I made this from nothing and textured it in 20 minutes with the new Scythe 0.10 update. It's called "The Texturing Update" for a reason. More below...

Finally bit the bullet and invested some time in trying a more complex texture authoring process to give them the handpainted-lite look I wanted, and I am finally happy with the look. But one benefit of increasing the masking is I have many more layers to play with! #altfire #indiedev #ue5 #blender

#ScreenshotSaturday for #AltFire. Getting through the whole art pipeline for this arena. Throughout this week I got masking, pipe generators, and decals online. #IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev #UE5 #EnvironmentArt

A few progress shots on one of #altfire first arena maps. Been building out textures, decals, skybox elements and environment art blueprints. *Still work in progress! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #ue5 #environmentart

Quick morning sketch. Finally putting to paper the concept I have for #altfire minigun. I wanted to buck the trend of either the round 6 barrel look, or the 3 barrel look, landing on an angular reciprocating 4 barrel design. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #conceptart

Quick showcase of the art test map I've used for working on natural environments, skyboxes, and visual effects. Not a real location in game, just for experimentation. *All the sfx are temp, and some elements are still WIP. #altfire #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #ue5 #screenshotsaturday

Added final touches on skybox art and controls, including colors, clouds, stars, and cloud cards which add depth to the scene. Quite proud of the result, since most of the techniques I used were just assumptions I made. Any thoughts? #altfire #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #ue5 #screenshotsaturday

Been working on skyboxes this last bit, definitely took some work to get the look I wanted, but happy with the tools I made for it. Far from done, but getting there! #altfire #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #ue5

Discovered my game has some sick tech - if you dodge at the top of a lift, like a lift jump your momentum is transferred but it goes forward instead of up, so you can yeet yourself super far! I'm leaving that in for sure, its too much fun. #altfire #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #ue5 #arenafps

Been working on weapon interaction with the environment this last few weeks, got some nice stylized water effects working for hitscan and projectiles. #altfire #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #ue5 #screenshotsaturday

Spent the week in DC on work, but I still got some time to check out museums. Looking at aerospace stuff definitely has me thinking about space ship designs... 🤔 #scifi #NASM #altfire

Got my new weapon pipeline down to a few minutes, so spent some time adding the remaining weapons to the game! It's a lot but I really like a mixed sandbox. Depending on the game, weapons can overlap functions for the sake of fun. #altfire #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #ue5 #screenshotsaturday

Do I *need* unique projectile hit interactions with every kind of surface? No. Buuuuut .. I want it... #gamedev #indiegame #halflife2hasforeverruinedmyabilitytolowerthebar

Time to start populating this out! Spent some time last night cleaning up the process of adding new weapons, now it should be much faster, meaning I can add more gun more fast. #altfire #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #ue5

New devlog! Learn more about the new level editor I'm using, Scythe, and how its changed the game for how I'll craft levels in the game. youtu.be/GZooMKXFiFY Check out scytheeditor.com for more info, and follow @kronok.bsky.social! #altfire #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #ue5 #scytheeditor

And here she is! In the.. polygons? Slone will be a playable character, and the process of bringing her design to life spans months of concepts, iteration, learning and failure - but I couldn't be prouder of the result. #altfire #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #ue5 #characterdesign #blender

Quick little teaser for #screenshotsaturday. First production character will be revealed soon. #altfire #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #fps #ue5 #characterdesign

Lil fan art on a Friday. Final art and line art also on ArtStation: www.artstation.com/artwork/qJgv3a #kpopdemonhunters #clipstudio #digitalart #illustration

A more animated look at the model of Alt-Fire's assault rifle. While rule of cool comes first in an arena shooter, I like to make weapons somewhat sensible. Magazines, a bolt, a chamber, ways to reload - even if gameplay stretches realism. #altfire #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #fps #ue5 #blender

Finished the first weapon model for Alt-Fire, the R17 Combat Assault Rifle. Modeled, rigged, animated and texture painted in Blender. #altfire #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #fps #ue5 #blender #screenshotsaturday

MATERIALS! I don't envy those who make textures. As satisfying as it is to have them, making them - imo much less so. #altfire #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #fps #ue5

Now that I've procrastinated with level design tools and textures enough, I have to face my player rig 😭 Here I successfully got the rig in and working, and setup a reusable bob and sway animation. Took careful setup, but its worth it. #altfire #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #fps #ue5 #blender

Finishing up work on a small demo area testing out textures and scythe, a new level design tool by @kronok.bsky.social I've been loving. Excited to share more about the process! #altfire #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #fps #ue5 #screenshotsaturday

Finished a solid concept piece for one of the protagonists of AF. Agent Rebecca Slone, the UEG Commando. You can see the time lapse and concept sketches that led to this design here www.artstation.com/artwork/6Lr2On #altfire #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #fps #art #clipstudio #characterdesign

Made a system of parenting material instances upward to a common color patch which lets me update a whole color scheme at once. #altfire #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #fps #ue5 #materials

I don't care if you've watched Star Trek before, I barely have, go watch Lower Decks. It's spectacular. Go ahead, I'll wait. #startrek #lowerdecks

Did a quick 2h drawing of Melinoë since I am still obsessed with Hades II Timelapse on ArtStation: www.artstation.com/artwork/mAN2eE #art #illustration #clipstudio #hades

It's still #screenshotsaturday! Spent today making a dynamic mesh system for #mushroam platforms and crushers. This way designers just make the object the size they want, and it will configure itself! Shoutout to @dunx.bsky.social for making the tasteful voxel pieces! #indiedev #indiegame #skypyre

Finished* #Hades II - holy crap what a game. Normally not my kind of game, but I played the 1st through and jumped right into the second and I just.. can't.. stop! Seriously can't recommend it enough, even if it's outside your comfort zone!

I've just released the newest update to my Unreal Engine level editor called Scythe. Here's what's new... 🧵

I've been testing out some new tech over the holidays, and while on the surface it doesn't look like much, I think it'll be a game changer. Can't wait to share more. #altfire #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #fps #ue5 #scythe

2025 was a rough year for my projects, but I'm hoping with many of the bumps smoothed out towards the end of the year, going forward will be more productive and creative! Alright 2026. Let's make some games. #indiegame #gamedev

Huge thanks to those that came by our Extra Life stream! We surpassed our goal for CHEO and I couldn't be prouder! #skypyre #extralife #charity

Want to watch some idiots play games for charity? Lots of small party games, challenges, and friendly(?) competition. You donate to an individual member of the SP team, and it goes towards our goal of 1000$ CAD for CHEO! www.extra-life.org/participants... #extralife #charity #CHEO #skypyre

Happened upon this earlier, a one click copy and paste outline shader for #unreal. dev.epicgames.com/community/sn... Useful to get you started, and can customize after that! Its by someone that as far as I can tell, is a tech artist at Epic! #indiedev #gamedev #unrealengine #ue5 #shader #stylized

Okay a really like the design of the new Affinity app. Not sure about the Canva integration, but as of now you can ignore it/hide it. Finally my team can all get on the same version of it too since its free! #affinity #graphicdesign

Quick reminder for no particular reason: Unreal Engine is just a tool. Art direction and graphical features are a choice.

A sneak peek behind the scenes of a #skypyre convention setup! @tjmoyes.bsky.social and I collaborated to build this beauty - THE BOOTH! A pair of screens on the front, in two laptops running it from behind. With ample storage! #indiedev #gamedev #vglx

Hey Toronto! If you're around come check out #mushroam at #VGLX ! #toronto #indiegame #gamedev

In case you're wondering, the instrumental #Kpopdemonhunters soundtrack slaps just as hard.

An Interview With SkyPyre Studios Ottawa-based indie studio SkyPyre Studios talks origins, passion projects, and the evolving Canadian indie scene.

Remembering I have social media ⁉️

Come check us out @ottawacomiccon.com! We’re showing off our demo for our upcoming game, MUSHROAM!

Thank you so much to all the players that played the demo for #mushroam over the last 2 weeks. The demo is still up! store.steampowered.com/app/3562630/... And if you enjoy it, please wishlist! That is the #1 way you can help us make the game! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #ue5 #wishlistwednesday

Missed the demo for #mushroam during Next Fest? NO YOU DIDN'T! The demo is still there available for download, play and.. #wishlist? Check it out! store.steampowered.com/app/3562630/... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #ue5 #platformer #demo #puzzle

I've never felt quite as seen as I do now that Unreal - a game engine started with FPS games mind you - has native first person rendering 🙌 3 tick boxes later and you have this. No panini projection, no distortion, just - works. #altfire #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #fps #ue5 #screenshotsaturday

Nick, where has all the Alt-Fire stuff been? Here. In this Charlie Day red yarn meme of a level. This is the scratches on the wall from someone desperately trying to figure out matched player character rigging 🤣 #altfire #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #fps #ue5

#WishlistWednesday time! Say it with me now: Become the bubblemancer's apprentice, and wishlist #Mushroam on Steam! Here are some shots from the #demo you can play right now! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #ue5 #pixelart #voxel #puzzle #platformer