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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · 1d

It's only a little thing but you can shoot out illuminated shop signs in TLG now. #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #modding

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · 1d

If you're looking for something to play, here's a list of 40 abysmal shovelware FPS games from the Doom Clone era.

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Gmad @gmad.bsky.social · 5d

I must pay for a new mattress and doctor's appointments and bills... I can make you a great model for a game or a VTuber or anything else you might need! (and I can animate it too!)
#lowpoly #3dart #commissions

Gmad @gmad.bsky.social · 9d

now opening up a low poly commission slot! if you need a vrchat/vtuber model, or a model for your game, send me a message!

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · 6d

Something gloomy for October. #source #halflife #modding #indiedev #gamedev

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · 8d

prequels on opposite day:

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Gmad @gmad.bsky.social · 10d

first go at a flying npc in unreal, it's not so bad... though it is functionally a manhack

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a-shift.bsky.social @a-shift.bsky.social · 16d

a very quick #knightsofguinevere screenshot redraw

Digitally-colored pencil portrait of Frankie from Knights of Guinevere, lying on her back all messed up and slightly bloodied, bathed in orange light of fire. A miniature original screenshot is in the top left corner.

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · 18d

TLG Update: The first round of playtesting is complete and it's gone very well. After the dev team has fixed a few things it'll be on to round two, and after that we're ready to release!

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 22d

20 years ago, before making a name for myself in the Half-Life community as "Where's The Core!?" I bought into an ideas-guy's pitch and joined a Source modding team as a texture artist

The ModDB page is still up but none of my work was shown before the team dissolved

www.moddb.com/mods/h-l-f-l...

H λ L F - L I F E: Event Horizon mod for Half-Life 2

The Seven Hour War, the world's most devastating and destructive war. The one that resulted in the slavery of mankind, and the downfall of our civilization. We honor all those who fought in that epic ...

www.moddb.com

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a-shift.bsky.social @a-shift.bsky.social · 24d

Textured tent for Dark Interval (mesh by Cvoxalury). Closely modelled after soviet tents occasionally used in student expeditions, though we'd usually add extra tarps on top for waterproofing.
1451 polys , 1k texture, handpainted normalmap.
#gameasset #indiedev #sourceengine

two renders of a dirty-beige tent with a contrasting blue botton

A terribly overexposed phone photo of a group of tents at the edge of a forest. Someone's single leg is sticking out of a beige tent covered with a green tarp

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · Sep 10

Full version...IN COLOUR.

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · Sep 9

Snippet from a short Dalek animation project to get more familiar with Blender's animations. Aiming for an authentic 1960s experience, especially with certain camera movements.

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · Sep 6

The .BSP with No Name

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Scornkeeper @scornkeeper.bsky.social · Aug 29

HL2 Lost Coast Trivia.

A rock near the ship wreck was intended to have seagull poop splattered over it. Except, it was moved during development. The decals ended up being too far from it, & they use the wrong class (work only on brushes).

Not to worry: just shy of 20 years later, I fixed it all.

Bird poop decals intended by the developers of Lost Coast, viewed in editor. The entities are too far from the rock to apply to it.

The fixed bird poop viewed in the game. The entities were moved to the right spot and given proper class and inputs to work.

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Scornkeeper @scornkeeper.bsky.social · Aug 30

HL2 Lost Coast Trivia

Those who pay extreme attention may notice that each time you start Lost Coast, a board falls from the sky and splashes near the Fisherman.

This is because on spawn, one of the boards on Helicopter arena clips into scaffolding collisions and gets forced out by the physics.

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a-shift.bsky.social @a-shift.bsky.social · Aug 23

Kim sketch for @maestrafenix.bsky.social

digital portrait of detective Kim Kitsuragi from Disco Elysium with a cigarette in his mouth

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AliCatVA @alicatva.bsky.social · Aug 20

Out now: Life of Crime a Skyrim Creations Mod.
I voice the character of Erika.
Enjoy!

creations.bethesda.net/en/skyrim/de...

#skyrim #skyrimcreations #skyrimmod #mod #videogame #voiceacting #voiceover #voiceactress

creations.bethesda.net

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · Aug 19

Having fun with the movement system whilst filming the Act I trailer for TLG.

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · Aug 15

www.moddb.com/mods/the-las... New article is up for TLG! It covers things that have been going on since March and some good news for the near-future.

Cruel Summer news - The Last Goodbye mod for Half-Life

A quick check-in to sum up how far things have come since March.

www.moddb.com

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · Aug 4

A new look for Alyx, based on her beta design if the beta was an '80s glam rock cyberpunk extravaganza

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · Aug 4

Looks like that random rebel settled a blood debt with the Strider

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Scornkeeper @scornkeeper.bsky.social · Aug 2

HL2 EP2 nonsense:

Sifting through the code, came across command "striderbuster_allow_all_damage 0". It prevents anyone but player from detonating Magnusson Devices.

"Sweet", I thought, "I'll just switch it on and let rebels blow up Striders w/ bombs."

Well it works. But it also blows up the game.

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · Aug 2

Big TLG update - subtitles are finally in!

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Scornkeeper @scornkeeper.bsky.social · Jul 30

HL2 EP2 Trivia: The Pumpkin Trail

Ep2 adds pumpkins. The first 3 can be found at the farm before the Advisor. There're dead rebels; stands to reason they visited/used the farm. Station 21 isn't very far.

Next 4 are after White Forest Inn, on the road to WF Base. The inn also was used by rebels.

3 pumpkins at the entrance to the barn on the abandoned farm in Episode Two.

More pumpkins next to a crashed truck on the road connecting the White Forest Inn to White Forest base. There are 4 pumpkins total, only 3 are visible in the picture.

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · Jul 31

My first foray into making character models for Source, a new look for Half-Life 2's Judith Mossman based on her pre-release predecessor Elena Mossman. Rigging the hair wasn't fun...

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