#StarSpark

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

4 days ago

Leo on a grassy blue map with branching paths leading to a battle against another tournament participant.

Screenshot from Star Spark showing the player's deck of 20 cards and other collected cards so far appear on the left side of the panel, while information about the cards appear on the right hand side showing: - card name - card ap cost - card power - card rarity Rarity is represented by 3 hollow diamonds. 1/3 diamonds indicates common, 2/3 indicates uncommon, 3/3 indicates rare.

A screenshot from Star Spark showing the player's deck so far on the left side of the panel, while information about the card appear on the right hand side showing: - card name - card ap cost - card power - card rarity Rarity is represented by 3 hollow diamonds. 1/3 diamonds indicates common, 2/3 indicates uncommon, 3/3 indicates rare. Here, the player currently has 11 cards total in their deck.

This week I added an extra column to the map and adjusted zone weights for map generation.

I'm also tinkering with how the deck works. This game is inspired by DBZ: Legendary Super Warriors' combat system, so the deck here worked the like that where

#ScreenshotSaturday #GameDev #StarSpark

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Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

6 days ago

Jake, great to see you hosting #TurnBasedThursday! ❤️

#StarSpark is a roguelite turn-based fighting game in which you battle your way through a survival tournament using real time combos and a deck made of attack, defense, and support cards.

🌟 s.team/a/3639950

#GameDev #IndieGame #Godot #PixelArt

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

1 week ago

Resident Evil Requiem (RE9) capsule art. "Resident Evil Requiem" is on the left side in front of a white background, Leon Kennedy and Grace Ashcroft are on the right side. Leon is in the background looking like he's mid-turn, only seen from the shoulders up, Grace is staring straight from the foreground holding up a flashlight in her left hand.

Screenshot from Star Spark showing the skill panel. The player's deck and other collected skills so far appear on the left side of the panel, while information about the skills appear on the right hand side showing: - skill name - skill ap cost - skill power - skill rarity Rarity is represented by 3 hollow diamonds. 1/3 diamonds indicates common, 2/3 indicates uncommon, 3/3 indicates rare.

Screenshot from Star Spark showing Leo beginning a battle against a new human enemy. Leo battle intro text: "Don't go easy on me!" Enemy battle intro text: "You smell like failure."

#MonthlyRecap 2026-03

- Job hunting
- Multiple family gatherings
- Played Resident Evil 9
- My birthday! :D

For #StarSpark / #gamedev:
- Gave cards rarities
- Got new enemies in game
- Small map updates
- Did a podcast interview about JoyFlow/Star Spark/GameDev (will post when available)

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

1 week ago

#StarSpark progress this week:

- got the new enemy sprites in game with their own decks
- players can now see what zone type the zone selector is currently on
- the zone selector can traverse the entire map instead of just the next zones the player can reach

#ScreenshotSaturday #GameDev #IndieGame

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

The #StarSpark Steam page went live 5 months ago!

Star Spark now has 561 wishlists, +16 from last month.

Marketing was limited to posts on here, Mastodon, and Discord.

I also did a podcast interview with @darthmalks.bsky.social, which will be up next month :)

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#GameDev #IndieGameDev #Steam

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

It's my birthday, you should wishlist my game 🙂
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#StarSpark is a turn-based fighting game in which you battle your way through a roguelite survival tournament using real time combos and a deck made of attack, defense, and support skills.

🌟 s.team/a/3639950

#GameDev #IndieGame #PixelArt #Godot

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Got to talk about #StarSpark on a #gamedev podcast yesterday where I mentioned that the initial prototype of the game was an extremely simplified version of combat, so I had to find this old gif of it 🙂

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday, Kitfox!

#StarSpark is a roguelite turn-based fighting game in which you battle your way through a survival tournament using real time combos and a deck made of attack, defense, and support skills.

🌟 s.team/a/3639950

#GameDev #IndieGame #PixelArt

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

1 month ago

Screenshot from Star Spark showing the skill panel. The player's deck and other collected skills so far appear on the left side of the panel, while information about the skills appear on the right hand side showing: - skill name - skill ap cost - skill power - skill rarity Rarity is represented by 3 hollow diamonds. 1/3 diamonds indicates common, 2/3 indicates uncommon, 3/3 indicates rare.

Pixel art of a green triclops humanoid wearing a blue outfit, a sentai-like fighter, and an orange cyclops humanoid wearing a blue outfit.

This week I added skill rarity and started making sprites for some non-bot enemies that you'll encounter during the tournament. They aren't competing with you, they're part of the tournament and there to hinder you.

🌟 s.team/a/3639950

#ScreenshotSaturday #StarSpark #GameDev #ゲーム開発 #PixelArt #ドット絵

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

1 month ago

I added rarities to skills the other day while taking a break from enemy updates.

1/3 diamonds = common
2/3 diamonds = uncommon
3/3 diamonds = rare

Now skill reward choices take rarity weights into account :)

🌟 store.steampowered.com/app/3639950

#StarSpark #WishlistWednesday #GameDev

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

1 month ago

Leo knocking out a combat robot as a big red "KO" shows up on screen.

Fan art of Leo and Coda in a grassy fighting arena.

#MonthlyRecap 2026-02

- Job hunting
- Saw some standup comedy
- Started watching Smallville
- Went to several bday parties and a baby shower

For #StarSpark / #gamedev:
- Made a new KO graphic
- Updated the battle UI for the deck system
- Designing new map enemies
- Received some Star Spark fan art

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

1 month ago

Star Spark fan art by Cardin. It shows a hand drawn Leo on screen ready to battle a hand drawn Coda in a grassy battle arena.

Star Spark fan art by Cardin. It shows a hand drawn Mael, Leo, Coda in poses like their in game idles animations. There's a hand drawn Star Spark logo above Mael and Leo.

