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Random game of the day:
RedCat (Sidescrolling: RedCat Software, 1994)

Download/play: https://dosgames.com/game/redcat/

#dosgaming #retrogaming #sidescrolling #platformer #cat #bombs #dutch
Screenshot of RedCat
October 30, 2026 at 1:00 PM
inkdragonworks.bsky.social
There’s this indie game called Ichorus in development that’s a sidescrolling pixel roguelite. Someone compares a boss loosely to the spore thing from super Metroid (implying they ripped it off). The only similarity is the rough shape and being a thing that splits open for you to hit.
November 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
shmork.bsky.social
hey!👀
shmork adventures is now available on shmorkgames.itch.io/shmork-adventures
We @igli.bsky.social @harmlessnl.bsky.social (& Gijs & Ernst) got 45+ levels, 3 worlds, all the cool amazing stuff, you can even try a little demo of it in your browser :)
(and the physical edition ships December!)
Shmork Adventures by ShmorkGames
Adventure as Shmork - a shark with legs - in this sidescrolling retro-inspired platformer for the Gameboy Color!
shmorkgames.itch.io
November 2, 2026 at 10:27 PM
namelesswrench.bsky.social
Sidescrolling Challenging Heroic Mission UP in Space
October 27, 2026 at 4:56 PM
addmitt.bsky.social
My disappointment: if you play like a sidescrolling Switch game that has to upscale to 1080p (the new boost mode helps minimize this), the screen turns to absolute mush during movement. I intended to finish Tropical Freeze when I first got mine and it was unplayable.
November 2, 2026 at 2:39 PM
popgeeks.bsky.social
ICYMI: New Retro Platformer Power Trip Launches Kickstarter: How’re ya feelin’? Ya got John Riggs here, YouTube retro gaming influencer and author of several retro games of his own. Riggs’ latest is for the Sega Genesis, a sidescrolling… #RetroGaming #Platformer #Kickstarter #SegaGenesis #IndieGames
New Retro Platformer Power Trip Launches Kickstarter
How’re ya feelin’? Ya got John Riggs here, YouTube retro gaming influencer and author of several retro games of his own. Riggs’ latest is for the Sega Genesis, a sidescrolling […] The post New Retro Platformer Power Trip Launches Kickstarter appeared first on PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics.
dlvr.it
October 29, 2026 at 9:24 PM
steampunk.vtubers.social
2 of the tough Golden BTs beaten in 1 area! There must be a good amount of Voidouts from others recently! Thank you so much for coming! The raid went to @barquid.bsky.social and sidescrolling fun in MapleStory!

twitch.tv/barquid

#thanksforwatching #happyhalloween
Barquid - Live on Twitch
💫 remaking myself 🎧 | MapleStory Classic | !cover !clip !socials | Streaming maplestory for 2 viewers.
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November 1, 2026 at 4:25 AM
lenna.gay
I have settled on something slightly more original: "What if a sidescrolling action RPG had the vibe of an early NES black box game"
lenna.gay Lenna 💛🩸 @lenna.gay · 14d
Maybe I should get off my ass and actually make a simple game. Idk, perfectionism brain is why I told myself I would never do this and just stick to covering gaming, but I could do something simple. Always wanted to make an Atlantis no Nazo-like thing. That seems super doable.
October 28, 2026 at 3:12 AM
aliasmcdoe.eurosky.social
Always wanted to play this game ever since I watched its intro (and then found out it has sidescrolling boss battles) but never could due to the language barrier, I'm glad that there's a fan translation now.

