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@ianatherton.bsky.social
Earthling, Artist, Curious.

Working on:
Mara's Abyss - Gameboy Color Mystery Labyrinth ( https://www.indiedb.com/games/maras-abyss )

Crimson Keep: Fall of Larkstead
https://store.steampowered.com/app/632110/Crimson_Keep/
The new biomes have made the overworld more dangerous but this seed rolled pretty cozy! However the seed name was not cozy sounding: "CURST GORE RIFT" (using words in a list instead of numbers for our seed like .hack) #gameboycolor #gameboy #indiedev #roguelike #cozygames #cozy #gamedev #pixelart
September 14, 2026 at 7:57 PM
#MarasAbyss #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #pixelart #gamedev #gameboy #gameboycolor #roguelike missing some broom art, but I'm loving flying around the overworld!! Added a quest for Witch's to get a broom, and a raft quest for the other classes. There's also teleporters to get around the continent.
September 14, 2026 at 12:10 AM
youtu.be/f-pFpELeGHU Hey everyone! Fresh video on Mara's Abyss development, it's been a very fun project cramming so many roguelike features into an 8bit machine! #gamedev #indiedev #gameboycolor #gameboy #ModRetro #roguelike Kickstarter soon! Looking for testers and publishing/cart printing advice!
Mara's Abyss: Open World Roguelike for Game Boy Color! Dev Log 3
YouTube video by Ian's Game Development
youtu.be
September 9, 2026 at 9:44 PM
#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #rpg #gameboy #gameboycolor #rpg #pixelart #retro #roguelike Hydra boss fight! Needs some finessing but I like it!
September 6, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Here's a little bug/feature - fire is sometimes not the fiery color I intended? #indiedev #roguelike #gameboycolor #gameboy #gbdk #c #pixelart I think this happens sometimes because of the limited number of palettes (colors on screen) It's a pretty fun puzzle working within the limits though.
September 1, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Reposted by ian
"We've arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science and technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces."

- Carl Sagan
August 27, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Dragon is incomplete, but looking kinda 帅, bottom UI row much cleaner, nice xp bar, life and danger indicators - finding that balance between useful and sleek.

#turnbased #roguelike #marasabyss #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #fantasy #rpg #steam #gameboy #gameboycolor
August 24, 2026 at 6:22 AM
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“It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it.”

— Jacob Bronowski
August 22, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Quality of life feature: you can now preview stat changes for all equipment you find. Anyone want to test the game? #screenshotsaturday #turnbased #roguelike #marasabyss #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #fantasy #rpg #steam #gameboy #gameboycolor
August 22, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Mara's Abyss WIP: Let me know your thoughts and critiques. It's made with gbdk and C. All art by me. The game has been starting to become fun, and the overworld load times are finally under control! #gbc #gameboy #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #c #programming #pixelart #roguelike #procedural
August 17, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Work in progress gif of my gameboy color game Mara's Abyss - A fully featured mystery labyrinth (roguelike) with pets, permanence, bosses, an overworld, multiple classes etc. #indiedev #gamedev #gameboy #gameboycolor #gbc
June 16, 2026 at 11:03 PM
All that twitters is not bold.
March 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM