Careful where you point the Lightning Rifle in #DERELIKT!

Coming up with a death animation for an eldritch orb from another dimension was surprisingly tricky... now, what sound should it make? 🎈🤔 #DERELIKT

While I can almost dig the mishmash 2006-era HD-ish aesthetic, this remaster illustrates pretty well my opinion that graphics needs to be stylistically coherent to be aestetically pleasing. Hence why #DERELIKT looks how it looks.

I I / I / I I / I — Project Ark demo This is a narrative experience and the first thing I've ever made for SEGA MegaDrive/Genesis. For a limited time I am making this available to all because I am excited to share this in the hopes that something comes of it— www.aeriform.io/0232a57db92c...

I hear the Plustation launched 30 years ago today in the US - giving us incredible titles like #DERELIKT ...hey waitaminute!

We hit a big milestone, so I'm allowing myself to relax and play some more Xenogears on my Vita!

Had two awesome days with #DERELIKT at #gamescom! Still buzzing from the experience...

Anyone going to Gamescom? 👀 I just decided to go on a whim (Wed & Thu) - since it could be the only time I get to go as a developer! If you are a publisher, let's meet! 😀 I might have a fresh build of #DERELIKT with me...

I created a high poly version of the APC in #DERELIKT in Blender. Its for a pre-rendered CGI cutscene, so it was important to find the right balance between quality and 90s 3D jank.🤪

Yesterday our technical artist made the NPCs in #DERELIKT follow the player with their head. Suddenly they feel so much more alive... 🤯

Setting up some surprises in #DERELIKT's gameworld...😵‍💫 3 years ago, I couldn't have imagined building anything this complex, but today I feel like Cypher in the Matrix...

I cut a window into Collier's room in LVL 08 - so you don't have to talk to a locked door anymore. I also spent a million hours getting the lighting just right so I hope ya'll appreciate it 🫠 #DERELIKT

All lighting in #DERELIKT is painted by hand using vertex color. (Sometimes I bake lights to vertex color, but I always touch it up by hand.) It's the most fun part of the process, as it really transforms a scene!

To finish my story (so far): While I secured funding to finish development, I am currently self-publishing #DERELIKT. That means I can freely show you the dev process!🔍 But it also means we currently have no Publisher assisting with marketing or ports.🥲

Work on #DERELIKT essentially restarted in December 2024. While we could reuse most assets, we started from scratch on the code side. The whole story is even crazier - WAY crazier - but due to legal stuff I can't go into more detail. 😅 Things are still kinda shaky, but we'll make it somehow! ✌️

I had nothing in January 2024. Instead of giving up, I wrote to more publishers. Over a hundred in total. It took a full year, but I managed to secure new funding for #DERELIKT. The budget was smaller - I could only afford a team of three. But we'd make it work somehow. (cont.)

So there I was - unemployed, with nothing but my old #DERELIKT demo from 2022. I couldn't continue working on the full version because the code belonged to the company. I had no team and no money. (cont.)

Alas, making #DERELIKT at that place was not to last: Remember the big industry layoffs in 2024? Me too - I was there! Our parent company cut costs and projects got cancelled, including us. A ton of employees were let go, eventually including me and my team.😥(cont.)

In February 2023 I was offered a job at a big game studio. I got a team, and two years to create #DERELIKT. I quit my job and became a professional game developer. Talk about being thrown in the deep end! My literal dream came true. (cont.) Wishlist DERELIKT: store.steampowered.com/app/3810510/...

Party Like It’s 1999 #DERELIKT #SciFi #Horror #FPS #PS1 #IndieGame #Derelicte

I finished a vertical slice demo of #DERELIKT in late 2022. I worked alone, after my day job, on fridays and weekends. When I was done, I sent out the demo to a few publishers - the worst they could say was no. Amazingly, one said yes. Wishlist DERELIKT: store.steampowered.com/app/3810510/...

I can FINALLY talk about the development of #DERELIKT! TL;DR: It is still coming! Subscribe for a doozy of a development story over the coming days!

DERELIKT is finally on Steam! Share & Wishlist to keep up with development: store.steampowered.com/app/3810510/... DERELIKT is a narrative retro FPS inspired by Alien Resurrection, Doom 3 and System Shock 2, with a dash of lovecraftian cosmic horror.🪐