Klardonics

@klardonics.bsky.social

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Game Dev: maker of Overbowed, Idle Time Slime, Flightless Fables (postponed), and something new 👀. https://klardonics.carrd.co/ 🚫Anti GenAI

Several pixel art profile images of an elf character named Alice. She has pointy ears, red hair, and a white outfit on.
A pixel art game clip of four hero characters walking through town and eventually talking to an NPC witch character named Blossom. She has green hair and several piercings, and she asks if the player would like to buy a scroll of town portal.
A scene of a JRPG-style combat scenario where four mercenaries -- a knight, a mage, a wizard, and a ranger - face off against an imposing Minotaur who is flexing his muscles.
4 adventuring mercenaries walk through a town and talk to a baker who says, "Looking to buy any baked goods? I'm selling!"
An overhead view of a pixel art town. There is a large building to the right, maybe an inn, and small building to the left, and a smaller gray building at the bottom surrounded by grave markers. The town is built around a little well and nestled in a pine forest.
4 pixel art heroes walk in a line through a dark forest, but they are interrupted as the scene transitions into a classic JRPG-style battle scene where a mimic chest monster challenges them.
4 heroes -- a knight, elf mage, hooded wizard, and nimble ranger -- face off against a mimic chest enemy in a dark dungeon.
A pixel art JRPG-style battle scene highlighting attack/skill animation functionality: a knight character uses a skill called "wide slash" and a swipe moves quickly across the screen, hurting several dungeon monsters.
Pixel art dungeon adventurers react happily to a tasty meal they cooked in a wok.
A team of dungeon adventurers in a pixel art game react happily to a meal they've just cooked in a large wok.
Gameplay from a pixel art game showing various ingredients being dropped into a steaming wok. Some ingredients are normal, like broccoli, but others are monster parts obtained by slaying monsters in a dungeon.
A pixel art game recording of monster part and other food ingredients being dropped into a hot wok. Among the ingredients are apples, bread, broccoli, ectoplasm, succubus tails, and so on.
A pixel art game screen where multiple inventories are show: a hero named Terra's inventory, and team's collective spoils inventory, and a loot inventory. The cursor hovers over an unidentified ring, then moves to an identify scroll, selects the option to identify an item, moves back to the ring, and identifies its attributes.
A team of heroes face off against a squad of enemies in a dark dungeon. The scene is formatted like a traditional, Japanese turn-based RPG.
A pixel art illustration of a knight and his inventory: a sword, an apple, a ring, and a gold and white shield.
Items in multiple inventories are moved around for organization purposes. These items include wands and swords, and food like bread and apples. When the cursor hovers over an item, text displays the item's attributes. A character profile is also displayed on the top right of the screen, as well as that character's equipped weapon and their personal inventory.
A team of four adventuring dungeon-crawlers fight an enemy group of two bloodsucking bats and a purple poisonous slime monster.
A pixel art JRPG-style battle scene shows four heroes pitted against a slime and a skeleton in a dungeon. One of the heroes is asleep, and z's float into the air indicating their status effect.
A team of heroes face off against a poisonous slime in a retro JRPG-style battle.
A game clip of a pixel art team of heroes walking in a line through a dark dungeon.
A pixel art drawing of a knight and his inventory, which includes a sword, some apples, a loaf of bread, and a gold ring.
A JRPG-style battle scene with a team of 4 adventurers pitted against a reanimated skeleton in a dungeon.
A turn based, JRPG style battle scene involving a team of four heroes versus a kestrel and gremlin enemy.
A team of fantasy characters walks around together on a stone floor in a pixel art style reminiscent of old-school JRPG games.
A pixel knight runs through a dark dungeon. The video showcases the symmetric shadowcasting algorithm which prevents the player from seeing spaces obscured by walls.
A 3D render of a purple, low-poly bird character.
A placeholder enemy in a 3D scene fires projectiles at a moving player at hits the target precisely, taking into account bullet speed, gravity, and player velocity.
