In #BattleGemPonies we use a Threat Level indicator to gauge the power of ponies in the wild. #indiegame #ScreenshotSaturday

When your pony just starts talkin nonsense. 🦄💬

(This is a lowkey error message.)

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! 😄

Joyance is Here to Welcome the New Year! 🥳

- art by SugarMorning⛅️

#BattleGemPonies #HappyNewYear2026

You'll end up battling in all sorts of locations across Pinto. We made special battle scene backgrounds for each one. (These backgrounds will also appear as your current location on the File Select screen.)

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

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

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

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

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