banner
LightNews
capscollective.com
Caps Collective
@capscollective.com
890 followers 470 following 47 posts
We're an Australian indie game dev collective committed to making games, building and maintaining open-source projects, and sharing the arcane knowledge we happen upon along the way. Contact: [email protected]
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
Pinned
capscollective.com
Caps Collective @capscollective.com · Sep 1
I’ve noticed a jump in new people in my feed, so time to celebrate another round of welcoming BlueSky #gamedev and #indiedev migrants 👋

We’re Caps Collective and we make little, weird, and silly games, like these ones!
A screenshot from Fantasy Town Regional Manager, a satirical city builder about the adventuring life The title card for ‘Have You Eaten Yet?’ A short narrative game about a dumpling restaurant A screenshot from Smack Back, a nightmare table tennis game
1 6 21
Reposted by Caps Collective
jonjondev.com
Jonathan Moallem 🔜 MIGW @jonjondev.com · 20h
It’s been an amazing week - an exhausting week. Take a moment to congratulate yourself on making it through.

It’s also important that we listen to our bodies coming away from these events. If it’s telling you that you need to faint and cough up blood, give yourself the patience and space to do so.
2 2 8
capscollective.com
Caps Collective @capscollective.com · 9d
Caps Collective is gonna be at #MIGW, so come say hi!

We’ll be at #GCAP, Freeplay Parallels, and #PAXAUS, hope to see you there!
Ben and Jonathan from Caps Collective at the 2024 AGDAs
1 3
Reposted by Caps Collective
jonjondev.com
Jonathan Moallem 🔜 MIGW @jonjondev.com · 10d
As per my annual tradition, I'll be heading down to #MIGW for @gcapconf.bsky.social. I am a little bit nervous, but also excited to be delivering my first ever technical talk! It's about building open world games with World Partition in #UnrealEngine. I'll be in Melbourne all week, so come say hi!
STREAMING & SERIALISATION FOR UNREAL OPEN WORLDS JONATHAN MOALLEM LEAD PROGRAMMER @ GAMELOFT BRISBANE Unreal Engine 5 provides built-in solutions for chunked streaming management, multi-user editing, instancing, and LODing with its World Partition systems. Theres a ton of great tunctionality to lean on that will get you 90% of the way to your open world game, but there's also a lot of glue and gotchas to look out for. This talk offers an overview of some of the systems and strategies we've used at Gameloft Brisbane to manage multi-platform, open world games, from schedule and world state to streaming and serialisation. TUE 7TH OCT @3PM
2 12
Reposted by Caps Collective
beeseekay.bsky.social
Ben Kelly @beeseekay.bsky.social · 23d
Getting the hang of Unreal's Metasounds, now we're able to get objects listening to the output and bouncing to the music 🎶
1 4
Reposted by Caps Collective
beeseekay.bsky.social
Ben Kelly @beeseekay.bsky.social · Sep 12
One of my favourite parts of level design is creating piles of junk as barriers for player movement
A pile of cogs, baskets, and rugs by a door with a cog symbol on it A group of pots in a row by a market stall with spices A pile of garbage blocking the players movement
3 2 5
Reposted by Caps Collective
beeseekay.bsky.social
Ben Kelly @beeseekay.bsky.social · Sep 5
It’s so cool that the biggest game in the world right now is an Australian Indie
2 6 26
capscollective.com
Caps Collective @capscollective.com · Jul 7
The thrilling conclusion to our scarecrow saga
The Flour Fields Amongst the turmoil of the scarecrow onslaught, a beacon of hope has arrived for our farmers, as our reporters have retrieved an ancient map written in Dryadic, the language of plants. Herbolinguists from the farmers guild have marked out what appears to be the distant homeland of the dastardy scarecrows that are holding our fields hostage. While the translation is unclear, it goes on to describe a 'field of flowers'. A band of adventurers have already embarked to the scarecrows' homeland to take care of this denim clad sourge for good! Don't Worry Everything is fine! World's Gobliniest Human A great disturbance to village life yesterday as the goblin alarm was raised to supposed threat, apprehended by town guards. After an extensive interrogation and scrying, village officials came to the conclusion that it was in fact not a goblin but instead just a very short, ugly, slightly green wizard. Regardless, he's joined the adventuring guild.
1 1
capscollective.com
Caps Collective @capscollective.com · Jul 3
The Ministary of Conjured Cuisine will not be pleased with this development
A newpaper titled Fantasy Town Daily with 2 articles, an ad, and a drawing of some flowers. The Flower Fields Amongst the turmoil of the scarecrow onslaught, a beacon of hope has arrived for our farmers, as our reporters have retrieved an ancient map written in Dryadic, the language of plants. Herbolinguists from the farmers guild have marked out what appears to be the distant homeland of the dastardy scarecrows that are holding our fields hostage. While the translation is unclear, it goes on to describe a 'field of flowers'. A band of adventurers have already embarked to the scarecrows' homeland to take care of this denim clad sourge for good! Curse got you down? Come to Aunty Crystals' healing hut! Food Safety Spells Despite ongoing food shortages, the following spells can no longer be cast due to health and safety concerns: • Cheese Whip • Wall of Meat • Flavour Blast
1 2
capscollective.com
Caps Collective @capscollective.com · Jul 2
2 Mission 2 Impossible would be a better title for that film though
capscollective.com
Caps Collective @capscollective.com · Jun 30
Scarecrows are my personal favourite animated humanoid constructs
A newpaper titled Fantasy Town Daily with 2 articles, an ad, and a drawing of a scarecrow. Scarecrows Had The Final Straw All across our fields, farmers have awoken to a shock, as scarecrows have up and started walking about! Little is known of the scarecrows motives, but they have become territorial of their fields. On the advise of local agricultural and enchantment experts, the farmers guild have agreed to "Burn it all down and send those monsters back to the inferno." Townsfolk are warned they may notice a slight food shortage in the coming weeks, and to avoid wearing any overalls and sun hats for their own protection. The Orb of Awakening Local innkeeper Veronica Stalwart has gained supernatural powers after she touched an orb containing the soul of a long dead god while cleaning her attic. When asked about her intentions, she stated "I promise to use these powers for good, no matter WHAT the being inside of me says!" Donate Blood Today! Please, Don't ask Why!
2 3
capscollective.com
Caps Collective @capscollective.com · Apr 9
Good luck @retroarchetype.bsky.social and the rest of the team!
2
capscollective.com
Caps Collective @capscollective.com · Apr 9
Special Edition of Fantasy Town Daily!

