[1/7] 🧵 Hey. Been quite a while, huh? Unfortunately, things haven't been going great and i wanted to make a post about why there has been no updates. P.S. this will be yet another "me whining" post, but i wanted to at least explain things, so, sorry and thank you. #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

Hey #PortfolioDay! We're Zero Thoughts Studio - a small indie game studio making games like "Worm Regards" - a 3D bug collecting sandbox with charming NPCs and amazing story and "King of the croak" - a hardcore precision platformer about a frog that wanted to climb the tallest mountain!

Kwa Kwa my phroggers! Long time no news about KOTC? Well, wait no more, because i bring you some of the sneak peeks into what's in store for the 1.0 version of the game! Some art sketches ive made for the levels to come~ (wooooork) #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #platformer #Unity #art #pixelart

I. AM. BACK! I'M SO BACK!!!👀 Oh boy oh boy. what was initially planned as a period of a week or two turned into 33 days of beuracracy, going from hostel to hostel and a bunch of unplanned spendings 💀 I got a home, internet and my PC. HELLO PEOPLEEEEE!!!✨ #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #cozygame

Hello everyone! I am moving out. Even though not much work has been posted during this very hard period of going through bureaucracy hell and extra work, i am very sad to say that my side of things will be paused for the period. Hopefully i return soon ❤️✈️ #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #cozygame

Hello everyone! Been a hot minute, eh? Sorry for the absence, i really needed a break from extra work, due to rising stress from IRL stuff. a TLDR pf all that happened: I wrote ~10k lines of boring code, but i do have news for future~ #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #Unity #art #3d #cozygame #VFX

Hello beautiful peeps! This day finally came! I present to you - THE LEGENDARY drop VFX! Orange didn't suit it since it was blending in with some current (and future) environments, so its sTyLiSh ReD~ Yippee! #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #Unity #art #3d #cozygame #VFX

Hey hey everyone! Couple days ago I teased something crawling in the grass. I guess it is time to finally reveal it, eh? This little thing is called a "Heartbeetle", a japanese rhino beetle with a heart shaped body! Isn't it awesome? #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #Unity #art #3d #cozygame #VFX

Greetings bug and frog enjoyers of all kinds! Today i present you - EPIC LOOT VFX yippee we're moving closer to legendary! Got a lot of IRL brewing up in the meantime, so, can't really focus on work properly right now. #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #Unity #art #3d #cozygame #VFX

I am happy to finally announce a game we've been working on for the last month:🧵 "Worm Regards" is a semi-open world bug catching collection multiplayer cosy game that will allow you to venture in the beautiful world filled with a bunch of collectable bugs! #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #3D #Unity

Days go by, things get more and more interesting and the game is starting to feel more like a game, rather than a sandbox with a player character, although, still raw. So how about a little teaser? I wonder what's hiding in the grass there? #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #Unity #art #3d #cozygame

Sup everyone! For the last couple of days i've been mostly busy with organising things, real life and many other *boring* things. Anyways, this is where its starting to get interesting! Here's a Rare loot drop VFX! Hope you like it. #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #Unity #art #3d #cozygame #VFX

Haro evurinyan! Hawayu im fain sank u Ahem- that scene from nichijou hits hard ngl. Anyways, since i am finally finished with all of the current VFX, here's one for the "Uncommon" rarity. Nothing special yet, but it gets better, trust me #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #Unity #art #3d #cozygame #VFX

Today is meme break. I'm cooking up some VFX ;) I actually was discussing me working on this game with my colleague and he said "Yeah, i bet you have a whole lot of bugs in this game". At first i was angry cause how dare he doubt my skills but then i got the joke... #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

Hey #PortfolioDay! A bit late, but better than never! My name's lemostick, and I'm a co-founder and CEO of this small dream-inspired indie studio called "Zero Thoughts"! We're doing a bunch of wonderful things, and i'd love for you to check some of our stuff out ;)

I guess you can call me Santa, cause for the next couple days i'm gonna be bombing you with VFXes i'm gonna be making. Today i bring you a common "loot drop". Of course there are different rarities and i'll post them soon, don't worry! #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #Unity #art #3d #cozygame #VFX

Me, when i post a VFX i was excited to show and thought people will like and it getting the least amount of attention possible #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

What, do you think, happened to this little bug feller? Please ignore the fact that its a cube, we're working on this. You can let us know what you think and view a bunch of exclusive content on our discord server! - discord.gg/e837QyPR2S #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #Unity #art #3d #cozygame

Here's some old WiP for Worm Regards while im still finishing cooking stuff. Before and after! It honestly was a hell of a long way coming from our first visual asset integration, to what we have right now... Thanks Polyart for help❤️ #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #Unity #art #3d #cozygame

I am happy to finally announce a game we've been working on for the last month:🧵 "Worm Regards" is a semi-open world bug catching collection multiplayer cosy game that will allow you to venture in the beautiful world filled with a bunch of collectable bugs! #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #3D #Unity

Yeah, in the center of that white wire sphere is a small cube running around in the grass. What for, - you may ask? No idea - I blatantly lie to your face >:) Anyways, i'll probably announce what the hell we've been doing pretty soon, stay tuned! ❤️ #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #3D #Unity

Here's a funny haha meme for you while im working! For me, playtesting usually reveals major bugs, i try to replicate them (like 20 times), i fix them, playtesting isn't showing any bugs, i give the game to my friends and THERE ARE OLD BUGS AS WELL AS NEW ONES AAAA #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

Yeah... this doesn't look ominous at all haha... But anyways, here's a very bad processed screenshot of what i'm working on rn: The environment in the (previous) question: Its... ok, but i just can't do mountains, on god #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #3D #Unity

