Afterthoughts

Devlog

• Afterthoughts Update #22
  July 14, 2025 by DecadeDecaf

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  This update adds my fifteenth Ludum Dare game, Shafted . It's time for some hard truths. Afterthoughts has become a nightmare to maintain. It contains code I wrote in 2018 when I was a much less exper... Continue reading
• Afterthoughts Update #21
  November 05, 2024 by DecadeDecaf

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  This update introduces a visual redesign to the whole project! Say goodbye to that plain desaturated blue. I also ported over the 14th game, Beachfront, which was surprisingly arduous due to the fact... Continue reading
• Afterthoughts Update #20
  April 30, 2024 by DecadeDecaf

  This update ports over the thirteenth game, 12 Vengeful Ghosts. Savedata is still planned... Continue reading
• Afterthoughts Update #19
  March 31, 2024 by DecadeDecaf

  This update contains a lot of polish and bug fixes in preparation for the next Ludum Dare. I plan on adding savedata soon... Continue reading
• Afterthoughts Update #18
  October 06, 2023 by DecadeDecaf

  This update adds the twelfth game (Hole in the Well) along with a bunch of general updates. Remastered menu music, Discord rich presence, an app icon, Iota of a Quota fixes, and a few other tiny thing... Continue reading
• Afterthoughts Update #17
  October 05, 2023 by DecadeDecaf

  Iota of a Quota (along with its accompaniment tool) is finally implemented into Afterthoughts!... Continue reading
• Afterthoughts Update #16
  June 08, 2023 by DecadeDecaf

  I finally got around to finishing the Transfusion visual overhaul I'd been working on! This update also contains various small changes for other games... Continue reading
• Afterthoughts Update #15
  May 25, 2023 by DecadeDecaf

  This update adds Don't Chute the Messenger with some visual polish. There's also a placeholder screen for Iota of a Quota . That game should be added soon. I also remastered the TWCYE theme... Continue reading
• Afterthoughts Update #14
  October 23, 2022 by DecadeDecaf

  This update adds That Which Catches Your Eye to the lineup. The update also contains some polish for break and its song... Continue reading
• Afterthoughts Update #13
  June 17, 2022 by DecadeDecaf

  Back when I was participating in the Ludum Dare 49, I made some fan art of various characters in Scoop the Pool's art style. This update adds a mode to compete against those characters. On top of that... Continue reading
• Afterthoughts Update #12
  April 25, 2022 by DecadeDecaf

  This update adds Musical Thrones and fixes some integration issues... Continue reading
• Afterthoughts Update #11
  March 19, 2022 by DecadeDecaf

  This update focuses on A Heightened Plight and includes significant improvements to the overall experience of that game, bringing the total number of afterthoughts from 29 to 40... Continue reading
• Afterthoughts Update #10
  December 12, 2021 by DecadeDecaf

  The long-awaited volume slider update!... Continue reading
• Afterthoughts Update #9
  December 02, 2021 by DecadeDecaf

  Added Scoop the Pool and made a small (but important!) change to the GUI. I also added a cool bonus mode to Surface Level... Continue reading
• Afterthoughts Update #8
  April 30, 2021 by DecadeDecaf

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  Added Surface Level, my most recent Ludum Dare game. Like break, it's the exact same as the entry as of right now. Any updates to break or Surface Level may come at some point in the near future... Continue reading
• Afterthoughts Update #7
  October 07, 2020 by DecadeDecaf

  Added break, my new Ludum Dare game. It's the exact same as the entry right now, but I'll definitely make some updates after the results are in... Continue reading
• Afterthoughts Update #6
  September 17, 2020 by DecadeDecaf

  GameMaker Studio 2.3 came out of beta recently, so I've updated Afterthoughts to use it. The biggest change from this update is the removal of guest names from the Mollie leaderboards. You must sign i... Continue reading
• Afterthoughts Update #5
  July 08, 2020 by DecadeDecaf

  Super Mollie-o Maker! Jokes aside I added a level editor to Mollie. The levels can be saved and loaded as txt files. I might add a way to publish levels later... Continue reading
• Afterthoughts Update #4
  June 09, 2020 by DecadeDecaf

  I added Discord Rich Presence and re-made all of the main themes. Starting now, Afterthoughts will likely remain stagnant while I work on other projects, unless I have any sudden urges to update it... Continue reading
• Afterthoughts Update #3
  May 05, 2020 by DecadeDecaf

  This update heavily focuses on Transfusion improvements and fixes. The biggest change to Transfusion is the addition of tiles. These tiles replace the hand-drawn backgrounds. This update also adds lea... Continue reading
• Afterthoughts Update #2
  May 01, 2020 by DecadeDecaf

  This update improves the Transfusion controls and adds a restart button to Mollie! Might be a while until the next update; still thinking of ideas... Continue reading
• Afterthoughts Update #1
  April 26, 2020 by DecadeDecaf

  Since Afterthoughts has in-game update notes, I'll be using development logs to briefly mention the major changes and talk about my plans for the next update. For the first Afterthoughts update, I dec... Continue reading