DnD is for Nerds has been a huge inspiration for the events in our game, and I've been so psyched to see how successful their new board game kickstarter has been.
Wake. Adventure. Sleep. Repeat. Are you looking to hustle? To rumble? To make a name for yourself in this chaotic world we live in? Well come to Jarren's Outpost, and become a legend. Join the Sabres, make a deal with the Blood Cult, and screw over your closest allies today! Seriously, there's only one day left to go there, you better start running! Lycanthropills! Unleash your inner beast! No Free Actions Notice to adventurers, in accordance with updates in combat guidelines, please keep your quips and one-liners to a minimum, as your opponents are no longer required to wait until you're finished before attacking. In exchange, it's now fair game to attack an evil wizard or warlord if their monologue exceeds thirty seconds.
2 2 4
capscollective.com
Caps Collective @capscollective.com · Apr 6
Read all about elder god calamari, floating rogues, and lesser potions in this edition of Fantasy Town Daily!
Food Review: Elder God Calamari This week, we tried out local celebrity chef Abher'li the Mind Flayer's signature dish: "Lllln'gha bthnkor ot Me-pog Ehye", which roughly translates to "Consume the flesh of the Elder One!" Four stars: Surprisingly tender, slightly chewy, and the visions have only grown stronger since... Lesser Potions for Lesser Heroes! Come to Mr. Mediocre's, where the potions aren't too hot or too cold, they're just alright. Rogue, Light? Local rogue Gorath was seen floating above the town today, taunting a pack of brawlers just out of reach after reportedly drinking a potion of levitation. I swear, it's something new with this guy every day...
2 5
capscollective.com
Caps Collective @capscollective.com · Mar 28
Remember adventurers, always keep a backup.
INSANE ADVENTURER "FORGETS TO QUICKSAVE" An upsetting turn of events today, as well known non-violent hero Paci Fistrun is now from authorities after committing what can only be described as "a horrifying murder spree". Reports claimed he got bored and wanted to see what would happen. The hero released a statement this morning: "I was just fooling around, I meant to reload after, but forgot to quicksave, I swear! Well, there goes this play through... LYCANTHROPILLS! Unleash your inner beast! THEY'RE KITTEN ABOUT SAFETY STANDARDS! A local inn has received scathing reviews over its weekend grand-opening when several high-ranking town gentry in attendance were transformed into house cats upon trying the "new soup”. The commissioner of the Magical Safety Standard Alliance had this to say about the incident: "meow? meoooooow" followed by faint purring.
2
capscollective.com
Caps Collective @capscollective.com · Mar 27
Extra extra! Read all about it! Princess Woodsong has been brought to ‘justice’!
The Woods Last Song: The notorious Princess Woodsong and her bloodthirsty band of furry friends have been brought to justice by our brave adventurers. The princess is awaiting trial for her crimes, including: • Insubordination • Unkemptness • Murder If sentenced, she will be locked in 'The Tower', an asylum for runaway princesses. DID YOU KNOW? The cost of a single health potion is enough to feed a family of five for a year! Donations to your local Guild Co. branch will increase start of next quarter, to help afford essential costs. GET A NEW FOCUSING CRYSTAL! Your spells will backfire no more!
2 5
capscollective.com
Caps Collective @capscollective.com · Mar 25
Be careful out there, rogue deer WILL attack on sight!
Fantasy Town Daily newspaper with the following articles: Princess Out for Revenge: Princess Woodsong, who apparently has been captured for six months, has grown tired of waiting for rescue. She was broken out by a band of befriended woodland creatures, who she has trained into a deadly miltia. Now, reports indicate she's out for revenge against the town for forgetting about her. Our correspondent from GuildCo. has reached out to clarify the situation: "We think her ransom note got caught in our spam filter. Think you might be Psychic? Get tested today, at any nearby inquisition outpost! Royal Spell Bans: Following a royal decree, the following spells have been banned from non-authorized use: • Zone of Tax Evasion • Repress Trauma • Powerword: Gaslight
2 3
capscollective.com
Caps Collective @capscollective.com · Mar 24
Just in time for the Steam sale, we’ve released a new patch cleaning up some of those small outstanding nitpicks that have been keeping us up at night.

