@heavymagnetar
programmer, historian, game developer, artist. creator of battleMETAL, painter of miniatures. Co-Author of LANDWAR, the open-source tabletop wargaming rules set. https://subject9x.itch.io/landwar https://store.steampowered.com/app/1447830/battleMETAL/
Actually had time to sketch , first time in a very long time. Speed sketch and of my own mecha setting. Weapon turned out a bit larger than I planned .
Medium Mk. I with autocannon and combat blade.
#conceptart #mecha #drawing
still feel like refactoring things in Godot can be more tedious than a pure code-based engine. However, I think I was able to get my brain in the right headspace for splitting data from gameplay logic scripts.
#Godot #indiegame #topdown
Second Rampage, I prefer the tough as nails RMP-2G with standard engine and a trusty A\C10.
The pose was due to limited ability to hold the arms in place …but it ended up with a sort of “swagger.”
Another ghost of history to haunt the periphery.
#Battletech #miniatures #mech
Closing my discord acct of 11 years, I don’t have some replacement but I don’t care.
working on interactive map objects - buttons , switches, etc.
Player presses space bar to interact. Also made some custom editor icons to make mapping easier.
#Godot #indiedev #2D
I don't have strong timelines for more battleMETAL content, but its on the schedule for 2026.
Skinning for new mechs is the last step before animation...1 out of 3 almost ready.
#indiedev #mecha #indiegames
It’s easy to forget since he’s still a high public official but Homan straight up took $50,000 in cash from undercover agents on camera and then nothing happened
Tom Homan and a masked ICE agent arrive in Minneapolis
White House Border Czar Tom Homan AKA “The People Eater” has arrived in Minneapolis after Greg Bovino was dismissed, packed into a small dog crate, and flown to an undisclosed location.
tile and light study, I've nailed down the 'rusted' tiles, or enough to start making larger spaces.
#Godot #2D #gamedev
If you’ve not done so so far I’d really appreciate it if you subscribed to Better Offline and downloaded a bunch of episodes. Trying to reach a goal! I’m sorry! We’ve got two more episodes of the Enshittifinancial Crisis this week then I am planning a five-episode week about the dot com bubble.
mad respect to artists who worked on older games.
It took me a long time to figure out making walls and floors play nice without making them combined tiles.
Walls are 32px square, tiles are 16px, and the player character is ~24px radius (sprite is 32px but has transparent margins).
#Godot #gamedev
The Shootist is a Hunchback after hitting the gym, can lift that AC20 in one hand and is thicc as a brick.
#Battletech #miniatures
Brothers in arms. How many can claim to have bought 2 Rim Worlds Republic Phoenix mechs? Left I painted in 2023, right just now.
#Battletech #miniatures #wargaming
I intentionally bought a classic IWM Starslayer, I love this goofy goober.
#Battletech #miniatures
Second test of the layer->wash->layer, its working. This basic VL-2T took the head off a Cyclops...granted the Rampage opened the target up, but those box cars were for the Vulcan. All in Alpha strike mind you.
#Battletech #miniatures
Tried a second layer of Light Green Gray, I think the umbra still overrides the tone but it does look a little brighter.
#Battletech #miniatures
I didn’t really finish that many minis this year , started very late. Tested Vallejo umbra wash on Pale Green Gray, good combo for a general look but the wash saps the ghostly green tint of the base color.
I’ll attempt another layer of Pale Green Gray to see what happens.
Fantastic!
Nueva Castile, right?
Ah, gotcha. I’ll have to think it over but thanks for the tutorial!
Converted the Banshee to a -3E, I see you are a fellow person of taste.
How did you do the swap? I want to change mine, but feel bad cutting up a perfectly fine model.
Comstar and mercenaries made it out with 1 cache of intel, but not without major losses. The mercs Cyclops, knocked around by the Rampage, fell to an incredible single crit from a Vulcan of all things 😅
Played Alpha Strike for the first time I a very long time. The Rim World remnant attempted to hold off Comstar and mercenaries from raiding some ruins…
#Battletech #miniatures #wargaming
why of course I listen to christmas music.
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I always aim for “table quality”, does the model look good at 2ft away, as a game pieces. Your mechs look solid.
Northern lights going to reach New England?
"Ion storm approaching"
IYKYK
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Worked out an AI state machine and navagent2d setup, also AI attack animations follow through. What lurks in these haunted halls.
#Godot #indiedev #2d
Here’s part 1 of our four-part Better Offline case against generative AI. I walk you through how generative AI is sold through a complete misunderstanding of the concept of labor - and myth-building by companies like NVIDIA and OpenAI.
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Linktr.ee/betteroffline
BattleMetal on sale! Get ya battlemetals!
#indiegame #mecha
store.steampowered.com/app/1447830/...
I didn't have "that's the end of buying games from EA" on any bingo card...but its 2025 and here we are. Steam can allow you to hide an entire publisher's list of games, just saying.
