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On that note, let's also *dive* in another favorite subject of mine:

๐Ÿ’ง Water shaders ๐Ÿ’ง

Here's another behind-the-scenes ๐Ÿงต on the tech-art behind our water visuals in HERDLING:

06.08.2025 14:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 138 ๐Ÿ” 28 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Alright, due to popular demand, let's start talking about the

๐ŸŽถ Beasts with the fur (with the fur) ๐ŸŽถ

in โœจHERDLING โœจ

Here's a ๐Ÿงต with the process and tech behind the fur on our fluffy Calicorns:

04.08.2025 10:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 151 ๐Ÿ” 48 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Herdling โ€“ Release Date Trailer โ€“ Nintendo Switch
Herdling โ€“ Release Date Trailer โ€“ Nintendo Switch YouTube video by Nintendo of America

โœจBREAKING NEWS โœจHERDLING is coming Xbox Series X|S and Game Pass, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Epic Game Store and Steam on AUGUST 21 2025

Release Date Trailer:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvho...

07.08.2025 13:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 95 ๐Ÿ” 41 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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Alkina the Spirit Fox is your trusty companion in Edenfall @everfluxgames.bsky.social I aimed to create an ethereal feel with their movements. Itโ€™s a joy to see Alkina soaring beside you as you explore!

Animated in #UnrealEngine #ue #ue5
#indiegame #indiedev #gameanimation #gamedev #animation

14.07.2025 15:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Forward Rendering

Forward Rendering

Deferred Rendering

Deferred Rendering

GPU Driven Render Path

GPU Driven Render Path

LynxRP: My attempt to make a GPU Driven Pipeline in Unity!

This ADVENTURE started with me wanting to learn Graphics+Rendering by following THE SRP tutorial, but is my last chapter with Unity SRPs (for now).

Next up: VULKAN!

github.com/omr-machine/...

16.07.2025 17:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Villagers & Heroes, Bart Wiltenburg Villagers & Heroes is an mmo, that features a low poly handpainted art style. I had the pleasure to create various ridable mounts, and themed furniture/decoration sets for the game. For each set ...

www.artstation.com/artwork/x3dmYE by our member, @pestibug.bsky.social

30.06.2025 14:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Crescent County - a witch-tech delivery adventure Underground motorbroom street racing. Chaotic deliveries. Kissing on the mouth. A painterly, witch-tech, open world game.

Heads-up that the Crescent County Kickstarter is ending soon!
@electricsaint.bsky.social

They are very close to their final stretch goal of ยฃ90'000.
This means they will reach 200% of their funded goal AND are adding voice acting into the game.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ann...

17.06.2025 15:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bytebond on Steam Split Fiction meets Portal! Bytebond is an electrifying online & couch co-op puzzle game that challenges you to regain control over an infected CPU. Dive into the heart of a PC with your friend an...

One of our members @manusvfx.bsky.social did some epic VFX on this game!
store.steampowered.com/app/1952690/...

12.06.2025 13:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Herdling Future Games Show & Demo Trailer
Herdling Future Games Show & Demo Trailer YouTube video by Panic

๐Ÿ’™NEW TRAILER & STEAM DEMO OUT NOW ๐Ÿ’™
HERDLING is coming to PC and Consoles in Summer 2025

Watch Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPaS...

Play Demo: store.steampowered.com/app/3047750/...

#FutureGamesShow

07.06.2025 20:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 130 ๐Ÿ” 49 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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Blobby Animation Set for Edenfall @everfluxgames.bsky.social

Animation and rigging done in #UnrealEngine #UE #UE5

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #unreal #gameanimation #animation

30.05.2025 16:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 24 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wrack Remake on Steam Inspired by classics like DOOM and Quake, Wrack is an arcade-style FPS. Mow down enemies one after another, and become more powerful the more you kill.ย Amass a deadly arsenal, discover secret powers.....

@pestibug.bsky.social from TGC worked on the guns for Wrack Remake! store.steampowered.com/app/3709080/...

23.05.2025 15:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Goblin , Juan Pereira Goblin - Handpainted Character Art Concept by Tooth Wu https://www.artstation.com/tooth

Goblin character art by @pejuanso.bsky.social from the Game Collective! www.artstation.com/artwork/EzXWee

23.05.2025 15:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸšจOUR CRESCENT COUNTY KICKSTARTER IS LIVE๐Ÿšจ

๐Ÿ’ซDrift and drive on your witch-tech motorbroom
๐ŸŽMake deliveries by day, street race by night
๐Ÿ–Œ๏ธExplore a painterly open world
๐Ÿ˜˜Be a flirty disaster and kiss your friends

Pledge now!!
๐Ÿ‘‰ www.kickstarter.com/projects/ann... ๐Ÿ‘ˆ

20.05.2025 17:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 68 ๐Ÿ” 37 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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Crescent County - a witch-tech delivery adventure Underground motorbroom street racing. Chaotic deliveries. Kissing on the mouth. A painterly, witch-tech, open world game.