Patch notes:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/152...
Fantasy Town Regional Manager - Quality of Life Update v2.2.7 - Steam News
We're back at it again making some little changes so the game is all up to date just in time for our biggest sale yet!
store.steampowered.com
1 2
capscollective.com
Caps Collective @capscollective.com · Mar 24
The Steam City Builder and Colony Sim sale is live, and we’ve got our biggest discount yet of 60%!

If you’ve been wishing for the chance to run your own adventuring town, look no further

s.team/a/1524530
The capsule art for the game showing the sale cost of $4 ($5.60 AUD), with Steam’s artwork for the sale in the background
1 2
capscollective.com
Caps Collective @capscollective.com · Mar 23
Reduce, Reuse, Reanimate ♻️

Our debut issue of Fantasy News Daily is out now!
2 4
capscollective.com
Caps Collective @capscollective.com · Mar 10
If you haven't heard of the Game UI Database (gameuidatabase.com), it's a great tool for when you need to remember that one cool menu from a game you played years ago.
1 6
Reposted by Caps Collective
beeseekay.bsky.social
Ben Kelly @beeseekay.bsky.social · Mar 4
If anyone wants to try out a cute short farming game, I've been really enjoying The Palace on the Hill. It's from a small Indian indie dev team, and they definitely deverse the support!
s.team/a/2562620
Save 40% on The Palace on the Hill on Steam
A heartfelt story of ambition, struggle, and friendship told from the perspective of a young boy in fictional 90s rural India. Explore ancient palace ruins, set up your garden, cook Indian food, run e...
s.team
1 2
Reposted by Caps Collective
beeseekay.bsky.social
Ben Kelly @beeseekay.bsky.social · Mar 4
Finally! After all this time Godot has typed dictionaries! This patch announcement reads like a wishlist just for me

godotengine.org/releases/4.4/
Godot 4.4, a unified experience – Godot Engine
Look forward to plenty of quality of life improvements hidden within this release. Faster load speeds, reduced stutter, streamlined processes - spotting all the optimizations that have been applied in...
godotengine.org
1 3
Reposted by Caps Collective
bimbo.nekoweb.org
Bimbo Blog @bimbo.nekoweb.org · Feb 21
new post! bimbo.nekoweb.org/posts/7-bsky...
Bimbo Blog
a static site generator for dumb girls
bimbo.nekoweb.org
2 1 6
Reposted by Caps Collective
jonjondev.com
Jonathan Moallem 🔜 MIGW @jonjondev.com · Feb 2
First blog post of the year: DONE! In this exciting episode, I talk about the fun little string token class I added instead of writing the static mesh packer like I said I would.
#cpplus #cpp #gamedev #opensource #programming #gameengine
The niftiest, runtime interned string tokens C++ can buy
A brief overview of the runtime string tokens used by our custom engine and the story of how I got there.
capscollective.com
1 5
Reposted by Caps Collective
theradr.bsky.social
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · Jan 14
👂 CALLING ALL MY SOUND-SENSITIVE PEEPS 👂

Please fill out this survey to help a very wonderful 4th grader that I know get some key data for a school project! And please share!

forms.gle/dHAa7uQrhY7f...
Sound Sensitivity
IF YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE SENSITIVE TO SOUNDS, please fill this out to help a 4th grader with a research project! And feel free to share! Thank you!
forms.gle
75 450 710