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Jordan Maples @maples-astro.bsky.social · 18h

Here's the Garlic (aka Medulla) nebula in all of its glory. This is a very dim target. I collected about 53 hours of data with 38 of that being spent on the hydrogen. I don't normally post the starless versions of my images but it was just too good not to include.

#astrophotography #photography

An astrophotography image of a nebula. It features a supernova remnant that resembles a bulb of garlic in the center. The image is primarily red, due to the high amount of hydrogen in the region, though there are some blue aspects (the representation of oxygen) to the left side of the garlic bulb. This image also contains a very dense star field in it due to the long exposures needed to get sufficient data.

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festive vector @festivevector.com · 19h

Making a procedural mech rig for my game, small breakdown of the process so far 😃 #indiedev

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festive vector @festivevector.com · 18d

making some little guys walk around

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SpaghetMeNot @spaghetmenot.bsky.social · 23d

It's here! normalMagic 1.0 🪄
youtu.be/JhmOyhYI4zM?...

normalMagic for Blender — Overview

YouTube video by SpaghetMeNot

youtu.be

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festive vector @festivevector.com · 28d

working on a target selection system! having to make in-cockpit versions of all the HUD elements is an interesting challenge 😅

#indiedev

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festive vector @festivevector.com · Sep 11

Really good video, love what you said about play being practice! Thanks for sharing this!

Also entertaining to hear you talking about making boats sail too ⛵️

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Tomas Sala @falconeerdev.bsky.social · Sep 11

I woke and felt I wanted to talk about "solodev" as a term.

Why I feel some of the discourse around is overly negative and thus missing what is special about it.

It also dives into a pathway to that personal journey for those wanting to get there.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZj_...

Solo dev, what and why.

YouTube video by Falconeer Chronicles: Development channel

www.youtube.com

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festive vector @festivevector.com · Sep 11

I love the idea of reclaiming the humanity from shitty AI images ❤️

Jessie Huynh @artsyjessie.bsky.social · Sep 11

Hello I’m back, with a mission, to turn AI slop into a labor of love ❤️🧚🧝‍♀️🐝

Hope you all enjoy this piece, I found an AI image on Pinterest and thought the concept deserved better execution. What should I make next? 🤔

#maya3D #zbrush #blender #3dmodel #xgen

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Kenney @kenney.nl · Sep 5

Super early look at Kenney Creator, my new modeling software for indies. It'll feature many blocks and tools to create any sort of model - aiming for a Q1 2026 release! ✨

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festive vector @festivevector.com · Sep 4

cockpit update! #indiedev #gamedev

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festive vector @festivevector.com · Sep 4

Oh man that suspension bounce is satisfying

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WhyNot @whynotartdump.bsky.social · Sep 4

There ain't enough player-versus-terrain games around, so I might be making one.

#gamedev #indiedev

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festive vector @festivevector.com · Sep 4

Working on a new submarine model! Cockpit details are still under construction 💪

#indiedev #gamedev

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festive vector @festivevector.com · Sep 3

Happy birthday and welcome to 30s! It’s been my best decade so far, wishing you the same 😊

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festive vector @festivevector.com · Aug 31

Thanks!

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festive vector @festivevector.com · Aug 31

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festive vector @festivevector.com · Aug 30

Definitely 3d! It’s just my comfort zone, I feel like I don’t know how to make 2d look or feel good

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festive vector @festivevector.com · Aug 29

I wrote an article on my workflow for building a large open world game as an indie, without any expensive 3rd party assets.

It should be disclaimed that I don't really know anything and am just making it up as I go, but so far it is working for me 😅

www.festivevector.com/blog/posts/i...

#indiedev

festive vector devlog

www.festivevector.com

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festive vector @festivevector.com · Aug 26

That hatch opening looks so cool!

festive vector @festivevector.com · Aug 25

from hologram preview to piloting your new submarine!

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Harry 💬 @halisavakis.com · Aug 21

HERDLING is coming out in just a few hours, so there's just enough time to go through some other fun tech-art stuff 👀

Here's another behind-the-scenes 🧵 with various other interesting tech-art stuff featured in our vast and furrious game ✨

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festive vector @festivevector.com · Aug 21

Such cool technical tidbits, thanks so much for sharing!

Congrats on the release, the game looks fantastic ❤️

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festive vector @festivevector.com · Aug 21

undocking from the hangar #indiedev

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festive vector @festivevector.com · Aug 18

I love peeks at people’s scene setup 😄

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festive vector @festivevector.com · Aug 18

made some improvements to the shader! #indiedev

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