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@sleepysunset

i make games and other things! ~looking for (programming work~ redesigner.github.io

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When Unity started collapsing I made a quick "how do I get going in Unreal" website many folks found helpful. that website has now MOVED and is a DIFFERENT COLOUR. If you want Unreal demystification, tips and scoops, this is a place

www.ughiguessiwanttomovefromunitytounreal.com

07.03.2026 00:49 πŸ‘ 159 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

the new paranormasight was really good!

22.02.2026 02:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the layer on this one is so thin, i actually thought i had unlocked them! it was a bug -- for the first few days of release, all the bonuses were included even if you didn't buy the deluxe edition or preorder

12.02.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey y'all! I've got a request for all the game devs out there πŸ‘€

Is there anyone using TexturePacker, Asesprite, or other tools to create texture atlases that would be willing to share their files with me? I'm having a hard time finding examples to test my importer

#gamedev #indiegames

11.02.2026 23:56 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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fighting with the input system. i made my own manager on top of it to handle multiple definitions better and be callback-based instead of everyone polling all events

09.02.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Attempt To Escape From Pain Creates More Pain Lord forgive me, I'm blogging. I can't help it! Many years ago, I got some advice from a writer who I deeply respect, James Howell, and he told me that criticism needs to proceed confidently. Don't...

Took some time to unpack a few thoughts on Expedition 33.

Watching what I thought was a "pretty good" game get transformed into A Cultural Object has been disheartening.

So I have some thoughts on glitz, glamour, and respectability...

transgamerthoughts.com/post/8027631...

12.12.2025 21:31 πŸ‘ 1135 πŸ” 327 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 66
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Donate to Help Gaby afford Spinal injections, PT and possible surgery., organized by Gaby Mitchell Hiya, I am Gaby mitchell, also known as EBroxas72 online. I a… Gaby Mitchell needs your support for Help Gaby afford Spinal injections, PT and possible surgery.

my sister is needing help affording physical therapy and an injections to avoid permanent spine damage so any donations would be very helpful
gofund.me/e46c0c9f1
#mutualaid #helpsky #FundSky

14.11.2025 00:20 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

but doctor, i *am* subscribed :'(

31.10.2025 19:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to Let me keep my family together, organized by Natalie Alarcon Hi, my name is Natalie and I’m making this GoFundMe for my family. After a long divorce… Natalie Alarcon needs your support for Let me keep my family together

Hi! My friend Natalie is having a really hard time supporting her kids right now. It would make me so happy if you could donate to help her keep going: gofund.me/17705d028

28.10.2025 18:01 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Chiaroscuro Imago on Steam A short piece of horror fiction about honey and lies; entomology and etymology; murky secrets and stark realities. Find out what happened to the moths.

It would mean a lot to us if you posted it around, told your friends, etc. We've got another game coming down the tubes and it'd be neat to have some walking-around money for it! Help us make more stuff like this... Early investors will be rewarded...

store.steampowered.com/app/2467100/...

26.10.2025 21:54 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

finally finished/watched Trigun: Stampede today. really cool to see 3d anime as being its own thing! story wise, its really difficult to beat Maxmium, which was probably my favorite Manga ive read this year

12.10.2025 05:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I would consider "critics say" to be reported speech, and would not use quotes around the text that follows. Not sure what different style guides recommend

08.10.2025 22:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Got some vision cones going! Doing custom debug shapes is tiring... (reposted because the video wasn't playing)

02.10.2025 22:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

some very nice people recommended using AutoRigPro the other day, and that's something I'd like to get in the future! it would probably save me a lot of headaches

22.09.2025 20:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(the eye highlights are done by transferring the normals from a sphere onto a flat plane with the eye texture on it)

22.09.2025 20:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo showing a witch character in a cartoony/anime style, with blue hair and a pink dress -- in a blender viewport

Photo showing a witch character in a cartoony/anime style, with blue hair and a pink dress -- in a blender viewport

I was supposed to work on other stuff today, but I was having fun adding to the model. stayed up late fixing the hand rigs!

22.09.2025 19:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

my sister has been dealing with a muscle tear, makes her unable to do her job, and the paid medical leave only covers 60% of her paycheck so she's been having a hard time paying bills & medical bills
any donations would be helpful
PayPal simsora13@gmail.com
#mutualaid #helpsky

30.08.2025 19:14 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Added item preview displays to the shelf!

19.09.2025 22:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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doing some materials work!

18.09.2025 01:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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working on some character rigs! there are so many little details to make

15.09.2025 17:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Already over 6,000 supporters! How fast can we get it to 10,000? πŸ‘€

05.08.2025 17:57 πŸ‘ 148 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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How the PlayStation helped Square Enix achieve its cinematic ambitions for Final Fantasy 7 and beyond Eurogamer speaks to Final Fantasy series producer Yoshinori Kitase about the impact the PlayStation 1 had on Final Fantasy 7 and beyond, for PlayStation's 30th.

According to Yoshinori Kitase they wanted seamless transitions between FMVs and gameplay, so that's probably why most of the FMVs use the segmented models.

www.eurogamer.net/how-the-play...

03.07.2025 05:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

First thought was that the rendering times were too long or the software didn't support it, but the FF7 FMV team was probably using Alias PowerAnimator, which had mesh skinning for 3-4 bones per vertex! The final cutscenes with Red XIII running are skinned (unless they did a good job of hiding it!)

03.07.2025 05:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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In game, it represents this:

20.06.2025 04:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

explanation: this is a text representation of a sparse voxel octree! 'P' means partial (this node has multiple different voxels inside it) 'E' means empty and 'F' means full
the numbers are the voxel material indices, and because it's just a test -- a lot of voxels are filled with 0

20.06.2025 04:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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i should not be allowed to create file formats.
this was completely accidental.

#gamedev

19.06.2025 23:23 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

sorry i can't come to work today. im out of bananergy

18.06.2025 16:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An image showing a custom editor panel, with two white characters and a scorpion a green tiled plane. One of the white characters has a red outline that is visible behind the scorpion.

An image showing a custom editor panel, with two white characters and a scorpion a green tiled plane. One of the white characters has a red outline that is visible behind the scorpion.

pixel-picking and outlines work! used a jump flood algorithm for the outlines

#gamedev #graphicsprogramming

09.05.2025 22:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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made more progress super late last night!
property type reflection is working with inheritance

01.05.2025 23:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
an image depicting a white character on a region made of green cubes
visible at the bottom of the screen are categories with blue buttons
'Config', 'FileSystem', 'Game', 'Input', 'Physics', 'Rendering', 'Verbose', 'Display', 'Warning', and 'Error' are shown, with 'Game' being black instead of blue.
Below this is a list of log entries from a game engine

an image depicting a white character on a region made of green cubes visible at the bottom of the screen are categories with blue buttons 'Config', 'FileSystem', 'Game', 'Input', 'Physics', 'Rendering', 'Verbose', 'Display', 'Warning', and 'Error' are shown, with 'Game' being black instead of blue. Below this is a list of log entries from a game engine

Got log filters working with Imgui!

29.04.2025 20:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0