@lighstromo.com
An independent game dev studio, located in Auckland, New Zealand. Love humor, zombies, and everything in between. The account is run by Lena. She/her 🥰 Upcoming games: steam.pm/app/2835210 steam.pm/app/3334560
Hey frenz! My multi-agent privacy extension has been approved on Chrome webstore (free). Check it out if you want to keep your AI conversations private and locked. Supports Gem, DeepSeek, Claude & Chatty G.
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Happy New Year 2026 from Aotearoa! Let the new year bring you prosperity and happiness 😊 💖🌟
#happynewyear #happy2026 #newzealand #Auckland #Aotearoa
Storylines demo is finally here!😇
Please, check it out, and if you enjoy it, consider leaving a review! If not, feel free to reach out and let us know what didn’t work for you ❤
🔗: | steam.pm/app/3709610 |
#indiedev #indiegame #demo #storylines #gamingcommunity #gamer #UE5 #Unreal #indiegamedev
As some might know, Binding is always in a bit of messy dev hell. However, went to check the stats today, and was surprised, the last time I checked I had 200? For a tiny dev from a middle of nowhere, it means a lot💖
#gamedev #indiedev #gamer #gaming #screenshotsaturday
🔗: | steam.pm/app/3334560 |
The Fight'N'Jokes: Storylines demo drops next week!
Excited, terrified, and everything in between 😅
It’s weird, it’s heartfelt, it’s a bit 'wtf?' - we hope you enjoy it! 💖
🔗 [ steam.pm/app/3709610 ]
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🎃TRICK OR TREAT?🎃
The ghosts in Storylines have been restless… DEMO DROPS NOVEMBER 12TH 👻 Wishlist now or we’ll haunt your backlog forever. store.steampowered.com/app/3709610 | #Storylines #IndieDev #Halloween #IndieGame #Gamer #UnrealEngine #Gaming
Been slowly chipping away at this, trying to add some variety to our village population. This system is using Unreal's FSkeletalMeshMerge functionality, with some small additions to be able to use morph targets. #gamedev #indiedev
You can wishlist the game here if you like it: steam.pm/app/2835210
The real chef is in the background of the first picture! Looks like all the new heads work with my skeletal merger script, it basically lets me mix and match different body parts, and bake them down to a single skeletal mesh. Similar to what Mutable does, just simpler.
#Unreal #gamedev #indiedev
Never mind the eyebrows, there are different morph-based variants, too. I've been setting up these new heads our modeler @frankinolupo.bsky.social has provided us with. I check if everything works fine using our base character's animations.
#gamedev #indiedev #animations #morptargets
Fight'N'Jokes: Storylines is live as part of ⚔️ 2025 Eastern Martial Artists Week ⚔️ on Steam!
Demo is coming soon! Wishlist now: steam.pm/app/2835210
Big thanks to @SpiralUpGames for hosting!
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Ah, I completely forgot to post about this! Got Binding into Zombies vs Vampires fest on Steam. They originally didn't pick it up because I put it on Steam a bit too late, but managed to convince them :)
#SteamFest #Zombies #Vampires #TWD #Zombie #indiegame #indiegaming #indiedev #gamingcommunity
That's the correct Code NZ handle @nz-code.nz !
Finished off a workshop with the talented @michalnapora.bsky.social dedicated to #IndieGameDev #Marketing. It was awesome, and very informative. Thanks to @codenz.bsky.social (hope this is the right account) for organizing it. If you get a chance to participate in a class taught by Michal, do it!
OUR DEMO IS OUT AND LIVE NOW
YOU CAN PLAY IT ON STEAM NOW!!!
What are they plotting? 🙃
Finally, got around to setting up some 'background extras' to make the world feel a bit more lively.
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Yeah, this makes total sense! And it's definitely better to have it than not have it. Pretty happy I've managed to implement it, was a bit of a black box when I went in, but seems to be working okay. Need to test it more now to see if I've managed to break anything else because of it haha
Thanks for the recommendation, just looked it up, it has good ratings! Might give it a go after finishing Orville!
And as for the players, apparently, for speed-runners, it's a must, but it also adds a later of replayability for people who want to try out different things, they might not necessarily want to sit and listen through all the same stuff over and over again. I never skip dialogues myself though xD
It's kinda neat how it works, I thought I wouldn't be able to implement it. For short sequences, it skips them entirely, but for longer ones, I'm utilizing markers (a feature I didn't know existed in UE5 until 3 days ago lol).
#screenshotsaturday Implemented the dialogue skipping feature. I really didn't want to add it to our largely story-driven game, however, I did a bit of research on Reddit and YT, and it just seems to be a quality of life feature for many players.
#indiegaming #indiegame #gamedev #UE5
Thank you! Was just a bit frustrating to work through first thing in the morning haha But feeling much better now! :) Yes, the best thing we can do is just carry on creating!
It's like okay dude, are you trying to bring me down because I'm a female developer and you want to show me your dominance? What a weird flex.
Man, super weird when a fellow developer, positioning himself as an Art Director (from what I can see has ONLY ever worked for other people, and never released anything by himself) is trying to bring you down on LinkedIn in the indie devs group (where I post under my actual name).
#gamedev #indiedev
I'm just gonna make the protagonist's grandpa call him a 'chicken chaser' if you're doing that quest, and hope for the best 😅
A friend also introduced me to this video (I think it's from Fable), and I really want to put a reference to it in my game now 😅 youtu.be/fMywYbQw5A0?...
More than welcome! 😊
This is so pretty looking! 💖
Hahaha I love that part, too!!! 😂🙌
Hahaha it's not entirely about chickens, more about the boy helping his friends with different things (or not, he can be a bit mean). Thank you! 😇💖
An update on my chicken escapade! 🐥
The quest sequence has been improved: now you receive the special catcher directly from Mrs. Haleena to help you collect the chicklets.
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