Going into one of your old games to review the UI and nodding at all the great choices Past You made.

Damn. Recently started #OnePiece at long last. Been going through dozens of truncated One Pace episodes and figured I was already pretty far. Nope, not even at Episode #100. Season 1's pretty long, huh?

Me when I fucking *get you*. #IndieGameDev #Indie #GameDev #UnrealEngine5 #UE5 #Devil #Demon #AttaKatDiscoversTheRateScaleInAnimations #NotPictured #TheCacophonyOfAThousandOverlappingFootsteps #ClompClompClomp

I was looking back to see if you were looking back to see if I was looking back to see – oh shit oh shit oh shit #UE5 #UnrealEngine5 #GameDev #Indie #IndieGameDev #IndieHorror #HorrorGame #OhLawdHeComin #HeLooksAtMeNow:3 #AndMakesBigStompies #TheyGrowUpSoFast

I love making video games. I love making immersive levels. I love bringing scary monsters to life. I love searching for the right sound effects and ambience. I love researching game design. I love discussing game development with my peers. I love making video games. ☺️

FUCK YOU, ITS JANUARY!!!

Me testing out the nav mesh in my levels and making sure my new monster can successfully play hide and seek with me. 😌🌸 #GameDev #Indie #IndieGameDev #Gaming #UE5 #UnrealEngine5 #NothingBreaksFearOfACreatureLikeFrolickingThroughADungeonWithIt #Laughing #Skipping #KickingOurFeetTogether

Hey! My silly little roomba horror game is %15 off. You should like, so totally try it :) store.steampowered.com/app/4073730/... #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiedev #gaming #steam #steamsale #sale

Finally back in the engine after a holiday break and I've dived into retargeting animations and the long-awaited monster addition. The combination of which is now going to be *everyone's* problem. #Indie #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieHorror #Horror? #HelloMyHoney #HelloMyBaby #HelloMyRagTimeGaaaal

Found this collection on Tumblr from user Tubermylord but couldn't find it on Bluesky so am putting it here myself. Compared to Larian Swen's AI concept comments, I love game company heads/directors working with their team through doodles. #Ai #GenAi #WhatHavingATeamIsAllAbout #Warframe #Control

Happy Holidays to all my fellow #GameDev and artist friends I've met this year. I'm so grateful to have gotten to know you and all your wonderful art. ❤️

Fucking ugh. Browsed #HumbleBundle for asset pack deals and came face to face with this AI horseshit. It's comprised entirely of "courses" from one group of <5 people, most coming from the founder. Hate seeing this sold alongside assets handcrafted by actual creators. #GameDev #Indie

Been using the hectic holiday month to take a break from game devving and pick up the controller instead. Determined to actually play #Control to the end now that a sequel's been announced. God SCP shit is so weird. 😭 #I'mTooSmoothBrainForTheseParanaturalExplanations #PewPew

Whoever named this Winter Storm “Chan” is diabolical because I’m continuously misreading it as Winter Storm-Chan like it’s an UwU anime girl and it caused my hand to slip

Holiday break means I gotta ease my rusty ass back into #GameDev with something different. A little #Blender work just to keep cementing the basics. I really like the idea of a little CRT TV creature, and so experimented with a basic design. #Indie #IndieGameDev #AGoodStart

Not the biggest update, but excited to be cresting the last of my major systems additions and getting through the game from A to Z. After I get that done, I can start introducing the actual #Horror to this #HorrorGame... the creatures! #Indie #UnrealEngine #GameDev #IndieGameDev #ForgeMyBeloathed

The default blender cube.

An unfortunate tea time gone incredibly awry. Finishing some final level movers and polish and pushing to get the game playable from start to finish (minus creatures/final polish). Itching to get this game out there. #UnrealEngine5 #Indie #IndieGameDev #GameDev #IndieHorror #HorrorGame #Horror

Me, preparing the garden beds for winter and pulling up all my dead veggies and annuals after our first big freeze. #Gardening #I'llMissYou 😔 #UntilNextSpring

Adventures in searching through Freesound. #IndieGameDev #Freesound #MyBeloved #TurnsDownHeadsetButClicksAnyway

Tis the season! 🎃🦇🍭

Change one letter. Ruin a candy. Nards.

Adding this to my list of free dopamine-inducing videos. 😆 It's the little things like this that make game devving all worth it. #Indie

You know winter is coming when juncos start showing up in your garden ☺️ ❤️❤️🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛

No matter how many times I watch this played, I get such a kick watching people play this for the first time. Definitely worth a pick up. #StreamerSky #VTuber #Streamer #VTuberSky #HorrorGaming #HorrorSky #LookitEm #He'sJustALilGuy<3

I don't know what it is about flushable toilets in games that unify people (devs, gamers, critics), but I've been convinced that all toilets in my games must now flush, no matter what state or how old. #GameDev #Indie #IndieGameDev #JustGamingThings #ItISPrettySatisfying #Flusssshhhhhh

My horror game where you play as a robot vacuum cleaner releases Monday! Give it a wishlist if you think you'd like this game! #gamedev #indiegame #indiegamedev #indiedev #gaming #indiehorror #horrorgame #unrealengine5 #ue5 #unrealengine #indiehorrorgame #horror #horrorgaming #steam #wishlist

Man oh man is lighting hard sometimes a hard set of choices to make. Realism, drawing the player's eye in a particular direction, being able to properly see set pieces I spent lots of time on; there's multiple influences at play and there doesn't seem to be a right or wrong choice. #Indie #GameDev

I absolutely love #Rimworld and the ways your choices affect kid growth outcome. For the most part. Not sure where he got misogyny or cannibalism, but yeah. The rest tracks. Life ain't easy on the Rim.

