I'm really happy to have systems/tools that remove barriers for rapid testing, with a side benefit of letting me easily make funny footage for social media. The flip side is that it's often unclear/misunderstood how much a post reflects the actual game. 😅

Time to go. #gamedev

As usual, it's all physics-based. I added some force feedback, as well as a "fail state" if the knife doesn't catch due to something or someone interfering. ;) #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine

Made a "whittle item" motor task which lets penguins whittle any point on any object, with smart manual adjustments. Great for wood, vegetables, or fish. Flows seamlessly into / out of the "inspect item" motor task too. #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine

Full world paint system using Godot's lightmap UVs to automatically work with any mesh in the scene. Godot doesn't actually support doing this so it got a little hacky at one point. #godot #godotengine #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indie #indiedev #indiegame

Fun fact: the sun and lens flare are only three meshes, moved entirely in a vertex shader. No post-processing or fancy fragment operations. 🐧☀️😎 #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine

i know everyone is looking for work but turns out, i could use some too. if you need your game designed, programmed, or writed, i'm a guy who does those things. colin.how

Made an "inspect item" motor task, which lets penguins inspect any held item by selecting actual points on its surface and rotating the hand to get a better view. #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine

The amount of an NPC's body that turns to face the player can be used to communicate tone, context, and/or social hierarchy. #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine

This new "give item" motor task showcases some recent improvements to penguin peripheral spatial awareness and spinal rotation math. Also flows seamlessly in/out of the hammerspace motor tasks. #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine

Epic. Spaceflight. Action. Roguelike. This is Rogue Eclipse, launching NEXT MONTH ON AUGUST 7th! 🕹 Arcade Flight Controls 💥 Merciless Armadas to Blast Through 👾 Epic Boss Fights to Overcome 🚀 A Story that unfolds over roguelike campaign Wishlist Here! bit.ly/4bRLumD #gaming #indiegames #gamedev

If you make a game with more than one penguin and any amount of color, people will call your game Club Penguin. Ask me how I know. 🪇🐧

Been getting lots of mileage out of backsplashes (wasn't 100% sure I would). My scripts are much easier to navigate now, and just generally more pleasant to spend time in. 😌📜💦 #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine

Here’s a quick sample of my new snow system, with snow accumulation! Feels like walking on clouds ☁️ #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #fox

Hammer space. 🐧⚒️ #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine

Trying to fix a tiny bug in the character posture controller, but ended up making things worse. #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine

Doing serious work. #gamedev #indiedev

It's been a while, so in case you missed it, Penguin Festival does indeed have a store page and trailer! Any shares/wishlists are super appreciated! 🐧🪇 store.steampowered.com/app/3552090/... #GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev

WOOOOOOYEAHHH Planet system rewrite (almost) complete!!

Lookin' to hire a 3D environmental #artist interested in HD-2D and my Western SRPG #indiegame below! store.steampowered.com/app/3824630/... Drop your portfolios in the comments! If you're feelin' bold, you can also email me! 📧 [email protected] #digitalart #gameart

Tested a big world of 6.5k tiles. It generates in about 5 seconds, chunks itself up into manageable pieces, and has no hitching as they cull themselves when out of view. Calling this map system refactor a huge success! Looking forward to getting back to gameplay now. :3 #Godot #GameDev #ProcGen

Whelm will be in the Steam Summer Sale. Make sure you wishlist in the meantime. store.steampowered.com/app/2906320/... Oh don't mind the penguin. They don't have sales in his world. #indiegame

In some stylized lighting setups, dynamic objects hanging from or mounted to unlit walls cast ugly shadows away from the wall. I made a little solution for my game which automatically detects and removes such shadows. #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine

This is the second time I've called an internet provider and convinced them to reduce my bill by $30/mo. I have a hard time asking for things, so big sigh of relief now that it's done (until next time lol).