youtu.be/XXXxiyn4aWY?...
Kaze no Densetsu Xanadu - Intro (PC Engine) [HQ]
YouTube video by Kaminarimon
youtu.be
October 27, 2026 at 11:33 PM
peytral.bsky.social
i honestly think it feels entirely different outside of having bump combat. like the "real" combat is actually when the game turns into a sidescrolling platformer action game at the end of each chapter for some reason.
October 30, 2026 at 6:13 PM
goblinpassword.bsky.social
Assuming you just wanna have it play in browser on Itch, you really just pick an engine and you can follow a tutorial for a sidescrolling platformee and learn to put something basic together in like, an hour
October 28, 2026 at 10:55 PM
popgeeks.bsky.social
New Retro Platformer Power Trip Launches Kickstarter: How’re ya feelin’? Ya got John Riggs here, YouTube retro gaming influencer and author of several retro games of his own. Riggs’ latest is for the Sega Genesis, a sidescrolling… #RetroGaming #Kickstarter #IndieGames #SegaGenesis #GamingCommunity
New Retro Platformer Power Trip Launches Kickstarter
How’re ya feelin’? Ya got John Riggs here, YouTube retro gaming influencer and author of several retro games of his own. Riggs’ latest is for the Sega Genesis, a sidescrolling […] The post New Retro Platformer Power Trip Launches Kickstarter appeared first on PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics.
dlvr.it
October 27, 2026 at 9:22 PM
gamersglobal.bsky.social
Fans von Twin Peaks und Indieperlen aufgepasst: Silver Pines vereint hervorragend stilvolle Sidescroller-Grafik, Metroidvania, Horror und Mystery in einer Lynch-artigen Kleinstadt. Lest jetzt den GG-Test der Version für Nintendo Switch 2. www.gamersglobal.de/news/355196/...
Silver Pines
Ihr mögt Metroidvanias, Horrorspiele und auch die klassische Sidescrolling-Perspektive? Dann findet ihr in dem Mystery-Action-Adventure die vielleicht bestmögliche Symbiose dieser Elemente!
www.gamersglobal.de
October 30, 2026 at 11:08 AM
pvbaikun.com
EXCELLENT! This is nostalgia-bait specifically for me! Big fan of the Bill & Ted movies, AND I love me some sidescrolling beat-em-up and music rhythm games.

🤘

More importantly, the studio will not use gen"AI" for any part of this game. Not even marketing.

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure: Arcade
Get notified when Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure: Arcade launches on BackerKit!
www.backerkit.com
November 3, 2026 at 3:20 PM
videorelaxant6025.itch.io
been thinking on how the hell i'm gonna do platformer stuff in my rpg without it looking like i'm copying deltarune ch5 despite me having the idea like 5 months and 25 days before deltarune chapter 5 even came out

Like What the Fuck Do I even Do deadass
referring to a dream: "the television area was the only dungeon in the entire game to have sidescrolling platforming sections" [picture of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX] on December 30th, 2025: i had an abrupt idea that dungeon still remains the only one to be a platformer section where you can jump like that BUT [video clip of Super Paper Mario's "2D/3D Flip"] you swap between the RPG movement (no jump but implied 3D) and the platformer movement (can jump but locked to 2D) "DELTARUNE: Chapter 5 was released on June 24, 2026"- [The text continues but isn't relevant to the post.]
October 31, 2026 at 6:27 PM
regriskallen.bsky.social
Outside's newest game, Fox Flare Night, is a super fun sidescrolling danmaku game that is great for all levels of play, and it's out now!!

I did testing on this one and had a lot of fun with it. The various enemies and bosses are great, and the loadout customization is solid!

x.com/Outside_danm...
あうとさいど🌟10/31東京ゲームダンジョンH2-1 (@Outside_danmaku) on X
【速報】 『ふぉっくすふれあないと』 明日未明、10月30日にSteamでリリースします！
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October 29, 2026 at 4:57 PM
alucula.bsky.social
when i was playing Fire in the Beastlands (sidescrolling soulslike), there was a part midway through when i was moving through a dark underground area and i got to a part where i could see an enemy's foot that was about 3 times the size of my guy. i went "nope nope nope" and ran back the way i came
November 1, 2026 at 10:50 AM
lenna.gay
Right now the thought is, four large zones, think the sidescrolling of something like Zeliard but the "level" navigation almost like Blaster Master, a simple "find the four macguffins and all the items needed to find them"

