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Curious Owl

@curiousowldev.bsky.social

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Space nerd making StellarDrive: a game about building starships to explore the cosmos. You can play an early alpha for free on itch: http://curious-owl-dev.itch.io/stellardrive

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Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · 3d

I'm currently focused on getting a Steam page up for the game. The next playable build will probably be a demo! Idk when that will be, though.

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Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · 3d

Added a new rotor part to my spaceship-building game. This lets you build ships with rotating thrusters for vertical takeoffs! #gamedev

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Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · 20d

Added breakable trees to my game🌲
#gamedev

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Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · Sep 8

Glad you liked it! I replied to your comment on itch.

Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · Sep 4

Currently animating the fuel traversing the pipes in my space game. It kinda looks like forbidden mountain dew. #gamedev

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Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · Sep 1

I'm still actively working on it! I'd love to know what you mean by more developed. What are the top things you would like to see added?

Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thank you <3

Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · Aug 25

Made it so we can see other players' hand movements while operating a ship.
#gamedev

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Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · Aug 14

Added this gyroscope part to my spaceship-building game. You can plug it into a pilot's seat for greater control, or you can set up wiring to automatically align your ship.
#gamedev

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Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · Aug 4

Made this self-stabilizing platform in my indie space game. It's using new parts such as a velocity sensor, along with math nodes to calculate the proper thrust to keep the ship perfectly still.
#gamedev

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Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · Jun 17

Testing out a better way to connect cables in my space indie game. #gamedev

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Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · May 11

Awww thank you so much! That's very encouraging to read. I hope you stick around as I keep developing the game :)

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Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · May 5

Thanks for sharing! I especially like the corona effect you have. I'll definitely try something like that for the star in my game. It's only a simple sphere with a high emission value right now 😅

Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · May 5

That looks AMAZING 😍 do you have resources on how you achieved this effect?

Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · May 3

It's #screenshotsaturday 🎉

Here's a turtle-shaped ship someone shared on our Discord this week 🐢

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Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · May 2

Thank you so much <3 I love the side wings on your ship. It looks cool

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Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · Apr 25

Thanks for sharing. It's a nice feeling to come back and simplify previous code.

I look forward to seeing what you make next :)

Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · Apr 19

It looks great! I love the filter you used with the skulls.

Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · Apr 16

Thank you! The planet's rings are set up like a giant carousel where each "track" is a ring segment. These segments are filled with rocks and are rotated in tandem at their proper orbital speed.

There is the occasional clipping at the segments' edges, but it works ok otherwise.

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Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · Apr 16

More progress on the player character. His suit has little thrusters for space navigation. This keeps it compact while also freeing the player's hands.

#indiedev

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Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · Apr 16

I didn't expect a code sample! That's great. Thank you for sharing.

Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · Apr 16

Ohhh I love how smooth it turned out. I have a ring system with a 1d texture in my game too and I'd love details on how you approached this if you want to share.

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Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · Apr 16

I always love finding a solution that looks great while also saving code complexity. It's the best feeling.

I'm glad you found something like that for your game!

Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · Apr 13

Thank you! I've put a lot of work into it ☺️

Curious Owl @curiousowldev.bsky.social · Apr 12

Thank you <3