I made the NPCs turn their heads to look at each other and the player. Small touch but it makes them look so much more lifelike. #gamedev #indiegame

Following yesterday's discussion with @nifflas.bsky.social I decided to fix my dialogue widget to prevent words from jumping to next line as they get typed in. Right now I'm only using this widget for info terminals around the city, but it will be used for NPC dialogue as well in the future.

There's still a lot of work to do on the NPC behaviors but the city already looks so much more alive! #gamedev #indiegame #procgen

My friend Lucian just started a devlog where he shares his experience and the struggles of starting out as a part time gamedev. Check it out! #gamedev #indiegame

Oh I almost forgot. The NPC hit impacts are still working with the new modular models. And they are even more hilarious now! (Sound on! 🔊🔊🔊) #gamedev #indiegame

The NPCs can now lounge on the sunbeds both outdoors and indoors. Although they won't fully lean back, as different sunbed models may have their backs at different inclines. So I figured it's safer if they just sit casually. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame

The good news is I managed to get the NPCs to find beds and sleep in them. The bad news is, well... #gamedev #indiegame

Managed to teach my NPCs some civic sense by using dynamically placed Nav Mesh Modifiers (shown in yellow). Now they will avoid walking on grass and roads, unless they really have to. #gamedev #indiegame

Added a leisure phase to the NPC routines. Every day after work each NPC will stop at some point of their commute home and visit a rooftop terrace, a park, or a leisure related interior. Unlike the work schedules, leisure time and location will be different every day. #gamedev #indiegame

Currently working on adding variety and flare to the NPC routines. In the meantime, here are some glamour shots of the living city. #gamedev #indiegame #procgen

More hairstyles, facial hair, and glasses for the procedural NPCs! Also fixed the hair UVs somewhat. Very tempting to add some clothing options too, but I think I'll leave that for later. #gamedev #indiegame #procgen

Added 40 new hairstyles today, and I still have more hair assets that need to be adjusted and fine tuned to fit my NPCs. Pretty tedious work, even though I am not modeling them from scratch, but the increase in NPC variety is worth it. Facial hair and accessories next! #gamedev #indiegame #procgen

All the wall art in Vuntra City is procedural, and I love it when the game generates something that actually looks good! #gamedev #indiegame #procgen

I recently had some fun taking texture photos in both a rural and urban environment. I'm definitely no professional, but the quality of the images is pretty good. I made two texture packs you can use for FREE: cashew-olddew.itch.io/village-high... cashew-olddew.itch.io/urban-high-r... #GameAssets

Tomorrow I will be giving a presentation on my solo dev experience for the local gamedev community. It will be live streamed on the Transylvania Association for Gamedev and Art Projects (TAGAP) youtube channel: www.youtube.com/@TAGAP-org The stream will start at around 7:30 EET. #gamedev #indiedev

The transitions could still use some work, but I got the basic "at home" idle routine working! The NPCs now pick a random available seat within a range, sit there for a bit, then get up and pick another. I can add other animations and build more complex idle behaviors on top of this. #gamedev

Ok I think I'm getting somewhere. This is how y'all sit down, right? #gamedev #indiegame

Trying to teach my NPCs to sit on the furniture. Nailed it? 😖 #gamedev #indiegame

Saw this cool world aligned halftone shader in Cyberpunk 2077 and tried to recreate it in Unreal Engine. Don't think this is how they did it, but close enough!

New devlog about the freshly added modular NPCs that replace the old low poly placeholders: youtu.be/h8ga0hLpfp0 #gamedev #indiegame #procgen

Biolune is officially coming soon on Steam! 🌳🐌🌲🌘🐁🌲☀️ Play as a little robot fascinated by organic life. Terraform moons, cultivate ecosystems, and build a strange, beautiful home in an uncaring void. Wishlist now! ✨ store.steampowered.com/app/3070190/...

Made a little showcase of the NPC variety I can generate with just 3 body types, 3 faces, and 4 hairstyles per gender. I will be adding more of course, so this is just the start! #gamedev #indiegame #procgen

I think I just found the most hilarious procedural NPC name yet! Bonus hilarity for the NPC being male and his first name being obstructed by the wall. #gamedev #indiegame #procgen

I made a fix for Shadertoy Exporter to help out @runevision.bsky.social, here's the repo: github.com/larathedev/s... I couldn't make builds for MacOS and Linux as I don't have the hardware, but if anyone is experienced with those platforms and knows how to build for them, let me know.