Unexpected, but someone made fan art #StarSpark!

It's cool that someone liked my game and its characters enough to spend time doing this 🙂

Thanks for sharing, Cardin!

Star Spark is still a WIP, but available to wishlist on Steam:
🌟 store.steampowered.com/app/3639950/...

#GameDev #IndieGame #Art

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

1 month ago

It's been 4 months since the #StarSpark Steam page went live!

Star Spark has 545 wishlists, +32 since last month.

Marketing was limited to posting on here, Mastodon, and Discord. The peaks haven't changed, so no screenshot of that this month.

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#GameDev #IndieGameDev #Steam

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

1 month ago

Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday!

#StarSpark is a tactical turn-based fighting game in which you'll battle your way through a survival tournament using a combination of real time combos and various attack, defense, and support skills.

🌟 s.team/a/3639950

#GameDev #IndieGame

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

1 month ago

This week I added a K.O. graphic to give #StarSpark a bit more of a fighting game feel.

I also started trying out a stat boost reward for winning a tournament round, unsure of it just yet though 🤔

🌟 store.steampowered.com/app/3639950/...

#ScreenshotSaturday #GameDev #IndieGame

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

1 month ago

Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday!

I'm making #StarSpark, a tactical turn-based fighting game in which players battle their way through a survival tournament using a combination of real time combos and various attack, defense, and support skills.

🌟 s.team/a/3639950

#GameDev #IndieGameDev

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

1 month ago

Part of switching #StarSpark over to a deck system was to let players select a new card post-combat instead of a stat boost.

I still want the player's stats to increase during a run, so I've opted to award stat boosts upon clearing the round instead.

🌟 s.team/a/3639950

#GameDev #WishlistWednesday

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

1 month ago

I added a KO graphic to make #StarSpark feel more like a fighting game.

It's simple but it gets the job done.

#GameDev #Godot #IndieGame

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

2 months ago

Hey, Char, happy to see you hosting #TurnBasedThursday!

I'm making #StarSpark, a tactical turn-based fighting game in which players battle their way through a survival tournament using a combination of real time combos and various attack, defense, and support skills.

#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

2 months ago

A screenshot from the game Firewatch showing a lookout tower in a forest.

A poster image for Primal. It shows Spear (a male neanderthal) riding atop Fang (a female T-Rex) as the plunge into a battle against enemies equipped with spears.

A screenshot from Better Call Saul showing the characters Charles and James McGill sitting at a desk.

A screenshot from Star Spark showing the combat screen with a deck.

#MonthlyRecap 2026-01
- Job hunting
- Played #Firewatch
- Had a stomach bug
- Watched seasons 1 and 2 of #Primal
- Started watching Better Call Saul

For #StarSpark #gamedev:
- Deck system
- Updated the options UI
- Changed speech bubble layout
- Came up with a plan to release this year!

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

2 months ago

A friend who play tested a build of #StarSpark with the deck prototype liked it enough that he kept going back to try and finish a run. He finally did, finishing one in ~50 minutes 🙂

Unfortunately I left hardcoded values in the UI (fixed now though 😅)

#ScreenshotSaturday #Gamedev #IndieDev #Godot

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

2 months ago

Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday, @every1solid.bsky.social!

#StarSpark is a turn-based fighting game where you battle your way through a survival tournament.

Here's a short video of a deck system I've been prototyping the last couple of weeks.

#GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

2 months ago

Some people tried the deck system prototype, so far it's seen as an improvement, still waiting for more feedback though 🙂

This is #StarSpark, by the way.

It's a turn-based fighting game where you're battling your way through a survival tournament.

🌟 s.team/a/3639950

#WishlistWednesday #GameDev

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

2 months ago

UPDATE

I made it so that you can see your deck while in combat along with how many and which skills can still be drawn from it.

Not shown, but if you run out of skills to draw, the deck will just restock the ones that were already used 💪

#GameDev #IndieGameDev #Roguelite #StarSpark

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

2 months ago

This week I kept prototyping a deck system for #StarSpark.

The deck menu is a bit cramped, but it works for testing purposes.

Decks save and load correctly.

Drawn skills get revealed at the beginning of your attack turn.

Combat feels more fun to me.

#ScreenshotSaturday #IndieGameDev #PixelArt

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

2 months ago

Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday, @badgerpunch.com!

#StarSpark is a #roguelite turn-based fighting game where you compete in a battle anime inspired tournament against fighters from across the universe.

#IndieGameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

2 months ago

The Steam page for #StarSpark has been up for 3 month, and I wanna share the updated stats.

Right now, Star Spark has 513 wishlists

It's a smaller increase than last month (+61 vs +274), but that's okay -- it's more than zero and I still have more than I expected to have!

#IndieGameDev #Steam

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

2 months ago

I'm making #StarSpark, a #roguelite turn-based fighting game.

In each tournament round two fighters are sent to a planet to survive while making their way towards the only exit, which only activates when one of them has been KO'd.

🌟 s.team/a/3639950

#WishlistWednesday #IndieGameDev #IndieGame

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

2 months ago

I played through the 1st round of a run of #StarSpark using the WIP deck system and it was actually pretty fun. Battles are more interesting (less predictable/repetitive) and I had some moments of uncertainty (see screenshot).

Too soon to say for sure, but I might keep it.

#GameDev #IndieGame

Jeremy // Making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson.bsky.social

2 months ago

Thanks, Casey!

I'm making #StarSpark, a roguelite turn-based fighting game.

In each tournament round two fighters are sent to a planet to survive while making their way towards the only exit. The catch -- the exit only activates when one of them has been KO'd.

🌟 store.steampowered.com/app/3639950