On day 3 of the #ScreamJam, I've finally completed most of my modeling! You can see a little behind-the-scenes stuff in this timelapse, but I won't spoil any future surprises 😉 #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

Starting this Thursday, I'll be participating in the #ScreamJam! It's always been a yearly tradition of mine to make a spooky game for Halloween, and I think I've cooked up a pretty good idea for this year! Follow for more development updates once the jam starts! #gamedev

This week, I completed the Submarine's sonar! This is one of the most time-consuming tasks I've ever had on this project so far 😩 All that's left now is getting a proper 3D model down, but that can come later :) #Screenshotsaturday #gamedev

This week, I made a little Tactica game prototype, where I can select units and have them fight other enemies in a back-and-forth! All art assets are from the Itch.io Tiny Swords asset pack via @PixelFrogStudio! #Screenshotsaturday #gamedev

Woah! Who's this pretty creature?! #Screenshotsaturday #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev

Experimenting... #gamedev #UnrealEngine5

It may be hard for some of you to understand why this would be difficult if you haven't worked in multiplayer before. But I finally got it so the sonar terminal works on clients besides the host! Now I can work on some fun mechanical stuff! 😈 #gamedev #UnrealEngine5

Sonar Map work continues! #Screenshotsaturday The hardest part working on this so far has been holding in the urge to do some crazy graphical shenanigans while I'm still trying to figure out how I want to implement certain mechanics #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev

No #screenshotsaturaday today, this week was not exactly productive for me after a week-long period of medically confirmed insomnia. This upcoming week I'll have more to share :) #indiedev #gamedev

Silky Smooth Camera Transitions! #Screenshotsaturday After playing enough FNAF fan games, I think I have a good idea of how to make swapping between screens feel good :) #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev

Terminal Progress! #ScreenshotSaturday A ton of ideas are floating around my head for how I want to approach terminals (and the updated sonar system going forward), so I've been having a lot of fun with that! #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev

Exactly one year ago, we started development on Benthos for the first time! This humble Submarine Exploration game still has so much in store, and I can't wait to show it off! 🎉 Regardless, follow for more game dev updates, and thank you all very much! #indiedev #gamedev

Screens... Terminals... Why am I tiny now? Why does the code do that? #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev

Screens! Terminals!! (And other good stuff :D) After taking a look at the current Sonar system we have for the Submarine, we realize we can make things better! This week, we looked at different ways to revamp the Sonar system to be more Interactive! #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev

This is what peak #gamedev planning looks like :)

THRUST!!! I've reworked Submarine Movement, making the submarine feel more 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺, almost as if it's 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 🐟 #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev

I wish I was a better artist, but the words I wrote still mean a lot for me :)

ROTATION COLLISION!!! #ScreenshotSaturday This was originally supposed to be a quick bugfix that I would finish in an hour, but it turned into a weeklong project where I had to reinvent the wheel in Unreal Engine sweeping 🤔 #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev

I fixed the issue without needing physics using the most disgusting, vomit-inducing, pirate software ass code that I've ever written. TLDR For what this is doing in the replies #gamedev #UnrealEngine

The only reason I'm dealing with all this is because Unreal Engine doesn't support sweeping (checking if something is in the way before allowing movement) on ONLY adding world rotation. Something that apparently has been "not currently supported" SINCE 2014!! #gamedev #UnrealEngine

So I was trying to add Physics... #gamedev #UnrealEngine

A totally not late #ScreenshotSaturday This week was more research-heavy, and it led me down a lot of different weird rabbit holes. For example, has anyone ever heard of the early 2001 Underwater action game Aquanox? #indiedev #gamedev

Are there any #3D artists familiar with creating large #PSX style models willing to have me question you a bit about your process? As someone whose main focus is programming, I admit that I still have a lot I want to learn about, so any knowledge is appreciated! #indiedev #gamedev #art

Cameras & (fake) Volumetric Lights! This week was pretty productive for me! My goal was to at least complete one of these tasks, but I managed to finish both through some focus! #screenshotsaturday #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev

NEW VIDEO OUT ABOUT AWESOME SUBNAUTICA OCEAN GAME YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT LINK IN REPLIES :D

Just spent the last 2 hours making this fake volumetric light (using stuff I found online), just to realize that the PSX package I was using already contained a light shaft that was fully integrated and 10x better than what I could've made... #gamedev #UnrealEngine

