Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergFeb 21
I'd usually add a bit of follow through/secondary animation to something like this, but since this has to run forwards and backwards at multiple speeds (sword drawing speed is based on a stat!) that wouldn't work.
Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergFeb 21
Getting ready to switch back to goblin girl game play stuff soon, and figured getting in one of the gameplay portraits I've been thinking about for months would be a good step in that direction.
Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergFeb 28

Mushrooms grow in dank dark places... like dungeons!

#screenshotsaturday #GoblinGirlGame #indiegame #indiedev #gamemaker

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergFeb 28
These were a "happy accident" addition to the game. I'm in the middle of adding mobile monster mushrooms at the moment, but realized while testing that I only needed a couple lines of code to also have regular variety mushrooms that act as walls you can destroy with your sword.
Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergFeb 28
There are some other super easy to implement variations on this idea I'm going to add soon, mostly just need to draw the art!
Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergMar 15

The feeling when you have to touch the collision code again.

#screenshotsaturday #GoblinGirlGame #gamedev #indiedev #gamemaker

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergMar 15
"I'll do bump combat! How hard could it be?"
Me a fool.
Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergMar 16
At some point I need to do a detailed breakdown of how I'm handling #GoblinGirlGame 's bump combat. The unique needs of Druaga style maze gameplay combined with the fact that in bump combat, attack hit-boxes and character hurt-boxes are a single shared box has been an interesting design challenge.
Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergMar 16
A small part of that is that every attack has it's own separate I-frame counter. That's why in the video above you see her flinch twice, then a pause while the I-frames run down for each of the spike walls, then two flinches again as she becomes vulnerable to each again.
Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergMar 16
Hitting the spikes is technically considered combat since every bump is a round of combat regardless of whether the player or enemy/hazard is visibly attacking. The goblin is just bump attacking with a 0 damage attack and the spikes with a 1 damage attack.
Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergMar 21

The feeling when you wake up and completely destroy that pesky collision bug.

#screenshotsaturday #GoblinGirlGame #gamedev #indiedev #gamemaker

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergMar 23

It's funny the contrast between how low-key a screenshot Saturday video can be vs how productive the work behind it was.

Eg. This week's simple spiked barrier represented:

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergMar 23
That'll be a big head start on some much more complex enemies I have planned for the future, plus allows for a bunch of simpler enemies and traps I hadn't even planned for.
Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergMar 28

Made a little zoo to test out enemy pathing for my #GoblinGirlGame!

#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamemaker #indiegame

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergMar 28
I don't want most monsters to block each other's movement, but I also really want to avoid long periods where they occupy the same tile. So I came up with a few tricks to avoid that!
Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergMar 28

Bonus version with some debug visualization turned on. I like that each monster type already feels pretty distinct just from how they move around the map.

#goblingirlgame #gamedev #indiedev

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergApr 4

Mushrooms can kill! Learn the signs!
Proper fungi identification can save your life. 🍄☠️

#GoblinGirlGame #screenshotsaturday #gamemaker #indiedev #gamedev

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergApr 11

Smart goblins know when to come in swinging, and when to use their shield!

#screenshotsaturday #GoblinGirlGame
#gamemaker #indiedev #gamedev

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergApr 11

The initiative stat determines how quickly you swap between attack and defense.

This can have a big effect on how easily you can take out some enemies!

#screenshotsaturday #GoblinGirlGame
#gamemaker #indiedev #gamedev

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergApr 11

Doing a double Saturday post today because these two mechanics are so linked. Getting missile attacks and shields in has been a big milestone I've been looking forward to. Up until now there wasn't much risk to constantly running and attacking. Now you have to be strategic!

#ggg

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergApr 11

Also in big, kinda related news, you can now play the NES version of Tower of Druaga if you have Switch online!

#GoblinGirlGame is more inspired by the newbie / home console friendly, PC-Engine remake of Druaga, while the NES version is closer to the original arcade game.

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergApr 15

Just remembered I'd started pixeling a mocking up for a Cave Noire-like a few years back. Some of the ideas I had for this are ending up in #goblingirlgame now.

