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Samuel Bouchet

Samuel Bouchet

@lythom.bsky.social

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Indie video game craftsman @lonestonegames.bsky.social | Creator of A Time Paradox | Crafted in City Invaders and Neoproxima | game programming, shaders, game design, C# and Unity Check out Neoproxima: https://links.lonestone.games/t-p-b

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Samuel Bouchet @lythom.bsky.social · Oct 2

Actually search is not free, you're paying it by providing sellable (personal) data.

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Pixelnest Studio @pixelnest.io · Oct 1

Steredenn will soon be 10 years old! 🎊
Wow. Already.

For the occasion, we've compiled all the sales figures and anecdotes about the game!
And we'll talk briefly about what's next.
Enjoy reading! <3

open.substack.com/pub/pixelnes...

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

Steredenn's 10th anniversary: genesis, sales figures and what's next!

15th October 2015 was the 1.0 release of the game

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Gauthier 'Gautoz' Andres @gautoz.cool · Sep 22

La Sainte Sauce vient d'arriver sur Bandcamp. arnaudroy.bandcamp.com/album/endles...

Endless Legend 2 - Original Soundtrack [Early Access], by Arnaud Roy

arnaudroy.bandcamp.com

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LAlkemiste @lalkemiste.bsky.social · Jul 3

Anaïs et moi avons eu la chance de participer à ce chouette projet de jeu narratif malheureusement méconnu. Et en plus, la musique est de Arnaud Roy !

Neoproxima @neoproxima.bsky.social · Jul 3

[À ne pas manquer : voyage interstellaire à -50%]

Trop chaud ? Marre de notre☀️ et du rechauffement climatique ?

Vous avez raison, le futur est ailleurs ! Neoproxima et son écosystème vierge sont prêts à vous accueillir !

Billets à -50% en ce moment => store.steampowered.com/app/2778760/...

Reposted by Samuel Bouchet

Neoproxima @neoproxima.bsky.social · Jul 3

[À ne pas manquer : voyage interstellaire à -50%]

Trop chaud ? Marre de notre☀️ et du rechauffement climatique ?

Vous avez raison, le futur est ailleurs ! Neoproxima et son écosystème vierge sont prêts à vous accueillir !

Billets à -50% en ce moment => store.steampowered.com/app/2778760/...

Reposted by Samuel Bouchet

Pixelnest Studio @pixelnest.io · May 15

CTHULOOT, our arcade coop 1-4 players game is now playable on Nintendo Switch!

Grab it on the Nintendo eShop: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

(EU players: search on the console directly, page is still not up).

Have fun!

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #coopgaming

CTHULOOT for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Buy CTHULOOT and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.

www.nintendo.com

Samuel Bouchet @lythom.bsky.social · Apr 26

+1 Pour Neoproxima. @pierrickb.bsky.social, bien que français, s'est plongé dans les méandre de la littérature anglaise pour écrire en anglais en premier lieu. Je crois qu'il n'en est pas ressortit en 1 seul morceau d'ailleurs 😁(mais pas sûr que ça soit lié uniquement à l'anglais).

Samuel Bouchet @lythom.bsky.social · Apr 22

Serializing/loading/saving/networking previews on top of isolating the preview system complexity. Also in that context the state of the preview can be as simple as a list of serialized commands.

Samuel Bouchet @lythom.bsky.social · Apr 22

Even without a state listening approach I'd suggest considering previews as diffs and to be part of a main state for that complexity reason. In a data oriented approach, everything is data!

Samuel Bouchet @lythom.bsky.social · Apr 22

You'd use a dedicated "CalculatePreviewCommand" to write that preview diffs state rather that implementing dedicated logic to dispatch the previews.
It put complexity where it belongs (a preview command) and keeps the controller simple.

Samuel Bouchet @lythom.bsky.social · Apr 22

In the state listening approach you'd see previews as "diffs" from state A to state B. The diffs list itself would be dedicated part of the state… that you can listen to (without complex subscription handling: just 1 state reference).

Samuel Bouchet @lythom.bsky.social · Apr 22

A variant I use is to have the UI/VFX listen to the state instead of the commands. It makes it possible to load any state and have the game display the right informations without having to maintain an initialisation script or have a command replay logic.

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Pierrick Bignet @pierrickb.bsky.social · Apr 11

Super fier de ce qu'on a mis en place pour la UI de @neoproxima.bsky.social

Venant du web, la gestion de la réactivité des interfaces de jeux m'a toujours semblé un peu archaïque... alors quand @lythom.bsky.social a proposé de faire un micro React, j'étais aux anges.

Pour en savoir plus 👇

Samuel Bouchet @lythom.bsky.social · Dec 13

📝 How do you handle smooth UI transitions when your game state changes instantly?
In this article I demonstrate a clean architecture for complex UI animations sequences in state-driven games.

