Getting particle systems like this to work was surprisingly tricky. Especially when it came to making it all flip properly when the opposite combatant uses the same attack.

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Each pony has DOZENS of expressive animations. That's why it takes so long to get each one from single concept sprite to finished in-game. (Aseprite's the tool used to get these pixels moving around so nicely.)

When your pony just starts talkin nonsense. 🦄💬

(This is a lowkey error message.)

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Moves like Wonder Bolt here are an example of the 2010s brony era DNA embedded into this game. ⚡

A new quest celebrating Dead Pets Unleashed just entered your quest log!

Dead Pets Unleashed is a rock feminist adventure where you play as a demon named Gordy (the bassist of the punk band Dead Pets.)

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It was important for us to have multiple save files per game.

One for a first playthrough.

One for experiments and self-imposed challenges.

One for letting someone else play without messing up your main file.

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It's an interesting challenge getting ponies of varied size to fit onscreen together. #gamedevelopment

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The same attack can come in different colors depending on the pony using it. #pixelart #animation #mlp #indiegamedev