Also I guess I've been itching to create a micro dungeon game of some sort for over half a decade now?😬

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergApr 15
The dawning horror that this probably would have been a much more manageably scoped project. Too late now!
Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergApr 19

Didn't manage to have a #GoblinGirlGame screenshot Saturday ready this week. But just made a big improvement to my object spawning system. Can now easily do stuff like spawn a bunch of mushrooms in specific locations and have 2 of them randomly be monster mushrooms.

#indiedev #gamemaker #gamedev

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergApr 19
Everything can be set up for stuff like this in the room editor without needing to write any custom code. I really want to avoid having to write a custom level editor and have had a surprising amount of luck figuring out tricks to leverage GameMaker's built in editor to act a lot like one.
Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergMay 2

Made new hint screen dioramas for #GoblinGirlGame and decided the hint screen intro needed some JUICE!

#screenshotsaturday #GoblinGirlGame #gameui #gamemaker #indiedev #gamedev

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergMay 2

Getting some playback issues with that video for some reason, also the downside of posting video of a screen intro that fades from black is that the thumbnail is just a black screen.

So here's a close up of that new diorama!

#screenshotsaturday #GoblinGirlGame #pixelart

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergMay 10

Posting another recent #GoblinGirlGame hint screen diorama for #screenshotsaturday.

I deliberately designed the side tower to have multiple "theatrical stages" I could pose the characters on and it seems to be working well so far!

#indiedev #gamedev #pixelart

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergMay 10

Here's the close up of that hint screen diorama.

#pixelart #goblingirlgame

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergMay 16

Remember! "A healthy goblin, is a stealthy goblin!"

#GoblinGirlGame #screenshotsaturday #monstergirl #pixelart #gamedev

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergMay 23

Long week, sleepy goblin.

#screenshotsaturday #GoblinGirlGame #indiedev #gamemaker #pixelart

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergMay 30

Introducing the treasure moth!

Acquire this little friend to help you locate secret chests when they spawn off screen.

#screenshotsaturday #GoblinGirlGame #indiedev #gamemaker

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergMay 30

Cute little insect buddy!

🤤 .oO( I wonder what it tastes like?)

#pixelart #GoblinGirlGame #screenshotsaturday

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergJun 6

Oh no. That is WAY too many mushrooms!

Designed a new level, which also means I need a new riddle diorama screen! Close to finishing up a modest #GoblinGirlGame demo for #torontogamesweek

#pixelart #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergJun 6
I hadn't originally intended these as a way to foreshadow the upcoming level visually, but turns out they can also do that!
Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergJun 6

I'm going to be sending out a Spooky Squid Games newsletter about Summer events in the next week and plan to include some writing about the inspiration behind #GoblinGirlGame as well.

http://eepurl.com/cHiZen

Subscribe if you want some in depth Goblin dev insights!

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergJun 6

Almost forgot because I'm eager to run off to TCAF. Detail of the diorama section for smaller screens!

#pixelart #GoblinGirlGame

Show threadMiguel 🦑 SternbergJun 8

AHHHHHHHHHHH! I got Goblin Girl Game fan art over on Bluesky! Sharing it here so y'all can see it!

Original artist is DollBlank here's a link to the post.

https://bsky.app/profile/dollcomics.bsky.social/post/3mnps6rqqrk2l

There's also a 3D rotation video!
https://bsky.app/profile/dollcomics.bsky.social/post/3mnpsa6gmn22l

Show threadMiguel 🦑 Sternberg2d ago

"Yaaaaaaaaaaaawn!"
Super sleepy goblin!

#screenshotsaturday #GoblinGirlGame
#monstergirl #indiedev #pixelart #gamedev #goblin

Show threadMiguel 🦑 Sternberg2d ago
Now that the full yawn->sleep->wake animation sequence is finished this is the longest portrait animation yet! Most of what I have left for gameplay portraits are longer sequences with bigger pose changes like this, so may not stay the longest!
Show threadMiguel 🦑 Sternberg

Really feeling that sleepy goblin energy but I'll be at the Indie Game Emporium today for #TorontoGamesWeek2026 selling merch from our previous games Russian Subway Dogs and They Bleed Pixels today!

Allen Gardens 4pm - 9pm

(Goblin Girl Game demo secretly playable if you ask!)

Jun 13 at 2:34pmWeb