GrimClownJay

@grimclownjay.bsky.social

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I used to stream I also made a 2D platform adventure game called #CurtainsTheClown https://store.steampowered.com/app/3766820/Curtains_the_Clown/ https://grimclownjay.itch.io/

The amount of people living on earth and the amount of Helldivers killed in action is pretty damn close
The final wide angle shot of the Curtains The Clown game world, Truculentia. Unless I find anymore bad textures that need fixing, the world is finished and I will not be touching it again. Far and away, building and texturing the world is the reason why it has taken a little over 2 years to make this game. I definitely went about it the wrong way and made it way harder on myself than it needed to be, but the world is officially finished... ...Until I start adding more areas to the empty spaces in the sky after release ;)
The first photo of myself I ever posted on Bluesky. Taken 1 day after creating my account.
The wishlist analytics for my game Curtains The Clown. Today, the total amount of wishlist additions hit 100! The graph shows a big spike at the current date and previous day which coincides with the start of the Steam Next Fest. 23 additions in the last 2 days.
The current state of the Curtains The Clown to-do list. "Save/load" is outlined to represent my current focus. The red underline below "Environmental detail pass" means it's optional and will likely be addressed in a post-release update.
The current state of the to-do list for Curtains The Clown. Everything is crossed out except for Save/load, More SFX, BGM and Environmental detail pass. Each of these are underlined with different colors to represent prioritization. -Red for saving it for last -Green for the current focus -Yellow for low priority but still something I'd like to do
2 screenshots of my responses to somebody who made insulting comments on a recent post about making music. My 1st reply: Bold of you to assume that I was just going to stop at 1 plugin and reverb. I hate when people do what you just did with these unnecessarily insulting and nonconstructive replies, so I guess that makes us even. My 2nd reply: Well, this is incredibly insulting. Hands down the least constructive thing anyone has said to me on this platform so for*. Congratulations. *Typo meant to read "far"
Callous, the Great Horned Clown
Third draft of Jaei, Mother of Clowns. The color of her robe has been changed from dark grey to deep blue. Highlights and shading have also been added to the image,
Top row left to right: -The Caerbannog -The Aurora Perpetua -Jaei, Mother of Clowns Bottom row left to right: -The Grundle -Callous, The Great Horned Clown -Curtains The Clown -Boris, Last Disciple of the B'hop
The current design for Jaei, The Mother of Clowns. The newest addition to the Curtains The Clown cast of characters. In-game screenshot to show the stark size difference between Jaei and Curtains.
A new original character appearing in Curtains The Clown and the first time I'm ever trying to draw the female figure. Her name is Jaei, The Mother of Clowns
A screenshot of my first Steam community announcement. The pictured text reads as follows: Notes about the demo Addressing audio and display settings, difficulty settings, controller functionality and update installation Hello everybody! For this very first announcement, there are some things you should know about the current state of the demo. Updates: I'm not sure how it happened, but the update queues have stopped showing up in the library. I now have to manually make announcements for when an update is available, and you will have to verify the game files to access said updates. This can be done by right-clicking the demo in your library, then clicking Properties>Installed files>Verify integrity of demo files, but that is a big pain in the neck for everyone involved. Rest assured, I am trying to make the updates show in the library again. Controller functionality: While the demo does support controllers for gameplay, only the mouse works for making menu selections. Bringing controller functionality to the menus is one of my top priorities and I'm currently working on making this happen Difficulty settings: I'm very pleased to share that the demo now contains an easier "Casual" mode alongside the originally intended highly challenging "Grim" mode. "Casual" differs from "Grim" in the following ways: *More checkpoints *Fewer falling platforms *More static floating platforms *Less enemies *Generally easier obstacles overall Audio and display settings: Changing the resolution settings no longer results in a "pinched" looking logo in the title screen. Additionally, there are now sliders to adjust the levels for music and SFX. I don't think V-sync is working properly and addressing that is also on my list of priorities. I will start posting progress reports for the main build going forward in addition to announcing updates to the demo. See you next time!
A still image of Curtains the Clown