sprout/sam 🌱

@rootvegetableboy.bsky.social

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26 - they/them ⭐️ chiptune popstar & hobbyist game dev 👾 currently creating CHORUS MACHINE, a top-down bullet hell soulslite made with GameMaker 🏰 rootvegetableboy.itch.io rootvegetableboy.neocities.org

DOWNLOAD Will be available in 5 days. CHORUS MACHINE Demo.exe 91 MB
Chorus Machine demo release party!!! friday, march 20th 8:00-10:00pm Beehive Skate Shop 2272 S Broadway
a piece of paper that says “CHORUS MACHINE by @rootvegetableboy” with the DADS and BITxBIT logos printed on it. next to it, a second piece of paper that has clearly been ripped from a book or larger piece, and handwritten on it is “Chorus Machine Demo% (starts & ends @ black screen)” and a bunch of different times ranging from 1:17:52 to 0:59
gif of pixel enemy, snake with a lightbulb for a head
two clips of the same line, drop in -> side jump -> air to fakie -> 180 pivot
sprout learning to carve on a halfpipe on rollerskates
chorus machine art in-game replaced with a repeating gray square that says "art here"
crusty, half-melted game boy in display case with plaque reading: “GAME BOY DAMAGED IN GULF WAR This Game Boy was damaged when barracks were bombed during the 1990-1991 Gulf War. It still works!”
overall i really enjoyed it though! the writing is really intriguing, and the little bits of cutscenes are fun and evocative. gameplay is fun too!! challenging in a good way (heart react) thea and lyle have such well-defined personalities already too, i like their dialogue a lot. lyle is so funny (heart react)
Bluebell Meaning: Eager submission A bulbous perennial which grows abundantly in woodland regions. The bowing stems and darker flowers depicted in early Aksendi art were seemingly overtaken by a hardier species. From the Low Verses: What shame! What sickness, Holy Fayim! Your servant kneels for the pleasure of kneeling; She begs like a collared hound. Loic’s commentary: Perhaps another time.
sprout/sam 11/10/25, 6:30 PM yes its insane hang on nov 10 2025 DEMO progress design story: 100% dialogue: 95% setup: 100% implementation art: 85% cutscenes: 80% enemies: 100% boss battles: 95% audio: 80% rooms: 95% UI: 90% misc: 95% finishing: polishing: 0% balancing: 0% testing & bugfixing: 0% release material: 0% aubs 11/10/2025, 6:50 PM DUDE. HOLY CRAP sprout/sam 11/10/2025, 6:52 PM i know im scared.
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frames of thea smoking a cigarette and holding a sword
4 plots in a garden. one has a lot of sprouts and small plants growing in it
my hand on the dirt next to a tiny baby sprout
patch of my yard before i began any yard work
a pixel art drawing of a large cavern with a small city in the center
cavernous room in gamemaker with a dimly lit city in the center
chorus machine mid-combat screenshot
book size comparison meme. the first book is very thin and labeled “IDEA YOU START OUT WITH”. the second is three enormous books stacked on top of one another labeled “SHIT YOU NEED TO RESEARCH, MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT, WRITE AND THEN EDIT OUT, ETC”. the third is only slightly thicker than the first book and labeled “STORY THAT TAKES THE READER ON THE JOURNEY YOU WANT THEM TO TAKE”
unfinished painting of flowers in a vase
inventory screenshot from december 2023. the inventory is entirely text-based and completely full of beef jerky
alda angry expression
alda yelling "WAKE UP!!"
awesome face meme
an oil underpainting in magenta of a bouquet of flowers sticking out of a porcelain vase.
promotional art of The Beginner’s Guide by Davey Wreden. there is top/bottom text that says “COME HERE / I AM A NORMAL VIDEO GAME” overlaid & mostly obscuring additional top/bottom text that says “I WANT TO HURT YOU / I WANT TO CAUSE YOU AS MUCH PAIN AS POSSIBLE”
screenshot of a bumble chat: person 1: What’s your favorite niche indie video game?? person 2: probably the beginner’s guide by davey wreden!! but i have a lot of favs!! that one just particularly changed my neurochemistry person 1: I’ve never heard of it!! I’m gonna have to check it out for sure!!! person 2 has an unsent message typed out that says “it’s a normal game that doesn’t want to hurt you”
W: Query: Why are you here? (choice between [WIZARD'S GUILD] and [PERSONAL BAGGAGE])
chappellroan instagram post, caption “The Giver OUT 8pm et 3.13 @dan_nigro and I wrote this together and it was so fun!!! We’ve never done a country song and I have such a special place in my heart for country music. I grew up listening to it every morning and afternoon on my school bus and had it swirling around me at bon fires, grocery stores and karaoke bars. Many people have asked if this means I’m making a country album??? My answer is.. hmm right now I’m just making songs that make me feel happy and fun and The Giver is my take on cuntry xoxo may the classic country divas lead their genre, I am just here to twirl and do a little gay yodel for yall”
black and white drawing of a person on their knees wailing
passport photo of a white person with a mullet
3 different mockups of pixel art trees growing out of stone walls
save/load menu screenshot. page is opened to a used save with options to either load or destroy
unfinished save/load menu screenshot
unfinished pixel art drawing of a brown woman in medieval dress holding up a wand
save/load menu first page
OFF rpg fight with a huge-headed elsen shouting “HELP”
“never give up”/digging for diamonds meme
TODAY’S IDEA is tomorrow’s endless well of woe
chorus machine title menu demo
video of the Chorus Machine demo being played at Castle Tower Labyrinth event
castle tower labyrinth event poster
simple pixel art of a strange desert landscape. there are captions as if a character is speaking but the letters are nonsense arrows and shapes.
discord message from sprout/sam at 8:53 am: “had an insane dream i was living in a video game that doesn’t exist and the game started with arriving to this huge mountain in the middle of the desert and then from there you can choose whether you want to try and escape the desert (takes the entire rest of the game) or if you want to start tunneling into/underneath the mountain. also the environment speaks to you in a made up language” response from aubs at 8:57 am: “puts a hand on your shoulder. hows gamemaker going”
1: “i forget who made the post but ‘if you would transition in a heartbeat in a more accepting society then you are in fact trans’ really helps me when i need it”. 2: “#what if you just don’t wanna go through the process of transitioning lmao #like I just wanna be spawned in that way” 1: “buddy you’re not gonna believe this”
alda sets an electrical box on fire
my top songs: 1. cheerleader by porter robinson, 2. knock yourself out XD by porter robinson, 3. the white of noon by strfkr, 4. break the music by vau boy and s3rl, 5. wigglecore by floor baba
hallway room
pixel art book in illuminated manuscript style
screenshot from wikipedia showing neopets’ birthday as 15 November 1999
gameplay video of top-down bullet hell fight
Pink earthbound style text box that says “1 like = 1 videogame song i love”
pixel art of an opened book. the left page has an empty black rectangle surrounded by a thick border in illuminated manuscript style; the border is composed of grass, berries, and several different types of flowers. the right page is blank.
a pixel art illustration of an open book’s left page. the marginalia is about 70% finished, detailing lush greenery, flowers, and fruits in an illuminated manuscript style.
an in-progress pixel art rectangular border emulating an illuminated manuscript style.
a pixel sketch of white flowers with long thin stems. the top 15% of the sketch is midway through rendering.