Also apologies for not posting this #ScreenshotSaturday post on Monday like I said I would (posted on my Twitter but forgot bluesky) Either way, last week was mainly me trying to polish out edges in the map and smoothing terrain (even tho lod makes it look funky from a distance) #GameDev

No usual #ScreenshotSaturday, if you're seeing this, it's because I'm currently camping! I'll post this week's progress on Monday! #GameDev

I am building my own world #ScreenshotSaturday #GameDev #UnrealEngine

Scaling! Very quickly, when doing some level design tidbits, I needed to figure out the rough scale of the player & submarine. This handy dandy image helps determine the sizing of future creatures and the environment! #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

It's All Coming Together! For today's #screenshotsaturday, we've combined branches and cleaned some bugs behind the scenes. Seeing the submarine underwater is a validating feeling, especially since it's only ever moved around in a dev-map :D #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev

Backlog Cleaning!! This week gave me the perfect opportunity to move around tasks and assign new things to do in the future! Devs don't talk about the task logging side of things since it's not as flashy, but it's important! #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev

No in-game #screenshotsaturday this week. Got started on an internship, so figuring out the balance of personal project work alongside that! For now, enjoy this happy fella I took a picture of this week :D #indiedev #gamedev

Textures!! In today's #screenshotsaturday, you can see a plethora of new custom textures! Additionally, work has been done on the power console to improve bug fixes and integrate it with pre-existing movement systems! #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev

Power Allocation!! For today's #screenshotsaturday, we can see how you can divvy up power to different systems to strengthen/weaken them using a single console, and in this case, increasing Submarine speed to Max! #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev

For today's #ScreenshotSaturday, these two images describe how this development week went! On one end, I helped set up the tools needed to do material painting for our level designer. On the other end, I found out the source of a game-crashing bug :) #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev

For today's #screenshotsaturday, I have been cursed with University Final Exams. As such, I can only offer you this awesome fish, look forward to next Saturday though. As I've got something else in store for ya'll (probably more finals) #indiedev #gamedev

IT MOVES!!! IT... COLLIDES?! A (not) on time #ScreenshotSaturday featuring submarine movement with a non-placeholder model! (at 2x speed for your pleasure) #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev

I spent over 3 hours trying to figure out why my movement code was causing the Submarine to move right instead of forward when pressing W, and just as I was about to give up... I realized... #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev

Prototyping a tiny little game on the side... I wonder what those Mips are up to? #gamedev #Unity

The Ocean... HAS A FLOOR!? For today's #screenshotsaturday, I can showcase how we've been able to integrate PSX filtering/lighting alongside the Voxel Terrain Editing! #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev

Do other #gamedevs ever get the urge to work on a side-game while working on a large game project? I've been feeling it more now, nearing the one-year anniversary of my current game project, but I miss making those tiny games on the side...

It works!! ... Hold on, wait a minute...? For today's #screenshotsaturday, we can see how the behind-the-scenes looks for taking an already working mechanic and trying to get it to work in multiplayer. (Also collision debugging) #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev

BUGS! BUGFIXING! PROGRAMMING! Those would be the words to describe how this week's development has gone... but that's not something that I can screenshot... So then, how does one #screenshotsaturday bugs and programming...? Well, I suppose this is how! #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev

This is what Insanity looks like 🥀 Multiple hours of work compressed down to less than 2 minutes. Half my time is spent slamming my head into a wall trying to debug mechanics that are still WIP 🥲 #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev

I am alive for #screenshotsaturday! There was no screenshot Saturday post last week, as I had spent that entire week at GDC! The week right after was also a Midterm storm for my University, so for now, take this cool mainstage photo and stay tuned for more! #indiedev #gamedev

Models...? MODELS?! Yes, that's right! Prepare for more Submarine goodness as we move away from previous placeholder cubes and tubes. The era of technology is upon us! Follow for more updates! #screenshotsaturday #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev

LETS GOOO!!! #screenshotsaturday The Sonar looks better than ever and is running at maximum performance levels! This was an insane technical challenge, so the relief I feel right now is immense... now about that Submarine... #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev

3D Sonar Update! #screenshotsaturday University has been hard on me this week, but that's no excuse for lack of progress! I've been trying to rework the visuals of the sonar! I like how it looks so far, but I know there's more to do to make it polished! #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev

3D Sonar Update! #screenshotsaturday I'm seeing some progress as I shift from debug tools to spawning in individual sonar "blips" with a line indicating height above and below the Player's Submarine! #ue4 #ue5 #indiedev #gamedev