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Child of Zeta

@contagion.bsky.social

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Indie developer creating action adventure Child of Zeta where you play as a young Grey 👽 in a telepathic medieval society on Zeta Reticuli.

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Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · Nov 19

Greetings Bluelings! Solo dev here hoping to connect with likeminded. If you like the look of this little medieval 👽 fella and his melee moves give me a follow and I'll keep videos coming as my game progresses. We come in peace! #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

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Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · Aug 23

This is so accurate!

Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · Aug 2

Thanks! Really happy to hear.

Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · Aug 2

And some bonus game lore!

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Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · Aug 2

Very first look at a cinematic sequence from my game’s opening! Sci-fi creds to those who can guess what movie intro inspired this scene heavily.

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Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · Jul 27

Thank you! That’s encouraging to hear

Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · Jul 26

Thank you! Will post more soon.

Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · Jul 26

The first step is often the hardest. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

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Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · Jul 26

WIP concept art of a “Saucer Hut” from my solo game project Child of Zeta. Doing these for the more complex models before going to 3D. #conceptart #drawing #art #gamedev #indiegame

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Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · May 21

Haha for some reason he loves sitting on it when it’s playing. It does cover the vinyl fully though, otherwise it would’ve broken looong ago.

Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · May 21

This handsome dude and this strange London Philharmonic version of Star Wars title in German (+ Galactic Music) 😂 keeps me company in tonights dev session. #indiedev #gamedev #OST #workmusic #games

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Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · May 14

Right! Thanks 🙏🏼

Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · May 14

Thanks!

Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · May 14

Don't call me crazy! One thing led to another, okay! Because my game is about aliens in their middle ages on Zeta Reticuli, I found this site listing stars within 50 lightyears... made a script to map them inside Unity... I swear this will somehow be in the game! 👽 #gamedev #indiegame #gaming #game

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Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · May 13

Added a more asserting sound when you light up a Shrine of the Third Eye, my game’s save points. What do you think? #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #sounddesign #gaming

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Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · May 10

Greetings Bluelings! Another Screenshot Saturday video from me to you. This has been long coming. A save system! Boring to make but do you really have a game without it? In CoZ these Shrines can be lit up to save your progress. Hope you like it. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame

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Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · May 8

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Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · May 8

Channeling some alien Hellraiser vibes tonight #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

An image of a 3D mesh of an alien head in Blender with normals that make it look like the character Hellraiser

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Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · May 7

It certainly fits my medieval aliens theme 🖖

Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · May 7

Could it be the halo on my telepathy icon 🤔

Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · May 7

Yes, clearly how dead enemies should behave on timescale 0.

Hey all, I'm back after a nasty flu ☠️. Guess I need to work on my physics + rag-doll behavior... Will post more fighting action from my game soon. #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #gaming

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Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · Apr 10

My game will be topdown with lots of verticality and full 360 degrees view, so being able to see-through objects if they get between camera and player is a must. Been tweaking this a lot. Will also fade out objects completely when they get close to the camera. What do you think? #gamedev #gaming

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Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · Apr 6

Didn’t know it had a free version. I’ll check it out. Thanks

Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · Apr 5

My first #ScreenshotSaturday! Technically not a screenshot, but a little video of my current progress on my solo game project Child of Zeta. #gamedev #indiegame

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Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · Apr 5

I'm looking for a great game design doc system / wiki to organize my story and lore. I have a lot, so a one-pager is not going to work. Any good suggestions or great ones you've used? #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #narrative #storytelling

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Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · Apr 5

As a solo indie dev I have this inside my head every night