Just saw Tron: Ares in the cinema and man what a disappointment. Tron: Legacy is one of my favorite movies despite its flaws simply for the art direction, worldbuilding, and the music. And this new one lacks all of those things, it's just a regular action movie with flashy SFX. Bummer.

This is what the new modular NPCs look like in the game right now. Although I am still tweaking their materials and colors, as well as working on adding more hairstyles, clothes, and accessories, so this is still not the final look. #gamedev #indiegame #procgen

Good morning from Vuntra City! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame

The first iteration of modular NPCs is a go! The variety of clothes and hairstyles is a bit lacking for now, but I will be adding more over time. Also facial feature sliders will be coming. What do you guys think? #gamedev #indiegame #procgen

Found this cozy street bar. #gamedev #indiegame #vr

Always fun to find a double firework station on a rooftop and just sitting back for a bit to enjoy the show. #gamedev #indiegame

Haven't posted any pretty cityscapes from my environment demo in a while, so here's one. #indiegame #gamedev

I’ve been training my cat to play ambient music. Last night he hit me with this hauntingly beautiful chord change after 10 minutes of A7sus4

Changed the sound from piano to synth. Might add a few more variants and make them random. Although I think I should stop messing around and get back to working on the NPCs. But this is just too damn fun! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame

This is more fun than I expected! Although it's really hard to play, feels like playing the piano in a dream. #gamedev #indiegame #procgen

Been procrastinating today by making procedural keyboards for Vuntra City. And yes the keys can be pressed and they will be fully functional once I hook up the sounds. #gamedev #indiegame #procgen

The NPCs in Vuntra City don't just walk around the player randomly and disappear when they're out of sight like in most games with crowds. Each one of them has a schedule to follow and I demonstrate it in my new video. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxLC... #gamedev #indiegame #procgen

Knights of Guinevere pilot looks very promising! Looking forward to a new sci-fi/cyberpunk show, hopefully!

Playing around with the NPC movement speeds, and apparently if I increase them enough I get this hilariously panicked city. But at least they get to their destinations more reliably 😆 #gamedev #indiegame

The best part about procedural environments is how they never cease to surprise even their creator. Like this colorful space I've discovered that looks really weird but strangely alluring. #gamedev #procgen #indiegame

Made this timelapse of Vuntra City coming alive with the NPCs, cars, and sky trams zooming around. #gamedev #indiegame #procgen

Next month I will be heading to GIC'25 in Poznan. Always happy to meet up with fellow developers and talk #gamedev and #procgen, so if anyone else is going let me know!

Found this unusual multilevel space in the Environment Demo. #gamedev #indiegame #procgen

Although I don't have the time to record music these days, I just remembered that I still have some of my old tracks on SoundCloud. Looks like I haven't written any music in 11 years. Can't believe it's been that long, should probably get back into it 😅 Here's one: soundcloud.com/lara_the_dev...

All of Vuntra City's 1,048,576 NPCs have home and work locations and fully simulated schedules. Here's a test I just recorded where I follow a random character from the crowd: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAyS... #gamedev #indiegame #procgen

By the way, for all the new followers: if you're interested in my project, I have a Discord where you can give me feedback and suggestions, or just hang out and chat: discord.gg/UU3CbNnJDp #gamedev #indiegame

By the way, the glowing floors in Vuntra City's interiors are inspired by this scene from Tron: Legacy. That's why I always get so excited when I encounter a procedural space with a similar vibe! #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #procgen

Just posted a new #devlog sharing my process making procedural stained glass windows with dynamic lighting in #Godot! Was cool getting to edit some engine code for the first time to enable this effect! #gamedev

I don't know why I haven't seen this video before, but this is one of the coolest musical experiments I've heard! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sthc...

New devlog on my procedural NPC progress! No big new features in this one, just a bit more detail on how the NPC behaviors work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Jw... #gamedev #procgen #indiegame