Kelp. 🐧🌊🥬 #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine

penguin has places to go

-- Arcade Mode 🎰🕹️-- Rack up points by delivering mail, smashing crates, chasing down golden mailboxes, reaching checkpoints at a good speed, and more! Go for the highest score you can while trying not to fall off, you've only got limited lives after all. -- #gamedev #indiegames

snow decals

Garlic. 🐧🧄 #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine

This chair is actually fucking cursed. Ever since that day, I keep discovering new bugs that make no damn sense. I literally didn't touch it for a month, and now it not only starts inside the ground, but it also affects my character's EYES. WHY??? #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine

The fishing rod has been a huge test case for my #VR spectator camera system. Many different modes with different transition rules for an engaging yet comfortable viewing experience. 🐧🎣🎥 #gamedev #indiedev #godot #ScreenshotSaturday

Canadian #gamedev shower thoughts 🇨🇦🕹️: Nintendo has been a company for 85% of the time Canada has been a country. The Zelda franchise is a quarter of the age of Canada. Video games existed for almost half that time.

I'm finally letting people try my game! Steam keys coming as soon as I figure out how to search posts for the last time I asked if you want a test key. It's a tower defence/deckbuilder/roguelite. You can pet the bear. Made in #godot, with #noai store.steampowered.com/app/3778320/ #indiegamedev

Now that I already have a fluid system with buoyancy, splashes and ripples, and a physics-based fishing rod with hook-and-pull mechanics, I can add fishing by simply making a fish bite the hook and thrash around wildly near the surface. 🐧🎣💦 #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine

This is our studio policy, and it is also my personal policy: - Zero tolerance for gen AI within spaces we control. - Opposition/avoidance if possible everywhere else. #gamedev #indiedev

The Penguin Festival team have not, do not, and will never use generative AI in any aspect of our work. We'll continue to tackle everything as creatives who care about the world outside of just making games. Thank you for your support so far. We hope to see you at the festival soon! 🎉🐧

BUGSCRAPER IS OUT! Rampage through a bug-filled corporation and settle the score with your boss in this co-op or solo roguelike shooter, now on Steam and itch! s.team/a/2957130 #indiegames

Can I interest anyone in these cool and trendy noise textures generated from 5 million noisy seagulls? Comes in Top, Bottom, Front, Back, and Side flavors. Perfect for whatever wacky noisy use cases you can imagine! #gamedev #indiedev

Whatever the limit is, haven't found it (125000 shown here). 🤷 #GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev

Quick little overview of how I did my seagull vertex shader. No CPU animation. One draw-call for entire flock. No texture lookups except color. All math. 🕊️ #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine

Made all wind-based shaders respond smoothly to wind speed changes instead of snapping suddenly. When I first made these, I wasn't planning any live changes in wind conditions. Now I'm adding occasional gusty winds to add to the immersiveness of the world. 🍃 #GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev

Cups now detect incoming fluid and appropriately integrate the volume and composition. This includes fluid droplets that hit the inside of the cup, hit the fluid itself, or hit something else while in the cup. #GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev

It wasn't long before I realized *exactly* where I can leverage this new-found knowledge. Fired up a quick test in Desmos, and holy shit. 😤☁️ #gamedev #indiedev

I've been cranky lately about gen AI, and my wording in some of my posts on the subject may have been chaotic and confusing. I'm gonna use this little thread to hopefully clarify a couple of them. Thank you to everyone who's been patient with me.🙏

Duuuuude, you can even combine smooth max and smooth min with negative lambda to get effects like this. Mind blown. I previously would have had to do like 50 extra steps with other expensive operations just to achieve similar results. #gamedev #indiedev

Daaaaaamn, this is cool. Knowledge incorporated. Thank you. 🫡 This will definitely come in useful in many ways, huehuehue. #gamedev #indiedev

Our organizers wrote an petition to the House of Commons, sponsored by MP @jennykwan.bsky.social, to stop the accelerated push for AI infrastructure and put power back in the hands of communities. All Canadians are welcome to sign! Please share widely! #canada #cdnpoli #noai #BigTech #DataCentres

Whelm is 50% off right now. I understand some people are waiting for full release in Jan, but supporting now will prevent delays(and make you a legend btw). Look what you can do in the game. Pretty whelming right? I rest my case. #gamedev #indiedev

This critique captures my exact thoughts about the "seize AI instead of hating it" argument. It's an argument that employs the exact same rhetoric of "use AI or get left behind", with different intentions. It asks us, paradoxically, to end the tug-of-war by pulling on the rope.