Indie game designer, die-hard procrastinator. Currently based in Italy. She/her. 🏳️‍⚧️ Get Insane Escape on Steam now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2342320 #gamedev #indiedev Portfolio and other links: https://linktr.ee/xecestelhttps://bsky.app/profile/xecestel.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/xecestel.bsky.social/post/3lpudbcfubs2iI haven't updated this profile in a while. I want to start updating it again talking about my projects, current and future ones. Lately life has been kinda rough and just opening what basically is a work related profile wasn't too easy. Things are not better, but I want to try again.23 May 2025 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:bppbm75vmcdc5pei2h24nxen/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpudbcfubs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/xecestel.bsky.social/post/3ljddaebqn22aNew Major Update for Insane Escape: the Nurse Update! A new playable character, new content, a lot of fixes and improvements and THE DEMO BACK IN STORE! https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2342320/view/529839807839339987 #indiegame #indiehorror #insanescape #godot https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2342320/view/529839807839339987?l=english01 Mar 2025 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:bppbm75vmcdc5pei2h24nxen/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljddaebqn22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/xecestel.bsky.social/post/3liz3fq7z622xFor the past few weeks, I've been working almost nonstop on a new major update for Insane Escape. Currently, the complete changelog with all fixes, improvements, and new additions is 20-30 text editor lines long. It's going to be a big update. #indiedev #gamedev #indiehorror #godot25 Feb 2025 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:bppbm75vmcdc5pei2h24nxen/app.bsky.feed.post/3liz3fq7z622xhttps://bsky.app/profile/xecestel.bsky.social/post/3lh4s565t622gInsane Escape Version 0.6 is out! This new update comes with some rebalance in difficulty and some nice fixes! You could almost say this is the "Merchant update". https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2342320/view/520830071182721580?l=english #indiedev #gamedev #godot #indiehorror01 Feb 2025 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:bppbm75vmcdc5pei2h24nxen/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh4s565t622ghttps://bsky.app/profile/xecestel.bsky.social/post/3lgxoww33rk2dI'm sorry I keep disappearing and I've not been posting much lately. Life has been very rough recently and things don't look like they have any intention of getting better soon.30 Jan 2025 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:bppbm75vmcdc5pei2h24nxen/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgxoww33rk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/xecestel.bsky.social/post/3lgba5ig4sc2hInsane Escape Version 0.5.2 is live! https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2342320/view/523080879756542696?l=english With this hotfix, I'm pretty sure we finally fixed every last major issue. And we even restored the ability to return to the title screen from the settings menu! #indiedev #gamedev #godot #indiehorror #insanescape21 Jan 2025 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:bppbm75vmcdc5pei2h24nxen/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgba5ig4sc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/xecestel.bsky.social/post/3lfryhcftbk2uInsane Escape Version 0.5 is live now with many fixes, improvements, and even something new! https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2342320/view/518577002799693895?l=english #indiedev #gamedev #indiehorror #godot #insanescape15 Jan 2025 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:bppbm75vmcdc5pei2h24nxen/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfryhcftbk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/xecestel.bsky.social/post/3lfhwj6tdo22tThere's still not much to show about the new game, but I can showcase some animations I made (just the animations, not the sprite itself) which I'm particularly proud of. #indiedev #gamedev #godot #animations11 Jan 2025 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:bppbm75vmcdc5pei2h24nxen/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfhwj6tdo22thttps://bsky.app/profile/xecestel.bsky.social/post/3lfdti3ha322kBtw if you want to watch me doing gamedev on this projects I go live on Twitch everyday except Sunday. I stream both gamedev *and* gaming, and unfortunately I stream in Italian, but if you still want to take a look at my work and say hi you can come Tue-Thu-Sat from 10 AM to 3 PM CET.09 Jan 2025 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:bppbm75vmcdc5pei2h24nxen/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfdti3ha322khttps://bsky.app/profile/xecestel.bsky.social/post/3lfdtc3pn7c2kMy radio silence this past month was due to a break in gamedev I took around Christmas and me working on this game *and* another project, and basically being unable to showcase anything. I hope to be able to share more on everything by the end of this week.09 Jan 2025 23:26 +0000at://did:plc:bppbm75vmcdc5pei2h24nxen/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfdtc3pn7c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/xecestel.bsky.social/post/3lfdt6vkfxs2kWe are currently working on an update for Insane Escape that's going to add a lot of improvements, fixes and QoL to the game! We improved the lighting, we added some tutorials, we even added a new accessibility option! I hope to be able to share more soon. #indiedev #gamedev09 Jan 2025 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:bppbm75vmcdc5pei2h24nxen/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfdt6vkfxs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/xecestel.bsky.social/post/3len43njphk2xIt's almost midnight over here, so... Happy new year, everyone! I wish for this year to be the year when your dreams will come true and you will find your happiness! 🎆🩷🎆31 Dec 2024 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:bppbm75vmcdc5pei2h24nxen/app.bsky.feed.post/3len43njphk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/xecestel.bsky.social/post/3led24ezghs2wI'm sorry I've not been posting much lately, I'm taking a small break for Christmas to rest a little bit. I'm actually working on some small stuff tho so I'll probably show you something new soon.27 Dec 2024 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:bppbm75vmcdc5pei2h24nxen/app.bsky.feed.post/3led24ezghs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/xecestel.bsky.social/post/3le4tzjv2fk2xBtw, I just want to point out that I actually got to 600 followers in like a month or two? On the other site that's called after a single alphabet letter (for some unknown reason) my all time high was about 700-800 after *years*. I guess what I'm trying to say is: I love BlueSky.25 Dec 2024 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:bppbm75vmcdc5pei2h24nxen/app.bsky.feed.post/3le4tzjv2fk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/xecestel.bsky.social/post/3le4tcvewsc2aEven on Christmas, the bug-fixing never stops! ✨ https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2342320/view/529833630239819373 We received a report the other day: apparently, the previous patch failed to fix a major bug so we rushed to fix it this morning. We can't let players wait if it's important. #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine25 Dec 2024 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:bppbm75vmcdc5pei2h24nxen/app.bsky.feed.post/3le4tcvewsc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/xecestel.bsky.social/post/3ldsuajugjs2mI've decided to try experimenting with 3D modeling I don't remember much about the Blender tutorials I watched like 2 years ago, and I mess up a lot, but I'm pretty happy with what I achieved this morning in a couple of hours, everything considered. #indiedev #gamedev #3dmodeling #blender21 Dec 2024 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:bppbm75vmcdc5pei2h24nxen/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldsuajugjs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/xecestel.bsky.social/post/3ldnxygkgwk25New day, new Insane Escape patch! https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2342320/view/529833471389991178?l=english This should fix all the major bugs we were able to find up until now. Testing is ongoing, so if we find something else, we will fix it ASAP. #gamedev #horrorgame #indiedev #GodotEngine #indiedev19 Dec 2024 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:bppbm75vmcdc5pei2h24nxen/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldnxygkgwk25https://bsky.app/profile/xecestel.bsky.social/post/3ldbeeydcqs25I recently installed Shinigami Eyes on my browser mostly out of curiosity but also to avoid supporting and following anti-trans people. The funny part? As of now, most of the red links I found are news sites.14 Dec 2024 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:bppbm75vmcdc5pei2h24nxen/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldbeeydcqs25