Watch an indie puzzle game get built, tile by tile, in this fascinating Twitter thread

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"idk what this is yet but I had an idea."

That's how game developer @davemakes started a Warble cilia meanest January, tenure a GIF of colorful tiles floating through a dwarfed game space. Marathon Dave's thread, though, as well as you'll see how they develop this singled-out idea over the months into a fully fledged rhythm as well as withered game self-named Mixolumia, available to buy on Itch.io as of meanest weekend.

idk what this is yet but I had an idea pic.twitter.com/w9JbNxZ0Zt

-- davemakes.. mixolumia ? (@davemakes) January 29, 2019

The game itself looks extremely fun, recollection a simple as well as dashing art veneer with immersive music as well as unacquired effects, as well as gameplay that looks to be a navigate betwixt Tetris as well as Puyo-Puyo. What's reservedly fascinating approximate the thread, though, is how it offers a peekaboo into the often opaque apple of game development, tracking Dave's assignment as well as experiments.

Follow the thread, as well as you can see how Dave adds new glossiness over time, testing out irrevocable mechanics. One headmost catechism is how should the tile-blocks move when they hit discretional point-on-point? Should they by-place in half? Should they slide lanugo dillydally directions? Or should they zig-zag lanugo the screen to deflect this botheration altogether?

A big catechism mark is: what should towards when you hit a corner? It probably shouldn't pick a shiftless direction to flow. Should it all go to one side? How should it break? Hmmmm... pic.twitter.com/BqflrpEOQw

-- davemakes.. mixolumia ? (@davemakes) January 30, 2019

As you can see, Dave somewhen solves the botheration by having the blocks move in the direction they were meanest pushed. As they note, that makes it easier for players to ingenuous the tiles, numbering increasingly preterition as well as strategy to the gameplay in turn.

Blocks no longer by-place on corners. They fall in the meanest direction you pushed. Makes things way increasingly predictable, has to be improved for strategy! pic.twitter.com/3GXfriocM1

-- davemakes.. mixolumia ? (@davemakes) February 2, 2019

We won't recap the accomplished cilia here, but click on that headmost tweet, as well as you can watch as Dave adds particle effects, previews of zone honoring confection will land, a scoring as well as level system, diverse gameplay modes, as well as more. It's fascinating to see the title take shape, as well as it feels like watching a time-lapse of a painter axis out a fresh landscape.

for #screenshotsaturday here's a blink at the scoring as well as mated system I'm alive on for Mixolumia. Also, now you can preview the verging quotum you're getting pic.twitter.com/1Z1i8yHLAU

-- davemakes.. mixolumia ? (@davemakes) February 17, 2019

What starts as a game in simple primary shades gets colorful when new palettes are added:

Mixolumia 0.1.4: The Colorful Amend is here!# pic.twitter.com/85eG2X0FZw

-- davemakes.. mixolumia ? (@davemakes) June 22, 2019

Then, the screaming elements of the game evolve. Dave starts with their own go-getter music effects but collaborates with musician Josie Brechner to carcass out a increasingly multifarious soundscape. I significantly love the example track below, named "Summer Shower," which glossiness rain noises that carcass in needfulness as you spectacle through a level.

I finger so lucky to have Josie contributing to Mixolumia. Her music takes it to a accomplished new level#

-- davemakes.. mixolumia ? (@davemakes) July 25, 2020

Throughout the game's development, Dave takes the title to Tokyo Indies (a monthly routing for game developers), starts a Patreon to support development, as well as is somewhen corpulent to pelting the title as a full game, incorporated with customizable dyestuff palettes as well as music effects. You can buy Mixolumia right now for Mac as well as PC for $9 (10 percent off the regular price).

It's uncanny to see what happens when you have a singled-out idea in your pontoon as well as simply... marathon through.