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Game dev, cat enjoyer, enabler of silly creative ideas. Co-founder/tech guy @spacecolonystudios.bsky.social The "unk" in @teamlilypunk.bsky.social Developer of Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog (quick, buy it) s.team/a/2118420

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Team Lilypunk @teamlilypunk.bsky.social · 26m

Got UI and sound effects implemented. Hopefully this small showcase gets the idea of the *basic* TRPG gameplay loop across, but there'll be way more toys and mechanics implemented later for sure. Melee and E-warfare in particular. #GameDev #IndieDev #godot #Devtober #Mecha #lowpoly #Heavensfall

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Team Lilypunk @teamlilypunk.bsky.social · 5d

Crystal is the perfect character to introduce the Bond mechanics for us. She's practically Yurushi's already best friend by the time Heavensfall takes place, aside from being her maintenance technician. She's...enthusiastic, about her job. #digitalart #indiedev #yuri #Heavensfall

Another character reference image of Crystal Saint Claire. A new sketched image has been drawn, showing her without her glasses, and looking very perturbed about it. New text: "Raids the vending machines at night. Favorite snack: Salt & Vinegar chips. Won't drink anything that isn't carbonated. Very normal about mechanical maintenance. Typically wears labcoat. Occasionally wears pants."

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lite @litemechanist.bsky.social · 10d

Benefit of having a messy desk:

Using empty mugs to visualise 3D space when working on AI targeting.

They even have a handle for which way they're pointing, it's perfect.

#gamedev #godot

A screenshot of the game HEAVENSFALL. A unit targeting a capsule shape in 3D space. 5 lines are drawn from the attacker, to the centre, top, bottom, left and right of the capsule. All lines are blocked by a building, except one.

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lite @litemechanist.bsky.social · 12d

Is it even possible to buy a dumb TV anymore? I just want something that displays moving pictures sent to it via HDMI

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Team Lilypunk @teamlilypunk.bsky.social · 13d

Our first two characters, courtesy of @tg-marlo.bsky.social ! These two are inseparable - a prototype robot girl and her maintenance engineer/best friend - which is good because #Heavensfall is as much about relationships as it is about giant robots. #indiedev #mecha #yuri #digitalart #robotgirl

Two character reference images on a grey background. The one on the left is labelled "Crystal Saint-Claire, Chief Engineer, Mechanical Service Bottom." She wears a white labcoat, glasses, and sandals. Her eyes are blue, and her hair is a bright auburn ponytail. On the right is "Yurushi, ANGEL Unit 0, Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girl Bot." Yurushi is a visibly robotic girl with white and bronze armor plating from the neck down. Her face is more human, with green eyes and light blonde hair. There is a curving strand of her hair that resembles a halo.

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lite @litemechanist.bsky.social · Sep 1

I don't trust people who wear cowboy hats

lite @litemechanist.bsky.social · Aug 28

Prior to this project, I'd never worked in 3D, nor had I programmed an AI before, so I'm pretty damn proud of what we've managed to accomplish so far.

It's been a lot of fun ^^

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Team Lilypunk @teamlilypunk.bsky.social · Aug 28

The basic enemy AI is working nicely now. The presentation isn't pretty, but having the functional bones put together is still incredibly exciting - especially since even those basic elements are surprisingly engaging. #indiedev #gamedev #heavensfall #mecha #godot #lowpoly #mech

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lite @litemechanist.bsky.social · Aug 28

sincerely addressing my cat as "tiny dingus" and pretending like it's normal human behaviour

a cat under a desk, looking like a tiny dingus I guess

lite @litemechanist.bsky.social · Aug 23

I hope GDExtension works, because I can feel myself getting closer to diving down that rabbit hole so I can write in Odin or something

lite @litemechanist.bsky.social · Aug 23

Why can't I bitshift floats in GDScript.

I had such a cool idea and now I am sad.

lite @litemechanist.bsky.social · Aug 19

Is this "game developers have used AI since the days of pacman" all over again?

lite @litemechanist.bsky.social · Aug 18

It is a little confusing when looking at it from that perspective, but the docs do cover the default theme -
docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tu...

Introduction to GUI skinning

It is essential for a game to provide clear, informative, and yet visually pleasing user interface to its players. While Control nodes come with a decently functional look out of the box, there is ...

docs.godotengine.org

lite @litemechanist.bsky.social · Aug 18

If you have a pile of money and you're not funding artists to make cool shit then you've got some confusing priorities my guy

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · Aug 15

cross posting from mastodon: electric.marf.space/@trysdyn/sta...

"I wrote too damn much about how payment processing works and what happened to Valve and Itch and I know no one's going to read all this crap, but it's out of my brain now. voidfox.com/blog/payment... "

Payment Processor Fun 2025 -- Making Your Own MSP

voidfox.com

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lite @litemechanist.bsky.social · Aug 15

You beat me to it! Butz is the man. I've worked with him for years on several different projects, and I can't recommend him highly enough.

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lite @litemechanist.bsky.social · Aug 13

GIRL LOVE

Team Lilypunk @teamlilypunk.bsky.social · Aug 13

I can't get over this logo that @imasiphy.bsky.social‬ made for us. It's the perfect vibe - femininity, defiance, and girl love!

And we've decided to reveal Litkit's name:
Our first game, the Narrative-Heavy, Character-Driven Tactical Mecha RPG, will be HEAVENSFALL. #indiedev #gamedev #heavensfall

lite @litemechanist.bsky.social · Aug 12

tasty snack

a cat called Bisky asleep in an empty fast food paper bag

lite @litemechanist.bsky.social · Aug 11

was she a politician?

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lite @litemechanist.bsky.social · Aug 11

Godot and I are not friends today.

lite @litemechanist.bsky.social · Aug 8

You ever just wake up and want to write a parser?

lite @litemechanist.bsky.social · Aug 7

I see, I see. Thanks for the insight!

lite @litemechanist.bsky.social · Aug 7

Gotcha. I appreciate the response! I might have to take a peek at fedi then, nerds are hard to find on bluesky

lite @litemechanist.bsky.social · Aug 7

Honest question - why have an active account on both?

I'm pretty ignorant about social media, and I haven't yet figured out the difference between bluesky/fedi aside from the obvious decentralisation

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lite @litemechanist.bsky.social · Aug 7

adding this next update

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