Full article: samuel-bouchet.fr/posts/2024-1...

#GameDev #Unity3D #Programming

Animations Done Right with Reactive UI (Unity 6 example)

Reactive UI on observable state in video games is reliable and efficient, yet animations become a challenge. Let's see how to tackle that.

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Samuel Bouchet @lythom.bsky.social · Jan 29

Nesting ContentSizeFitters + LayoutGroups can quickly become performance intensive. If you ever find yourself struggling with perf (I did for mobile targets): a dedicated specific script to dynamically resize and layout your content is often easy to write and only leverage the complexity you need.

Samuel Bouchet @lythom.bsky.social · Jan 21

🛠 I made a handy tool for UI debugging

The Click Occlusion Debugger can be setup in 3 minutes and can display what's blocking your pointer.

🔗 All instructions are here: samuel-bouchet.fr/posts/2025-0...

#GameDev #Unity3D #UIDebugging #IndieDev

Unity UI Debugging Tool - Click Occlusion Debugger

Sharing a tool I made to quickly debug what's under the pointer

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Samuel Bouchet @lythom.bsky.social · Dec 16

Gamedevs, post your first shipped game and your latest shipped game.

Capture d'écran de A Time Paradox, mon premier jeu publié.

Capture d'écran de Neoproxima, mon dernier jeu publié.

Samuel Bouchet @lythom.bsky.social · Dec 13

It showcases the awsome
- Tinkstate# by @nadakoster.bsky.social,
- DOTween by @demigiant.bsky.social,
- UniTask by @neuecc.bsky.social, and
- Odin inspector and validator by Sirenix (no bsky account?)

I use those tools in production and I love them:🤩🤩🤩🤩. See usage examples in the article!

Samuel Bouchet @lythom.bsky.social · Dec 13

📝 How do you handle smooth UI transitions when your game state changes instantly?
In this article I demonstrate a clean architecture for complex UI animations sequences in state-driven games.

Full article: samuel-bouchet.fr/posts/2024-1...

#GameDev #Unity3D #Programming

Animations Done Right with Reactive UI (Unity 6 example)

Reactive UI on observable state in video games is reliable and efficient, yet animations become a challenge. Let's see how to tackle that.

samuel-bouchet.fr

Reposted by Samuel Bouchet

Pixelnest Studio @pixelnest.io · Dec 10

🐙Our game CTHULOOT is part of Daedelics' current Steam event!

🎮You can try the demo with your friends right now on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/2283410/...

🧃And give us feedback on our discord discord.com/invite/taMGF...

Reposted by Samuel Bouchet

Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · Dec 5

I'm so happy to share that Citizen Sleeper 2 releases Jan 31st 2025!🚀

Play our dice-driven RPG on PC, Mac, PS5, Nintendo Switch and Xbox Gamepass in less than 2 months!

Wishlist now to be notified the moment the game goes live 💫

Reposted by Samuel Bouchet

Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · Dec 5

Are you awake Sleeper? We've dropped some BIG news 📰

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector releases on January 31 on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, Game Pass day one 🎉

Check out the extended trailer that dropped at @pcgamer.com PGS: Most Wanted 📺 https://buff.ly/41iRgLC

Citizen Sleeper 2 - Date Announce Trailer

A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your ...

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · Dec 5

Citizen Sleeper 2 is coming soon!

Loved the first game, can't wait to play this sequel.

Citizen Sleeper 2

Samuel Bouchet @lythom.bsky.social · Nov 29

Tired of selecting tiny child objects on click in Scene View when you want the parent?

You can use the [SelectionBase] attribute on the parent MonoBehaviour to ensure clicking any child selects the parent first!

#unity3d #unitytips #unity6

Samuel Bouchet @lythom.bsky.social · Nov 28

Also I blogged a few gamedev entries related to the game implementation :
- Unity canvas strategies samuel-bouchet.fr/posts/2024-1...
- Input system workflow samuel-bouchet.fr/posts/2024-0...

Unity UI Canvas Strategies using Expand

Having the UI react properly to different resolutions can be challenging. This article describes the strategies we use in our productions at Lonestone Studio.

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Samuel Bouchet @lythom.bsky.social · Nov 28

Neoproxima is just below 10€ during sales. It might be a good time to grab it!

store.steampowered.com/app/2778760/...

It's a narrative-heavy sci-fi game inspired by Norco and Citizen Sleeper. It's a seventies-in-space uchronia where nothing goes wrong… 😬

#indiegame

Save 25% on Neoproxima on Steam

Investigating a time-loop during the Cold War, light years away from Earth. Neoproxima is a text-based adventure game that combines exploration and simple RPG and survival mechanics. Plan your next lo...

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