Bloomzeye - Bloomzeye Makes Indie Games!

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Cavern of Dreams, my n64-style 3D platformer, is OUT NOW on Steam!! be a little dragon! gain cool powers! save your siblings and feed and take care of them! explore weird worlds!! help people out!! fly and swim and jump around!

check it out here!

I love being black.

The more you ignore the more we are going to keep pushing.

PLEASE WATCH AND REBLOG - DON'T JUST LIKE - THANK YOU

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SHE WANTS PEOPLE TO SHARE THIS. PLEASE, PLEASE REBLOG.

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For artists and creatives that are indie game lovers, it’s always awesome to meet new artists and developers! I’ve found fellow artists and game devs by doing game jams (essentially, quick concept / prototype games traditionally made between 72 hours) since I first started making indie game.

I do all my game jams through itch.io, but there can also be in your local indie dev scene and other online platforms.

Game jams are also a great way to test how you work with others, problem solve, and lean how to communicate yourself. Builds confidence too!

I am being so serious when I say: if you have the financial and time privilege to get a group of friends together and make an indie project, PLEASE do. Indie games, indie animations, indie comics etc etc

the art industries are kind of in the shitter. It’s not so much because of AI (though that doesn’t help) but because studios just aren’t hiring people and funding projects anymore. People who’ve been in the industry for decades are finding themselves struggling, and once you have a mortgage or kids it’s harder to do something as risky as making something on your own.

completing projects is hard. it takes a lot of time and effort, and most people can’t afford it. so if you CAN afford to make art, even at the risk of no financial gain, I strongly encourage you to be as resilient as you can. We’re at a point where these industries are not going to turn around by themselves, and waiting for jobs to open up again in order to get experience and portfolio work might not be realistic.

people have been making art and telling stories longgggg before we were getting paid for it, and people aren’t going to stop just because no one has hired them to do so.

for everyone else: support indie artists when you can!!!! That person who made that cool indie game or youtube animation or webcomic might be doing this full time! your support might be the only reason they’re able to keep doing it.

and if you have already started an indie project: you’re so brave and I’m very proud of you!!! in fact, drop a link to it in the reblogs if you want! 👇

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Crying is natural; the skies cry, the birds cry, the trees cry. When it's one thing after another, I feel like I wanna cry. I probably should. I know I need to let my body release. But at the same time, I don't want to. Because crying is letting go, resting, pausing, regrouping. But when you feel like you can't do any of that, not yet. You just wait until you can. Or you don't.

– Me, bish.

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