One of our member's just released their game on kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ann...
@annahollinrake.com
@electricsaint.bsky.social

20.05.2025 19:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Super Paparazzi on Steam Walk, Run, Slide & run on Walls to navigate levels, make sure to use your camera to take photos of Secondary Targets & especially the Golden Target and make sure to pick up some batteries and ...

@functionsam.bsky.social from our community has a game coming out soon!
store.steampowered.com/app/3746050/...

17.05.2025 19:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm very honored to be the IGDA Finland Volunteer of the year 2024 โค๏ธ Theโ€ฆ | Daria Bokovaya I'm very honored to be the IGDA Finland Volunteer of the year 2024 โค๏ธ The three years I've been volunteering at IGDA Helsinki hub have been an amazing experience, and it's not stopping he...

One of our member's, @kedios.bsky.social just won the IGDA Finland Volunteer of the year award today at the Finnish Game Awards!

www.linkedin.com/posts/daria-...

13.05.2025 21:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I had so much fun making this Jetpack game project through @druidmechanics.bsky.social's course.

The focus was to learn advanced blueprint techniques and platformer mechanics in #UnrealEngine.

Assets provided by Druid Mechanics and Epic Games

#ue #ue5 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

12.05.2025 15:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dreaded Wunder on Steam Dreaded Wunder is a psychological horror game set in a twisted version of Norwich, Featuring local myths and legends with a hint of Eldritch horror. Navigate the contorted world that lies before you a...

Wishlist Dreaded Wunder!
This game was made by RisArtorias - another member of ours!
store.steampowered.com/app/3350740/...

06.05.2025 15:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trilotl Animation Set

Edenfall by @everfluxgames.bsky.social

#Animation and #rigging in #UnrealEngine 5

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #gameanimation #unreal #ue #ue5

06.05.2025 15:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 57 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hamster Hustle on Steam A fast-paced, chaotic multiplayer party game where being 'it' is the last thing you wantโ€”dodge, dash, and push to avoid getting tagged!

New game from one of our members!
store.steampowered.com/app/3597930/...

02.05.2025 23:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trilotl Attack #1

It's always fun to come up with ways to lean into the character design and anatomy of a creature.

Edenfall by @everfluxgames.bsky.social

#Animation and #rigging in #UnrealEngine #ue5

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #gameanimation #ue

01.05.2025 15:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 35 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New creature in Edenfall - our beloved Trilotl!

It was challenging animating flowy tentacles but super fun to see the final result in game.

Edenfall by @everfluxgames.bsky.social

#Animation and #rigging done in #UnrealEngine

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #ue #ue5 #gameanimation

29.04.2025 16:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Blobby Attacks!

Had so much fun making this little guy jump around.

Edenfall by @everfluxgames.bsky.social

#Rigging and #animation done in #UnrealEngine #ue #ue5

#indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gameanimation #animation #gameplay

15.04.2025 16:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Blobby Run Timelapse

Edenfall by @everfluxgames.bsky.social

Animated in #UnrealEngine

#unreal #ue #ue5 #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #animation #gameanimation

10.04.2025 15:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Heyo #PortfolioDay!
I'm David, a 3D character artist trying to break into the game industry.

Open for commissions, and freelance work.

๐Ÿ“จ dcartcorner@gmail.com
๐ŸŽจ @davysartcorner everywhere
๐Ÿ”— davysartcorner.artstation.com
๐Ÿ“บ twitch.tv/davysartcorner
๐ŸŽฎ davysartcorner.itch.io

#3Dart #gameart #art

14.01.2025 05:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 136 ๐Ÿ” 56 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
A collage of 9 square images. top left to bottom right: stylized orange/red shotgun. Close up of fantasy bug. Pyramid head. Graven logo. strange coral reef tentacle thing. Cartoon female holding a gun and katana. Hello kitty turtle. The past within puzzle cube. My tamagotchi forever characters.

A collage of 9 square images. top left to bottom right: stylized orange/red shotgun. Close up of fantasy bug. Pyramid head. Graven logo. strange coral reef tentacle thing. Cartoon female holding a gun and katana. Hello kitty turtle. The past within puzzle cube. My tamagotchi forever characters.

Happy #portfolioday ! A nice sample of my work. You can see more at my artstation: www.artstation.com/bart_wiltenb...

#freelance #gamedev #3d #indie #gameart #stylized #characters #props #3dart

09.04.2025 21:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy #PortfolioDay !

I didn't plan this but I love how cohesive this looks because of all the green

#animation #gameanimation #filmanimation #unrealengine #indiedev #gamedev

09.04.2025 17:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 30 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Blobby Idle Animation Timelapse

Edenfall by @everfluxgames.bsky.social

Animation and rigging done in #UnrealEngine

#ue5 #ue #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

09.04.2025 15:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 34 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Check out our cute little Blobby in-game!

07.04.2025 15:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Introducing our latest enemy in #Edenfall, Blobby!
Rigging, skinning & animation done in #UnrealEngine. I used modular rigging tools in #ue 5.5 with a few tweaks.

Will post some of the animations soon!

@everfluxgames.bsky.social #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #animation #gameanimation #rigging #ue5

03.04.2025 16:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 29 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0