything breaks*
"... game dev :)"
*everything breaks*
"... game dev :)"
One of the cool things about working on little demakes/fan games like with the VVVVVV project is how much it helps me appreciate not just the mechanical design decisions that the developers made, but also the level design editorializing which is often more invisible.
September 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
One of the cool things about working on little demakes/fan games like with the VVVVVV project is how much it helps me appreciate not just the mechanical design decisions that the developers made, but also the level design editorializing which is often more invisible.
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Now with the actual V6-esque art vibes! I'm thinking this will be a single level, set up as an obstacle course for those wanting to join the crew of the DSS Souleye. It'll still need a couple of mechanics implemented to finish level design; then with some sfx it'll be "done enough".
September 8, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Now with the actual V6-esque art vibes! I'm thinking this will be a single level, set up as an obstacle course for those wanting to join the crew of the DSS Souleye. It'll still need a couple of mechanics implemented to finish level design; then with some sfx it'll be "done enough".
While I shake off the creative cobwebs, one of the first projects I want to release is a bundle of some prototypes that I don't plan on developing further. This is a good opportunity to go back and see what they actually were, and prune down to some of the funner ideas - like this VVVVVV fangame 👀
September 8, 2026 at 6:57 PM
While I shake off the creative cobwebs, one of the first projects I want to release is a bundle of some prototypes that I don't plan on developing further. This is a good opportunity to go back and see what they actually were, and prune down to some of the funner ideas - like this VVVVVV fangame 👀
Oh right, now the fun part of trying to refind as many of the folks from way back when on here as I can... 🫠
September 5, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Oh right, now the fun part of trying to refind as many of the folks from way back when on here as I can... 🫠
Well hello there folks! I'm back from a very long hiatus and looking forward to playing with some pixels again.
I can't wait to see what everyone's been working on, and to get back into the groove with my own projects!
I can't wait to see what everyone's been working on, and to get back into the groove with my own projects!
September 5, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Well hello there folks! I'm back from a very long hiatus and looking forward to playing with some pixels again.
I can't wait to see what everyone's been working on, and to get back into the groove with my own projects!
I can't wait to see what everyone's been working on, and to get back into the groove with my own projects!