Spending my effort on the things that matter in Gust of Wind

Prisoners getting moved below deck after a successful boarding. (featuring AI moving in a rocking ship, which I've banged my head against a wall for a while trying to do)

I've recently done a bunch of landscaping work on the third mission of the game. I tried to get the barren terrain type to look close to the dwarf birch dominated highlands in northern Norway. Music by https://olliojamusic.com

Happy #WIPWednesday! Are you working on a game? Making some art? Practicing a song? Something else? Tell us in the comments!

Since the game's EA launch half a year, I've been focusing a lot on optimization. I made a post describing some methods I've used and showing the progress I've made: https://gustofwindgame.com/blog/?p=184

What was your favorite demo from the June 2026 Steam Next Fest?

Cavalcade of NPCs is growing in Gust of Wind

Causing an alarm

LGBTQ+ Game Dev Icons: Maddy Thorson is a lead creator behind TowerFall and Celeste! She also co-founded Extremely OK Games with her friends. She got her start making small games in GameMaker and has also developed romhacks.

I got some feedback of the caracters looking too "cute" (or goofy was the exact word). There's some intentional goofiness for sure, but maybe the character style clashes too much with conventions of the stealth genre. I did an experimental paintover.