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Liza Knipscher (a game developer)

@lize.bsky.social

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Game dev who loves making procedurally animated critters and does so as often as possible. Developing Cookie Gardening, and also an unnamed sandbox sim about moons with evolving ecosystems. Owner of Meep Engine: https://www.meepengine.com/

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Liza Knipscher (a game developer) @lize.bsky.social · Oct 21

Adding some pretty foliage to Cookie Gardening. Are there lore implications to adding flowers to a world of sentient vegetables? Yes, of course

#gamedev

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Liza Knipscher (a game developer) @lize.bsky.social · 14h

I’m going to tag in @lukewasthefish.bsky.social, who developed one of the very last games ever released for the 3DS and still does work in that style

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Cyan✨ @cyanilux.bsky.social · 8d

GPU-Instanced Grass 🌱
Old video but just published a proper/full tutorial with info for multiple unity versions~

🔗 www.cyanilux.com/tutorials/gp...

#unity3D #shaders #shadergraph

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Liza Knipscher (a game developer) @lize.bsky.social · 3d

Experimenting with randomized offspring

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Xor @xordev.com · 4d

Neat article on code golfing. Many techniques that I use:
blog.pkh.me/p/45-code-go...

Code golfing a tiny demo using maths and a pinch of insanity

blog.pkh.me

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Liza Knipscher (a game developer) @lize.bsky.social · 4d

Same

Liza Knipscher (a game developer) @lize.bsky.social · 5d

A cluster of goofs

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Liza Knipscher (a game developer) @lize.bsky.social · 7d

Organisms in the game breed, and their offspring have a mix of their traits and will also be able to randomly mutate over generations. It’s comparable to how the Creatures series worked, but with more variety in body shape and other traits

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davemakes🔶 @mixolumia.com · Feb 22

found this in my notes, good advice for aspiring devs

Rules for Game Dev
1. The gamer is always gamer
2. Games aren't finished, only completed
3. Always keep at least one infinite loop in your game to trap malevolent spirits
4. Don't code the small stuff (it's all stuff)
5. Respect the seven axes of player motivation
6. A bad game is bad forever, but a broken game is right twice a day
7. It's not about who you know, it's about knowing who
8. Disregard the eighth axis of player motivation
9. You couldn't make Super Mario today. Try again tomorrow.
10. The game developer with the most victory points at the end is the winner
11. Do not acknowledge the howling skull

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Mike Turitzin @miketuritzin.bsky.social · 9d

Herding cubes, HD remaster.

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Liza Knipscher (a game developer) @lize.bsky.social · 9d

I don't know what he's doing, but he's doing it with panache

Liza Knipscher (a game developer) @lize.bsky.social · 10d

Nooooo.mp4

Liza Knipscher (a game developer) @lize.bsky.social · 11d

Crawlin'

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Liza Knipscher (a game developer) @lize.bsky.social · 12d

I think the top one without the UI could be really interesting in a capsule

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festive vector @festivevector.com · 14d

making some little guys walk around

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Liza Knipscher (a game developer) @lize.bsky.social · 15d

Lil fella

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Ian MacLarty @ianmaclarty.com · 16d

After over 2 years cooking in Steam Early Access, Mars First Logistics 1.0 is finally here!

Engineer your little rover and deliver lots of silly stuff!

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Jeffrey Ventrella @ventrella.bsky.social · 17d

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 17d

How do you feel about... realistic quadruped animation in your critter creator 👁️
How about TRIPEDS??

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Liza Knipscher (a game developer) @lize.bsky.social · 17d

Morning stroll through the alien meadow

#gamedev

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Liza Knipscher (a game developer) @lize.bsky.social · 19d

It’s an artificial life sim with evolution, and the player is a little robot who cultivates an alien ecosystem while gathering natural resources to craft tools and upgrades 😊

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Liza Knipscher (a game developer) @lize.bsky.social · 20d

Curious animal

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Sam! @exoton.bsky.social · 22d

Tenazul Rambeest redesign
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#speculativebiology #art #digitalart #artsky #specbio #specevo #exoton

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Lori Vornoy @necroticspider.bsky.social · 22d

added dogs

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Liza Knipscher (a game developer) @lize.bsky.social · 22d

I wonder how people normally deal with that kind of popping. I feel like it would look nice if each imposter came in at a bit of a random offset from the default distance

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