Me devouring biweekly free #Fab content and growing my burgeoning horde of asset packs and rigged creatures. #UnrealEngine #UE5 #IndieGameDev #GameDev #NomNomNom #ILoveTheRobot #ButIHaveNoNeedOfRobitsInMyPlannedGames #SadFace

🤫🤫🤫 Can you hear them? #GameDev #Indie #IndieGameDev #IndieHorror #HorrorGame #Horror #Spooky #GodILoveTheSoundOfWhispering #InHorrorGamesAnyway #GivesMeGoosebumps

Me working all day on fire ignite and extinguish sound effects. #UE5 #GameDev #IndieGameDev #Polishpolishpolish #Notpictured #MeRapidlyIgnitingAndExtinguishingTheCandle #LikeAKidWithABicLighter #ClickSwishClickSwish

Woah! 1k followers!! 🥳🎉 As promised, I put together a small montage of before/afters I was able to make thanks to duplicating levels during the design process. I'm still working on lighting/polishing but plan on following up with an even better version soon. Thank you so much! #IndieGameDev #UE5

I've really been loving polishing up the basement level of my #IndieGame, as it's a lot smaller and more finite in scope than the rest of the game. Adding in reverb, torch sound effects, Niagara drip effects (with small sounds), and soon, room noise. I love immersion and little touches. ♥️

Starting to build my #Streamer / #VTuber list for the day when my #IndieGame is about to launch, and I'm surprised by how many profiles I find with no business email address or method of contact. Throw a contact in there! I want to contact you but don't want to assume I can slide in your DMs, lol.

"Probably not copyright infringement"

Homogenization of blueprints continues. It really is so satisfying to have a single, customizable, preset-filled Light blueprint. #UnrealEngine5 #UE5 #UnrealEngine #GameDev #Indie #IndieGameDev #SoCleanAndNeatHolyShit #HoweverNowIHaveToReplaceEveryDoorAndLight #Cry

In today's episode of #GameDev growth, I had a sudden inspiration and replaced all my multiple door blueprints into One Blueprint To Rule Them All. Now happily spending my Friday evening with a cup of tea replacing all my doors with the Omega Door. 🍵 😌

The lovely @frosthound.bsky.social got his Steam page up for the longest named Steam game you've see this year! Don't let the cute eyes fool you though; this fits right in with the other spooky games coming out this month. <3 #He'sProbablyHarmless #Probably #Indie #Spooky #Halloween #SpookyGame

Well this looks inviting. #IndieGameDev #Indie #GameDev #IndieHorrorGame #HorrorGame #IndieHorror #Horror #Spooky #UnrealEngine #UE5

Oh my god, absolutely frigging delightful. From the adorable eyes to the fun font of the fantastically verbose name. Even I don't know all the fun secrets in store for this one. :) Can't wait. #IndieHorrorGame #SpookySeason #SpookyCleaning

I'm preparing a little montage video of my WIP game that I plan on putting out onto all the socials once I hit 1,000 followers on Bluesky. Super exciting stuff! I'm so close! 😊😊

You'd think I'd have learned how to stop accidentally opening it by now... #UnrealEngine #UnrealEngine5 #UE5 #GameDev #IndieGameDev #ItNowPromptsMeToUpdateToo #MultipleWindowsToClose #Anguish #Agony

This game has needed an absolute ton of set dressing and polish, but the work has left me with so many beautiful views and angles. ♥️🌈 #UnrealEngine #IndieGame #Indie #IndieGameDev #GameDev #ICouldStareAtThatStainedGlassDecalAllDay #Rainbows #<3

Huh. Well SOMETHING happened since the last time I checked on this room. #UnrealEngine #IndieGameDev #Indie #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieHorror #IndieHorrorGame #HorrorGame #Horror #PuttingTheDunDunDunnnIntoDungeon

As they say, "know thy enemy." And the nuns of St. Agnes' Convent had hundreds of years of collective knowledge on their demonic foe. #UnrealEngine #GameDev #IndieGameDev #Indie #HorrorGame #IndieHorrorGame #Can'tWaitToAddLorePlacardsForThese #IHadSoMuchFunMakingThisRoom

Blender may not be as easy as getting assets at the... flip of a switch, but you can *make* your own flip switch almost as easily! #Blender #IndieGameDev #GameDev #Animation #Indie #HeeHoo #FlippyDoo #IMayNotBeFastInBlender #ButOnceICanKeyFrameAnimations #I'mGoldenBaby

Help, I can't stop adding beautiful little buildings, sheds, greenhouses, rooms, and nooks. #UnrealEngine #UE5 #IndieGameDev #Indie #GameDev #IndieGame #FallVibes #AutumnVibes #VibeVibes #YouCanTellWhenTheSimsComesOutInMeSometimes #Can'tWaitToGetChasedByADemonThroughHere

As I make my final level passes, I keep trying to speed up, finish quickly, but I'm always pulled back into arranging each of my areas just so. I love the little human details of a lived-in area. The cause and effect of time, or the elements. No one else may notice a little detail, but I will. ♥️

I love the cool-tinged weeks before autumn's true start. That melding of two seasons always feels like one long golden hour to me. Hope everyone can have as good a day as they can, today! ♥️🍁