another reference vibe is like "what if La-Mulana was VERY simple"
October 28, 2026 at 3:19 AM
steamgamefan.bsky.social
Micro Generals #Windows (VFE) が、2026年配信と発表されました。
Steam：Micro Generals
Micro Generals is a 2D SideScrolling Tug Of War RTS featuring 6 distinct factions with 100+ distinct units with their own strenghts and weaknesses , upgrades system , deep tactical play , 56 levels and faction superpowers
store.steampowered.com
October 29, 2026 at 5:01 AM
steamgamefan.bsky.social
Micro Generals #Windows (VFE) が、2026年配信と発表されました。
Steam：Micro Generals
Micro Generals is a 2D SideScrolling Tug Of War RTS featuring 6 distinct factions with 100+ distinct units with their own strenghts and weaknesses , upgrades system , deep tactical play , 56 levels and faction superpowers
store.steampowered.com
October 29, 2026 at 5:01 AM
chrisjonesgaming.bsky.social
Independent game studio #CorgeeInc announced that its #scifi #sidescrolling action shooter #AngelGuardian will launch on November 3rd, 2026 for #PC via #Steam following its participation in October's #SteamNextFest

Your small studio. Your big game. Old school eyes.

#indie #indiegames #gamingnews
Sci-fi Side-scrolling Action Shooter 'Angel Guardian' Releasing November 3rd - Small Studio. Big Game. Old-School Eyes
Independent game studio Corgee Inc. announced that its sci-fi side-scrolling action shooter Angel Guardian will launch on November 3rd, 2026 for PC via Steam following its participation in October’s S...
chrisjonesgaming.com
October 26, 2026 at 11:36 PM
maygame.bsky.social
The sidescrolling view has gotten a graphical overhaul.

The dark background made the block wireframes harder to see, so let's use a light background instead. I think this fits the overworld style better too, with darker areas = impassable areas.

#MayGame #ScreenshotSaturday #indiegame
Two side-by-side screenshots of a sidescroller pixelart indie game in development. Both show the same sidescrolling view. The left side has dark navigable areas and simple bright tiles for solid terrain. The right side has more detail everywhere, and uses a lighter color for its background.
October 24, 2026 at 2:04 PM
jbonecreations.bsky.social
Just finished Silver Pines. It's Alan Wake, Twin Peaks, Silent Hill, & Resident Evil all wrapped up nicely in a sidescrolling platforming Metroidvania. Haven't felt this way about this style of game since Shadow Complex. Couldn't put it down, perfect game while I recovered. 8/10.

#silentpines
October 26, 2026 at 4:05 AM
lowpolyhighres.bsky.social
The Smurfs (PS1) (1999)
On the planet of Pandora, the blue-skinned Na'vi fight against the armed forces of the RDA... wait, no that's the wrong franchise, this is the one with Katy Perry as Smurfette, that's right. Grumbly mean man Gargamel has kidnapped the little blue Smurfs so it's your mission to save them all in this rather charming sidescrolling platformer with beautiful and colorful graphics that feels right at home for a younger audience. Here we have our smurfing hero, smurfing around on a flimsy wooden bridge that goes over a waterfall, walking through the woods where the Smurf village lies hidden. A glowing blueish-pink crescent moon item floats over the green grass yonder as well as one of the clumsy orange creatures called Gorgs, round furballs with sleepy eyes, big ears and big feet standing on the platform above (you know what they say about Gorgs with big ears and big feet... so if you do know, I hope you'll tell me as well). Smurfy Smurf here riding an adorable brown bunny rabbit as they run through he rainy forest at night, the trees and shrubs illuminated by a deep blue glow of the moon as they pick up floating candy canes that are probably all soaked in water. A dark cave with a green and red light covering the rocks and stalactites as our Smurf smurfs near a barrel while a smurfin' rhinoceros beetle keeps throwing its poop balls at you. A beautiful winter wonderland covered in snow, trees and wooden poles connected by ropes serving as a bit of an edge of the level, as if the little blue Smurf can't just crawl under it but that's videogames for ya, even Smurfs are helpless against invisible walls.
October 26, 2026 at 5:33 PM
micalpixel.bsky.social
#Devtober Day 19

I've written some truly horrific code today, 🫠 all in the name of making sidescrolling navigation feel intuitive.

When you want to let players climb ladders
And drop down them
But also walk along the top
And not get caught on wall edges...

I feel like it's kinda unavoidable?
A meme that says when the code is horrifically complex but the game's movement is smooth as butter despite your best attempts to find jank. And shows the character Pacha from "The Emperor's New Groove" making a "perfection" sign with his hands.
October 24, 2026 at 10:00 PM