The first travel trick we HAD to make sure was fun was the Surfing mechanic. 🏄

In BGP, Ultra transformations act as this game's Mega Evolutions. 💎

When your pony just starts talkin nonsense. 🦄💬

(This is a lowkey error message.)

Joyance is Here to Welcome the New Year! 🥳

- art by SugarMorning⛅️

#BattleGemPonies #HappyNewYear2026

Every attack in #BattleGemPonies is made up of a series of particle effects. ✨

This ones a spinning glob being lobbed!

#IndieGameDev #pixelart #creaturecollector

#BattleGemPonies Acts 1-3 are all meant to release this year, each one 10 weeks apart. (Let's see how that goes!)

VS Match let's you pick from a crazy variety of arenas to duel in. ⚔️ (Unity's UI ScrollView came in clutch.)

Take a look at all your Battle Gem Pony facts & figures on the Stats screen! (Here's a snapshot of what the menu looked like in 2015 vs now 📸)

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.

#gamedev #indiedev #monstertaming #rpg

We started with a very Gen3-esque #pokemon art style for the human characters, but ended up going with a more Gen 4 "Powerpuff" look. Allows for more expressive faces this way! 😄