Tiny Bookshelf

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Makin' little games you can play! Run by @ericvbailey.bsky.social. Previously: Octobug, Super Moxio Bros. Currently: Working on Shplief and Tyrant Slayer! Support small dev teams!

An animation depicting a message appearing, one character at a time, saying "GOOD MORNING" and also showing icons for a shoe, ladybug, and tree.
A screenshot of the indie game Octobug, depicting Webster the spider holding a shotgun on a platform while a fly is nearby. Kill count is at zero.
64x64 icon of a dinosaur lookin' real small against a blank gray background.
An image of twelve 64x64 icons, each intended to represent a word. The objects are: Shark, Diamond, Sponge, Frame, Slingshot, Chainsaw, Camera, Dart, Puzzle, Whisk, Trident, Hike (Hiker? hm maybe that last one's not real intuitive)
A screenshot (cropped) of in-development game Shplief, showing a 64x64 icon of "tea" (pink cup in saucer, dark liquid steamy-hot, teabag label showing on string as bag still submerged).
A menu screenshot from the in-development game Shplief, a casual puzzle title. Listed in the image are a series of numbered puzzle titles, such as "84. Crying Drop" and "90. An Uncommon Insult" and "100. Usually Two Or Four". Each corresponded to a puzzle in the game.
An in-development screenshot (cropped) from budget puzzle game Shplief, depicting several letter-icons on the left side of the image (C, Q, N, T, V, other partials) while the right side of the image has clusters of small creatures like some beetles, some spiders, some bees, a moth, some ants, etc.
Animated gif of a pixel starship flying through a vaporwave nebula (in-development capture from retro-styled shmup Tyrant Slayer).
An in-development screenshot of weird little budget puzzle game called Shplief, depicting a field of word-unit icons (monkey, moose, nose, kazoo, pear, cookie, ball, male, gear, alien, Earth, basket, green, egg, motorcycle, etc.) along with the clue for this puzzle number 45: "Dunk Sport"
Animated gif of a low-res indie game in development, a horizontal space shooter tentatively called Tyrant Slayer, showing a few power-up styles of shot (triple, buster, random-angled projectiles).
An array of icons, each 64x64 pixels in size, each intended to convey a single word. Common, easy-to-recognize objects (such as a hot dog, arrow, wine, crayon, spoon, glue, giraffe, penguin, baseball, pill, etc.) are represented, along with a handful of others that might not immediately be grasped (kick, wolf, birdhouse, rock, lighter, etc.).
Animated .gif of an in-development indie game, a low-res horizontal space shmup called Tyrant Slayer. Animation depicts a starship on the left side of the screen, bobbing up and down while firing projectiles, and on-screen are several examples of text in a nice, chunky pixel font.
Screenshot from Shplief, a casual odd puzzle game in development, depicting a field of various icons (elephants, beds, the letter 'V,' numbers like 64 and 78, goats, mushrooms, guitars, etc.) along with two bits of text: "55. Six Plus Five Cats" and "Return To Menu"
In-development screen of odd puzzle game Shplief, depicting two icons: Toothbrush, Lawnmower.
In-development screenshot of weird/budget/casual puzzle game Shplief. Two icons are shown against a staticy pink background: A Beer and a Lion.
Screenshot from Shplief, an indie game in-development, showing icons for the number 6, a lightning bolt, an axe, and a larger icon for a rubber ducky. This sequence will, in all likelihood, not end up in the released game.
An in-development screenshot from upcoming casual budget puzzler Shplief, depicting what appears to be a numbered list of some kind, with a few checkmarks beside certain items. Many of them involves food, for whatever reason.
Screenshot of casual/budget puzzle game Shplief in development, depicting a field of icons of easily recognizable objects, along with a "Return to Menu" button and the current clue: 33. Bird Type
Two 64x64 pixel icons, one depicting a stapler and the other depicting a windmill.
A screenshot of an in-development indie game called Tyrant Slayer, showing apparent level names such as 3. LOSE ALL HOPE and 5. DIE OUTNUMBERED, along with other discouraging titles. They are in a low-res typeface against a dark, swirly-gaseous background. The bottom line of text reads "Return to World Navigation"
An in-development screenshot from indie game Shplief, depicting two 64x64 pixels icons of a 'pause' symbol and a tree stump.
A short animation of an in-development computer game that lets the mouse cursor have a tail.
A close-up of three 64x64 pixel icons depicting a target, a zebra, and a pair of pants.
The word "Shplief" written in thick hand-brush, black text on a slightly textured gray background. It's currently serving as an in-development title screen/logo for upcoming game Shplief.
Screenshot from a game development engine, in low-resolution, showing a message in a handwritten font: "Did you know you can turn your own handwriting into a font for your game? It's true! I think it's kinda fun. :) You can do it! NOBODY CAN STOP YOU"
An early-in-development (although likely mostly accurate) screenshot of Shplief, a... linguistic-visual puzzle game of matching word units in pairs to match riddle-clues mostly in crossword-style synonym form.
Two 64x64 pixel icons are depicted, one is an alien figure (the 'gray' type) and the other is a snowman (complete with black top hat and a colorful scarf).
Four 64x64 pixel icons of an ant, a tank, a cookie, and a chair.
A 'behind the scenes' screenshot of a game in development, depicting 40+ little 64x64 pixel icons of everyday recognizable objects like a grenade, a ladybug, a flower, a wing, a king, a plunger, a guitar, a scroll, a toaster, a spider, a cherry, a whistle, etc. Waffle, tornado, taco, train. All part of a weird little game in development.
The word "Shplief"
Eight icons, each 64 by 64 pixels, arranged in a row against a gray background. They are intended to be choices of simple, common, recognizable objects that can be named in one word. [Spoiler:] Saw, mic, hat, ear, heart, lock, tie, rose.
Animated gif of a green snake (two-frame animation, one frame baring fangs and the other frame mouth closed) in very low-res pixel art style.
Lofi pixel art of character Hazel in a cozy little home interior, although she doesn't really have any furniture yet. She is green-skinned with a yellow shirt and blue pants, holding a red wand. The home has wooden floors, pale-purple walls, a metal door, and a sunrise painting.
A man in a bow tie, pixelated somewhat, with caption "Think of yourself as a modern-day gladiator. Now get out there and gladiate!"
The words "Play Again" written by typewriter with a pair of brackets flashing near them like a targeting reticule.
pixel art of an apple
Hazel, protagonist of indie-game-in-making Wanderveil. She has green skin, wears a yellow shirt over blue pants, and has a wand in her right hand -- but she wakes up one day to discover the wand isn't working anymore. :(