Yo, not to brag but... I am ASS at environment design lmaooo I guess i need to go outside or travel more or whatever, cause this child of the mountains forgot how nature looks apparently Does anyone know some good vids about #3D #environmentart i could study up on??? #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

Sup, everyone! So i've been tinkering, tweaking, looking for alternatives and whatnot, cause i didn't really like how the look of the game was turning out and... For now, i'm just gonna say: something good is coming... #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #Unity #art #3d

Time to share with you another thing about what's been buggin me past month!!! Not gonna lie, i totally messed the post-processing on this though. This has been a tough journey of adjusting to 3D, building a custom physics engine and a lot more. #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #Unity #art #3d

Heyyy.... yeah. SO! Its finally time to start unfolding what's been happening i guess. For the last couple weeks i've been working with MULTIPLAYER!!! And yes, the video below clearly shows you the fruits of my labour hehe... THERE'S A LOGIN SCREEN YIPPEEEEEEEE #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #Unity

So, apparently there have been changes to Unity's packages and APIs in terms of my current project and my plans of showing something this weekend kinda crumbled but i still have hope Sleep deprived, fuelled by anger and caffeine, i march into the new uncharted lands! Stay tuned! #indiedev #gamedev

For the past couple of days i've been banging my head against my code, windering why my data isn't showing properly on the screen, even though i set it up correctly, and it loads and i've got all this big system and... Turns out i forgot to pass it as an argument... I'm okn't :) #indiedev #gamedev

Heyall! I know its been some time since i last updated you on anything, but let's just say that i've been... busy. No context provided for now. #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #Unity #art #3d

I bring you a new update for the side project! I've added some VFXs to the background, foreground, updated the movement trail, added dash VFX, added ambient sounds and also dash and parry sounds. Also its 60 fps so you can enjoy it properly~ #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #Unity #art #pixelart

Today i broke one of my colleagues by telling him "You IT guys and your abstruse phrasings", and the man had the most funny confused face i've ever seen. It was both a mix of "wait, you work here too" and "what the heck did you just say". Funniest thing i've seen all day #gamedev #indiedev

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Guys, i brought in this new wireless PC mouse today, i plugged it in but it doesn't seem to work... only makes some kind of beep sound whenever i click on it... Also, the clerk said its powered by double-seed battery... Have anyone encountered the same issues with this model? All help appreciated

So i've been working on a "training dummy", more like an invincible enemy that just doesn't run. Also, i've implemented times enemies can block your attacks before their guard breaks, and on a lot of DAT JUICE for the attacks. Think looks good 🤔 #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #Unity #art #pixelart

Tried to call an object "FreezeFrameManager", instead it started compiling scripts while i was writing, i missed a key, my whole PC froze and i got a "Freezer" in the end instead... That's a win in my book, not gonna lie, a solid, fitting name. Im keeping it. #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

Today marks an amazing milestone. Just around a half an hour ago i've finished the dialogue and quest system for KOTC. And this... results in all of the code backbone done for the game. From now on, its all art and levels. A new stage begins. #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #platformer #Unity

Me: *resting* Random inspiration on how to solve the code problem i've been having for the past month: HALLO! Me: ohshootohfrickineedtocodegottagofast!!!! #indiedev #gamedev

It's out! Had some troubles along the way, but its here! Wander around the enchanted forest with your trusty radio in hopes of finding the missing musicians to perform at the festival! Spring Festival is available for PC. Enjoy~ #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #platformer #Unity #art #pixelart

I'm never building WebGL again. Never. Been waiting for that *** for 1.5 hours, cancelled the build, tried again, resulted in a failure multiple times, switched back to windows - half of the dependencies and packages are dead, no info even on stack overflow. Lesson learned... #indiedev #gamedev

When i say that we cooked... i mean that we FREAKING COOKED! The game comes out tomorrow night. I'm sure you won't miss it because im gonna blow up your feed with the announcement! Im so freaking hyped! #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #Unity

While we're cooking, let's shower some love on our studio's mascot THE BIRB! Her name is Boopie because she does Boopie sounds! Maybe someday i'll post a video of her :3 She sometimes isn't the most graceful or bright but we love her anyways! More story on our discord! #birdsky #indiedev #gamedev

Breaking news: Me and The Boys™ are cooking a thing for an annual Cozy Winter Game jam. Gonna be done by the end of sunday so stay tuned! #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

We're moving away from the bean phase with this side-project! At this stage of the project its quite obvious that i've taken "One Finger Death Punch" as an inspo. It still lacks a lot of impacts, sounds, etc but its all coming together! #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #Unity #art #pixelart

So I've been tinkering with the beans again. Funny story bout them which i'll tell on our studio's discord so JOIN IT PLS 😭 Anyways, you might understand the direction of my doings from this vid but if you don't - stay tuned cause i might post something juicy soon ;) #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

Advertise your account (indie game?) with one Simpsons image. (gif?) Yeah. Seems about right.

Kwa kwa my phroggers! Been a minute don't you think? To make up for this looooong break, how about i give you something juicy? Here's a mockup for one of our story intro panels! (still WIP) wonderful art by @rumblecade.bsky.social Stay tuned! #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #platformer #Unity #art

Happy holidays everyone! Yeah, i kinda forgot about christmas but at least im here to wish you a Happy New Year! Its been a long ride, but we made it! Hope we will have a normal uneventful 2025... Thank you for your support everyone! See you in 2025! ;) ❤️ #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #platformer

I have noticed that there were a lot of AI profiles following this and my personal accounts in the past couple of days and thought it was weird. @steinmakesgames.bsky.social made a brilliant list that allows u to moderate it all in one click. Contribute if you can <3 #gaming #gamedev #indiedev

So, news. Separated my personal account from this one. This is gonna be cleaned a bit and used as a proper studio account. Much love <3