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*Spends three hours trying to figure out how to do a thing* *Gives up and has lunch* *Comes back and figures it out in under five minutes* I love #GameDev !

Street Fighter II and Soucalibur are only eight years apart, the length of time it now takes to almost make one game before it is cancelled.

Me: "Right, let's get down to the gy..." Brain: "HEY! WOULDN'T IT BE FUNNY IF THEY REPLACED THE LIGHTSABERS IN STAR WARS WITH BASEBALL BATS AND THE JEDI RAN AROUND BEATING PEOPLE'S HEADS IN!" Me: "Why are you like this?"

Me: "Right, let's work on the g..." Brain: "HEY! I'VE SUDDENLY REMEMBERED A SONG I'VE NOT HEARD IN 20 YEARS!" youtu.be/SQ14TMcDBEI

*Makes coffee vending machine asset for his game.* *Spends an hour adding details like buttons and a coin mechanism and nozzles.* *Remembers that this coffee machine is only visible through an old, low rez CCTV camera* *Deletes all the details the player will never see for performance.* FML

I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.

If I was ever going to suggest something is that if you're working on a big creative thing, work on a small thing on the side. Preferably something out of your comfort zone were you have to learn something new. Not only is it a break from big thing but you get ideas and new skill for big thing.

I sure do love following tutorials and it not working. Love that. That and falling asleep in the middle of them and having to rewatch them

Again, we don't hate the head of Epic enough.

Just pushed this update to version control... What am I doing with my life?

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I love references only a handful of old farts like me will get. #gamedev

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This however. You're just going to trust me that this is cool!

Two pieces of middleware was to deal with Unity's god awful animation system.... I'm a grown adult.

So to tide you over, here's a small asset I worked on today. It's small but cute!

Some news on my game(s) now that I'm back from break. I was given a very generous donation over the holiday and I've invested that money into some Unity middleware to make life a little easier and better. Which means I've been learning those which doesn’t make very good screenshots.

Do you know what the BEST thing about #gamedev is? Spending hours coding something then learning that there's already has a two click solution in the engine! CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THAT!

My new year's plans in a nutshell:

GOD DAMMIT! I managed to get all the way to Christmas day without hearing Wham, only to fall at the finish line!

Bought all my Christmas presents over a month ago. Got around to wrapping them now, as is tradition.

Hey got a few new follows so here's a "Hi." I'm mostly going to be sticking to my game making stuff here. Trying to keep my doom-scrolling to a minimum, so I'll only post here from time to time. Right now in my holiday I'll mostly be teaching myself to use some middleware so I won't post too much.

Right, I've really got to knuckle down and deal with Unity's notoriously bad UI system and make menus for my game... Or I could just make fun little gribblies for the wall in Blender and pretend I'm progressing... Hehe! Greeble is such a fun word...

Hi #gamedev ! Just a little reminder: FFS! USE VERSION CONTROL! After one big hot key fat finger I didn't notice resulted in 20 minutes of lost work instead of 3 hours!

Here it is again in game with its stylised shader. A lot of #gamedev is convincing yourself you're progressing. I mean I should be working on the in game menu but that's BOOOOOOORING!

Sorry I haven't been posting much. I've been mostly learning stuff on the game making front and that's not very interesting. But I've decided to add little reward items to throw around. If only as an excuse to fire up Blender. Here's one of them.

Ever wonder why your choices don't matter in a "your choices matter" game? Well it's because gets complicated. FAST! Even with dedicated non-linier story writing tools. Tho I highly recommend it as it's a lot of fun making a "choose your own adventure" book!

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The thing about #gamedev is that there's always another rabbit hole to dive down. You learn one thing, and several another new things will pop up behind it. I've had to stop myself a few times. Like today. "The default lens flare is FINE! You DON'T need to learn how to make your own yet!"

I'm a grown adult. #gamedev

@phisnom.com When you're out tomorrow, you might want to grab a can of contact cleaner. XLR plugs get shit and oxidation on them all the time. I use isopropyl alcohol myself as a fix all.

Third project? Oh yeah. I've not shown much of the second yet. Started as a game jam thing and now I want to finish it.

*Makes a short test to learn non-linear story tools. Accidentally starts 3rd game project* God damn it! #GameDev

Me: "Right! I had a few days off, so let's concentrate and get caught back up!" Brain: "Let's humm this on repeat!" youtu.be/d5P5Tz3VH94

Ugh! I hate trying to relax. I get bored and anxious if I'm not doing something. Why the greasy buggery couldn't I have this problem 20 years ago?

Don't get me wrong. Making stuff for other creators that will appreciate it is cool. It's making stuff for a soulless corporation I don't get. They don't care about you (and NEVER will) so why give a shit about them?

Like all those Pokemon fan games that get fucked by Nintendo's lawyers. You KNOW that will happen. Why not make your own thing? I have so many of my own ideas I have no clue why people want to use someone else’s IP. I mean steal IDEAS all you like. It's morally correct to steal those from Nintendo!

Okay. I feel a little chatty now I shouldn't be doing the better things I should be doing. Here's the thing. I don't get making fan content. Why spend days, YEARS even, making something that will get copyright claimed by a soulless corporation? If you love something, make something like it.

Oh yeah! Here's a doodle of @projectionedge.bsky.social I made a few days ago to make the voices stop! They only tell me to look at porn and eat chocolate biscuits, but they are quite tiresome.

I wish I did so much more when I was younger. But don't we all? You had all the time in the world back then and Team Fortress 2 wasn't going to play itself! Still. A few days off won't hurt. It won't last because I just enjoy making "stuff" too much.

I hate this. Getting out of hospital lit a fire under me but sadly I'm not 20 any more. I've been giving myself monthly goals and I have been beating them and escalating the challenge each time. I might have to back off on that a little. Still winning at no nut November tho! HAHA!

Few the last few months. I've been killing it. Creating loads of stuff for the comic and games (I have two now coz I'm stupid) I'm making. But a few days ago I got given glasses and last night my hand felt numb and I have that strapped up. I feel very old all of a sudden.

Hey.

I've been a bit quite on here, as I have better things to do than doom-scroll. But I've been busy.

You know what's good for creativity? Spending six months in hospital. There's nothing like having your mortality sitting there with a huge, shit-eating grin on its face to get you motivated. I don't recommend it tho.

Imagine texting a beautiful woman with this.

Amazon have removed the guns from their Bond posters, giving the tantalising impression that Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan think you’re a wanker.

Yes I enjoy making up stupid, rude brand names that are references. You can't stop me! #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #AwMeDev