Thinking about Satoru Iwata today, for some reason.

lovely texture work

thought when graphics plateaued (to the average person there's not much difference between the PS4 and now) it ended up creating generations of players that grew up in a world where games weren't a technological novely they didn't arrive at modern AAA visuals like we did, one giant leap at a time

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I don't know who needs to hear this, it is entirely possible to build a whole game without generative AI. All our art, VO, worldbuilding, lore etc. is done by humans because we think our team is awesome and we value their expertise and labor. 🧡

To be clear, the market being older and younger people not taking their place *is* a five-alarm fire that no one is noticing.

As someone who's not big into extraction games, playing Hole really makes me want to try making one at some point. Really recommend it.

Sometimes I think back about this one and I really feel like I should make it into a full release

Today I both finally setup a system I'd been putting off for a while, AND benchmark that system with a totally unnecessary but (hopefully) fun easter egg. Don't want to spoil either esp. since they still might get cut but it should be way less likely now!

Had a playtester at gamecamp note that w/ the character facing where they go, moving away from an enemy looks like you're running away which felt weird in terms of characterization. Changed it so now the character faces the nearest enemy when close enough & strafes around it (+some camera polish!)

“RAM is expensive we need to go back to 2D games” Not at all (even if they are great), look at these 3D games running on PS1 with 3MB RAM and 1MB VRAM

Me too, little guy, me too 😔

Hypogea is 35% off for the Steam summer sale! store.steampowered.com/app/2980260/...

Room-temperature IQ doesn't sound that bad these days huh 😟

The urgency and drama of these genAI evangelist quotes make a lot more sense when you consider how much more data they have access to than us, showing them that audiences aren’t willing to pay for slop.

low-poly portrait practice

33C° in my appartment, have a fan right next to me with a small bowl of ice and periodically spraying myself with water. Ended up turning the desktop off so it doesn't heat up the place even more. Can't wait for the summer! 🫠

"New games can't find an audience right now cause the audience is held captive by really big games! :(((" says CEO of 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦

lmao it's so bad

Never been an apple person but last WE I tried procreate on Ipad at a friend's place and damn that's an enjoyable way to draw, almost thinking of getting a used one.

There's probably a level streaming joke to be made here

Remember seeing this (pipe system of the versailles fountains) in a documentary when I was a kid. IIRC at the time they didn't have enough pressure for all the fountains to be on all the time, so while the king walked in the gardens there were people opening/closing the valves when he arrived/left.

It will never stop being funny to me that the street fighter subreddit has a much better, well reasoned ai policy vis a vis literally all universities.

Unreal Engine 6

Gamecamp fini! Plein de confs intéressantes, plein de gens cools, et j'ai même pu faire quelques playtests! Prochaine fois j'essayerai de dormir par contre 😬

Godot really is a very good engine. Very easy to migrate to.

friends. buddies. we all need to make our creature designs a lot weirder

Petit post en Français pour dire que je serai au Gamecamp! Si tout se passe bien j'aurai peut-être même une petite build à faire tester...

Not going to quote-tweet the guy because he is, frankly, an irredeemable piece of shit but "if you don't use LLMs to code you'll lose to studios that do and will ship more games" is such a dumb argument. How many video game productions have you worked where "writing code" was the bottleneck?

More astounding innovative palaeoart by Chinese graduate students. This time dinosaur dioramas locked in epoxy, with Tyndall effect (小红书: 念崽不会画画) 📍CAA Grad Show, Zhejiang Art Museum

Fish combat?

First portion of #PitchYaGame Sheet is complete! bit.ly/ThePYGSheet It takes several days per platform, so check back after the weekend for Bsky. 💗 Over 1k games, + #indiegame gems! 🤗 Share, wishlist, & aid the #indiegames 🔀 #indiedev #gamedev #wishlistwednesday

Petit post en Français pour dire que je serai au Gamecamp! Si tout se passe bien j'aurai peut-être même une petite build à faire tester...

Uploaded a quick showcase of my environment art work on Hypogea to artstation :) Might do another post at some point for the animation / tech art stuff www.artstation.com/artwork/1Nd2dq

The Keepers call to you now… will you answer them? No longer a secret, Thief: The Dark Project Remastered returns! youtu.be/Jah4nxfB2gg

Welcome to SIGNET CITY... 👁️A first person fungalpunk RPG from (me) the creator of Citizen Sleeper ◼️YOU ARE A PARASITE ◼️Manipulate your hosts, feed on their emotions ◼️Discover a strange city of biotech and brutalist architecture Support the game and WISHLIST now on Steam 🙏 bit.ly/SC-Steam

🌟DEMO OUT NOW! 🌟 Yayyy we're so excited (and nervous!!!) to announce that Milki Delivery's demo is now live on Steam! Thank you @wholesomegames.com for showcasing it 💖 Go try it out please!! ok thank you bye🌻

Hyped for gen Atlas 🥹

Hello #PitchYaGame !👋 Netherspire is a 3D Metroidvania where you explore the ruins of a colossal tower! 🏃‍♂️- Experience a thrilling combat-platforming moveset 🗺️- Explore an interconnected, hand-crafted world 🎨- Customize your character with skins and perks Check out the steam page: s.team/a/4712470

Alright, it's that time again... Introducing NETHERSPIRE! A short 3D Metroidvania where you explore, platform and fight your way through the ruins of a colossal tower, and try to protect its ancient vault! 👇Wishlist it right here! s.team/a/4712470 #GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev

We should be two “D&D Honor Among Thieves” sequels deep.

3D Behind the scenes #SciArt #paleoart #3dAnimation #coral #reef #horncoral

Currently getting the *opens door in a souls game and going "oh, I'm HERE?"* feeling, but it's just me moving a chunk of a level and realizing I can add a brand new shortcut (which is good I think?)

Wanted to get it out this week but forgot a logo on one of the assets so it's still in review 🤡

Okay this one stings. I just ranted on the latest (not out yet) PWL about how much I loved his aesthetic taste. I guess I need to look into those concept teams.

This week Robin, Chase, and AJ climb their way out of a megastructure with only their grit, some elbow grease, and the invaluable help of half a dozen friends in @ccharnul.bsky.social's Hypogea! Listen here! - share.transistor.fm/s/35323d59

Trailer was pretty much done and then after a really instructive playtest I spent the last 2 days improving/adding to the combat, and now I feel like I gotta re-record some of the shots 😭 #GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev