Aerial Warfare #gamedev #indiedev #lowpoly

Mario 64 has bad code when I can point at the 110 line stacked if-else monstrosity in Majora's Mask

People on Twitter see things that give people joy and happiness then reply with something like this

Its unfortunate that criticism of a game that is regarded as a classic is seen as 'ragebait', or by sweeping it under the rug through saying that the game is old. Yes, its a game some may have extreme attachment to, but ignoring differing opinions gives off a narrow perspective.

One thing I do with animations is that after I bake the keyframes I apply "relax pose" at 50% on every frame in Blender's skeleton pose mode. This makes animations ever-so-slightly smoother. Very subtle, but it helps. #gamedev #indiedev #lowpoly

The classic Crash Bandicoot installments are some of my favorite games. What do you think about them?

On january 30th, @diplodocusgames.bsky.social is bringing "Toree's 3D Platformer Collection" to Nintendo Switch. Has been Xbox exclusive for a while and the timing is super odd, I know. There is a really good reason for this, but please bare with us for now. www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

Textures Around Suburbia, a collection of 54 free-to-use textures has been released. I went out and touched grass to get these textures, then edited them to fit into a flat plane. This took a long while. Download link will be in the replies! #gamedev #indiedev

What even is the internet anymore. I feel like I've been disassociating the past week.

Stone done. A lot of the pictures I took had blurry focus so they weren't as usable as I thought they would be. The final section is metal/grass. Merging both because I didn't take much pictures of either.

I had a dream Lego announced the "Super Connections" brick system. It would make every piece unique, so you could only build sets one way, and the pieces could not detach once inserted.

My indie game and its inspirations. #gamdev #indiedev

After further consideration, I've decided I'll be hosting future custom models on itch io. The customs section on Models Resource is not ideal. Game devs dislike the site hosting ripped assets, and the platform doesn't help with building an audience. I hope you understand.

I feel like a lot of games no longer leave the room for interpretation and mystery. Nowadays, things are explained as-is, or people dig through the code and assets to find reasoning.

Mort the Chicken 2: Aliens in Arizona

There exists level creation tools for the NES bootleg version of Super Mario World. Somebody sat down and decided this had to be made.

Super Mario Bros. 3 contains a bizarre "vengeful Thwomp" glitch. Normally, if a Thwomp is hit by a hammer, it just dies. However, if a diagonal Thwomp is hit in the topmost position, it will perform a jump after dying just to get one last revenge attack in.

Bark/Wood done. Up next is stone which I'll have to comb through many images of so it'll take a bit.

Brick/tile textures for the photosourced texture archive are done. Aligning these was a massive pain but worth it I think. Up next is Bark/Wood. I have that halfway done at least since it doesn't involve intensive cleanup to map to a flat image.

I don't know how to explain this without upsetting anybody but I've never enjoyed Half-Life 2. I understand its a historically important game that paved the way for many innovations, but I always end up dropping it halfway through from boredom. Am I just too joyless?

Been editing and cleaning up the images to have nicer contrast and color, similar to the textures found in sources like Alias 3. What do you think?

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Banned Mario 64 Star Names: Put a Stop to Grok Secret of the Nuclear Codes Eye to Eye in the War Room Dark Secret of Tiny Island Wet-Dry's Water Gate Horrors on the Hard Drive Coup the Koopa Empire Grift with a Ghost Hunt Battle on the Billionaires

Didn't expect this platform to become enshittified so quick. Not surprised since Bluesky is funded by the Blockchain Capital.

Big fan of this tree bark texture. Reminds me of the one from Alias 3 a fair lot.

Antonblast is a fascinating case study of indie game development because it had so much setbacks and problems that would topple over any other indie game yet it released.

Editing the images to be aligned nicely. I will be releasing these as a texture pack on itch io. Don't know if I'll make them seamless since doing that by hand is very annoying lol

Touched grass and took dozens of photos of suburban environments for the case of texture creation. I'll see what I can do with them.

Paint Gal nooooo! That hurts people!! #gamdev #indiedev #lowpoly

I feel like I work best when I'm developing in isolation without trying to course-correct from my original ideas due to mid-dev feedback. Of course feedback is good though. I just prefer having something done my way first before wanting any.

stopping short of a reveal, sorry

Pre-concept art does exist but you're still better off doing a crude pencil sketch to hand to the artist than using AI for it

Paint Gal nooooo! That hurts people!! #gamdev #indiedev #lowpoly

These animations I'm making are really funny in stills... They will make a lot more sense in action.

Xen

Realized the example image is too subtle which doesn't explain my reasoning correctly. Here is the same example but with a lower poly model which shows more extreme effects on subsurf that edgeflow'd edgeloops can fix.

I don't know if this is being explained right at all, but using edge flow tools on added edge loops to expand your model can fix the shrinking effect caused by subsurf.

Being young is questioning why the educational system exists and why it pushes students so hard. Being old is the realization that ignorance of knowledge at a critical period in life is why we have so many issues right now.

Its funny how only a few days in making this place my social media home again I've become more tolerant and thinking about things I dislike far less. Its nice being happy for a change.

Current mood

annalynn drill arm

Here's some of the moves Twinkle can chain together! 👽💚 #lowpoly #gamedev #indiedev

"Busy day, Alan?"

I made this render intended for this post but it didn't sit right with me.

Duck Dodgers for N64 (yes, this exists) honestly looks surprisingly good. I really like the way everything pops out. Low poly works wonders with the abstract style of the source material.

Distancing myself from people with extreme opinions and thoughts has cleared a lot of fog from my mind. I feel a lot happier with no longer being in fear of having to stay in line. Sometimes, you just need to be yourself. No memes or irony to mask personality. No social stigmas of opinion.

I believe that the idea of story not mattering in games is an outdated view of the medium. Many games use characters and their motives as a method of expression. Story shouldn't be the main reason to make a game but rather a method of support for engagement and interest.

Of all platforms I shared my Art vs Artist video, Twitter been the only place where some people were actually disappointed I was black! I screenshoted that one because it's so hilarious to me! If you are a popular animator and make cute things, you can't be black? So Twitter 😂😭