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Dan | 🚂 Making SwitchTrack

@dancainart.bsky.social

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✏️ He/Him 🎮 Solo gamedev and 3D generalist 🌲 @RootwardGames 🔀 Wishlist SwitchTrack on steam: 🛒 s.team/a/3916040

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Dan | 🚂 Making SwitchTrack @dancainart.bsky.social · 24d

Hi! I'm working on SwitchTrack, a frantic minecart puzzle game! Check it out and wishlist here: 🎮 s.team/a/3916040 #indiegame #gamedev

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Jason Rainville @jasonrainville.bsky.social · 14h

Donatello, The Brain
AD Stephanie Cheung
This was actually the last of the 3 pieces I painted for the TMNT set for which I was VERY happy to contribute to

Donny wasn't one of my favs until now - his single-minded dedication to toiling away in a cluttered space hit pretty close to home

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 1d

V&A East Storehouses, London E20

Frankfurt Kitchen

#reference #materialreference #buildingreference

Architect Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky revolutionised housework with this fitted kitchen, 10,000 of which were installed across housing projects in Frankfurt, Germany.
By her own admission, Schütte-Lihotzky did not know how to cook. Rather she designed this compact space based on conversations with housewives about their daily work. Features like a pull-out chopping board for food preparation and easy-clean surfaces aimed to make domestic labour more efficient and hygienic.
The V&A collected this kitchen for its Modernism exhibition in 2005, as an example of a successful and influential kitchen from the 1900s.

MAKER:
Margarete (Grete) Schütte-Lihotzky
LOCATION AND DATE:
Frankfurt, Germany. 1926-27
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES:
Wood, glass, metal, paint, enamel

Text from display

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Gael 💜 @gaelthedev.bsky.social · 13h

Most indie devs (me included) are guilty of “working on our game” without really working on it.
You plan, organize, watch tutorials… but don’t actually build.
Game dev only moves forward when you’re in the engine, touching the game itself.

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev

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Fabrizio Espindola @fabrizioespindola.bsky.social · 15h

Curious about how shaders work in Godot? The Godot Shaders Bible dives deep into the math behind them 🙂 Grab the free sample here 👌🏻 jettelly.com/store/the-go...

#indiedev #gamedev #godotengine

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Dan | 🚂 Making SwitchTrack @dancainart.bsky.social · 1d

Woo exciting! 🐸

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Doomski @doomskigames.com · Aug 7

Nothing new, just be thoroughly enjoying the game I'm making 🐸💜🦷

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #godot #indiegamedev

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Dan | 🚂 Making SwitchTrack @dancainart.bsky.social · 9d

Last post but with game view! Too difficult to be an actual level I think 😅
store.steampowered.com/app/3916040/SwitchTrack/
#WishlistWednesday

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Charles Boury @charlesboury.fr · 1d

Getting back to writing blog posts! ✏️

It’s old content, a 4y.o twitter thread, lost when I fled the old place. I decided to bring it back to you.

Maybe you recall it? It was about stairs 🛕

charlesboury.fr/articles/tex... #gamedev #b3d

Texture first, model later

A reverse workflow to create props based on tiled textures

charlesboury.fr

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_Mostly_Ghostly_ @mostlyghostly.bsky.social · Oct 25

Graveyard Shift🤘👹🪦☠️🔥👻🚫

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 1d

Do any portrait photographers / headshot type folks follow me on here? Wanna look at your stuff.

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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 1d

The first Portal game is 18 years old! So, have some cake to celebrate! 🎂

Portal · Thinky Games

Solve test chambers with a portal gun in this first-person classic.

thinkygames.com

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Ashley Gwinnell @ashleygwinnell.bsky.social · 2d

If you're feeling not quite ready for #SteamNextFest, then watch this video!

The recording of @heydanthomas.bsky.social's conversation with Chris Z is now up on YouTube!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5uj...

#indiedev #gamedev

Steam Next Fest Marketing Q&A with Chris Zukowski (HowToMarketAGame.com)

YouTube video by IMPRESS // Ashley Gwinnell

www.youtube.com

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Hannah Rutherford (she/her) @lomadiah.bsky.social · 2d

Please signal boost, it's for a good cause! 🙏

Hey folks - I'm working with an MS (multiple sclerosis) charity to find streamers to support fundraising in November. It's retro gaming themed, so if you're interested in more info - or you know someone who would be amazing - please chuck me a reply 💚

a young boy covering his face with his hands while a man says please say yes behind him .

Alt: a young boy crossing his fingers and screwing up his eyes, saying please say yes

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On-Together 🫧 cozy game by GigaPuff 💖 @on-together.bsky.social · 2d

Hi #WishlistWednesday 👋we’ve made a game that will make you more productive

⭐Finishing tasks IRL = rewards in game ⭐
👯Multiplayer! Join lobbies with friends/strangers👯
👀Minigames, character customization and MORE 👀

The free demo is out now if you want to give it a go! ⬇️

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Hyphinett @hyphinett.bsky.social · May 13

🔮So begins the long journey of self promo.✨
The initial (still very WIP) Steam page for Marblous Worlds is live.
If rolling around vibrant worlds and making your own marble design sounds fun to you I'd appreciate a wishlist 💖 store.steampowered.com/app/3469260/...
#IndieGame #Godot4 #GameDev #Games

Marblous Worlds on Steam

Marblous Worlds is a toylike 3D Platformer. Explore a series of worlds collecting meebstars, and flower medals to customise your marble to your hearts content.

store.steampowered.com

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Mark | Buy AXYZ on Steam today! @lithiumproject.bsky.social · Mar 27

Roll away with Axyz, a perspective-shifting puzzle game now available on Steam for Windows, Mac and Linux. 📼🌴

Launching with a 15% discount and fully playable on Steam Deck!

store.steampowered.com/app/2850490/...

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Dan | 🚂 Making SwitchTrack @dancainart.bsky.social · 3d

Looking great! 👏

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Mark | Buy AXYZ on Steam today! @lithiumproject.bsky.social · 3d

Trying to build up more confidence with 3D modelling and environmental design.

Axyz was made somewhat in mind to hide a lot of my shortcomings, so I'm trying to push myself this time.

The biggest struggle I'm finding is keeping things to the right scale!