Hi all. After thinking carefully, I’ve decided to pause development on Flightless Fables indefinitely. Following the Kickstarter, I found myself experiencing the worst burnout I’ve felt since first pursuing game dev in 2020. Returning to dev was looking bleak until I started learning Godot, and it really feels like my passions align with 3D game development. As I continue learning 3D, I have a 2D prototype in the works that I have yet to share, but it’s something I’m excited about. From now on I will probably avoid frequent posting until I have playable demos of my projects ready. Flightless Fables suffered from this, as even in its current state, it’s still very far from being playable. I want to bring the world of Flightless Fables to life in some capacity - whether that’s 3D, 2D, or something that resembles the current game as you know it. FF actually started out as a top-down Zelda style project. I also think it’s a world that could shine in 3D some day. I apologize about this unfortunate update, but I hope you’ll be there when the bird game finally sees the light of day. -Joe
A promotional image for the discounted prices of Idle Time Slime at -80% off and Overbowed at -85% off.
An illustration of Pebble, a purple bird adventurer, wearing a green scarf and holding a sword. Feathers fall behind him as he runs.
A tiny adventurer battles a horde of slimes in a little ARPG style dungeon crawler game.
A prototype of an ARPG game that looks like a tiny adorable version of Diablo. A hero with a sword and shield chases a mouse cursor and swipes his sword at ghosts in a dungeon.
Hey everyone! The Kickstarter did not reach its funding goal, which is a bummer. I want to thank everyone who did support the campaign though, as it was great to see everyone get excited about Flightless Fables. I think there's demand for this type of game, and the Kickstarter is proof of that with 400 backers! So what's happening with FF? The game will release eventually, but... since the Kickstarter was unsuccessful, I may experiment with the game a bit. The Kickstarter promised certain features and gameplay ideas, but it may be good to rethink the design and land on a game that's smaller in scope but hopefully more unique. FF will still be a platformer about birds crawling dungeons, but it won't be the only game I'm working on either. There are already some ideas I want to pursue in addition to FF. Game development is really hard, but this is where I want to be, and I'm willing to work through the setbacks and failures! Thanks to all the FF backers and my followers who are interested in what I make! I'll be taking a break from dev in September, but then I'll return with renewed energy to make games! -Joe
Various scenes of bird adventurers exploring dark dungeons and battling dungeon monsters.
Mica, a bird adventurer, explores a dark and damp dungeon.
A promotional image for the Flightless Fables Kickstarter campaign featuring the three bird adventurer protagonists and text saying, "50% Funded! Thank You!!"
Various scenes of bird adventurers fighting monsters in dark dungeons.
3 bird adventurers sit outside the entrance to a mountain dungeon in a windy snowstorm. The feather decoration on the top of their tent is blowing aggressively in the wind.
Various scenes from Overbowed, a pixel art Metroidvania game inspired by the Game Boy.
Mica, a bird adventurer, is lit on fire by a gargoyle monster and runs to a pool of water to extinguish the flames.
A promotional image for the Kickstarter campaign of upcoming roguelike game Flightless Fables. The campaign is 10 days away from its deadline! The image features 3 bird adventurers looking at an old map while they are unknowingly pursued by a ghost.
Topaz, a bird adventurer, runs past poisonous mushrooms in a dark dungeon. He becomes poisoned, and his health UI reflects the poison lingering in his little bird body.
Topaz, a bird adventurer, runs away from a kobold enemy in a dark, desert themed dungeon.
A promotional image for the Flightless Fables Kickstarter campaign advertising there are only 2 weeks left in the campaign. 3 bird adventurers walk in the center of the image, looking at an old map and holding a torch, while a ghost pursues behind them.
Mica, a bird adventurer, freezes bat enemies with an ice spell in a dark dungeon.
A promotional image for the Flightless Fables Kickstarter campaign which announces the campaign is 33% funded.
Mica, a bird adventurer, is attacked and absorbed by a slime monster in a dark dungeon.
Pebble, a bird adventurer, throws a grimoire around in a dark dungeon.
Pebble, a bird adventurer, evades a skeleton monster in a dark dungeon.
Goblins chase and harass Topaz, a small bird adventurer, in a dark dungeon.
A demonstration showing the a* pathfinding algorithm in action. It samples predetermined nodes in a navmesh.
Mica, a bird adventurer, holds a torch and stands in front of some poisonous mushrooms in a dark dungeon.
A promotional image for the Flightless Fables Kickstarter campaign celebrating 25% funding reached!
An image of Klardonics's Bluesky profile page highlighting the recently acquired 1,000 followers.
A naughty ghost steals health from a bird adventurer in a dark dungeon.