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Eric Billingsley @SparseGameDev

Level artist on @tunicgame, made Spring Falls, was lead programmer on Cuphead. @DirtyRectangles organizer. He/Him.

Joined October 2010
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Eric Billingsley@SparseGameDev
21 Oct 2024
I mostly post on Mastodon these days (at mastodon.gamedev.place/@eric…) but I've made a Bluesky account and you can follow me there too: bsky.app/profile/sparsegamed…

Eric Billingsley (@ericb@mastodon.gamedev.place)

171 Posts, 108 Following, 453 Followers · Indie dev in Ottawa. Made Spring Falls. Making games in PICO-8. Previously worked on TUNIC & Cuphead.

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ohcurtains@ohhcurtains
6 Jun 2024
WHERE IS MY CHILD!? Amazing Grace is out! Itch: ohcurtains.itch.io/amazing-g… Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2… Soundtrack: ohhcurtains.bandcamp.com/alb…
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Warp Door@WarpDoor
26 May 2024
PRAXIS FIGHTER X (@SparseGameDev) "Praxis Fighter X is a fast-paced single stage retro shoot-em-up for the PICO-8 fantasy console." Paid play for free on browser/PICO-8's Splore - Windows, Mac, Linux, Raspberry Pi, PICO-8, Browser: warpdoor.com/2024/05/26/prax…
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Cerebral Puzzle Showcase (May 29 - Jun 5 2025)@PuzzleShowcase
23 May 2024
The #CerebralPuzzleShowcase is live on @Steam now! Come join a celebration of the puzzle genre! 💸 250 incredible puzzle games discounts 🧩 50 demos to try! 🤯 Countless aha moments 🎙️Interviews with puzzle developers! store.steampowered.com/sale/… #indiegames #puzzlegames

Steam Store

Steam is the ultimate destination for playing, discussing, and creating games.

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David Fields@LokiStriker
20 May 2024
Louie (@0xFFB3) and me made a #shmup for the #bullethelljam. "Void Call" is a caravan-shmup, where the more you kill, the more will spawn. Go play it at louiechapm.itch.io/void-call Embrace the Chaos, Embrace the Void #stg #gamedev
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I present to you VXOR, an endless puzzle game in 500 characters of code Play it at sparsegamedev.itch.io/vxor made for #tweettweetjam #pico8 #gamedev #puzzle

VXOR by SPARSE//GameDev

A pattern matching puzzle game in 500 characters. Play in your browser

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Into Ruins v1.07 is out! It includes bug fixes & gameplay tweaks, like improved spore/fire interaction for nice expanding fireballs. Patch notes: sparsegamedev.itch.io/into-r… Play on itch: sparsegamedev.itch.io/into-r… Lexaloffle BBS: lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=4992… #gamedev #pico8 #roguelike

ALT An adventurer in a cave throws a torch at a mushroom, lighting up the spores and creating an expanding fireball. Chunky pixel art style.

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Dirty Rectangles Ottawa@DirtyRectangles
6 May 2024
||| ottawa friends n fam ||| ./././ MAY SHOW n CHILL .\.\.\ /// local games n local pals \\\ 05 / 15 @ 8pm @AvantGardeBar
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Games Bundle for Palestine@vgforpalestine
28 Apr 2024
7 days left to buy the Palestine bundle! Here's a showcase of games you can get...
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Games Bundle for Palestine@vgforpalestine
20 Apr 2024
Palestinian Relief Bundle is LIVE! $~1657 worth of creative work for an $8 donation. Link below 🔗
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I've released an update to Praxis Fighter X featuring: -nicer looking outlines on aimed bullets -an option to turn off shadows -a new background tile sparsegamedev.itch.io/praxis…

2022/2/12 Update patch notes

Hey all, a small update for you: Improved outline rendering for aimed bullets (should improve visibility) Added a pause menu option to disable shadows, as some players found them visually distracti...

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Indie World
@IndieWorldNA
7 Feb 2024
A party of goblins, granted magic by an ancient spirit, wanders the archipelago—fighting back the terrible Fog. Pre-order Tenderfoot Tactics from @IceWaterGames today and experience the turn-based elemental chaos when it comes to #NintendoSwitch on Feb. 21st!
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Ashok Kumar
@broseph_stalin
5 Feb 2024
Montreal Railway blocked against the Canadian arms trade to Israel. Stop arming Israel.
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In case you missed it, my shmup is out! sparsegamedev.itch.io/praxis… Please go play it. Thanks I love you.

PRAXIS FIGHTER X by SPARSE//GameDev

Dodge bullets and fight the militarized police force defending a corporate toxic sludge pipeline. Play in your browser

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⚡️PRAXIS FIGHTER X is out now!⚡️ Dodge bullets and fight off the militarized police force defending a corporate toxic sludge pipeline. Play it on @itchio: sparsegamedev.itch.io/praxis… Lexaloffle BBS: lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=1400… Newgrounds: newgrounds.com/portal/view/9… #pico8 #shmup #stg
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wrong Newgrounds link, it should be: newgrounds.com/portal/view/9…
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Jes the Human@jesthehuman
27 Jan 2024
TTRPGs for Palestine has over 100 submissions! 🖤 thank you to everyone who has submitted their game/s and signal boosted! Submissions are open until February 19 here: itch.io/jam/ttrpgs-for-pales… If you have any questions, feel free to DM or email me: jesthehuman@gmail.com
This is a screenshot of the TTRPGs for Palestine itch.io game jam

ALT This is a screenshot of the TTRPGs for Palestine itch.io game jam

Jes the Human@jesthehuman
26 Jan 2024
The TTRPGs for Palestine Game Jam is open for submissions on @itchio! All TTRPGs and TTRPG adjacent supplements are welcome! The jam closes on February 19 and the charity bundle will go live in March. 🍉 itch.io/jam/ttrpgs-for-pales…
this is a photo that has a watermelon slice, there is text overlaid that says TTRPGs for Palestine.

ALT this is a photo that has a watermelon slice, there is text overlaid that says TTRPGs for Palestine.

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Hey all, game announcement time! ⚡️PRAXIS FIGHTER X is a fast-paced single stage retro shmup. Dodge bullets and fight off the militarized police force defending a corporate toxic sludge pipeline.⚡️ Coming this Friday to @itchio, Lexaloffle BBS, and Newgrounds #gamedev #pico8
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worms cited@christapeterso
20 Nov 2023
Doctor Without Borders is reporting 70 dead and dozens with severe burns from a single strike. This is really bad—huge death toll, and unless there was a secondary fire they’re not mentioning, it doesn’t sound like a conventional explosive doctorswithoutborders.org/la…
November 19, 2023—Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical personnel are treating patients for severe burns at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, following an Israeli airstrike yesterday about one kilometer (0.6 miles) away from the hospital. A total of 122 patients arrived at the hospital in the immediate aftermath of the airstrike. While 70 people were dead upon arrival, dozens of injured people, including many children, arrived in critical condition with severe burns. In the burn unit, where MSF works, surgeons are doing around 10 burn surgeries a day. But the hospital is overflowing with hundreds of patients with burns who must wait for surgical care.

ALT November 19, 2023—Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical personnel are treating patients for severe burns at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, following an Israeli airstrike yesterday about one kilometer (0.6 miles) away from the hospital. A total of 122 patients arrived at the hospital in the immediate aftermath of the airstrike. While 70 people were dead upon arrival, dozens of injured people, including many children, arrived in critical condition with severe burns. In the burn unit, where MSF works, surgeons are doing around 10 burn surgeries a day. But the hospital is overflowing with hundreds of patients with burns who must wait for surgical care.

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