I... With a waveform like that, I'd rather not, Freesound...

Such a small thing, but this game has made me *actually* excited to work in #Blender on models that are all my own. Low poly, best practices, and easily editable. Thank goodness there are so many items I need that are nice and box shaped. :) #Indie #IndieGameDev #GameDev #MyBox<3

If you aren't utilizing 90% of your RAM at all times, are you even game devving? #Indie #GameDev #IndieGameDev #NoRAMNoProblems #MyComputerScreamingMeansItsWorking

Time for my first #ScreenshotSaturday ! Not just of the game's progress, but my own as a dev. I made/recorded this glass #foley myself, cobbled together all the physics knowledge I had, and have something that looks, sounds, and feels pretty good! I love all the learning with #GameDev ♥️

It's ridiculous how satisfying it is to manipulate 3d bottles. Until you have to do it 50 times! Finding the happy medium between simulator and game will take a lot of prototyping. Hee hoo, bottle goes in square hole. #UnrealEngine #GameDev #Indie #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #LickableMesh

Roses are red, that's what they say, but starting tomorrow...

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After restarting a new main game development project, as well as polishing my little microphone booth, I've created my first Dev Log documenting my journey into #GameDev, as well as the types of games I like and want to create. Check it out! #Indie #IndieDev #IndieGameDev #IndieHorror #DevLog

Starting the groundwork of my new game in earnest, with best practices, correct scoping, and fundamentals from the very beginning. Which is good, because I'll be using a *lot* of bottle physics assets. More to come! #GameDev #IndieGameDev #Indie #IdPayGoodMoneyForMasonWine

Haven't checked Clearsky in a while, found I got put on this list back in January. I feel like I should wear this as a badge of honor.

As I start the foundation for my new game after my break, I have a number of goals. One of the most crucial is learning how to code smarter. Brute forcing and copy/pasting was easier than adding new nodes to my mental dictionary. Time to change that. #UnrealEngine #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #GameDev

There are so many talented devs on display at #PaxEast. Tried a dozen games this weekend, chatting with devs about art styles, UI design, controllers. Take the time to jump into any empty seat you find when in the Expo Hall, you may be pleasantly surprised! #Pax #Indie #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Me after listening to the fantastic storytime with @writnelson.bsky.social. Can't wait to start my next project on Monday. #Pax #PaxEast #MakeArtWithWhatYouGot #JustMakeItExist #TheWorldDeservesIt

At this point, I get calls twice a week from my new bank regarding my inability to transfer money in or out of the account. Every time it's the same message: still doesn't work. It'd be more frustrating if it wasn't so absurd. Maybe on my 10th call I'll get some kinda freebie... 🤔

Being new to a hobby means progress isn't linear. After some hard realizations in the past weeks, I've realized that the Convent horror game was just scoped too large, and I'm in too much tech debt. I wanted it to be a 6-month endeavor, and I have a minimum of 12 before it's halfway decent.

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

After a few weeks in the DaVinci and YT mines, it took some time to shake off the #UnrealEngine rust. Celebrated with some Niagara learning: mesh renderers and array randomizers, collision events, random rotation. Rocks fall, everyone dies. #GameDev #IndieGameDev #Indie #IndieGames #IndieHorror

Learning #Krita

Experimenting with chroma keying my soon-to-be YouTube video avatar white cat (like my profile pic) and accidentally inverted the colors. I've created a monster. 😨 #RevealingOnesInnerDemon #I'dStillGiveHerTreatsThough

As I've been falling more and more down the rabbit hole of movement games, I've really been enjoying freedom of movement, and the sword lunge technique feels SO good I want to find a future game to integrate it into.

Me jamming out to the same on-hold music as the 6th person I've gotten in contact with tries to help solve my business bank account issue. #I'mLuckyIt'sSuchA90sBop #NotWorking? #NoProblem #IfIEscalateAnyMoreI'llRunOutOfOxygen

Took all of a day to yearn for a voice recording improvement, so the blanket needed an upgrade. Necessity, meet invention. 📦 #Indie #IndieGameDev #VoiceRecording #IfitWorksItWorks #TrulyMyCreativityKnowsNoBounds

Recording voice lines for a YouTube vid about game development that I wanna make and discovered that my room is too big and echoey. I don't have a recording closet so... I improvised. Behold! Peak voice recording setup. 😆 #GameDev #IndieGameDev #VoiceActing #VoiceRecording #WhateverWorks

Can you survive off 10k sales for a $15 game? www.patreon.com/posts/can-yo...

Haven't been posting as many development updates lately. Been solidifying my timeline for my game and working on polishing DaVinci skills, as I plan on trying to dabble in YouTube dev logs and memes as well. Honestly, Audacity and DaVinci work has been a nice break and fun to learn. More to come!

They were right. You start off by crouch slide jumping. Figuring out the grappling hook. Air strafing. You get your first taste of weightlessness. Next thing you know, you're chaining wall jumps into sling shots and hitting the ground without losing momentum. #Titanfall *is* a gateway drug. 😞

Episode 1 of #OnePiece: How is this knucklehead having his flag flown in Gen Z protests across the world? Episode 405 of #OnePiece: I will fly this man's flag from my own goddamned house.

Still working on polishing the rough edges of particle effects and animation, but not a bad start. Loving how the shadows of this place feel mixed with the brightness of the torches. #Indie #IndieGameDev #GameDev #HorrorGame #IndieHorror #Gaming #Horror

If there's a wizard when it comes to knowing, appreciating, and designing movement in video games, it's this guy. 🙂 That wizard math often goes over my head but this video was super informational and helpful with visuals. It's got me thinking how to add movement in my *own* game ideas.

Polish continues, this time with the Lore Compendium. A few rounded outlines, some nice texture pics, testing new fonts, and this is really starting to look quite nice. ❤️ #Indie #IndieGameDev #GameDev #IndieHorror #IndieHorrorGame

Today's been a day of importing and implementing sound effects. Almost forgot the most important one, until I remembered the sage words of @imdreamwarrior.bsky.social 😌

Me when I try to wrap my head around data tables that can pull arrays of structs used for other data tables and I try to comprehend that it's just rows of data all the way down. #GameDev #IndieGameDev #Indie

Learned how to tie collision hits on physics objects to sound cues, and Indie Game Dev has given me far too much power. –Hey, that's a new body... #Indie #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieHorror #Horror

The former makes me feel like I've accomplished more that day, even if the latter is what actually makes the game run. 🤭 #Indie #IndieGameDev #GameDev #TheStruggle

It's wild how a polished UI instantly gives a feeling of authenticity to your game. A cohesive color scheme, a few animations, and suddenly you realize how close you're getting. #UnrealEngine5 #UE5 #UI #Indie #IndieGameDev #GameDev

YOU!!!! After an hour of hunting through ComboBoxString options trying to figure out *why* this one particular tint would not change. FOUND IT.😭 #UnrealEngine5 #UE5 #GameDev #Indie #IndieGameDev #TheresSoManyOptions #AllTheNamesRunTogether

What I expected #OnePiece to be: 😆 🏴‍☠️ 👒 💰 🏄‍♂️ 🎉 What it's turning out to be: 😨 ⚔️ ☠️ 😭 ❌ ✊

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