Catbird Soft
Three-person indie team, currently developing STEEL CARNELIAN, a retro-anime 3D run & gun.
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- i wasn't gonna do a post this week but yall gotta check out these fake stairs @retr0titan.bsky.social painted. look at this texture work this shit is NUTS
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- Haven't done a #screenshotsaturday post in a while. Here's an enemy type returning from Steel Carnelian - enemies that shoot homing, parriable missiles. New to this game: Jenny parries by swinging her broom instead of using a parry button. Smack enemies and projectiles away at the same time!
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- Hey gamers! Big (normal) discount announcement. store.steampowered.com/bundle/65954... Splatter is now in a bundle with a sick wizard shooter that we know you'll love, MAGE TOWER MASSACRE. Buy the "Technically Zero Guns" bundle now and save 15% on both titles.
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- ATTENTION INDIEDEVS Show off your art style We've been working in kind of a pseudo-retro style. We use low poly / low resolution elements, but our lighting is actually quite modern - we just use a special texel-space lighting setup to make it fall nicely over our pixel art textures.
- ATTENTION INDIEDEVS Show off your art style I'm currently developing games for the SEGA Master System. I like to use pastel or dark backgrounds with bright and bold foreground sprites. #pixelart #indiegame #indiedev
- now that our serious promo is over for the day i do want y'all to know that virtual-on was great as always and you should try the PC version available on the internet archive. viper-ii remains the GOAT
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- Big announcement today: here's our next game, JENNY THE WITCH! This high-speed shoot-and-slasher will be out spring 2026, with a demo at the winter Next Fest in about a month. Wishlist here (please): store.steampowered.com/app/4180990/...
- jsyk we're all gonna be at magfest this weekend. we're not doing anything related to catbird's games but we'll be at the convention having fun etc. if you're a mutual and wanna say hi let us know? if you wanna play virtual-on in the arcade hall, DEFINITELY let us know
- oh hey. i missed our usual saturday post because i was traveling to visit family. i'm busy cutting an actual trailer rn so i don't have much to make up for it, but here's a clip i sent to our discord last month of a sick combo using some new moves and a new wallbounce mechanic
- it's the winter sale. i got sick yesterday and didn't have time to make a poster about it, but could you buy splatter anyway? either steam or itch is good. thanks in advance
- Splatter came out three years ago today. I don't have much clever to say - it was a big project, it changed our lives, I'm constantly grateful for the people who have played it and appreciated it. Here are the concept sketches I did back in 2020 that turned into a whole fucked-up game.
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- Late #screenshotsaturday (had a really funny build-only bug to resolve) but we got there. Here's a pack of miniature bomb drones. These guys do a lot of damage (and they're fast too), but they've got very little health. Shoot quickly and keep your aim steady if you don't want to get blown to pieces.
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- #screenshotsaturday We're not just focusing on combat with this game - Jenny also will deal with traversal challenges. This room uses timed switches to test her shooting and platforming abilities.
- Back with more old Splatter dev posts. Many of the clips in my folder are showing off weapons, like this one showcasing FUCK. We had a pretty large weapon roster on Splatter: the weapons were just finger guns, so animating new ones was very quick and let us slip in a bunch of weird designs.
- It's Black Friday and Itch Creator Day. Splatter is 50% off on Itch for the next 5 days (buy it here: catbirdsoft.itch.io/splatter). Over the next day or two, I'm gonna post some of our old dev clips of the game from Twitter. Here's one from February 2022.
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- please enjoy this unbiased testimony from a woman whose name is in the game's opening credits because there's a part of the game where we make you watch a video of me brushing her teeth.
- It's Black Friday and Itch Creator Day. Splatter is 50% off on Itch for the next 5 days (buy it here: catbirdsoft.itch.io/splatter). Over the next day or two, I'm gonna post some of our old dev clips of the game from Twitter. Here's one from February 2022.
- Hey. #screenshotsaturday. Check out our new enemy. This heavy-duty drone deploys barrages of bullets from a distance, and pressures the player with its extendable arms at closer ranges.
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- #screenshotsaturday time. This week we're looking at Jenny's missile system. This weapon is low-damage, but has high stunlock potential and can be used during any of Jenny's actions. Use it for crowd control, starting combos, or during juggles to set up massive finishers.
- Itch sent us a notification that their halloween sale is on, and we haven't put Splatter on sale on Itch in a while, so hey. 50% off. check out this trailer I cut nearly three years ago.
- #screenshotsaturday Been working on a more advanced enemy. This guy plays footsies with the player - closing the gap if they get too far, and backstepping if the player pushes into their space.
- trying out some new combos with our new super moves #screenshotsaturday
- hey anybody got $30k lying around to spend on good ass video games? i found something you could use it on
- oh shit it's the steam autumn sale. guess what: splatter is on sale.
- we've been doing some work with reactive vfx / sfx & destructible objects to make fights feel messier and more chaotic.
